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Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. Annual Report
D E U T S C H E B A N K S p A I TA LY enhanced
authorization capabilities and profitability at
its worldwide credit card center via ACI’s
BASE24-es for Enhanced Authorization.
A B N A M R O S E R V I C E S
C O M PA N Y a n d S TA N D A R D
C H A R T E R E D B A N K upgraded to
IntraNet’s Unix version of their Money
Transfer System (MTS) solution.
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Dear Shareholder,
In what proved to be another challenging year
for the global business environment, TSA made
significant progress in a number of key areas.
Financially, our earnings were $.40 per diluted
share on revenues of $277 million. Results for
the year included a $9.3 million non-deductible
goodwill impairment charge as well as $2.0 million
in restructuring charges associated with staff
reductions. Our cash flow continued to be strong
and we finished the year with a strengthened
balance sheet. We increased our cash position
from $87.9 million to $114.0 million and we
continue to operate with little long-term debt.
Our ratio of current assets to current liabilities
improved to 1.71 to 1.
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We strengthened our executive
management team and added two
new independent board members. We realigned
our staffing levels, giving us a more efficient operating
structure going forward. As we made these financial
and operational improvements throughout fiscal
2003, the market in turn validated our progress
with an increase in market capitalization.
We also made significant progress in reshaping
our products for the future. Within ACI, TSA’s
largest business unit, the company’s flagship
BASE24® software was essentially reinvented in
the form of the re-engineered BASE24-es™. The
new software inherits many of the industry-leading
attributes of BASE24. BASE24-es is
built for reliable, 24/7 processing
of all types of electronic payment
transactions and can scale to
accommodate
the performance
demands of the world’s largest and
Rec
most sophisticated e-payment processors. But
while BASE24 was available on a single computing
platform, BASE24-es can operate on a full range
of industry-standard platforms offered by HP, IBM
and Sun Microsystems. It takes advantage of the
latest in software engineering techniques to yield
a system that is more cost efficient for customers
to operate and for ACI to maintain.
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N I N E T E E N N E W
C U S T O M E R S selected ACI’s
Proactive Risk Manager™ product for
fraud detection and prevention.
Peru’s largest bank, B A N C O
d e C R E D I T O d e l P E R U,
reinvested in BASE24 with
a long-term commitment
and additional authorization
modules to serve the largest
Peruvian ATM network and
credit card issuer.
ngineer
IntraNet made a similar transformation in
2003. The company consolidated its market
leadership position in the U.S. by migrating nearly
all of its customers to the new open systems
version of their Money Transfer System™ (MTS™ ).
Redesign
The principle of reinvention holds that a market
This gives IntraNet a platform from which to extend
leader must continually invest to rise above the
its U.S. market-leading solution for money transfer
competition. During 2003, we migrated many of our
and global messaging into targeted regions.
software products from proprietary to open systems.
As we enter 2004, BASE24-es strengthens our
ability to retain existing customers at the same
time it expands our addressable market by allowing
us to penetrate new accounts and new geos.
TSA’s financial stability and strengthened
operations, coupled with software reshaped for
the open systems world, leave us well-positioned
for continued success.
We thank our shareholders, our customers,
employees and partners for their continued
support and commitment to TSA.
Gregory D. Derkacht
President and Chief Executive Officer
The theme was the same at Insession
Technologies. The company’s strategy is built
around providing
infrastructure software
heterogeneous computing environments on
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multiple platforms.
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for
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end, Insession invested in
m o r e
“open” capabilities in 2003, enabling its flagship
ICE product to compete in a multi-platform world
and forging new partnerships to act as the
distributor of other open systems solutions.
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B B & T chose ACI’s BASE24-es to
drive 1,900 ATMs and process ATM
and debit card authorizations.
S H E E T Z , the 16th largest convenience store
operator in the United States, chose ACI’s WINPAY24
to process credit card, debit card and EBT purchases
serving more than 280 stores in five states.
Repo
Positioned for Success
TSA’s market-leading products managed
more than 40 billion e-payment transactions in
We delivered our re-engineered back office
solution, ACI Payments Manager, during 2003. The
modular solution automates settlement, customer
service, card management and
transaction
2003. Through investment in an open systems
information analysis.
strategy, the company is enhancing its ability to
maintain a leadership position and pave the way
IntraNet
for future success.
ACI Worldwide
IntraNet’s leadership in the wholesale banking
industry is proven by 25 years of experience in
developing and successfully delivering business-
ACI is well-positioned for 2004 and beyond.
critical banking systems throughout the world.
The company’s global reach, broad product set
and continued focus on expense control fueled a
During 2003 two additional large customers,
solid financial performance in 2003. After
ABN AMRO Services Company and Standard
announcing our multi-platform processing engine
Chartered Bank, agreed to upgrade to IntraNet’s
built on ACI’s Enterprise Services architecture in
new Unix version of their Money Transfer System
late 2002, BASE24-es has been licensed to 13
(MTS) solution. With MTS customers either
upgraded or scheduled to be upgraded, IntraNet
customers and is available on several platforms
including HP NonStop™, HP-UX, IBM zSeries™, IBM
pSeries™, and Sun Solaris™.
can now concentrate on expanding its presence
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ACI helped 70 customers upgrade to the
geographically.
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company’s latest Release 6.0 version of classic
BASE24 to take advantage of the newest in
functionality and regulatory support. The company
also made excellent progress with its Proactive
Risk Manager product. Over 50 customers are
now reducing fraud losses and improving their
profitability with Proactive Risk Manager.
Reinven
V I S A I N T E R N AT I O N A L
selected ACI’s BASE24-es software
to enhance the regional scalability
of its global payment processing
system outside the United States.
A P P L I E D S O F T WA R E
T E C H N O L O G I E S licensed
WorkPoint 3.2 from Insession
Technologies with plans to embed
the business automation tool into
the company’s purchasing software
suite — adding sophisticated
workflow and alert functionality.
position
IntraNet received the annual SWIFTReady Gold
accreditation for payments for the sixth consecutive
year. SWIFT issues this accreditation only for
those solutions that prove their support of SWIFT’s
rigorous standards, products and services and their
ability to satisfy the straight-through processing
technology into the functionality of their solutions.
There were 12 such partners added during the
fiscal year, plus two sales to end users of the
product. Additionally, a new WorkPoint® contract
is providing Insession an opportunity to add
needs of financial transactions.
internationalization enhancements that can be
Reinvest
IntraNet also signed an agreement to distribute
In the database solutions space, a strategy
licensed to additional customers.
and support the ACE STP Toolkit™ to assist
customers in improving their overall straight-
through processing rates.
Insession
Insession Technologies continues to enhance
its line of tools and infrastructure products.
WorkPoint, a business process management (BPM)
solution, has been positioned to provide OEM
partners the ability to embed workflow/BPM
ent
to add additional products and partners to the
existing AutoDBA™ product offering has been
developed. By building or partnering to offer a full
suite of solutions, Insession can increase sales
efficiency with a multi-product sales strategy.
Insession Technologies and ACI Worldwide are
also working closely to integrate a number of the
solutions provided by Insession and its partners
with BASE24-es. This integration of best-of-breed
tools and components improves our company-wide
efficiencies for these specialty requirements while
delivering the reliability our customers have come
to expect.
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. is a global provider of software for
electronic payments. The company serves more than 700 customers in the
finance, retail and transaction processing industries. TSA software was used to
process more than 40 billion transactions during the past year involving credit and
debit cards, smart cards, checks, remote banking services, Internet commerce,
secure document delivery, wire transfers, and automated clearing and settlement.
TSA maintains its global presence with sales and support offices throughout North
and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
TSA Business Units
ACI Worldwide
IntraNet
Every second of every day, ACI
Worldwide solutions power the world’s
online consumer e-payment systems.
The largest of the TSA business units,
ACI provides software that enables
consumers to get cash at ATMs, use
debit, credit and smart cards to make
purchases in stores and over the Internet,
bank by phone and PC, pay bills online,
and access financial services via mobile
telephone. ACI was founded in 1975
and pioneered the development of 24/7
applications and networking software for
online e-payment processing.
IntraNet
international
provides
payments and messaging solutions
that maximize performance in highly
complex and
real-time wholesale
financial environments. Many of the
world’s largest financial institutions use
IntraNet software in their global high-value
payments and messaging environments
to move money, settle multiple currencies
and streamline back office operations.
IntraNet’s leadership in the wholesale
banking industry is proven by over 25
years of experience in developing and
successfully delivering business-critical
banking systems throughout the world.
Insession Technologies
Insession Technologies provides
scalable infrastructure software and
services that facilitate communication,
data movement, systems monitoring,
transaction processing, Web enablement,
Web security, Web services and workflow/
business process management across
heterogeneous computing systems. Those
systems include mainframes, distributed
computing networks and the Internet.
With Insession products, businesses
are able to optimize business-critical
operations throughout the enterprise.
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003
Commission File Number 0-25346
TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
224 South 108th Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
47-0772104
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
(402) 334-5101
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Class A Common Stock, $.005 par value
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 (cid:59) No (cid:134)
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is
not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy
or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K. (cid:59)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Act).
Yes (cid:59) No (cid:134)
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on
March 31, 2003 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal
quarter), based upon the last sale price of the Class A Common Stock on that date of $5.94, was
$164,187,635. For purposes of this calculation, executive officers, directors and holders of 10% or
more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the registrant are deemed to be affiliates
of the registrant.
As of December 10, 2003, there were 36,537,675 shares of the registrant’s Class A Common
Stock outstanding (including 5,248 options to purchase shares of the registrant’s Class A Common
Stock at an exercise price of one cent per share).
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
held on March 9, 2004 are incorporated by reference in Part III herein. The Company intends to file
such Proxy Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days after the
end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
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Item 1.
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 2.
Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 3.
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 4A. Executive Officers of the Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART II
Item 5.
Item 6.
Item 7.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . .
Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 8.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Item 9.
Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 11. Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Generally, forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to
historical or current facts, and include words or phrases such as “management anticipates,” “the
Company believes,” “the Company anticipates,” “the Company expects,” “the Company plans,” “the
Company will,” and words and phrases of similar impact, and include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding operations, business strategy and business environment. The forward-looking statements
are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this document may turn out to be wrong. They can be
affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many of these
factors will be important in determining the Company’s actual future results. Consequently, no forward-
looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual future results may vary materially from those expressed
or implied in any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include,
but are not limited to, those discussed in Item 7 in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Factors That May Affect the Company’s
Future Results or the Market Price of the Company’s Common Stock.”
Item 1. BUSINESS
General
PART I
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively
referred to as “TSA” or the “Company”) develop, market, install and support a broad line of software
products and services primarily focused on facilitating electronic payments (“e-payments”) and
electronic commerce (“e-commerce”). In addition to its own products, the Company distributes or acts
as a sales agent for software developed by third parties. These products and services are used
principally by financial institutions, retailers, and e-payment processors, both in domestic and
international markets. Most of the Company’s products are sold and supported through distribution
networks covering the geographic regions of the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa (“EMEA”) and
Asia/Pacific. Each distribution network has its own sales force. The Company supplements its
distribution networks with independent reseller and/or distributor arrangements.
The e-payments and e-commerce market is comprised of debit and credit card issuers, switch
interchanges, transaction acquirers and transaction generators, including automated teller machine
(“ATM”) networks, retail merchant locations and Internet commerce sites. The routing, control and
settlement of e-payments is a complex activity due to the large number of locations and variety of
sources from which transactions can be generated, the large number of debit and credit card issuers in
the market, high transaction volumes, geographically dispersed networks, differing types of
authorization and varied reporting requirements. These activities are typically performed online and
must be conducted 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Company was formed as a Delaware corporation in November 1993 under the name of ACI
Holding,
to Applied Communications, Inc. and Applied
Communications Inc. Limited, which the Company acquired from Tandem Computers Incorporated on
December 31, 1993.
the successor
Inc. and
largely
is
Segment Information
The Company has three operating segments at September 30, 2003, referred to throughout this
annual report on Form 10-K as business units. These three business units are ACI Worldwide,
Insession Technologies and IntraNet. Each business unit has its own global sales and support
organization. See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to
the Company’s business units.
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ACI Worldwide Business Unit
Products in this business unit represent the Company’s largest product line and include its most
mature and well-established applications. Products and services in the ACI Worldwide business unit
generated approximately 74%, 74% and 76% of the Company’s fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 revenues,
respectively. During fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 66%, 69% and 65%, respectively, of
ACI Worldwide revenues resulted from international operations.
ACI Worldwide software products carry transactions from the transaction generators to the
acquiring institutions. The software then uses regional or national switches to access the card issuers
for approval or denial of the transactions. The software returns messages to the sources, thereby
completing the transactions. Electronic payments software may be required to interact with dozens of
devices, switch interchanges and communication protocols around the world.
Financial institutions, retailers and e-payment processors use ACI Worldwide software products to:
• Route and process transactions for ATM networks
• Process transactions from point-of-sale (“POS”) devices, wireless devices and Internet
commerce sites
• Control fraud and money laundering
• Authorize checks
• Establish frequent shopper programs
• Automate transaction settlement, card management and claims processing
• Issue and manage multi-functional applications on smart cards
• Deliver bills and statements via the Internet in a secure manner
ACI Worldwide offers three primary software product suites — Payment Engines, Secure
Commerce and Payments Management. An overview of major software products within the ACI
Worldwide business unit follows:
Payment Engines
• BASE24. BASE24 is an integrated family of software products marketed to customers operating
e-payment networks in the consumer banking and retail industries. The modular architecture of
the product enables customers to select the application and system components that are
required to operate their networks. BASE24 offers a broad range of features and functions for
e-payment processing. BASE24 allows customers to adapt to changing network needs by
supporting over 40 different types of ATM and POS terminals, over 50 interchange interfaces,
and various authorization and reporting options. The majority of ACI Worldwide’s revenues were
derived from licensing the BASE24 family of products and providing related services and
maintenance.
The BASE24 product line operates on Hewlett-Packard (“HP”) NonStop computer systems. The
HP NonStop parallel-processing environment offers fault-tolerance, linear expandability and
distributed processing capabilities. The combination of features offered by BASE24 and the HP
NonStop are important characteristics in high volume, 24-hour per day e-payment systems.
• BASE24-es. BASE24-es is an integrated e-payments processing engine that provides
application software to acquire, authenticate, route, switch and authorize transactions,
regardless of the channel in which they originate. Customers can use BASE24-es to process
transactions from any endpoint, including Internet shopping networks, mobile phones, Web
ATMs and home banking systems. The software can also be used to upgrade legacy ATM and
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POS systems, adding support for new features such as smart card programs and electronic
check processing. With the ability to operate on the IBM zSeries, IBM pSeries, HP NonStop and
Sun Solaris systems, BASE24-es provides flexible integration points to other applications and
data within enterprises to support 24-hour per day access to money, services and information.
• WINPAY24. WINPAY24 is an electronic payments and authorization system that facilitates a
broad range of applications for retailers. These applications include debit and credit card
processing, automated clearing house (“ACH”) processing, electronic benefits transfer, card
issuance and management, check authorization, customer loyalty programs and returned check
collection. The WINPAY24 products operate on the Microsoft Windows platform.
• NET24. NET24 is a message-oriented middleware product that acts as the layer of software that
manages the interface between application software and computer operating systems and helps
customers perform network and legacy systems integration projects. The NET24 product
operates on the HP NonStop platform.
Secure Commerce
• e-Courier and e-Courier for Billing. e-Courier delivers statements and recurring documents
via the Internet. e-Courier for Billing delivers bills and recurring documents via the Internet and
facilitates bill payment. Customers receive documents through e-mail or through multiple
delivery channels. Documents are delivered directly to customers’ e-mail accounts, eliminating
the need for retrieval from Web sites. Documents are authentic and private, delivered through
built-in industry-standard encryption and digital signature capabilities.
• Commerce Gateway. Commerce Gateway facilitates payments between existing traditional
payments infrastructure and Internet and wireless/mobile channels. The solution extends
traditional payment platforms by managing
Internet payment and
authentication technologies. It isolates exposure to public networks, such as the Internet, by
providing industry standard solutions for Verified by Visa, and MasterCard SecureCode.
Commerce Gateway is a solution designed to accommodate the rapidly evolving Internet secure
payment environment for merchants, merchant acquirers and processors.
rapidly changing
• Smart Chip Manager. Smart Chip Manager solutions allow the use of stored-value and chip
card applications at smart card-enabled devices. The solutions facilitate authorization of funds
transfers from existing accounts to cards. They also leverage chip technology to enhance
debit/credit card authentication and security. The Smart Chip Manager solutions preserve
legacy investment by allowing the integration of these emerging technologies into existing
electronic delivery environments.
Payments Management
• Proactive Risk Manager (“PRM”). PRM is a neural network-based fraud detection system
designed to help card issuers, merchants, acquirers and financial institutions combat fraud
schemes. The system combines the pattern recognition capability of neural-network transaction
scoring with custom risk models of expert rules-based strategies and advanced client/server
account management software. There are six editions of PRM, each of which is tailored for
specific industry needs. The six editions are debit, credit, merchant, private label, money
laundering detection and enterprise.
• Payments Management Solutions. Payments Management solutions are integrated products
bringing value-added solutions to information captured during online processing. The suite of
products includes management of dispute processing; card management and card statement
products; merchant accounting applications; and settlement and reconciliation solutions for
online and offline payment processing. The suite also includes a transaction warehouse product
that accumulates and stores e-payment transaction information for subsequent transaction
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inquiry via browser-based presentation allowing transaction monitoring, alerting and executive
analysis. These products operate on a variety of hardware platforms, including Windows NT, HP
NonStop UNIX servers and IBM mainframes.
During fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 61%, 60% and 59%, respectively, of the
Company’s total revenues were derived from licensing the BASE24 product line and providing related
services and maintenance, and approximately 82%, 81% and 78%, respectively, of ACI Worldwide
revenues were derived from licensing the BASE24 product line and providing related services and
maintenance.
Insession Technologies Business Unit
Products and services in the Insession Technologies business unit generated approximately 12%,
12% and 13% of the Company’s fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 revenues, respectively. During fiscal
2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 32%, 35% and 32%, respectively, of Insession Technologies
revenues resulted from international operations. A significant portion of the Insession Technologies
business involves the distribution of third-party products in exchange for sales agency fees.
Insession Technologies’ market is comprised of large corporations, including financial institutions,
telecommunication companies, retailers and other entities, with the need to move business data or
financial information and process business transactions electronically over public and private
communications networks. These companies typically have many different computing systems that
were not originally designed to operate together, and they typically want to preserve their investments
in existing mainframe computer systems.
The Insession Technologies business unit markets and supports a suite of electronic infrastructure
software products that facilitate communication, data movement, monitoring of systems, and business
process automation across computing systems involving mainframes, distributed computing networks,
and the Internet. The primary Company-owned software products within this business unit are ICE,
DataWise, Enguard, WebGate and WorkPoint. The primary third-party products distributed within this
business unit are GoldenGate, SQL Magic, VersaTest and AutoDBA. ICE is a networking software
product that allows applications running on the HP NonStop platform to connect with applications
running on, or access data stored on, computers that use the Systems Network Architecture protocol.
GoldenGate and DataWise are data center management enhancement software products that copy
data from one computer system and deliver it to another at the same time it is being recorded by the
first system. Enguard is a proactive monitoring, alarm and dispatching software tool. WebGate is a
product suite that allows HP NonStop computers to communicate with applications using web-based
technology. WorkPoint enables enterprises to model processes over a distributed corporate network.
SQL Magic is designed to improve system and database administration for HP NonStop computers.
VersaTest provides online testing, simulation and support utilities for HP NonStop computers.
AutoDBA helps manage and tune Oracle databases.
In fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 55%, 60% and 58%, respectively, of Insession
Technologies revenues were derived from licensing and maintenance of the ICE family of products,
and approximately 19%, 14% and 15%, respectively, of Insession Technologies revenues were derived
from licensing and maintenance of the GoldenGate product.
IntraNet Business Unit
Products and services in the IntraNet business unit generated approximately 14%, 14% and 11%
of the Company’s fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 revenues, respectively. During fiscal 2003, 2002 and
2001, approximately 25%, 20% and 32%, respectively, of IntraNet revenues resulted from international
operations.
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IntraNet’s market is comprised of global, super-regional and regional financial institutions that
provide treasury management services to large corporations. In addition, the market includes non-bank
financial institutions with the need to conduct their own internal treasury management activities.
Products in this business unit include solutions for high value payments processing, bulk
payments processing, global messaging and Continuous Link Settlement processing, and are
collectively referred to as PaymentWare. The majority of revenues from IntraNet’s PaymentWare
solution set is derived from the high value and bulk payments processing products. The high value
payments processing products are used to generate, authorize, route, settle and control high value
wire transfer transactions in domestic and international environments. The principal high value
payments processing product is Money Transfer System (“MTS”), which is used by financial institutions
to facilitate business-to-business e-payments. The MTS product operates on the IBM eServer
pSeries with AIX operating system and communicates over proprietary networks using a variety of
messaging formats, including S.W.I.F.T., EBA, Target, Ellips, CEC, RTGSplus, Fedwire, CHIPS and
Telex. The bulk payments processing product is CO-ach and is used by financial institutions to
automatically deposit paychecks and process other ACH transactions. The bulk payments product
operates exclusively on HP’s NonStop server and is targeted at large ACH originators with high
transaction volumes.
During fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 73%, 78% and 68%, respectively, of IntraNet
revenues were derived from licensing of the MTS product and providing related services and
maintenance, and approximately 16%, 7% and 17%, respectively, of IntraNet revenues were derived
from licensing of the CO-ach product and providing related services and maintenance. In fiscal 2003,
approximately $3.6 million in CO-ach software license fee revenues, which was approximately 10% of
IntraNet revenues, resulted from the completion of the final phase of an ACH project with a large
European bank.
Strategic Alliances
The Company has two major types of strategic alliances: third-party relationships, where the
Company works closely with key third parties to help ensure that its solutions address current market
needs, and product partners, where the Company markets the products of other software companies.
Key third-party relationships help the Company add value to its solutions, stay abreast of current
market conditions, and extend the Company’s reach within its core markets.
The following is a list of key third-party relationships:
• Hewlett-Packard Company
• IBM Corporation
• Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• Stratus Technologies
• Microsoft Corporation
• Diebold, Incorporated
• NCR Corporation
• Wincor Nixdorf
• VISA International
• MasterCard International Incorporated
Product partner relationships extend the Company’s product portfolio, improve the Company’s
ability to get its solutions to market rapidly and enhance the Company’s ability to deliver market-leading
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solutions. The Company shares revenues with these product partners based on relative responsibilities
for the customer account. The agreements with product partners generally grant the Company the right
to distribute or represent their products on a worldwide basis and have a term of several years.
The following is a list of currently active product partners:
• GoldenGate, Inc.
• Merlon Software Corporation
• Ascert, LLC
• Gresham Computing, PLC
• Senware, Inc.
• ESQ Business Services, Inc.
• ACE Software Solutions, Inc.
• Faircom Corporation
Services
Each business unit offers its customers a wide range of services, including analysis, design,
development, implementation, integration and training. The Company’s services organization generally
performs most of the work associated with installing and integrating its software products, rather than
relying on third-party integrators. The Company’s service professionals have extensive experience
developing custom software for clients operating on a range of computing platforms. The Company
offers the following types of services for its customers:
• Technical Services. The majority of the Company’s technical services are provided to
customers who have licensed one or more of the Company’s software products. Services
offered include programming and programming support, day-to-day systems operations,
network operations, help desk staffing, quality assurance testing, problem resolution, system
design, and performance planning and review. Technical services are typically priced on a
weekly basis according to the level of technical expertise required and the duration of the
project.
• Project Management. The Company offers a Project Management and Implementation Plan
(“PMIP”) which provides customers using the Company’s software products with a variety of
support services, including on-site product integration reviews, project planning, training, site
preparation, installation, testing and go-live support, and project management throughout the
project life cycle. The Company offers additional services, if required, on a fee basis. PMIPs are
offered for a fee that varies based on the level and quantity of included support services.
• Facilities Management. The Company offers facilities management services whereby the
Company operates a customer’s e-payments system for multi-year periods. Pricing and
payment terms for facilities management services vary on a case-by-case basis giving
consideration to the complexity of the facility or system to be managed, the level and quantity of
technical services required, and other factors relevant to the facilities management agreement.
Customer Support
Each business unit provides its customers with product support that is available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. If requested by a customer, each business unit’s product support group can
remotely access that customer’s systems on a real-time basis. This allows the product support groups
to help diagnose and correct problems to enhance the continuous availability of a customer’s
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business-critical systems. The Company offers its customers both a general maintenance plan and an
extended service option.
• General Maintenance. After software installation and project completion, the Company
provides maintenance services to customers for a monthly fee. Maintenance services include:
• 24-hour hotline for problem resolution
• Customer account management support
• Vendor-required mandates and updates
• Product documentation
• Hardware operating system compatibility
• User group membership
• Enhanced Support Program. Under the extended service option, referred to as the Enhanced
Support Program, each customer is assigned an experienced technician to work with its system.
The technician typically performs functions such as:
• Install and test software fixes
• Retrofit customer-specific software modifications (“CSMs”) into new software releases
• Answer questions and resolve problems related to CSM code
• Maintain a detailed CSM history
• Monitor customer problems on HELP24 hotline database on a priority basis
• Supply on-site support, available upon demand
• Perform an annual system review
The Company provides new releases of its products on a periodic basis. New releases of the
product, which often contain product enhancements, are typically provided at no additional fee. The
Company’s agreements with its customers permit the Company to charge for substantial product
enhancements that are not provided as part of the maintenance agreement.
Competition
The e-payments market is highly competitive and subject to rapid change. Competitive factors
affecting the market for the Company’s products and services include product functionality and
features, price, availability of customer support, ease of implementation, product and company
reputation, and a commitment to continued investment in research and development.
The Company’s most significant competition comes from in-house information technology
departments of existing and potential customers. The principal third-party competitors for the ACI
Worldwide business unit are S2 Systems, Incorporated, eFunds Corporation, Fair Isaac Corporation
and Mosaic Software Ltd. As markets continue to emerge in the e-commerce, smart card, and secure
document delivery sectors, the Company may encounter new competitors to its products and services.
In addition, the Company competes with third-party processors and other vendors offering software on
a wide range of product platforms. As e-payment transaction volumes increase and banks face higher
processing costs, third-party processors will constitute stronger competition to the Company’s efforts to
market its solutions to smaller institutions. In the larger institution market, the Company believes that
third-party processors will be less competitive since large institutions attempt to differentiate their e-
payment product offerings from their competition. The primary competitor for the Insession
Technologies business unit is Hewlett-Packard Company. In the IntraNet business unit, the Company’s
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most significant competition comes from LogicaCMG plc, Fundtech Ltd. and from in-house
development units at large financial institutions around the world.
Research and Development
The Company’s product development efforts focus on new products and improved versions of
existing products. The Company facilitates user group meetings. The user groups are generally
organized geographically or by product lines. The groups help the Company determine its product
strategy, development plans and aspects of customer support. The Company believes that the timely
development of new applications and enhancements is essential to maintain its competitive position in
the market.
In developing new products, the Company works closely with its customers and industry leaders to
determine requirements. The Company works with device manufacturers, such as Diebold, NCR and
Wincor Nixdorf, to ensure compatibility with the latest ATM technology. The Company works with
interchange vendors, such as MasterCard and Visa, to ensure compliance with new regulations or
processing mandates. The Company works with computer hardware and software manufacturers, such
as HP, IBM, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, to ensure compatibility with new operating system
releases and generations of hardware. Customers often provide additional information on requirements
and serve as beta-test partners.
The Company’s total research and development expenses during fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001
were $35.4 million, $35.0 million and $41.2 million, or 12.8%, 12.3% and 13.8% of total revenues,
respectively.
Customers
The Company provides software products and services to customers in a range of industries
worldwide, with financial institutions, retailers and e-payment processors comprising its largest industry
segments. As of September 30, 2003, the Company’s customers include 98 of the 500 largest banks in
the world, as measured by asset size, and 24 of the top 100 retailers in the United States, as
measured by revenue. As of September 30, 2003, the Company had 708 customers in 73 countries on
six continents. Of this total, 398 are in the Americas region, 167 are in the EMEA region and 143 are in
the Asia/Pacific region. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s
consolidated revenues during fiscal 2003, 2002 or 2001.
Selling and Marketing
The Company’s primary method of distribution is direct sales by employees assigned to specific
regions or specific products. In addition, the Company uses distributors and sales agents to
supplement its direct sales force in countries where business practices or customs make it appropriate,
or where it is more economical to do so. In addition, the Company has developed “channel partners” to
help create new markets for the Company’s products. The Company generates a majority of its sales
leads through existing relationships with vendors, customers and prospects, or through referrals.
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Channel partners can be in the form of lead generators, systems integrators or resellers. Channel
partners that the Company currently works with include:
• LogicaCMG plc
• Deloitte Consulting
• Computer Sciences Corporation
• Hewlett-Packard Company
• Wipro Limited
• RS Software
• Curbstone Corporation
• Thomson Financial
• Wincor Nixdorf
• Gasper Corporation
• NCR Corporation
• PlaNet, Inc.
The Company distributes the products of other vendors as complements to its existing product
lines. The Company is typically responsible for sales and marketing. The Company’s agreements with
these vendors generally provide for revenue sharing based on relative responsibilities.
In addition to its principal sales office in Omaha and a sales office in the Boston metropolitan area,
the Company has sales offices located outside the United States in Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain,
Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Naples, Sao Paulo, Seoul,
Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna, Watford and Wiesbaden.
Proprietary Rights and Licenses
The Company relies on a combination of trade secret and copyright laws, license agreements,
contractual provisions and confidentiality agreements to protect its proprietary rights. The Company
distributes its software products under software license agreements that typically grant customers
nonexclusive licenses to use the products. Use of the software products is usually restricted to
designated computers at specified locations and is subject to terms and conditions prohibiting
unauthorized reproduction or transfer of the software products. The Company also seeks to protect the
source code of its software as a trade secret and as a copyrighted work. Despite these precautions,
there can be no assurance that misappropriation of the Company’s software products and technology
will not occur.
Although the Company believes that its intellectual property rights do not infringe upon the
proprietary rights of third parties, there can be no assurance that third parties will not assert
infringement claims against the Company. Further, there can be no assurance that intellectual property
protection will be available for the Company’s products in all foreign countries.
Employees
As of September 30, 2003, the Company had a total of 1,557 employees of whom 1,111 were in
the ACI Worldwide business unit, 149 in the Insession Technologies business unit and 162 in the
IntraNet business unit. Additionally, 135 employees were in corporate administration positions,
including executive management, legal, human resources, finance, information systems, investor
relations and facility operations, providing supporting services to each of the three business units.
None of the Company’s employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement. The
Company believes that its relations with its employees are good.
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Available Information
The Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on
Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), are available free of charge on the Company’s
website at www.tsainc.com as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company files such information
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The information found on the
Company’s website is not part of this or any other report the Company files with or furnishes to the
SEC.
Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Company leases office space in Omaha, Nebraska, for its corporate headquarters, principal
product development group, and sales and support groups for the Americas. The leases for these
facilities expire in fiscal 2005 through 2008, with the principal lease terminating in fiscal 2008. The
Company’s EMEA headquarters are located in Watford, England. The leases for the Watford facilities
expire in fiscal 2009 and 2011, with the principal lease terminating in fiscal 2009. The Company’s
Asia/Pacific headquarters are located in Sydney, Australia, with the lease for this facility terminating in
fiscal 2006. Personnel within each of the Company’s business units use office space in each of these
locations. The Company also leases office space in numerous locations in the United States and in
many other countries.
The Company believes that its current facilities are adequate for its present and short-term
foreseeable needs and that additional suitable space will be available as required. The Company also
believes that it will be able to extend leases as they terminate. See Note 17 to the consolidated
financial statements for additional information regarding the Company’s obligations under its facilities
leases.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its
operations. Other than as described below, the Company is not currently a party to any legal
proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
Class Action Litigation.
In November 2002, two class action complaints were filed in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Nebraska (the “Court”) against the Company and certain individual
named defendants. The suits were filed in connection with the Company’s restatement of its prior
consolidated financial statements. The two complaints are Desert Orchid Partners v. the Company, et
al. and Nancy Rosen v. the Company, et al. Pursuant to a Court order, the two suits were consolidated
and, also in accordance with the Court order, the Court-designated lead plaintiff, Genesee County
Employees’ Retirement System, filed a First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint on
June 30, 2003 (the “Consolidated Complaint”). The lead plaintiff alleges violations of Sections
10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, on the grounds
that certain of the Company’s Exchange Act reports and press releases contained untrue statements of
material facts, or omitted to state facts necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with
regard to the Company’s revenues and expenses during the purported class period. The Consolidated
Complaint alleges that during the purported class period, the Company and the named defendants
misrepresented the Company’s historical financial condition, results of operations and its future
prospects, and failed to disclose facts that could have indicated an impending decline in the
Company’s revenues. The lead plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages, interest, fees, costs and
rescission. The class period stated in the Consolidated Complaint is January 21, 1999 through
November 18, 2002. The Company and the individual defendants filed a motion to dismiss the
Consolidated Complaint, which the lead plaintiff opposed. On November 20, 2003, the Court heard oral
arguments on the defendants’ motion to dismiss. On December 15, 2003, the Court issued its order
granting in part, and denying in part, the motion to dismiss. In particular, the Court dismissed, without
prejudice, Gregory Derkacht as a defendant. The Court denied the motion to dismiss with respect to
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the remaining defendants, including the Company. The Company and the other defendants are
required, and intend to, file an answer to the Consolidated Complaint. The Court has not yet
implemented a scheduling order.
Derivative Litigation. On January 10, 2003, Samuel Naito filed the suit of “Samuel Naito,
Derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. v. Roger K.
Alexander, Gregory D. Derkacht, Gregory J. Duman, Larry G. Fendley, Jim D. Kever, and Charles E.
Noell, III and Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.” in the State District Court in Douglas County,
Nebraska (the “Naito matter”). The suit is a shareholder derivative action that generally alleges that the
named individuals breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty and good faith owed to the Company and
its shareholders by causing the Company to conduct its business in an unsafe, imprudent and unlawful
manner resulting in damage to the Company. More specifically, the plaintiff alleges that the individual
defendants, and particularly the members of the Company’s audit committee, failed to implement and
maintain an adequate internal accounting control system that would have enabled the Company to
discover irregularities in its accounting procedures with regard to certain transactions prior to
August 2002, thus violating their fiduciary duties of loyalty and good faith, generally accepted
accounting principles and the Company’s audit committee charter. The plaintiff seeks to recover an
unspecified amount of money damages allegedly sustained by the Company as a result of the
individual defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties, as well as the plaintiff’s costs and disbursements
related to the suit.
On January 24, 2003, Michael Russiello filed the suit of “Michael Russiello, Derivatively on behalf
of nominal defendant Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. v. Roger K. Alexander, Gregory D.
Derkacht, Gregory J. Duman, Larry G. Fendley, Jim D. Kever, and Charles E. Noell, III and Transaction
Systems Architects, Inc.” in the State District Court in Douglas County, Nebraska (the “Russiello
matter”). The suit is a shareholder derivative action involving allegations similar to those in the Naito
matter. The plaintiff seeks to recover an unspecified amount of money damages allegedly sustained by
the Company as a result of the individual defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties, as well as the
plaintiff’s costs and disbursements related to the suit.
The Company filed a motion to dismiss in the Naito matter on February 14, 2003, and a motion to
dismiss in the Russiello matter on February 21, 2003. A hearing was scheduled on those motions for
March 14, 2003. Just prior to that date, plaintiffs’ counsel requested that the derivative lawsuits be
stayed pending a determination of an anticipated motion to dismiss to be filed in the class action
lawsuits when and if service of process is achieved. The Company, by and through its counsel, agreed
to that stay. As a result, no other defendants have been served and no discovery has been
commenced. The Company has not determined what effect the Court’s ruling in the class action
litigation will have on the Naito or Russiello matters.
Securities and Exchange Commission
the Company’s
restatement of its prior consolidated financial statements, the Company has been in contact with the
SEC Enforcement Division. On December 9, 2002, certain of the Company’s officers and external legal
counsel held a telephone conference with representatives of the SEC Enforcement Division. The
Company had a follow-up meeting with the SEC Enforcement Division on March 14, 2003. At this
meeting, the SEC representatives asked questions about the restatement. The SEC Enforcement
Division also requested that the Company provide additional written information regarding the
restatement. The Company supplied this information on March 21, 2003. On August 8, 2003, the
Company was informed that the SEC Enforcement Division has issued a formal order of private
investigation in connection with the Company’s restatement of its prior consolidated financial
statements. The Company intends to cooperate fully with the SEC with respect to this investigation.
In connection with
Investigation.
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003.
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Item 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The executive officers of the Company, their ages as of December 10, 2003, and their positions
are as follows:
Name
Gregory D. Derkacht. . . . . . . .
Mark R. Vipond . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anthony J. Parkinson . . . . . . .
Dennis D. Jorgensen . . . . . . .
David R. Bankhead . . . . . . . . .
Dennis P. Byrnes . . . . . . . . . .
Edward C. Fuxa. . . . . . . . . . . .
Age
Position
56 President and Chief Executive Officer
44 Senior Vice President and President — ACI Worldwide
51 Senior Vice President and President — Insession Technologies
55 Senior Vice President and President — IntraNet
54 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
40 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
40 Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Mr. Derkacht serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Derkacht joined the Company
in January 2002. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Derkacht was President of e-PROFILE, a wholly-
owned Internet banking subsidiary of Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc. from January 2000 to
February 2001. Mr. Derkacht served as President of Credit Union Systems Division, a division of
Fiserv, Inc., from August 1999 to January 2000, and served as Chief Executive Officer of Envision
Financial Technologies from July 1997 to August 1999.
Mr. Vipond serves as a Senior Vice President with primary responsibility for the ACI Worldwide
business unit. Mr. Vipond joined the Company in 1985 and has served in various capacities, including
National Sales Manager of ACI Canada, Vice President of the Emerging Technologies and Network
Systems divisions, President of the USSI, Inc. operating unit, and Senior Vice President of Consumer
Banking.
Mr. Parkinson serves as a Senior Vice President with primary responsibility for the Insession
Technologies business unit. Mr. Parkinson joined the Company in 1984 and has served in various
capacities, including Director of Sales and Marketing for EMEA, Vice President of the Emerging
Technologies and Network Systems divisions, Vice President of System Solutions Sales, and Senior
Vice President of the Enterprise Solutions Group.
Mr. Jorgensen serves as a Senior Vice President with primary responsibility for the IntraNet
business unit. Mr. Jorgensen was an employee of the Company from 1984 to 1986 and rejoined the
Company in 1998 as Vice President of Corporate Marketing. Prior to rejoining the Company in 1998,
Mr. Jorgensen was Chief Executive Officer of the American Marketing Association, a professional
association for marketing practitioners and academics.
Mr. Bankhead serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
Mr. Bankhead joined the Company in July 2003. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bankhead was Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Alysis Technologies, Inc. from February 2000 to May 2001.
in several capacities at
From September 1996
Xybernet, Inc., a provider of software and services to the financial services industry, most recently as
President and Chief Executive Officer, and currently serves on its board.
to November 1999, Mr. Bankhead served
Mr. Byrnes serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Byrnes joined
the Company in June 2003. Mr. Byrnes served as First Vice President and Senior Counsel for Bank
One Corporation from October 2002 to June 2003. From April 1996 to November 2001, Mr. Byrnes
served in several capacities, including assistant general counsel and general counsel, for Sterling
Commerce, Inc., an electronic commerce solutions provider. Prior to joining Sterling Commerce,
Mr. Byrnes served as an attorney with the national law firm of Baker & Hostetler.
Mr. Fuxa serves as Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Controller. Mr. Fuxa joined the
Company as Controller in 1997, was named Chief Accounting Officer in March 2000 and was named
Vice President in October 2001.
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PART II
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
The Company’s Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market
under the symbol TSAI. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sale
prices of the Common Stock as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market:
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003
Fourth quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
High
Low
$ 18.05 $ 8.70
5.36
4.26
4.81
11.00
7.30
10.80
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2002
Fourth quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.30
12.77
12.50
14.10
6.00
10.01
9.23
5.81
On December 10, 2003, the last sale price of the Common Stock as reported by The NASDAQ
Stock Market was $19.28 per share. As of December 10, 2003, there were 326 holders of record of the
Common Stock.
Dividends
The Company has never declared nor paid cash dividends on its Common Stock. The Company
currently intends to retain earnings to finance the growth and development of its business and does not
anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends in the future
will depend upon the financial condition, capital requirements and earnings of the Company, as well as
other factors the Board of Directors may deem relevant.
Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected financial data has been derived from the Company’s consolidated financial
statements. This data should be read together with Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and the consolidated financial statements and related
notes included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K. The financial information below is not
necessarily indicative of the results of future operations. Future results could differ materially from
historical results due to many factors, including those discussed in Item 7 in the section entitled
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Factors
That May Affect the Company’s Future Results or the Market Price of the Company’s Common Stock.”
Amounts presented are in thousands, except earnings/loss per share amounts.
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Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues:
2003
Year Ended September 30,
2001
2002
2000
1999
Software license fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 146,825 $ 158,453 $ 161,847 $ 123,231 $ 136,764
62,624
Maintenance fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85,886
Services (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
285,274
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64,583
69,729
257,543
67,173
70,062
299,082
74,213
52,001
284,667
79,187
51,279
277,291
Expenses:
Cost of software license fees . . . . . . . .
Cost of maintenance and services (3) .
Research and development. . . . . . . . . .
Selling and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill amortization (2) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of software. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25,500
61,350
35,373
54,482
56,037
—
9,290
—
242,032
35,259
31,053
62,479
35,029
57,352
55,563
—
1,524
—
243,000
41,667
43,616
76,667
41,240
71,492
61,925
14,793
36,618
8,880
355,231
(56,149)
51,505
80,670
33,377
77,005
60,302
7,553
—
—
310,412
(52,869 )
45,575
76,150
34,612
73,420
60,639
5,182
—
—
295,578
(10,304)
Other income (expense):
2,912
Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2,269)
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2,180)
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1,537)
Total other income (expense) . . . . . .
(11,841)
Income (loss) before income taxes . . . . .
(137)
Income tax (provision) benefit . . . . . . . . . .
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,325 $ 15,269 $ (80,063) $ (50,059 ) $ (11,978)
Earnings (loss) per share information (1):
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,142
(7,008 )
(533 )
(5,399 )
(58,268 )
8,209
1,759
(7,338)
(15,414)
(20,993)
(77,142)
(2,921)
1,211
(2,998)
140
(1,647)
33,612
(19,287)
1,667
(5,596)
(26)
(3,955)
37,712
(22,443)
31,744
31,744
35,558
35,707
34,116
34,116
35,326
35,572
31,667
31,667
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Diluted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
0.40 $
0.40 $
0.43 $
0.43 $
(2.35) $
(2.35) $
(1.58 ) $
(1.58 ) $
(0.38)
(0.38)
Balance Sheet Data:
2003
As of September 30,
2001
2002
2000
1999
Working capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 81,084 $ 49,466 $ 21,946 $ 60,452 $ 100,765
304,962
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10,000
Current portion of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27,739
Debt (long-term portion) . . . . . . . . . . . .
173,370
Stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299,002
29,500
39,824
108,985
263,900
15,493
9,444
122,874
267,151
18,444
24,866
102,858
272,403
25,104
44,135
83,970
(1) Prior to its acquisition in November 1998, the earnings of Media Integration BV were not subject to
income taxes. Earnings per share amounts for fiscal 1999 reflect a pro forma tax provision for
income taxes on the results of operations of this entity for the period prior to its acquisition.
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(2) Effective October 1, 2001, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
(“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which established new accounting and
reporting requirements for goodwill. Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill is no longer amortized.
(3)
In fiscal 2003, the Company adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 01-14,
“Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements Received for “Out-of-Pocket” Expenses
Incurred,” which requires (1) that reimbursements received for out-of-pocket expenses be
classified as revenue, rather than as a reduction of expenses, and (2) that comparative financial
statements for prior periods be reclassified to comply with the guidance of EITF Issue No. 01-14.
Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
The Company develops, markets, installs and supports a broad line of software products and
services primarily focused on facilitating e-payments and e-commerce. In addition to its own products,
the Company distributes or acts as a sales agent for software developed by third parties. These
products and services are used principally by financial institutions, retailers, and e-payment
processors, both in domestic and international markets. Most of the Company’s products are sold and
supported through distribution networks covering three geographic regions — the Americas, EMEA
and Asia/Pacific. Each distribution network has its own sales force and supplements this with
independent reseller and/or distributor arrangements.
Business Units
The Company’s products and services are currently organized within three operating segments,
referred to as business units — ACI Worldwide, Insession Technologies and IntraNet. The Company’s
chief operating decision makers review financial information presented on a consolidated basis,
accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues and operating income by business unit.
The following are revenues and operating income/loss for these business units for fiscal 2003, 2002
and 2001 (in thousands):
Revenues:
2003
2002
2001
ACI Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 206,408 $ 211,835 $ 226,717
38,288
Insession Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33,432
IntraNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
645
Health Payment Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 277,291 $ 284,667 $ 299,082
34,203
38,629
—
33,086
37,797
—
Operating income (loss):
ACI Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,060 $ 31,002 $ (42,671 )
(2,652 )
Insession Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1,531 )
IntraNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9,295 )
Health Payment Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 35,259 $ 41,667 $ (56,149 )
7,203
3,462
—
7,221
5,978
—
Backlog
Included in backlog are all software license fees, maintenance fees and services specified in
executed contracts to the extent that the Company believes that recognition of the related revenue will
occur within the next twelve months. Recurring backlog includes all monthly license fees, maintenance
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fees and facilities management fees. Non-recurring backlog includes other software license fees and
services.
The following table sets forth the Company’s recurring and non-recurring backlog, by business
unit, as of September 30, 2003 (in thousands):
Recurring
Non-
Recurring
Total
ACI Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 133,674 $ 53,115 $ 186,789
27,085
Insession Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18,887
IntraNet, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 167,108 $ 65,653 $ 232,761
20,978
12,456
6,107
6,431
Customers may request that their contracts be renegotiated or terminated due to a number of
factors, including mergers, changes in their financial condition, or general changes in economic
conditions in the customer’s industry or geographic location, or the Company may experience delays in
the development or delivery of products or services specified in customer contracts. Accordingly, there
can be no assurance that contracts included in recurring or non-recurring backlog will actually generate
the specified revenues or that the actual revenues will be generated within a twelve-month period.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
This disclosure is based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The
preparation of these financial statements requires that the Company make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and other
assumptions that are believed to be proper and reasonable under the circumstances. The Company
continually evaluates the appropriateness of its estimates and assumptions, including those related to
revenue recognition, provision for doubtful accounts, fair value of investments, fair value of goodwill
and software, useful lives of intangible and fixed assets, income taxes, and contingencies and
litigation, among others. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The Company believes that there are several accounting policies that are critical to understanding
the Company’s historical and future performance, as these policies affect the reported amounts of
revenue and the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates. These
critical policies, and the Company’s procedures related to these policies, are described in detail below.
See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of these accounting
policies.
Revenue Recognition, Accrued Receivables and Deferred Revenue
Software License Fees. The Company recognizes software license fee revenue in accordance
with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position (“SOP”) 97-2,
“Software Revenue Recognition,” SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition With Respect to Certain Transactions,” and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.” For software
license arrangements for which services rendered are not considered essential to the functionality of
the software, the Company recognizes revenue upon delivery, provided (1) there is persuasive
evidence of an arrangement, (2) collection of the fee is considered probable, and (3) the fee is fixed or
determinable. In most arrangements, vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value does
not exist for the license element; therefore, the Company uses the residual method under SOP 98-9 to
determine the amount of revenue to be allocated to the license element. Under SOP 98-9, the fair
value of all undelivered elements, such as postcontract customer support (maintenance or “PCS”) or
other products or services, is deferred and subsequently recognized as the products are delivered or
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the services are performed, with the residual difference between the total arrangement fee and
revenues allocated to undelivered elements being allocated to the delivered element.
When a software license arrangement includes services to provide significant production,
modification, or customization of software, those services are not separable from the software and are
accounted for in accordance with Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 45, “Long-Term
Construction-Type Contracts,” and the relevant guidance provided by SOP 81-1, “Accounting for
Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.” Accounting for services
delivered over time (generally in excess of twelve months) under ARB No. 45 and SOP 81-1 is referred
to as contract accounting. Under contract accounting, the Company generally uses the percentage-of-
completion method. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company records revenue for
the software license fee and services over the development and implementation period, with the
percentage of completion generally measured by the percentage of labor hours incurred to-date to
estimated total labor hours for each contract. For those contracts subject to percentage-of-completion
contract accounting, estimates of total revenue under the contract, which are used in current
percentage-complete computations, exclude amounts due under extended payment terms. In certain
cases, the Company provides its customers with extended terms where payment is deferred beyond
when the services are rendered. Because the Company is unable to demonstrate a history of enforcing
payment terms under such arrangements without granting concessions, the Company excludes
revenues due on extended payment terms from its current percentage-of-completion computation
because it cannot be presumed that those fees are fixed or determinable.
For software license arrangements in which a significant portion of the fee is due more than 12
months after delivery, the software license fee is deemed not to be fixed or determinable. For software
license arrangements in which the fee is not considered fixed or determinable, the software license fee
is recognized as revenue as payments become due and payable, provided all other conditions to
revenue recognition have been met. For software license arrangements in which the Company has
concluded that collection of the fees is not probable, revenue is recognized as cash is collected,
provided all other conditions to revenue recognition have been met. In making the determination of
collectibility, the Company considers the creditworthiness of the customer, economic conditions in the
customer’s industry and geographic location, and general economic conditions.
SOP 97-2 requires the seller of software that includes PCS to establish VSOE of fair value of the
undelivered element of the contract in order to account separately for the PCS revenue. For certain of
the Company’s products, VSOE of the fair value of PCS is determined by a consistent pricing of PCS
and PCS renewals as a percentage of the software license fees. In other products, the Company
determines VSOE by reference to contractual renewals, when the renewal terms are substantive. In
those cases where VSOE of the fair value of PCS is determined by reference to contractual renewals,
the Company considers factors such as whether the period of the initial PCS term is relatively long
when compared to the term of the software license or whether the PCS renewal rate is significantly
below the Company’s normal pricing practices.
Certain of the Company’s software arrangements (primarily those in the Asia/Pacific region)
include payment terms that are enforceable only upon the passage of time or customer acceptance.
For software license arrangements in which the Company’s ability to enforce payment terms depends
on customer acceptance provisions, software license fee revenue is recognized upon the earlier of the
point at which (1) the customer accepts the software products or (2) the acceptance provisions lapse.
For software license arrangements in which the Company acts as a sales agent for another
company’s products, revenues are recorded on a net basis. These include arrangements in which the
Company does not take title to the products, is not responsible for providing the product or service,
earns a fixed commission, and assumes credit risk only to the extent of its commission. For software
license arrangements in which the Company acts as a distributor of another company’s product, and in
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certain circumstances, modifies or enhances the product, revenues are recorded on a gross basis.
These include arrangements in which the Company takes title to the products and is responsible for
providing the product or service.
For software license arrangements in which the Company permits the customer to vary their
software mix, including the right to receive unspecified future software products during the software
license term, the Company recognizes revenue ratably over the license term, provided all other
revenue recognition criteria have been met. For software license arrangements in which the customer
is charged variable software license fees based on usage of the product, the Company recognizes
revenue as usage occurs over the term of the licenses, provided all other revenue recognition criteria
have been met.
Maintenance Fees. Revenues for PCS are recognized ratably over the maintenance term
specified in the contract. In arrangements where VSOE of fair value of PCS cannot be determined (for
example, a time-based software license with a duration of one year or less), the Company recognizes
revenue for the entire arrangement ratably over the PCS term.
Services. Revenues from arrangements to provide professional services on a time and materials
basis are recognized as the related services are performed.
Non-monetary Transactions. Non-monetary transactions are accounted for in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Non-monetary Transactions,”
which requires that the transfer or distribution of a non-monetary asset or liability generally be based
on the fair value of the asset or liability that is received or surrendered, whichever is more clearly
evident. In those cases where fair value of the assets exchanged is not readily determinable, the
exchange is recorded at the historical cost of the asset surrendered.
Accrued Receivables. Accrued receivables represent amounts to be billed in the near future
(less than 12 months).
Deferred Revenue. Deferred revenue includes (1) amounts currently due and payable from
customers, and payments received from customers, for software licenses, maintenance and/or
services in advance of providing the product or performing services, (2) amounts deferred whereby
VSOE of the fair value of undelivered elements in a bundled arrangement does not exist, and
(3) amounts deferred if other conditions to revenue recognition have not been met.
Provision for Doubtful Accounts
The Company maintains a general allowance for doubtful accounts based on its historical
experience, along with additional customer-specific allowances. The Company regularly monitors credit
risk exposures in its accounts receivable. In estimating the necessary level of its allowance for doubtful
accounts, management considers the aging of its accounts receivable, the creditworthiness of the
Company’s customers, economic conditions within the customer’s industry, and general economic
conditions, among other factors. Should any of these factors change, the estimates made by
management will also change, which in turn impacts the level of the Company’s future provision for
doubtful accounts. Specifically, if the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to
deteriorate, affecting their ability to make payments, additional customer-specific provision for doubtful
accounts may be required. Also, should deterioration occur in general economic conditions, or within a
particular industry or region in which the Company has a number of customers, an additional provision
for doubtful accounts may be recorded to reserve for potential future losses.
Impairment of Investments
The Company records a non-cash charge to earnings when it determines that an investment has
experienced an “other than temporary” decline in market value. To make this determination, the
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Company reviews the carrying value of its marketable equity security investments at the end of each
reporting period for impairment. Other-than-temporary impairments are generally recognized if the
market value of the investment is below its current carrying value for an extended period, which the
Company generally defines as six to nine months, or if the issuer has experienced significant financial
declines or difficulties in raising capital to continue operations, among other factors. Future adverse
changes in market conditions or poor operating results of underlying investments could result in an
inability to recover the carrying value of the recorded marketable securities, thereby possibly requiring
additional impairment charges in the future.
Impairment of Goodwill
In accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which the Company
adopted effective October 1, 2001, goodwill is no longer amortized, but is tested for impairment at the
reporting unit level at least annually utilizing a two-step methodology. The initial step requires the
Company to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the carrying value,
including goodwill, of such reporting unit. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, no impairment
loss is to be recognized. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the
goodwill of this unit may be impaired. The amount of impairment, if any, is then measured in the
second step. For impairment testing purposes, the Company has utilized the services of an
independent consultant to perform valuations of the Company’s reporting units that contained goodwill.
Capitalized Software
Software consists of internally-developed software and purchased software. The Company
capitalizes costs related to certain internally-developed software when the resulting products reach
technological feasibility. Technological feasibility is determined upon completion of a detailed program
design or internal specification. The internal specification establishes that the product can be produced
to meet its design specifications including functions, features and technical performance requirements.
Purchased software consists of software to be marketed externally that was acquired primarily as the
result of a business acquisition and costs of computer software obtained for internal use that were
capitalized.
Amortization of internally-developed software costs begins when the products are available for
licensing to customers and is computed separately for each product as the greater of (a) the ratio of
current gross revenue for the product to the total of current and anticipated gross revenue for the
product or (b) the straight-line method over three years. Due to competitive pressures, it may be
possible that the anticipated gross revenue or remaining estimated economic life of the software
products will be reduced significantly. As a result, the carrying amount of the software product may be
reduced accordingly. Amortization of purchased software is generally computed using the straight-line
method over its estimated useful life of approximately three years.
Accounting for Income Taxes
Accounting for income taxes requires significant judgments in the development of estimates used
in income tax calculations. Such judgments include, but are not limited to, the likelihood the Company
would realize the benefits of net operating loss carryforwards and/or foreign tax credits, the adequacy
of valuation allowances, and the rates used to measure transactions with foreign subsidiaries. As part
of the process of preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company is required
to estimate its income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which the Company operates. The judgments
and estimates used are subject to challenge by domestic and foreign taxing authorities. It is possible
that either domestic or foreign taxing authorities could challenge those judgments and estimates and
draw conclusions that would cause the Company to incur tax liabilities in excess of, or realize benefits
less than, those currently recorded. Changes in the geographical mix or estimated amount of annual
pretax income could impact the Company’s overall effective tax rate.
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To the extent recovery of deferred tax assets is not likely based on estimation of future taxable
income in each jurisdiction, the Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax
assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Although the Company has considered
future taxable income along with prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for
the valuation allowance, if the Company should determine that it would not be able to realize all or part
of its deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to deferred tax assets would be charged to
income in the period any such determination was made. Likewise, in the event the Company was able
to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of the net recorded amount, an adjustment to
deferred tax assets would increase income in the period any such determination was made.
Acquisition
During fiscal 2001, the Company acquired all of the outstanding securities of MessagingDirect Ltd.
(“MDL”). Shareholders of MDL received 3,357,351 shares of Common Stock (or Exchangeable Shares
of TSA Exchangeco Limited which were convertible on a one-for-one basis for shares of Common
Stock or options to purchase shares of Common Stock) with a fair market value at the time of purchase
of approximately $53.2 million. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. An independent valuation of MDL was performed and used by management as an aid in
determining the fair market value of each identifiable intangible asset. The excess purchase price over
the estimated fair value of each identifiable tangible and intangible asset acquired was allocated to
goodwill. Approximately $47.7 million of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill and $11.8 million to
software for resale.
During fiscal 2001, the Company performed an analysis of its carrying values of goodwill and
software related to its acquisition of MDL, and determined that MDL’s goodwill and MDL’s software
were impaired by $30.4 million and $8.9 million, respectively. During fiscal 2002, the Company updated
its impairment testing and determined that MDL’s goodwill was impaired by an additional $1.5 million.
During fiscal 2003, the Company updated its impairment testing and determined that the remaining
carrying value of MDL goodwill of $9.3 million was impaired. The Company utilized valuations
performed by an independent consultant for all three fiscal years during which goodwill impairment was
noted. MDL is included in the ACI Worldwide business unit.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth certain financial data and the percentage of total revenues of the
Company for the periods indicated (amounts in thousands).
2003
% of
Year Ended September 30,
2002
% of
2001
% of
Amount
Revenue
Amount
Revenue
Amount
Revenue
Revenues:
Initial license fees (ILFs) . . $ 61,542
Monthly license fees
(MLFs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85,283
Software license fees . . . . . 146,825
79,187
Maintenance fees . . . . . . . .
51,279
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . 277,291
Expenses:
Cost of software license
22.2% $ 76,742
26.9% $ 78,358
26.2%
30.7
52.9
28.6
18.5
100.0
81,711
158,453
74,213
52,001
284,667
28.7
55.6
26.1
18.3
100.0
83,489
161,847
67,173
70,062
299,082
27.9
54.1
22.5
23.4
100.0
fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25,500
9.2
31,053
10.9
43,616
14.6
Cost of maintenance and
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development
Selling and marketing . . . . .
General and administrative
Goodwill amortization . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill . . . .
Impairment of software. . . .
61,350
35,373
54,482
56,037
—
9,290
—
Total expenses . . . . . . . . 242,032
35,259
Operating income (loss) . . . . .
22.1
12.8
19.6
20.2
—
3.4
—
87.3
12.7
62,479
35,029
57,352
55,563
—
1,524
—
243,000
41,667
22.0
12.3
20.2
19.5
—
0.5
—
85.4
14.6
76,667
41,240
71,492
61,925
14,793
36,618
8,880
355,231
(56,149 )
25.6
13.8
23.9
20.7
5.0
12.2
3.0
118.8
(18.8)
Other income (expense):
Interest income . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,211
(2,998)
140
0.4
(1.1)
0.1
1,667
(5,596)
(26)
0.6
(1.9)
—
1,759
(7,338 )
(15,414 )
0.6
(2.4)
(5.2)
Total other income
(expense) . . . . . . . . . . .
(1,647)
(0.6)
(3,955)
(1.3)
(20,993 )
(7.0)
Income (loss) before income
taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33,612
Income tax provision. . . . . . . .
(19,287)
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,325
37,712
12.1
(6.9)
(22,443)
5.2% $ 15,269
(77,142 )
13.3
(7.9)
(2,921 )
5.4% $ (80,063 )
(25.8)
(1.0)
(26.8)%
Revenues. Total revenues for fiscal 2003 decreased $7.4 million, or 2.6%, from fiscal 2002. The
decrease is the result of a $11.6 million, or 7.3%, decrease in software license fee revenues and a $0.7
million, or 1.4%, decrease in services revenues, offset by a $5.0 million, or 6.7%, increase in
maintenance fee revenues. Part of this decrease resulted from the February 2002 sale of Regency
Systems, Inc. (“Regency”), which was part of the ACI Worldwide business unit. Regency contributed
approximately $2.3 million in revenues in fiscal 2002, with no related revenues in fiscal 2003. The
effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates was to increase overall revenues by
approximately $3.1 million for fiscal 2003 as compared to fiscal 2002.
Total revenues for fiscal 2002 decreased $14.4 million, or 4.8%, from fiscal 2001. The decrease is
the result of a $3.4 million, or 2.1%, decrease in software license fee revenues and a $18.1 million, or
25.8%, decrease in services revenues, offset by a $7.0 million, or 10.5%, increase in maintenance fee
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revenues. Part of this overall decrease resulted from the fiscal 2002 sale of Regency. Regency
contributed approximately $2.3 million in revenues in fiscal 2002 as compared to $8.3 million in
revenues in fiscal 2001.
For fiscal 2003 as compared to fiscal 2002, ACI Worldwide’s software license fee revenues
decreased primarily due to a shift in sales focus from the Company’s more-established products to its
newer BASE24-es product and its Payments Management products. As a result of this shift to newer
products, absent other factors, the Company will experience an increase in deferred revenues and a
corresponding decrease in revenues due to differences in the timing of revenue recognition for the
respective products. Revenues under less-established products are typically recognized upon
acceptance, or first production use by the customer, due to uncertainties surrounding customer
acceptance of the product, whereas revenues from mature products, such as BASE24, are generally
recognized upon delivery of the product (assuming all other requirements for revenue recognition have
been met). For fiscal 2003 as compared to fiscal 2002, Insession Technologies’ software license fee
revenues decreased primarily due to system consolidations and company consolidations. In addition,
as customers within the Insession Technologies business unit renew existing contracts, the renewal
contract generally has a lower proportion of the total fees that relate to initial license fees. For fiscal
2003 as compared to fiscal 2002, IntraNet’s software license fee revenues increased due to the
completion of the final phase of an ACH project with a large European bank, allowing the Company to
recognize approximately $3.6 million in revenues, offset by a decline in the number of customers
migrating from the Digital VAX-based Money Transfer System (“MTS”) product to the new RS6000-
based MTS product.
The decrease in software license fee revenues in fiscal 2002 as compared to fiscal 2001 is
primarily the result of a reduction in demand for ACI Worldwide Payment Engine products in EMEA as
well as decreases resulting from the sale of Regency in fiscal 2002, offset by increases in software
license fee revenues within the IntraNet business unit. The decrease in demand in EMEA was primarily
due to the depressed economic conditions that existed within this region. These conditions caused
many customers to reduce their information technology budgets and spending commitments. IntraNet
experienced an increase in software license fee revenues due to an increase in demand that was
primarily the result of migrating its customers from the Digital VAX-based MTS product to the new
RS6000-based MTS product.
The increase in maintenance fee revenues in both fiscal 2003 and 2002 is primarily due to growth
in the installed base of software products within the ACI Worldwide and Insession Technologies
business units, offset by decreases resulting from the sale of Regency.
The decrease in services revenues in fiscal 2003, and more noticeably in fiscal 2002, is primarily
the result of a decreased demand in the ACI Worldwide and Insession Technologies business units for
technical and project management services. This decreased demand is primarily due to (1) increased
competition in the marketplace by companies that offer services work at lower rates, (2) many larger
customers increasing their internal staffs in order to reduce their dependence on external resources
and (3) general decreases in worldwide demand for services as a result of depressed economic
conditions. In addition, IntraNet’s services revenues decreased for fiscal 2003 as compared to fiscal
2002 due to a decline in the number of customers migrating from the Digital VAX-based MTS product
to the new RS6000-based MTS product.
Expenses. Total operating expenses for fiscal 2003 decreased $1.0 million, or 0.4%, as compared
to fiscal 2002. Part of this decrease resulted from the fiscal 2002 sale of Regency. Regency contributed
approximately $4.0 million in operating expenses in fiscal 2002, with no related operating expenses in
fiscal 2003. Offsetting this decrease, however, was the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange
rates, which increased overall expenses by approximately $5.0 million for fiscal 2003 as compared to
fiscal 2002. Also, fiscal 2003 operating expenses included $9.3 million of goodwill impairment as
compared to $1.5 million of goodwill impairment in fiscal 2002.
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Total operating expenses for fiscal 2002 decreased $112.2 million, or 31.6%, as compared to
fiscal 2001. However, fiscal 2002 operating expenses included $1.5 million of goodwill impairment
whereas fiscal 2001 operating expenses included $36.6 million of goodwill impairment and $8.9 million
of software impairment. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, which the Company adopted in fiscal 2002,
goodwill is no longer amortized. In fiscal 2001, operating expenses included $14.8 million of goodwill
amortization. During the third quarter of fiscal 2001, the Company implemented a corporate
restructuring plan whereby it closed or significantly reduced the size of certain product development
organizations and geographic sales offices. In addition to these specific corporate restructuring actions,
during fiscal 2002 and 2001, the Company reduced overall headcount levels through attrition or
delayed hiring decisions, resulting in reduced operating expenses in fiscal 2002. Part of this overall
decrease resulted from the fiscal 2002 sale of Regency. Regency recorded approximately $4.0 million
in operating expenses in fiscal 2002 as compared to $11.6 million in operating expenses in fiscal 2001.
Total staff (including both employees and independent contractors) was 1,557 at September 30, 2003,
1,586 at September 30, 2002, and 1,839 at September 30, 2001.
Cost of software license fees for fiscal 2003 decreased $5.6 million, or 17.9%, as compared to
fiscal 2002. This decrease was due primarily to a decrease in amortization for software products that
are now fully amortized of $4.6 million for fiscal 2003, as well as decreases in personnel-related
expenses due to reduced staff levels. In addition, distributor commissions decreased due to lower
revenue levels from those sources. Cost of software license fees for fiscal 2002 decreased $12.6
million, or 28.8%, as compared to fiscal 2001. This decrease was due primarily to a decrease in
personnel-related expenses, a decrease in MDL software amortization and a decrease in costs
associated with the development of the Company’s e-commerce product set.
Cost of maintenance and services for fiscal 2003 decreased $1.1 million, or 1.8%, as compared to
fiscal 2002. Cost of maintenance and services for fiscal 2002 decreased $14.2 million, or 18.5%, as
compared to fiscal 2001. These decreases were primarily the result of fewer staff (internal and
external) needed to support the Company’s ACI Worldwide and Insession Technologies services-
related business, which experienced declines in demand.
Research and development (“R&D”) costs for fiscal 2003 increased $0.3 million, or 1.0%, as
compared to fiscal 2002. R&D costs for fiscal 2002 decreased $6.2 million, or 15.1%, as compared to
fiscal 2001. R&D costs as a percentage of total revenues were 12.8%, 12.3% and 13.8% in fiscal 2003,
2002 and 2001, respectively. The Company terminated further development of certain products as part
of the fiscal 2001 corporate restructuring, causing the decrease in R&D costs since fiscal 2001.
Selling and marketing costs for fiscal 2003 decreased $2.9 million, or 5.0%, as compared to fiscal
2002. This decrease was due primarily to a decreased emphasis on advertising and promotional
programs, offset by increased sales commissions. Although software license fee revenues decreased
primarily due to a shift in sales focus from the Company’s more-established products to its newer
products, sales commissions increased since they are paid based on contract values rather than level
of revenues recorded. Selling and marketing costs for fiscal 2002 decreased $14.1 million, or 19.8%,
as compared to fiscal 2001. This decrease was the result of various cost reduction efforts, including
reductions in sales staff (related to products that lacked market demand and in regions where the
economy had been deteriorating) and related travel and entertainment costs. Selling and marketing
costs as a percentage of total revenues were 19.6%, 20.2% and 23.9% in fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.
General and administrative costs for fiscal 2003 increased $0.5 million, or 0.9%, as compared to
fiscal 2002. This increase is primarily due to increased professional fees, offset by reduced costs
resulting from the sale of Regency during fiscal 2002. General and administrative costs for fiscal 2002
decreased $6.4 million, or 10.3%, as compared to fiscal 2001. This decrease was attributable to
reductions in personnel and occupancy costs resulting from the fiscal 2001 corporate restructuring,
reduced costs resulting from the sale of Regency during fiscal 2002, and a reduction in bad debts
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expense, offset by an increase in accounting fees in fiscal 2002 due to the restatement of its prior
consolidated financial statements.
Other Income and Expense.
Interest expense for fiscal 2003 decreased $2.6 million, or 46.4%,
as compared to the same period of fiscal 2002. Interest expense for fiscal 2002 decreased $1.7 million,
or 23.7%, as compared to fiscal 2001. The decreases are attributable to a reduction in debt under
financing agreements (balances of $24.9 million, $43.3 million and $57.2 million at September 30,
2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively) and the repayment of borrowings outstanding under the
Company’s lines of credit (no borrowings at September 30, 2003 or 2002, compared to $12.0 million
outstanding at September 30, 2001).
Other income and expense consists of foreign currency gains and losses, and other non-operating
items. Other income in fiscal 2002 included an $8.7 million gain on sale of Regency. Other expenses in
fiscal 2002 included $8.3 million in other than temporary impairments of marketable equity securities.
Other expenses in fiscal 2001 included $8.7 million in other than temporary impairments of marketable
equity securities, $3.4 million in other than temporary declines in the market values of the Company’s
investments in various private technology companies, $1.9 million in costs associated with the
cancelled
Insession
Technologies, Inc., and a $1.2 million charge related to the Company’s transfer of its 70% ownership in
Hospital Health Plan Corporation to the minority shareholder.
the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary,
initial public offering of
Income Taxes. The effective tax rate for fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 was approximately 57.4%,
59.5% and 3.8%, respectively. The effective tax rate for fiscal 2003 was primarily impacted by a
nondeductible impairment loss on goodwill, non-recognition of tax benefits for operating losses in
certain foreign locations, recognition of a valuation allowance for foreign tax credits, and foreign tax
rate differentials, net of benefits for R&D credits and the extraterritorial income exclusion. The effective
tax rate for fiscal 2002 was primarily impacted by non-recognition of tax benefits for operating losses in
certain foreign locations, recognition of a valuation allowance for foreign tax credits, foreign tax rate
differentials, and gain on sale of subsidiary. The effective tax rate for fiscal 2001 was primarily
impacted by nondeductible impairment losses on goodwill and valuation allowances provided for
unrealized capital loss carryforward and foreign net operating loss carryforwards.
Each year, the Company evaluates its historical operating results as well as its projections for the
future to determine the realizability of the deferred tax assets. As of September 30, 2003, the Company
had deferred tax assets of $20.0 million (net of $51.8 million valuation allowance). As of September 30,
2002, the Company had deferred tax assets of $45.1 million (net of $51.0 million valuation allowance).
The Company analyzes the recoverability of its net deferred tax assets at each future reporting period.
Because unforeseen factors may affect future taxable income, increases or decreases to the valuation
reserve may be required in future periods.
The Company had foreign tax credit carryforwards at September 30, 2003 of approximately
$7.9 million, of which $2.5 million will expire in fiscal 2004 if not utilized, with remaining carryforwards
expiring in future fiscal years. The Company had domestic net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”)
for tax purposes of $5.7 million at September 30, 2003, which will begin to expire in 2008.
Approximately $2.9 million of the NOLs is attributable to the pre-acquisition periods of acquired
subsidiaries. The utilization of these NOLs may be limited pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal
Revenue Code as a result of prior ownership changes. The Company had foreign NOLs of
approximately $77.2 million, a portion of which begins to expire in fiscal 2004. A valuation allowance
has been provided for a portion of the deferred tax assets attributable to NOLs to the extent
management believes these NOLs could expire unused due to the Company’s historical and projected
losses in certain of its foreign subsidiaries. In addition, at September 30, 2003, the Company had
domestic capital loss carryforwards for tax purposes of $17.4 million, which begin to expire in 2004.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2003, the Company’s principal sources of liquidity consisted of $115.3 million
in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. The Company had no bank borrowings
outstanding as of September 30, 2003.
The Company’s net cash flows provided by operating activities in fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 were
$38.0 million, $79.0 million and $12.5 million, respectively. The decline in operating cash flows in fiscal
2003 as compared to fiscal 2002 resulted primarily from changes in billed and accrued receivables.
The improvement in operating cash flows in fiscal 2002 as compared to fiscal 2001 resulted primarily
from improved income from continuing operations. In fiscal 2001, the Company adopted an initiative to
pursue up-front payment options for its software licenses rather than extended payment options. Under
the up-front payment option, the licensee pays the license fee at the beginning of the software term
whereas under the extended payment option, the licensee pays a portion of the software license fees
at the beginning of the software term and the remaining portion over the software license term.
During fiscal 2003, the Company incurred restructuring charges totaling $2.0 million, of which $0.3
million was paid in fiscal 2003. During fiscal 2001, the Company incurred restructuring charges and
asset impairment losses totaling $5.9 million, of which $0.4 million was paid in fiscal 2003, $0.4 million
was paid in fiscal 2002 and $1.6 million was paid in fiscal 2001. Liabilities remaining at September 30,
2003 related to restructuring charges incurred in fiscal 2003 and 2001 are not expected to significantly
impact operating cash flows.
The Company’s net cash flows provided by investing activities in fiscal 2003 and 2002 were $0.1
million and $1.4 million, respectively, as compared to $5.2 million used in investing activities in fiscal
2001. Several factors affected the comparison in activity between fiscal years. In fiscal 2003, $3.1
million was used for purchases of software, property and equipment, which were partially offset by
proceeds from the sale of marketable securities of $2.5 million. The sale of Regency during fiscal 2002
provided cash flows of $5.4 million, which was offset by $4.9 million used for purchases of software,
property and equipment. In fiscal 2001, $5.2 million was used for purchases of software, property and
equipment.
The Company’s net cash flows used in financing activities were $14.9 million and $24.4 million in
fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively, as compared to cash provided by financing activities of $1.4 million
in fiscal 2001. In the past, an important element of the cash management program was the Company’s
factoring of future revenue streams, whereby interest in its future monthly license payments under
installment or long-term payment arrangements is transferred on a non-recourse basis to third-party
financial institutions in exchange for cash. The Company did not factor any future revenue streams
during fiscal 2003, but made payments to the third-party financial institutions totaling $19.2 million. Also
during fiscal 2003, the Company received $4.7 million from the sale and exercise of stock options.
During fiscal 2002, the Company generated cash proceeds from the factoring of future revenue
streams of $7.6 million, offset by payments made to the third-party financial institutions of $21.5 million,
and payments on its bank line of credit facilities of $12.0 million. During fiscal 2001, the Company
generated cash proceeds from the factoring of future revenue streams of $19.2 million, offset by
payments made to the third-party financial institutions of $13.3 million, and payments on its bank line of
credit facilities of $5.9 million.
The Company’s also realized an increase in cash of $2.9 million during fiscal 2003 due to foreign
exchange rate variances.
The Company believes that its existing sources of liquidity, including cash on hand, marketable
securities and cash provided by operating activities, will satisfy the Company’s projected liquidity
requirements for the foreseeable future.
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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
The Company leases office space, equipment and the corporate aircraft under operating leases
that run through February 2011. In addition, the Company has sold the rights to future payment
streams under software license arrangements with extended payment terms to financial institutions for
cash. The Company records the proceeds received from these financing agreements as debt and
reduces the debt principal as payments are made. Contractual obligations as of September 30, 2003
are as follows (in thousands):
Payments Due by Period
More
than 5
years
Contractual Obligations
Operating Lease Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34,921 $ 10,229 $ 14,943 $ 9,270 $ 479
Debt — Financing Agreement Obligations . . . .
—
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 59,858 $ 25,722 $ 24,387 $ 9,270 $ 479
Less
than 1
year
3-5
years
1-3
years
15,493
24,937
9,444
Total
—
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2002,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
issued FASB
Interpretation No. (“FIN”) 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees,
including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” FIN 45 requires a guarantor to recognize a
liability, at the inception of the guarantee, for the fair value of obligations it has undertaken in issuing
the guarantee and also requires more detailed disclosures with respect to guarantees. FIN 45 is
effective for guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002 and requires additional
disclosures for existing guarantees. The adoption of FIN 45 did not impact the Company’s financial
position or results of operations.
the FASB
In December 2002,
issued SFAS No. 148,
for Stock-Based
Compensation — Transition and Disclosure,” which amended SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-
Based Compensation.” In addition to requiring prominent disclosures in both annual and interim
financial statements about the method used to account for stock-based employee compensation and
the corresponding effect on reported results, SFAS No. 148 provides alternative methods of voluntarily
transitioning to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation.
Although the Company has adopted the disclosure provisions required by SFAS No. 148, it does not
expect to voluntarily adopt the fair value based method of accounting for its stock-based compensation
plans. The adoption of SFAS No. 148 did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
“Accounting
In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with
Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity,” which establishes standards for how an issuer classifies
and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS
No. 150 was effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and for pre-
existing instruments as of July 1, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 150 did not impact the Company’s
financial position or results of operations.
In May 2003, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) finalized certain provisions within EITF
Issue No. 00-21, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables,” which addresses accounting for
arrangements that include multiple revenue-generating activities. EITF Issue No. 00-21 discusses how
to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables contain more than one unit of
accounting, and how consideration received pursuant to such an arrangement should be measured
and allocated to the separate units of accounting. The guidance provided by EITF Issue No. 00-21 was
effective for revenue arrangements entered into by the Company after June 30, 2003. The adoption of
EITF Issue No. 00-21 did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
In May 2003, the EITF reached a consensus on certain provisions within EITF Issue No. 01-08,
“Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease.” EITF Issue No. 01-08 discusses how to
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determine whether an arrangement contains a lease and if it does, how the lease element of the
arrangement should be classified, measured and disclosed. The guidance provided by EITF Issue
No. 01-08 was effective for arrangements agreed to, committed to or modified by the Company after
June 30, 2003. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 01-08 did not impact the Company’s financial position
or results of operations.
Factors That May Affect the Company’s Future Results or the Market Price of the Company’s
Common Stock
The Company operates in a rapidly changing technological and economic environment that
presents numerous risks. Many of these risks are beyond the Company’s control and are driven by
factors that often cannot be predicted. The following discussion highlights some of these risks:
• The Company’s calculation of backlog is based on customer contracts that exist on the date of
the calculation. A number of factors may change after the date of calculation that could result in
actual revenues being less than the amounts contained in backlog. The Company’s customers
may attempt to renegotiate or terminate their contracts due to a number of factors, including
mergers, changes in their financial condition, or general changes in economic conditions in their
industries or geographic locations, or the Company may experience delays in the development
or delivery of products or services specified in customer contracts. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance that contracts included in recurring or non-recurring backlog will actually generate the
specified revenues or that the actual revenues will be generated within a one-year period.
• The SEC Enforcement Division has issued a formal order of private investigation in connection
with the Company’s restatement of its prior consolidated financial statements. Although the
Company has fully cooperated with the SEC in this matter and intends to continue to fully
cooperate, the SEC may determine that the Company has violated federal securities laws. The
Company cannot predict when this investigation will be completed or what the outcome will be.
If the SEC makes a determination that the Company has violated federal securities laws, the
Company may face sanctions including, but not limited to, significant monetary penalties and
injunctive relief. The findings and outcome of the SEC investigation may also affect the class
action and derivative lawsuits that are pending. There is risk that the investigation could result in
substantial costs and divert management attention and resources, which could adversely affect
the Company’s business.
• The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the claims made in various lawsuits filed
against the Company and certain directors and officers relating to its restatement of prior
consolidated financial results. The Company intends to defend these lawsuits vigorously, but
cannot predict their outcomes and is not currently able to evaluate the likelihood of its success
or the range of potential loss, if any. However, if the Company were to lose any of these lawsuits
or if they were not settled on favorable terms, the judgment or settlement could have a material
adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
The Company has insurance that provides an aggregate coverage of $20.0 million for the period
during which the claims were filed, but cannot evaluate at this time whether such coverage will
be available or adequate to cover losses, if any, arising out of these lawsuits. If these policies do
not adequately cover expenses and liabilities relating to these lawsuits, the Company’s
consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially
harmed. The Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that it will indemnify and advance
expenses to its directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. The
indemnification covers any expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred by a person, by reason
of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer, in connection with
the investigation, defense and settlement of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
proceeding or claim.
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Additional related suits against the Company may be commenced in the future. The Company
will fully analyze these allegations once all of the complaints are received and intends to
vigorously defend against them. There is a risk that the above-described litigation, as well as
any additional suits, could result in substantial costs and divert management attention and
resources, which could adversely affect the Company’s business.
• New accounting standards, revised interpretations or guidance regarding existing standards, or
changes in our business practices could result in future changes to the Company’s revenue
recognition or other accounting policies. These changes could have a material adverse effect on
the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
• The Company is subject to income taxes, as well as non-income based taxes, in the United
States and in various foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the
Company’s worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities. The Company’s
foreign subsidiaries could face challenges from various foreign tax authorities and it is not
certain that the local authorities will accept the Company’s tax positions. The Company believes
its tax positions comply with applicable tax law and it intends to defend its positions. Although
the Company believes it has adequately provided for any probable outcome related to these
matters and does not anticipate any material earnings impact from their ultimate settlement or
resolution, differing positions on certain issues could be upheld by foreign tax authorities, which
could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
• No assurance can be given that operating results will not vary. Fluctuations in quarterly
operating results may result in volatility in the Company’s stock price. The Company’s stock
price may also be volatile, in part, due to external factors such as announcements by third
parties or competitors, inherent volatility in the high-technology sector and changing market
conditions in the industry. The Company’s stock price may also become volatile, in part, due to
the announced SEC formal order of private investigation related to the Company’s restatement of
its prior consolidated financial statements.
• The Company has historically derived a majority of its total revenues from international
operations and anticipates continuing to do so, and is thereby subject to risks of conducting
international operations including: difficulties in staffing and management, reliance on
independent distributors, longer payment cycles, volatilities of foreign currency exchange rates,
compliance with foreign regulatory requirements, variability of foreign economic conditions, and
changing restrictions imposed by U.S. export laws.
• Historically, a majority of the Company’s total revenues resulted from licensing its BASE24
product line and providing related services and maintenance. Any reduction in demand for, or
increase in competition with respect to, the BASE24 product line could have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
• The Company has historically derived a substantial portion of its revenues from licensing of
software products that operate on HP NonStop servers. Prior to its merger with HP, Compaq
Computer Corporation announced a plan to consolidate its high-end performance enterprise
servers on the Intel Corp. Itanium microprocessor by 2004. Any reduction in demand for the HP
NonStop servers or in HP’s ability to deliver products on a timely basis could have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company
has not determined whether consolidation of the high-end servers, if it occurs as announced, will
materially affect the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.
• The Company’s BASE24-es product is a significant new product for the Company. If the
Company is unable to generate adequate sales of BASE24-es, if market acceptance of
BASE24-es is delayed, or if the Company is unable to successfully deploy BASE24-es in
production environments, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations
could be materially adversely affected.
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• The Company’s business is concentrated in the banking industry, making it susceptible to a
downturn in that industry. Further, banks are continuing to consolidate, decreasing the overall
number of potential buyers of the Company’s products and services.
• The Company may acquire new products and services or enhance existing products and
services through acquisitions of other companies, product lines, technologies and personnel, or
through investments in other companies. Any acquisition or investment may be subject to a
number of risks, including diversion of management time and resources, disruption of the
Company’s ongoing business, difficulties in integrating acquisitions, dilution to existing
stockholders if the Company’s common stock is issued in consideration for an acquisition or
investment, the incurring or assuming indebtedness or other liabilities in connection with an
acquisition, and lack of familiarity with new markets, product lines and competition. The failure to
manage acquisitions or investments, or successfully integrate acquisitions, could have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of
operations.
• To protect its proprietary rights, the Company relies on a combination of contractual provisions,
including customer licenses that restrict use of the Company’s products, confidentiality
agreements and procedures, and trade secret and copyright laws. Despite such efforts, the
Company may not be able to adequately protect its proprietary rights, and the Company’s
competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate products or design around
any rights the Company believes to be proprietary. This may be particularly true in countries
other than the United States because some foreign laws do not protect proprietary rights to the
same extent as certain laws of the United States. Any failure or inability of the Company to
protect its proprietary rights could materially adversely affect the Company.
• There has been a substantial amount of litigation in the software industry regarding intellectual
property rights. The Company anticipates that software product developers and providers of
electronic commerce solutions could increasingly be subject to infringement claims, and third
parties may claim that the Company’s present and future products infringe their intellectual
property rights. Any claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, result in costly
litigation, cause product delivery delays or require the Company to enter into royalty or licensing
agreements. Royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms
acceptable to the Company or at all, which could adversely affect the Company’s business. A
successful claim by a third party of intellectual property infringement by the Company could
compel the Company to enter into costly royalty or license agreements, or require the Company
to pay significant damages or even require the Company to stop selling certain products.
• The Company’s software products are complex. They may contain undetected errors or failures
when first introduced or as new versions are released. This may result in loss of, or delay in,
market acceptance of the Company’s products and a corresponding loss of sales or revenues.
Customers depend upon the Company’s products for mission-critical applications. Software
product errors or failures could subject the Company to product liability, as well as performance
and warranty claims, which could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Company conducts business in all parts of the world and is thereby exposed to market risks
related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. As a general rule, the Company’s revenue
contracts are denominated in U.S. dollars. Thus, any decline in the value of local foreign currencies
against the U.S. dollar results in the Company’s products and services being more expensive to a
potential foreign customer, and in those instances where the Company’s goods and services have
already been sold, may result in the receivables being more difficult to collect. The Company does at
times enter into revenue contracts that are denominated in the currency of the country in which it has
substantive operations, principally the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Singapore. This practice
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serves as a natural hedge to finance the local currency expenses incurred in those locations. The
Company has not entered into any foreign currency hedging transactions. The Company does not
purchase or hold any derivative financial instruments for the purpose of speculation or arbitrage.
Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The required consolidated financial statements and notes thereto are included in this annual report
on Form 10-K and are listed in Part IV, Item 15.
Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
As reported in the Company’s fiscal 2002 annual report on Form 10-K, management and KPMG
LLP (“KPMG”), the Company’s independent public accountants, advised the Company’s Audit
Committee that during the course of the fiscal 2002 audit, deficiencies in internal controls were noted
relating to:
• revenue recognition procedures;
• formal policies and procedures for significant transactions;
• centralized oversight for international operations;
• timely reconciliation of general ledger accounts; and
• staffing and training of personnel.
During fiscal 2003, the Company implemented substantial corrective actions to address many of
these issues including, but not limited to, the following:
1. The Company retained an independent accounting firm to assist internal audit and other
Company personnel in the evaluation of the Company’s existing internal controls. This
evaluation process included the identification, documentation and testing of significant
controls and processes. As a result of evaluations made to-date, suggestions for
improvements in internal controls have been presented to executive management personnel,
and certain internal control enhancements have been incorporated into the Company’s
policies and procedures;
2. The Company reviewed, revised and implemented certain changes to its revenue recognition
practices and contracting management policies and procedures;
3. The Company established an internal revenue recognition committee;
4. The Company has conducted formalized training of finance, sales and other staffs;
5. The Company restructured its worldwide finance organizations to report directly to corporate
finance management personnel rather than business unit management personnel;
6. The Company hired a 30-year financial management veteran as its Chief Financial Officer to
strengthen its financial management team. Other finance personnel have also been added to
the Company’s worldwide finance organizations;
7. The Company expanded its internal audit department, including the hiring of a full-time,
experienced internal audit director (who reports directly to the Company’s Audit Committee)
and supporting audit staff; and
8. The Company established a disclosure control committee to review all public reporting.
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As a result of the above actions, considerable improvements in the Company’s internal controls
have been implemented. However, management and KPMG have advised the Company’s Audit
Committee that during the course of the fiscal 2003 audit of the Company’s financial statements, they
noted remaining deficiencies in internal controls related to timely reconciliation of intercompany
accounts and revenue recognition procedures pertaining to documentation of software delivery, as well
as evaluation and documentation of customer creditworthiness. Deficiencies were also noted related to
revenue recognition on a percentage-of-completion basis at one of the Company’s subsidiaries.
KPMG has advised the Audit Committee that these internal control deficiencies constitute
reportable conditions and, collectively, a material weakness as defined in Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 60. Certain of these internal control weaknesses may also constitute deficiencies in the
Company’s disclosure controls. The Company has performed substantial additional procedures
designed to ensure that these internal control deficiencies do not lead to material misstatements in its
consolidated financial statements and to enable the completion of KPMG’s audit of its consolidated
financial statements, notwithstanding the presence of the internal control weaknesses noted above.
Based upon an evaluation as of September 30, 2003 of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures, including these additional procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide
reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files
or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported, completely and accurately, within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange
Commission rules and forms.
The Company has initiated corrective actions to address these remaining internal control
deficiencies, and will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and internal
controls and procedures on an ongoing basis, taking corrective action as appropriate.
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Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
PART III
is
The information required by this item with respect to directors of the registrant is included in the
section entitled “Nominees” under “Proposal 1 — Election of Directors” in the Registrant’s Proxy
Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 9, 2004 (“the Proxy Statement”)
the section entitled
and
Information
“Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance”
is also
incorporated herein by reference. Information related to the audit committee and the audit committee
financial expert is included in the section entitled “Report of Audit Committee” in the Proxy Statement
and is incorporated herein by reference.
incorporated herein by
the Proxy Statement
included
in
reference.
in
Certain information regarding the Company’s executive officers is included in Item 4A, “Executive
Officers of the Registrant” in Part I of this annual report on Form 10-K.
The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial
Officers (the “Code of Ethics”), which applies to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer,
the Chief Accounting Officer, the Controller and persons performing similar functions. The full text of
the Code of Ethics is published on the Company’s website at www.tsainc.com in the Investors —
Corporate Governance section. The Company intends to disclose future amendments to, or waivers
from, certain provisions of the Code of Ethics on its website within five business days following the
adoption of such amendment or waiver.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information included in the sections entitled “Information Regarding the Board, its
“Information Regarding Executive Officer
Committees, and Director Compensation” and
Compensation” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth, as of September 30, 2003, certain information related to our
compensation plans under which shares of Common Stock are authorized for issuance:
Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
(a)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
(b)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans (excluding
securities reflected in
column (a))
(c)
5,156,298
$ 12.33
898,068
43,748
5,200,046
$ 11.03
$ 12.32
17,025
915,093
Plan category
Equity compensation plans
approved by security
holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity compensation plans
not approved by security
holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Information regarding the equity compensation plans not approved by security holders is included
in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements. Information included in the section entitled
“Information Regarding Stock Ownership” in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information included in the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” if
any, in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Information included in the section entitled “Independent Accountants” in the Proxy Statement is
incorporated herein by reference.
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PART IV
Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Documents filed as part of the report:
(1) Financial Statements. The following index lists consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto filed as a part of this annual report on Form 10-K:
Independent Auditors' Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2003 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period
ended September 30, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for
each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period
ended September 30, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page
38
39
40
41
42
43
(2) Financial Statement Schedules. All schedules have been omitted because they are not
applicable or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes
thereto.
(3) Exhibits. The following exhibit index lists exhibits incorporated by reference or filed as a
part of this annual report on Form 10-K:
Exhibit No.
(1)
3.01
EXHIBIT INDEX
Description
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, and
amendments thereto
3.02
4.01
10.01
10.02
10.03
10.04
10.05
10.06
10.07
(2) Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, and First Amendment thereto
(3) Form of Common Stock Certificate
(4) * Stock and Warrant Holders Agreement, dated as of December 30, 1993
(5) * ACI Holding, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan
(6) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan
(7) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 1997 Management Stock Option Plan
(8) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
(9) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan Trust Agreement
(10)
*
Severance Compensation Agreements between Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
and certain officers, including executive officers
10.08 (11) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
10.09 (12) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
10.10 (13) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 2000 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
10.11
Stock Option Agreement between Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and
(14)
*
Gregory J. Duman
10.12 (15) * Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
10.13
Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Transaction
*
10.14
(16)
*
Severance Compensation Employment Agreement between Transaction Systems
Systems Architects, Inc. and Gregory D. Derkacht (filed herewith)
Architects, Inc. and Gregory D. Derkacht
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Exhibit No.
10.15
10.16
10.17
10.18
10.19
21.01
23.01
31.01
31.02
32.01
32.02
Description
Severance Compensation Agreement between Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
and certain officers, including executive officers (filed herewith)
Severance Compensation Agreement (Change in Control) between Transaction
Systems Architects, Inc. and certain officers, including executive officers (filed
herewith)
Indemnification Agreement between Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and certain
officers, including executive officers (filed herewith)
Separation Agreement and General Release between David Stokes and Transaction
Systems Architects, Inc. (filed herewith)
Separation Agreement and General Release between Dwight Hanson and
*
*
*
*
*
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (filed herewith)
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (filed herewith)
Independent Auditors’ Consent (filed herewith)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 13a-14, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 13a-14, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 33-88292
on Form S-1.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.02 to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1999.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 33-88292
on Form S-1.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.09 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 33-88292
on Form S-1.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 33-88292
on Form S-1.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.07 to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1996.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.24 to the registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended March 31, 1997.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 333-67987
on Form S-8.
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 333-67987
on Form S-8.
(10) Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.32 to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1999.
(11) Incorporated by reference to appendix A to the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2002 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.
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(12) Incorporated by reference to appendix C to the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2001 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.
(13) Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.33 to the registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June 30, 2000.
(14) Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 333-75964
on Form S-8.
(15) Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1(1) to the registrant’s Registration Statement No. 333-
88024 on Form S-8.
(16) Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.02 to the registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended March 31, 2003.
*
Denotes exhibit that constitutes a management contract, or compensatory plan or
arrangement.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
• The Company filed a current report on Form 8-K on July 15, 2003 announcing the appointment
of David R. Bankhead, a 30-year financial management veteran, as the Company’s Chief
Financial Officer.
• The Company filed a current report on Form 8-K on July 29, 2003 announcing its results for the
quarterly period ending June 30, 2003.
• The Company filed a current report on Form 8-K on August 1, 2003 announcing that on July 29,
2003, the Company held a teleconference and web cast discussing its financial performance for
the quarterly period ending June 30, 2003. A copy of the teleconference/web cast was attached
thereto.
• The Company filed a current report on Form 8-K on August 11, 2003 disclosing that the
Company issued a press release on August 8, 2003 announcing that the Securities and
Exchange Commission issued a formal order of private investigation with respect to the
Company’s restatement of its prior period financial statements. A copy of the press release was
attached thereto.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.:
the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Transaction Systems
We have audited
Architects, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2003. These consolidated financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
September 30, 2003 and 2002, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
As discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the provisions
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets,” as of October 1, 2001.
Omaha, Nebraska
October 27, 2003
/s/ KPMG LLP
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TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share amounts)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marketable securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Billed receivables, net of allowances of $4,037 and $3,613, respectively . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recoverable income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income taxes, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income taxes, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets
Current liabilities:
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
September 30,
2003
2002
$ 113,986
1,296
42,225
9,592
11,985
10,316
5,104
194,504
9,405
2,319
46,425
9,638
1,609
$ 263,900
$ 87,894
3,757
35,755
13,132
—
17,554
5,192
163,284
11,597
5,609
55,947
27,546
3,168
$ 267,151
Current portion of debt — financing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued employee compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debt — financing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 15,493
6,965
9,822
9,714
—
70,798
628
113,420
9,444
17,689
473
141,026
$ 18,444
7,348
7,583
12,126
7,847
59,598
872
113,818
24,866
23,860
1,749
164,293
Commitments and contingencies (Note 17)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 5,450,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and
outstanding at September 30, 2003 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Class A Common Stock, $.005 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 37,660,731
and 36,887,805 shares issued at September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively . . . .
Class B Common Stock, $.005 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares
issued and outstanding at September 30, 2003 and 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Treasury stock, at cost, 1,476,145 shares at September 30, 2003 and 2002. . . . . . . .
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
188
—
183
—
(35,258 )
235,767
(69,602 )
(8,221 )
122,874
$ 263,900
—
(35,258)
228,465
(83,927)
(6,605)
102,858
$ 267,151
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Year Ended September 30,
2002
2001
2003
Revenues:
Software license fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 146,825 $ 158,453 $ 161,847
67,173
Maintenance fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70,062
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299,082
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74,213
52,001
284,667
79,187
51,279
277,291
Expenses:
Cost of software license fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost of maintenance and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selling and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25,500
61,350
35,373
54,482
56,037
—
9,290
—
242,032
35,259
31,053
62,479
35,029
57,352
55,563
—
1,524
—
243,000
41,667
43,616
76,667
41,240
71,492
61,925
14,793
36,618
8,880
355,231
(56,149)
Other income (expense):
1,759
Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7,338)
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(15,414)
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(20,993)
Total other income (expense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(77,142)
Income (loss) before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income tax provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2,921)
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,325 $ 15,269 $ (80,063)
1,211
(2,998)
140
(1,647)
33,612
(19,287)
1,667
(5,596 )
(26 )
(3,955 )
37,712
(22,443 )
Earnings (loss) per share information:
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35,558
35,707
35,326
35,572
34,116
34,116
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Diluted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
0.40 $
0.40 $
0.43 $
0.43 $
(2.35)
(2.35)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands, except share amounts)
Balance, September 30, 2000. . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive income information:
Net loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation
Class A
Common
Stock
$ 165
—
adjustments adjustments . . . . .
—
Change in unrealized investment
holding loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive loss . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of Class A Common Stock for
purchase of MessagingDirect, Ltd. .
Sale of Class A Common Stock
pursuant to Employee Stock
Purchase Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . .
Tax benefit of stock options exercised
Balance, September 30, 2001. . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive income information:
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation
—
1
—
—
183
—
adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
Change in unrealized investment
holding loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale of Class A Common Stock
pursuant to Employee Stock
Purchase Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . .
Tax benefit of stock options exercised
Balance, September 30, 2002. . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive income information:
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation
—
—
—
—
183
—
adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
Change in unrealized investment
holding loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale of Class A Common Stock
pursuant to Employee Stock
Purchase Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . .
Tax benefit of stock options exercised
Stock option compensation . . . . . . . .
Loss on redemption of redeemable
preferred stock of subsidiary
company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of Class A Common Stock
—
—
5
—
—
—
Treasury
Stock
$ (35,258)
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
$ 171,920
Accumulated
Deficit
$ (19,133)
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
$ (8,709 )
Total
$ 108,985
—
(80,063)
—
(80,063)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
17
—
53,155
—
—
—
(35,258)
1,464
374
213
227,126
—
15,269
—
—
—
(35,258)
1,203
73
63
228,465
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(99,196)
—
—
—
—
—
(83,927)
(3,168 )
(3,168)
2,992
2,992
(80,239)
—
53,172
—
—
—
(8,885 )
—
126
2,154
—
—
—
(6,605 )
1,465
374
213
83,970
15,269
126
2,154
17,549
1,203
73
63
102,858
—
14,325
—
14,325
—
—
1,027
4,720
1,518
62
(125)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$ (69,602)
(1,858 )
(1,858)
242
—
—
—
—
—
242
12,709
1,027
4,725
1,518
62
(125)
—
$ (8,221 )
100
$ 122,874
pursuant to redemption of
redeemable preferred stock of
subsidiary company. . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2003. . . . . . . . .
—
$ 188
—
$ (35,258)
100
$ 235,767
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Year Ended September 30,
2002
2003
2001
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
$ 14,325
$ 15,269
$ (80,063)
activities:
Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gain on sale of business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss on sale of marketable securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non cash and other impairment charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairments of goodwill and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Billed and accrued receivables, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued employee compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,063
3,976
—
188
—
9,290
25,146
(1,255 )
292
(3,829 )
230
1,812
(2,407 )
(18,314 )
3,114
319
6,493
9,392
(8,743 )
—
8,394
1,524
12,586
28,004
3,869
(570 )
(6,227 )
585
(5,640 )
2,682
11,281
74
8,002
32,211
—
—
9,469
45,498
(13,256)
2,241
1,049
3,862
(4,257)
(4,598)
(3,604)
10,939
3,905
1,057
Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37,950
78,973
12,455
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of software and distribution rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net proceeds from sale of business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash received from acquired business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2,517 )
(602 )
—
2,515
—
720
(3,812 )
(1,045 )
5,429
237
—
550
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
1,359
(2,595)
(2,633)
—
373
1,092
(1,391)
(5,154)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of Class A Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sale and exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments on lines of credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from debt financing arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments on debt financing arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,027
4,725
—
—
(19,243 )
(1,369 )
1,203
73
(12,000 )
7,600
(21,529 )
225
1,465
374
(5,925)
19,177
(13,262)
(405)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(14,860 )
(24,428 )
1,424
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,886
(14 )
147
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26,092
87,894
$ 113,986
55,890
32,004
$ 87,894
8,872
23,132
$ 32,004
Supplemental cash flow information:
Income taxes paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest paid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 9,979
3,103
$ 7,758
5,675
$ 5,826
7,373
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements
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TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of Business
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively
referred to as “TSA” or the “Company”), develop, market, install and support a broad line of software
products and services primarily focused on facilitating electronic payments and electronic commerce.
In addition to its own products, the Company distributes, or acts as a sales agent for, software
developed by third parties. These products and services are used principally by financial institutions,
retailers, and e-payment processors, both in domestic and international markets.
The Company derives a substantial portion of its total revenues from licensing its BASE24 family
of software products and providing services and maintenance related to those products. During fiscal
2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 61%, 60%, and 59%, respectively, of the Company’s total
revenues were derived from licensing the BASE24 product line and providing related services and
maintenance. A substantial majority of the Company’s licenses are time-based (“term”) licenses.
Consolidated Financial Statements
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned
subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates in Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts previously reported have been reclassified to conform to the current year
presentation.
Revenue Recognition, Accrued Receivables and Deferred Revenue
Software License Fees. The Company recognizes software license fee revenue in accordance
with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position (“SOP”) 97-2,
“Software Revenue Recognition,” SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition With Respect to Certain Transactions,” and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.” For software
license arrangements for which services rendered are not considered essential to the functionality of
the software, the Company recognizes revenue upon delivery, provided (1) there is persuasive
evidence of an arrangement, (2) collection of the fee is considered probable, and (3) the fee is fixed or
determinable. In most arrangements, vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value does
not exist for the license element; therefore, the Company uses the residual method under SOP 98-9 to
determine the amount of revenue to be allocated to the license element. Under SOP 98-9, the fair
value of all undelivered elements, such as postcontract customer support (maintenance or “PCS”) or
other products or services, is deferred and subsequently recognized as the products are delivered or
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
the services are performed, with the residual difference between the total arrangement fee and
revenues allocated to undelivered elements being allocated to the delivered element.
When a software license arrangement includes services to provide significant production,
modification, or customization of software, those services are not separable from the software and are
accounted for in accordance with Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 45, “Long-Term
Construction-Type Contracts,” and the relevant guidance provided by SOP 81-1, “Accounting for
Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.” Accounting for services
delivered over time (generally in excess of twelve months) under ARB No. 45 and SOP 81-1 is referred
to as contract accounting. Under contract accounting, the Company generally uses the percentage-of-
completion method. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company records revenue for
the software license fee and services over the development and implementation period, with the
percentage of completion generally measured by the percentage of labor hours incurred to-date to
estimated total labor hours for each contract. For those contracts subject to percentage-of-completion
contract accounting, estimates of total revenue under the contract, which are used in current
percentage-complete computations, exclude amounts due under extended payment terms. In certain
cases, the Company provides its customers with extended terms where payment is deferred beyond
when the services are rendered. Because the Company is unable to demonstrate a history of enforcing
payment terms under such arrangements without granting concessions, the Company excludes
revenues due on extended payment terms from its current percentage-of-completion computation
because it cannot be presumed that those fees are fixed or determinable.
For software license arrangements in which a significant portion of the fee is due more than 12
months after delivery, the software license fee is deemed not to be fixed or determinable. For software
license arrangements in which the fee is not considered fixed or determinable, the software license fee
is recognized as revenue as payments become due and payable, provided all other conditions to
revenue recognition have been met. For software license arrangements in which the Company has
concluded that collection of the fees is not probable, revenue is recognized as cash is collected,
provided all other conditions to revenue recognition have been met. In making the determination of
collectibility, the Company considers the creditworthiness of the customer, economic conditions in the
customer’s industry and geographic location, and general economic conditions.
SOP 97-2 requires the seller of software that includes PCS to establish VSOE of fair value of the
undelivered element of the contract in order to account separately for the PCS revenue. For certain of
the Company’s products, VSOE of the fair value of PCS is determined by a consistent pricing of PCS
and PCS renewals as a percentage of the software license fees. In other products, the Company
determines VSOE by reference to contractual renewals, when the renewal terms are substantive. In
those cases where VSOE of the fair value of PCS is determined by reference to contractual renewals,
the Company considers factors such as whether the period of the initial PCS term is relatively long
when compared to the term of the software license or whether the PCS renewal rate is significantly
below the Company’s normal pricing practices.
Certain of the Company’s software arrangements (primarily those in the Asia/Pacific region)
include payment terms that are enforceable only upon the passage of time or customer acceptance.
For software license arrangements in which the Company’s ability to enforce payment terms depends
on customer acceptance provisions, software license fee revenue is recognized upon the earlier of the
point at which (1) the customer accepts the software products or (2) the acceptance provisions lapse.
For software license arrangements in which the Company acts as a sales agent for another
company’s products, revenues are recorded on a net basis. These include arrangements in which the
Company does not take title to the products, is not responsible for providing the product or service,
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earns a fixed commission, and assumes credit risk only to the extent of its commission. For software
license arrangements in which the Company acts as a distributor of another company’s product, and in
certain circumstances, modifies or enhances the product, revenues are recorded on a gross basis.
These include arrangements in which the Company takes title to the products and is responsible for
providing the product or service.
For software license arrangements in which the Company permits the customer to vary their
software mix, including the right to receive unspecified future software products during the software
license term, the Company recognizes revenue ratably over the license term, provided all other
revenue recognition criteria have been met. For software license arrangements in which the customer
is charged variable software license fees based on usage of the product, the Company recognizes
revenue as usage occurs over the term of the licenses, provided all other revenue recognition criteria
have been met.
Maintenance Fees. Revenues for PCS are recognized ratably over the maintenance term
specified in the contract. In arrangements where VSOE of fair value of PCS cannot be determined (for
example, a time-based software license with a duration of one year or less), the Company recognizes
revenue for the entire arrangement ratably over the PCS term.
Services. Revenues from arrangements to provide professional services on a time and materials
basis are recognized as the related services are performed.
Non-monetary Transactions. Non-monetary transactions are accounted for in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Non-monetary Transactions,”
which requires that the transfer or distribution of a non-monetary asset or liability generally be based
on the fair value of the asset or liability that is received or surrendered, whichever is more clearly
evident. In those cases where fair value of the assets exchanged is not readily determinable, the
exchange is recorded at the historical cost of the asset surrendered.
Accrued Receivables. Accrued receivables represent amounts to be billed in the near future
(less than 12 months).
Deferred Revenue. Deferred revenue includes (1) amounts currently due and payable from
customers, and payments received from customers, for software licenses, maintenance and/or
services in advance of providing the product or performing services, (2) amounts deferred whereby
VSOE of the fair value of undelivered elements in a bundled arrangement does not exist, and
(3) amounts deferred if other conditions to revenue recognition have not been met.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or
less to be cash equivalents.
Marketable Securities
The Company accounts for its investments in marketable equity securities in accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in
Debt and Equity Securities.” The Company’s portfolio consists of securities classified as available-for-
sale, which are recorded at fair market values based on quoted market prices. Net unrealized gains
and losses on marketable securities (excluding other than temporary losses) are reflected in the
consolidated financial statements as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Net
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realized gains and losses are computed on the basis of average cost and are recognized when
realized.
Marketable securities are considered to be impaired when a decline in fair value below cost basis
is determined to be other than temporary. The Company continually monitors its investment holdings
for evidence of impairment by evaluating, among other factors, the length of time and extent to which
the fair value is less than cost, the financial condition of the business and its expected cash flows,
anticipated changes in technology, and other industry and market trends. Once a decline in fair value is
determined to be other than temporary, a write-down is recorded and a new cost basis in the security is
established.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to credit risk resulting from the
possibility that a loss may occur from the failure of another party to perform according to the terms of a
contract. The Company regularly monitors credit risk exposures. Potential concentration of credit risk in
the Company’s
financial services and
telecommunications industries, as well as with retailers, processors and networks is mitigated by the
Company’s credit evaluation procedures and geographical dispersion of sales transactions. The
Company generally does not require collateral or other security to support accounts receivable. The
following is activity in the Company’s allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable for the fiscal
years ending September 30 (in thousands):
the banking, other
receivables with
respect
to
Balance, beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,613 $ 4,180 $ 6,253
Provision charged to general and administrative
2003
2002
2001
3,164
expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amounts written off, net of recoveries. . . . . . . . . . . .
(5,237 )
Balance, end of period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,037 $ 3,613 $ 4,180
2,346
(2,913 )
532
(108)
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation of these assets is computed using the
straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
Leasehold Improvements
Computer Equipment
Office Equipment
Furniture and Fixtures
3 years
5 years
5 years
7 years
Assets under capital leases are amortized over the shorter of the asset life or the lease term.
Software
Software consists of internally-developed software and purchased software. In accordance with
SFAS No. 86, “Accounting for Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise
Marketed,” the Company capitalizes costs related to certain internally-developed software when the
resulting product reaches technological feasibility. The Company determines technological feasibility
when it has a detailed program design of a computer software product that takes product function,
feature, and technical requirements to their most detailed, logical form and is ready for coding.
Purchased software consists of software to be marketed externally that was acquired primarily as the
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result of a business acquisition (“acquired software”) and costs of computer software obtained for
internal use that were capitalized in accordance with SOP 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use” (“internal-use software”).
Amortization of internally-developed software costs to be sold or marketed begins when the
product is available for licensing to customers and is computed separately for each product as the
greater of (a) the ratio of current gross revenue for the product to the total of current and anticipated
gross revenue for the product or (b) the straight-line method over three years. Due to competitive
pressures, it may be possible that the estimates of anticipated gross revenue or remaining estimated
economic life of the software product will be reduced significantly. As a result, the carrying amount of
the software product may be reduced accordingly. Amortization of acquired and internal-use software
is generally computed using the straight-line method over its estimated useful life of three years.
Goodwill and Other Intangibles
In accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which the Company
adopted effective October 1, 2001, goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead is assessed for
impairment at least annually. During this assessment, management relies on a number of factors,
including operating results, business plans and anticipated future cash flows. In fiscal 2001, goodwill
was amortized using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of five to ten years.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. Prior to
the adoption of SFAS No. 142 on October 1, 2001, goodwill was also subject to similar impairment
testing requirements under SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and
for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of.” An impairment loss is recorded if the sum of the future cash
flows expected to result from the use of the asset (undiscounted and without interest charges) is less
than the carrying amount of the asset. The amount of the impairment charge is measured based upon
the fair value of the asset.
Debt — Financing Agreements
The Company periodically sells rights to future payment streams under software license
arrangements with extended payment terms. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards
Board’s (“FASB”) Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 88-18, “Sales of Future Revenues,”
the Company records the proceeds received from these financing agreements as debt and reduces the
debt principal as payments are made. Interest on the debt accrues monthly and is computed using the
effective interest method.
Stock-Based Compensation Plans
The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation plans under the intrinsic value method
in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and follows the
disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” as amended by
SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure.” The
Company calculates stock-based compensation pursuant to the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123
using the straight-line method over the vesting period of the option.
Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock-based compensation plans been determined
based on the fair value at the grant date of the stock options awarded under those plans, consistent
with the fair value method of SFAS No. 123, the Company’s net income/loss and earnings/loss per
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share for fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 would have approximated the following pro forma amounts (in
thousands, except per share amounts):
Net income (loss):
As reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deduct: stock-based employee compensation expense
determined under fair value based method for all awards, net
of related tax effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Add: stock-based employee compensation expense recorded
under intrinsic value method, net of related tax effects . . . . . . .
Pro forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings (loss) per share:
2003
2002
2001
$ 14,325 $ 15,269 $ (80,063)
(5,659)
(3,679 )
(4,930)
—
$ 8,703 $ 11,590 $ (84,993)
37
—
Basic and diluted, as reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basic and diluted, pro forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 0.40 $ 0.43 $
$ 0.24 $ 0.33 $
(2.35)
(2.49)
The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
Expected life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2001
6.0
2003 2002
4.2
6.0
2.8% 3.2 % 4.4 %
85% 45 % 42 %
— — —
The effects of applying SFAS No. 123 in this pro forma disclosure are not indicative of future
amounts. Additional future awards are anticipated.
Translation of Foreign Currencies
The Company’s foreign subsidiaries use the local currency of the countries in which they are
located as their functional currency. Their assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the
exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the
average exchange rates during the period. Translation gains and losses (net of tax), if material, are
reflected
financial statements as a component of accumulated other
comprehensive income. Transaction gains and losses related to intercompany accounts are not
material and are included in the determination of net income.
the consolidated
in
Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, under which
deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of
temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred
tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that some portion or all
of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company periodically assesses its tax exposures and establishes, or adjusts, estimated
reserves for probable assessments by taxing authorities, including the Internal Revenue Service,
Inland Revenue and various foreign and state authorities. Such reserves represent the estimated
provision for income taxes expected to ultimately be paid.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In October 2002,
the Company adopted EITF
“Income Statement
Characterization of Reimbursements Received for “Out-of-Pocket” Expenses Incurred,” which requires
(1) that reimbursements received for out-of-pocket expenses be classified as revenue, rather than as a
reduction of expenses, and (2) upon adoption, comparative financial statements for prior periods be
reclassified to comply with the guidance of EITF Issue No. 01-14. As a result of adopting EITF Issue
No. 01-14, results for the fiscal 2002 and 2001 were reclassified to increase revenues and increase
operating expenses by $1.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 01-
14 had no effect on operating income (loss) or net income (loss).
Issue No. 01-14,
In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. (“FIN”) 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting
and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, including indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of
Others.” FIN 45 requires a guarantor to recognize a liability, at the inception of the guarantee, for the
fair value of obligations it has undertaken in issuing the guarantee and also requires more detailed
disclosures with respect to guarantees. FIN 45 is effective for guarantees issued or modified after
December 31, 2002 and requires additional disclosures for existing guarantees. The adoption of
FIN 45 did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
the FASB
In December 2002,
issued SFAS No. 148,
for Stock-Based
Compensation — Transition and Disclosure,” which amended SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-
Based Compensation.” In addition to requiring prominent disclosures in both annual and interim
financial statements about the method used to account for stock-based employee compensation and
the corresponding effect on reported results, SFAS No. 148 provides alternative methods of voluntarily
transitioning to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation.
Although the Company has adopted the disclosure provisions required by SFAS No. 148, it does not
expect to voluntarily adopt the fair value based method of accounting for its stock-based compensation
plans. The adoption of SFAS No. 148 did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
“Accounting
In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with
Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity,” which establishes standards for how an issuer classifies
and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS
No. 150 was effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and for pre-
existing instruments as of July 1, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 150 did not impact the Company’s
financial position or results of operations.
In May 2003, the EITF finalized certain provisions within EITF Issue No. 00-21, “Revenue
Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables,” which addresses accounting for arrangements that include
multiple revenue-generating activities. EITF Issue No. 00-21 discusses how to determine whether an
arrangement involving multiple deliverables contain more than one unit of accounting, and how
consideration received pursuant to such an arrangement should be measured and allocated to the
separate units of accounting. The guidance provided by EITF Issue No. 00-21 was effective for
revenue arrangements entered into by the Company after June 30, 2003. The adoption of EITF Issue
No. 00-21 did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
In May 2003, the EITF reached a consensus on certain provisions within EITF Issue No. 01-08,
“Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease.” EITF Issue No. 01-08 discusses how to
determine whether an arrangement contains a lease and if it does, how the lease element of the
arrangement should be classified, measured and disclosed. The guidance provided by EITF Issue
No. 01-08 was effective for arrangements agreed to, committed to or modified by the Company after
June 30, 2003. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 01-08 did not impact the Company’s financial position
or results of operations.
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2. Acquisition
During fiscal 2001, the Company acquired all of the outstanding securities of MessagingDirect Ltd.
(“MDL”). MDL provides software applications to facilitate the secure delivery and e-processing of
electronic statements and bills. Shareholders of MDL received 3,357,351 shares of TSA Class A
Common Stock (“Common Stock”) (or Exchangeable Shares of TSA Exchangeco Limited which can be
converted on a one-for-one basis for shares of Common Stock or options to purchase shares of
Common Stock) with a fair market value at the time of purchase of approximately $53.2 million. The
share exchange was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. An independent
valuation of MDL was performed and used by management as an aid in determining the fair market
value of each identifiable intangible asset. Accordingly, the excess purchase price over the estimated
fair value of each identifiable tangible and intangible asset acquired was allocated to goodwill, which
was being amortized prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 142 using the straight-line method over five
years. Approximately $47.7 million of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill and $11.8 million to
software for resale.
The following represents unaudited fiscal 2001 pro forma results of operations for the MDL
acquisition as if it had occurred as of the beginning of fiscal 2001 (in thousands, except per share
amounts):
Unaudited pro forma information:
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 297,507
(82,861 )
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings per share:
Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2.37 )
(2.37 )
The pro forma financial information is shown for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily
indicative of the future results of operations of the Company or results of operations of the Company
that would have actually occurred had the transaction been in effect for the periods presented.
3. Gain on Sale of Subsidiary
On February 14, 2002, the Company sold Regency Systems, Inc. (“Regency”), which sells voice
and Internet banking solutions to small and mid-sized banks, to S1 Corporation (“S1”). Under the terms
of the transaction, S1 acquired Regency for 400,561 shares of S1 common stock with a market value
of $13.65 per share and $6.0 million in cash ($5.0 million net of expenses associated with the sale). In
connection with this transaction, the Company recorded a gain of $8.7 million during fiscal 2002. S1
shares are included in marketable securities and recorded at current market value.
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4. Marketable Securities
The cost and fair value of the Company’s marketable securities portfolio at each balance sheet
date are as follows (in thousands):
September 30, 2003
Cost
Fair Value Cost
September 30, 2002
Fair Value
TransAxis, Inc. (formerly Digital Courier
Technologies, Inc.).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Nestor, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S1 Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred compensation plan assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
8
217
1,255
$ 1,497
$
3 $
17
162
2,148
1,873
$ 1,296 $ 4,200
16
205
1,072
$
52
162
2,148
1,395
$ 3,757
As of September 30, 2002, the Company owned 1.7 million shares of Digital Courier
Technologies, Inc. (“DCTI”) common stock. DCTI supplies financial institutions, businesses and major
web portals with e-commerce, payments processing and content delivery. During fiscal 2001, the
market value of DCTI common stock declined significantly. The Company determined that this decline
was other than temporary and recorded a non-operating, non-cash charge to earnings totaling $8.7
million in fiscal 2001. During fiscal 2002, as a result of a continued decline in the value of DCTI
common stock, the Company recorded a non-operating, non-cash charge to earnings of $0.3 million.
During fiscal 2003, DCTI announced a 100-for-1 reverse stock split and changed its name to
TransAxis, Inc. As of September 30, 2003, the Company owned 17,135 shares of TransAxis, Inc.
common stock.
As of September 30, 2002, the Company owned 1.8 million shares of Nestor, Inc. (“Nestor”)
common stock. Nestor is a provider of neural-network solutions for financial, Internet and transportation
industries. The Company distributes Nestor’s PRISM intelligent fraud detection product. During fiscal
2002, the Company sold 695,500 shares of Nestor common stock for $70,000, resulting in a loss on
sale of marketable securities of $0.1 million. Also during fiscal 2002, the Company recorded a non-
operating, non-cash charge to earnings totaling $4.7 million for the other than temporary decline in the
market value of its investment in Nestor. During fiscal 2003, Nestor announced a 10-for-1 reverse
stock split. During fiscal 2003, the Company sold 171,950 shares (on a post-split basis) of Nestor
common stock for $0.2 million, resulting in a gain on sale of marketable securities of $0.1 million. As of
September 30, 2003, the Company owned 8,500 shares of Nestor common stock. The Company sold
its remaining shares of Nestor common stock in October 2003, resulting in a minimal gain on sale of
marketable securities.
As of September 30, 2002, the Company owned 400,561 shares of S1 common stock. S1 is a
global provider to banks, credit unions, insurance providers, and investment firms of enterprise
software solutions that create one view of customers across multiple channels, applications and
segments. S1’s market value declined over 60% between the time the Regency transaction closed and
September 30, 2002. This decline was determined to be other than temporary and a non-operating,
non-cash charge to earnings totaling $3.3 million was recorded in fiscal 2002. During fiscal 2003, the
Company sold 360,000 shares of S1 common stock for $1.8 million, resulting in a loss on sale of
marketable securities of $0.1 million. As of September 30, 2003, the Company owned 40,561 shares of
S1 common stock. The Company sold its remaining shares of S1 common stock in October 2003 for
$0.2 million, resulting in a minimal loss on sale of marketable securities.
The deferred compensation plan assets represent investments in mutual funds that are held by the
Company for the purpose of funding deferred compensation liabilities.
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Net unrealized holding losses at September 30, 2003 and 2002 were $0.2 million and $0.4 million,
respectively. Because the Company has provided a deferred tax asset valuation allowance, no
deferred tax benefit has been recognized on these unrealized holding losses. The change in the
deferred tax asset valuation allowance related to unrealized holding losses was a decrease of $0.1
million and $0.8 million at September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
5. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):
Computer equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Office furniture and fixtures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leasehold improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization . . . . . . .
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
September 30,
2003
2002
$ 45,894 $ 43,653
8,643
6,238
293
58,827
(47,230 )
$ 9,405 $ 11,597
8,714
6,644
214
61,466
(52,061 )
6. Goodwill and Software
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill attributable to each reporting unit with goodwill
balances were as follows (in thousands):
Balance, September 30, 2000. .
Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign currency translation
adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment adjustments. . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2001. .
Foreign currency translation
adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase price adjustment . . . .
Impairment adjustments. . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2002. .
Foreign currency translation
adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment adjustments. . . . . . .
Other (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2003. .
ACI
Worldwide
$ 18,773
—
Insession
Technologies
$ 36,595
—
MessagingDirect
Ltd.
Health
Payment
Systems
Total
$
—
47,732
$ 7,294 $ 62,662
47,732
—
(72)
(2,839)
—
15,862
240
—
—
16,102
346
—
—
$ 16,448
—
(4,773)
—
31,822
—
(436)
—
31,386
(1,540)
(6,139)
(30,366)
9,687
296
—
(1,524)
8,459
—
(1,042 )
(6,252 )
—
(1,612)
(14,793)
(36,618)
57,371
—
—
—
—
536
(436)
(1,524)
55,947
—
—
(1,409)
$ 29,977
831
(9,290)
—
—
1,177
(9,290)
(1,409)
$ — $ 46,425
—
—
—
$
(1) The Company settled certain acquired liabilities, resulting in a corresponding reduction of goodwill
amounts.
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During fiscal 2001, the Company transferred its 70% ownership in HHPC to the minority
shareholder. As a result of the transfer, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $6.3
million.
During fiscal 2001, the Company performed an analysis of the carrying value of goodwill related to
its acquisition of MDL. As a result of this analysis, the Company determined that due to the overall
softness in discretionary information technology spending and slower than expected adoption of secure
document delivery technology, MDL’s goodwill was impaired. The amount of the impairment was then
determined by comparing the estimated fair value of the MDL goodwill to the related carrying value.
The fair value was determined using a discounted cash flow approach for the net cash flows of the
MDL business and an estimated terminal value. The assumptions supporting the estimated cash flows,
including the discount rate and estimated terminal value, reflect management’s best estimates at the
time. As a result of the fair value test, the Company recorded a charge reducing the carrying value of
MDL goodwill by $30.4 million, which is presented as goodwill impairment in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
Effective October 1, 2001, the Company adopted SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets,” which established new accounting and reporting requirements for goodwill and other
intangible assets (with indefinite lives) acquired in business combinations. Under SFAS No. 142,
goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives continue to be recognized as assets, but are
not amortized as previously required by APB Opinion No. 17.
At the adoption of SFAS No. 142, goodwill was tested for impairment at the reporting unit level and
must be tested at least annually thereafter, utilizing a two-step methodology. The initial step requires
the Company to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the carrying value,
including goodwill, of such reporting unit. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, no impairment
loss is to be recognized. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the
goodwill of this unit may be impaired. The amount of impairment, if any, is then measured in the
second step.
The Company hired an independent consultant to perform valuations of the Company’s reporting
units that contained goodwill as of October 1, 2001. Completion of the initial step of testing indicated
that the estimated fair value of the Company’s reporting units exceeded their respective carrying
amounts. Fair value was determined using a discounted cash flow methodology. In fiscal 2003 and
2002, the Company updated its impairment test for each reporting unit. Based on those analyses,
which included updated valuations performed by the independent consultant, impairment losses of
$9.3 million and $1.5 million were recognized in fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively, for the MDL
reporting unit. In fiscal 2002, the impairment within this reporting unit resulted primarily from overall
softness in discretionary information technology spending and slower than expected adoption of secure
document delivery technology. In fiscal 2003, the impairment resulted primarily from the business
decision to reduce the Company’s commitment to the MDL reporting unit due to continued slower than
expected adoption of secure document delivery technology. The MDL reporting unit is included within
the ACI Worldwide business unit.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Actual results of operations for fiscal 2003 and 2002, and results of operations for fiscal 2001,
shown as if the Company had applied the nonamortization provisions of SFAS No. 142 during that
period, are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
2003
September 30,
2002
2001
Net income (loss), as reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,325 $ 15,269 $ (80,063 )
Add back: goodwill amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14,793
Adjusted net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,325 $ 15,269 $ (65,270 )
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:
—
—
Net income (loss), as reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.40 $ 0.43 $
Goodwill amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjusted net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.40 $ 0.43 $
—
—
(2.35 )
0.43
(1.92 )
In connection with adopting SFAS No. 142, the Company reassessed the useful lives of intangible
assets subject to amortization, consisting only of internally-developed software and purchased
software, and determined that they continue to be appropriate. The Company did not capitalize
software development costs in fiscal 2003 or 2002. Software development costs capitalized in fiscal
2001 totaled $1.4 million. The Company obtained $11.8 million of software for resale from the
acquisition of MDL. Amortization of software is computed using the greater of the ratio of current
revenues to total estimated revenues expected to be derived from the software or the straight-line
method over an estimated useful life of three years. The gross carrying amount and accumulated
amortization of software at each balance sheet date are as follows (in thousands):
Internally-developed software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchased software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: accumulated amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
September 30,
2003
2002
$ 15,725 $ 15,372
43,312
58,684
(53,075 )
$ 2,319 $ 5,609
44,186
59,911
(57,592 )
In fiscal 2001, the Company performed an analysis of the carrying value of the software it acquired
as part of the January 2001 MDL acquisition. The review consisted of comparing the unamortized
capitalized cost of the MDL software to the net realizable value. The net realizable value was
determined by estimating future gross revenues over the estimated life of the MDL software reduced
by the estimated future costs of completing and disposing of the software, including the costs of
performing maintenance and customer support required to satisfy the Company’s responsibility set
forth at the time of sale. This analysis indicated software impairment in the amount of $8.9 million,
which is presented as impairment of software in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
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Software amortization expense recorded in fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 totaled $2.8 million,
$7.4 million and $13.6 million, respectively. The majority of these software amortization expense
amounts are reflected in either cost of software license fees or general and administrative expenses in
the consolidated statements of operations. Estimated amortization expense for each of the five
succeeding fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,767
374
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
128
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. Line of Credit Facilities
The Company previously had line of credit facilities that were not renewed upon expiration. The
Company had no line of credit borrowings outstanding on these credit facilities as of September 30,
2003 or 2002. During fiscal 2002 and 2001, the Company recorded interest expense and related fees
of $0.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively, related to its line of credit facilities.
8. Debt — Financing Agreements
During fiscal 2002 and 2001, the Company sold the rights to future payment streams under
software license arrangements with extended payment terms to financial institutions and received cash
of approximately $7.6 million and $19.2 million, respectively. The Company did not sell any rights to
future payment streams under software license arrangements with extended payment terms during
fiscal 2003. The amount of the proceeds received from the financing agreements is typically
determined by applying a discount rate to the gross future payments to be received from the customer.
The discount rates used to determine the proceeds ranged from 6.5% to 7.75% in fiscal 2002, and
6.9% to 9.0% in fiscal 2001. During fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001, the Company recorded interest
expense of $2.9 million, $5.0 million and $5.3 million, respectively, related to these financing
agreements.
9. Corporate Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairment Losses
During fiscal 2001, the Company closed or significantly reduced the size of certain product
development organizations and geographic sales offices. These actions resulted in restructuring
charges and asset impairment losses of $5.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, which are reflected
in operating expenses in the accompanying fiscal 2001 statement of operations. The allocation of
these charges is as follows: $0.2 million in cost of maintenance and services, $0.3 million in research
and development, $0.2 million in selling and marketing, and $5.2 million in general and administrative.
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The following table summarizes the liability recognition related to the restructuring charges and
subsequent activity related to these exit activities:
Fiscal 2001 restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . .
Forgiveness of former executive officer’s note
Amounts paid during fiscal 2001 . . . . . . . . . . .
Other adjustments to previously recognized
liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amounts paid during fiscal 2002 . . . . . . . . . . .
Other adjustments to previously recognized
liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amounts paid during fiscal 2003 . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Termination
Benefits
$ 3,477
(2,050)
(1,397)
Lease
Obligations
Total
$ 1,768 $ 5,245
(2,050 )
(1,574 )
—
(177 )
—
30
(30)
(115 )
1,476
(361 )
(115 )
1,506
(391 )
—
—
—
$ —
(68 )
1,047
(366 )
(68 )
1,047
(366 )
$ 681 $ 681
The Company terminated the employment of 47 employees during fiscal 2001 as part of this
process, including 37 employees in the ACI Worldwide business unit, one employee in the IntraNet
business unit and nine employees in Corporate Services. Termination benefits do not include any
amounts for employment related services prior to termination. In addition to these workforce
reductions, termination benefits include $2.1 million of compensation expense related to the
forgiveness of a note receivable from the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The note
forgiveness amount classified with restructuring expenses is net of compensation expense accruing to
the former CEO through the date of the severance agreement.
The liability for lease obligations established in fiscal 2001 included $1.3 million for abandonment
and reduction of four facilities in the United States, Japan and Europe, net of expected third-party
purchases or sub-leases, and an estimated lease termination loss of $0.5 million for the corporate
aircraft. The Company continues to seek subleases for certain of the properties as well as an exit to
the corporate aircraft lease. Final settlement of these obligations may result in other adjustments to
these liabilities.
During fiscal 2001, the Company also recorded asset impairment charges of $0.7 million for
equipment and leasehold improvements that were abandoned in vacated office facilities.
During fiscal 2003, the Company reduced the size of certain product development organizations.
These actions resulted in severance related restructuring charges of $2.0 million, which are reflected in
operating expenses in the accompanying fiscal 2003 statement of operations. The allocation of these
charges is as follows: $1.0 million in cost of software license fees, $0.7 million in cost of maintenance
and services, $0.1 million in selling and marketing, and $0.2 million in general and administrative. The
Company terminated the employment of 50 employees during fiscal 2003 as part of this process,
including 31 employees in the ACI Worldwide business unit and 19 employees in the IntraNet business
unit. Amounts paid during fiscal 2003 totaled $0.3 million. The liability remaining at September 30,
2003 related to these restructuring charges totaled $1.7 million, which is expected to be paid during the
first half of fiscal 2004.
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10. Common Stock and Earnings Per Share
Exchangeable shares and options received by shareholders of MDL that have not yet been
converted into Common Stock are included in Class A Common Stock for presentation purposes on
the September 30, 2003 and 2002 consolidated balance sheets, and are included in common shares
outstanding for earnings per share (“EPS”) computations for fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Exchangeable shares and MDL options included in outstanding Common Stock totaled 0 shares and
6,248 options as of September 30, 2003, and 73,909 shares and 11,010 options as of September 30,
2002.
EPS has been computed in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” To compute
earnings per share amounts for fiscal 2003, net income available to common shareholders has been
reduced by $0.1 million related to loss on redemption of a subsidiary company’s preferred stock. Basic
EPS is calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders (the numerator) by the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period (the denominator). Diluted
EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the dilutive effect of any
outstanding dilutive securities (the denominator). The differences between the basic and diluted EPS
denominators for fiscal 2003 and 2002, which amounted to approximately 149,000 shares and 246,000
shares, respectively, were due to the dilutive effect of the Company’s outstanding stock options using
the treasury stock method. Weighted average shares from stock options of 5,019,000 and 1,583,000
were excluded from the computations of diluted EPS for fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively, because
the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than the average market price of the Company’s
common shares. For fiscal 2001, weighted average shares for both basic and diluted EPS
computations are the same, as any outstanding dilutive securities were antidilutive due to the net loss
from continuing operations. If the Company had net income in fiscal 2001, weighted average shares
from stock options of 1,831,000 would have been excluded from the computation of diluted EPS
because the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than the average market price of the
Company’s common shares.
11. Other Income/Expense
Other income (expense) is comprised of the following items in fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 (in
thousands):
Other than temporary impairments of marketable
2003
2002
2001
equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ — $ (8,267 ) $ (8,665 )
—
Gain on sale of Regency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other than temporary impairments of investments
8,743
—
in technology companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Write-off of Insession Technologies, Inc. initial
public offering costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transfer of ownership in Hospital Health Plan
—
—
-
-
(3,408 )
(1,898 )
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
310
(170)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140 $
-
(198 )
(304 )
(1,154 )
(397 )
108
(26 ) $ (15,414 )
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During fiscal 2001, after considering current market conditions for technology companies and
specific information regarding those companies is which the Company had an ownership interest, the
Company determined that the declines in the market values for these investments were other than
temporary and charges to earnings of $3.4 million for the impairments of these investments were
required.
During fiscal 2001, the Company expensed costs of $1.9 million associated with the cancelled
initial public offering of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Insession Technologies, Inc.
During fiscal 2001, the Company transferred its 70% ownership in Hospital Health Plan
Corporation (“HHPC”) to the minority shareholder. As a result of the transfer, the Company recorded a
non-recurring charge of $1.2 million related to the Company’s remaining carrying value in HHPC.
12. Comprehensive Income
The Company discloses comprehensive income information in accordance with SFAS No. 130,
“Reporting Comprehensive Income,” which establishes standards for reporting and display of
comprehensive income and its components in a financial statement for the period in which they are
recognized. The Company’s components of accumulated other comprehensive income/loss were as
follows (in thousands):
Balance, September 30, 2000 . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2001 activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reclassification adjustment for loss
included in net loss
Balance, September 30, 2001 . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2002 activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reclassification adjustment for loss
included in net income
Balance, September 30, 2002 . . . . . . . .
Fiscal 2003 activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance, September 30, 2003 . . . . . . . .
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
$ (3,120)
(3,168)
Unrealized
Investment
Holding
Loss
$ (5,589)
(5,807)
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
$ (8,709 )
(8,975 )
—
(6,288)
126
8,799
(2,597)
(6,133)
—
(6,162)
(1,858)
$ (8,020)
8,287
(443)
242
$ (201)
8,799
(8,885 )
(6,007 )
8,287
(6,605 )
(1,616 )
$ (8,221 )
Since the Company has established an asset valuation allowance against its net deferred tax
assets, the components of accumulated other comprehensive income have not been tax effected.
13. Segment Information
The Company has three operating segments, referred to as business units. These three business
units are ACI Worldwide, Insession Technologies and IntraNet. ACI Worldwide products represent the
Company’s largest product line and include its most mature and well-established applications, which
are used primarily by financial institutions, retailers and e-payment processors. Its products are used to
route and process transactions for automated teller machine networks; process transactions from
point-of-sale devices, wireless devices and the Internet; control fraud and money laundering; authorize
checks; establish frequent shopper programs; automate transaction settlement, card management and
claims processing; and issue and manage multi-functional applications on smart cards. Insession
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Technologies products facilitate communication, data movement, monitoring of systems, and business
process automation across computing systems involving mainframes, distributed computing networks
and the Internet. IntraNet products offer high value payments processing, bulk payments processing,
global messaging and continuous link settlement processing.
During fiscal 2001, the Company transferred its 70 percent ownership in HHPC, which comprised
the majority of its Health Payment Systems business unit, to the minority shareholder for no additional
consideration. HHPC’s products allow large corporations and healthcare payment processors to
automate claims eligibility determination, claims capture and claims payments. The remaining portion
of the Health Payment Systems business unit, consisting of a health and drug claims adjudication
facilities management services organization, was integrated into the ACI Worldwide business unit
during fiscal 2001.
The Company’s chief operating decision makers review financial information presented on a
consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues and operating
income/loss by business unit. The Company does not track assets by business unit. No single
customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during fiscal 2003,
2002 or 2001. The following are revenues and operating income/loss for these business units for fiscal
2003, 2002 and 2001 (in thousands):
Revenues:
2003
2002
2001
ACI Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 206,408 $ 211,835 $ 226,717
38,288
Insession Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33,432
IntraNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
645
Health Payment Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 277,291 $ 284,667 $ 299,082
34,203
38,629
—
33,086
37,797
—
Operating income (loss):
ACI Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,060 $ 31,002 $ (42,671)
(2,652)
Insession Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1,531)
IntraNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9,295)
Health Payment Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 35,259 $ 41,667 $ (56,149)
7,203
3,462
—
7,221
5,978
—
Most of the Company’s products are sold and supported through distribution networks covering
the geographic regions of the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa (“EMEA”) and Asia/Pacific. The
following are revenues for these geographic regions for fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 and long-lived
assets within these geographic regions at each balance sheet date (in thousands):
Revenues:
2003
2002
2001
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 120,546 $ 120,163 $ 129,141
37,113
Americas — other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
166,254
Total Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103,447
EMEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29,381
Asia/Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 277,291 $ 284,667 $ 299,082
46,467
166,630
89,703
28,334
34,661
155,207
88,680
33,404
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September 30,
2003
2002
Long-lived assets:
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 51,227 $ 57,616
6,098
Other Americas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63,714
Total Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11,805
EMEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
802
Asia/Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 59,758 $ 76,321
2,426
53,653
5,410
695
14. Stock-Based Compensation Plans
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Under the Company’s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), a total of 750,000
shares of the Common Stock (“Shares”) have been reserved for sale to eligible employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries. Under the ESPP, participating employees are permitted to designate up
to the lesser of $25,000 or 10% of their annual base compensation for the purchase of Shares. The
price for Shares purchased under the ESPP is 85% of the lower of the Shares’ market value on either
the first or last day of each three-month participation period. Purchases made under the ESPP are
made one calendar month after the end of each fiscal quarter. Shares issued under the ESPP during
fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 totaled 173,163, 145,366 and 168,487, respectively.
Stock Incentive Plans
The Company has a 2002 Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan whereby 250,000 shares of
the Common Stock have been reserved for issuance to eligible non-employee directors of the
Company. The stock options are granted at a price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock
at the time of the grant. The term of the outstanding options is ten years. The options vest annually
over a period of three years.
On August 1, 2001, the Company announced a voluntary stock option exchange program (the
“Exchange Program”) offering to exchange all outstanding options to purchase shares of Common
Stock granted under the 1994 Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and 1999 Stock Option Plan
held by eligible employees or eligible directors for new options under the same option plans. The
Exchange Program required any person tendering an option grant for exchange to also tender all
subsequent option grants with a lower exercise price received by that person during the six months
immediately prior to the date the options accepted for exchange are cancelled. Options to acquire a
total of 3,089,100 shares of Common Stock with exercise prices ranging from $2.50 to $45.00 were
eligible to be exchanged under the Exchange Program. The offer expired on August 28, 2001, and the
Company cancelled 1,946,550 shares tendered by 578 employees. As a result of the Exchange
Program, the Company granted replacement stock options to acquire 1,823,000 shares of Common
Stock at an exercise price of $10.04. The difference between the number of shares cancelled and the
number of shares granted relates to options cancelled by employees who terminated their employment
with the Company between the cancellation date and regrant date. The exercise price of the
replacement options was the fair market value of the Common Stock on the grant date of the new
options, which was March 4, 2002 (a date at least six months and one day after the date of
cancellation). The new shares have a vesting schedule of 1/18 per month beginning on the grant date
of the new options, except for options tendered by executive officers under the 1994 Stock Option
Plan, which vest 25% annually on each anniversary of the grant date of the new options. The
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Exchange Program was designed to comply with FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain
Transactions Involving Stock Compensation,” for fixed plan accounting.
On May 8, 2001, the Company entered into a stock option agreement with its then Chairman of
the Board of Directors, Gregory J. Duman, whereby 25,000 shares of Common Stock have been
reserved for issuance to Mr. Duman. Shareholder approval was not required nor received related to
adoption of this agreement. The stock option was granted at a price equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock at the time of grant. The term of the outstanding option is ten years. The option
vested monthly over a period of 6 months.
During 2001, the Company adopted the MDL Amended and Restated Employee Share Option
Plan (the “MDL Plan”). Shareholder approval was not required nor received related to adoption of this
plan. As adopted, options outstanding under the MDL Plan were converted at the time of the MDL
acquisition to options to purchase 167,980 shares of Common Stock. These options have an exercise
price of one cent per share of Common Stock and were included in the determination of purchase price
for the MDL acquisition. The Options became 100% vested upon the acquisition and have a term of 8
years from the original date of grant by MDL.
The Company has a 2000 Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan whereby 25,000 shares of
Common Stock have been reserved for issuance to eligible non-employee directors of the Company.
Shareholder approval was not required nor received related to adoption of this plan. The stock options
are granted at a price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock at the time of the grant. The
term of the outstanding options is ten years. The options vest annually over a period of three years.
The Company has a 1999 Stock Option Plan and a 1996 Stock Option Plan whereby a total of
4,000,000 and 1,008,000 shares, respectively, of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance to
eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and, in the case of the 1996 Plan, non-
employee members of the Board of Directors. As a matter of Company policy, stock options are
granted at an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the Common Stock at the time of the
grant. The term of the outstanding options is ten years. The options generally vest annually over a
period of three years for the 1999 Stock Option Plan and four years for the 1996 Stock Option Plan.
The Company has a 1997 Management Stock Option Plan whereby 1,050,000 shares of Common
Stock have been reserved for issuance to eligible management employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries. The stock options are granted at a price not less than the fair market value of the
Common Stock at the time of the grant and require the participant to pay $3 for each share granted.
The term of the outstanding options is ten years. The options vest annually over a period of four years.
The Company has a 1994 Stock Option Plan whereby 1,910,976 shares of Common Stock have
been reserved for issuance to eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The stock
options are granted at a price set by the Board of Directors provided that the minimum price shall be
$2.50 per share for 955,488 shares and $5 per share for 955,488 shares. The term of the outstanding
options is ten years. The stock options vest ratably over a period of four years.
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A summary of stock options issued under the Stock Incentive Plans previously described and
changes during the years ending September 30 are as follows:
2003
Shares
Under
Option
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Year Ending September 30,
2002
Shares
Under
Option
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
2001
Shares
Under
Option
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Outstanding, beginning of
period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,876,557
Granted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441,000
(603,215)
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cancellations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(514,296)
Outstanding, end of period . . 5,200,046
$ 12.64 2,178,108
9.42 3,988,811
(35,295)
8.03
(255,067)
18.55
$ 12.32 5,876,557
$ 17.83
10.09
2.37
19.81
$ 12.51
4,288,393
743,414
(228,859 )
(2,624,840 )
2,178,108
$ 24.43
9.61
1.64
27.69
$ 17.83
Options exercisable at end of
year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,367,637 $ 13.52 2,314,365 $ 15.60
1,713,387 $ 18.36
Shares available on
September 30 for options
that may be granted . . . . . . 915,093
Weighted-average grant date
fair value of options granted
during the year. . . . . . . . . . .
913,778
3,359,665
$ 9.42
$ 10.09
$ 4.77
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at September 30,
2003:
Options Outstanding
Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices
$0.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$2.50 to $5.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$5.84 to 9.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10.24 to $10.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10.78 to $21.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$24.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$25.06 to $38.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
4.61
0.96
7.18
8.24
9.79
8.62
7.59
3.43
4.35
7.19
Number
Outstanding
6,248
177,303
818,497
1,415,773
185,000
1,325,508
442,701
604,500
224,516
5,200,046
Number
Exercisable
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
$ 0.01
4.50
8.48
6,248
177,303
292,669
10.04 1,400,934
10.24
—
410,132
10.28
251,335
13.41
604,500
24.00
224,516
27.41
$ 12.32 3,367,637
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
$ 0.01
4.50
8.30
10.04
—
10.28
13.40
24.00
27.41
$ 13.52
In fiscal 2003, the Company recognized $62,000 in compensation expenses related to the
appreciation in stock value for 100,000 options between the grant date and the date the options were
ratified by the Compensation Committee. No compensation expense has been recognized in the
Company’s fiscal 2002 or 2001 consolidated statements of operations related to its stock-based
compensation plans.
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15. Employee Benefit Plans
TSA 401(k) Plan
The TSA 401(k) Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all domestic employees of TSA.
Participants may contribute up to 60% of their pretax annual compensation up to a maximum of
$12,000 (for employees who are under the age of 50 on December 31, 2003) or a maximum of
$14,000 (for employees aged 50 or older on December 31, 2003). The Company matches participant
contributions 160% on every dollar deferred to a maximum of 2.5% of compensation, not to exceed
$4,000 per employee annually. Company contributions charged to expense during fiscal 2003, 2002
and 2001 were $2.4 million, $2.5 million and $2.8 million, respectively.
ACI Worldwide EMEA Group Personal Pension Scheme
The ACI Worldwide EMEA Group Personal Pension Scheme is a defined contribution plan
covering substantially all ACI Worldwide (EMEA) Limited (“ACI-EMEA”) employees. For those ACI-
EMEA employees who elect to participate in the plan, the Company contributes a minimum of 8.5% of
eligible compensation to the plan for those employees employed at December 1, 2000, up to a
maximum of 15.5% for those employees aged over 55 years on December 1, 2000. ACI-EMEA
contributes 6.0% of eligible compensation to the plan for those employees employed subsequent to
December 1, 2000. ACI-EMEA contributions charged to expense during fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001
were $1.3 million, $1.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
The ACI Worldwide EMEA Group Personal Pension Scheme
the Applied
Communications Inc Limited (“ACIL”) Pension Plan, which was discontinued on December 1, 2000. At
the time the ACIL Pension Plan assets were formally valued, plan obligations exceeded plan assets by
$2.9 million. The funding deficit amount that was charged to expense during fiscal 2002 and 2001 was
$1.7 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The ACIL Pension Plan was a defined benefit pension plan.
Benefits were based on years of service and the employees’ compensation during employment.
Contributions to the plan were determined by an independent actuary on the basis of periodic
valuations using the projected unit cost method. Participants contributed 5% of their pensionable
salaries and ACIL contributed at the rate of 10% of pensionable salaries. The assets of the ACIL
Pension Plan were distributed to plan participants in fiscal 2002.
replaced
TSA Deferred Compensation Plans
The Company previously had Deferred Compensation Plans which allowed certain management
personnel to defer receipt of their compensation until a future date or at the time of their departure from
the Company. These plans allowed participants to invest in a limited variety of mutual funds. These
assets are owned by the Company and are subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company.
No Company contributions were made to the plans and participants are 100% vested in their
contributions. The liability under the Deferred Compensation Plans at September 30, 2003 and 2002
was approximately $1.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively.
16.
Income Taxes
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
Federal . . . . . . .
State . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . .
Current
2003
Deferred
$ (2,932 ) $ 19,205
3,039
2,902
$ (5,859 ) $ 25,146
(1,754 )
(1,173 )
Year Ended September 30,
2002
2001
Total
$ 16,273
1,285
1,729
$ 19,287
Current
$ 5,004
(899)
5,752
$ 9,857
Deferred Total
$ 10,267
1,479
840
$ 12,586
$ 15,271
580
6,592
$ 22,443
Current
$ 12,161
783
3,233
$ 16,177
Deferred Total
$ (11,610) $ 551
(1,087)
3,457
$ (13,256) $ 2,921
(1,870)
224
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The difference between the income tax provision computed at the statutory federal income tax rate
and the financial statement provision for income taxes is summarized as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended September 30,
2002
2001
2003
Tax expense (benefit) at federal rate of 35% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,764 $ 13,199 $ (27,000)
15,042
Increase in valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(707)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,979
Foreign tax rate differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of intangibles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,266
10,628
Impairment of goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
Foreign taxes deducted on U.S. return, net of federal benefit . . . . . .
—
Research and development credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
Extraterritorial income exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
Gain on disposition of subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
713
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 19,287 $ 22,443 $ 2,921
8,871
377
2,825
—
533
—
—
—
(3,059 )
(303 )
887
835
120
—
3,252
2,812
(314)
(390)
—
321
The deferred tax assets and liabilities result from differences in the timing of the recognition of
certain income and expense items for tax and financial accounting purposes. The sources of these
differences at each balance sheet date are as follows (in thousands):
Current net deferred tax assets:
Foreign tax withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred compensation plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impairment of investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance for uncollectible accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Noncurrent net deferred tax assets:
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign tax credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquired net operating loss carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . .
U.S. and foreign net operating loss carryforward . . . . . .
Capital loss carryforward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
September 30,
2003
2002
$ 3,355 $ 2,903
972
—
1,563
1,010
8,493
5,202
1,627
748
20,134
6,884
1,095
1,674
36,787
18,873
(19,233 )
(8,557 )
$ 10,316 $ 17,554
$ 2,195 $
7,932
1,120
28,572
6,684
5,244
1,104
52,851
(43,213 )
827
8,832
1,441
26,809
3,851
17,151
378
59,289
(31,743 )
$ 9,638 $ 27,546
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The Company has recognized a net deferred tax asset of $20.0 million as of September 30, 2003.
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely
than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization
of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in
which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers projected future taxable
income, carryback opportunities and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon
the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods which
the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the
Company will realize the benefits of these deductible differences, net of the valuation allowances
recorded.
The Company had foreign tax credit carryforwards at September 30, 2003 of approximately $7.9
million, of which $2.5 million will expire in 2004 if not utilized, with remaining carryforwards expiring in
future fiscal years.
The Company had domestic net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) for tax purposes of $5.7
million at September 30, 2003, which will begin to expire in 2008. Approximately $2.9 million of the
NOLs is attributable to the pre-acquisition periods of acquired subsidiaries. The utilization of these
NOLs may be limited pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code as a result of prior
ownership changes.
In addition, at September 30, 2003, the Company had domestic capital loss carryforwards for tax
purposes of $17.4 million, which begin to expire in 2004.
At September 30, 2003, the Company has foreign tax NOLs of approximately $77.2 million.
Although a portion of the loss carryforwards expire between 2004 and 2014, the remaining losses may
be utilized over an indefinite period. A valuation allowance has been provided for a portion of the
deferred tax assets related to the foreign loss carryforwards to the extent management believes these
carryforwards could expire unused due to the Company’s historical or projected losses in certain of its
foreign subsidiaries.
Current federal and state benefits of $10.4 million have been recorded during fiscal 2003 in
connection with amended income tax returns filed for the Company’s 1999 through 2001 tax years.
The Company’s positions in the amended income tax returns are the subject of an ongoing tax
examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). This examination may result in the IRS issuing
proposed assessments. The Company believes that its tax positions comply with applicable tax law
and it intends to defend its positions through the IRS appeals process. However, if the IRS positions on
certain issues are upheld after all the Company’s administrative and legal options are exhausted, a
material impact on the Company’s earnings and cash flows could result.
The Company’s foreign subsidiaries could face challenges from various foreign tax authorities and
it is not certain that the local authorities will accept the Company’s tax positions. The Company
believes its tax positions comply with applicable tax law and it intends to defend its positions. The
Company believes it has adequately provided for any probable outcome related to these matters, and
does not anticipate any material earnings impact from their ultimate settlement or resolution.
The undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries of approximately $21.9 million
are considered to be indefinitely reinvested. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income
taxes or foreign withholding taxes has been provided for such undistributed earnings. It is impractical to
determine the additional income tax liability, if any, associated with the repatriation of undistributed
foreign earnings.
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17. Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company is liable for contract completion and product
performance. From time to time, TSA may guarantee the performance of a contract on behalf of one or
more of its subsidiaries, or a subsidiary may guarantee the performance of a contract on behalf of
another subsidiary. In the opinion of management, such obligations will not significantly affect the
Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Operating Leases
The Company leases office space, equipment and the corporate aircraft under operating leases
that run through February 2011. Aggregate minimum lease payments under these agreements for the
fiscal years ending September 30 are as follows (in thousands):
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,229
8,564
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6,379
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,576
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,694
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
479
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34,921
Total rent expense for fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001 was $11.8 million, $11.9 million and
$16.0 million, respectively.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its
operations. Other than as described below, the Company is not currently a party to any legal
proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
Class Action Litigation. In November 2002, two class action complaints were filed in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Nebraska (the “Court”) against the Company and certain individual
named defendants. The suits were filed in connection with the Company’s restatement of its prior
consolidated financial statements. The two complaints are Desert Orchid Partners v. the Company, et
al. and Nancy Rosen v. the Company, et al. Pursuant to a Court order, the two suits were consolidated
and, also in accordance with the Court order, the Court-designated lead plaintiff, Genesee County
Employees’ Retirement System, filed a First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint on June
30, 2003 (the “Consolidated Complaint”). The lead plaintiff alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and
20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, on the
grounds that certain of the Company's Exchange Act reports and press releases contained untrue
statements of material facts, or omitted to state facts necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, with regard to the Company's revenues and expenses during the purported class period.
The Consolidated Complaint alleges that during the purported class period, the Company and the
named defendants misrepresented the Company's historical financial condition, results of operations
and its future prospects, and failed to disclose facts that could have indicated an impending decline in
the Company's revenues. The lead plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages, interest, fees, costs and
rescission. The class period stated in the Consolidated Complaint is January 21, 1999 through
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November 18, 2002. The Company and the individual defendants filed a motion to dismiss the
Consolidated Complaint, which the lead plaintiff opposed. On November 20, 2003, the Court heard oral
arguments on the defendants' motion to dismiss. On December 15, 2003, the Court issued its order
granting in part, and denying in part, the motion to dismiss. In particular, the Court dismissed, without
prejudice, Gregory Derkacht as a defendant. The Court denied the motion to dismiss with respect to
the remaining defendants, including the Company. The Company and the other defendants are
required, and intend to, file an answer to the Consolidated Complaint. The Court has not yet
implemented a scheduling order.
Derivative Litigation. On January 10, 2003, Samuel Naito filed the suit of “Samuel Naito,
Derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. v. Roger K.
Alexander, Gregory D. Derkacht, Gregory J. Duman, Larry G. Fendley, Jim D. Kever, and Charles E.
Noell, III and Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.” in the State District Court in Douglas County,
Nebraska (the “Naito matter”). The suit is a shareholder derivative action that generally alleges that the
named individuals breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty and good faith owed to the Company and
its shareholders by causing the Company to conduct its business in an unsafe, imprudent and unlawful
manner resulting in damage to the Company. More specifically, the plaintiff alleges that the individual
defendants, and particularly the members of the Company’s audit committee, failed to implement and
maintain an adequate internal accounting control system that would have enabled the Company to
discover irregularities in its accounting procedures with regard to certain transactions prior to
August 2002, thus violating their fiduciary duties of loyalty and good faith, generally accepted
accounting principles and the Company’s audit committee charter. The plaintiff seeks to recover an
unspecified amount of money damages allegedly sustained by the Company as a result of the
individual defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties, as well as the plaintiff’s costs and disbursements
related to the suit.
On January 24, 2003, Michael Russiello filed the suit of “Michael Russiello, Derivatively on behalf
of nominal defendant Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. v. Roger K. Alexander, Gregory D.
Derkacht, Gregory J. Duman, Larry G. Fendley, Jim D. Kever, and Charles E. Noell, III and Transaction
Systems Architects, Inc.” in the State District Court in Douglas County, Nebraska (the “Russiello
matter”). The suit is a shareholder derivative action involving allegations similar to those in the Naito
matter. The plaintiff seeks to recover an unspecified amount of money damages allegedly sustained by
the Company as a result of the individual defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties, as well as the
plaintiff’s costs and disbursements related to the suit.
The Company filed a motion to dismiss in the Naito matter on February 14, 2003, and a motion to
dismiss in the Russiello matter on February 21, 2003. A hearing was scheduled on those motions for
March 14, 2003. Just prior to that date, plaintiffs’ counsel requested that the derivative lawsuits be
stayed pending a determination of an anticipated motion to dismiss to be filed in the class action
lawsuits when and if service of process is achieved. The Company, by and through its counsel, agreed
to that stay. As a result, no other defendants have been served and no discovery has been
commenced. The Company has not determined what effect the Court’s ruling in the class action
litigation will have on the Naito or Russiello matters.
The Company intends to defend the foregoing lawsuits vigorously, but, since the lawsuits have
only recently been filed and are in the very early stages, the Company cannot predict the outcome and
is not currently able to evaluate the likelihood of success or the range of potential loss, if any, that
might be incurred in connection with such actions. However, if the Company were to lose any of these
lawsuits or if they were not settled on favorable terms, the judgment or settlement may have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
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The Company has insurance that provides an aggregate coverage of $20.0 million for the period during
which the claims were filed, but cannot evaluate at this time whether such coverage will be available or
adequate to cover losses, if any, arising out of these lawsuits.
Additional related suits against the Company may be commenced in the future. The Company will
fully analyze these allegations once all of the complaints are received and intends to vigorously defend
against them. There is a risk that the above-described litigation, as well as any additional suits, could
result in substantial costs and divert management attention and resources from its business, which
could adversely affect the Company’s business.
Investigation.
In connection with
Securities and Exchange Commission
the Company’s
restatement of its prior consolidated financial statements, the Company has been in contact with the
SEC Enforcement Division. On December 9, 2002, certain of the Company’s officers and external legal
counsel held a telephone conference with representatives of the SEC Enforcement Division. The
Company had a follow-up meeting with the SEC Enforcement Division on March 14, 2003. At this
meeting, the SEC representatives asked questions about the restatement. The SEC Enforcement
Division also requested that the Company provide additional written information regarding the
restatement. The Company supplied this information on March 21, 2003. On August 8, 2003, the
Company was informed that the SEC Enforcement Division has issued a formal order of private
investigation in connection with the Company’s restatement of its prior consolidated financial
statements. The Company intends to cooperate fully with the SEC with respect to this investigation.
18. Related Party Transactions
Digital Courier Technologies, Inc. (“DCTI”)
On March 25, 1999, the Company and DCTI entered into a 60-month BASE24 software license
arrangement (the “1999 Software License Agreement”). DCTI paid the Company $5.9 million in
software license fees for the 1999 Software License Agreement in March and June 1999. The
Company is recognizing these software license fee revenues ratably over the 60-month PCS term of
the 1999 Software License Agreement because the license arrangement entitles DCTI to future
unspecified deliverables (a subscription arrangement). Revenues recognized from DCTI for the 1999
Software License Agreement were $0.9 million, $0.9 million and $0.9 million in fiscal 2003, 2002 and
2001, respectively.
On June 3, 1999, the Company and DCTI entered into a three-year agreement that allowed the
Company to distribute certain of DCTI’s e-commerce products (the “DCTI Distribution Agreement”). At
that time, the Company paid DCTI a prepaid royalty of $0.7 million. The Company amortized this
prepaid royalty ratably over the three-year life of the DCTI Distribution Agreement.
On June 14, 1999, the Company acquired 1.25 million shares of DCTI’s common stock for
$6.5 million, and received warrants to purchase additional 1.0 million shares of DCTI’s common stock.
In July 2000, the Company exercised these warrants and acquired an additional 1.0 million shares of
DCTI common stock for a total exercise price of $5.2 million. During fiscal 2002 and 2001, the
Company recorded non-cash charges to earnings of $0.3 million and $8.7 million, respectively, for the
other than temporary declines in the value of DCTI common stock.
Coinciding with the Company’s purchase of DCTI common stock in June 1999, DCTI agreed to
allow one of the Company’s designees to become a member of the DCTI Board of Directors. In
January 2000, Gregory J. Duman, who was serving as the Company’s Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, was elected as the Company’s designee to the DCTI Board of Directors. In
March 2000, Mr. Duman resigned as an officer of the Company and became a director of the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Company. He became Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors in May 2001. Mr. Duman
resigned as a member of DCTI’s Board of Directors in 2001. Mr. Duman resigned as a member of the
Company’s Board of Directors in August 2002.
On March 31, 2000, the Company and DCTI entered into an additional 60-month software license
agreement which granted DCTI a non-transferable and non-exclusive software license to use the
Company’s BASE24 software in all international markets (the “2000 Software License Agreement”).
DCTI paid the Company $5.0 million in software license fees for the 2000 Software License Agreement
in June and September 2000. On April 14, 2000, the DCTI Distribution Agreement was amended (the
“Amended DCTI Distribution Agreement”), extending the term to six years and providing a guarantee to
DCTI of an additional $6.0 million of royalties to be paid in five equal annual installments. The
Company paid DCTI $1.2 million pursuant to the Amended DCTI Distribution Agreement in
September 2000.
The 2000 Software License Agreement and the Amended DCTI Distribution Agreement have been
accounted for as non-monetary exchanges, with no revenues or expenses initially recognized for an
anticipated exchange of equal amounts of cash. In May 2001, the Company and DCTI amended the
Amended DCTI Distribution Agreement to eliminate the Company’s obligation to pay the remaining fees
due under the agreement. As a result of the May 2001 amendment, the Company was entitled to retain
the net fees collected from DCTI of $3.8 million. The Company is recognizing revenue ratably over the
remaining PCS term of the 60-month arrangement because the license arrangement entitles DCTI to
future unspecified deliverables (a subscription arrangement) and the Company does not have adequate
VSOE of the fair value of PCS for the co-terminus five-year maintenance period. Revenues recognized
from DCTI for the 2000 Software License Agreement were $1.3 million, $1.3 million and $0.5 million in
fiscal 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
In addition to the above transactions, the Company and DCTI entered into various other
agreements, primarily to provide DCTI with professional services and software. Because the collection
of revenues from DCTI was highly uncertain due to credit-related risks, the Company has limited
revenue recognition to the amount of cash received. The May 2001 amendment to the Distribution
Agreement also relieved DCTI from certain payables and notes arising from various other agreements
for the provision of professional services and software. Revenues recognized from these other
agreements were minimal in fiscal 2002 and 2001.
Former Chief Executive Officer
In December 2000, the Company reached a compensation agreement with William E. Fisher, who
was serving as the Company’s CEO at that time, on an employment and incentive compensation
package (the “Compensation Package”). The Compensation Package provided for the Company to
loan Mr. Fisher a total of $3.0 million. The loan bore interest at 6.35% and was due in the first quarter
of fiscal 2004. The loan and accrued interest were subject to forgiveness in the event of certain
changes in control, death, or termination without cause; one-half of the principal and interest was
subject to forgiveness if Mr. Fisher remained employed with the Company for the three-year term of the
Compensation Package, and one-half of the principal and interest was subject to forgiveness in the
event the closing bid for the Company’s Common Stock reached certain price targets. During fiscal
2000, the Company advanced Mr. Fisher $2.0 million. During fiscal 2001, the Company advanced
Mr. Fisher the remaining $1.0 million. During fiscal 2001, the Company recognized compensation
expense of $0.4 million, prior to the termination of the CEO’s employment on May 1, 2001, related to
these forgiveness provisions. On May 1, 2001, the Company entered into a severance agreement with
Mr. Fisher (the “Fisher Severance Agreement”). Under the terms of the Fisher Severance Agreement,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
the Company agreed to (1) forgive $2.4 million of the note receivable, (2) allow Mr. Fisher to repay the
remaining $0.6 million of the note receivable on or before June 1, 2002, and (3) allow Mr. Fisher three
years from the date of the Agreement to exercise any stock options vested under the Company’s stock
option plans. Mr. Fisher agreed to (1) resign as CEO on May 1, 2001, (2) forfeit all unvested stock
options under the Company’s stock option plans, and (3) provide the Company advisory services for a
period of 12 months. The Company recognized termination benefits of $2.1 million related to the
forgiveness of the loan on May 1, 2001, with such benefits classified with restructuring expenses. As of
September 30, 2001, the outstanding balance under the note was $0.6 million, which is included in
investments and notes receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. On May 31, 2002,
Mr. Fisher repaid the Company $0.6 million, including interest, for his obligations under the note
receivable.
19. Quarterly Information (Unaudited)
The following table sets forth certain unaudited financial data for each of the quarters within fiscal
2003 and 2002. This information has been derived from the Company’s consolidated financial
statements and in management’s opinion, reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of
the information for the quarters presented. The operating results for any quarter are not necessarily
indicative of results for any future period. Amounts presented are in thousands, except per share data:
Sept. 30,
2003
June 30,
2003
March 31,
2003
Dec. 31,
2002
Sept. 30,
2002
June 30,
2002
March 31,
2002
Dec. 31,
2001
Quarter Ended
Revenues:
Software license
fees . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,611
20,447
14,720
71,778
Maintenance fees . . .
Services . . . . . . . . . .
Total revenues . . .
$ 40,717
20,675
12,382
73,774
$ 38,167
19,461
11,622
69,250
$ 31,330
18,604
12,555
62,489
$ 39,301
18,557
12,882
70,740
$ 38,706
18,175
12,572
69,453
$ 39,615
18,699
12,923
71,237
$ 40,831
18,782
13,624
73,237
Expenses:
Cost of software
license fees. . . . . .
6,933
6,339
6,289
5,939
7,215
6,673
7,947
9,218
Cost of maintenance
and services . . . . .
15,767
15,082
15,693
14,808
15,113
14,953
16,375
16,038
Research and
development . . . . .
Selling and marketing
General and
administrative . . . .
Impairment of goodwill
Total expenses . . .
Operating income. . . . . .
Other income (expense):
Interest income . . . . .
Interest expense . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total other income
9,588
13,531
14,105
—
59,924
11,854
335
(573 )
975
(expense). . . . .
737
Income before income
taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income tax provision . . .
Net income (loss) . . . . . . $
Earnings (loss) per share:
12,591
(3,478 )
9,113
Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . $
0.25
0.25
$
$
$
9,478
13,686
15,245
9,290
69,120
4,654
281
(682)
225
(176)
8,357
13,529
14,104
—
57,972
11,278
285
(787)
79
7,950
13,736
12,583
—
55,016
7,473
310
(956)
(1,139)
8,351
14,350
16,570
1,524
63,123
7,617
623
(1,220)
(4,048)
8,711
15,264
8,918
13,481
11,297
—
56,898
12,555
404
(1,313 )
424
14,800
—
61,521
9,716
329
(1,444 )
8,069
9,049
14,257
12,896
—
61,458
11,779
311
(1,619)
(4,471)
(423)
(1,785)
(4,645)
(485 )
6,954
(5,779)
4,478
(6,331)
(1,853)
10,855
(6,785)
$ 4,070
5,688
(2,693)
$ 2,995
(0.05)
(0.05)
$
$
0.11
0.11
$
$
0.08
0.08
$
$
$
2,972
(1,915)
1,057
12,070
(7,066 )
$ 5,004
16,670
(9,879 )
$ 6,791
6,000
(3,583)
$ 2,417
0.03
0.03
$
$
0.14
0.14
$
$
0.19
0.19
$
$
0.07
0.07
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
SIGNATURES
TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: December 22, 2003
By:
/s/ GREGORY D. DERKACHT
Gregory D. Derkacht
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed
by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ GREGORY D. DERKACHT
Gregory D. Derkacht
President, Chief Executive Officer,
December 22, 2003
and Director
(Principal executive officer)
/s/ DAVID R. BANKHEAD
David R. Bankhead
Senior Vice President, Chief
December 22, 2003
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal financial officer)
/s/ EDWARD C. FUXA
Edward C. Fuxa
Vice President, Chief Accounting
December 22, 2003
Officer and Controller
(Principal accounting officer)
/s/ HARLAN F. SEYMOUR
Harlan F. Seymour
Chairman of the Board and Director
December 22, 2003
/s/ ROGER K. ALEXANDER
Roger K. Alexander
Director
December 22, 2003
/s/ JOHN D. CURTIS
John D. Curtis
Jim D. Kever
/s/ FRANK R. SANCHEZ
Frank R. Sanchez
/s/ JOHN E. STOKELY
John E. Stokely
Director
December 22, 2003
Director
December 22, 2003
Director
December 22, 2003
Director
December 22, 2003
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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Exhibit 31.01
I, Gregory D. Derkacht, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this 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
report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this 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 report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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 report is being prepared;
b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit
committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: December 22, 2003
/s/ GREGORY D. DERKACHT
Gregory D. Derkacht
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
Clean Proof: For Cycle 10
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Exhibit 31.02
I, David R. Bankhead, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this 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
report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this 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 report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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 report is being prepared;
b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit
committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: December 22, 2003
/s/ DAVID R. BANKHEAD
David R. Bankhead
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
Clean Proof: For Cycle 10
Exhibit 32.01
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (the “Company”) on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Gregory D. Derkacht, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and
2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date: December 22, 2003
/s/ GREGORY D. DERKACHT
Gregory D. Derkacht
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
Clean Proof: For Cycle 10
Exhibit 32.02
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (the “Company”) on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David R. Bankhead, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and
2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date: December 22, 2003
/s/ DAVID R. BANKHEAD
David R. Bankhead
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
Clean Proof: For Cycle 10
Principal Offices
Corporate Headquarters
Transaction Systems Architects
United States - Omaha, Nebraska
ACI Worldwide
Argentina (cid:127) Buenos Aires
Australia (cid:127) North Sydney, New South Wales
(cid:127) Hawthorn East, Victoria
Austria (cid:127) Vienna
Bahrain (cid:127) Manama
Brazil (cid:127) São Paulo
Canada (cid:127) Toronto, Ontario
(cid:127) Edmonton, Alberta
Germany (cid:127) Wiesbaden
Greece (cid:127) Athens
Italy (cid:127) Naples
Japan (cid:127) Tokyo
Korea (cid:127) Seoul
Mexico (cid:127) Mexico City
The Netherlands (cid:127) Gouda
Russia (cid:127) Moscow
Singapore
South Africa (cid:127) Johannesburg
Spain (cid:127) Alcobendas (Madrid)
United Kingdom (cid:127) Watford, Hertfordshire
United States (cid:127) Omaha, Nebraska
(cid:127) Clearwater, Florida
Insession Technologies
United States (cid:127) Omaha, Nebraska
IntraNet
United States (cid:127) Newton, Massachusetts
Board of Directors
Harlan F. Seymour
Chairman of the Board (cid:127) Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
Principal (cid:127) HFS LLC
Gregory D. Derkacht
President and Chief Executive Officer (cid:127) Transaction Systems
Architects, Inc.
Roger K. Alexander
Chief Executive Officer (cid:127) S2 Card Services Ltd
John D. Curtis Attorney
Jim D. Kever Partner (cid:127) Voyent Partners LLC
Frank R. Sanchez
Chief Executive Officer (cid:127) Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc.
John E. Stokely President (cid:127) JES, Inc. LLC
Investor Information A copy of the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2003,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will be
sent to stockholders free of charge upon written request to:
Investor Relations Department (cid:127) Transaction Systems Architects,
Inc. (cid:127) 224 South 108th Avenue (cid:127) Omaha, Nebraska 68154
Transfer Agent Communications regarding change of
address, transfer of stock ownership or lost stock certificates
should be directed to: Wells Fargo Shareowner Services (cid:127) 161
North Concord Exchange (cid:127) South St. Paul, Minnesota 55075
Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of Shareholders
will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at the
Marriott Hotel (cid:127) 10220 Regency Circle (cid:127) Omaha, Nebraska
Independent Public Accountants KPMG LLP (cid:127) 222
South 15th Street (cid:127) Suite 1501 (cid:127) Omaha, Nebraska 68102
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