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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 FEBRUARY 28, 2011

 

OR

 

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

 

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM            TO          

 

Commission file number: 000-51942

 

 

LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

20-3469219

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

380 ST. PETER STREET
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(651) 767-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

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

 

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  x  No  o

 

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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  x

 

Accelerated filer  o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer  o

 

Smaller reporting company  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes  o No  x

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding on March 25, 2011 was 163,955,268.

 

 

 



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LAWSON SOFTW ARE, INC.

Form 10-Q

Index

 

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Item 2.

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

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

 

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

Item 4.

(Removed and Reserved)

 

Item 5.

Other Information

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 



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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

February 28,
2011

 

May 31,
2010

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

302,189

 

$

375,917

 

Restricted cash - current

 

9,127

 

654

 

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

113,361

 

117,976

 

Income taxes receivable

 

6,378

 

4,664

 

Deferred income taxes - current

 

21,371

 

18,957

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

35,963

 

51,945

 

Total current assets

 

488,389

 

570,113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash - non-current

 

1,145

 

10,070

 

Property and equipment, net

 

50,880

 

54,671

 

Goodwill

 

634,729

 

525,576

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

178,769

 

159,665

 

Deferred income taxes - non-current

 

40,384

 

38,144

 

Other assets

 

13,474

 

13,805

 

Total assets

 

$

1,407,770

 

$

1,372,044

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt - current

 

$

2,273

 

$

2,646

 

Accounts payable

 

13,704

 

12,085

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

60,287

 

76,102

 

Income taxes payable

 

982

 

2,271

 

Deferred income taxes - current

 

7,422

 

5,605

 

Deferred revenue - current

 

220,180

 

319,797

 

Other current liabilities

 

29,919

 

36,573

 

Total current liabilities

 

334,767

 

455,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt - non-current

 

230,387

 

224,143

 

Deferred income taxes - non-current

 

59,580

 

42,834

 

Deferred revenue - non-current

 

10,263

 

8,363

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

13,784

 

16,456

 

Total liabilities

 

648,781

 

746,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 42,562 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock; $0.01 par value; 750,000 shares authorized; 204,112 and 202,919 shares issued, respectively; 163,756 and 162,045 shares outstanding, at February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010, respectively

 

2,041

 

2,029

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

895,872

 

887,349

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 40,356 and 40,874 shares at February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010, respectively

 

(324,774

)

(326,925

)

Retained earnings

 

96,753

 

53,742

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

89,097

 

8,974

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

758,989

 

625,169

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

1,407,770

 

$

1,372,044

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

33,766

 

$

31,804

 

$

84,636

 

$

86,110

 

Maintenance services

 

97,449

 

89,080

 

289,594

 

259,662

 

Software revenues

 

131,215

 

120,884

 

374,230

 

345,772

 

Consulting

 

64,798

 

65,083

 

183,905

 

193,609

 

Total revenues

 

196,013

 

185,967

 

558,135

 

539,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of license fees

 

6,166

 

6,595

 

18,144

 

16,929

 

Cost of maintenance services

 

17,692

 

17,352

 

52,267

 

49,833

 

Cost of software revenues

 

23,858

 

23,947

 

70,411

 

66,762

 

Cost of consulting

 

56,546

 

59,249

 

163,670

 

171,027

 

Total cost of revenues

 

80,404

 

83,196

 

234,081

 

237,789

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

115,609

 

102,771

 

324,054

 

301,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

24,176

 

22,760

 

69,237

 

65,651

 

Sales and marketing

 

42,897

 

42,919

 

120,539

 

118,796

 

General and administrative

 

23,115

 

21,665

 

66,612

 

61,397

 

Restructuring (Note 3)

 

(233

)

1,154

 

(1,686

)

5,905

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

3,400

 

2,699

 

8,883

 

6,524

 

Total operating expenses

 

93,355

 

91,197

 

263,585

 

258,273

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

22,254

 

11,574

 

60,469

 

43,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

407

 

128

 

1,169

 

691

 

Interest expense

 

(4,121

)

(4,073

)

(12,405

)

(12,232

)

Other income (expense), net

 

4,301

 

165

 

4,155

 

5

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

587

 

(3,780

)

(7,081

)

(11,536

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

22,841

 

7,794

 

53,388

 

31,783

 

Provision for income taxes

 

1,443

 

6,126

 

10,377

 

21,384

 

Net income

 

$

21,398

 

$

1,668

 

$

43,011

 

$

10,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.13

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.06

 

Diluted

 

$

0.13

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

163,978

 

161,412

 

163,340

 

161,308

 

Diluted

 

168,736

 

165,367

 

167,912

 

164,901

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

43,011

 

$

10,399

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in

 

 

 

 

 

operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

42,447

 

33,331

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

780

 

780

 

Amortization of debt discount

 

6,796

 

6,365

 

Deferred income taxes

 

5,862

 

5,865

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

(82

)

989

 

Warranty provision

 

2,927

 

3,544

 

Gain on sale of marketable securities

 

(1,193

)

 

Net loss on disposal of assets

 

9

 

7

 

Excess tax benefits from stock transactions

 

(1,565

)

(494

)

Share-based compensation expense

 

13,392

 

13,258

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of acquisitions):

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

11,498

 

34,483

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

17,367

 

16,943

 

Accounts payable

 

867

 

(13,746

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

(39,112

)

(27,741

)

Income taxes payable/receivable

 

(8,233

)

3,549

 

Deferred revenue

 

(109,503

)

(95,963

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(14,732

)

(8,431

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

(70,000

)

(160,000

)

Change in restricted cash

 

(515

)

27

 

Purchases of marketable securities and investments

 

(3,006

)

 

Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities and investments

 

4,199

 

4

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(13,092

)

(13,949

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(82,414

)

(173,918

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on long-term debt

 

(977

)

(1,231

)

Payments on capital lease obligations

 

(898

)

(2,044

)

Cash proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

5,811

 

2,021

 

Excess tax benefit from stock transactions

 

1,565

 

494

 

Cash proceeds from employee stock purchase plan

 

1,975

 

1,697

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

(4,113

)

(7,423

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

3,363

 

(6,486

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

20,055

 

366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(73,728

)

(188,469

)

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

 

375,917

 

414,815

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

 

$

302,189

 

$

226,346

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited )

 

1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

 

Lawson Software is a global provider of enterprise software, support and services targeting customers in specific industries; including healthcare, service industries, manufacturing & distribution, equipment service management and rental, public sector (U.S.), and consumer products.  Lawson serves customers in three geographic regions: the Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand (APAC). We offer a broad range of software applications and industry-specific solutions that we believe help our customers improve their business processes and reduce costs, resulting in better business or operational performance.  Lawson solutions help automate and integrate business processes and promote collaboration among our customers and their partners, suppliers and employees.  Through our support services, we provide ongoing maintenance and assistance to our customers.  Through our consulting services, we help our customers implement, learn to use, upgrade and optimize their Lawson applications.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts of Lawson Software, Inc.; our branches and our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries operating in the Americas, EMEA and APAC. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Our subsidiaries that are not majority-owned are accounted for under the equity method. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. These adjustments consist of normal, recurring items other than the out-of-period adjustments described below under Results of Operations .

 

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes are presented as permitted by the requirements for Form 10-Q and do not contain all the information and disclosures included in our annual Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes as required by U.S. GAAP. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of May 31, 2010, and other amounts presented herein as of May 31, 2010, or for the year then ended, were derived from our audited financial statements.  The accompanying interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, included in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 8, 2010. The results of operations for our interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be achieved for our full fiscal year.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of our financial statements, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods presented, as well as our disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis we evaluate our estimates and assumptions, including those related to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts and sales returns, fair value of investments, fair value of share-based compensation, fair value of acquired intangible assets and goodwill, useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment, income taxes, restructuring obligations, contingencies and litigation; among others. We base our estimates and assumptions on our historical experience and on other information available to us at the time that these estimates and assumptions are made. We believe that these estimates and assumptions are reasonable under the circumstances and that they form a basis for making judgments about the carrying values of our assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results and outcomes could differ from our estimates.

 

Business Segments

 

During fiscal 2009 and prior years, we operated as one business segment, the development and marketing of computer software and related services including consulting, maintenance and customer support. Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we reorganized our operations to provide greater focus on and better serve our targeted vertical markets. With this strategic organizational change, including a workforce realignment, we determined that we had three reportable segments that aligned with our three industries groups: S3 Strategic Industries, M3 Strategic Industries and General Industries.  We have re-evaluated our vertical organizational structure and have reorganized certain management and reporting responsibilities effective June 1, 2010; eliminating our General Industries reportable segment and redistributing responsibility for management of the vertical markets that were part of this segment into our S3 and M3 business segments. We believe the consolidation of our General Industries segment into our S3 and M3 Industries

 

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segments will help us drive more efficiencies and better manage our operations.  Commensurate with this organizational change, we have revised our segment reporting such that we report operating results for two reportable segments beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2011: S3 Industries and M3 Industries.  Prior periods’ segment information has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the two segment structure. In connection with this change in organizational structure, we also revised the measure of operating performance that we use to assess segment operating performance from segment controllable margin to segment operating income. The primary difference between segment controllable margin and segment operating income is that our segment operating income includes an allocation of expenses for non-dedicated resources. We have retrospectively adjusted our segment profit measures to reflect segment operating income. See Note 15, Segment and Geographic Information , for a description of segment operating income.

 

Fiscal Year

 

Our fiscal year is from June 1 through May 31. Unless otherwise stated, references to the years 2011 and 2010 relate to the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. References to future years also relate to our fiscal years ending May 31.

 

Results of Operations

 

Our fiscal 2011 and 2010 results of operations include certain out-of-period adjustments which we have determined to be immaterial in all applicable current and prior interim and annual periods and we expect them to be immaterial to our full fiscal 2011 results.

 

Our year-to-date results for fiscal 2011 include reductions to net income of approximately $0.6 million. In the first quarter of fiscal 2011, net income was increased by approximately $0.3 million due to 1) $0.6 million related to a pension settlement gain (see Note 13, Comprehensive Income ) that should have been recorded primarily in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 and 2) $0.3 million related to a value-added tax asset write-off that should have been recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2010. In the second quarter of fiscal 2011, net income was reduced by approximately $1.1 million due to 1) a $0.3 million reduction in net income related to the pay-off of a note receivable that should have been recorded during fiscal 2008, fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010 and 2) a $0.8 million decrease in net income related to the currency revaluation of certain value-added tax liabilities that should have initially resulted in a reduction in net income during fiscal 2009 ($0.8 million) and fiscal 2010 ($0.7 million).  In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, net income increased by approximately $0.2 million related to the recognition of deferred license revenue that should have been recognized in fiscal 2010.

 

Our results for the first nine months of fiscal 2010 include reductions to net income of approximately $0.9 million that should have been reported in other fiscal years.  Net income was reduced due to 1) an additional $1.8 million of income tax provision recorded primarily in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 that should have been recorded as a reduction to net income in fiscal 2009 and 2) an increase of $0.9 million recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 related to the reversal of a services loss reserve that should have been reversed in fiscal 2008.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Except to the extent updated or described below, a detailed description of our significant accounting policies can be found in Lawson’s Current Report on Form 8-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010.  The following Notes should be read in conjunction with such policies and other disclosures contained therein.

 

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

 

On June 1, 2010, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidance on the consolidation of variable interest entities (VIEs).  This guidance clarifies the determination of whether a company is required to consolidate a VIE, changes the approach to determining a VIE’s primary beneficiary (the reporting entity that must consolidate the VIE), requires an ongoing reassessment of whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE and requires additional disclosures about a company’s involvement in VIEs.  Our adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance that expands the interim and annual disclosure requirements for fair value measurements, including the information about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 of the three-tier fair value hierarchy established under the FASB’s fair value measurement guidance.  This guidance also requires separate disclosure for purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to Level 3 investments. Except for the detailed disclosures related to the Level 3 reconciliation, which became effective for us on June 1, 2010, all other disclosures under this guidance became effective during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements — Not Yet Adopted

 

In October 2009, the FASB issued guidance which amends the existing guidance for revenue recognition of non-software elements of multiple element arrangements.  Under the new guidance, when vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence of the fair value for deliverables in an arrangement cannot be determined, companies will be required to develop a best estimate of the selling price to separate deliverables and allocate arrangement consideration based on the relative selling price method.  The residual method of allocating arrangement consideration will no longer be permitted.  This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 (our fiscal 2012), however, early adoption is permitted.  We are currently evaluating how this may affect our accounting for multiple element arrangements and the impact it may have on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Derivatives

 

We account for derivative instruments, consisting of foreign currency forward contracts, pursuant to the FASB guidance on accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities.  This guidance requires us to measure derivative instruments at fair value and record them in our balance sheet as either an asset or a liability. We do not use derivative instruments for trading purposes. In fiscal 2011 and prior years, we have not designated these derivative contracts as hedge transactions and have not used hedge accounting. We manage foreign currency market risk using forward contracts to offset the risk associated with the effects of certain foreign currency exposures primarily related to non-functional currency intercompany loans and advances between our international subsidiaries as well as other balance sheet accounts, particularly accounts receivable, accounts payable and certain accrual accounts. Our foreign currency forward contracts are generally short-term in nature, maturing within 90 days or less. We revalue all contracts to their current market value at the end of each reporting period and unrealized gains and losses are included in our results of operations for that period. These gains and losses largely offset gains and losses recorded from the revaluation of our non-functional currency balance sheet exposures. We expect this to mitigate some foreign currency transaction gains or losses in future periods. Our net realized gain or loss with respect to currency fluctuations will depend on the currency exchange rates and other factors in effect as the contracts mature.

 

We record our foreign currency forward contracts on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as either prepaid expenses and other current assets or other current liabilities depending on whether the net fair value of such contracts is a net asset or net liability, respectively. All gains and losses from foreign currency forward contracts have been included in general and administrative expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.  Cash flows related to our foreign currency forward contracts are included in cash flows from operating activities in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.  See Note 9, Fair Value Measurements , for more detail.  We have recorded the following net fair values of our foreign currency forward contracts and the related net realized and unrealized gains and losses as of and for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Net Asset

 

Net Liability

 

 

 

Prepaid Expenses and Other
Current Assets

 

Other Current Liabilities

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fair values of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward contracts

 

$

 

$

6,527

 

$

1,479

 

$

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Gain (loss) recognized for derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward contracts

 

$

(5,487

)

$

5,125

 

$

(5,731

)

$

(795

)

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Our financial instruments consist primarily of cash equivalents, marketable securities, trade accounts receivable and accounts payable and foreign currency forward contracts for which the current carrying amounts approximate fair values, primarily due to their short periods to maturity. Our long-term debt is carried at its face value, net of applicable debt discount.  The estimated fair value of

 

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our 2.5% senior convertible notes, including current maturities, was $257.6 million as of February 28, 2011, based on quoted market prices. The remainder of our long-term debt has fair values that are not materially different from their aggregate carrying values of $3.4 million.

 

Sales Returns and Allowances

 

We do not generally provide a contractual right of return. However, in the course of arriving at practical business solutions to various warranty and other claims, we have allowed sales returns and allowances. We record a provision against revenue for estimated sales returns and allowances on license and consulting revenues in the same period the related revenues are recorded or when current information indicates additional allowances are required (we refer to these provisions and allowances as a warranty reserve).  These estimates are based on historical experience determined by analysis of return activities, specifically identified customers and other known factors. If the historical data we utilize does not reflect expected future performance, a change in the allowances would be recorded in the period such determination is made, affecting current and future results of operations.

 

Following is a rollforward of our warranty reserve (in thousands):

 

Balance, May 31, 2010

 

$

8,494

 

Provision

 

2,927

 

Write-offs

 

(2,298

)

Currency translation effect

 

238

 

Balance, February 28, 2011

 

$

9,361

 

 

3. Restructuring

 

Over the past several years, we have pursued certain restructuring actions to improve our operational efficiency and reduce our operating costs.  These cost reduction measures included workforce reductions relating to restructuring our workforce and the vertical realignment of our organization, and the exiting of certain leased facilities and the consolidation of space in certain other facilities.  We have recorded restructuring charges related to these actions including severance and related benefits and costs associated with the exit of or reduction in leased space.  The specific actions are discussed below.  The original charges were based on management’s estimate of applicable severance and related benefits to be incurred and the estimated fair value of our liability related to exited leased facilities.  These estimated costs are subject to change based on actual costs incurred or changes in estimates and assumptions used in determining the value of these obligations.  Any change in the related accruals is recorded in the period identified.

 

The following table sets forth the reserve activity related to our restructuring plans for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Restructuring Actions

 

 

 

Fiscal

 

Fiscal

 

Fiscal

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2006

 

Total

 

Balance, May 31, 2010

 

$

8,137

 

$

3,722

 

$

2,915

 

$

14,774

 

Cash payments - severance and related benefits

 

(6,349

)

(464

)

 

(6,813

)

Cash payments - exited leased facilities

 

 

(1,414

)

(860

)

(2,274

)

Adjustments to provision

 

(893

)

(793

)

 

(1,686

)

Adjustments to provision - goodwill

 

 

 

(307

)

(307

)

Currency translation effect

 

773

 

376

 

295

 

1,444

 

Balance, February 28, 2011

 

$

1,668

 

$

1,427

 

$

2,043

 

$

5,138

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve - severance and related benefits

 

$

1,668

 

$

40

 

$

 

$

1,708

 

Reserve - exited leased facilities

 

 

1,387

 

2,043

 

3,430

 

Balance, February 28, 2011

 

$

1,668

 

$

1,427

 

$

2,043

 

$

5,138

 

 

The remaining reserve accrual related to severance and related benefits is included in accrued compensation and benefits and the reserve accrual related to exited leased facilities is included in other current liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of February 28, 2011.

 

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Fiscal 2010 Restructurings

 

Fiscal 2010 Q2.   On September 30, 2009, we approved a plan to further restructure our workforce.  Under this plan, we reduced our workforce by approximately 65 employees.  The majority of the reductions occurred within our consulting practice in our EMEA region.  These actions were undertaken as a further refinement of our vertical organization, including a resizing of our services business to leverage our partner channels, and in light of demand for our consulting and implementation services in EMEA at that time. The majority of the actions related to this plan were completed by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2010.  The restructuring action resulted in pre-tax charges of $4.6 million for severance pay and related benefits which we recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.  Substantially all of this amount will result in future cash expenditures.  In fiscal 2011, we recorded a $0.1 million reduction to this accrual, primarily as a result of a decrease in the number of affected employees.  We expect that the majority of the remaining severance and related benefits will be paid by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.

 

Fiscal 2010 Q4.   On May 27, 2010, we approved and began implementing a plan to restructure our workforce including the elimination of approximately 150 employees. The workforce reduction related primarily to our M3 operations in Europe, the U.S. and Manila.  Departures of affected personnel were substantially complete by the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2011.  In connection with these actions we recorded pre-tax charges of $7.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 for severance pay and related benefits; substantially all of which will result in future cash expenditures.  In fiscal 2011, we recorded a $0.8 million reduction to this accrual, primarily due to a $1.2 million reduction related to a decrease in the number of affected employees as a result of certain employees taking other positions within the Company somewhat offset by an increase in accruals for severed employees of $0.4 million.  We expect that the majority of the remaining severance and related benefits will be paid by the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

 

Fiscal 2009 Restructurings

 

Fiscal 2009 Q2.   On November 18, 2008, we announced the implementation of cost reduction measures in light of the uncertainty in global economic conditions and in light of other operating margin improvement initiatives. These cost reduction initiatives included a restructuring plan resulting in the reduction of approximately 285 employees and the exiting of certain leased facilities.  In relation to these actions we recorded a pre-tax charge of approximately $7.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 and an additional $3.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Actions related to severance were substantially completed by February 28, 2009 and applicable cash payments were completed thereafter.  We expect payments related to the exited facilities to continue through November 2011.

 

Fiscal 2009 Q4.   On May 18, 2009, we initiated a plan to restructure our workforce in preparation for the fiscal 2010 vertical realignment of our organization. The restructuring involved the reduction of our workforce by approximately 150 employees and the consolidation of space in certain of our leased facilities.  Actions related to this plan were completed by the end of our third quarter of fiscal 2010. The plan resulted in pre-tax charges of approximately $5.3 million for severance and related benefits and the consolidation of leased facilities resulted in pre-tax charges of approximately $3.8 million which we recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.  In fiscal 2011, we recorded adjustments to these accruals of approximately $0.5 million for a reduction in expenses accrued related to exited leased facilities when the lessor agreed to reduce the period of the lease and $0.3 million primarily as a result of a decrease in the number of affected employees.  Substantially all severance and related benefits have been paid as of the third quarter of fiscal 2011 while the leased facilities costs will be paid through December 2011.

 

Fiscal 2006 Restructuring

 

On April 26, 2006, in conjunction with our business combination with Intentia International AB (Intentia), we approved a plan designed to eliminate employee redundancies in both Intentia and Legacy Lawson.  These actions included the reduction of approximately 185 employees and the exit of, or reduction in, leased space.  In the first quarter of fiscal 2011, we made adjustments to reduce lease exit costs of approximately $0.3 million for changes in estimates relating to the original lease restructuring plan when the lessor agreed to reduce the period of the lease.  This adjustment resulted in a reduction to acquired goodwill. We expect cash payments related to exited facilities or reduced space to continue through June 2012.

 

As a result of our restructuring plans and the realignment of our workforce, we have experienced cost savings from the lower facility expenses and reduced headcount and we expect these savings to continue.

 

4. Business Combinations

 

We use the acquisition method to account for acquisitions in accordance with the FASB guidance on accounting for business combinations.  Under the acquisition method, total purchase consideration is allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values as estimated on the acquisition date.  The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired is recorded as goodwill within our applicable industries segment. See Note 7, Goodwill and Intangible Assets .  We believe the goodwill related to these acquisitions arises from the benefits we expect

 

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to achieve from the additional revenue potential provided by our expanded product offerings and increased access to customers in the applicable industry verticals within our industries segments.

 

We are responsible for determining the fair values of acquired assets and liabilities assumed. These fair values are based on our estimates as of the applicable acquisition dates and are based on a number of factors including valuations.  Identified intangible assets acquired generally include existing technology, existing customer relationships and trade names.  We use variations of the income approach method to value the intangible assets.  Under these methods, fair value is estimated based upon the present value of cash flows that the applicable asset is expected to generate.  For the Healthvision and Enwisen acquisitions, the valuation of the existing technology and trade names were based on the relief-from-royalty method and existing customer relationships are valued using the excess earnings method.  The royalty rates used in the relief-from-royalty method were based on both a return-on-asset method and market comparable rates.

 

The estimates and assumptions used in valuing acquired assets and assumed liabilities related to an acquisition are inherently uncertain and may require adjustment.  In some cases, all the information required to estimate these fair values, allocate purchase price and measure goodwill may not be available on the acquisition date or as of the applicable reporting period.  In those instances, we provide provisional amounts when necessary in order to record the transaction.  These provisional amounts are to be adjusted and the allocation of purchase price finalized within a reasonable amount of time from the date of the acquisition; this is referred to as the measurement period and is not to exceed one year.  As information becomes available during the measurement period, we may update these provisional amounts and adjust the values of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and recorded goodwill.  In addition, adjustments to our acquisition accounting during the measurement period may require us to revise prior period financial information when reissued in subsequent financial statements to reflect such adjustments. Revisions outside the measurement period are reflected in our results of operations in the period such adjustments are identified.

 

Enwisen

 

On December 31, 2010, we completed our acquisition of Enwisen, Inc. (Enwisen). Enwisen is a Novato, California-based company providing software-as-a-service (SaaS) human resource service delivery solutions.  The acquisition of Enwisen complements our human capital management (HCM) product offerings within our S3 Industries segment.  The addition of the Enwisen suite of applications to Lawson’s Human Capital Management offerings provides Lawson a broader solution set targeted at the HCM software market.

 

Under the agreement and plan of merger we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Enwisen stock for approximately $70.0 million in cash, net of approximately $2.1 million of acquired cash.  We funded the purchase price from our available cash.  The total purchase consideration is subject to certain post-closing adjustments and may include an additional $5.0 million in contingent cash consideration payable to the sellers if certain future performance and/or other conditions are met as detailed in the purchase agreement.

 

We have estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration to be $2.9 million.   Any future change in the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration, during the contingency period through settlement, will be recorded in our results of operations in the period of such change.  The potential undiscounted amount of future payments that we may be required to make related to the contingent consideration is between $0.0 and $5.0 million.

 

The following table summarizes our allocation of the total Enwisen purchase consideration of $72.9 million (in thousands):

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

3,740

 

Identified intangible assets:

 

 

 

Existing technology

 

22,000

 

Existing customer relationships

 

12,500

 

Trade names

 

3,000

 

Goodwill

 

45,176

 

Deferred revenue

 

(3,585

)

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

(8,827

)

All other net tangible assets (liabilities), net of cash acquired

 

(1,121

)

Total fair value of purchase consideration

 

$

72,883

 

 

The acquired intangible assets relating to Enwisen’s existing technology, existing customer relationships and trade names are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of seven, ten and ten years, respectively.  The goodwill from this transaction has been allocated to our S3 Industries segment. This goodwill is a non-deductible asset for income tax purposes.

 

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Enwisen contributed revenues of $1.7 million for the period from our acquisition through February 28, 2011.  Transaction and merger related integration costs of $0.3 million associated with our Enwisen acquisition have been expensed as incurred and are reflected in our general and administrative expenses for the third quarter ended February 28, 2011.  Pro forma financial information related to Enwisen has not been presented as it was not material to our results of operations in the third quarter or year-to-date period ended February 28, 2011.

 

Healthvision

 

On January 11, 2010, we completed our acquisition of Healthvision through the acquisition of all the outstanding stock of privately held Quovadx Holdings, Inc., Healthvision’s parent holding company.  Healthvision is a Dallas-based company providing integration and application technology and related services to hospitals and large healthcare organizations.  The acquisition of Healthvision is a strategic fit for our S3 Industries segment.

 

The purchase consideration totaled approximately $160.0 million in cash, net of approximately $10.4 million of acquired cash.  We funded the purchase price from our available cash.  The following table summarizes our allocation of the Healthvision purchase consideration (in thousands):

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

19,270

 

Identified intangible assets:

 

 

 

Existing technology

 

45,500

 

Existing customer relationships

 

46,000

 

Trade names

 

4,000

 

Goodwill

 

78,211

 

Deferred revenue

 

(9,924

)

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

(20,888

)

All other net tangible assets (liabilities), net of cash acquired

 

(2,169

)

Total fair value of purchase consideration

 

$

160,000

 

 

The acquired intangible assets relating to Healthvision’s existing technology, existing customer relationships and trade names are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of 10, 15 and 10 years, respectively.  The goodwill from this transaction has been allocated to our S3 Industries segment as it relates to our healthcare vertical.  We expect that $6.1 million of the goodwill we acquired will be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

The results of operations of Healthvision have been included in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations from the  date of acquisition, January 11, 2011.  The unaudited pro forma financial information presented below is based on historical financial information of Lawson and Healthvision giving effect to the acquisition as if it had occurred on June 1, 2009.  In addition, we have applied certain assumptions and made pro forma adjustments primarily related to the amortization of acquired intangibles, recognition of deferred revenues, interest income, interest expense and the estimated impact on our income tax provision.  We believe that the assumptions used and the adjustments made are reasonable given the information available to us as of the date of this Form 10-Q.  This pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have been achieved had the acquisition occurred at such earlier times or of the results that may be achieved in the future.   In addition, these pro forma financial statements do not reflect the realization of any cost savings that we may achieve from operating efficiencies, synergies or other restructuring activities that may result from the acquisition.

 

The following table summarizes the unaudited pro forma financial information for the periods presented of the combined Lawson and Healthvision as if the acquisition closed at the beginning of fiscal 2010 (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2010

 

2010

 

Total revenues

 

$

194,780

 

$

577,674

 

Net income

 

$

2,610

 

$

13,984

 

Net income per share - basic

 

$

0.02

 

$

0.09

 

Net income per share - diluted

 

$

0.02

 

$

0.08

 

 

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5. Share-Based Compensation

 

We account for share-based compensation in accordance with the FASB guidance on share-based payments.  This guidance requires us to estimate the fair value of our share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. We use the Black-Scholes option-pricing model which requires the input of significant assumptions including an estimate of the average period of time employees will retain vested stock options before exercising them, the estimated volatility of our common stock price over the expected term and the applicable risk-free interest rate. The value of the portion of awards that are ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

The fair value of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards (together restricted stock awards) is estimated based on the grant date market value of our common stock.  For service-based restricted stock awards, compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the related service period.  For performance-based restricted stock awards vesting is based on obtaining certain performance targets (currently based on our non-GAAP revenues and non-GAAP net income per diluted share) and compensation expense is recognized over the related service period based on management’s assessment of the probability of meeting such targets.  In general, we begin to recognize applicable compensation expense when we believe it is probable that the related performance targets will be met.  No compensation expense is recorded, and any previously recognized expense reversed, when achievement of the performance target is not assessed as probable.  We assess the likelihood or probability of achieving the performance target for these awards at the end of each quarterly reporting period. These performance-based awards will be cancelled and forfeited if the applicable performance targets are not met.

 

Compensation expense related to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) is estimated as the 15% discount employees receive relative to the market value of our common stock at the end of the ESPP’s quarterly offering periods and is recognized in the applicable fiscal quarter.

 

The following table presents share-based compensation expense recognized in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, by category, for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Cost of revenues

 

$

1,529

 

$

1,976

 

$

3,597

 

$

3,776

 

Research and development

 

616

 

448

 

1,650

 

629

 

Sales and marketing

 

1,104

 

2,947

 

2,853

 

5,798

 

General and administrative

 

1,013

 

887

 

5,292

 

3,055

 

Share-based compensation expense, before income tax

 

4,262

 

6,258

 

13,392

 

13,258

 

Income tax benefit

 

(1,632

)

(2,409

)

(5,129

)

(5,105

)

Share-based compensation expense, net of tax

 

$

2,630

 

$

3,849

 

$

8,263

 

$

8,153

 

 

As of February 28, 2011, we had the following unrecognized share-based compensation which we expect to recognize over the weighted average periods indicated, assuming applicable performance targets related to performance-based awards will be met in the future (in thousands, recognition period in years):

 

 

 

Outstanding
Stock
Options

 

Restricted
Stock
Awards

 

Unrecognized compensation expense

 

$

9,917

 

$

28,557

 

Recognition period

 

1.42

 

1.73

 

 

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6. Trade Accounts Receivable

 

The components of our trade accounts receivable were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

$

105,170

 

$

107,204

 

Unbilled accounts receivable

 

11,415

 

14,259

 

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(3,224

)

(3,487

)

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

$

113,361

 

$

117,976

 

 

Unbilled accounts receivable represents revenue recognized on contracts for which billings have not yet been presented to our customers because the amounts were earned but not contractually billable as of the balance sheet date.

 

7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

The change in the carrying amount of our goodwill by reportable segment for the nine months ended February 28, 2011, was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

S3
Industries

 

M3
Industries

 

Total

 

Balance, May 31, 2010 (1) 

 

$

407,909

 

$

117,667

 

$

525,576

 

Goodwill acquired

 

45,176

 

 

45,176

 

Goodwill adjustments

 

539

 

(81

)

458

 

Currency translation effect

 

47,404

 

16,115

 

63,519

 

Balance, February 28, 2011

 

$

501,028

 

$

133,701

 

$

634,729

 

 


(1)           Reflects the reporting segment structure effective beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.  In fiscal 2010 we operated under three segments before we refined our organizational structure.  See Note 15, Segment and Geographic Information .

 

Goodwill acquired during the first nine months of fiscal 2011 totaled $45.2 million related to our acquisition of Enwisen within our S3 Industries segment.  See Note 4, Business Combinations .

 

We recorded an adjustment of approximately $0.5 million to increase goodwill during the first nine months of fiscal 2011.  In the second quarter of fiscal 2011 we recorded adjustments to correct the amount of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed related to our acquisition of Healthvision. The adjustments included a decrease in trade accounts receivable of approximately $0.7 million and a $0.1 million increase in deferred revenue, with a corresponding $0.8 million increase in goodwill.  These increases were somewhat offset by a first quarter adjustment reducing goodwill by $0.3 million which pertained to changes in estimates relating to our fiscal 2006 lease restructuring plan.  See Note 3, Restructuring .

 

In accordance with the FASB guidance related to goodwill and other intangible assets, we are required to assess the carrying amount of our goodwill for potential impairment annually or more frequently if events or a change in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred.  We conduct our annual impairment test in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year.

 

Testing for goodwill impairment is a two step process. The first step screens for potential impairment and if there is an indication of possible impairment the second step must be completed to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any. The first step of the goodwill impairment test used to identify potential impairment compares the fair value of a reporting unit with the carrying value of its net assets.  If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value of the reporting unit, the second step of the goodwill impairment test would be performed to measure the amount of impairment loss we would be required to record, if any. The second step, if required, would compare the implied fair value of Lawson’s goodwill with the current carrying amount of our goodwill. If the implied fair value of our goodwill is less than the carrying value, an impairment charge would be recorded as a charge to our operations.  The results of our most recent annual assessment performed at the end of fiscal 2010 did not indicate any impairment of our goodwill.

 

During the first quarter of fiscal 2011, with a revision of our vertical organizational structure, we determined that we now operate under two reportable segments: S3 Industries and M3 Industries.  We consolidated our General Industries reportable segment and redistributed responsibility for management of the vertical markets that were part of this segment into our S3 Industries and M3 Industries segments.  See Note 15, Segment and Geographic Information , for additional information regarding our reportable

 

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segments.  These two reporting segments are also representative of our reporting units for purposes of our goodwill impairment testing.  Prior to this restructuring of our business, we had four reporting units.  Upon this change in the number of our reporting units to two, effective June 1, 2010, we reallocated our goodwill to each of these reporting units based upon their fair values and we performed a step one goodwill impairment test.

 

For purposes of allocating our recorded goodwill to our reporting units, we estimated their fair values using a combination of an income approach (discounted cash flow method) and a market approach (market comparable method).  Based on the results of the first step of our impairment test, the fair value exceeded the carrying value of the net assets for each of our reporting units.  As of June 1, 2010, the calculated fair values of our S3 Industries and M3 Industries reporting units substantially exceeded their carrying values by approximately 150.5% and 70.6%, respectively.  Accordingly, there was no impairment of our goodwill and neither of our reporting units was at risk of impairment as of June 1, 2010.  We have no accumulated impairment charges related to our goodwill.

 

Intangible assets subject to amortization were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

February 28, 2011

 

May 31, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Estimated

 

 

 

Amounts

 

Amortization

 

Net

 

Amounts

 

Amortization

 

Net

 

Useful Lives

 

Maintenance contracts

 

$

22,940

 

$

20,400

 

$

2,540

 

$

22,940

 

$

19,343

 

$

3,597

 

Term

 

Technology

 

165,137

 

73,559

 

91,578

 

141,646

 

59,284

 

82,362

 

3-10 years

 

Client lists

 

10,333

 

9,807

 

526

 

10,144

 

8,870

 

1,274

 

4-10 years

 

Customer relationships

 

116,037

 

38,591

 

77,446

 

95,866

 

27,339

 

68,527

 

12-15 years

 

Trademarks

 

12,757

 

6,211

 

6,546

 

8,945

 

5,141

 

3,804

 

2 years

 

Non-compete agreements

 

4,215

 

4,082

 

133

 

3,494

 

3,393

 

101

 

5 years

 

 

 

$

331,419

 

$

152,650

 

$

178,769

 

$

283,035

 

$

123,370

 

$

159,665

 

 

 

 

We amortize our intangible assets using underlying cash flow projections, accelerated methods and straight-line methods which approximate the proportion of future cash flows estimated to be generated in each period over the estimated useful life of the applicable asset. The balances reflected in the above table as of February 28, 2011, include the $37.5 million of intangible assets acquired in our acquisition of Enwisen and applicable accumulated amortization.  See Note 4, Business Combinations .  Net intangible assets increased from May 31, 2010 to February 28, 2011 by approximately $5.1 million due to the effect of currency translation.

 

Amortization expense is reported as a component of cost of revenues and as amortization of acquired intangibles in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following table presents amortization expense for intangible assets recognized in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amortization expense

 

$

8,294

 

$

7,055

 

$

23,296

 

$

16,978

 

 

We review our intangible assets for potential impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their remaining carrying value may not be recoverable pursuant to the FASB guidance on accounting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. No such events or circumstances occurred during the current quarter.

 

The estimated future annual amortization expense for identified intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

 

2011 (remaining 3 months)

 

$

 8,595

 

2012

 

31,954

 

2013

 

29,454

 

2014

 

24,890

 

2015

 

27,934

 

Thereafter

 

55,942

 

 

 

$

178,769

 

 

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8. Deferred Revenue

 

The components of deferred revenue were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

License fees

 

$

36,599

 

$

39,221

 

Maintenance services

 

169,437

 

275,237

 

Consulting

 

24,407

 

13,702

 

Total deferred revenue

 

230,443

 

328,160

 

Less current portion

 

(220,180

)

(319,797

)

Deferred revenue - non-current

 

$

10,263

 

$

8,363

 

 

In general, changes in the balance of our deferred revenue are cyclical and primarily driven by the timing of our maintenance services renewal cycles. Our renewal dates primarily occur in the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year with revenues being recognized ratably over the applicable service periods.  In addition, our conversion rate, or the rate at which revenue related to license transactions is recorded as revenue, was relatively higher contributing to the decrease in deferred license fees revenues.  These decreases were somewhat offset by an increase in deferred consulting revenues.  The increase in deferred consulting revenues is primarily related to large consulting projects in both our S3 and M3 Industries segments that were deferred in the first nine months of fiscal 2011, in accordance with various contract specifications, and will be recognized as the services are provided as well as deferred revenue related to our acquisition of Enwisen.

 

9. Fair Value Measurements

 

We adopted the FASB guidance for financial assets and liabilities and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized at fair value on a recurring basis in fiscal 2009.  We adopted this guidance for nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in fiscal 2010.  This guidance defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  Fair value is defined as an “exit price” which represents the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date.  As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in valuing an asset or a liability. The above mentioned guidance also requires the use of valuation techniques to measure fair values that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. As a basis for considering such assumptions and inputs, the guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy which identifies and prioritizes three levels of inputs to be used in measuring fair value.

 

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1

Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2

Inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly including: 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

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market data and require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

 

We measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value including our cash equivalents, available-for-sale equity securities and foreign currency forward contracts.  The following table summarizes the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis, by level within the fair value hierarchy, as of February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010 (in thousands):

 

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February 28, 2011

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using Inputs
Considered as

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Fair Value

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

 

$

98,174

 

$

 

$

98,174

 

Foreign currency forward contracts

 

 

274

 

 

274

 

Total

 

$

 

$

98,448

 

$

 

$

98,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward contracts

 

$

 

$

1,753

 

$

 

$

1,753

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

 

2,883

 

2,883

 

Total

 

$

 

$

1,753

 

$

2,883

 

$

4,636

 

 

 

 

May 31, 2010

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using Inputs
Considered as

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Fair Value

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

 

$

198,445

 

$

 

$

198,445

 

Foreign currency forward contracts

 

 

6,974

 

 

6,974

 

Total

 

$

 

$

205,419

 

$

 

$

205,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward contracts

 

$

 

$

447

 

$

 

$

447

 

Total

 

$

 

$

447

 

$

 

$

447

 

 

Cash equivalents include funds held in money market instruments and are reported at their current carrying value which approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments and are included in cash and cash equivalents in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Our money market instruments are valued primarily using observable inputs other than quoted market prices and are included in Level 2 inputs.

 

Foreign currency forward contracts are valued based on observable market spot and forward rates as of our reporting date and are included in Level 2 inputs in the above table.  All contracts are at fair value and marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period with realized and unrealized gains and losses included in general and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Contingent consideration relates to our acquisition of Enwisen.  The estimated fair value of the contingent consideration is based primarily on our estimates of meeting the applicable contingency conditions. As these are unobservable inputs, the contingent consideration is included in Level 3 inputs.  The contingent consideration liability is included in other long-term liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of February 28, 2011.  In future periods, we will remeasure the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration and will include any change in the related liability recorded in general and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.  See Note 4, Business Combinations .

 

We have had no transfers of assets/liabilities into or out of Levels 1 and 2 during the first nine months of fiscal 2011.

 

The following table reconciles the change in our Level 3 assets/liabilities for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 (in thousands):

 

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Fair  Value
Measurements Using
Significant
Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Level 3

 

Balance as of May 31, 2010

 

$

 

Contingent consideration — Enwisen acquisition

 

2,883

 

Total realized gain (loss) recorded in earnings

 

 

Balance as of February 28, 2011

 

$

2,883

 

 

In addition to the financial assets and liabilities included in the above table, certain of our nonfinancial assets and liabilities are to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with applicable U.S. GAAP.  T his includes items such as nonfinancial assets and liabilities initially measured at fair value in a business combination (but not measured at fair value in subsequent periods) and nonfinancial long-lived asset groups measured at fair value for an impairment assessment.  In general, nonfinancial assets including goodwill, other intangible assets and property and equipment are measured at fair value when there is an indication of impairment and are recorded at fair value only when any impairment is recognized.  As of February 28, 2011, we had not recorded any impairment related to such assets and we had no other material nonfinancial assets or liabilities requiring adjustments or write-downs to their current fair value.

 

We elected not to apply the FASB guidance, as allowed, related to the fair value option for financial assets and liabilities to any of our currently eligible financial assets or liabilities. As of February 28, 2011 , our material financial assets and liabilities not carried at fair value include our trade accounts receivable and accounts payable, which are reported at their current carrying values and we believe this approximates their fair values.

 

10. Long-Term Debt

 

Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Senior convertible notes, interest at 2.5%

 

$

240,000

 

$

240,000

 

Debt discount

 

(10,740

)

(17,535

)

Car loans, interest at average rate of 1.5%

 

2,353

 

2,761

 

Capital lease obligations, interest at 3.0%

 

1,047

 

1,563

 

Total long-term debt

 

232,660

 

226,789

 

Less current maturities

 

(2,273

)

(2,646

)

Total long-term debt - non-current

 

$

230,387

 

$

224,143

 

 

In April 2007, we issued $240.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior convertible notes with net proceeds, after expenses, of approximately $233.5 million. The notes mature on April 15, 2012. The notes bear interest at a rate of 2.5% per annum, which is payable semi-annually in arrears, on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2007. The notes do not contain any restrictive financial covenants.  The notes are convertible, at the holders’ option, into cash and, if applicable, shares of our common stock based on an initial conversion rate of approximately 83.23 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes.  This is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $12.02 per share (which reflects a 35.0% conversion premium based on the closing sale price of $8.90 per share of Lawson common stock as reported by NASDAQ on April 17, 2007). Prior to January 15, 2012, the notes are convertible if the closing price of our common stock is more than 130.0% of the current conversion price of $12.02, or $15.63 per share, for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading-day period ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter.  In connection with the issuance of the notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the notes. On August 16, 2007, we filed the shelf registration statement, which became effective on that date. On October 19, 2009, all securities that remained unsold under the registration statement were deregistered as our contractual obligation to maintain the shelf registration terminated.  See Note 7, Long-Term Debt and Credit Facilities , in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010.

 

We had certain business relationships with Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc. (Lehman OTC), including a convertible note hedge transaction and a warrant transaction both entered into as part of the issuance of our senior convertible notes and an accelerated share repurchase transaction (see Note 16, Repurchase of Common Shares ). On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers

 

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Holdings Inc. (Lehman Holdings) filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Subsidiaries of Lehman Holdings, including Lehman Brothers Inc. (Lehman Brothers) and Lehman OTC, were not included in the filing. On September 19, 2008, Lehman Brothers was placed in liquidation under the Securities Investor Protection Act. In addition, on October 3, 2008, Lehman OTC also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

 

Lehman Brothers was one of the original purchasers of our senior convertible notes. None of the net proceeds from the offering are on deposit with Lehman Brothers or any of its affiliates. In conjunction with the issuance of the notes, we also entered into a convertible note hedge transaction with Lehman OTC, an affiliate of Lehman Brothers.  In a separate agreement, we entered into a warrant transaction with Lehman OTC.  Together, these transactions were designed to reduce the potential dilution resulting from the potential conversion of our senior convertible notes into shares of common stock and effectively increased the conversion price of the notes to $15.58 per share from the initial conversion price of $12.02 per share.  We paid $57.7 million ($35.7 million net of tax benefit) to acquire the call options and received $34.2 million as a result of the sale of the warrants.  The purchase of the call options was recorded as a reduction to stockholders’ equity and the sale of the warrants was recorded as an increase to stockholders’ equity in accordance with applicable FASB guidance.

 

The bankruptcy filing by Lehman OTC was an event of default under the hedge transaction and warrant agreements. As a result of that default, we exercised our rights to terminate both the hedge transaction and the warrant transaction on October 10, 2008. As a result of our termination of the hedge transaction, terms of the original transaction provided us the right to seek recovery from Lehman OTC equal to the termination-date fair value of the common stock option instrument we issued in connection with the hedge transaction. At the time of termination, the instrument ceased being a hedge instrument and was effectively replaced by our claim against Lehman OTC. Accordingly, for financial reporting purposes, we recorded the estimated fair value of the related hedge transaction asset and the warrant liability during the second quarter of fiscal 2009, resulting in a decrease in our stockholders’ equity equal to the net amount of the recorded asset and liability. As part of the convertible note hedge transaction, Lehman OTC agreed to have Lehman Holdings guarantee certain obligations of Lehman OTC. Based on the developments in the bankruptcy proceeding, we do not have a claim against Lehman Holdings for the guaranty agreed to by Lehman OTC.

 

On June 4, 2009, counsel for Lehman Holdings and Lehman OTC demanded payment from us of the termination-date fair value of the warrant, asserted that in the contracts we have waived the right to setoff against the amounts owed to us under the hedge transaction and claimed we violated the bankruptcy stay in asserting offset rights. We refused payment and subsequently entered into settlement discussions with Lehman OTC.

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, on February 10, 2011, we reached a settlement with Lehman OTC and entered into Termination Agreements relating to (1) Lawson’s claim against Lehman OTC for the convertible note hedge transaction and for the July 2008 accelerated share repurchase agreement (see Note 16, Repurchase of Common Shares ) and (2) Lehman OTC’s claim against Lawson for the warrant transaction.

 

For financial reporting purposes, we originally estimated the fair value of the hedge transaction asset and the warrant liability using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and considered the credit risk of Lehman OTC.  The original estimated fair values of the hedge transaction asset and warrant liability differ from the values as agreed to in the applicable February 10, 2011, Termination Agreements.

 

On February 10, 2011, we paid Lehman OTC the settlement value of our warrant liability and assigned our aggregate Lehman OTC claims relating to the note hedge and a ccelerated share repurchase agreement transactions to an independent third party in exchange for cash which we received on February 11, 2011.  As a result of these payments and collections, at amounts differing from the previously recorded estimated fair values, we recorded a gain of approximately $3.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 related to the settlement of these obligations.  This gain is reflected in other income (expense) in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

The terms of the senior convertible notes and the rights of note holders are not affected by the status of Lehman Holdings or Lehman OTC or by the termination and settlement of the convertible note hedge or warrant transactions.

 

We have an uncommitted credit facility that consists of a guarantee line with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken in the amount of $4.7 million (30.0 million Swedish Krona). We had no borrowings outstanding under this line as of February 28, 2011 .

 

11. Income Taxes

 

Our quarterly income tax expense is measured using an estimated annual effective tax rate for the period.  For the nine months ended February 28, 2011 , our estimated annual global effective tax rate was 28.0% after considering those entities for which no tax benefit from operating losses is expected to occur during the year as a result of such entities requiring a full valuation allowance

 

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against current year losses.  We estimate our annual effective tax rate on a quarterly basis and make any necessary changes to adjust the rate for the applicable year-to-date period based upon the annual estimate. The estimated annual tax rate may fluctuate due to changes in forecasted annual operating income, changes in the jurisdictional mix of the forecasted annual operating income, positive or negative changes to the valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets, changes to actual or forecasted permanent book to tax differences, impacts from future tax settlements with state, federal or foreign tax authorities or impacts from enacted tax law changes.  We identify items which are unusual and nonrecurring in nature and treat these as discrete events. The tax effect of discrete items is recorded entirely in the quarter in which the discrete event occurs.

 

Our income tax expense and overall effective tax rates were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Income tax expense

 

$

1,443

 

$

6,126

 

$

10,377

 

$

21,384

 

Effective tax rate

 

6.3

%

78.6

%

19.4

%

67.3

%

 

The change in the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2011 compared to the similar periods last year was primarily due to a release of recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions, a release of valuation allowance on a recorded capital gain carryforward now utilized in the current period, and the jurisdictional mix of operating income in the respective periods.  In fiscal 2011 we have been profitable in certain foreign jurisdictions which have available net operating loss carryforwards currently offset by valuation allowances.  Utilizing the benefit of these net operating losses reduces our effective tax rate as compared to last year when we incurred unbenefitted losses in certain jurisdictions.

 

The effective tax rate for the quarter ended February 28, 2011 was favorably impacted by 20.3 percentage points due to a release of recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions and 2.0 percentage points due to release of valuation allowance.  In addition, the rate was unfavorably impacted by 1.0 percentage point due to the jurisdictional mix of pre-tax income (loss) in both the actual quarterly amounts and the projected annual amounts that we utilized to calculate our income tax expense.

 

We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various states and foreign jurisdictions.  With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years ending on or before May 31, 2006.  Currently, there are ongoing audits in certain foreign jurisdictions that commenced in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.  While we believe we have adequately provided for all tax positions under examination, amounts asserted by taxing authorities could be greater or less than the accrued provision.  We do not anticipate that adjustments, if any, would result in a material change to our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

We have recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions, which would affect our earnings and effective tax rate if the tax benefits were recognized.  We recognize interest expense (benefit) related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties, if incurred, as a component of our income tax expense.  Over the next 12 months, we do not expect any significant cash payments related to these uncertain tax positions.  For the quarter ended February 28, 2011, $4.6 million of recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions reversed as a result of expiring statutes of limitations.  Unrecognized tax benefits and related accruals for the payment of interest for the periods presented were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Unrecognized tax benefit

 

$

4,918

 

$

8,605

 

Accrued interest

 

$

473

 

$

1,140

 

 

The following table presents interest expense (benefit) recognized related to these unrecognized tax benefits for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Accrued interest expense (benefit)

 

$

(807

)

$

110

 

$

(664

)

$

318

 

 

At May 31, 2010, we had valuation allowances totaling $74.7 million that were recorded against deferred tax assets at various legal entities. Based on our estimates of future profitability in some of these jurisdictions, we believe that a valuation allowance continues to be required based on the current level of uncertainty regarding our ability to realize some of our deferred tax assets.  We continue to monitor and weigh both positive and negative evidence related to our future ability to realize these assets.  If we determine that the evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that we will be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance would be recorded in the period when such determination is made.

 

12. Per Share Data

 

We compute net income per share in accordance with the FASB guidance on earnings per share. Under this guidance, basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the weighted average of dilutive shares outstanding during the period.  We use the treasury stock method to calculate the weighted average dilutive shares related to “in-the-money” stock options and warrants, unvested restricted stock awards and shares issuable under our employee stock purchase plan. The dilutive effect of our senior convertible notes is calculated based on the average market price of our common stock during the applicable period and the conversion price of the senior convertible notes. The senior convertible notes are excluded from our computation of diluted earnings per share when the per share conversion price is greater than the average market price of our common stock during the applicable periods.

 

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

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Net income

 

$

21,398

 

$

1,668

 

$

43,011

 

$

10,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares - basic

 

163,978

 

161,412

 

163,340

 

161,308

 

Net dilutive effect of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options

 

2,723

 

1,970

 

2,519

 

1,943

 

Restricted stock awards

 

2,023

 

1,967

 

2,041

 

1,632

 

ESPP shares

 

12

 

18

 

12

 

18

 

Weighted average common shares - diluted

 

168,736

 

165,367

 

167,912

 

164,901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income per share

 

$

0.13

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.06

 

Diluted net income per share

 

$

0.13

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.06

 

 

Potentially dilutive shares of common stock related to share-based awards and warrants are excluded from the diluted net income per share computations when their exercise prices are greater than the average market price of our common stock during the applicable periods as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.  The following table sets forth potentially dilutive weighted average shares, which were excluded from our computation of diluted net income per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Stock options

 

2,012

 

7,051

 

3,506

 

6,964

 

Restricted stock units

 

27

 

21

 

23

 

11

 

Total potentially dilutive shares

 

2,039

 

7,072

 

3,529

 

6,975

 

 

13. Comprehensive Income

 

The following table summarizes the components of other comprehensive income (in thousands):

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Net income

 

$

21,398

 

$

1,668

 

$

43,011

 

$

10,399

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

35,905

 

(30,081

)

81,524

 

5,404

 

Pension unrealized actuarial gain

 

68

 

(141

)

(1,401

)

140

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on investments (1)

 

(612

)

12

 

 

4

 

Other comprehensive income

 

35,361

 

(30,210

)

80,123

 

5,548

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

56,759

 

$

(28,542

)

$

123,134

 

$

15,947

 

 


(1)                                   The unrealized gains (losses) on investments are net of an insignificant amount of taxes (tax benefits) for all periods presented.

 

Total accumulated other comprehensive income and its components for the periods presented were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

$

88,074

 

$

6,550

 

Pension unrealized actuarial gain

 

1,023

 

2,424

 

Unrealized gain on investments

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

$

89,097

 

$

8,974

 

 

On April 2, 2010, our Benefits Committee approved a plan to modify our defined benefit pension plan in Norway (the Plan) such that beginning on June 1, 2010, active participants in the Plan no longer accumulated benefits for their services. Assets equivalent to the accumulated benefits of all active participants in the Plan were transferred to a newly-established defined contribution plan in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. All retired participants will continue to receive benefits under the Plan. The modification of the Plan resulted in a curtailment of benefits in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 when the modifications were approved.  Accordingly, we recorded a curtailment gain of approximately $1.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 related to the change in all active participants’ projected benefit obligations resulting from the curtailment. This gain was reflected in general and administrative expenses in our fiscal 2010 Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, the modification of the Plan and transfer of the participants’ assets to their defined contribution accounts led to a settlement of active participants’ projected benefit obligations in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. We recorded an additional settlement of approximately $1.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, including $0.9 million that should have been recorded in fiscal 2010 (see Note 1, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation — Results of Operations ), which is reflected in our results of operations for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

14. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal

 

Patent Infringement Lawsuit by ePlus . As previously discussed in the quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarters ended August 31, 2010 and November 30, 2010, on May 19, 2009, ePlus, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Lawson Software, Inc., Perfect Commerce, Inc., SciQuest, Inc. and Verian Technologies, Inc.  The other three defendants subsequently entered into separate confidential settlements and the court dismissed their parts of the lawsuit. The May 2009 complaint alleges that Lawson’s supply chain products infringe three U.S. patents owned by ePlus.  In that complaint, ePlus sought damages in an undisclosed amount, enhancement of those damages, an attorneys’ fee award and an injunction against further infringement.  In May 2010, ePlus quantified its damages claim based on an alleged 5.0% to 6.0% royalty on all license, maintenance and services revenues in the United States since November 2003 for a wide range of our supply chain products as well as service and maintenance revenues.  Those alleged royalty damages totaled $28.0 to $33.0 million or more, and all or part of that award could have been increased up to treble damages by the court, at its discretion, if ePlus proved willful infringement by Lawson.  However, on September 9, 2010, the court issued an order precluding ePlus from seeking damages at trial.

 

At the January 2011 trial, ePlus claimed that five Lawson product configurations infringe 12 claims in the three patents.  On January 27, 2011, after a 14 day trial in U.S. Federal District Court in Richmond, Virginia, the jury rendered the following verdict:

 

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1.                The three ePlus patents are valid (the jury did not find invalidity).

2.                The following Lawson core S3 procurement products do not infringe the patents:  Inventory Control (IC), Requisition (RQ), Purchase Order (PO), and this core set of modules together with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) does not infringe.

3.                Lawson’s Requisition Self Service (RSS) product, together with the core procurement module set, infringes one of the patent claims.

4.                The combination of Lawson’s RSS and Procurement Punchout products, together with the core procurement module set, infringe four of the patent claims.

5.                The combination of RSS, Punchout and EDI products, together with the core procurement modules set, infringe the same four patent claims.

 

Because of a prior stipulation in the lawsuit, the corresponding M3 e-Procurement products are to be treated consistent with the infringement findings in the verdict, which was directed solely to S3 products.  The court has not entered judgment on the verdict, and the schedule for post-trial motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial has not been set.

 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has granted requests to reexamine all three of these ePlus patents.  As part of that re-examination process, the USPTO has determined that all three of these patents are invalid.  However, ePlus has appealed those decisions by the USPTO and that appeal process could take several more years.  At the January 2011 trial, all information pertaining to these re-examinations and the USPTO decision of invalidity were excluded from consideration by the jury.  Lawson believes there is substantial prior art that invalidates these patents.  The court excluded most of this prior art from consideration by the jury at the January 2011 trial.

 

In March 2011, Lawson proposed to ePlus to settle this matter by paying ePlus a reasonable royalty ( e.g . 3%) on future license fee sales of RSS, Punchout and M3 e-Procurement products in the United States until the earlier of (a) the expiration of the respective patents or (b) a final resolution of ePlus’ appeal of the invalidity decision by the USPTO.  The patent claim applicable to RSS expires in August 2014 and the patent claims applicable to Punchout expire in February 2017.  In fiscal 2010, Lawson’s aggregate U.S. license fee sales for RSS, Punchout and corresponding M3 e-Procurement, to which our offer to pay royalties would have applied, were approximately $2.9 million.  ePlus rejected Lawson’s settlement proposal.

 

As a result of the verdict from the January 2011 trial, ePlus is seeking an injunction against Lawson. The court held an evidentiary hearing on the injunction issue on March 25, 2011.  On April 4, 2011, the court will hold oral arguments on the injunction issue. The court will decide on the injunction at the April 4 th  hearing or thereafter.  The court also invited briefing on a motion to stay any injunction it may enter, and on the issue of whether a bond should be posted if a stay is granted.  That motion will also be heard on April 4 th .

 

To obtain an injunction, ePlus must convince the court that Lawson’s continued sale and service of RSS, Punchout and corresponding M3 e-Procurement will irreparably harm ePlus’ business. We will aggressively fight the injunction issue.  We contend that Lawson does not compete with ePlus’ products that are covered by these patents and there is no credible evidence of any irreparable harm.  We will also seek a stay or hold on an injunction, if any, that issues from the Federal District Court.  If a motion for stay is unsuccessful with the Federal District Court, we may seek a stay of the injunction from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit pending appeal.  We also expect to seek post-trial relief overturning the adverse jury findings on infringement and validity, and appeal any adverse decisions on those issues.  Given the inherent unpredictability of litigation and the right of either party to appeal an unfavorable decision, we cannot at this time estimate the possible outcome of this lawsuit.  Because patent litigation is time consuming and costly to defend, we will continue to incur significant costs defending this case. In addition, in the event of an unfavorable outcome in this matter, it could have a material adverse effect on our future results of operations or cash flows.  If ePlus prevails in this lawsuit, we could by agreement or otherwise be required to pay a royalty to ePlus on the sale of certain products and services in the future, and if we could not reach agreement with ePlus on the amount or scope of that royalty, we would have to either stop the sale of those products and services or make modifications to avoid infringement and there is no assurance that those modifications will be readily possible.

 

Patent Infringement Lawsuit by JuxtaComm.   As previously discussed in the quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarters ended August 31, 2010 and November 30, 2010, on January 21, 2010, JuxtaComm-Texas Software, LLC filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Lawson Software, Inc., Lawson Software Americas, Inc. and 20 other defendants.  One of the defendants, Seco Tools, Inc. is a Lawson customer.  Under the terms of our customer license agreement, we have agreed to defend and indemnify Seco Tools in this lawsuit.  The complaint alleges that Lawson and the other defendants infringe United States Patent No. 6,195,662 entitled “System for Transforming and Exchanging Data Between Distributed Heterogeneous Computer Systems.”  JuxtaComm seeks damages in an undisclosed amount, enhancement of those damages, an attorneys’ fee award and an injunction against further infringement.  On April 22, 2010, JuxtaComm filed an amended complaint, naming Lawson ProcessFlow Integrator and Lawson System Foundation, as well as any products and/or services in the Lawson S3

 

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and Lawson M3 product lines, as allegedly infringing.  We are vigorously defending this case.  Given the inherent unpredictability of litigation and jury trials, we cannot at this time estimate the possible outcome of this lawsuit. Trial is scheduled for January 9, 2012. Because patent litigation is time consuming and costly to defend, we could incur significant costs defending this case. In addition, in the event of an unfavorable outcome in this matter, it could have a material adverse effect on our future results of operations or cash flows.

 

Class Action Overtime Lawsuit.  As previously discussed in the quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarters ended August 31, 2010 and November 30, 2010, on May 20, 2008, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against Lawson Software, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of current and former business, systems, and technical consultants. The suit, Cruz, et. al., v. Lawson Software, Inc. et. al., alleged that we failed to pay overtime wages pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state law, and alleged violations of state record-keeping requirements. The suit also alleged certain violations of ERISA and unjust enrichment. Relief sought included back wages, corresponding 401(k) plan credits, liquidated damages, penalties, interest and attorneys’ fees.  We successfully moved the case from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to the District of Minnesota.  On November 12, 2010, the court heard oral arguments concerning two motions that had been filed by Lawson - a motion to de-certify the FLSA collective action and a motion for summary judgment.  On January 27, 2011, the court granted both the motion to decertify the FLSA collective action and the motion for summary judgment in favor of Lawson.  On February 28, 2011, the plaintiff’s counsel confirmed that there would be no appeal of this decision.   As a result, Lawson was found to have no payment obligations to the opt-in class members and the case is now over.

 

Intentia Premerger Claims Reserve.  We have accumulated information regarding Intentia customer claims and disputes that arose before our acquisition of Intentia in April 2006. The initial purchase accounting accrual for these claims and disputes was recorded in fiscal 2006.  The accrual has been adjusted since that time to reflect current estimates of the applicable reserve requirements and to record resolution and/or settlement of certain claims.  In the second quarter of fiscal 2011, the remaining reserve was consumed through a combination of cash payments, accounts receivable write-offs and free services and adjusted to bring the balance to zero as of February 28, 2011.  The final adjustment to this reserve resulted in an accrual reversal of approximately $0.6 million which is included in general and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the first nine months of fiscal 2011.  We expense our defense costs during the period incurred.  Any future accruals for these claims and disputes or any settlement costs or judgments will be expensed in the period incurred. We do not expect such future expense will be material to our future results of operations or cash flows.

 

We are subject to various other legal proceedings and the risk of litigation by employees, customers, patent owners, suppliers, stockholders or others through private actions, class actions, administrative proceedings or other litigation. While the outcome of these claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the outcome of these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, depending on the amount and the timing, an unfavorable resolution of some or all of these matters could materially affect our future results of operations or cash flows in a particular period.

 

Indemnification, Guarantee and Employment Agreements

 

In the normal course of business, we license our software products to customers under end-user license agreements and to certain resellers or other business partners under business partner agreements.  We also enter into services agreements with customers for the implementation of our software. We may subcontract these services to our business partners.  These agreements generally include certain provisions for indemnifying our customer or business partner against losses, expenses and liabilities from damages that may be awarded against them if our software, or the third-party-owned software we resell, is found to infringe a patent, copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of a third-party.  We have also entered into various employment agreements with certain executives and other employees, which provide for severance payments subject to certain conditions and events.  We believe our exposure under these various indemnification and employment agreements is minimal and accordingly, we have not accrued any liabilities related to these agreements as of February 28, 2011.

 

We have arrangements with certain of our customers whereby we guarantee the products and services purchased will operate materially and substantially as described in the documentation that we provided.  If necessary, we provide for the estimated cost of product and service warranties based on specific warranty claims and claim history.

 

See Note 13, Commitments and Contingencies , in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010, for additional detail regarding these various agreements.

 

Other Commitments and Contingencies

 

Audit of Lawson/IBM Reseller Agreement .  We have resold a variety of IBM software products since September 2005, including certain IBM products that we sell together with Lawson’s Process Flow Integrator (PFI) and other products.  During 2010,

 

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IBM retained an outside audit firm to review Lawson’s product sales and the payment of royalties to IBM under our reseller agreement with respect to the PFI sales. In December 2010, IBM’s outside audit firm provided us with draft results of the audit which alleged that Lawson may owe IBM up to $12.5 million in additional royalties, findings which we believed were incorrectly calculated based on the terms of the reseller agreement.  IBM has completed its review of the audit and the final audit report correctly reflects no additional liability payable by Lawson.  On February 25, 2011, we received notification from IBM that no amounts were due and that Lawson was released from any further obligation related to this audit.

 

15. Segment and Geographic Information

 

We are a global provider of enterprise software, support and services.  We target customers in specific industries as well as the horizontal market for our human capital management product line. We serve customers in the Americas, EMEA and APAC geographic regions.  We determine our reportable operating segments in accordance with the provisions in the FASB guidance on segment reporting, which establishes standards for, and requires disclosure of, certain financial information related to our operating segments and geographic regions.  Factors used to identify our reportable operating segment(s) include the financial information regularly utilized for evaluation by our chief operating decision-maker (CODM) in making decisions about how to allocate resources and in assessing our performance.  We have determined that our CODM, as defined by this segment reporting guidance, is our Chief Executive Officer.

 

Segment Information

 

During fiscal 2009 and prior years, we viewed our operations and managed our business as one reportable segment, the development and marketing of computer software and related services including consulting, maintenance and customer support. Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we reorganized our operations to provide greater focus on and better serve our targeted vertical markets within each of our product lines.

 

With our fiscal 2010 strategic realignment, we were operationally aligned by industry vertical and our management structure.  The financial reporting of our operations followed this vertical structure as well.  Based on our organizational structure and related internal financial reporting structure, we determined that we had three reportable segments in fiscal 2010 that aligned with our three industries groups: S3 Strategic Industries, M3 Strategic Industries and General Industries.

 

We have continued to evaluate our vertical organizational structure and have reorganized certain management and reporting responsibilities effective June 1, 2010; eliminating our General Industries reportable segment and redistributing responsibility for management of the vertical markets that were part of this segment into our S3 Industries and M3 Industries segments.  We believe the consolidation of our General Industries segment into our S3 and M3 Industries segments will help us drive more efficiencies and better manage our operations.  Commensurate with this organizational change, we revised our segment reporting such that we report operating results for two reportable segments beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2011: S3 Industries and M3 Industries.  Prior periods’ segment information has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect this two segment structure.

 

Our S3 Industries and M3 Industries segments generally align with our Lawson S3 Enterprise Management System and Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System product lines, respectively.  Our S3 Industries and M3 Industries segments include key vertical industry markets and related services and support for each of our S3 and M3 product lines, respectively.  The S3 Industries segment targets customers in the healthcare, services and public sector industries and includes the recently acquired Enwisen business unit. The M3 Industries segment targets customers in the equipment service management & rental, manufacturing & distribution and consumer products industries as well as our APAC business unit.  Our consumer products vertical includes our food & beverage and fashion customers.

 

Within our organization, multiple sets of information are available reflecting various views of our operations including vertical, geographic and/or functional information.  However, the financial information provided to and used by our CODM to assist in making operational decisions, allocating resources and assessing our performance reflects revenues, cost of revenues, direct operating expenses and the allocation of certain other shared-services and the resulting operating income of our S3 Industries segment and M3 Industries segment.

 

In connection with the change in organizational structure, we also revised the measure of operating performance that we use to assess segment operating performance from segment controllable margin to segment operating income. The primary difference between segment controllable margin and segment operating income is that our segment operating income includes an allocation of expenses for non-dedicated resources. We have retrospectively adjusted our segment profit measures to reflect segment operating income.

 

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Segment operating income includes segment revenues net of costs of applicable license fees and other direct costs that represent those cost of resources dedicated to the business units within each industries group.  Each segment is also allocated a certain portion of other non-dedicated resources that support our entire organization or other corporate shared-services. These allocated expenses relate to our functional areas or competency centers including: global sales operations, marketing, product development and product management, and general and administrative functions : executive management, finance, human resources, legal, facilities and information technology services.  The resulting segment operating income is the financial measure by which each segment and management’s performance is measured.  There are certain other costs including share-based compensation, acquisition related transaction/integration costs and pre-merger claims reserve adjustments, among others, which are excluded from segment operating income and are included in other unallocated expenses in the table below.  In addition, restructuring charges and amortization of acquired intangibles are not allocated to our reportable segments. We do not have any intercompany revenue recorded between our reportable segments.  The accounting policies for all of our reportable segments are the same as those used in our consolidated financial statements as detailed in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010.

 

The following table presents financial information for our reportable segments for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

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S3

 

M3

 

 

 

Three Months Ended:

 

Industries

 

Industries

 

Total

 

February 28, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

20,205

 

$

13,561

 

$

33,766

 

Maintenance services

 

66,672

 

30,777

 

97,449

 

Software revenues

 

86,877

 

44,338

 

131,215

 

Consulting

 

27,412

 

37,386

 

64,798

 

Total segment revenues

 

114,289

 

81,724

 

196,013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment cost of revenues

 

34,085

 

39,600

 

73,685

 

Segment gross profit

 

80,204

 

42,124

 

122,328

 

Segment gross margin

 

70.2

%

51.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct operating expenses

 

23,931

 

16,875

 

40,806

 

Allocated expenses

 

27,575

 

18,997

 

46,572

 

Segment operating income

 

$

28,698

 

$

6,252

 

34,950

 

Segment operating margin

 

25.1

%

7.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

9,529

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

 

(233

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

3,400

 

Total unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

12,696

 

Consolidated - operating income

 

 

 

 

 

22,254

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated - income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

16,837

 

$

14,967

 

$

31,804

 

Maintenance services

 

58,764

 

30,316

 

89,080

 

Software revenues

 

75,601

 

45,283

 

120,884

 

Consulting

 

25,411

 

39,672

 

65,083

 

Total segment revenues

 

101,012

 

84,955

 

185,967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment cost of revenues

 

30,020

 

46,569

 

76,589

 

Segment gross profit

 

70,992

 

38,386

 

109,378

 

Segment gross margin

 

70.3

%

45.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct operating expenses

 

19,316

 

18,922

 

38,238

 

Allocated expenses

 

26,892

 

17,053

 

43,945

 

Segment operating income

 

$

24,784

 

$

2,411

 

27,195

 

Segment operating margin

 

24.5

%

2.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

11,768

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

 

1,154

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

2,699

 

Total unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

15,621

 

Consolidated - operating income

 

 

 

 

 

11,574

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

 

 

 

(3,780

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated - income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,794

 

 

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S3

 

M3

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended:

 

Industries

 

Industries

 

Total

 

February 28, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

48,795

 

$

35,841

 

$

84,636

 

Maintenance services

 

197,491

 

92,103

 

289,594

 

Software revenues

 

246,286

 

127,944

 

374,230

 

Consulting

 

75,341

 

108,564

 

183,905

 

Total segment revenues

 

321,627

 

236,508

 

558,135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment cost of revenues

 

97,622

 

117,523

 

215,145

 

Segment gross profit

 

224,005

 

118,985

 

342,990

 

Segment gross margin

 

69.6

%

50.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct operating expenses

 

64,645

 

49,079

 

113,724

 

Allocated expenses

 

80,541

 

55,419

 

135,960

 

Segment operating income

 

$

78,819

 

$

14,487

 

93,306

 

Segment operating margin

 

24.5

%

6.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

25,640

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

 

(1,686

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

8,883

 

Total unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

32,837

 

Consolidated - operating income

 

 

 

 

 

60,469

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

 

 

 

(7,081

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated - income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

$

53,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

43,513

 

$

42,597

 

$

86,110

 

Maintenance services

 

171,982

 

87,680

 

259,662

 

Software revenues

 

215,495

 

130,277

 

345,772

 

Consulting

 

74,412

 

119,197

 

193,609

 

Total segment revenues

 

289,907

 

249,474

 

539,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment cost of revenues

 

84,429

 

138,191

 

222,620

 

Segment gross profit

 

205,478

 

111,283

 

316,761

 

Segment gross margin

 

70.9

%

44.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct operating expenses

 

50,561

 

56,173

 

106,734

 

Allocated expenses

 

79,062

 

51,011

 

130,073

 

Segment operating income

 

$

75,855

 

$

4,099

 

79,954

 

Segment operating margin

 

26.2

%

1.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

24,206

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

 

5,905

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

6,524

 

Total unallocated expenses

 

 

 

 

 

36,635

 

Consolidated - operating income

 

 

 

 

 

43,319

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

 

 

 

(11,536

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated - income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,783

 

 

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We have retrospectively adjusted our segment information for fiscal 2010 to reflect our new reportable segments and to conform to the current period presentation.

 

We do not assess or report our assets or capital expenditures by reportable segment except for goodwill. See Note 7, Goodwill and Intangible Assets for disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment.

 

Geographic Information

 

The following table presents our revenues summarized by geographic region, based on the location at which each sale originates, for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Geographic Region

 

Three Months Ended:

 

Americas

 

APAC

 

EMEA

 

Total

 

February 28, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

20,971

 

$

1,715

 

$

11,080

 

$

33,766

 

Maintenance services

 

68,390

 

3,639

 

25,420

 

97,449

 

Software revenues

 

89,361

 

5,354

 

36,500

 

131,215

 

Consulting

 

32,679

 

4,719

 

27,400

 

64,798

 

Total revenues

 

$

122,040

 

$

10,073

 

$

63,900

 

$

196,013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

19,939

 

$

2,257

 

$

9,608

 

$

31,804

 

Maintenance services

 

60,403

 

3,064

 

25,613

 

89,080

 

Software revenues

 

80,342

 

5,321

 

35,221

 

120,884

 

Consulting

 

35,557

 

4,425

 

25,101

 

65,083

 

Total revenues

 

$

115,899

 

$

9,746

 

$

60,322

 

$

185,967

 

 

 

 

Geographic Region

 

Nine Months Ended:

 

Americas

 

APAC

 

EMEA

 

Total

 

February 28, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

53,100

 

$

6,869

 

$

24,667

 

$

84,636

 

Maintenance services

 

202,625

 

10,905

 

76,064

 

289,594

 

Software revenues

 

255,725

 

17,774

 

100,731

 

374,230

 

Consulting

 

94,874

 

13,917

 

75,114

 

183,905

 

Total revenues

 

$

350,599

 

$

31,691

 

$

175,845

 

$

558,135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

52,853

 

$

5,697

 

$

27,560

 

$

86,110

 

Maintenance services

 

177,095

 

7,853

 

74,714

 

259,662

 

Software revenues

 

229,948

 

13,550

 

102,274

 

345,772

 

Consulting

 

99,742

 

11,621

 

82,246

 

193,609

 

Total revenues

 

$

329,690

 

$

25,171

 

$

184,520

 

$

539,381

 

 

The following table presents our long-lived tangible assets, consisting of property and equipment net of accumulated depreciation, summarized by geographic region (in thousands):

 

 

 

Geographic Region

 

 

 

Americas

 

APAC

 

EMEA

 

Total

 

February 28, 2011

 

$

38,501

 

$

2,768

 

$

9,611

 

$

50,880

 

May 31, 2010

 

$

41,925

 

$

3,524

 

$

9,222

 

$

54,671

 

 

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The following table sets forth our revenues and long-lived tangible assets by country for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

Revenues (1)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

United States

 

$

116,099

 

$

112,077

 

$

330,807

 

$

322,203

 

All other countries (2)

 

79,914

 

73,890

 

227,328

 

217,178

 

Total revenues

 

$

196,013

 

$

185,967

 

$

558,135

 

$

539,381

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

Long-Lived Tangible Assets

 

2011

 

2010

 

United States

 

$

38,221

 

$

41,683

 

Sweden

 

6,294

 

5,686

 

All other countries (2)

 

6,365

 

7,302

 

Total long-lived tangible assets

 

$

50,880

 

$

54,671

 

 


(1)                                   Revenues attributable to the U.S., our country of domicile, and other foreign countries are based on the country in which the sales originate.

 

(2)                                   No other country accounted for revenues exceeding 10% of consolidated revenues or long-lived tangible assets exceeding 10% of consolidated long-lived tangible assets. In those fiscal periods when a country’s revenues or long-lived tangible assets are less than 10% of the consolidated totals, applicable amounts are included in all other countries.

 

16. Repurchase of Common Shares

 

Our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of common stock in November 2006, and on July 10, 2008, they increased the maximum authorized for repurchase under the program to $400.0 million. The share repurchases are funded using our existing cash balances and future cash flows and may occur through transactions structured through investment banking institutions as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions and/or other mechanisms. Our share repurchase program does not have an expiration date and allows us to repurchase shares at our discretion.  The timing of the buybacks and the number of shares repurchased are influenced by market conditions. There can be no assurance as to the amount, timing or repurchase price of future repurchases, if any, related to the share repurchase program. The program may also be modified, extended or terminated by our Board of Directors at any time.

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we repurchased an aggregate of 0.3 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $8.77 per share under the share repurchase program.  From inception of the repurchase program through February 28, 2011, we have used $275.7 million to repurchase approximately 33.5 million shares at an average price of $8.23 per share. The repurchased shares are recorded as treasury stock and result in a reduction to our stockholders’ equity. The shares will be used for general corporate purposes.  As of February 28, 2011, the maximum dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under this program was $124.3 million.

 

During the first quarter of fiscal 2009 we purchased 11.5 million shares through an accelerated share repurchase transaction (the ASR) that we entered into with Lehman OTC on July 15, 2008.  Pursuant to the ASR agreement, Lehman was required to post cash collateral to a segregated brokerage account in our name in an amount equal to the value of the additional shares, or net cash, due to us if the ASR was terminated as of the current date.  Upon an event of default by Lehman OTC, pursuant to our rights under the ASR, we issued a notice of default to Lehman OTC on September 24, 2008, terminated the ASR agreement and requested the distribution of all $9.1 million of funds, which Lehman OTC had previously deposited into our segregated brokerage account at LBI as required under the ASR agreement.  On March 25, 2009, we received a notice from the bankruptcy trustee for the LBI estate that the trustee had allowed our customer claim for the $9.1 million.  We recorded the $9.1 million claim as restricted cash which was reported as a non-current asset on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of May 31, 2010.

 

On March 10, 2011, we assigned our customer claim of $9.1 million to an independent third party and received $8.2 million of cash.  During the quarter, we have recorded the applicable $0.9 million reduction in our restricted cash balance and a reduction to our stockholders’ equity reflecting the resulting increase in the average price per share of the shares purchased under the ASR. As of February 28, 2011, the $8.2 million asset was reported as restricted cash — current on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

In addition to the posted collateral discussed above, we believe that we were entitled to receive an additional $1.9 million from Lehman OTC pursuant to the terms of the ASR agreement related to additional cash collateral that Lehman OTC failed to post to

 

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our segregated brokerage account.  On February 10, 2011, we reached a settlement with Lehman OTC and entered into a Termination Agreement related to the unposted collateral.  As previously discussed in Note 10, Long-Term Debt , on February 10, 2011, we assigned our Lehman OTC claims relating to the ASR to an independent third party in exchange for cash.  Collections related to this claim were recorded as a $0.6 million increase to our stockholders’ equity in the third quarter of fiscal 2011, reflecting a reduction in the average price per share of the shares purchased under the ASR.

 

The average price per share of the 11.5 million shares purchased under the ASR, as adjusted for the settlement of the posted and unposted collateral claims discussed above, was $7.95.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

In addition to historical information, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements about our future performance, the continuation of historical trends, the sufficiency of our sources of capital for future needs, the effects of acquisitions, the outcome of pending litigation and the expected impact of recently issued accounting pronouncements.  The forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.  Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for our fiscal year ended May 31, 2010 and the changes to our risk factors detailed below in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors .  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s opinions only as of the date hereof. Lawson undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other documents that we file with the SEC including our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

 

Management Overview

 

General

 

Lawson Software, Inc. is a global provider of enterprise software.  We provide business application software, maintenance and consulting to customers primarily in specific services, trade and manufacturing/distribution industries.  We specialize in and target specific industries, which we refer to as “verticals”, through our two reportable segments: S3 Industries segment which targets customers in the healthcare, services and public sector industries and M3 Industries segment which targets customers in the equipment service management & rental, manufacturing & distribution and consumer products industries.

 

Our software includes enterprise financial management, human capital management, business intelligence, asset management, enterprise performance management, supply chain management, service management, manufacturing operations, business project management and industry-tailored applications. Our applications help automate and integrate critical business processes, which enables our customers to collaborate with their partners, suppliers and employees. We support our customers’ use of our applications through consulting services that primarily help our customers implement their Lawson applications and through our maintenance programs that provide on-going support and product updates for our customers’ continued use of our applications.

 

We believe our enterprise software solutions provide competitive advantages and business flexibility to our customers.  Lawson’s solutions fall within three main product lines and include related maintenance and consulting services.  Our product lines are referred to as Lawson S3 Enterprise Management System (S3), Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System (M3), and Lawson Human Capital Management (HCM) with many of the solutions in each product line having broad, cross-industry application. Our S3 solutions consist of business applications designed for service industries. Our M3 solutions consist of applications that are geared for manufacturing, distribution and trade businesses that face resource constraints and whose processes are often complex and industry-specific.  Our HCM applications provide solutions for customers in any industry to strategically manage their workforce.

 

During fiscal 2009 and prior years, we operated as one business segment, the development and marketing of computer software and related services including consulting, maintenance and customer support. Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we reorganized our operations to provide greater focus on, and better serve, our targeted markets. With this strategic organizational change, including a workforce realignment, we determined that we had three reportable segments that aligned with three industries groups: S3 Strategic Industries, M3 Strategic Industries and General Industries.  We have re-evaluated our organizational structure and have reorganized certain management and reporting responsibilities effective June 1, 2010; eliminating our General Industries reportable segment and redistributing responsibility for management of the vertical markets that were part of this segment into our S3 and M3 business segments. We believe the consolidation of our General Industries segment into our S3 and M3 Industries segments will help us drive more efficiencies and better manage our operations. Commensurate with this organizational change, we revised our segment reporting such that we began reporting operating results for two reportable segments in the first quarter of fiscal 2011: S3 Industries and M3 Industries.  Prior periods’ segment information has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect this two segment structure. In connection with this change in organizational structure, we also revised the measure of operating performance that we use to assess segment operating performance from segment controllable margin to segment operating income. The primary difference between segment controllable margin and segment operating income is that our segment operating income includes an allocation of

 

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expenses for non-dedicated resources. We have retrospectively adjusted our segment profit measures to reflect segment operating income. See Note 15, Segment and Geographic Information .

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2010, we acquired Healthvision, a Dallas-based company providing integration and application technology and related services to hospitals and large healthcare organizations, which has been integrated into our healthcare vertical within our S3 Industries segment. Operating results of Healthvision have been included in our results of operations since the acquisition date of January 11, 2010.

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we acquired Enwisen, a Novato, California-based company providing SaaS human resource service delivery solutions.  Enwisen complements our HCM product offerings and is reported within our S3 Industries segment.  Operating results of Enwisen have been included in our results of operations since the acquisition date of December 31, 2010.  Enwisen’s subscription revenues are reflected in consulting revenues in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.  See Note 4, Business Combinations, for further details of the Healthvision and Enwisen acquisitions.

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we entered into Termination Agreements with Lehman OTC, settling certain claims that arose due to Lehman OTC’s bankruptcy. These claims related to our business relationships with Lehman OTC, including a convertible note hedge transaction and a warrant transaction both entered into as part of the issuance of our senior convertible notes and an accelerated share repurchase transaction. See Note 10, Long-Term Debt, and Note 16, Repurchase of Common Shares .  The settlement amount of Lehman OTC’s claim against Lawson, related to the warrant transaction, was paid on February 10, 2011. Furthermore, on February 11, 2011, we assigned our aggregate Lehman OTC claims relating to the note hedge and ASR transactions to an independent third party in exchange for cash.  As a result of these payments and collections, we recorded a net gain of approximately $3.0 million in the current quarter.

 

During the third quarter, we experienced improved customer demand for our software solutions in certain of our targeted markets while other markets were more challenging.  Within our S3 Industries segment, our healthcare vertical continued to show strong performance as we believe our healthcare clients, under continued pressure to reduce expenses, looked to invest in information technology to drive productivity improvements.  In the third quarter, we entered into five transactions greater than $1.0 million with healthcare clients. We also saw strong demand for our HCM product offerings and many of our larger transactions in the quarter included both HCM applications as well as traditional ERP solutions.  We anticipate this trend will continue and be reinforced with our acquisition of Enwisen.  Our public sector vertical did not have as strong of a quarter as many state and local governments are dealing with budgetary concerns and certain transactions have been deferred or delayed.  Within our M3 Industries segment, our manufacturing & distribution vertical experienced increased licensing activity and improved bookings for consulting services in the third quarter. This strong quarter for our manufacturing & distribution vertical was an improvement over recent quarters as this market has been and may continue to be negatively impacted by the slow and uncertain economic recovery.  Our APAC business unit also showed improved licensing activity compared to last year and both APAC and our consumer products vertical had strong service bookings.   Within our equipment service management & rental vertical, the primary focus has been on the implementation of existing projects.  Generally, licensing activity leads to the recognition of license fees revenue within six months of entry into license transactions, based on the timing of when we meet all revenue recognition requirements.  Bookings for our consulting services generally lead to the recognition of consulting revenues over two to 24 months, depending on the size and complexity of the project.

 

While the economic environment has begun to show signs of improvement, recent political and civil unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated Japan and governmental budgetary concerns have resulted in more uncertainty as to the timing and strength of the recovery.  The effect of the weakened global economy and the slow and uncertain recovery continue to be a challenge for our license contracting and demand for our services in certain of our targeted markets and may continue to be so in the remainder of fiscal 2011.  In spite of these challenges, we have been able to grow the recurring revenues related to our maintenance services through the acquisition of Healthvision, continued strong renewal rates in our S3 Industries segment and customer winbacks and extended maintenance programs in our M3 Industries segment.  In addition, most recently we have grown our recurring software subscription revenues with the acquisition of Enwisen.

 

Continued economic uncertainties and/or further deterioration of economic conditions could cause further delay or reduce our current and prospective customers’ software purchases or implementation projects which may negatively impact our future results. In addition, credit risks associated with our customers/vendors may also be adversely impacted by the current economic conditions. This challenging economic environment has also intensified the difficulty of forecasting software license and consulting services revenues. A decrease in licensing activity will typically lead to a decrease in consulting revenues in subsequent quarters. Lower licensing activity may also reduce maintenance revenues since maintenance fees for new product licenses are based on the amount of associated license fees.

 

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Fiscal Period Ended February 28, 2011

 

Revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 increased 5.4% as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  The increase in revenues continues to be driven significantly by our maintenance services revenues which improved 9.4% over the same period last year.  The improvement reflects the inclusion of Healthvision for the full quarter this year compared to only a portion last year, strong maintenance contract renewal rates in our S3 Industries segment, reinstatement of maintenance by customers, and sales of extended support services for our legacy products and premium support offerings. In addition, our license fees increased 6.2% compared to the third quarter of last year primarily related to our healthcare vertical in our S3 Industries segment which includes the contribution of Healthvision.  This increase was partially offset by decreased license fees revenues in our service industries and public sector verticals within our S3 Industries segment as well as decreased revenues in our equipment service management & rental vertical and APAC business unit within our M3 Industries segment.  Our consulting revenues decreased slightly in the third quarter compared to last year due to a decrease in our M3 Industries segment primarily related to our manufacturing & distribution and equipment service management & rental verticals, as a result of lower bookings for our consulting services in these verticals over the past several quarters.  These decreases were partially offset by increased consulting revenues in our S3 Industries segment primarily due to our healthcare vertical, which includes Healthvision, and Enwisen’s subscription revenues.

 

Total gross margin as a percentage of revenues for the third quarter of 2011 improved to 59.0% compared to 55.3% in the third quarter last year primarily from improved gross margins related to our maintenance services revenues and a shift in the mix of our software and service offerings toward higher margin software.  We continue to anticipate an improved software revenue mix for our full year fiscal 2011 when compared to fiscal 2010.  Operating expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 increased $2.2 million, or 2.4%, compared to $91.2 million in the third quarter last year.  As a percent of revenues, third quarter operating expenses were 47.6% compared to 49.1% during the third quarter last year.  Our operating margin for the third quarter improved to 11.4%, compared to 6.2% last year.

 

Net income per diluted share increased to $0.13 as compared to $0.01 during the similar period last year.   This improvement was primary due to increased revenues and improved gross margins.  In addition, the decrease in our tax provision related to the reversal of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions accounted for approximately $0.03 per share.  The gain recorded on the settlement of our claims related to Lehman OTC’s bankruptcy also contributed approximately $0.01 per share in the current quarter.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Our results of operations in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.  In addition to reporting our financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we present certain non-GAAP financial measures to our investors in our quarterly earnings releases, in information posted on our website and in other public disclosures.  These non-GAAP measures include non-GAAP revenues, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share.  For the third quarter of fiscal 2011, non-GAAP revenues of $197.9 million increased $9.3 million, or 4.9%, compared to $188.6 million in the similar period of fiscal 2010.  For the third quarter of fiscal 2011, non-GAAP operating income of $36.9 million improved $7.0 million, or 23.5%, compared to $29.9 million in fiscal 2010.  Year-to-date non-GAAP revenues of $563.5 million increased $21.5 million, or 4.0%, compared to $542.0 million in the similar period last year.  As a percentage of revenues, non-GAAP operating margin for the three months and nine months ended February 28, 2011, improved to 18.6% and 17.5%, respectively; compared to 15.8% and 15.2% in fiscal 2010.  Non-GAAP net income in our third quarter of fiscal 2011 was $23.9 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared to $17.8 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, in fiscal 2010.  Year-to-date non-GAAP net income in fiscal 2011 improved to $62.0 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, compared to $48.8 million, or $0.30 per diluted share in the similar period in fiscal 2010.  See Non-GAAP Financial Measure Reconciliations below for additional information regarding our use of these non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the corresponding U.S. GAAP measures.

 

Foreign Currency

 

A significant portion of our business is conducted in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, particularly the Euro, Swedish Krona (SEK) and Canadian Dollar (CAD).  Our revenues and operating expenses are affected by fluctuations in applicable foreign currency exchange rates.  For the three and nine months ended February 28, 2011, the average exchange rates for the U.S. Dollar weakened approximately 5.6% and 8.7% against the Euro as compared to the average exchange rates for the similar periods last year.  The average exchange rates for the U.S. Dollar against the SEK and CAD strengthened approximately 7.4% and 5.2%, and 3.1% and 5.2%, respectively; compared to the three and nine months ended February 28, 2010.  These fluctuations in the exchange rates affected our third quarter and nine month fiscal 2011 results as a decline in the U.S. Dollar to foreign currency exchange rates generally has the effect of increasing our revenues but also increasing our operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. Similarly, strengthening in the U.S. Dollar to foreign currency exchange rates generally has the effect of reducing our revenues but also reducing our operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar.

 

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In general, for financial activities denominated in a currency other than the U.S. Dollar, we calculate constant currency comparisons by converting the prior period financial activities at the average monthly exchange rates applicable to current periods. We believe these constant currency comparisons provide additional insight into our business performance during the applicable reporting periods exclusive of the effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the actual changes in revenues, expenses, income or other financial measures presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

The following table summarizes the year-over-year change, both in U.S. Dollars and percentages, in revenues and costs and expenses due to fluctuations in exchange rates and changes in activity and pricing on a constant currency basis for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages):

 

Three Months Ended
February 28,
2011 vs. 2010

 

Change Due
to Currency
Fluctuations

 

Change in
Constant
Currency

 

Total Change
as Reported

 

Change Due
to Currency
Fluctuations

 

Change in
Constant
Currency

 

Total Change
as Reported

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

465

 

$

1,497

 

$

1,962

 

1.5

%

4.6

%

6.2

%

Maintenance services

 

612

 

7,757

 

8,369

 

0.7

 

8.6

 

9.4

 

Software revenues

 

1,077

 

9,254

 

10,331

 

1.0

 

7.6

 

8.5

 

Consulting

 

471

 

(756

)

(285

)

0.7

 

(1.2

)

(0.4

)

Total revenues

 

$

1,548

 

$

8,498

 

$

10,046

 

0.9

%

4.5

%

5.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs and operating expenses

 

$

2,322

 

$

(2,956

)

$

(634

)

1.3

%

(1.7

)%

(0.4

)%

 

Nine Months Ended
February 28,
2011 vs. 2010

 

Change Due
to Currency
Fluctuations

 

Change in
Constant
Currency

 

Total Change
as Reported

 

Change Due
to Currency
Fluctuations

 

Change in
Constant
Currency

 

Total Change
as Reported

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

(153

)

$

(1,321

)

$

(1,474

)

(0.2

)%

(1.5

)%

(1.7

)%

Maintenance services

 

3,182

 

26,750

 

29,932

 

1.4

 

10.2

 

11.5

 

Software revenues

 

3,029

 

25,429

 

28,458

 

0.9

 

7.3

 

8.2

 

Consulting

 

(1,779

)

(7,925

)

(9,704

)

(0.9

)

(4.1

)

(5.0

)

Total revenues

 

$

1,250

 

$

17,504

 

$

18,754

 

0.2

%

3.2

%

3.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs and operating expenses

 

$

(473

)

$

2,077

 

$

1,604

 

(0.1

)%

0.4

%

0.3

%

 

The fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates had an unfavorable impact on our third quarter fiscal 2011 net income per basic and diluted share of less than $0.01 and a favorable impact of approximately $0.01 per basic and diluted shares for the year-to-date period.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our critical accounting policies are described in Part II — Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010.  These policies reflect those areas that require more significant judgments, and use of estimates and assumptions in the preparation of our financial statements and include the following:

 

·                   Revenue Recognition;

·                   Allowance for Doubtful Accounts;

·                   Sales Returns and Allowances;

·                   Valuation of Long-Lived and Intangible Assets and Goodwill;

·                   Income Taxes;

·                   Contingencies;

·                   Litigation Reserves; and

·                   Share-Based Compensation

 

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth certain line items in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated, the period-over-period percent actual increase (decrease) and the period-over-period percent increase (decrease) on a constant currency basis (see Foreign Currency above):

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

Quarterly Change

 

Percentage of

 

Year-to-Date Change

 

 

 

Total Revenue

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

Total Revenue

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Percent Change

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

February 28,

 

 

 

Constant

 

February 28,

 

 

 

Constant

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Actual

 

Currency

 

2011

 

2010

 

Actual

 

Currency

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

17.2

%

17.1

%

6.2

%

4.6

%

15.2

%

16.0

%

(1.7

)%

(1.5

)%

Maintenance services

 

49.7

 

47.9

 

9.4

 

8.6

 

51.9

 

48.1

 

11.5

 

10.2

 

Software revenues

 

66.9

 

65.0

 

8.5

 

7.6

 

67.1

 

64.1

 

8.2

 

7.3

 

Consulting

 

33.1

 

35.0

 

(0.4

)

(1.2

)

32.9

 

35.9

 

(5.0

)

(4.1

)

Total revenues

 

100.0

 

100.0

 

5.4

 

4.5

 

100.0

 

100.0

 

3.5

 

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of license fees

 

3.1

 

3.5

 

(6.5

)

(11.1

)

3.2

 

3.1

 

7.2

 

4.5

 

Cost of maintenance services

 

9.0

 

9.3

 

2.0

 

1.0

 

9.4

 

9.3

 

4.9

 

5.3

 

Cost of software revenues

 

12.1

 

12.8

 

(0.4

)

(2.4

)

12.6

 

12.4

 

5.5

 

5.1

 

Cost of consulting

 

28.9

 

31.9

 

(4.6

)

(5.4

)

29.3

 

31.7

 

(4.3

)

(3.7

)

Total cost of revenues

 

41.0

 

44.7

 

(3.4

)

(4.6

)

41.9

 

44.1

 

(1.6

)

(1.2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

59.0

 

55.3

 

12.5

 

12.0

 

58.1

 

55.9

 

7.4

 

6.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

12.3

 

12.2

 

6.2

 

2.8

 

12.4

 

12.2

 

5.5

 

3.5

 

Sales and marketing

 

21.9

 

23.1

 

(0.1

)

(0.7

)

21.6

 

22.0

 

1.5

 

2.0

 

General and administrative

 

11.8

 

11.7

 

6.7

 

6.5

 

11.9

 

11.4

 

8.5

 

8.7

 

Restructuring

 

(0.1

)

0.6

 

*NM

 

*NM

 

(0.2

)

1.1

 

*NM

 

*NM

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

1.7

 

1.5

 

26.0

 

25.1

 

1.6

 

1.2

 

36.2

 

38.8

 

Total operating expenses

 

47.6

 

49.1

 

2.4

 

1.0

 

47.3

 

47.9

 

2.1

 

1.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

11.4

 

6.2

 

92.3

 

106.1

 

10.8

 

8.0

 

39.6

 

34.3

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

0.2

 

(2.0

)

*NM

 

*NM

 

(1.2

)

(2.1

)

(38.6

)

(36.6

)

Income before income taxes

 

11.6

 

4.2

 

193.1

 

214.1

 

9.6

 

5.9

 

68.0

 

57.6

 

Provision for income taxes

 

0.7

 

3.3

 

(76.4

)

(77.8

)

1.9

 

4.0

 

(51.5

)

(51.7

)

Net income

 

10.9

%

0.9

%

*NM

 

*NM

 

7.7

%

1.9

%

313.6

%

246.6

%

 


*NM - Percentage not meaningful

 

The discussion that follows, relating to our results of operations for the comparable three and nine months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010, should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes and with the information presented in the above table.  This analysis addresses the actual changes in our results of operations for the comparable fiscal periods presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.  For percentage changes excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, see the constant currency percentages in the above table.

 

Revenues

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Quarterly Change

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Year-to-Date Change

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

(in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

33,766

 

$

31,804

 

$

1,962

 

6.2

%

$

84,636

 

$

86,110

 

$

(1,474

)

(1.7

)%

Maintenance services

 

97,449

 

89,080

 

8,369

 

9.4

 

289,594

 

259,662

 

29,932

 

11.5

 

Software revenues

 

131,215

 

120,884

 

10,331

 

8.5

 

374,230

 

345,772

 

28,458

 

8.2

 

Consulting

 

64,798

 

65,083

 

(285

)

(0.4

)

183,905

 

193,609

 

(9,704

)

(5.0

)

Total revenues

 

$

196,013

 

$

185,967

 

$

10,046

 

5.4

%

$

558,135

 

$

539,381

 

$

18,754

 

3.5

%

 

The following table sets forth revenues by reportable segment:

 

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Three Months Ended

 

Quarterly Change

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Year-to-Date Change

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

(in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

S3 Industries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

20,205

 

$

16,837

 

$

3,368

 

20.0

%

$

48,795

 

$

43,513

 

$

5,282

 

12.1

%

Maintenance services

 

66,672

 

58,764

 

7,908

 

13.5

 

197,491

 

171,982

 

25,509

 

14.8

 

Software revenues

 

86,877

 

75,601

 

11,276

 

14.9

 

246,286

 

215,495

 

30,791

 

14.3

 

Consulting

 

27,412

 

25,411

 

2,001

 

7.9

 

75,341

 

74,412

 

929

 

1.2

 

Total S3 revenues

 

$

114,289

 

$

101,012

 

$

13,277

 

13.1

%

$

321,627

 

$

289,907

 

$

31,720

 

10.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M3 Industries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

13,561

 

$

14,967

 

$

(1,406

)

(9.4

)%

$

35,841

 

$

42,597

 

$

(6,756

)

(15.9

)%

Maintenance services

 

30,777

 

30,316

 

461

 

1.5

 

92,103

 

87,680

 

4,423

 

5.0

 

Software revenues

 

44,338

 

45,283

 

(945

)

(2.1

)

127,944

 

130,277

 

(2,333

)

(1.8

)

Consulting

 

37,386

 

39,672

 

(2,286

)

(5.8

)

108,564

 

119,197

 

(10,633

)

(8.9

)

Total M3 revenues

 

$

81,724

 

$

84,955

 

$

(3,231

)

(3.8

)%

$

236,508

 

$

249,474

 

$

(12,966

)

(5.2

)%

 

Total Revenues.   We generate revenues from licensing software, providing maintenance and support on licensed products and providing consulting services. We generally utilize written contracts as the means to establish the terms and conditions by which our products, maintenance and consulting services are sold to our customers. As our maintenance and consulting services are primarily attributable to our licensed products, growth in our maintenance and consulting services is generally tied to the level of our license contracting activity.

 

We recognize revenues pursuant to specific and detailed guidelines applicable to the software industry. License fees revenues from end-users are generally recognized when the software product has been shipped and certain conditions are met. Revenues from customer maintenance and support contracts are deferred and recognized ratably over the term of the agreements. Revenues from consulting services (including training and implementation services) are recognized as services are provided to customers. See Part II — Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates - Revenue Recognition , in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010, for a more complete description of our revenue recognition policy.

 

Third quarter fiscal 2011 total revenues increased $10.0 million, or 5.4%, as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.   Software revenues, consisting of license fees revenues and maintenance services, increased $10.3 million, or 8.5%, compared to the third quarter last year.  The increase included a 9.4% increase in our maintenance services revenues and a 6.2% increase in our license fees revenues.  Offsetting these increases, was a decrease in consulting revenues of $0.3 million, or 0.4%.  Year-to-date fiscal 2011 total revenues increased $18.8 million, or 3.5%, compared to the similar period last year.  The increase was driven by a $28.5 million, or 8.2%, increase in our software revenues which included a $29.9 million, or 11.5%, increase in our maintenance services revenues partially offset by a $1.5 million, or 1.7%, decrease in license fees revenues.  For the first nine months of fiscal 2011 our consulting revenues decreased $9.7 million, or 5.0%.

 

From a reportable segment perspective, software revenues in our S3 Industries segment improved 14.9% and 14.3% in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2011, respectively, as compared to the similar periods last year.  This growth was primarily due to our acquisition of Healthvision and improved maintenance renewal rates.  These improvements were partially offset by a decrease in software revenues in our M3 Industries segment which decreased 2.1% and 1.8% in the current quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively, as compared to last year, primarily due to lower license fees revenues.  Consulting revenues in our S3 Industries segment improved 7.9% and 1.2% in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2011, respectively, as compared to the similar periods of last year.  These increases in S3 consulting revenues were primarily due to the acquisitions of both Healthvision and Enwisen as well as other increases within our healthcare vertical. For the third quarter and year-to-date periods, M3 Industries consulting revenues were down 5.8% and 8.9%, respectively, as a result of lower bookings for our consulting services in our manufacturing & distribution and equipment services management & rental verticals over the past several quarters.

 

Geographically, in the third quarter of fiscal 2011, revenues in our Americas region increased $6.1 million, or 5.3%, compared to the third quarter last year largely due to our acquisition of Healthvision and Enwisen.  Revenues in our EMEA region increased $3.6 million, or 5.9%, and our APAC region revenues increased $0.3 million, or 3.4%.  Year-to-date, our Americas’ region revenues increased $20.9 million, or 6.3%, again primarily due to our acquisition of Healthvision and our APAC region revenues increased $6.5 million, or 25.9%, primarily due to the current recognition of revenue related to certain significant transactions contracted for in prior periods.  These increases were somewhat offset by a decrease of $8.7 million, or 4.7%, in our EMEA region.  Year-to-date our Americas region accounted for approximately 62.8% of our revenues while our EMEA and APAC regions accounted for 31.5% and 5.7%, respectively.  In the comparable year-to-date period last year our Americas, EMEA and APAC regions accounted for 61.1%, 34.2% and 4.7% of our total revenues, respectively.  We anticipate that the Americas region will continue to represent a

 

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greater proportion of our total revenues in fiscal 2011 and future periods as a majority of our revenues related to Healthvision and Enwisen products and services will be in our Americas region.

 

License Fees.   Our license fees primarily consist of fees resulting from products licensed to customers on a perpetual basis. Product license fees result from a customer’s licensing of a given software product for the first time or with a customer’s licensing of additional users for previously licensed products.

 

License fees revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 increased $2.0 million, or 6.2%, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  This increase was primarily due to our S3 Industries segment which increased $3.4 million, or 20.0%, in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to the similar quarter last year.  The increase was due to increased license fee revenues in our healthcare vertical, including $1.9 million incremental license fees related to our Healthvision products, and an increase in our HCM product sales, which more than offset decreased license fee revenues in our public sector and service industries verticals.   License fees revenues in our M3 Industries segment decreased $1.4 million, or 9.4%, primarily due to a decline in revenues from our equipment service management & rental vertical and our APAC business unit.  The APAC business unit is included in our M3 Industries segment and includes all M3 activity in the APAC region.  Within our M3 Industries segment, revenues from our manufacturing & distribution and consumer products verticals were relatively flat quarter-over-quarter.

 

License fees revenues in our Americas and EMEA regions increased $1.0 million and $1.5 million, respectively, in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to the similar period last year.  These increases were somewhat offset by a decrease of $0.5 million in our APAC region.

 

For the first nine months of fiscal 2011, license fees revenues decreased $1.5 million, or 1.7%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2010.  This decrease was primarily due to our M3 Industries segment which decreased $6.8 million, or 15.9%, compared to the similar period last year, primarily due to a decline in license fees revenues in our equipment service management & rental and manufacturing & distribution verticals.  In addition, revenues from our consumer products vertical were down slightly as compared to the first nine months of last year.  Somewhat offsetting these decreases were increased license fees revenues in our APAC business unit within our M3 Industries segment.  Year-to-date fiscal 2011 license fees revenues in our S3 Industries segment increased $5.3 million, or 12.1%, as compared to the similar period last year.  The increase was experienced primarily in our healthcare vertical, including $5.5 million of incremental license fees contributed by Healthvision products, which more than offset decreased license fees revenues in our public sector and services industry verticals in the comparable nine-month periods.

 

License fees revenues in our APAC region increased $1.2 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2011 as compared to the similar period last year.  This increase was more than offset by a decrease of $2.9 million in our EMEA region.   License fees revenues in our Americas region were relatively flat year-over-year.

 

The following table summarizes the number of licensing transactions we entered into in the quarter ended February 28, 2011 and the first nine months of fiscal 2011 and the comparable periods last year:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

February 28,

 

February 28,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Total number of licensing transactions

 

313

 

301

 

804

 

692

 

License transactions between $0.5 and $1.0 million

 

7

 

6

 

26

 

13

 

License transactions greater than $1.0 million

 

6

 

3

 

9

 

11

 

 

Executed licensing transactions will not result in revenue unless all requirements for revenue recognition are met with respect to each separate transaction.

 

Maintenance Services.   Our maintenance services revenues represent the ratable recognition of fees to enroll and renew licensed products in our maintenance programs.  These fees are typically charged annually and are based on the license fees initially paid by the customer. Maintenance services revenues can fluctuate based on the number and timing of new license contracts, renewal rates and price increases.

 

Maintenance services revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 increased $8.4 million, or 9.4%, compared to our fiscal 2010 third quarter.  This increase was primarily due to a $7.9 million, or 13.5%, increase related to our S3 Industries segment which included $2.9 million in incremental maintenance services revenues related to Healthvision.  In addition, we experienced strong renewal rates in our S3 Industries segment, price increases, as well as maintenance agreements associated with new customers which more than offset cancellations. Within our M3 Industries segment, maintenance services also increased $0.5 million, or 1.5%, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

 

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Third quarter maintenance services revenues improved in our Americas and APAC regions which were up $8.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively, compared to the third quarter last year.  Maintenance services revenues in our EMEA region were relatively flat quarter-over-quarter.

 

For the first nine months of fiscal 2011, maintenance services revenues increased $29.9 million, or 11.5%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2010.  This year-to-date increase was primarily due to a $25.5 million, or 14.8%, increase related to our S3 Industries segment primarily our healthcare vertical which included $17.8 million in incremental maintenance services revenue related to Healthvision, strong renewal rates in our S3 Industries segment, price increases, as well as maintenance agreements associated with new customers which more than offset cancellations.  Within our M3 Industries segment, maintenance services revenue also increased $4.4 million, or 5.0%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2010, primarily due to signing new maintenance agreements with former customers and the selling of extended support agreements to customers running on older versions of our M3 products.  In addition, more of our S3 and M3 customers are selecting our higher priced premium silver level maintenance service programs which we believe is driving improved customer satisfaction levels and improved renewal rates.

 

The year-to-date maintenance services revenues in each of our geographies increased compared to the similar period last year with our Americas, EMEA and APAC regions up $25.5 million, $1.4 million and $3.0 million, respectively.

 

Consulting.   Our consulting revenues consist of services related to software installations, software implementations, customized development, training services for customers who have licensed our products and revenues from software subscriptions.

 

Consulting revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 decreased $0.3 million, or less than 1.0%, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  This decrease was due to a $2.3 million, or 5.8%, decrease in consulting revenues in our M3 Industries segment, primarily in our manufacturing & distribution and equipment service management & rental verticals as a result of lower bookings for our consulting services in these verticals over the past several quarters.  Consulting revenues in our consumer products vertical and our APAC business unit were relatively flat.  The M3 Industries segment decrease was mostly offset by a $2.0 million, or 7.9%, increase in our S3 Industries segment primarily related to our healthcare vertical which included $3.3 million in incremental consulting revenues related to Healthvision.  In addition, Enwisen contributed $1.7 million in software subscription revenues during the quarter.  These increases were somewhat offset by decreased consulting revenues in our public sector and service industries verticals, due to lower service bookings consistent with the lower licensing activity within these verticals.

 

Consulting revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 were improved in our EMEA region up $2.3 million while our Americas region decreased $2.9 million compared to the third quarter last year.  Consulting revenues in our APAC region were relatively flat quarter-over-quarter.

 

For the first nine months of fiscal 2011, consulting revenues decreased $9.7 million, or 5.0%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2010.  This decrease was primarily due to a $10.6 million, or 8.9%, decrease in our M3 Industries segment, as a result of a reduction in our number of billable consultants primarily in our M3 resources in EMEA and lower bookings for our consulting services in our manufacturing & distribution vertical.  The year-to-date decrease was primarily related to our manufacturing & distribution vertical which was only partially offset by an increase in our APAC business unit consulting revenues.  Our equipment service management & rental and consumer product verticals were relatively flat in the comparable nine-month periods.  Consulting revenues in our S3 Industries segment increased $0.9 million, or 1.2%, primarily in our healthcare vertical which included $11.5 million in incremental services related to Healthvision in fiscal 2011 and $1.7 million in software subscription revenues related to Enwisen.   These increases were mostly offset by a decrease in year-to-date consulting revenues in our public sector and service industries verticals due to lower service bookings.  The overall decrease in our consulting revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 was due to the fact that during fiscal 2010 we reduced the size of our consulting staff as part of our strategy to move more implementation services to our partner channels and improve our revenue mix as well as lower demand for our consulting services.

 

Consulting revenues in our Americas and EMEA regions decreased $4.9 million and $7.1 million, respectively, in the first nine months of fiscal 2011 compared to the similar period last year.  These decreases were somewhat offset by a $2.3 million increase in revenues from our APAC region in the first nine months of fiscal 2011.

 

Deferred Revenue.   Certain of our revenues are deferred when all conditions of revenue recognition have not been met. Deferred revenue represents revenue that is to be recognized in future periods when such conditions have been satisfied related to certain license agreements, maintenance contracts and certain consulting arrangements, as discussed above. We had total deferred revenues of $230.4 million at February 28, 2011, compared to $328.2 million at May 31, 2010.

 

The following table sets forth the components of deferred revenue (in thousands):

 

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February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

License fees

 

$

36,599

 

$

39,221

 

Maintenance services

 

169,437

 

275,237

 

Consulting

 

24,407

 

13,702

 

Total deferred revenue

 

230,443

 

328,160

 

Less current portion

 

(220,180

)

(319,797

)

Deferred revenue - non-current

 

$

10,263

 

$

8,363

 

 

In general, changes in the balance of our deferred revenue are cyclical and primarily driven by the timing of our maintenance services renewal cycles. Our renewal dates primarily occur in the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year with revenues being recognized ratably over the applicable service periods.  In addition, our conversion rate, or the rate at which revenue related to license transactions is recorded as revenue, was relatively higher contributing to the decrease in deferred license fees revenues.  These decreases were somewhat offset by an increase in deferred consulting revenues.  The increase in deferred consulting revenues is primarily related to large consulting projects in both our S3 and M3 Industries segments that were deferred in the first nine months of fiscal 2011, in accordance with various contract specifications, and will be recognized as the services are provided as well as deferred revenue related to our acquisition of Enwisen.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Quarterly Change

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Year-to-Date Change

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

(in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

Cost of revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of license fees

 

$

6,166

 

$

6,595

 

$

(429

)

(6.5

)%

$

18,144

 

$

16,929

 

$

1,215

 

7.2

%

Cost of maintenance services

 

17,692

 

17,352

 

340

 

2.0

 

52,267

 

49,833

 

2,434

 

4.9

 

Cost of software revenues

 

23,858

 

23,947

 

(89

)

(0.4

)

70,411

 

66,762

 

3,649

 

5.5

 

Cost of consulting

 

56,546

 

59,249

 

(2,703

)

(4.6

)

163,670

 

171,027

 

(7,357

)

(4.3

)

Total cost of revenues

 

$

80,404

 

$

83,196

 

$

(2,792

)

(3.4

)%

$

234,081

 

$

237,789

 

$

(3,708

)

(1.6

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

27,600

 

$

25,209

 

$

2,391

 

9.5

%

$

66,492

 

$

69,181

 

$

(2,689

)

(3.9

)%

Maintenance services

 

79,757

 

71,728

 

8,029

 

11.2

 

237,327

 

209,829

 

27,498

 

13.1

 

Total software gross profit

 

107,357

 

96,937

 

10,420

 

10.7

 

303,819

 

279,010

 

24,809

 

8.9

 

Consulting

 

8,252

 

5,834

 

2,418

 

41.4

 

20,235

 

22,582

 

(2,347

)

(10.4

)

Total gross profit

 

$

115,609

 

$

102,771

 

$

12,838

 

12.5

%

$

324,054

 

$

301,592

 

$

22,462

 

7.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

81.7

%

79.3

%

 

 

 

 

78.6

%

80.3

%

 

 

 

 

Maintenance services

 

81.8

%

80.5

%

 

 

 

 

82.0

%

80.8

%

 

 

 

 

Total software gross margin

 

81.8

%

80.2

%

 

 

 

 

81.2

%

80.7

%

 

 

 

 

Consulting

 

12.7

%

9.0

%

 

 

 

 

11.0

%

11.7

%

 

 

 

 

Total gross margin

 

59.0

%

55.3

%

 

 

 

 

58.1

%

55.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of License Fees.   Cost of license fees includes royalties to third-parties, amortization of acquired software and software delivery expenses. Our software solutions may include embedded components of third-party vendors for which a fee is paid to the vendor upon the sale of our products.  In addition, we resell third-party products in conjunction with the license of our software solutions, which also results in a fee.  The cost of license fees is higher, as a percentage of revenues, when we resell products of third-party vendors.  As a result, license fees gross margins will vary depending on the proportion of third-party product sales in our revenue mix.

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, cost of license fees decreased $0.4 million, or 6.5%, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  The decrease was primarily due to a $0.7 million decrease in third-party costs resulting from a lower proportion of third-party product sales in the current quarter’s revenue mix as compared to last year.  This decrease was somewhat offset by increased amortization expense of intellectual property related to Healthvision.  Fiscal 2011 third quarter license fees gross margin increased to 81.7% as compared to 79.3% in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 primarily as a result of a favorable product mix and higher license fees revenues in the current quarter.

 

Cost of license fees for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 increased $1.2 million, or 7.2%, compared to the similar period last year.  This increase was primarily due to a $3.9 million increase in amortization expense of intellectual property primarily related to Healthvision.  This increase was partially offset by a $2.8 million decrease in third-party costs due to a change in product mix.  License fees gross margin for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 decreased to 78.6%, as compared to 80.3% in the similar period of last year, primarily as a result of the increased amortization expense and lower nine-month license fees revenues.

 

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Cost of Maintenance Services.   Cost of maintenance includes salaries, employee benefits, related travel, third-party maintenance costs associated with embedded and non-embedded third-party products and the overhead costs of providing support.

 

Cost of maintenance services for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 increased $0.3 million, or 2.0%, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010. The increase was primarily due to a $0.7 million increase in third-party costs commensurate with our increased maintenance services revenue which was offset by a $0.5 million decrease in employee related costs.  Maintenance services gross margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 improved to 81.8% compared to 80.5% in the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

 

Cost of maintenance for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 increased $2.4 million, or 4.9%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2010.  This increase was primarily due to a $3.1 million increase in third-party costs commensurate with our increased maintenance services revenue and a $0.6 million increase in information technology and other infrastructure allocations.  These increases were somewhat offset by a $0.9 million decrease in employee related costs, primarily incentive compensation.  Maintenance gross margin for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 was 82.0%, up slightly from 80.8% in the similar period of last year.

 

Cost of Consulting.   Cost of consulting includes salaries, employee benefits, third-party consulting costs, related travel, and the overhead costs of providing implementation, installation, training and education services to customers.

 

Cost of consulting decreased $2.7 million, or 4.6%, in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  This decrease was primarily driven by a $1.4 million decrease in employee related costs resulting from our significantly lower billable headcount during the third quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  Third-party costs decreased $1.1 million in-line with lower consulting revenues and included a one-time cost reduction of $0.5 million related to a settlement with one of our services partners in our EMEA region.  In addition, information technology and other infrastructure allocations decreased $0.5 million.  These decreases were partially offset by a $0.5 million increase in amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired from Enwisen.  Gross margin on consulting revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 improved to 12.7% compared to 9.0% for the similar period last year primarily due to increased consulting revenues in the current quarter.

 

For the comparable nine-month periods of fiscal 2011 and 2010, cost of consulting decreased $7.4 million or 4.3%.  This decrease was primarily due to a $5.4 million decrease in employee related costs resulting from our significantly lower billable headcount during fiscal 2011 as compared to last year.  Third-party costs and billable travel decreased $1.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in-line with our lower consulting revenues.  Information technology and other infrastructure allocations also decreased $0.6 million year-to-date.  These decreases were partially offset by a $0.5 million increase in amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired from Enwisen.  Consulting gross margin for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 decreased to 11.0% compared to 11.7% in the similar period last year.

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Quarterly Change

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Year-to-Date Change

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

(in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

24,176

 

$

22,760

 

$

1,416

 

6.2

%

$

69,237

 

$

65,651

 

$

3,586

 

5.5

%

Sales and marketing

 

42,897

 

42,919

 

(22

)

(0.1

)

120,539

 

118,796

 

1,743

 

1.5

 

General and administrative

 

23,115

 

21,665

 

1,450

 

6.7

 

66,612

 

61,397

 

5,215

 

8.5

 

Restructuring

 

(233

)

1,154

 

(1,387

)

*NM

 

(1,686

)

5,905

 

(7,591

)

*NM

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

3,400

 

2,699

 

701

 

26.0

 

8,883

 

6,524

 

2,359

 

36.2

 

Total operating expenses

 

$

93,355

 

$

91,197

 

$

2,158

 

2.4

%

$

263,585

 

$

258,273

 

$

5,312

 

2.1

%

 


*NM — Percentage not meaningful

 

Research and Development.   Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries, employee benefits, related overhead costs and consulting fees associated with product development, testing, quality assurance, documentation, enhancements and upgrades.

 

For the third quarter of fiscal 2011, research and development expenses increased $1.4 million, or 6.2%, compared to the third quarter last year primarily due to a $0.8 million increase in net employee related costs, as a result of payroll costs related to increased headcount which more than offset a decrease in incentive compensation.  In addition, information technology and other infrastructure allocations increased $0.7 million.

 

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Research and development expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 increased $3.6 million, or 5.5%, compared to the similar period last year.  The year-to-date increase was primarily due to a net increase in employee related costs of $2.7 million, reflecting an increase in headcount which more than offset a decrease in incentive compensation in fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010.  In addition, information technology and other infrastructure allocations increased $2.1 million.  These increases were partially offset by a $0.6 million decrease in third-party costs and a $0.6 million decrease in professional fees related to translation and contractor services.

 

Sales and Marketing .   Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and incentive compensation, employee benefits, travel and overhead costs related to our sales and marketing personnel, as well as trade show activities, advertising costs and other costs associated with our Company’s marketing activities.

 

Sales and marketing expenses were flat for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 at $42.9 million in both the current quarter and the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  During the quarter, employee related costs were higher due to an increase in headcount and incentive compensation compared to the similar period last year.  In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, our average sales force headcount was up 4.3% compared to the third quarter last year.  This increase was offset by a decrease in share-based compensation expense quarter-over-quarter.

 

For the first nine months of fiscal 2011, sales and marketing expenses increased $1.7 million, or 1.5%, compared to the similar period in fiscal 2010.  The year-to-date increase was primarily the result of a $2.1 million increase in net employee related costs including a $4.6 million increase in payroll costs due to the higher average number of our account executives in fiscal 2011 as compared to last year which was somewhat offset by a $2.9 million decrease in share-based compensation and a $0.4 million decrease in incentive compensation.

 

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, employee benefits and related overhead costs for administrative employees, legal and accounting expenses, consulting fees and the impact of foreign currency transaction gains (losses).  We deem certain of these items to be shared-services and accordingly allocate the related expenses to other functional line items within cost of revenues and operating expenses, primarily based on headcount. These administration allocations have no impact on our overall operating margins for any of the periods presented.

 

For the third quarter of fiscal 2011, general and administrative expenses increased $1.5 million, or 6.7%, compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  The increase was due to an increase of $1.4 million in legal costs primarily related to patent litigation.  In addition, information technology and other infrastructure allocations increased $1.2 million.  These increases were partially offset by a $0.8 million decrease in transaction and integration expenses incurred related to acquisitions.

 

General and administrative expenses increased $5.2 million, or 8.5% in the first nine months of fiscal 2011 compared to the similar period of fiscal 2010.  The year-to-date increase was the result of $3.4 million related to the net impact of foreign currency transaction gain (losses) in the first nine months of fiscal 2011 compared to the similar period last year. This change includes the effect of certain of the out-of-period adjustments discussed in Note 1, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation — Results of Operations .  In addition, information technology and other infrastructure allocations increased $3.1 million, and legal costs increased $2.6 million primarily as a result of patent litigation.  These increases were partially offset by a $1.1 million decrease in contractor services, a $0.8 million decrease in transaction and integration expenses incurred related to acquisitions and a $0.6 million decrease in bad debt expense.  In addition, net employee related costs decreased $1.3 million including: 1) a $2.6  million decrease in incentive compensation expense in the first nine months of fiscal 2011 compared to the similar period last year, 2) a $1.9 million gain recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 related to our Norwegian pension plan discussed in Note 13, Comprehensive Income , offset by, 3) a $2.2 million increase in share-based compensation and 4) an increase of $0.9 million in payroll costs.

 

Restructuring .  Over the past several years, we have pursued certain restructuring actions to improve our operational efficiency and reduce our operating costs.  These cost reduction measures included workforce reductions relating to restructuring our workforce and the vertical realignment of our organization, and the exiting of certain leased facilities and the consolidation of space in certain other facilities.  We have recorded restructuring charges related to these actions including severance and related benefits and costs associated with the exit of or reduction in leased space.  The original charges were based on management’s estimate of applicable severance and related benefits to be incurred and the estimated fair value of our liability related to exited leased facilities.  These estimated costs are subject to change based on actual costs incurred or changes in estimates and assumptions used in determining the value of these obligations.  Any change in the related accruals is recorded in the period identified.

 

We recorded a restructuring accrual reversal of approximately $0.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to a restructuring charge of $1.2 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  Year-to-date fiscal 2011 restructuring accrual reversals totaled $1.7 million compared to restructuring charges of $5.9 million in the comparable period of last year.  See Note 3, Restructuring , for details of our restructuring actions.

 

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As a result of our restructuring plans and the realignment of our workforce, we have experienced cost savings from the lower facility expenses and reduced headcount and we expect these savings to continue.

 

Amortization of Acquired Intangibles.   Amortization of acquired intangibles primarily relates to the on-going amortization of intangibles acquired in our fiscal 2006 Intentia merger, our fiscal 2010 acquisition of Healthvision, our most recent acquisition of Enwisen as well as other acquisitions. For the third quarter of fiscal 2011, amortization increased $0.7 million, or 26.0%, as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2010.  Year-to-date amortization of acquired intangibles increased $2.4 million, or 36.2%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2010.  These increases were primarily due to the amortization of intangible assets acquired in our acquisition of Healthvision and Enwisen.  These increases were partially offset by decreases related to the amortization of certain intangible assets that are being amortized on an accelerated basis, which resulted in a higher rate of amortization in fiscal 2010 as compared to fiscal 2011, as well as certain intangibles being fully amortized in fiscal 2010 with no corresponding amortization recorded in the current periods of fiscal 2011.

 

Other Income (Expense), Net

 

Total other income (expense), net, consists of interest income earned from cash, marketable securities and other investments, interest expense, other associated costs, and related gains or losses.  In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we recorded net other income of $0.6 million compared to a net other expense of $3.8 million in the third quarter last year.  In the first nine months of fiscal 2011we recorded a net other expense of $7.1 million compared to a net other expense of $11.5 million for the similar periods of fiscal 2010.  The change in the quarter and year-to-date other income (expense) net was primarily due to a gain of approximately $3.0 million recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 related to the settlement of certain claims that arose due to Lehman OTC’s bankruptcy. See Note 10, Long-Term Debt. We also realized a gain of approximately $1.2 million related to the sale of marketable securities in the current quarter.

 

Provision for Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Quarterly Change

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Year-to-Date Change

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

February 28,

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

(in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

2011

 

2010

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

Income tax provision

 

$

1,443

 

$

6,126

 

$

(4,683

)

(76.4

)%

$

10,377

 

$

21,384

 

$

(11,007

)

(51.5

)%

Effective income tax rate

 

6.3

%

78.6

%

 

 

 

 

19.4

%

67.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

Our quarterly income tax expense is measured using an estimated annual effective tax rate for the period.  We estimate our annual effective tax rate on a quarterly basis and make any necessary changes to adjust the rate for the applicable year-to-date period based upon the annual estimate.  The estimated annual tax rate may fluctuate due to changes in forecasted annual operating income, changes in the jurisdictional mix of the forecasted annual operating income, positive or negative changes to the valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets, changes to actual or forecasted permanent book to tax differences, impacts from future tax settlements with state, federal or foreign tax authorities or impacts from enacted tax law changes.  We identify items which are unusual and non-recurring in nature and treat these as discrete events. The tax effect of discrete items is recorded entirely in the quarter in which the discrete event occurs.

 

The change in the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2011 compared to the similar periods last year was primarily due to a release of recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions, a release of valuation allowance on a recorded capital gain carryforward now utilized in the current period and the jurisdictional mix of operating income in the respective periods.  In fiscal 2011 we have been profitable in certain foreign jurisdictions which have available net operating loss carryforwards currently offset by valuation allowances.  Utilizing the benefit of these net operating losses reduces our effective tax rate as compared to last year when we incurred unbenefitted losses in certain jurisdictions.

 

As of February 28, 2011, we have recorded a liability of approximately $5.4 million for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions, which would affect earnings and the effective tax rate if the tax benefits were recognized.  For the quarter ended February 28, 2011, $4.6 million of recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions in various jurisdictions reversed as a result of expiring statutes of limitations.

 

We recognize interest expense (benefit) related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties, if incurred, as a component of our income tax expense.  During the three and nine  months ended February 28, 2011, we recognized an interest benefit of approximately $0.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and interest expense of $0.1 million and $0.3 million in the comparable periods last year.

 

At May 31, 2010, we had valuation allowances totaling $74.7 million that were recorded against deferred tax assets at various legal entities. Based on our estimates of future profitability in some of these jurisdictions, we believe that a valuation allowance

 

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continues to be required based on the current level of uncertainty regarding our ability to realize some of our deferred tax assets.  We continue to monitor and weigh both positive and negative evidence related to our future ability to realize these assets.  If we determine that the evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that we will be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance would be recorded in the period when such determination is made.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measure Reconciliations

 

We believe our presentation of non-GAAP revenues, operating income, operating margin, net income and diluted net income per share provide meaningful insight into our operating performance and an alternative perspective of our results of operations.  We use these non-GAAP measures to assess our operating performance, develop budgets, serve as a measurement for incentive compensation awards and manage expenditures. Presentation of these non-GAAP measures allows investors to review our results of operations from the same perspective as management and our Board of Directors.  These non-GAAP financial measures provide investors an enhanced understanding of our operations, facilitate investors’ analysis and comparisons of our current and past results of operations, facilitate comparisons of our operating results with those of our competitors and provide insight into the prospects of our future performance. We also believe that the non-GAAP measures are useful to investors because they provide supplemental information that research analysts frequently use to analyze software companies including those that have recently made significant acquisitions.

 

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The method we use to produce non-GAAP results is not in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may differ from the methods used by other companies. These non-GAAP results should not be regarded as a substitute for corresponding U.S. GAAP measures but instead should be utilized as a supplemental measure of operating performance in evaluating our business. Non-GAAP measures do have limitations in that they do not reflect certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results. As such, these non-GAAP measures should be viewed in conjunction with both our financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and the reconciliation of the supplemental non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable U.S. GAAP results provided for each period presented below (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

GAAP revenue

 

$

196,013

 

$

185,967

 

$

10,046

 

5.4

%

$

558,135

 

$

539,381

 

$

18,754

 

3.5

%

Non-GAAP revenue adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase accounting impact on maintenance revenues

 

278

 

1,969

 

 

 

 

 

2,846

 

1,969

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase accounting impact on consulting revenues

 

1,657

 

694

 

 

 

 

 

2,522

 

694

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP revenue adjustments

 

1,935

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

5,368

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP revenue

 

$

197,948

 

$

188,630

 

$

9,318

 

4.9

%

$

563,503

 

$

542,044

 

$

21,459

 

4.0

%

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

GAAP operating income

 

$

22,254

 

$

11,574

 

$

10,680

 

92.3

%

$

60,469

 

$

43,319

 

$

17,150

 

39.6

%

GAAP operating margin

 

11.4

%

6.2

%

 

 

 

 

10.8

%

8.0

%

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP revenue adjustments

 

1,935

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

5,368

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP costs/operating expense adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of purchased maintenance contracts

 

375

 

473

 

 

 

 

 

1,165

 

1,570

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

4,261

 

6,258

 

 

 

 

 

13,391

 

13,255

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-merger claims reserve adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(630

)

(661

)

 

 

 

 

Acquisition transaction and integration costs

 

347

 

1,153

 

 

 

 

 

346

 

1,153

 

 

 

 

 

Pension gain

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,886

)

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring

 

(233

)

1,154

 

 

 

 

 

(1,686

)

5,905

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

7,919

 

6,583

 

 

 

 

 

22,131

 

15,409

 

 

 

 

 

Total non-GAAP costs/operating expense adjustments

 

12,694

 

15,621

 

 

 

 

 

32,831

 

36,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating income

 

$

36,883

 

$

29,858

 

$

7,025

 

23.5

%

$

98,668

 

$

82,613

 

$

16,055

 

19.4

%

Non-GAAP operating margin

 

18.6

%

15.8

%

 

 

 

 

17.5

%

15.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

GAAP net income

 

$

21,398

 

$

1,668

 

$

19,730

 

*NM

 

$

43,011

 

$

10,399

 

$

32,612

 

313.6

%

Non-GAAP revenue adjustments

 

1,935

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

5,368

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP costs/operating expense adjustments

 

12,694

 

15,621

 

 

 

 

 

32,831

 

36,631

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash interest expense related to convertible debt

 

2,265

 

2,122

 

 

 

 

 

6,796

 

6,365

 

 

 

 

 

Bankruptcy settlement

 

(3,006

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,006

)

 

 

 

 

 

Tax provision adjustment (1)

 

(11,412

)

(4,308

)

 

 

 

 

(23,005

)

(7,272

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income

 

$

23,874

 

$

17,766

 

$

6,108

 

34.4

%

$

61,995

 

$

48,786

 

$

13,209

 

27.1

%

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

February 28,

 

Period Change

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Fiscal 2011 vs. 2010

 

GAAP net income per diluted share

 

$

0.13

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.12

 

*NM

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.06

 

$

0.20

 

306.2

%

Purchase accounting impact on revenue

 

0.01

 

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

0.03

 

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of purchased maintenance contracts

 

0.00

 

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

0.03

 

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

0.08

 

0.08

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-merger claims reserve adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.00

)

(0.00

)

 

 

 

 

Acquisition transaction and integration costs

 

0.00

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

Pension gain

 

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring

 

(0.00

)

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

0.05

 

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

0.13

 

0.09

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash interest expense related to convertible debt

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

0.04

 

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Bankruptcy settlement

 

(0.02

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.02

)

 

 

 

 

 

Tax provision adjustment

 

(0.07

)

(0.03

)

 

 

 

 

(0.14

)

(0.04

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income per diluted share (2)

 

$

0.14

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.03

 

31.7

%

$

0.37

 

$

0.30

 

$

0.08

 

24.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares - basic

 

163,978

 

161,412

 

 

 

 

 

163,340

 

161,308

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares - diluted

 

168,736

 

165,367

 

 

 

 

 

167,912

 

164,901

 

 

 

 

 

 


*NM — Percentage not meaningful

 

 

(1)

We estimate an annual global effective non-GAAP tax rate by reflecting non-GAAP adjustments on a jurisdictional basis which is applied throughout the fiscal year. The estimated annual global effective non-GAAP tax rate for fiscal 2011 is 35.0% and was 37.0% for fiscal 2010. The above tax provision adjustments were made to reflect these rates for the

 

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applicable periods.

 

(2)           GAAP to non-GAAP net income per diluted share columns may not total due to rounding.

 

The non-GAAP adjustments we make to our reported U.S. GAAP results are primarily related to purchase accounting and other acquisition matters, significant non-cash accounting charges and restructuring charges. Our primary non-GAAP reconciling items are as follows:

 

Purchase Accounting Impact on Revenue.   Our non-GAAP financial results include pro forma adjustments to increase maintenance and consulting revenues that we would have recognized if we had not adjusted acquired deferred revenues to their fair values as required by U.S.GAAP. Certain deferred revenues for maintenance and consulting on the acquired entity’s balance sheet, at the time of the acquisition, were eliminated from U.S. GAAP results as part of the purchase accounting for the acquisition. As a result, our U.S. GAAP results do not, in management’s view, reflect all of our maintenance and consulting activity. We believe the inclusion of the non-GAAP revenue adjustment provides investors a helpful alternative view of Lawson’s maintenance and consulting operations.

 

Amortization of Purchased Maintenance Contracts.   We have excluded amortization of purchased maintenance contracts from our non-GAAP results. The purchase price related to these contracts is being amortized based upon the proportion of future cash flows estimated to be generated each period over the estimated useful lives of the contracts. We believe that the exclusion of the amortization expense related to the purchased maintenance contracts provides investors an enhanced understanding of our results of operations.

 

Share-Based Compensation.   Expense related to share-based compensation has been excluded from our non-GAAP results of operations. These charges consist of the estimated fair value of share-based awards including stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and share purchases under our employee stock purchase plan. While the charges for share-based compensation are of a recurring nature, as we grant share-based awards to attract and retain quality employees and as an incentive to help achieve financial and other corporate goals, we exclude them from our results of operation in assessing our operating performance. These charges are typically non-cash and are often the result of complex calculations using an option-pricing model that estimates share-based awards’ fair value based on factors such as volatility and risk-free interest rates that are beyond our control. The expense related to share-based awards is generally not controllable in the short-term and can vary significantly based on the timing, size and nature of awards granted. As such, we do not include such charges in our operating plans that we use to manage our business. In addition, we believe the exclusion of these charges facilitates comparisons of our operating results with those of our competitors who may have different policies regarding the use of share-based awards.

 

Pre-Merger Claims Reserve Adjustment.   We have excluded the adjustment to our pre-merger claims reserve from our non-GAAP results. As part of the purchase accounting relating to our acquisition of Intentia, we established a reserve for Intentia customer claims and disputes that arose before the acquisition which were originally recorded to goodwill. As we are outside the period in which adjustments to such purchase accounting is allowed, adjustments to the reserve are recorded in our general and administrative expenses under GAAP. We do not consider the adjustments to this reserve established under purchase accounting in our assessment of our operating performance. Further, since this reserve was established in purchase accounting, the original charge was not reflected in our operating results. We believe that the exclusion of the pre-merger claims reserve adjustment provides investors an appropriate alternative view of our results of operations and facilitates comparisons of our results period-over-period.

 

Acquisition Transaction and Integration Costs.   We have incurred various transaction and integration costs related to our acquisitions. The costs of integrating the operations of acquired businesses and Lawson are incremental to our historical costs and are charged to our U.S. GAAP results of operations in the periods incurred. Beginning in fiscal 2010, acquisition related transaction costs have also been charged to our U.S. GAAP results of operations. We do not consider these costs in our assessment of our operating performance. While these costs are not recurring with respect to our past acquisitions, we may incur similar costs in the future if we pursue other acquisitions. We believe that the exclusion of the non-recurring acquisition related transaction and integration costs provides investors a useful alternative view of our results of operations and facilitates comparisons of our results period-over-period.

 

Pension Gain.   We have implemented certain modifications to our pension plan in Norway.  These modifications resulted in a curtailment of benefits under the plan and resulted in our recording a gain related to the change in all active participants’ projected benefit obligations resulting from the curtailment.  In addition, these modifications led to a settlement of active participants’ projected benefit obligations and resulted in our recording an additional gain related to the pension settlement.  We do not consider these gains in our assessment of our operating performance.  We believe that the exclusion of the non-recurring pension gains provide investors a useful alternative view of our results of operations and facilitates comparisons of our results period-over-period.

 

Restructuring.   We have recorded various restructuring charges related to actions taken to reduce our cost structure to enhance operating effectiveness and improve profitability and to eliminate certain redundancies in connection with acquisitions. These

 

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restructuring activities impacted different functional areas of our operations in different locations and were undertaken to meet specific business objectives in light of the facts and circumstances at the time of each restructuring event. These charges include costs related to severance and other termination benefits as well as costs to exit leased facilities. These restructuring charges are excluded from management’s assessment of our operating performance. We believe that the exclusion of the restructuring charges provides investors a useful alternative view of the cost structure of our operations and facilitates comparisons with the results of other periods that may not reflect such charges or may reflect different levels of such charges.

 

Amortization of Acquired Intangibles.   We have excluded amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets including purchased technology, client lists, customer relationships, trademarks, order backlog and non-compete agreements from our non-GAAP results. The fair value of the intangible assets, which was allocated to these assets through purchase accounting, is amortized using accelerated or straight-line methods which approximate the proportion of future cash flows estimated to be generated each period over the estimated useful lives of the applicable assets. While these non-cash amortization charges are recurring in nature and the underlying assets benefit our operations, this amortization expense can fluctuate significantly based on the nature, timing and size of our past acquisitions and may be affected by future acquisitions. This makes comparisons of our current and historic operating performance difficult. Therefore, we exclude such expenses when analyzing the results of our operations including those of acquired entities. We believe that the exclusion of the amortization expense of acquired intangible assets provides investors useful information facilitating comparison of our results period-over-period and with other companies in the software industry as they each have their own acquisition histories and related non-GAAP adjustments.

 

Non-Cash Interest Expense Related to Convertible Debt. We have excluded the incremental non-cash interest expense related to our $240.0 million 2.5% senior convertible notes that we are required to recognize under U.S. GAAP for convertible debt securities from our non-GAAP results of operations for all periods presented. This accounting guidance requires us to recognize additional non-cash interest expense based on the market rate for similar debt instruments that do not contain a comparable conversion feature.  We have allocated a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the senior notes to the embedded conversion feature resulting in a discount on our senior notes.  The debt discount is being amortized as additional non-cash interest expense over the term of the notes using the effective interest method.  These non-cash interest charges are not included in our operating plans and are not included in management’s assessment of our operating performance. We believe that the exclusion of the non-cash interest charges provides a useful alternative for investors to evaluate the cost structure of our operations in a manner consistent with our internal evaluation of our cost structure.

 

Bankruptcy Settlement.   We have excluded the net gain we recorded on settlement of certain claims that arose due to Lehman OTC’s bankruptcy.  These claims related to our business relationships with Lehman OTC, including a convertible note hedge transaction and a warrant transaction both entered into as part of the issuance of our senior convertible notes and an accelerated share repurchase transaction.  As a result of the payments and collections related to the settlement of these obligations, we recorded a net gain which we do not consider in our assessment of our operating performance.  We believe that the exclusion of the net gain from this non-recurring bankruptcy settlement provides investors a useful alternative view of our results of operations and facilitates comparisons of our results period-over-period.

 

Non-GAAP Tax Provision Adjustments. The non-GAAP tax provision adjustments are due to the increase in non-GAAP taxable income as compared to U.S. GAAP taxable income resulting from the non-GAAP reconciling items detailed in the above table and the jurisdictional mix of non-GAAP and U.S. GAAP taxable income. The non-GAAP tax provision adjustments are made to reflect the annual global effective non-GAAP tax rate for each period.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

 

 

Cash Flows (in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

% Change

 

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

(14,732

)

$

(8,431

)

74.7

%

Investing activities

 

(82,414

)

(173,918

)

(52.6

)

Financing activities

 

3,363

 

(6,486

)

*NM

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

20,055

 

366

 

*NM

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(73,728

)

$

(188,469

)

(60.9

)%

 


*NM - Percentage not meaningful

 

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As of

 

 

 

 

 

February 28,

 

May 31,

 

 

 

Capital Resources (in thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

% Change

 

Working capital

 

$

153,622

 

$

115,034

 

33.5

%

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

302,189

 

$

375,917

 

(19.6

)%

 

As of February 28, 2011, we had $302.2 million in cash and cash equivalents and $153.1 million in working capital.  Our most significant source of operating cash flows is derived from license fees, maintenance services and consulting fees related to services provided to our customers.  Days sales outstanding (DSO), which we calculate as net receivables at period-end divided by revenue for the quarter times 90 days in the quarter, was 52 and 54 as of February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010, respectively.  Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for employee costs, third-party costs for licenses and services, and facilities.

 

On December 31, 2010, we acquired privately held Enwisen, a Novato, California-based company which provides SaaS human resource service delivery solutions, for $70.0 million in cash.  See Note 4, Business Combinations , for more information.

 

We believe that cash flows from operations, together with our cash and cash equivalents, will be sufficient to meet our cash requirements for working capital, capital expenditures, restructuring activities, investments and share repurchases for the remainder of fiscal 2011 and for the foreseeable future. As part of our business strategy, we may use cash to acquire additional companies or products from time-to-time to enhance our product lines, which could have a material effect on our capital resources.

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities in the first nine months of fiscal 2011 was $14.7 million. Uses of cash included $127.1 million related to working capital.  The cash used for working capital purposes included a $109.5 million decrease in our deferred revenue balances primarily related to the timing of annual service maintenance billings and recognition of maintenance revenues over the applicable term of these agreements as well as higher conversion rates related to our license fees revenues, $39.1 million decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily related to a reduction in accrued incentive compensation due to payment of fiscal year end incentives, a reduction in accrued severance due to payments made relating to our fiscal 2010 restructuring actions, a release of recorded liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions and $8.2 million related to net income taxes payable/receivable.  These working capital uses of cash were partially offset by working capital sources of cash including a $17.4 million decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily related to a change in the net fair value of our foreign currency forward contracts and a reduction in certain foreign value added tax receivables, a net $11.5 million decrease in accounts receivable from our focused collection efforts of customer accounts and a $0.9 million increase in accounts payable.  The working capital uses of cash were also offset by our net income of $43.0 million, which included non-cash charges of $42.4 million for depreciation and amortization, $13.4 million related to share-based compensation, $5.9 million related to deferred income taxes, a $2.8 million provision for estimated warranty costs and doubtful accounts, $7.6 million in amortization of debt discount and the debt issuance costs related to our senior convertible notes, as well as a net gain of $1.2 million related to the sale of marketable securities and certain other assets/liabilities. While operating activities utilized cash during the first nine months of fiscal 2011, we expect to generate positive cash flows in the remainder of the fiscal year primarily due to the timing of our maintenance billings and collection of related receivables.  Furthermore, as in previous years, we expect cash flows from operating activities to be positive for the full fiscal year.

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

Net cash used by investing activities was $82.4 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2011.  The primary uses of cash were the $70.0 million net cash paid in conjunction with our acquisition of Enwisen, $13.1 million used to purchase property and equipment primarily related to continued investments in our global information technology and business system infrastructure and $3.0 million used to purchase marketable securities.  These uses of cash were partially offset by $4.2 million in proceeds related to the sale of marketable securities during the third quarter of fiscal 2011.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $3.4 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2011.  Cash provided by financing activities during the period included $7.8 million related to the exercise of stock options and the issuance of shares of our common stock under our ESPP.  These sources of cash were somewhat offset by $4.1 million used to repurchase shares of our common stock pursuant to our Board authorized share repurchase program and $1.9 million used to make payments on our long-term debt and capital lease obligations.

 

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Effect of Exchange Rate Changes

 

For the nine months ended February 28, 2011, changes in foreign currency exchange rates resulted in a $20.1 million increase in our cash and cash equivalents.  Exchange rate changes increased our cash and cash equivalents by $0.4 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2010.

 

Repurchase of Common Shares

 

Our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of common stock in November 2006, and on July 10, 2008, increased the maximum authorized for repurchase under the program to $400.0 million.  The share repurchases are funded using our existing cash balances and future cash flows and may occur through transactions structured through investment banking institutions as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions and/or other mechanisms.  Our share repurchase program allows us to repurchase shares at our discretion and market conditions influence the timing of the buybacks and the number of shares repurchased.  There can be no assurance as to the amount, timing or repurchase price of future repurchases, if any, related to the share repurchase program.  The program may also be modified, extended or terminated by our Board of Directors at any time.

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we repurchased an aggregate of 0.3 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $8.77 per share under the share repurchase program.  From inception of the repurchase program through February 28, 2011, we have used $275.7 million to repurchase 33.5 million shares at an average price of $8.23 per share.  The repurchased shares are recorded as treasury stock and result in a reduction to our stockholders equity.  The shares will be used for general corporate purposes.  As of February 28, 2011, the maximum dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under this program was $124.3 million.

 

Senior Convertible Notes

 

In April 2007, we issued $240.0 million of senior convertible notes with net proceeds, after expenses, of approximately $233.5 million. The notes mature on April 15, 2012. The notes bear interest at a rate of 2.5% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears, on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2007. The notes do not contain any restrictive financial covenants. The notes are convertible, at the holders’ option, into cash and, if applicable, shares of our common stock based on an initial conversion rate of approximately 83.23 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $12.02 per share (which reflects a 35.0% conversion premium based on the closing sale price of $8.90 per share of Lawson common stock as reported by NASDAQ on April 17, 2007). Prior to January 15, 2012, the notes are convertible if the closing price of our common stock is more than 130.0% of the current conversion price of $12.02, or $15.63 per share, for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading-day period ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter.  At the issuance of these notes, we simultaneously entered into separate agreements to purchase call options and sell warrants which are referred to below as “a convertible note hedge transaction and a warrant transaction.”

 

We had certain business relationships with Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc. (Lehman OTC), including a convertible note hedge transaction and a warrant transaction both entered into as part of the issuance of our senior convertible notes and an accelerated share repurchase transaction (See Note 16, Repurchase of Common Shares ). On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (Lehman Holdings) filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Subsidiaries of Lehman Holdings, including Lehman Brothers Inc. (Lehman Brothers) and Lehman OTC, were not included in the filing. On September 19, 2008, Lehman Brothers was placed in liquidation under the Securities Investor Protection Act. In addition, on October 3, 2008, Lehman OTC also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

 

Lehman Brothers was one of the original purchasers of our senior convertible notes. None of the net proceeds from the offering are on deposit with Lehman Brothers or any of its affiliates. In conjunction with the issuance of the notes, we also entered into a convertible note hedge transaction with Lehman OTC, an affiliate of Lehman Brothers. In a separate agreement, we entered into a warrant transaction with Lehman OTC. Together, these transactions were designed to reduce the potential dilution resulting from the potential conversion of our senior convertible notes into shares of common stock and effectively increased the conversion price of the notes to $15.58 per share from the initial conversion price of $12.02 per share. We paid $57.7 million ($35.7 million net of tax benefit) to acquire the call options and received $34.2 million as a result of the sale of the warrants. The purchase of the call options was recorded as a reduction to stockholders’ equity and the sale of the warrants was recorded as an increase to stockholders’ equity in accordance with applicable FASB guidance.

 

The bankruptcy filing by Lehman OTC was an event of default under the hedge transaction and warrant agreements. As a result of that default, we exercised our rights to terminate both the hedge transaction and the warrant transaction on October 10, 2008. As a result of our termination of the hedge transaction, terms of the original transaction provided us the right to seek recovery from Lehman OTC equal to the termination-date fair value of the common stock option instrument we issued in connection with the hedge

 

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transaction. At the time of termination, the instrument ceased being a hedge instrument and was effectively replaced by our claim against Lehman OTC. Accordingly, for financial reporting purposes, we recorded the estimated fair value of the related hedge transaction asset and the warrant liability during the second quarter of fiscal 2009, resulting in a decrease in our stockholders’ equity equal to the net amount of the recorded asset and liability. As part of the convertible note hedge transaction, Lehman OTC agreed to have Lehman Holdings guarantee certain obligations of Lehman OTC. Based on the developments in the bankruptcy proceeding, we do not have a claim against Lehman Holdings for the guaranty agreed to by Lehman OTC.

 

On June 4, 2009, counsel for Lehman Holdings and Lehman OTC demanded payment from us of the termination-date fair value of the warrant, asserted that in the contracts we have waived the right to setoff against the amounts owed to us under the hedge transaction and claimed we violated the bankruptcy stay in asserting offset rights. We refused payment and subsequently entered into settlement discussions with Lehman OTC.

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, on February 10, 2011, we reached a settlement with Lehman OTC and entered into Termination Agreements relating to (1) Lawson’s claim against Lehman OTC for the convertible note hedge transaction and for the July 2008 accelerated share repurchase agreement (see Note 16, Repurchase of Common Shares ) and (2) Lehman OTC’s claim against Lawson for the warrant transaction.

 

For financial reporting purposes, we originally estimated the fair value of the hedge transaction asset and the warrant liability using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and considered the credit risk of Lehman OTC. The original estimated fair values of the hedge transaction asset and warrant liability differ from the values as agreed to in the applicable February 10, 2011, Termination Agreements.

 

On February 10, 2011, we paid Lehman OTC the settlement value of our warrant liability and assigned our aggregate Lehman OTC claims relating to the note hedge and a ccelerated share repurchase agreement transactions to an independent third party in exchange for cash which we received on February 11, 2011.  As a result of these payments and collections, at amounts differing from the previously recorded estimated fair values, we recorded a gain of approximately $3.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 related to the settlement of these obligations.

 

The terms of the senior convertible notes and the rights of note holders are not affected by the status of Lehman Holdings or Lehman OTC or by the termination and settlement of the convertible note hedge or warrant transactions.

 

Credit Facility

 

We have an uncommitted credit facility that consists of a guarantee line with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken in the amount of $4.7 million (30.0 million SEK). We had no borrowings outstanding under this line as of February 28, 2011.

 

Restricted Cash

 

We had approximately $10.3 million of restricted cash as of February 28, 2011, of which approximately $9.1 million and $1.2 million have been classified as current and non-current, respectively, on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The current portion relates primarily to the customer claim held on our account at LBI. Cash related to this claim was received on March 10, 2011.  See Note 16, Repurchase of Common Shares . The remainder of the restricted cash balance relates to various collateral arrangements related to our property leases worldwide.

 

Disclosures about Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

 

As disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2010, total contractual obligations at May 31, 2010, were $327.9 million not including an estimated liability for uncertain tax positions.  At February 28, 2011, we had recorded a liability for uncertain tax positions of $5.4 million. Over the next 12 months, we do not expect any significant cash payments or significant additional changes related to these uncertain tax positions.  See Note 11,  Income Taxes .

 

Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

 

As of May 31, 2010, we did not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K. We do not use off-balance-sheet arrangements with unconsolidated entities, related parties or other forms of off-balance-sheet arrangements such as research and development arrangements. Accordingly, our liquidity and capital resources are not subject to off-balance-sheet risks from unconsolidated entities.

 

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We have entered into operating leases for most of our U.S. and international sales and support offices and certain equipment in the normal course of business. These arrangements are sometimes referred to as a form of off-balance-sheet financing. As of February 28, 2011, we leased facilities and certain equipment under non-cancelable operating leases expiring between calendar year 2010 and 2018.  Rent expense under operating leases for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2011 was $6.7 million and $20.2 million, respectively, compared to $6.6 million and $19.9 million for the similar periods of fiscal 2010.

 

Foreign Currency

 

We manage foreign currency market risk, from time to time, using forward contracts to offset the risk associated with the effects of certain foreign currency exposures. Increases or decreases in our foreign currency exposures are expected to be offset by gains or losses on forward contracts. This is expected to mitigate the possibility of significant foreign currency transaction gains or losses in future periods. Our foreign currency exposures are primarily related to non-functional currency intercompany loans and advances between our international subsidiaries as well as other balance sheet accounts, particularly accounts receivable, accounts payable and certain accrual accounts.

 

We do not use forward contracts for trading purposes. Our foreign currency forward contracts are generally short-term in nature, typically maturing within 90 days or less. We mark to market all contracts at the end of each reporting period and unrealized gains and losses are included in our results of operations for that period. Our ultimate realized gain or loss with respect to currency fluctuations will depend on the currency exchange rates and other factors in effect as the contracts mature. The net fair value of our foreign currency forward contracts was a net liability of $1.5 million and net asset of $6.5 million as of February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010 and was included in other current liabilities and prepaid expenses and other current assets, respectively, on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 9, Fair Value Measurements .  For the three and nine month period ended February 28, 2011, we recorded net realized and unrealized losses of $5.5 million and $5.7 million, respectively, related to foreign currency forward contracts, as compared to a net realized and unrealized gain of $5.1 million and a net realized and unrealized loss of $0.8 million for the similar periods last year.  All gains and losses from foreign currency forward contracts have been classified as general and administrative expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, for information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements that may impact our financial statements.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

As disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8 , 2010, our major market risk exposure relates to adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates and adverse fluctuations in interest rates with respect to our senior convertible notes. We believe our exposure associated with these market risks has not changed materially since May 31, 2010.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We have established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of February 28, 2011.

 

Our evaluation does not include an assessment of the effectiveness of Enwisen’s disclosure controls and procedures.  SEC guidance regarding the reporting of internal control over financial reporting in connection with a material acquisition allows management to omit an assessment of the acquired business’ internal control over financial reporting from management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting for a period not to exceed one year.  Accordingly, we have excluded Enwisen from the scope of our current assessment.

 

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may not prevent or detect misstatements.  In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act) during the quarter ended February 28, 2011, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

See Note 14, Commitments and Contingencies — Legal , for information regarding certain legal proceedings in which we are involved.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

We documented our risk factors in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended May 31, 2010. There have been no material changes to our risk factors since the filing of that report, except for the modifications reflected in the risk factor listed below.  These risk factors could materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition and/or negatively affect our stock price. Additional factors and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial could also harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 14, 2011, we received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire all of our outstanding common stock at a price of $11.25 per share in cash. We also reported that our board of directors had retained Barclays Capital, Inc. as our financial advisor to assist in evaluating the proposal, as well as other possible strategic alternatives and that we did not intend to comment further regarding the matter unless and until an agreement is reached, discussions have been terminated or the board concludes its strategic review.  There can be no assurance that a transaction will occur.  We will continue to conduct business in the ordinary course and pursue the sale of our products and services.  The developments described in that Form 8-K report may adversely impact our business and our revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 and the near term.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

(a) Not applicable

 

(b) Not applicable

 

(c) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

The following table summarizes repurchases of our common stock for the three months ended February 28, 2011:

 

Period

 

Total Number of
Shares

 

Average
Price Paid
per Share

 

Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs

 

Maximum Dollar Value of
Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs (1)

 

December 1 - 31, 2010

 

 

$

 

 

$

127,343,773

 

January 1 - 31, 2011

 

344,490

 

$

8.77

 

344,490

 

$

124,322,974

 

February 1 - 28, 2011

 

 

$

 

 

$

124,322,974

 

Total third quarter fiscal 2011

 

344,490

 

$

8.77

 

344,490

 

 

 

 


(1)           In November 2006, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of our common stock.  The Board of Directors increased this maximum to $200.0 million in April 2007 and to $400.0 million on July 10, 2008.

 

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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. (REMOVED AND RESERVED)

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

See Index to Exhibits on page 55 of this report.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 1, 2011

 

 

 

 

LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ STEFAN B. SCHULZ

 

 

Stefan B. Schulz

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Documents

12.1

 

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Harry Debes.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Stefan B. Schulz.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Harry Debes.

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Stefan B. Schulz.

 

 

 

101.INS *

 

XBRL Instance Document.

 

 

 

101.SCH*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.

 

 

 

101.CAL*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.

 

 

 

101.DEF *

 

XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase.

 

 

 

101.LAB*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.

 

 

 

101.PRE *

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.

 


*              Interactive Data Files in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at February 28, 2011 and May 31, 2010, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2011 and February 28, 2010, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 and February 28, 2010, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  In accordance with Regulation S-T, the XBRL-related information in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q shall be deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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