UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(Mark One)

 

 

ý

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

 

For the Quarter ended September 30, 2002

 

OR

 

o

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

 

0-28252
(Commission File Number)

 


 

BROADVISION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

94-3184303

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

585 Broadway,
Redwood City, California

 

94063

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

 

 

(650) 542-5100

(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 ý No o

 

As of November 7, 2002, there were 32,258,467 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

 



 

BROADVISION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

FORM 10-Q

Quarter Ended September 30, 2002

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss—Three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001

 

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 2.

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.

Other Information

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.            Financial Statements

 

BROADVISION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

83,114

 

$

75,758

 

Short-term investments

 

26,135

 

65,705

 

Accounts receivable, less reserves of $6,288 and $8,194 for 2002 and 2001, respectively

 

18,903

 

39,768

 

Prepaids and other

 

9,665

 

12,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

137,817

 

194,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

30,502

 

67,219

 

Deferred tax asset

 

 

2,857

 

Long-term investments

 

2,273

 

22,135

 

Restricted cash and investments

 

16,645

 

29,949

 

Equity investments

 

3,000

 

5,583

 

Goodwill and other intangibles, net

 

58,207

 

60,867

 

Other assets

 

4,772

 

9,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

253,216

 

$

392,417

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

9,704

 

$

11,276

 

Accrued expenses

 

55,622

 

61,712

 

Unearned revenue

 

15,410

 

22,580

 

Deferred maintenance

 

23,839

 

30,337

 

Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt

 

25,977

 

977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

130,552

 

126,882

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

2,190

 

2,922

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

70,984

 

59,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

203,726

 

189,270

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; 32,258 and 31,643 shares issued and outstanding for 2002 and 2001, respectively

 

3

 

3

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,210,002

 

1,207,071

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

(1,288

)

(5,245

)

Accumulated deficit

 

(1,159,227

)

(998,682

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

49,490

 

203,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

253,216

 

$

392,417

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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BROADVISION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except per share amounts; Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software licenses

 

$

10,756

 

$

16,292

 

$

29,244

 

$

80,461

 

Services

 

16,483

 

32,437

 

57,869

 

119,032

 

Total revenues

 

27,239

 

48,729

 

87,113

 

199,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of software licenses

 

1,414

 

1,713

 

3,417

 

6,608

 

Cost of services

 

8,751

 

15,661

 

31,507

 

85,234

 

Total cost of revenues

 

10,165

 

17,374

 

34,924

 

91,842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

17,074

 

31,355

 

52,189

 

107,651

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

7,774

 

16,230

 

34,755

 

63,817

 

Sales and marketing

 

9,384

 

25,895

 

41,365

 

120,142

 

General and administrative

 

2,573

 

10,849

 

13,775

 

35,707

 

Goodwill and intangible amortization

 

887

 

66,493

 

2,661

 

199,070

 

Restructuring charge

 

63,205

 

9,847

 

103,150

 

133,320

 

Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles

 

 

336,379

 

 

336,379

 

Impairment of assets

 

853

 

 

3,129

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

84,676

 

465,693

 

198,835

 

888,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating loss

 

(67,602

)

(434,338

)

(146,646

)

(780,784

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense), net

 

7

 

1,797

 

(6,680

)

1,418

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before provision for income taxes

 

(67,595

)

(432,541

)

(153,326

)

(779,366

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

138

 

406

 

7,219

 

1,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(67,733

)

$

(432,947

)

$

(160,545

)

$

(780,934

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(2.11

)

$

(13.99

)

$

(5.02

)

$

(25.62

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

32,171

 

30,941

 

31,961

 

30,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(67,733

)

$

(432,947

)

$

(160,545

)

$

(780,934

)

Other comprehensive gain (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized investment gains (losses) less reclassification adjustment for gains (losses) included in net loss

 

17

 

(358

)

3,957

 

(4,143

)

Total comprehensive loss

 

$

(67,716

)

$

(433,305

)

$

(156,588

)

$

(785,077

)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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BROADVISION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(160,545

)

$

(780,934

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

14,512

 

19,238

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

(1,945

)

6,333

 

Provision for sales returns

 

1,524

 

2,742

 

Amortization of prepaid royalties

 

2,730

 

2,763

 

Amortization of prepaid compensation

 

 

512

 

Realized loss on cost method long-term investments

 

10,328

 

3,979

 

Equity in net loss from unconsolidated subsidiary

 

 

2,438

 

Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles

 

2,661

 

199,070

 

Stock-based compensation charge

 

847

 

350

 

Restructuring charge, non cash

 

18,651

 

118,730

 

Loss on sale of assets

 

344

 

1,147

 

Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles

 

 

336,379

 

Impairment of assets

 

3,129

 

 

Provision for deferred tax asset valuation

 

6,279

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

21,286

 

60,549

 

Prepaids and other

 

3,151

 

8,563

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(6,877

)

(29,028

)

Restructuring reserves

 

7,583

 

2,817

 

Unearned revenue and deferred maintenance

 

(13,668

)

(3,531

)

Other noncurrent assets

 

(464

)

(2,258

)

Net cash used for operating activities

 

(90,474

)

(50,141

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(1,065

)

(50,304

)

Proceeds from the sale of assets

 

247

 

 

Purchase of long-term investments

 

(2,349

)

(39,573

)

Sales/maturity of long-term investments

 

22,519

 

84,299

 

Purchase of short-term investments

 

(31,141

)

(95,853

)

Sales/maturity of short-term investments

 

69,198

 

100,367

 

Cash acquired in purchase transaction

 

 

7,171

 

Transfer from restricted cash/investments

 

13,304

 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

70,713

 

6,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

 

2,849

 

15,331

 

Proceeds from borrowings

 

25,000

 

 

Repayments of borrowings

 

(732

)

(731

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

27,117

 

14,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

7,356

 

(29,434

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

75,758

 

153,137

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

83,114

 

$

123,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

164

 

$

347

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

941

 

$

1,568

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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BROADVISION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1.            Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Nature of Business

 

BroadVision (collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) develops and sells a comprehensive suite of enterprise business portal applications and technology that enable companies to manage interactions with, conduct transactions with and provide services to employees, customers and vendors in a personalized and collaborative self-service model.  BroadVision’s enterprise business portal applications enable companies to organize dynamic profiles of web and wireless users from volunteered data and observed behavior, deliver highly specialized content in response to these profiles and securely execute transactions.  As of September 30, 2002, more than 1,200 companies and government entities around the globe use the Company’s applications to enable their enterprise self-service initiatives. They are leveraging web and wireless technology in conjunction with BroadVision software to unify and extend their legacy applications, information and business processes to better serve their employees, partners and customers in a personalized and collaborative way.

 

Business managers are able to modify business rules and content in real time, offering a personalized experience to each visitor. Because of BroadVision’s fundamental belief and adherence to standards-based development and open architecture design, the Company’s applications are easily integrated with BroadVision’s customers’ existing systems and easily expanded as these customers’ needs and businesses grow.

 

The Company believes its products enhance revenue opportunities for customers by enabling more effective and efficient “one-to-one” relationships between an enterprise and its employees, customers and business partners. Web and wireless users are engaged by highly personalized real-time interactions, are able to transact business securely and are encouraged to remain online and make return visits. BroadVision’s applications also improve the cost-effectiveness of one-to-one relationship management by enabling non-technical managers to modify business rules and content in real time and by helping to reduce costs of customer acquisition and retention, business development and technical support as well as employee workplace initiatives. In addition, the packaged solution nature of the Company’s products decreases its customers’ time to deployment and allows them to easily manage and expand their web and wireless application usage in a cost-effective manner.

 

As of September 30, 2002, the Company had developed key strategic business alliances with over 75 system integration, design, consulting and other services organizations throughout the world.  The Company’s  platform alliances are partnerships formed to integrate technologies to drive business growth.  Additionally, the Company has developed key technology partnerships with leading web- and wireless-focused companies in areas complementary to its solutions, such as data analysis and reporting, enterprise application integration, enterprise web management, payment processing and Extensible Markup Language.  These technology partnerships enhance the Company’s ability to base products on industry standards and to take advantage of current and emerging technologies.

 

The Company sells its products and services worldwide through a direct sales force and independent distributors, value-added resellers (“VARs”) and application service providers (“ASPs”). In addition, its sales are promoted through independent professional consulting organizations, known as systems integrators.  The Company has operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific.

 

BroadVision Global Services (“BVGS”) organization provides a full spectrum of global services to help ensure success for businesses, including consulting services and ongoing training and maintenance.  The BVGS organization consists of business, content and technical consultants with extensive experience in the design of online businesses and in the implementation of enterprise self-service applications.

 

There has been a general downturn in the economy since the beginning of 2001.  This downturn is likely to continue in the future and has and could continue to have an impact on the Company’s future financial results.  Comparisons of financial performance made in this document are not necessarily indicative of future performance.  The Company announced a corporate-wide reorganization and reduction in force and incurred a charge in fiscal 2001 of $153.3 million and during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 of $103.2 million, related to these actions and to consolidation of the Company’s facilities.  Please see Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  In the Company’s opinion, the consolidated financial statements presented herein include all necessary adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, to fairly state the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated.  The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions and estimates that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from estimates.  The financial results and related information as of September 30, 2002 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 are unaudited. The balance sheet at December 31, 2001 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date but does not necessarily reflect all of the informational disclosures previously reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included with the Company’s Form 10-K and other documents that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of the Company’s operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods.

 

Reclassifications— Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Overview

 

The Company’s revenue consists of fees for licenses of the Company’s software products, maintenance, consulting services and customer training.  The Company generally charges fees for licenses of its software products either based on the number of persons registered to use the product or based on the number of CPUs on which the product is installed.  Licenses for software whereby fees charged are based upon the number of persons registered to use the product are differentiated between licenses for development use and licenses for use in deployment of the customer’s website.  Licenses for software whereby fees charged are on a per-CPU basis do not differentiate between development and deployment usage.  The Company’s revenue recognition policies are in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition , as amended; SOP No. 98-9, Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements .

 

Software License Revenue

 

The Company licenses its products through its direct sales force and indirectly through resellers. In general, software license revenues are recognized when a non-cancelable license agreement has been signed and the customer acknowledges an unconditional obligation to pay, the software product has been delivered, there are no uncertainties surrounding product acceptance, the fees are fixed and determinable and collection is considered probable. Delivery is considered to have occurred when title and risk of loss have been transferred to the customer, which generally occurs when media containing the licensed programs is provided to a common carrier.  In case of electronic delivery, delivery occurs when the customer is given access to the licensed programs.  If collectibility is not considered probable, revenue is recognized when the fee is collected. Subscription-based license revenues are recognized ratably over the subscription period.  The Company enters into reseller arrangements that typically provide for sublicense fees payable to the Company based upon a percentage of list price.  The Company does not grant its resellers the right of return.

 

The Company recognizes revenue using the residual method pursuant to the requirements of SOP No. 97-2, as amended by SOP No. 98-9.  Revenues recognized from multiple-element software arrangements are allocated to each element of the arrangement based on the fair values of the elements, such as licenses for software products, maintenance, consulting services or customer training. The determination of fair value is based on objective evidence, which is specific to the Company. The Company limits its assessment of objective evidence for each element to either the price charged when the same element is sold separately or the price established by management having the relevant authority to do so, for an element not yet sold separately. If evidence of fair value of all

 

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undelivered elements exists but evidence does not exist for one or more delivered elements, then revenue is recognized using the residual method. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee is recognized as revenue.

 

The Company records unearned revenue for software license agreements when cash has been received from the customer and the agreement does not qualify for revenue recognition under the Company’s revenue recognition policy. The Company records accounts receivable for software license agreements when the agreement qualifies for revenue recognition but cash or other consideration has not been received from the customer.

 

Services Revenue

 

Consulting services revenues and customer training revenues are recognized as such services are performed. Maintenance revenues, which include revenues bundled with software license agreements that entitle the customers to technical support and future unspecified enhancements to the Company’s products, are deferred and recognized ratably over the related agreement period, generally twelve months.

 

The Company’s consulting services, which consist of consulting, maintenance and training, are delivered through BVGS. Services that the Company provides are not essential to the functionality of the software.  In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Topic D-103, which the Company adopted as of January 1, 2002, the Company records reimbursement by its customers for out-of-pocket expenses as an increase to services revenues.  Prior to January 1, 2002, the Company recorded reimbursement by its customers for out-of-pocket expenses as a decrease to cost of services.  The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001 have been reclassified for comparable purposes in accordance with Topic D-103.  The effect of this reclassification was to increase services revenues and increase cost of services for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001 by $1.0 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

 

Stock Split

 

On July 24, 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved a one-for-nine reverse split of the Company’s common stock.  The reverse split was effective as of 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 29, 2002.  Each nine shares of outstanding common stock of the Company automatically converted into one share of common stock.  The Company’s common stock began trading on a post-split basis at the opening of trading on the Nasdaq National Market on July 30, 2002.  The accompanying consolidated financial statements and related financial information contained herein have been retroactively restated to give effect for the July 2002 stock split.

 

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 128, Earnings Per Share , requires the presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders by a weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Basic earnings per share are determined solely on common shares whereas diluted earnings per share include common equivalent shares, as determined under the treasury stock method.

 

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The following table sets forth basic and diluted earnings per share computational data for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(67,733

)

$

(432,947

)

$

(160,545

)

$

(780,934

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding utilized for basic and diluted net loss per share

 

32,171

 

30,941

 

31,961

 

30,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(2.11

)

$

(13.99

)

$

(5.02

)

$

(25.62

)

 

31,937 and 266,844 potential common shares are excluded from the determination of diluted net loss per share for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, as the effect of such shares is anti-dilutive.  751,826 and 1,369,790 potential common shares are excluded from the determination of diluted net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively, as the effect of such shares is anti-dilutive.

 

Allowances and Reserves

 

Occasionally, the Company’s customers experience financial difficulty after the Company records the sale but before payment has been received.  The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments.  The Company’s normal payment terms are 30 to 90 days from invoice date.  If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.  The Company records estimated reductions to revenue for potential returns of products by its customers.  If market conditions were to decline, the Company may experience larger volumes of returns resulting in an incremental reduction of revenue at the time the return occurs.

 

Restructuring

 

Based on the downturn in the economy, the Company’s industry and its business, the Company has recorded restructuring charges to align its cost structure with these changing market conditions and to create a more efficient organization.  To the extent actual events and circumstances, such as the amount and timing of future sublease income, differ from estimates made when the restructuring charges are recorded, the Company may increase or decrease income in the period when such changes are noted.

 

Legal Matters

 

The Company’s current estimated range of liability related to pending litigation is based on claims for which it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the Company can estimate the amount and range of loss.  The Company has recorded the minimum estimated liability related to those claims, where there is a range of loss.  Because of the uncertainties related to both the determination of the probability of an unfavorable outcome and the amount and range of loss in the event of an unfavorable outcome, the Company is unable to make a reasonable estimate of the liability that could result from the remaining pending litigation.  As additional information becomes available, the Company will assess the potential liability related to its pending litigation and revise its estimates, if necessary.  Such revisions in the Company’s estimates of the potential liability could materially impact the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions

 

The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar.  Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the remeasurement of foreign currency assets and liabilities are included in other income (expense), net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company periodically assesses the impairment of long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of .  The Company assesses the impairment of goodwill and identifiable intangible assets in accordance with SFAS No. 121, SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets .  The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 142 as of January 1, 2002.  Please see Note 8 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, restricted cash and investments, long-term investments, equity investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and debt.  The Company does not have any derivative financial instruments.  The Company believes the reported carrying amounts of its financial instruments approximates fair value, based upon the maturities and nature of its cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term investments, accounts receivable and payable, and based on the current rates available to it on similar debt issues.  Additionally, the Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of all of its investments for other-than-temporary impairment when events and circumstances indicate that the book value of an asset may not be recoverable.  If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amounts by which the carrying amount exceeds its fair market value.  The Company’s equity investments are comprised of investments in public and non-public technology-related companies.  The Company may record future impairment charges due to continued economic decline and the potential resulting negative impact on these companies.  During the three months ended September 30, 2002, the Company recorded $503,000 in impairment charges on its cost method equity investments.  During the three months ended September 30, 2001, the Company recorded $837,000 in impairment charges on its cost method equity investments.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2002, the Company recorded $10.3 million in impairment charges on its cost method equity investments.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2001, the Company recorded $3.9 million on its cost method equity investments and $2.4 million in equity in net losses of its equity method investee.  The Company recorded no equity in net losses charges during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and during the three months ended September 30, 2001 as the Company did not have an equity method investment as of and during these periods.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

On June 29, 2001, the FASB approved for issuance SFAS No. 141, Business Combination s, and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Major provisions of these Statements are as follows: all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 must use the purchase method of accounting; the pooling of interest method of accounting is prohibited except for transactions initiated before July 1, 2001; intangible assets acquired in a business combination must be recorded separately from goodwill if they arise from contractual or other legal rights or are separable from the acquired entity and can be sold, transferred, licensed, rented or exchanged, either individually or as part of a related contract, asset or liability; goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are tested for impairment at least annually using a fair value approach, except in certain circumstances, and whenever there is an impairment indicator; other intangible assets will continue to be valued and amortized over their estimated lives except assembled workforce which, pursuant to SFAS No. 141, will not be recognized as an intangible asset apart from goodwill; in-process research and development will continue to be written off immediately; all acquired goodwill must be assigned to reporting units for purposes of impairment testing and segment reporting and effective January 1, 2002, existing goodwill will no longer be subject to amortization. Upon adoption of SFAS No. 142, on January 1, 2002, the Company no longer amortizes goodwill. Amortization of goodwill for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001 was $64.1 million and $191.8 million, respectively.  Additionally, upon adoption of SFAS No. 141 and 142, the Company no longer amortizes its non-technology based intangible asset, or assembled workforce. Amortization for the non-technology based intangible asset was $709,000 and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively. During fiscal 2001, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $330.2 million related to goodwill and $6.2 million related to other intangible assets primarily as part of the Interleaf acquisition that closed on April 14, 2000. Pursuant to SFAS No. 142, the Company is required to test its goodwill for impairment upon adoption and, if impairment is indicated, record such impairment as a cumulative effect of an accounting change. There was no accounting charge to record upon adoption.

 

In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets , which supersedes both SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for

 

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Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of and the accounting and reporting provisions of Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations—Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transaction s, for the disposal of a segment of a business (as previously defined in that Opinion). SFAS No. 144 retains the fundamental provisions in SFAS No. 121 for recognizing and measuring impairment losses on long-lived assets held for use and long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale, while also resolving significant implementation issues associated with SFAS No. 121. For example, SFAS No. 144 provides guidance on how a long-lived asset that is used as part of a group should be evaluated for impairment, establishes criteria for when a long-lived asset is held for sale, and prescribes the accounting for a long-lived asset that will be disposed of other than by sale. SFAS No. 144 retains the basic provisions of APB Opinion No. 30 on how to present discontinued operations in the statement of operations but broadens that presentation to include a component of an entity (rather than a segment of a business). Unlike SFAS No. 121, an impairment assessment under SFAS No. 144 will never result in a write-down of goodwill. Rather, goodwill is evaluated for impairment under SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Asset s. The Company adopted SFAS No. 144 as of January 1, 2002.  There was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial position as a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 144.

 

In November 2001, the staff of the FASB reached consensus on Topic No. D-103 on the topic of Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements Received for Out of Pocket Expenses Incurred . This topic addresses whether reimbursements received for out-of-pocket expenses incurred should be characterized in the income statement as revenue or as a reduction of expenses incurred. The FASB staff concluded that reimbursements received for out of pocket expenses incurred should be characterized as revenue in the income statement. This announcement will be applied in financial reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2001, and comparative financial statements for prior periods will be reclassified to comply with the guidance in this announcement. The Company is currently recording reimbursement by its customers for out-of-pocket expenses as a component of services revenue.  Prior to adoption of Topic No. D-103 on January 1, 2002, the Company recorded reimbursement by its customers for out-of-pocket expenses as a reduction to cost of sales. Prior periods have been reclassified to comply with the guidance of Topic No. D-103.  The effect of this reclassification was to increase services revenues and increase cost of services for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001 by $1.0 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

 

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit Activities , which addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit activities and supersedes Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).  SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized and measured initially at fair value only when the liability is incurred.  This differs from EITF 94-3, which required that a liability for an exit cost be recognized at the date of an entity’s commitment to an exit plan. However, under SFAS No. 146, a liability for one-time termination benefits is recognized when an entity has committed to a plan of termination, provided certain other requirements have been met.  In addition, under SFAS No. 146, a liability for costs to terminate a contract is not recognized until the contract has been terminated, and a liability for costs that will continue to be incurred under a contract’s remaining term without economic benefit to the entity is recognized when the entity ceases to use the right conveyed by the contract.  SFAS No. 146 is effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002.  The Company will adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 146 for restructuring activities initiated after December 31, 2002.  The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 146 will have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations or financial position.

 

Note 2.           Selective Balance Sheet Detail

 

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

$

9,138

 

$

9,646

 

Computers and software

 

49,683

 

59,182

 

Leasehold improvements

 

21,326

 

38,440

 

 

 

80,147

 

107,268

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(49,645

)

(40,049

)

 

 

$

30,502

 

$

67,219

 

 

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Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Employee benefits

 

$

2,170

 

$

3,121

 

Commissions and bonuses

 

2,242

 

5,543

 

Sales and other taxes

 

10,918

 

7,620

 

Restructuring (See Note 7)

 

27,375

 

32,454

 

Other

 

12,917

 

12,974

 

 

 

$

55,622

 

$

61,712

 

 

Other noncurrent liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Restructuring (See Note 7)

 

$

70,100

 

$

58,335

 

Other

 

884

 

1,131

 

 

 

$

70,984

 

$

59,466

 

 

Note 3.           Commercial Credit Facilities

 

The Company has various credit facilities with a commercial lender which include term debt in the form of notes payable and a revolving line of credit. In March 2002, the Company renewed and amended its revolving credit facility. The amount available under the revolving line of credit was increased from $10.0 million to $25.0 million. Borrowings under the revolving line of credit are collateralized by all of the Company’s assets and bear interest at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% as of September 30, 2002). At September 30, 2002, $25.0 million was outstanding and the revolving credit facility is due to expire in March 2003. There were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving line of credit as of December 31, 2001.  Interest is due monthly and principal is due at expiration. The amended and restated loan and security agreement requires the Company to maintain $80.0 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments (excluding equity investments) and $30.0 million on deposit with the Company’s commercial lender.  The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of September 30, 2002. As of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, outstanding term debt borrowings were approximately $3.2 million and $3.9 million, respectively and consist of two borrowings.  Borrowings bear interest at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001) and prime rate plus 1.25% (6.0% as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001). Principal and interest are due in consecutive monthly payments through maturity based on the terms of the facilities. Principal payments of $977,000 are due annually from 2000 through 2004, $611,000 due in 2005, and a final payment of $357,000 due in 2006.

 

Commitments totaling $16.6 million and $25.0 million in the form of standby letters of credit were issued on the Company’s behalf from financial institutions as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 in favor of the Company’s various landlords to secure obligations under the Company’s facility leases. The commercial credit facilities include covenants which impose certain restrictions on the payment of dividends and other distributions and require the Company to meet a financial covenant to maintain certain levels of available cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments (excluding equity investments). Borrowings are collateralized by a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s owned assets.

 

Note 4.           Commitments and Contingencies

 

On February 15, 2002, BroadVision and Hewlett-Packard signed an agreement, which terminated Hewlett-Packard’s rights to resell BroadVision software effective February 15, 2002.  In the event BroadVision becomes insolvent, files a petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, or materially breaches the agreement, Hewlett-Packard will have rights to a limited term license for BroadVision’s business-to-business customer portals software products and a limited use license for BroadVision’s One-to-One Enterprise software product.  Hewlett-Packard’s license will be limited in term until such time as Hewlett-Packard has received monies for sale of the products up to a maximum of $12.0 million.  In addition, the Company will pay back prepay payments received in

 

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prior periods totaling approximately $2.4 million.  This amount was included in Unearned Revenue as of December 31, 2001, and this amount was reclassified to Accrued Liabilities in fiscal 2002.  The amount due is payable in quarterly installments by December 31, 2003.

 

Leases

 

The Company leases its headquarters facility and its other facilities under noncancelable operating lease agreements expiring through the year 2013.  Under the terms of the agreements, the Company is required to pay property taxes, insurance and normal maintenance costs.

 

A summary of future minimum lease payments is as follows (in thousands); properties that are part of the restructuring have been excluded:

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Operating
leases

 

2002

 

$

1,152

 

2003

 

3,422

 

2004

 

3,378

 

2005

 

2,939

 

2006

 

2,304

 

2007 and thereafter

 

59,014

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

$

72,209

 

 

As of September 30, 2002, $94.6 million of lease termination costs, net of anticipated sublease income, is accrued in the Company’s restructuring reserves and is expected to be paid by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2013.  The Company expects to pay approximately $24.5 million over the next twelve months and the remaining $70.1 million from October 1, 2003 through June of fiscal 2013.  The $24.5 million and $70.1 million include approximately $48.8 million of estimated sublease income of which approximately $31.7 million represents sublease agreements yet to be negotiated.

 

Capital expenditures were $1.1 million and $50.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.  The Company’s capital expenditures consisted of purchases of operating resources to manage its operations and included computer hardware and software, communications equipments, office furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements.  The Company has no other significant capital commitments.  The Company has consolidated various facilities as part of its restructuring plan.  Please refer to Note 7 for additional information.

 

Standby Letter of Credit Commitments

 

As of September 30, 2002, the Company had $16.6 million of outstanding commitments in the form of standby letters of credit in favor of the Company’s various landlords to secure obligations under the Company’s facility leases.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

In April 2001, the Company filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting that several purported class action lawsuits had been filed against the Company and certain of its officers and directors. In each of the lawsuits, the plaintiffs sought to assert claims on behalf of a class of all persons who purchased securities of BroadVision between January 26, 2001 and April 2, 2001. The complaints alleged that BroadVision and the individual defendants violated federal securities laws in connection with its reporting of financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2000. The lawsuits were consolidated into a single action.  On November 5, 2001, BroadVision and the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint.  On February 22, 2002, the Court granted these motions, dismissed the consolidated complaint without prejudice and ordered the lead plaintiff to file an amended complaint within 30 days. On March 25, 2002, the plaintiff filed its Second Amended Consolidated Complaint, which added claims for breach of fiduciary duty and named members of the Company’s board of directors as additional defendants. All defendants filed motions to dismiss the Second Amended Consolidated Complaint on May 10, 2002.  The hearing on the defendant’s motion to dismiss was heard on August 30, 2002.  On September 11, 2002, the Court (1) dismissed with prejudice the claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws, on the basis that the complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and (2) dismissed without prejudice the claims for breach of fiduciary duty, on the basis that the claims were made under

 

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state law and, in the absence of any remaining federal law claims, the Court would decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction.  The Company is not aware of plaintiffs filing an appeal of the Court’s September 11, 2002 decision or filing another complaint in any other court.  The Company believes that the action was without merit and will continue to defend itself vigorously should plaintiffs continue to pursue any of these claims.

 

On June 7, 2001, Verity, Inc. filed suit against the Company alleging copyright infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition and other claims. The Company has answered the complaint denying all allegations and is defending itself vigorously.

 

On July 18, 2002, Avalon Partners, Inc., doing business as Cresa Partners, filed a suit against the Company claiming broker commissions related to the Company’s termination and restructuring of certain facilities leases associated with the Company’s restructuring plans taken during the second quarter of 2002.  The Company has answered the complaint and is defending itself vigorously.

 

The Company is also subject to various other claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations. Although management currently believes that the outcome of other outstanding legal proceedings, claims and litigation involving the Company will not have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations or financial condition, litigation is inherently uncertain, and there can be no assurance that existing or future litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

Note 5.           Geographic, Segment and Significant Customer Information

 

The Company operates in one segment, electronic business commerce solutions.  The Company’s reportable segment includes the Company’s facilities in North and South America (Americas), Europe and Asia Pacific and The Middle East (Asia/Pacific).  The Company’s chief operating decision maker is considered to be the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).  The CEO reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by geographic region and by product for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

 

The disaggregated revenue information on a product basis reviewed by the CEO is as follows (in thousands; unaudited):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software licenses

 

$

10,756

 

$

16,292

 

$

29,244

 

$

80,461

 

Services

 

7,092

 

17,219

 

28,532

 

72,264

 

Maintenance

 

9,391

 

15,218

 

29,337

 

46,768

 

Total Revenues

 

$

27,239

 

$

48,729

 

$

87,113

 

$

199,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

16,319

 

$

25,876

 

$

53,373

 

$

123,459

 

Europe

 

9,005

 

17,406

 

28,846

 

58,155

 

Asia/Pacific

 

1,915

 

5,447

 

4,894

 

17,879

 

Total Company

 

$

27,239

 

$

48,729

 

$

87,113

 

$

199,493

 

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Long-lived assets (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

90,839

 

$

131,874

 

Europe

 

1,646

 

3,547

 

Asia/Pacific

 

996

 

2,425

 

Total Company

 

$

93,481

 

$

137,846

 

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total revenues.

 

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Note 6.           Acquisitions and Dispositions

 

E-Publishing Corporation

 

On April 30, 2001 and May 15, 2001, the Company entered into agreements with third parties to sell certain assets and liabilities of E-Publishing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which the Company acquired as part of the acquisition of Interleaf in April 2000.  The Company recorded a loss on sale of assets of approximately $1.3 million.  The loss was included in other expense in the Company’s second quarter of 2001 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Keyeon

 

On June 29, 2001, the Company completed its acquisition of Keyeon, LLC (“Keyeon”), formerly a corporate joint venture in which the Company held an interest of approximately 36%.  The acquisition was completed primarily to obtain technology to extend functionality of the Company’s existing products.  As consideration for the remaining interest in Keyeon, the Company issued 301,475 shares of its common stock valued at $13.6 million to the other former participants in the joint venture which resulted in the Company owning 100% of the outstanding shares of Keyeon.  The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase.  The acquired assets and assumed liabilities, and the related results of operations, are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company from the date of acquisition.  The purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands):

 

Purchase price, net of cash acquired

 

$

6,395

 

Add: fair value of liabilities assumed

 

4,007

 

Total purchase consideration

 

10,402

 

Less: fair value allocated to acquired assets

 

3,104

 

Excess of purchase consideration over acquired assets and assumed liabilities

 

7,298

 

Excess allocated to:

 

 

 

Acquired in-process technology

 

$

6,418

 

Goodwill

 

$

880

 

 

At September 30, 2002, accumulated amortization related to goodwill acquired in the Keyeon acquisition totaled $246,000.  Amortization of goodwill ceased as of December 31, 2001.  As discussed in Note 1, the Company will no longer amortize goodwill in accordance with SFAS No. 142 but will periodically test for impairment under the provisions of SFAS No. 142.  The Company estimated that $6.4 million of the purchase price for Keyeon represented acquired in-process technology that had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use.  Accordingly, this amount was immediately charged to expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations during the fourth quarter of 2001.  The income approach methodology was used to value the acquired in-process technology.  Under the income approach, fair value reflects the present value of the projected free cash flows that will be generated by the products, incorporating the acquired technologies under development, assuming they will be successfully completed.  These cash flows are discounted at a rate appropriate for the risk of the asset.  The rate of return depends upon the stage of completion which was estimated at fifty percent.  An overall after-tax discount rate of thirty percent was applied to the cash flows expected to be generated by the products incorporating technology currently under development.

 

The following summary, prepared on an unaudited pro forma basis, reflects the condensed consolidated results of operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2001 assuming Keyeon had been acquired at the beginning of the period presented (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

For the nine
months ended
September 30,
2001

 

Revenue

 

$

199,493

 

Net loss

 

(785,485

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(25.77

)

 

The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of what would have occurred if the acquisition had been in effect for the period presented.  In addition, they are not intended to be a projection of future results and do

 

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not reflect any synergies that might be affected from combined operations.

 

Note 7.           Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairments

 

During the first, second and third quarters of 2002, the Company approved restructuring plans to, among other things, reduce its workforce and consolidate facilities.  These restructuring and asset impairment charges were taken to align the Company’s cost structure with changing market conditions and to create a more efficient organization.  A pre-tax charge of $63.2 million was recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2002 and a pre-tax charge of $103.2 million was recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to provide for these actions and other related items.  The Company recorded the low-end of a range of assumptions modeled for the restructuring charges, in accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies .  The high-end of the range was estimated at $68.4 million for the charge related to the three months ended September 30, 2002 and $110.0 million related to the charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2002.  Adjustments to the restructuring reserves will be made in future periods, if necessary, based upon the then current actual events and circumstances. The following table summarizes charges recorded during the first, second and third quarters of 2002 for exit activities and asset write-downs (in thousands):

 

 

 

Severance
and Benefits

 

Facilities/Excess
Assets

 

Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve balances, December 31, 2001

 

$

817

 

$

89,859

 

$

113

 

$

90,789

 

Restructuring charges, quarter ended March 31, 2002

 

1,130

 

4,095

 

155

 

5,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments

 

(700

)

(12,342

)

(6

)

(13,048

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash portion

 

 

(1,003

)

 

(1,003

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve balances, March 31, 2002

 

$

1,247

 

$

80,609

 

$

262

 

$

82,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring charges, quarter ended June 30, 2002

 

3,765

 

30,480

 

320

 

34,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments

 

(1,878

)

(54,010

)

(359

)

(56,247

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash portion

 

(107

)

(17,240

)

 

(17,347

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve balances, June 30, 2002

 

$

3,027

 

$

39,839

 

$

223

 

$

43,089

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring charges, quarter ended September 30, 2002

 

2,241

 

60,465

 

499

 

63,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments

 

(2,695

)

(5,274

)

(442

)

(8,411

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash portion

 

 

(408

)

 

(408

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve balances, September 30, 2002

 

$

2,573

 

$

94,622

 

$

280

 

$

97,475

 

 

The nature of the charges summarized above is as follows:

 

Severance and benefits — The Company recorded charges of approximately $2.2 million and $7.1 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, related to severance benefits to terminated employees in the United States and various international locations.  Costs incurred include severance, payroll taxes and COBRA benefits.  Included in the $7.1 million is $107,000 of non-cash charges.  These non-cash charges represent a one-time compensation charge taken as a result of granting certain terminated employees extended vesting of stock options beyond the standard vesting schedule for terminated employees.  The compensation charge was calculated using the Black-Schools option pricing model.  Approximately $817,000 of severance and benefits related costs remained accrued as of December 31, 2001 as a result of the Company’s 2001 restructuring plan.  Approximately $5.3 million of severance and benefits costs had been paid out during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and the remaining $2.6 million of severance, payroll taxes and COBRA benefits is expected to be paid in full by September 30, 2003.  The Company’s restructuring plan included plans to terminate the employment of approximately 395 employees in North and South America and approximately 85 employees throughout Europe and

 

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Asia/Pacific during the first three quarters of fiscal 2002, impacting all departments within the Company.  The employment of approximately 480 employees was terminated during the nine months ended September 30, 2002.  As a result of these reductions, the Company expects annual salary savings of approximately $40.8 million.

 

Facilities/Excess Assets — During the third, second and first quarters of 2002, the Company revised its estimates and expectations with respect to its facilities disposition efforts due to further consolidation and abandonment of additional facilities and to account for changes in estimates used in the Company’s 2001 restructuring plan based upon actual events and circumstances.  Total lease termination costs include the impairment of related assets, remaining lease liabilities and brokerage fees offset by estimated sublease income.  The estimated costs of abandoning these leased facilities, including estimated sublease income, were based on market information analyses provided by a commercial real estate brokerage firm retained by the Company.  Based on the factors above, a facilities/excess assets charge of $60.5 million and $95.0 million was recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, and includes non-cash asset impairment charges of approximately $408,000 and $18.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively.

 

Approximately $89.9 million of facilities related costs remained accrued as of December 31, 2001 as a result of the Company’s 2001 restructuring plan.  Net cash payments through September 30, 2002 related to abandoned facilities amounted to $71.6 million.  Actual future cash requirements may differ materially from the accrual at September 30, 2002, particularly if actual sublease income is significantly different from historical estimates.  As of September 30, 2002, $94.6 million of lease termination costs, net of anticipated sublease income, is expected to be paid by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2013.  The Company expects to pay approximately $24.5 million over the next twelve months and the remaining $70.1 million from October 1, 2003 through June of fiscal 2013.  The $24.5 million and $70.1 million include approximately $48.8 million of estimated sublease income of which approximately $31.7 million represents sublease agreements yet to be negotiated.

 

Other — The Company recorded charges of approximately $499,000 and $974,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, for various incremental costs incurred as a direct result of the restructuring plan.  The remaining reserve balance of $280,000 is expected to be paid in full by the end of the first quarter of 2003.

 

Note 8.           Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

 

Goodwill and other intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

$

437,206

 

$

437,206

 

Completed technology

 

15,236

 

15,236

 

Assembled workforce

 

7,496

 

7,496

 

 

 

459,938

 

459,938

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

(401,731

)

(399,071

)

Goodwill and other intangibles, net

 

$

58,207

 

$

60,867

 

 

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On January 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer subject to amortization but are tested for impairment at least annually using a fair value approach, and whenever there is an impairment indicator. Other intangible assets continue to be valued and amortized over their estimated lives.  The following schedule shows the Company’s reported net loss for periods prior to adoption of SFAS No. 142 as adjusted to add back goodwill and assembled workforce amortization as if SFAS No. 142 had been adopted:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

Reported net loss

 

$

(67,733

)

$

(432,947

)

$

(160,545

)

$

(780,934

)

Add back amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

64,080

 

 

191,839

 

Assembled workforce

 

 

709

 

 

2,128

 

Adjusted net loss

 

$

(67,733

)

$

(368,158

)

$

(160,545

)

$

(586,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported net loss

 

$

(2.11

)

$

(13.99

)

$

(5.02

)

$

(25.62

)

Goodwill

 

 

2.07

 

 

6.29

 

Assembled workforce

 

 

0.02

 

 

0.07

 

Adjusted net income

 

$

(2.11

)

$

11.90

 

$

(5.02

)

$

(19.26

)

 

During fiscal 2001, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $330.2 million related to goodwill and $6.2 million related to other intangible assets originally recorded primarily as part of the Interleaf acquisition that closed on April 14, 2000.

 

Pursuant to SFAS No. 142, the Company is required to test its goodwill for impairment upon adoption and annually or more often if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. While t here was no accounting charge to record upon adoption, a t September 30, 2002, the Company concluded that, based on the decline in its stock price, it would be required to test goodwill for impairment. SFAS No. 142 provides for a two-stage approach to determining whether and by how much goodwill has been impaired. Since the Company has only one reporting unit for purposes of applying SFAS No. 142, the first stage requires a comparison of the fair value of the Company to its net book value.  If the fair value is greater, then no impairment is deemed to have occurred. If the fair value is less, then the second stage must be completed to determine the amount, if any, of actual impairment. The Company has completed the first stage and has determined that its fair value at September 30, 2002 exceeded its net book value on that date, and as a result, no impairment of goodwill was recorded in the consolidated financial statements. The Company obtained an independent appraisal of fair value to support its conclusion.

 

The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is highly subjective and requires significant judgment. In estimating the fair value of the Company, the Company made estimates and judgments about future revenues and cash flows. The Company’s forecasts were based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates the Company is using to manage the business. Changes in these estimates could change the Company’s conclusion regarding impairment of goodwill and potentially result in a non-cash goodwill impairment charge, for all or a portion of the goodwill balance at September 30, 2002.

 

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Note 9.           Deferred Tax Assets

 

The Company analyzes its deferred tax assets with regard to potential realization.  The Company has established a valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets to the extent that management has determined that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized based upon the uncertainty of their realization.  The Company has considered estimated future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the amount of the valuation allowance.  Based upon this analysis, the Company recorded a valuation allowance for its deferred tax assets during the three months ended June 30, 2002, which increased to 100% its valuation allowance and resulted in a charge of $6.3 million included in the provision for income taxes in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

 

Note 10.         Subsequent Events

 

In October 2002, the Company announced plans for further facility consolidations in the fourth quarter of 2002.  The Company estimates that it will record a restructuring charge in the range of $5.0 million to $10.0 million during the fourth quarter of 2002.

 

On October 23 and 30, 2002, the Company granted, under the Equity Incentive Plan and the Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan, options to purchase a total of 3.7 million shares of Common Stock to its employees and Board of Director members.  The option exercise prices for these options are $1.50 for non-executive employees for a total of 2.2 million options and $2.16 for executive employees and directors for a total of 1.5 million options.  The exercise price of the options represents the fair market value of the underlying stock as of the opening price on the day of grant.  The options vest monthly over 4 years for employees and officers with at least one year of employment.

 

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

 

Except for the historical information contained herein, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could differ significantly from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed herein and in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date such statements are made.

 

Overview

 

We develop and sell a comprehensive suite of enterprise business portal applications and technology that enable companies to manage interactions with, conduct transactions with and provide services to employees, customers and vendors in a personalized and collaborative self-service model.  Our enterprise business portal applications enable companies to organize dynamic profiles of web and wireless users from volunteered data and observed behavior, deliver highly specialized content in response to these profiles and securely execute transactions.  As of September 30, 2002, more than 1,200 companies and government entities around the globe use our applications to enable their enterprise self-service initiatives. They are leveraging web and wireless technology in conjunction with our software to unify and extend their legacy applications, information and business processes to better serve their employees, partners and customers in a personalized and collaborative way.

 

Business managers are able to modify business rules and content in real time, offering a personalized experience to each visitor. Because of our fundamental belief and adherence to standards-based development and open architecture design, our applications are easily integrated with our customers’ existing systems and easily expanded as these customers’ needs and businesses grow.

 

We believe our products enhance revenue opportunities for customers by enabling more effective and efficient “one-to-one” relationships between an enterprise and its employees, customers and business partners. Web and wireless users are engaged by highly personalized real-time interactions, are able to transact business securely and are encouraged to remain online and make return visits. Our applications also improve the cost-effectiveness of one-to-one relationship management by enabling non-technical managers to modify business rules and content in real time and by helping to reduce costs of customer acquisition and retention, business development and technical support as well as employee workplace initiatives. In addition, the packaged solution nature of our products decreases our customers’ time to deployment and allows them to easily manage and expand their web and wireless application usage in a cost-effective manner.

 

As of September 30, 2002, we had developed key strategic business alliances with over 75 system integration, design, consulting and other services organizations throughout the world.  Our platform alliances are

 

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partnerships formed to integrate technologies to drive business growth.  Additionally, we have developed key technology partnerships with leading web- and wireless-focused companies in areas complementary to our solutions, such as data analysis and reporting, enterprise application integration, enterprise web management, payment processing and Extensible Markup Language.  These technology partnerships enhance our ability to base products on industry standards and to take advantage of current and emerging technologies.

 

We sell our products and services worldwide through a direct sales force and independent distributors, value-added resellers (“VARs”) and application service providers (“ASPs”). In addition, our sales are promoted through independent professional consulting organizations, known as systems integrators.  We have operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific.

 

BroadVision Global Services (“BVGS”) organization provides a full spectrum of global services to help ensure success for businesses, including consulting services and ongoing training and maintenance.  The BVGS organization consists of business, content and technical consultants with extensive experience in the design of online businesses and in the implementation of enterprise self-service applications.

 

Recent Events

 

We have experienced a general downturn in the economy, our industry and our business since the beginning of 2001. This downturn is likely to continue in the future and has had and could continue to have an impact on our future financial results. As discussed in Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we have recorded significant restructuring charges in connection with our reduction in workforce and abandonment of certain operating facilities as part of our program to restructure our operations and related facilities initiated in the second quarter of fiscal 2001.  A pre-tax charge of $153.3 million was recorded during 2001 and $63.2 million and $103.2 million was recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, to provide for these actions and other related items. Costs for the abandoned facilities were estimated to include the impairment of assets, remaining lease liabilities and brokerage fees partially offset by estimated sublease income. Estimates related to sublease costs and income are based on assumptions regarding the period required to locate and contract with suitable sublessees and sublease rates which were based upon market trend information analyses. Adjustments to the restructuring reserve will be made in future periods, if necessary, based upon the then current actual events and circumstances.  In October 2002, we announced plans for further facility consolidations in the fourth quarter of 2002.  We estimate that we will record a restructuring charge in the range of $5.0 million to $10.0 million during the fourth quarter of 2002.

 

On July 18, 2002, Avalon Partners, Inc., doing business as Cresa Partners, filed a suit against us claiming broker commissions related to our termination and restructuring of certain facilities leases associated with our restructuring plans taken during the second quarter of 2002.  We have answered the complaint and are defending ourselves vigorously.

 

During the first quarter of 2002 we engaged a third party firm to conduct a physical inventory of our computer hardware assets located in North America.  We conducted an internal physical inventory on computer hardware assets located outside of North America.  The objective of the physical inventory was to verify the amount and location of our computer hardware.  As a result of the findings of the physical inventory and related reconciliation with our asset records, we recorded an asset impairment charge of approximately $2.3 million net book value related to computer hardware.  During the third quarter of 2002, we conducted an additional review of remaining computer and communication-related assets not reviewed during the first quarter inventory and recorded an asset impairment charge of $853,000 as a result of the findings of our inventory and related reconciliation with our asset records.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

BroadVision management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In preparing these financial statements, we are required to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to doubtful accounts, product returns, investments, goodwill and intangible assets, income taxes and restructuring, as well as contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ

 

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from these estimates using different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Overview —Our revenues are derived from fees for licenses of our software products, maintenance, consulting services and customer training.  We generally charge fees for licenses of our software products either based on the number of persons registered to use the product or based on the number of CPUs on which the product is installed.  Licenses for software whereby fees charged are based upon the number of persons registered to use the product are differentiated between licenses for development use and licenses for use in deployment of the customer’s website.  Licenses for software whereby fees charged are on a per-CPU basis do not differentiate between development and deployment usage.  Our revenue recognition policies are in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition , as amended; SOP No. 98-9, Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements .

 

Software License Revenue —We license our products through our direct sales force and indirectly through resellers. In general, software license revenues are recognized when a non-cancelable license agreement has been signed and the customer acknowledges an unconditional obligation to pay, the software product has been delivered, there are no uncertainties surrounding product acceptance, the fees are fixed and determinable and collection is considered probable. Delivery is considered to have occurred when title and risk of loss have been transferred to the customer, which generally occurs when media containing the licensed programs is provided to a common carrier.  In case of electronic delivery, delivery occurs when the customer is given access to the licensed programs.  If collectibility is not considered probable, revenue is recognized when the fee is collected. Subscription-based license revenues are recognized ratably over the subscription period.  We enter into reseller arrangements that typically provide for sublicense fees payable to us based upon a percentage of list price.  We do not grant our resellers the right of return.

 

We recognize revenue using the residual method pursuant to the requirements of SOP No. 97-2, as amended by SOP No. 98-9.  Revenues recognized from multiple-element software arrangements are allocated to each element of the arrangement based on the fair values of the elements, such as licenses for software products, maintenance, consulting services or customer training. The determination of fair value is based on objective evidence, which is specific to us. We limit our assessment of objective evidence for each element to either the price charged when the same element is sold separately or the price established by management having the relevant authority to do so, for an element not yet sold separately. If evidence of fair value of all undelivered elements exists but evidence does not exist for one or more delivered elements, then revenue is recognized under the residual method.  Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee is recognized as revenue.

 

We record unearned revenue for software arrangements when cash has been received from the customer and the arrangement does not qualify for revenue recognition under our revenue recognition policy. We record accounts receivable for software arrangements when the arrangement qualifies for revenue recognition but cash or other consideration has not been received from the customer.

 

Services Revenue —Consulting services revenues and customer training revenues are recognized as such services are performed. Maintenance revenues, which include revenues bundled with software license agreements that entitle the customers to technical support and future unspecified enhancements to our products, are deferred and recognized ratably over the related agreement period, generally twelve months. Our professional services which consist of consulting, maintenance and training are delivered through BVGS.  Services that we provide are not essential to the functionality of our software. This group provides consulting services, manages projects and client relationships, manages the needs of our partner community, provides training-related services to employees, customers and partners, and also provides software maintenance services, including technical support, to our customers and partners. We record reimbursement by our customers for out-of-pocket expenses as a component of services revenue.

 

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Allowances and Reserves

 

Occasionally, our customers experience financial difficulty after we record the sale but before we are paid. We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. Our normal payment terms are 30 to 90 days from invoice date. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. We record estimated reductions to revenue for potential returns of products by our customers. If market conditions were to decline, we may experience larger volumes of returns resulting in an incremental reduction of revenue at the time the return occurs.

 

Impairment Assessments

 

As discussed in Note 8 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard ("SFAS") No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” on January 1, 2002. This standard requires that goodwill no longer be amortized, and instead, be tested for impairment on a periodic basis.

 

Pursuant to SFAS No. 142, we are required to test goodwill for impairment upon adoption and annually or more often if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. While there was no accounting charge to record upon adoption, a t September 30, 2002, we concluded that, based on the decline in our stock price, we would be required to test goodwill for impairment. SFAS No. 142 provides for a two-stage approach to determining whether and by how much goodwill has been impaired. Since we have only one reporting unit for purposes of applying SFAS No.142, the first stage requires a comparison of the fair value of the Company to its net book value.  If the fair value is greater, then no impairment is deemed to have occurred. If the fair value is less, then the second stage must be completed to determine the amount, if any, of actual impairment. We completed the first stage and determined that our fair value at September 30, 2002, exceeded our net book value on that date, and as a result, no impairment of goodwill was recorded in the condensed consolidated financial statements. We obtained an independent appraisal of fair value to support our conclusion.

 

The process of evaluating the potential impairment of goodwill is highly subjective and requires significant judgment. In estimating the fair value of the Company, we made estimates and judgments about future revenues and cash flows. Our forecasts were based on assumptions that are consistent with the plans and estimates we are using to manage the Company.  Changes in these estimates could change our conclusion regarding impairment of goodwill and potentially result in a non-cash goodwill impairment charge, for all or a portion of the goodwill balance at September 30, 2002.  For long-lived assets, accounting standards dictate that assets become impaired when the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by them are less than their carrying amounts. When that occurs, the affected assets are written down to their estimated fair value. As described in “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in this document, our accounting for goodwill changed in 2002 upon adoption of SFAS No. 142.

 

Deferred Tax Assets

 

We analyze our deferred tax assets with regard to potential realization. We have established a valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets to the extent that we determined that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized based upon the uncertainty of their realization. We have considered estimated future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the amount of the valuation allowance.  Based upon this analysis, we recorded a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets during the three months ended June 30, 2002, which resulted in a charge of $6.3 million.

 

Restructuring

 

Based on the downturn in the economy, our industry and our business, we have recorded restructuring charges to align our cost structure with these changing market conditions and to create a more efficient organization. To the extent actual events and circumstances, such as the amount and timing of future sublease income, differ from estimates made when the restructuring charges are recorded, we may increase or decrease income in the period such changes are noted.

 

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Legal Matters

 

Management’s current estimated range of liability related to pending litigation is based on claims for which it is probable that a liability has been incurred and our management can estimate the amount and range of loss. We have recorded the minimum estimated liability related to those claims, where there is a range of loss. Because of the uncertainties related to both the determination of the probability of an unfavorable outcome and the amount and range of loss in the event of an unfavorable outcome, management is unable to make a reasonable estimate of the liability that could result from the remaining pending litigation.  As additional information becomes available, we will assess the probability and the potential liability related to our pending litigation and revise our estimates, if necessary. Such revisions in our estimates of the potential liability could materially impact our results of operations and financial position.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001

 

Comparisons of financial performance made in this document are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

 

Revenues

 

Total revenues decreased 44% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $27.2 million as compared to $48.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001. Total revenues decreased 56% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $87.1 million as compared to $199.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  A summary of our revenues by geographic region is as follows:

 

 

 

Software

 

%

 

Services

 

%

 

Total

 

%

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

6,511

 

61

%

$

9,808

 

60

%

$

16,319

 

60

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

3,508

 

32

 

5,497

 

33

 

9,005

 

33

 

Asia/Pacific

 

737

 

7

 

1,178

 

7

 

1,915

 

7

 

Total

 

$

10,756

 

100

%

$

16,483

 

100

%

$

27,239

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

4,754

 

29

%

$

21,122

 

65

%

$

25,876

 

53

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

8,393

 

52

 

9,013

 

28

 

17,406

 

36

 

Asia/Pacific

 

3,145

 

19

 

2,302

 

7

 

5,447

 

11

 

Total

 

$

16,292

 

100

%

$

32,437

 

100

%

$

48,729

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

16,855

 

58

%

$

36,518

 

63

%

$

53,373

 

61

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

11,087

 

38

 

17,759

 

31

 

28,846

 

33

 

Asia/Pacific

 

1,302

 

4

 

3,592

 

6

 

4,894

 

6

 

Total

 

$

29,244

 

100

%

$

57,869

 

100

%

$

87,113

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

$

42,567

 

53

%

$

80,892

 

68

%

$

123,459

 

62

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

29,447

 

37

 

28,708

 

24

 

58,155

 

29

 

Asia/Pacific

 

8,447

 

10

 

9,432

 

8

 

17,879

 

9

 

Total

 

$

80,461

 

100

%

$

119,032

 

100

%

$

199,493

 

100

%

 

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Software license revenues decreased 34% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $10.8 million as compared to $16.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.   Software license revenues decreased 64% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $29.2 million as compared to $80.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decreases are attributable to an overall and continued decline in the economy throughout the first nine months of 2002 in comparison to the same period of 2001.  Continued uncertainty surrounding the economic and information technology spending environment significantly affected our license revenue during the first three quarters of 2002.

 

Total s ervices revenues decreased 49% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $16.5 million as compared to $32.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.  Total services revenues decreased 51% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $57.9 million as compared to $119.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.

 

Consulting and education services revenues decreased $10.1 million to $7.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $17.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001.  Consulting and education services revenues decreased $43.8 million to $28.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $72.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decreases in consulting and education services revenues are a result of decreased business volume associated with decreased software license revenues and an overall and continued decline in the economy.

 

Maintenance related revenues for technical support and product upgrades, which are included in services revenues, were $9.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $15.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001.  Maintenance related revenues were $29.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $46.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decreases in maintenance related revenues is a result of decreased business volume associated with decreased software license revenues combined with a decrease in the number of maintenance renewals and an overall and continued decline in the economy.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of license revenues include the costs of product media, duplication, packaging and other manufacturing costs as well as royalties payable to third parties for software that is either embedded in, or bundled and sold with, our products.

 

Cost of services consists primarily of employee-related costs or consulting fees incurred to support consulting projects, post-contract customer support and instructional training services.

 

A summary of the cost of revenues for the periods presented is as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

%

 

2001

 

%

 

2002

 

%

 

2001

 

%

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Cost of software licenses(1)

 

$

1,414

 

13

 

$

1,713

 

11

 

$

3,417

 

12

 

$

6,608

 

8

 

Cost of services(2)

 

8,751

 

53

 

15,661

 

48

 

31,507

 

54

 

85,234

 

72

 

Total cost of revenues(3)

 

$

10,165

 

37

 

$

17,374

 

36

 

$

34,924

 

40

 

$

91,842

 

46

 

 


(1)        Percentage is calculated based on total software license revenues for the period indicated

 

(2)        Percentage is calculated based on total services revenues for the period indicated

 

(3)        Percentage is calculated based on total revenues for the period indicated

 

Cost of software licenses decreased 17% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $1.4 million as compared to $1.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.  Cost of software licenses decreased 48% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $3.4 million as compared to $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decrease in cost of software licenses was principally a result of decreased sales with associated royalties due with third party products.  Cost of software licenses, as a percentage of software license revenues, increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to the same periods in 2001.  This increase is primarily a result of certain fixed royalty obligations with third-party vendors combined with declining software license revenues.

 

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Cost of services decreased 44% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $8.8 million as compared to $15.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001. Cost of services decreased 63% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $31.5 million as compared to $85.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decrease in cost of services for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 was the result of reductions in force and related facilities consolidations which resulted in decreased salary and facility related expenses as well as decreased use of third-party consultants.

 

Operating Expenses and Other Income, net

 

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries, employee-related benefit costs and consulting fees incurred in association with the development of our products. Costs incurred for the research and development of new software products are expensed as incurred until such time that technological feasibility, in the form of a working model, is established at which time such costs are capitalized and recorded at the lower of unamortized cost or net realizable value. The costs incurred subsequent to the establishment of a working model but prior to general release of the product have not been significant. To date, we have not capitalized any costs related to the development of software for external use.

 

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries, employee–related benefit costs, commissions and other incentive compensation, travel and entertainment and marketing program-related expenditures such as collateral materials, trade shows, public relations, advertising and creative services.

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, employee–related benefit costs, accounts receivable reserves expense and professional service fees.

 

A summary of operating expenses for the periods presented is as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

%(1)

 

2001

 

%(1)

 

2002

 

%(1)

 

2001

 

%(1)

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Research and development

 

$

7,774

 

29

 

$

16,230

 

33

 

$

34,755

 

40

 

$

63,817

 

32

 

Sales and marketing

 

9,384

 

34

 

25,895

 

53

 

41,365

 

47

 

120,142

 

60

 

General and administrative

 

2,573

 

9

 

10,849

 

22

 

13,775

 

16

 

35,707

 

18

 

Goodwill and intangible amortization

 

887

 

3

 

66,493

 

137

 

2,661

 

3

 

199,070

 

100

 

Restructuring charge

 

63,205

 

233

 

9,847

 

20

 

103,150

 

118

 

133,320

 

67

 

Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles

 

 

 

336,379

 

691

 

 

 

336,379

 

168

 

Impairment of assets

 

853

 

3

 

 

 

3,129

 

4

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

84,676

 

311

 

$

465,693

 

956

 

$

198,835

 

228

 

$

888,435

 

445

 

 


(1)    Expressed as a percent of total revenues for the period indicated

 

Research and development expenses decreased 52% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $7.8 million as compared to $16.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.  Research and development expenses decreased 46% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $34.8 million as compared to $63.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decrease in research and development expenses is primarily attributable to compensation reductions through salary reductions and reductions in force as well as other cost-cutting efforts, including facility consolidations, implemented commencing with the second quarter of fiscal 2001.

 

Sales and marketing expenses decreased 64% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $9.4 million as compared to $25.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.  Sales and marketing expenses decreased 66% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $41.4 million as compared to $120.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decreases were primarily a result of decreased salary expenses as a result of the reductions in force in addition to decreased commission expense as a result of decreased license revenue.  In addition, marketing expenses declined due to fewer marketing-related activities.

 

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General and administrative expenses decreased 76% during the quarter ended September 30, 2002 to $2.6 million as compared to $10.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.  General and administrative expenses decreased 61% during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to $13.8 million as compared to $35.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  The decrease in general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to a decrease in our bad debt reserve recorded during the third quarter of 2002 and decreased salary expense as a result of reductions in force.  The decrease in the bad debt reserves is due to better than expected collection efforts and declining accounts receivable balances.  In addition, there were decreases in facilities costs as a result of continued facilities consolidations and decreases in professional services expenses.

 

We are attempting to reduce expenses in an effort to return to profitability during a period when revenues have been less than originally expected.  Therefore, operating costs may decline in the near future but there can be no assurance that such decline will be enough to return the Company to profitability.  Should revenues increase significantly, we would expect our expenses to increase commensurate with such increases in revenues.

 

Goodwill and intangible amortization. As described in Note 8 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we no longer amortize goodwill or the assembled workforce as we have identified the assembled workforce as an intangible asset which does not meet the criteria of recognizable intangible asset as defined by SFAS No. 142.  The remaining other intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their remaining useful life of six months as of September 30, 2002.  We periodically assess goodwill and other intangibles for impairment as discussed in Note 8 of Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  The remaining intangible assets that are being amortized are a result of the Interleaf acquisition that was completed in April of 2000.  We have accounted for the acquisition as a purchase business combination.  Amortization expense is estimated to be $3.5 million in 2002 and $887,000 in 2003.

 

Restructuring Charge.  During the first, second and third quarters of 2002, we approved restructuring plans to, among other things, reduce our workforce and consolidate facilities. A pre-tax charge of $63.2 million and $103.2 million was recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, which includes severance and benefits charges, lease abandonment costs, asset impairment charges and other charges incurred as a direct result of the restructuring.  These restructuring and asset impairment charges were taken to align our cost structure with changing market conditions and to create a more efficient organization. We determined a range of expected losses on lease abandonment.  We accrued for losses at the low-end of the range in accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies .  The high-end of the range was estimated at $68.4 million for the charge recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2002 and $110.0 million for the charge recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2002.

 

Total severance and benefits costs were $2.2 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2002 and $7.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2002.  $817,000 of severance and benefits costs were unpaid as of December 31, 2001 as a result of our 2001 restructuring.  Approximately $5.3 million was paid out during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 resulting in $2.6 million of unpaid severance and benefits as of September 30, 2002 which is expected to be paid in full by September 30, 2003.  During the three months ended September 30, 2002, our restructuring plan included plans to terminate the employment of 130 employees in North and South America and 15 employees throughout Europe and Asia/Pacific. The employment of these employees was terminated as of September 30, 2002.  As a result of these reductions, we expect to save approximately $12.3 million in annual salaries costs.  These terminations impacted all departments within the Company.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2002, our restructuring plan included plans to terminate the employment of 395 employees in North and South America and approximately 85 employees throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific impacting all departments within the Company. The employment of 480 employees was terminated as of September 30, 2002.  As a result of the reduction in force completed during the nine months ended September 30, 2002, we expect annual salary savings of approximately $40.8 million.

 

Total facilities and excess assets charges were $60.5 million and $95.0 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, and included $408,000 and $18.7 million of asset impairment charges during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, respectively.  Approximately $89.9 million of facilities related costs were unpaid as of December 31, 2001 as a result of the Company’s 2001 restructuring.  Approximately $71.6 million was paid out during the nine months ended September 30, 2002, resulting in a remaining accrual balance of $94.6 million, $24.5 million of which is expected to be paid out over the next twelve months and $70.1 million from October 1, 2003 through June 2013.  The $24.5 million and $70.1 million include approximately $48.8 million of estimated sublease income of which approximately $31.7 million represents sublease agreements yet to be negotiated.

 

We recorded other restructuring charges of $499,000 and $974,000 during the three and nine months ended

 

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September 30, 2002, respectively, for various incremental costs incurred as a direct result of the restructuring.  As of September 30, 2002, approximately $280,000 of other restructuring costs remains unpaid and is expected to be paid by the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2003.

 

Actual future cash requirements may differ materially from the accrual at September 30, 2002, particularly if actual sublease income is significantly different from current estimates.  Adjustments to the restructuring reserves will be made in future periods, if necessary, based upon the then current actual events and circumstances.

 

Impairment of assets.  During the first quarter of 2002, we engaged a third party firm to conduct a physical inventory of our computer hardware assets located in North America.  We conducted an internal physical inventory on computer hardware assets located outside of North America.  The objective of the physical inventory was to verify the amount and location of our computer hardware.  As a result of the findings of the physical inventory and related reconciliation with our asset records, we recorded an asset impairment charge of approximately $2.3 million net book value related to computer hardware during the first quarter of fiscal 2002.  During the third quarter of 2002, we conducted an additional review of remaining computer and communication related assets not reviewed during the first quarter inventory and recorded an asset impairment charge of $853,000 as a result of the findings of our inventory and related reconciliation with our asset records.

 

Other income (expense), net.   Other income (expense), net consists of interest income, interest expense and other non-operating expenses.  Other income (expense), net decreased to $7,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $1.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2001.  Other income (expense), net decreased to ($6.7 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.  Interest income decreased $2.1 million to $698,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $2.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 and interest income decreased $5.8 million to $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $9.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 as a result of a decrease in overall cash and investments.  Losses on asset disposals decreased approximately $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same period in 2001.  This decrease is primarily related to a loss of approximately $1.3 million on the sale of various computers and related equipment and furniture of E-Publishing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which was included in the second quarter of fiscal 2001.  Currency losses have decreased approximately $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same period in 2001.  There was a decrease in equity in net losses from an unconsolidated subsidiary of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and an increase in realized losses on cost-method investments of $6.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002.

 

Income Taxes

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2002, we recognized tax expense of $138,000.   We recognized income tax expense of $7.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2002, which includes a valuation provision for our deferred tax asset in the amount of $6.3 million recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2002.  The tax expense during both periods, excluding the deferred tax asset valuation provision, mainly relates to foreign withholding taxes and state income taxes.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

 

 

September 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Cash, cash equivalents and liquid short-term investments

 

$

109,249

 

$

141,463

 

Long-term liquid investments

 

$

2,273

 

$

22,135

 

Restricted cash and investments

 

$

16,645

 

$

29,949

 

Working capital

 

$

7,265

 

$

67,165

 

Working capital ratio

 

1.1 : 1

 

1.5 : 1

 

 

At September 30, 2002, we had $128.2 million of cash, cash equivalents, liquid short-term investments, long-term investments, and restricted cash and investments, which represents a decrease of $65.4 million as compared to December 31, 2001. We have a credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB") that includes term loans in the form of promissory notes and a revolving line of credit (the “SVB Facility”) for up to $25.0 million. Under the revolving line of credit portion of the SVB Facility, amounts borrowed bear interest at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% as of September 30, 2002) and interest is due monthly, with the principal due in March 2003.  We

 

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have two outstanding term loans under the SVB Facility. The total outstanding amount of these term loans were $3.2 million as of September 30, 2002 and $3.9 million as of December 31, 2001.  Interest on these term loans are at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001) and prime rate plus 1.25% (6.0% as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001). Principal and interest are due in consecutive monthly payments through maturity of these term loans in March 31, 2005 and September 30, 2006, respectively. Principal payments of $977,000 are due annually from 2000 through 2004, $611,000 due in 2005, and a final payment of $357,000 due in 2006.

 

Borrowings under the SVB Facility are collateralized by substantially all of our owned assets and we are subject to certain covenants, including restrictions on payment of dividends and other distributions as well as an obligation to maintain $80.0 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments (excluding equity investments) and maintain $30.0 million on deposit with SVB.  As of September 30, 2002, we were in compliance with all specified financial covenants.  During the second quarter of 2002, we drew down $25.0 million on our revolving line of credit as partial funding of our PacShores Building 4 and 5 Termination Agreement.  See discussion below for more information.  Interest is payable monthly at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% annually as of September 30, 2002) and principal is due in full in March 2003.  $25.0 million was outstanding as of September 30, 2002.  There were no outstanding amounts under the revolving line of credit as of December 31, 2001.  As of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, commitments totaling $16.6 million and $25.0 million, respectively, in the form of standby letters of credit were issued and outstanding from financial institutions in favor of our various landlords to secure obligations under our facility leases.  These letters of credit are collateralized by a security agreement, under which we are required to maintain in a restricted specified interest bearing account approximately $16.6 million and $29.9 million of available cash equivalents and short-term investments as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively. The $16.6 million and the $29.9 million have been presented as restricted cash and investments in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively.

 

Cash used for operating activities was $90.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and $50.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively. The primary reason for the increase in cash used for operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 is due to the net loss of $160.5 million adjusted by approximately $59.1 million for certain non-cash items such as depreciation expense, amortization of intangibles, impairment of assets, non-cash restructuring charge, and provision for deferred tax asset valuation as well as a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $6.9 million, a decrease in unearned revenues and deferred maintenance of $13.7 million, partially offset by decreases in accounts receivable of $21.3 million and in prepaids and other of $3.2 million, and an increase in the restructuring reserves of $7.6 million.  Cash provided by investing activities was $70.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and $6.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. Cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was primarily due to net sales/maturities of investments of $58.2 million and $13.3 million released from restricted cash and investments.  Cash provided by financing activities was $27.1 million and $14.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.  Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 consists of $2.8 million of net proceeds from the issuance of common stock and $25.0 million in proceeds from borrowings less $732,000 of repayments on borrowings.

 

Capital expenditures were $1.1 million and $50.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.  Our capital expenditures consisted of purchases of operating resources to manage our operations and included computer hardware and software, office furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements.

 

In connection with our restructuring plan initiated during 2001, we consolidated various operating facilities during 2001 and the first, second and third quarters of 2002. Lease termination costs include the abandonment of certain excess lease facilities for the remaining lease terms. These costs totaled $143.8 million, including $36.8 million in leasehold improvements impairments in 2001 and $95.0 million, including $18.7 million in leasehold improvements impairments, during the nine months ended September 30, 2002. Total lease termination costs include the abandonment of leasehold improvements and the remaining lease liabilities and brokerage fees, offset by estimated sublease income.  The estimated costs of abandoning these facilities, estimated costs to sublease as well as estimated sublease income, were based upon market information analyses provided by a commercial real estate brokerage firm retained by us.

 

On May 9, 2002, the Company and Pacific Shores Development LLC (“PacShores”) entered into (i) the First Amendment to Lease (Lease Termination and Mutual General Release Agreement), made effective as of April 29, 2002 (the “Buildings 4 and 5 Termination Agreement”) and (ii) the First Amendment to Lease made effective as of April 29, 2002 (the “Building 6 Amendment”).  Under the Buildings 4 and 5 Termination Agreement, the Triple Net Building Lease dated April 12, 2000 between PacShores, as Lessor, and the Company, as Lessee, for Premises at Pacific Shores Center, Building 4, Redwood City, California and the Triple Net Building Lease dated February 16, 2000 between PacShores, as Lessor, and the Company, as Lessee, for Premises at Pacific Shores Center, Building 5, Redwood City, California, were terminated.  In conjunction with the termination, PacShores released all security deposits held by it relating to those premises in exchange for our payment to PacShores a total of $45.0 million as a termination fee (the “Termination Fee”).  Under the Building 6 Amendment, the parties released each other from all claims and we agreed to provide an additional $3.5 million as security deposit in the form of letters of credit.  This letter of credit is included as restricted cash and investments in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2002.  We paid the Termination Fee in full during the second quarter of 2002 by payment of approximately $20.0 million from existing cash and investments and by drawing down approximately $25.0 million from our line of credit.  The $25.0 million line of credit is due in March of 2003.

 

We expect to incur significant operating expenses for the foreseeable future in order to execute our business plan. As discussed in Note 4 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, our operating lease commitments, which exclude facilities that are included in our restructuring plan, consist of the following future

 

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minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2002 (in thousands):

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Operating
leases

 

2002

 

$

1,152

 

2003

 

3,422

 

2004

 

3,378

 

2005

 

2,939

 

2006

 

2,304

 

2007 and thereafter

 

59,014

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

$

72,209

 

 

As of September 30, 2002, $94.6 million of lease termination costs, net of anticipated sublease income, is accrued in our restructuring reserves and is expected to be paid by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2013.  We expect to pay approximately $24.5 million over the next twelve months and the remaining $70.1 million from October 1, 2003 through June of fiscal 2013.  The $24.5 million and $70.1 million include approximately $48.8 million of estimated sublease income of which approximately $31.7 million represents sublease agreements yet to be negotiated.  See Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

 

We anticipate that such operating expenses, as well as capital expenditures, will constitute a material use of our cash resources. As a result, our net cash flows will depend heavily on the level of future sales, our ability to restructure operations successfully and our ability to manage infrastructure costs.

 

We currently expect to fund our short-term working capital and operating resource expenditure requirements, for at least the next twelve months, from our existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term investment resources and our anticipated cash flows from operations. However, we could experience unforeseen circumstances such as a worsening economic downturn, legal or lease settlements and less than anticipated cash inflows that may increase our use of available cash or need to obtain additional financing.  Also, we may find it necessary to obtain additional equity or debt financing in order to support more rapid expansion, develop new or enhanced services, respond to competitive pressures, acquire complementary businesses or technologies or respond to unanticipated requirements. We may seek to raise additional funds through private or public sales of securities, strategic relationships, bank debt, financing under leasing arrangements or otherwise. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced, stockholders may experience additional dilution or such equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the holders of our common stock. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to develop our products, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and future operating results.

 

Factors That May Affect Future Operating Results

 

We may experience significant fluctuations in quarterly operating results that may be caused by many factors including, but not limited to, those discussed below and herein, as set out in Items 7 and 7A in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and elsewhere therein and as disclosed in other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Significant fluctuations in future quarterly operating results may be caused by many factors including, among others, the timing of introductions or enhancements of products and services by us or our competitors, market acceptance of new products, the mix of our products sold, changes in pricing policies by us or our competitors, our ability to retain customers, changes in our sales incentive plans, budgeting cycles of our customers, customer order deferrals in anticipation of new products or enhancements by us or our competitors, nonrenewal of

 

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maintenance agreements (which generally automatically renew for one year terms unless earlier terminated by either party upon 90-days notice), product life cycles, changes in strategy, seasonal trends, the mix of distribution channels through which our products are sold, the mix of international and domestic sales, the rate at which new sales people become productive, changes in the level of operating expenses to support projected growth and general economic conditions. We anticipate that a significant portion of our revenues will be derived from a limited number of orders, and the timing of receipt and fulfillment of any such orders is expected to cause material fluctuations in our operating results, particularly on a quarterly basis. Due to the foregoing factors, quarterly revenues and operating results are difficult to forecast, and we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results will not necessarily be meaningful and should not be relied upon as any indication of future performance. It is likely that our future quarterly operating results from time to time will not meet the expectations of market analysts or investors, which may have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock.

 

We have experienced a decline in revenues sequentially for the first three quarters of fiscal 2001 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2002 and the outlook on future quarters is unclear given the general economic conditions. Furthermore, we incurred net losses for the past ten quarters and have not achieved positive cash flow from operations in the last eight quarters. We do not expect to be profitable from operations for the near term and may continue to incur negative cash flow. If the negative cash flow continues, our liquidity and ability to operate our business would be severely and adversely impacted. Additionally, our ability to raise financial capital may be hindered due to our operational losses and negative cash flows, reducing our operating flexibility.

 

We are continuing efforts to reduce and control our expense structure. We believe strict cost containment and expense reductions are essential to achieving positive cash flow and profitability. A number of factors could preclude us from successfully bringing costs and expenses in line with our revenues, including unplanned uses of cash, the inability to accurately forecast business activities and further deterioration of our revenues. If we are not able to effectively reduce our costs and achieve an expense structure commensurate with our business activities and revenues, we may have inadequate levels of cash for operations or for capital requirements, which could significantly harm our ability to operate our business.

 

We recently renewed and amended the SVB Facility during the second quarter of fiscal 2002. The SVB Facility is secured by substantially all of our owned assets.  The primary financial covenant under the SVB Facility obligates us to maintain certain levels of available cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments (excluding equity investments). Falling below such levels would be an event of default for which Silicon Valley Bank may, among other things, accelerate the payment of the facility. While we plan to adhere to the financial covenants of the SVB Facility and avoid an event of default, in the event that it appears we are unable to avoid an event of default, it may be necessary or advisable to retire and terminate the SVB Facility and pay off all remaining balances borrowed. Such a payoff would further limit our available cash and cash equivalents.

 

Our success depends largely on the skills, experience and performance of key personnel. If we lose one or more key personnel, our business could be harmed. Our future success depends on our ability to continue attracting and retaining highly skilled personnel. We may not be successful in attracting, assimilating and retaining qualified personnel in the future. Furthermore, the significant downturn in our business environment had a negative impact on our operations. We are currently restructuring our operations and have taken actions to reduce our workforce and implement other cost containment activities. These actions could lead to disruptions in our business, reduced employee morale and productivity, increased attrition and problems with retaining existing employees and recruiting future employees and increased financial costs.

 

We effected a one-for-nine reverse stock split in July 2002.  Prior to the effective time of the reverse stock split, our common stock was trading below $1.00 per share.  The Nasdaq has a $1.00 per share minimum bid requirement, pursuant to which our common stock could be de-listed from the Nasdaq National Market if it trades below $1.00 for thirty consecutive trading days and does not subsequently trade above $1.00 for 10 consecutive days.  There can be no assurance that our trading price will remain above the $1.00 per share requirement for the necessary time period mandated by Nasdaq.  If we do not meet the Nasdaq requirements to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq National Market, our common stock could trade on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the “pink sheets” maintained by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. Such alternatives are generally considered to be less efficient markets, and our stock price, as well as the liquidity of our common stock, would be adversely impacted by a Nasdaq delisting.

 

Some of these risks and uncertainties relate to the rapidly evolving nature of the markets in which we operate. These related market risks include, among other things, the evolution of the online commerce market, the dependence of online commerce on the development of the Internet and its related infrastructure, the uncertainty

 

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pertaining to widespread adoption of online commerce and the risk of government regulation of the Internet. Other risks and uncertainties relate to our ability to, among other things, successfully implement our marketing strategies, respond to competitive developments, continue to develop and upgrade our products and technologies more rapidly than our competitors, and commercialize our products and services by incorporating these enhanced technologies. There can be no assurance that we will succeed in addressing any or all of these risks.

 

There has been a general downturn in the Unites States of America and global economy. Therefore, financial comparisons discussed herein may not be indicative of future performance. If the economic environment continues to decline or if the current global slowdown worsens or becomes prolonged, our future results may be significantly impacted. We believe that the current economic decline has increased the average length of our sales cycle and our operating results could suffer and our stock price could decline if we do not achieve the level of revenues we expect.

 

Like other U.S. companies, our business and operating results are subject to uncertainties arising out of the terrorist attacks on the United States, including the economic consequences of military actions or additional terrorist activities and associated political instability, and the impact of heightened security concerns on domestic and international travel and commerce. Such uncertainties could also lead to delays or cancellations of customer orders, a general decrease in corporate spending or our inability to effectively market and sell our products. Any of these results could substantially harm our business and results of operations, causing a decrease in our revenues.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

Mr. Pehong Chen, the Company’s CEO and Chairman of the Board, also served as a director of Brience, Inc. a provider of software products.  From February 2001 to February 2002, we had a reseller relationship with Brience whereby we agreed to resell the Brience product licenses with our product.  One end-customer installation that resulted from the reseller relationship was not concluded until the three months ended September 30, 2002.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, we paid to Brience approximately $175,000 in license fees for the resell of the Brience product to that end-customer.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, we paid no royalties to Brience.  Mr. Chen resigned from the Brience board of directors on September 12, 2002.

 

We also have an investment of 19.9% in Roundarch, a CRM services company. We have a reseller relationship with Roundarch whereby Roundarch resells and integrates our software products with other third party software products into CRM customer installations.  During the three and nine months, ended September 30, 2002, transactions involving Roundarch comprised no more than $ 39,000 and $383,000 respectively, of our revenue.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, transactions involving Roundarch comprised no more than $191,000 and $1.3 million, respectively, of our revenue.

 

Item 3.            Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio. We had no derivative financial instruments as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001. We place our investments in instruments that meet high credit quality standards and the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer and type of instrument is limited.  Our interest rate risk related to borrowings historically has been minimal as interest expense related to borrowings has been immaterial for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002.

 

During the second quarter of fiscal 2002, we drew down $25.0 million on our revolving line of credit.  Interest is payable monthly at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% annually as of September 30, 2002) and principal is due in full in March 2003.  Additionally, we have two outstanding term loans as of September 30, 2002.  Interest on those term loans are at the bank’s prime rate (4.75% as of September 30, 2002) and prime rate plus 1.25% (6.0% as of September 30, 2002).  We estimate that annual interest charges would increase by approximately $140,000 for every one-half of one percent increase in interest rates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Short-Term Investments, Long-Term Investments

 

We consider all debt securities with remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Our short-term investments consist of debt securities that are classified as available-for-sale. Our debt securities are carried at fair value with related unrealized gains or losses reported as other comprehensive income, net of tax. Included in our long-term investments are investments in debt securities that are classified as available-for-sale. These securities have remaining maturities greater than one year from September 30, 2002. These

 

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investments are carried at fair value with related unrealized gains or losses reported as other comprehensive income, net of tax.

 

All short-term investments have a remaining maturity of twelve months or less. Total short-term and long-term investment unrealized gains (losses) were approximately ($1.5 million) and $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Total realized gains during the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 were $664,000 and $1.3 million and are included in other income in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Our cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments consisted of the following as of September 30, 2002 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Unrealized
Gains

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

Cash

 

$

47,236

 

$

 

$

 

$

47,236

 

Money market

 

35,659

 

$

 

 

35,659

 

Corporate notes/bonds

 

31,036

 

220

 

 

31,256

 

Government notes/bonds

 

14,009

 

7

 

 

14,016

 

 

 

$

127,940

 

$

227

 

$

 

$

128,167

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

99,758

 

$

1

 

$

 

$

99,759

 

Short-term investments

 

25,939

 

196

 

 

26,135

 

Long-term investments

 

2,243

 

30

 

 

$

2,273

 

 

 

$

127,940

 

$

227

 

$

 

$

128,167

 

 

Included in the table above in cash and cash equivalents are $16.6 million of non-current restricted cash and investments.

 

Our cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments consisted of the following as of December 31, 2001 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Unrealized
Gains

 

Unrealized
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

Cash

 

$

25,874

 

$

 

$

 

$

25,874

 

Money market

 

36,299

 

364

 

(1

)

36,662

 

Corporate notes/bonds

 

75,842

 

1,056

 

(8

)

76,890

 

Government notes/bonds

 

53,792

 

346

 

(17

)

54,121

 

 

 

$

191,807

 

$

1,766

 

$

(26

)

$

193,547

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

75,393

 

$

366

 

$

(1

)

$

75,758

 

Short-term investments

 

94,773

 

895

 

(14

)

95,654

 

Long-term investments

 

21,641

 

505

 

(11

)

$

22,135

 

 

 

$

191,807

 

$

1,766

 

$

(26

)

$

193,547

 

 

Included in the table above in short-term investments are non-current restricted cash and investments of $29.9 million.

 

Remaining maturities of our long-term investments as of September 30, 2002 are as follows:

 

 

 

2003

 

2004

 

Total

 

Corporate notes/bonds

 

$

1,180

 

$

1,093

 

$

2,273

 

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

Financial assets that potentially subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term investments, restricted cash and investments and trade accounts receivable. We analyzed our cash, short-term and long-term investment holdings for interest rate risk and estimate that the impact of a change in interest rates of one-half of one percent would be approximately $455,000 on annual interest income. We market and sell our products throughout the world and perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers. We maintain reserves for potential credit losses. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2002, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues.  For the three months ended September 30, 2001, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2001, one

 

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customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues.  As of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, no customer individually accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Our financial instruments consist of cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term investments, restricted cash and investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and debt. We do not have any derivative financial instruments. We believe the reported carrying amounts of our financial instruments approximates fair value, based upon the short maturity of cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable and payable, and based on the current rates available to us on similar debt issues.

 

Equity Investments

 

Our equity investments consist of equity investments in public and non-public companies that are accounted for under either the cost method of accounting or the equity method of accounting. Equity investments are accounted for under the cost method of accounting when we have a minority interest and do not have the ability to exercise significant influence. These investments are classified as available for sale and are carried at fair value when readily determinable market values exist or at cost when such market values do not exist. We review financial information on all of our investees at each reporting period. Such financial information may consist of financial statements, current stock prices, subsequent rounds of financing and other relevant information such as investor updates and press releases. Adjustments to fair value are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) unless the investments are considered permanently impaired in which case the adjustment is recorded as a component of other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Equity investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting when we have a minority interest and have the ability to exercise significant influence. These investments are classified as available for sale and are carried at cost with periodic adjustments to carrying value for our equity in net income (loss) of the equity investee. Such adjustments are recorded as a component of other income (expense), net. Any decline in value of our investments, which is other than a temporary decline, is charged to earnings during the period in which the permanent impairment is evident.

 

The total fair value of our cost method long-term equity investments in public and non-public companies was $3.0 million as of September 30, 2002. This includes $503,000 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and $10.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 of write-downs of investments due to an other than temporary decline in fair value. There was no unrealized loss in our cost method long-term equity investments during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002.

 

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ITEM 4.            CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a)  Based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures conducted within 90 days of the date of filing this report on Form 10-Q, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective.

 

(b) There have been no significant changes (including corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses) in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of the evaluation referenced in paragraph (a) above.

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

The company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), does not expect that our Disclosure Controls or our Internal Controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

 

PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

 

In April 2001, the Company filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting that several purported class action lawsuits had been filed against the Company and certain of its officers and directors. In each of the lawsuits, the plaintiffs sought to assert claims on behalf of a class of all persons who purchased securities of BroadVision between January 26, 2001 and April 2, 2001. The complaints alleged that BroadVision and the individual defendants violated federal securities laws in connection with its reporting of financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2000. The lawsuits were consolidated into a single action.  On November 5, 2001, BroadVision and the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint.  On February 22, 2002, the Court granted these motions, dismissed the consolidated complaint without prejudice and ordered the lead plaintiff to file an amended complaint within 30 days. On March 25, 2002, the plaintiff filed its Second Amended Consolidated Complaint, which added claims for breach of fiduciary duty and named members of the Company’s board of directors as additional defendants. All defendants filed motions to dismiss the Second Amended Consolidated Complaint on May 10, 2002.  The hearing on the defendant’s motion to dismiss was heard on August 30, 2002.  On September 11, 2002, the Court (1) dismissed with prejudice the claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws, on the basis that the complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and (2) dismissed without prejudice the claims for breach of fiduciary duty, on the basis that the claims were made under state law and, in the absence of any remaining federal law claims, the Court would decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction.  The Company is not aware of plaintiffs filing an appeal of the Court’s September 11, 2002 decision or filing another complaint in any other court.  The Company believes that the action was without merit and will continue to defend itself vigorously should plaintiffs continue to pursue any of these claims.

 

On June 7, 2001, Verity, Inc. filed suit against the Company alleging copyright infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition and other claims. The Company has answered the complaint denying all allegations and is defending itself vigorously.

 

On July 18, 2002, Avalon Partners, Inc., doing business as Cresa Partners, filed a suit against the Company claiming broker commissions related to the Company’s termination and restructuring of certain facilities leases associated with the Company’s restructuring plans taken during the second quarter of 2002.  The Company has answered the complaint and is defending itself vigorously.

 

The Company is also subject to various other claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations. Although management currently believes that the outcome of other outstanding legal proceedings, claims and litigation involving the Company will not have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations or financial condition, litigation is inherently uncertain, and there can be no assurance that existing or future litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

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Item 2.

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

(a)

Exhibits

 

 

 

Exhibits

 

Description

 

 

 

10.32

Offer letter, dated September 3, 2002, by and between the Company and Philip L. Oreste.

 

 

10.33

Form of Indemnity Agreement between the Company and each of its directors and executive officers.

 

 

99.1

Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

(b)

Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

None

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

BROADVISION, INC.

Date:

November 14, 2002

By:

/s/  Pehong Chen

 

 

 

 

Pehong Chen
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Date:

November 14, 2002

By:

/s/  Philip L. Oreste

 

 

 

 

Philip L. Oreste
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Pehong Chen, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BroadVision, Inc.;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Date: November 14, 2002

 

 

 

/s/ Pehong Chen

 

 

 

 

Pehong Chen

 

 

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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I, Philip L. Oreste, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BroadVision, Inc.;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Date: November 14, 2002

 

 

 

/s/ Philip L. Oreste

 

 

 

 

Philip L. Oreste

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 10.32

 

September 3, 2002

 

 

 

Philip L. Oreste

 

Dear Phil:

BroadVision, Inc. (“BroadVision” or “the Company”) is pleased to confirm its offer to you of the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer within the Executive Team at BroadVision, effective September 16, 2002.  We are extremely pleased to have you join as a new BroadVision executive and look forward to the challenges and successes in our path.  Your leadership, past successes and style demonstrated throughout the recruitment process will allow us to achieve new and far-reaching dimensions to our business and Worldwide Organization. As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, you will lead the Worldwide Finance, Legal, Operations, and Information Systems organizations.

The following outlines the terms of our employment offer to you (the “Agreement”).

Compensation and Benefits

Your starting Base Salary will be $19,166.66 per month ($230,000.00 per year), paid on a semi-monthly basis and subject to standard deductions and withholding.  [If the Company achieves its revenue and profitability targets as stated in its business plan, you will be eligible for an annual bonus of forty percent (40%) of your Base Salary, payable as soon as it can be determined that such revenue targets have been met and subject to standard deductions and withholding.  This incentive bonus is subject to change based on future performance reviews and/or market conditions].  You will also be eligible for salary and stock adjustments at the next company annual review, although no increases are assured.

You will be eligible for the standard BroadVision employee benefits which include: medical, dental, vision, and prescription package, short-term and long-term disability insurance, group life insurance, participation in our 401(k) Savings Plan, participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and two weeks accrued vacation per year (vacation accrued according to length of service).

While BroadVision pays for the majority of your medical insurance, should you choose to participate in the plan, your financial contribution currently will be approximately 10% of your monthly insurance premium, depending on your benefit selection.  Benefits start the first of the calendar month after your date of hire.  You should also note that BroadVision might modify salaries and benefits from time to time, as it deems necessary.

 


Candidate's Initials

 

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Relocation

You will be eligible for a relocation package as described in Exhibit A.

Stock Option

In addition to the above, you will be recommended to a grant of an option to purchase 200,000 shares of BroadVision common stock at a fair market value to be determined at the next meeting of the option committee.  The Option will be an incentive stock option to the extent permitted by law, the remaining portion of the Option will be a nonstatutory stock option.  The options vest over four years based on your continued service with BroadVision:  twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares will vest after the first year of employment and the balance over the remaining three years on a monthly basis (2.083% of the original grant amount per month).  The Option will be subject to the terms and conditions of the BroadVision stock option plan and the form of stock option agreement pursuant to which the Option is granted.

Change of Control

The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors will cover you under the new Change of Control policy that is currently under review and pending approval.

Other Provisions

As a BroadVision employee, you will be required to sign an acknowledgment that you have read and understand the company rules as described in the company handbook and intend to abide by these rules and regulations.  You will be expected to sign and comply with BroadVision’s Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement.  You will also be required to submit a Form I-9 and satisfactory documentation regarding your identification and right to work in the United States no later than three (3) days after your employment begins.

In your work for BroadVision, you will be expected not to use or disclose any confidential information, including trade secrets, of any former employer or other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality.  Rather, you will be expected to use only that information which is generally known and used by persons with training and experience comparable to your own, which is common knowledge in the industry or otherwise legally in the public domain, or which is otherwise provided or developed by BroadVision.  During our discussions about your proposed job duties, you assured us that you would be able to perform those duties within the guidelines just described.

You agree that you will not bring onto BroadVision premises any unpublished documents or property belonging to any former employer or other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality.

You shall receive indemnification as a corporate officer of BroadVision to the maximum extent extended to the other officers of BroadVision.  You will be required to enter into the BroadVision’s standard form of indemnification agreement, pursuant to which BroadVision agrees to advance any expenses for which indemnification is available to the extent allowed by applicable law (“Indemnification Agreement”).

 

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You may terminate your employment with BroadVision at any time and for any reason whatsoever simply by notifying BroadVision.  Likewise, BroadVision may terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice.  BroadVision requests that in the event of your resignation, you provide notice of your resignation two (2) weeks in advance.

This Agreement including its Exhibit A, together with your stock option agreement(s), your Non-Disclosure Agreement, and your Indemnification Agreement, forms the complete and exclusive statement of your employment agreement with BroadVision.  It supersedes any other agreements or promises made to you by anyone, whether oral or written, and it can only be modified in a written agreement signed by an officer of BroadVision.

If you wish to accept employment at BroadVision under the terms set out above and the Exhibit, please sign and date this letter, and return it to me by September 9, 2002.

I look forward to your favorable reply and to a productive and exciting working relationship.

Sincerely,

/s/ Pehong Chen

 

Pehong Chen

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

Approved and Accepted by:

 

/s/ Philip L. Oreste

 

 

Signature

 

Date

 

 

 

Social Security Number

 

 

 

Exhibit A:              Summary & Overview of Relocation Package

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

SUMMARY & OVERVIEW OF RELOCATION PACKAGE

 

The decision to relocate presents an exciting and challenging opportunity both for you and the Company. The Company recognizes that relocating may produce some unexpected expenses and challenges. To assist in meeting these challenges, we provide professional assistance to guide you and financial assistance to help with reasonable expenses associated with your move. As part of the hiring package, you are eligible for the amended and necessary benefits provided under Tier 3 of the BroadVision relocation package, or what is listed below:

 

Cash Resettlement Allowance - $2,000.00 to cover all other move expenses (and those not specifically reimbursed).  Paid in advance, with no receipts required.  Typical relocation expenses this allowance is intended to assist with include:

 

      Meals during Temporary lodging

      Phone, cable installation and utilities hook-up

      Club membership or dues payments

      Cleaning services

      Child care services

 

Shipping Your Household Goods — pursuant to the terms set forth in the policy, the company will pay for the shipment of household goods from old location to new location.

 

Home Sale — Customary seller costs including real estate agent selling expenses up to 6%.

 

Temporary Lodging - Maximum of 365 days will be allowed with a monthly amount not to exceed $3,000.00 for hotel or apartment.  This allowance is based on actual receipted expenses.  These expenses are required to be submitted on a monthly basis.

 

The Tier Three package is designed to provide for the fair and uniform treatment of all employees. If, for whatever reason, exceptions to this policy or the terms set forth in this letter are granted, they must be pre-approved in writing.

 

Because of the extensive cost to the company resulting from relocation, you will be required to sign the Relocation Repayment Agreement before any expenses are incurred. By executing this agreement, you are agreeing to repay the Company the cost of relocation if your employment terminates voluntary or involuntary, with or without cause within twenty-four (24) months of the effective move date, unless your position is eliminated or is affected as a result of a CIC.  Any monetary amounts due for salary, bonuses, unused or accrued vacation pay, or other outstanding reimbursements will be applied to the amount owed for relocation expenses. If withholding compensation does not cover the total amount owed, a repayment program will be designed for the remainder of the expenses due the Company. The repayment schedule is as follows:

 

Month 1-12

 

100% repayment

Month 13-24

 

50% repayment

 

 

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BROADVISION INC.

PHIL ORESTE

Relocation Package Overview

 

September 3, 2002

 

 

Policy Element

 

Tier Three (Director level or above)

Cash Resettlement Allowance

 

$2,000 to cover all other moving expenses  (and those not specifically reimbursed).  Paid in advance, with no receipts required.

Household Goods shipment

 

Through Company preferred vendor, up to 15,000lbs.

Temporary Lodging

 

Up to a maximum allowance of $3000.00 per month —covering the cost of hotel or apartment based on actual receipted expenses.  This allowance not to exceed 365 days from hire date.

Home Sale

 

Buyer Value Option program through third party provider (tax effective home sale program).

This includes customary seller’s costs including real estate agent selling expenses up to 6%.

Tax Protection Assistance

 

Eligible Relocation expenses to be grossed up.

Repayment Terms

 

100% within one year, 50% within 2 years

Other benefits

 

Third party relocation company to assist with relocation

Rental Assistance

 

Yes, through third party vendor

 

Employee has one year to relocate.  Relocation benefits expire one year from employee’s hire date.

 

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Exhibit 10.33

 

BroadVision, Inc.

 

INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is made and entered into this                 day of                , 20      by and between BroadVision, Inc.  a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and                 (“Agent”).

 

Recitals

 

Whereas, Agent performs a valuable service to the Corporation in [his/her] capacity as                 of the Corporation;

 

Whereas, the stockholders of the Corporation have adopted bylaws (the “Bylaws”) providing for the indemnification of the directors, officers, employees and other agents of the Corporation, including persons serving at the request of the Corporation in such capacities with other corporations or enterprises, as authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “Code”);

 

Whereas, the Bylaws and the Code, by their non-exclusive nature, permit contracts between the Corporation and its agents, officers, employees and other agents with respect to indemnification of such persons; and

 

Whereas, in order to induce Agent to continue to serve as                 of the Corporation, the Corporation has determined and agreed to enter into this Agreement with Agent;

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of Agent’s continued service as                 after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Agreement

 

1.             Services to the Corporation.   Agent will serve, at the will of the Corporation or under separate contract, if any such contract exists, as                 of the Corporation or as a director, officer or other fiduciary of an affiliate of the Corporation (including any employee benefit plan of the Corporation) faithfully and to the best of his ability so long as he is duly elected and qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws or other applicable charter documents of the Corporation or such affiliate; provided, however, that Agent may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any contractual obligation that Agent may have assumed apart from this Agreement) and that the Corporation or any affiliate shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Agent in any such position.

 

2.             Indemnity of Agent.   The Corporation hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Agent to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the provisions of the Bylaws and the Code, as the Bylaws or the Code may be amended from time to time (but, only to the

 

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extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Bylaws or the Code permitted prior to adoption of such amendment).

3.             Additional Indemnity.   In addition to and not in limitation of the indemnification otherwise provided for herein, and subject only to the exclusions set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Corporation hereby further agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Agent:

 

(a)           against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any other amounts that Agent becomes legally obligated to pay because of any claim or claims made against or by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational, administrative or investigative (including an action by or in the right of the Corporation) to which Agent is, was or at any time becomes a party, or is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that Agent is, was or at any time becomes a director, officer, employee or other agent of Corporation, or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise; and

 

(b)           otherwise to the fullest extent as may be provided to Agent by the Corporation under the non-exclusivity provisions of the Code and Section 41 of the Bylaws.

 

4.             Limitations on Additional Indemnity.   No indemnity pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be paid by the Corporation:

 

(a)           on account of any claim against Agent solely for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Agent of securities of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law;

 

(b)           on account of Agent’s conduct that is established by a final judgment as knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful misconduct;

 

(c)           on account of Agent’s conduct that is established by a final judgment as constituting a breach of Agent’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or resulting in any personal profit or advantage to which Agent was not legally entitled;

 

(d)           for which payment is actually made to Agent under a valid and collectible insurance policy or under a valid and enforceable indemnity clause, bylaw or agreement, except in respect of any excess beyond payment under such insurance, clause, bylaw or agreement;

 

(e)           if indemnification is not lawful (and, in this respect, both the Corporation and Agent have been advised that the Securities and Exchange Commission believes that indemnification for liabilities arising under the federal securities laws is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable and that claims for indemnification should be submitted to appropriate courts for adjudication); or

 

(f)            in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by Agent, or any proceeding by Agent against the Corporation or its directors, officers, employees or other

 

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agents, unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the Code, or (iv) the proceeding is initiated pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

 

5.             Continuation of Indemnity.   All agreements and obligations of the Corporation contained herein shall continue during the period Agent is a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Agent shall be subject to any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that Agent was serving in the capacity referred to herein.

 

6.             Partial Indemnification.   Agent shall be entitled under this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for a portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any other amounts that Agent becomes legally obligated to pay in connection with any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 3 hereof even if not entitled hereunder to indemnification for the total amount thereof, and the Corporation shall indemnify Agent for the portion thereof to which Agent is entitled.

 

7.             Notification and Defense of Claim.   Not later than thirty (30) days after receipt by Agent of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, Agent will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Corporation under this Agreement, notify the Corporation of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Corporation will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to Agent otherwise than under this Agreement.  With respect to any such action, suit or proceeding as to which Agent notifies the Corporation of the commencement thereof:

 

(a)           the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense;

 

(b)           except as otherwise provided below, the Corporation may, at its option and jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified and electing to assume such defense, assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent.  After notice from the Corporation to Agent of its election to assume the defense thereof, the Corporation will not be liable to Agent under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by Agent in connection with the defense thereof except for reasonable costs of investigation or otherwise as provided below.  Agent shall have the right to employ separate counsel in such action, suit or proceeding but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Agent unless (i) the employment of counsel by Agent has been authorized by the Corporation, (ii) Agent shall have reasonably concluded, and so notified the Corporation, that there is an actual conflict of interest between the Corporation and Agent in the conduct of the defense of such action or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of Agent’s separate counsel shall be

 

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at the expense of the Corporation.  The Corporation shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any action, suit or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation or as to which Agent shall have made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above; and

 

(c)           the Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify Agent under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  The Corporation shall be permitted to settle any action except that it shall not settle any action or claim in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on Agent without Agent’s written consent, which may be given or withheld in Agent’s sole discretion.

 

8.             Expenses.   The Corporation shall advance, prior to the final disposition of any proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by Agent in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of Agent to repay said amounts if it shall be determined ultimately that Agent is not entitled to be indemnified under the provisions of this Agreement, the Bylaws, the Code or otherwise.

 

9.             Enforcement.   Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Agreement to Agent shall be enforceable by or on behalf of Agent in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor.  Agent, in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim.  It shall be a defense to any action for which a claim for indemnification is made under Section 3 hereof (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses pursuant to Section 8 hereof, provided that the required undertaking has been tendered to the Corporation) that Agent is not entitled to indemnification because of the limitations set forth in Section 4 hereof.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such enforcement action that indemnification of Agent is proper in the circumstances, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or its stockholders) that such indemnification is improper shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Agent is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

10.          Subrogation.   In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Agent, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

11.          Non-Exclusivity of Rights.   The rights conferred on Agent by this Agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right which Agent may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office.

 

 

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12.          Survival of Rights.

 

(a)           The rights conferred on Agent by this Agreement shall continue after Agent has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Corporation or to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and shall inure to the benefit of Agent’s heirs, executors and administrators.

 

(b)           The Corporation shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

13.          Separability.   Each of the provisions of this Agreement is a separate and distinct agreement and independent of the others, so that if any provision hereof shall be held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.  Furthermore, if this Agreement shall be invalidated in its entirety on any ground, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Agent to the fullest extent provided by the Bylaws, the Code or any other applicable law.

 

14.          Governing Law.   This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

15.          Amendment and Termination.   No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by both parties hereto.

 

16.          Identical Counterparts.   This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.  Only one such counterpart need be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

 

17.          Headings.   The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.

 

18.          Notices.   All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) upon delivery if delivered by hand to the party to whom such communication was directed or (ii) upon the third business day after the date on which such communication was mailed if mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid:

 

(a)           If to Agent, at the address indicated on the signature page hereof.

 

(b)           If to the Corporation, to:

 

BroadVision, Inc.

585 Broadway

Redwood City, California  94063

 

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or to such other address as may have been furnished to Agent by the Corporation.

 

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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of the day and year first above written.

 

BroadVision, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted), Pehong Chen, the Chief Executive Officer of BroadVision, Inc. (the “Company”), and Philip Oreste, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies that, to the best of his knowledge:

 

1.             The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002, to which this Certification is attached as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Periodic Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2.             The information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the end of the period covered by the Periodic Report and results of operations of the Company for the period covered by the Periodic Report.

 

 

Dated:    November 14, 2002

 

 

/s/ Pehong Chen

 

/s/ Philip L. Oreste

Pehong Chen

 

Philip L. Oreste

Chief Executive Officer

 

Chief Financial Officer