Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2004

 

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number 0-21342

 


 

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   94-2873391

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

500 Wind River Way, Alameda, California 94501

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(510) 748-4100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

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

 

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

 

As of June 4, 2004, there were 81,889,802 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

 



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WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2004

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Part I-Financial Information

    

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)

    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003

   3

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2004 and January 31, 2004

   4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003

   5

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   6

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

   12

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

   34

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

   35

Part II-Other Information

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

   35

Signature

   36

 

Unless stated otherwise, references in this report to “Wind River,” “we,” “our,” “us” or “the Company” refer to Wind River Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Revenues, net:

                

Product

   $ 26,764     $ 26,847  

Subscription

     9,505       2,371  

Service

     16,503       19,325  
    


 


Total revenues, net

     52,772       48,543  
    


 


Cost of revenues:

                

Product

     1,330       2,743  

Subscription

     2,334       796  

Service

     8,932       9,690  

Amortization of purchased intangibles

     987       1,465  
    


 


Total cost of revenues

     13,583       14,694  
    


 


Gross profit

     39,189       33,849  
    


 


Operating expenses:

                

Selling and marketing

     20,959       23,444  

Product development and engineering

     15,116       14,349  

General and administrative

     5,210       7,489  

Amortization of other purchased intangibles

     171       377  

Restructuring costs

     1,238       —    
    


 


Total operating expenses

     42,694       45,659  
    


 


Loss from operations

     (3,505 )     (11,810 )

Other income:

                

Interest income

     1,707       2,830  

Interest expense

     (1,859 )     (1,711 )

Other income, net

     554       553  
    


 


Total other income

     402       1,672  
    


 


Loss before provision for income taxes

     (3,103 )     (10,138 )

Provision for income taxes

     700       635  
    


 


Net loss

   $ (3,803 )   $ (10,773 )
    


 


Basic and diluted net loss per share

   $ (0.05 )   $ (0.14 )
    


 


Shares used in basic and diluted per share calculation

     81,162       79,619  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except par value)

(Unaudited)

 

     April 30,
2004


    January 31,
2004


 

ASSETS

                

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 28,827     $ 32,254  

Short-term investments

     16,794       19,580  

Accounts receivable, net

     37,386       43,153  

Prepaid and other current assets

     13,679       10,301  
    


 


Total current assets

     96,686       105,288  

Investments

     180,864       162,661  

Property and equipment, net

     91,271       92,388  

Goodwill

     84,428       84,428  

Other intangibles, net

     998       2,184  

Other assets

     8,778       9,271  

Restricted investments

     45,265       46,332  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 508,290     $ 502,552  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Current liabilities:

                

Accounts payable

   $ 2,740     $ 2,744  

Accrued liabilities

     17,324       15,721  

Accrued restructuring costs

     2,673       2,851  

Accrued compensation

     15,013       16,533  

Income taxes payable

     2,445       2,559  

Deferred revenues

     45,495       39,128  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     85,690       79,536  

Convertible subordinated notes

     150,000       150,000  

Other long-term debt

     40,000       40,000  
    


 


Total liabilities

     275,690       269,536  
    


 


Stockholders’ equity:

                

Common stock, par value $0.001, 325,000 shares authorized; 83,539 and 82,743 shares issued as of April 30, 2004 and January 31, 2004, respectively; 81,477 and 80,807 shares outstanding as of April 30, 2004 and January 31, 2004, respectively

     84       83  

Additional paid-in-capital

     757,508       753,257  

Loan to stockholder, net

     —         (1,872 )

Treasury stock, 2,062 and 1,936 shares at cost as of April 30, 2004 and January 31, 2004, respectively

     (34,023 )     (32,860 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (2,042 )     (468 )

Accumulated deficit

     (488,927 )     (485,124 )
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     232,600       233,016  
    


 


Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 508,290     $ 502,552  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net loss

   $ (3,803 )   $ (10,773 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:

                

Depreciation and amortization

     3,288       5,225  

Non-cash compensation, including 401(k) match

     487       607  

Interest on loan to stockholder

     —         87  

Restructuring charge

     1,238       —    

Gain on investments and sale of technology

     (513 )     (416 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts receivable, net

     5,172       8,273  

Prepaid and other current assets

     (3,378 )     1,552  

Accounts payable

     33       449  

Accrued restructuring costs

     (1,416 )     (12,506 )

Accrued liabilities

     1,824       (760 )

Accrued compensation

     (1,390 )     (1,215 )

Income taxes payable

     (114 )     (1,712 )

Deferred revenues

     6,705       426  

Other assets

     880       721  
    


 


Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     9,013       (10,042 )
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Acquisition of property and equipment

     (1,054 )     (57,656 )

Purchase of investments

     (84,070 )     (60,113 )

Sales of investments

     32,015       39,909  

Maturities of investments

     35,738       27,228  

Net reduction in restricted investments

     —         14,164  

Proceeds from investments and sale of technology

     683       416  
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (16,688 )     (36,052 )
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Issuance of common stock

     4,474       28  

Borrowings from loan facility

     —         40,000  
    


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     4,474       40,028  
    


 


Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (226 )     31  
    


 


Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (3,427 )     (6,035 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     32,254       31,938  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 28,827     $ 25,903  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1: Basis of Presentation

 

We have prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“2004 Form 10-K”).

 

We believe that all necessary adjustments, which consisted of normal recurring items, have been included in the accompanying financial statements to present fairly the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for our fiscal year ending January 31, 2005. Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial information of Wind River and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

 

Note 2: Stock-Based Compensation

 

We issue stock options to our employees and outside directors and provide employees the right to purchase our stock pursuant to stock option and employee stock purchase programs. We account for our stock-based compensation plans under the intrinsic value method of accounting as defined by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) and related interpretations. We apply the disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), as amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure.” For pro-forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized over the vesting period, typically four years.

 

We account for equity instruments issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123 and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services.” We use the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value options granted to non-employees.

 

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Pro Forma Disclosures. Under SFAS 123, the fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions used for grants made during the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003:

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Risk free interest rate

   3.78 %   2.88 %

Expected volatility

   84.7 %   71.3 %

Expected option life (in years)

   4.19     4.88  

Expected dividends

   —       —    

 

The weighted average fair value per share of options granted during the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 was $6.72 and $1.89, respectively.

 

We also estimate the fair value for the purchase rights under our 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

 

Had compensation expense under these arrangements been determined pursuant to SFAS 123, our net loss and net loss per share for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 would have been as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


 
     2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except per share
amounts)
 

Net loss:

                

As reported

   $ (3,803 )   $ (10,773 )

Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair-value-based method for all awards

     2,932       3,335  
    


 


                  

Pro forma net loss

   $ (6,735 )   $ (14,108 )
    


 


Basic and diluted net loss per share:

                

As reported

   $ (0.05 )   $ (0.14 )

Pro forma

   $ (0.08 )   $ (0.18 )

 

The pro forma amounts include compensation expense related to stock option grants. The effects of applying SFAS 123 on pro forma disclosures of net loss and net loss per share in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 are not likely to be representative of the pro forma effects on net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share in future fiscal periods.

 

A summary of option activity for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended April 30,

     2004

   2003

     Number of
Shares


   

Weighted
Average
Price

per Share


   Number of
Shares


    Weighted
Average
Price per
Share


     (In thousands, except for per share amounts)

Beginning balance

   15,178     $ 8.75    19,433     $ 17.92

Granted

   1,263       10.44    78       3.22

Exercised

   (747 )     6.18    (20 )     1.47

Canceled

   (2,121 )     13.78    (8,624 )     25.00
    

        

     

Ending Balance

   13,573       9.01    10,867       12.23
    

        

     

 

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Options outstanding and exercisable as of April 30, 2004 from all option plans listed by exercise price ranges are as follows:

 

     Options Outstanding

   Options Exercisable

Range of Exercise Prices


  

Number

Outstanding


  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (in

Years)


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


   Number
Exercisable


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


     (In thousands, except exercise price and contractual life data)

$1.10 - $4.04

   323    2.59    $ 3.40    276    $ 3.43

4.07 - 5.00

   2,278    3.28      4.95    1,051      4.92

5.28 - 6.89

   907    8.65      6.18    354      5.61

6.92 - 6.92

   2,357    4.51      6.92    1,944      6.92

7.15 - 9.09

   1,453    8.81      8.36    140      7.84

9.10 - 9.10

   300    9.70      9.10    —        —  

9.15 - 9.15

   2,400    9.68      9.15    —        —  

9.25 - 10.40

   2,038    7.33      10.20    1,160      10.20

11.05 - 34.75

   1,383    7.12      18.09    776      22.62

36.25 - 47.94

   134    6.23      40.12    126      40.02
    
              
      

1.10 - 47.94

   13,573    6.73      9.01    5,827      9.79
    
              
      

 

As of April 30, 2003, options to purchase 5.1 million shares of common stock were exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $17.40.

 

As of April 30, 2004, an aggregate of 7.5 million shares were available for grant under all of our option plans.

 

Note 3: Derivative Financial Instruments

 

We enter into foreign currency forward exchange contracts to manage foreign currency exposures related to certain foreign currency denominated inter-company balances. Additionally, we may adjust our foreign currency hedging position by taking out additional contracts or by terminating or offsetting existing forward contracts. These adjustments may result from changes in the underlying foreign currency exposures or from fundamental shifts in the economics of particular exchange rates. Gains and losses on terminated forward contracts, or on contracts that are offset, are recognized in income in the period of contract termination or offset. As of April 30, 2004, we had outstanding contracts with the following terms:

 

Buy / Sell:

   Sell    Sell    Sell

Currency:

   GBP    EURO    JPY

Amount:

   2,500,000    2,500,000    520,100,000

Rate:

   1.8301    1.2062    106.4100

USD Equivalent:

   $4,575,250    $3,015,500    $4,887,699

Maturity Date:

   5/13/04    5/13/04    5/13/04

 

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Contract amounts are representative of the expected amounts to be paid under the terms of these instruments. We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. As of April 30, 2004, the fair value of our outstanding contracts was not significant.

 

Note 4: Restructuring Costs

 

Restructuring costs consist of charges associated with our restructuring programs. Our restructuring programs have been based on certain assumptions regarding the cost structure of our business. We recorded net restructuring cost of $2.2 million and $32.7 million in the years ended January 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Additionally, in the three months ended April 30, 2004, we undertook a further restructuring consisting of a limited headcount reduction of 20 employees, primarily in professional services. As a result, we recorded restructuring costs of $1.2 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004, which were classified as operating expenses. We also had a continuation of costs associated with the restructuring implemented in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. We did not record any restructuring costs in the three months ended April 30, 2003.

 

As of April 30, 2004, our total restructuring liabilities related to our restructuring programs for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and fiscal years 2004 and 2003 were approximately $2.7 million. The following table summarizes our restructuring liabilities as of April 30, 2004:

 

     Work Force
Reduction


    Consolidation
of Excess
Facilities


    Other

    Total

 
     (In thousands)  

Restructuring liabilities as of January 31, 2004

   $ 1,356     $ 1,203     $ 292     $ 2,851  

Cash payments

     (1,095 )     (271 )     (50 )     (1,416 )

Cash charges

     1,205       33       —         1,238  
    


 


 


 


Restructuring liabilities as of April 30, 2004

   $ 1,466     $ 965     $ 242     $ 2,673  
    


 


 


 


 

We expect the workforce reductions implemented as a result of the restructuring program announced in fiscal 2004 and the first quarter of fiscal 2005 to be substantially completed by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Note 5: Debt

 

In April 2003, we entered into a loan facility with a financial institution in the aggregate principal amount of $57.4 million, consisting of a non-revolving loan commitment of $37.4 million and a term loan of $20.0 million, of which we borrowed $40.0 million. In April 2004, we agreed with the lender to extend the maturity date of the loan facility from April 2005 to October 2005. As of April 30, 2004, borrowings under the facility bear interest at the rate of 1.55% per annum.

 

Note 6: Comprehensive Loss

 

Comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity of a company during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances, excluding transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. The difference between net loss and comprehensive loss results from foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, net of taxes.

 

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Comprehensive loss for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


 
     2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands)  

Net loss

   $ (3,803 )   $ (10,773 )

Other comprehensive loss:

                

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     223       169  

Unrealized loss on investments

     (1,284 )     (186 )

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

     (513 )     (416 )
    


 


Other comprehensive loss

     (1,574 )     (433 )
    


 


Total comprehensive loss

   $ (5,377 )   $ (11,206 )
    


 


 

Note 7: Net Loss Per Share Computation

 

In accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share,” the calculation of shares used in basic and diluted net loss per share computation for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 is presented below:

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


     2004

   2003

     (In thousands)

Shares used in basic net loss per share computation

   81,162    79,619

Effect of dilutive potential common shares

   —      —  
    
  

Shares used in diluted net loss per share computation

   81,162    79,619
    
  

 

The effect of assumed conversion of the 3.75% convertible subordinated notes into 6.2 million shares of our common stock for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003 is anti-dilutive, and is, therefore, excluded from the above computation. If we had recorded net income for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, we would have included in the computation dilutive potential common shares from outstanding stock options totaling approximately 2.2 million and 60,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Because we recorded a net loss for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, there is no difference between basic and diluted net loss per share.

 

Note 8: Commitments and Contingencies

 

From time to time, we are subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of patents and other intellectual property rights. We believe the outcome of our outstanding legal proceedings, claims and litigation will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. However, such matters involve complex questions of fact and law and could involve significant costs and the diversion of resources to defend. Additionally, the results of litigation are inherently uncertain, and an adverse outcome is at least reasonably possible. We are unable to estimate the range of possible loss from outstanding litigation and other legal proceedings and no amounts have been provided for such matters in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Note 9: Segment and Geographic Information

 

We report in one industry segment—technology for embedded operating systems. We market our products and related services to customers in four geographic regions: North America (the United States and Canada), EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), Japan, and Asia Pacific. Internationally, we market our products and services primarily through our subsidiaries and various distributors. Revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on the country in which the customer is domiciled. The distribution of revenues and long-lived assets, net of depreciation and amortization, by geographic location is as follows:

 

     Revenues

   Long-lived Assets

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


  

As of

Apr. 30,

2004


  

As of
Jan. 31,

2004


     2004

   2003

     
     (In thousands)    (In thousands)

North America

   $ 29,397    $ 28,742    $ 177,524    $ 179,756

EMEA

     12,293      10,733      5,310      5,782

Japan

     6,884      5,367      2,386      2,523

Asia Pacific

     4,198      3,701      255      210
    

  

  

  

Total

   $ 52,772    $ 48,543    $ 185,475    $ 188,271
    

  

  

  

 

Revenue information on a product, subscription and services basis is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,


     2004

   2003

     (In thousands)

Software license revenues

   $ 13,292    $ 13,749

Production license revenues

     13,472      13,098

Subscription revenues

     9,505      2,371

Maintenance revenues

     9,897      12,381

Other service revenues

     6,606      6,944
    

  

Total

   $ 52,772    $ 48,543
    

  

 

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2004 or 2003.

 

Note 10: Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In April 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 129-1, “Disclosure Requirements under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 129, Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure, and Relating to Contingently Convertible Securities.” The FASB staff confirmed through this FSP that the disclosure requirements of FASB Statement No. 129 apply to all contingently convertible financial instruments, including those containing contingent conversion requirements that have not been met and are not otherwise required to be included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. We have included these required disclosures in Note 8, “Convertible Subordinated Notes and Other Borrowings” and Note 10, “Net Loss Per Share Computation” of the 2004 Form 10-K and Note 7, “Net Loss Per Share Computation” of this report.

 

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

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains statements that we believe are, or may be considered to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of various provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by use of statements that include words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “estimate,” “foresee,” “project” and similar expressions and are found in the section below entitled “—Results of Operations” and “—Factors That May Affect Our Future Results or the Market Price of Our Stock” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of Wind River or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements contained in this report to reflect any future events or developments unless required by law. You should also carefully review the risk factors described in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 (“2004 Form 10-K”), and the other quarterly and periodic reports we file. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included elsewhere in this report.

 

Overview

 

Wind River is a global leader in device software optimization, or DSO. Our software is used to optimize the development and functionality of devices as diverse as digital imaging products, auto braking systems, internet routers, jet fighter control panels and factory automation machines. Our products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Our products and services help customers enhance product performance, standardize designs across projects, reduce research and development costs and shorten product development cycles.

 

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. We review the accounting policies we use in reporting our results on a regular basis. The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require our judgment in its application. There are also areas in which our judgments in selecting among available accounting alternatives would not produce a materially different result. We have identified certain policies as critical to our business operation and to the understanding of our financial condition and results of operations, and our senior management has reviewed these critical accounting policies and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. Those policies and estimates that we believe are most critical to an understanding of our financial results and condition and that require a higher degree of judgment and complexity are:

 

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    Revenue recognition;

 

    Estimating sales returns and other allowances, and allowance for doubtful accounts;

 

    Valuation of long-lived assets, including goodwill and purchased intangibles;

 

    Restructuring costs; and

 

    Accounting for income taxes.

 

For a more comprehensive discussion of these critical accounting policies, please see “—Critical Accounting Policies,” under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2004 Form 10-K.

 

Results of Operations

 

Revenues

 

We recognize revenues from three sources: (1) product revenues, (2) subscription revenues and (3) services revenue. Product revenues consist of revenues from production licenses (sometimes referred to as royalties), fees for stand-alone software and software programming tools sold under perpetual licenses, and revenues from sales of our hardware. Subscription revenues consist of revenues from the licensing under our enterprise licensing model of our Wind River Platforms, which include a combination of product and services, including items such as development tools, an operating system, various protocols and interfaces and maintenance and support services such as installation and training, which are licensed over a limited period of time, typically 12 months. Service revenues are derived from fees from professional services, which include design and development fees, software maintenance contracts, and customer training and consulting. Our revenues are presented net of sales returns and other allowances which are accrued based on our historical experience.

 

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     Three Months Ended
April 30,


   Percentage of
Total Revenues, net


 
     2004

   2003

   2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Product revenues

   $ 26,764    $ 26,847    51 %   55 %

Subscription revenues

     9,505      2,371    18     5  

Service revenues

     16,503      19,325    31     40  
    

  

  

 

Total revenues, net

   $ 52,772    $ 48,543    100 %   100 %
    

  

  

 

 

Total revenues increased 9% in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. This was primarily due to higher customer demand for our software and hardware and investment in device software optimization solutions as a result of an improvement in the overall economy. See “—Factors That May Affect Our Future Results or the Market Price of Our Stock—The economic downturn over the last three fiscal years has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our earnings and revenues. In addition, uncertainties associated with the downturn increase the difficulty of financial planning and forecasting.”

 

Two significant trends have impacted, and will continue to impact, our reported revenue. First, our subscription revenues have increased significantly relative to our product and services revenues as a result of our introduction of the Wind River Platforms, which are sold under subscription licenses and contain a combination of products and services. As customers purchase more of our Wind River Platforms rather than stand-alone products and services, we would expect the reported product and services revenues to decrease while our subscription revenues increase. Second, in the short term, the transition of customers to subscription licenses will affect the level of our overall revenues because we recognize fees under subscription licenses ratably over the subscription period. In contrast, a significant proportion of the fees for stand-alone products licensed under our perpetual model is recognized at the time the transaction is completed. As a result, an order for a subscription license will result in lower current-quarter revenue than an equal sized order for a perpetual license. While we have experienced and expect to continue to experience an impact on overall revenues as a result of the transition to Wind River Platforms, our deferred revenues have increased to $45.5 million at April 30, 2004 from $39.1 million at January 31, 2004 and we would expect this trend to continue during the transition to the Wind River Platforms.

 

Product Revenues. Revenues for our products sold under perpetual licenses are comprised of two components: upfront software license revenues and production license revenues. The table below sets forth information for such components.

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


  

Percentage of

Total Revenues, net


 
     2004

   2003

   2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Software license revenues

   $ 13,292    $ 13,749    25 %   28 %

Production license revenues

     13,472      13,098    26     27  
    

  

  

 

Total product revenues

   $ 26,764    $ 26,847    51 %   55 %
    

  

  

 

 

Software license revenues declined 3% in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. Production license revenues increased 3% in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. As a result of our continuing transition to our Wind River Platforms, which are accounted for as subscription revenues, we expect software license revenues to continue to decline.

 

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Subscription Revenues. Subscription revenues were $9.5 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to $2.4 million in the three months ended April 30, 2003. Fiscal 2004 was the first full fiscal year in which we sold our Wind River Platform products under our enterprise license model. Thus, the significant increase in subscription revenues resulted from the transition of a number of our customers from our traditional perpetual licensing model to our Wind River Platforms under the enterprise license model. We expect that subscription revenues will continue to increase both in absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue in the future.

 

Service Revenues

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


  

Percentage of

Total Revenues, net


 
     2004

   2003

   2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Maintenance revenues

   $ 9,897    $ 12,381    19 %   26 %

Other service revenues

     6,606      6,944    12     14  
    

  

  

 

Total service revenues

   $ 16,503    $ 19,325    31 %   40 %
    

  

  

 

 

Maintenance revenues declined 20% in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. This decline is attributable to the transition of our customers to the Wind River Platforms, which include maintenance as part of the subscription fee. We expect maintenance revenues will continue to decline as the transition to our Wind River Platforms continues. Other service revenues declined 5% in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. During the quarter ended April 30, 2004, we generated $320,000 in revenue from fixed-price services contracts compared to $3.6 million in the quarter ended April 30, 2003, which were offset by time and materials services contracts. Fixed-price services contracts are accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. Time and materials services contracts are recognized as services are performed.

 

Revenues by Geography

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


  

Percentage of

Total Revenues, net


 
     2004

   2003

   2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

North America

   $ 29,397    $ 28,742    56 %   59 %

EMEA

     12,293      10,733    23     22  

Japan

     6,884      5,367    13     11  

Asia Pacific

     4,198      3,701    8     8  
    

  

  

 

Total revenues, net

   $ 52,772    $ 48,543    100 %   100 %
    

  

  

 

 

Revenues from international sales increased by 18% to $23.4 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 from $19.8 million in the three months ended April 30, 2003. The overall increase was due to a 15% increase in revenues from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, or “EMEA,” a 28% increase in revenues from Japan, and a 13% increase in revenues from Asia Pacific, for the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. Revenues from sales in North America increased 2% in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. The increases in revenues in each geographic area over these periods resulted primarily from improvements in the overall worldwide economy and in local economies. International revenues accounted

 

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for 44% and 41% of total revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We expect international sales to continue to represent a significant portion of our revenues, although the actual percentage may fluctuate from period to period. Our international sales are generally denominated in local currencies.

 

Although our revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2004 increased compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003, we have over the last few years generally experienced declining revenues both quarter over quarter and year over year. The economic downturn experienced in the past few years together with the continued uncertainties surrounding the timing and strength of an economic recovery, continues to make forecasting and financial and strategic planning difficult for us. The adverse impact of the downturn on the capital markets and any uncertainty surrounding the timing and strength of any recovery could impair our ability to raise capital as needed and impede our ability to expand our business. In addition, our future success depends upon our ability to successfully transition customers to our Wind River Platforms and successfully implement our new business models. For further discussion about factors affecting our revenues see “—Factors That May Affect Our Future Results or the Market Price of Our Stock” below.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


   

Percentage of

Associated Revenues, net


 
     2004

    2003

    2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Product

   $ 1,330     $ 2,743     5 %   10 %

Subscription

     2,334       796     25     34  

Service

     8,932       9,690     54     50  

Amortization of purchased intangibles

     987       1,465     —       —    
    


 


           

Total cost of revenues

   $ 13,583     $ 14,694              
    


 


           

Gross margin

   $ 39,189     $ 33,849              

Gross margin percentage

     74 %     70 %            

 

Cost of Product. Cost of product decreased by 52%, or $1.4 million, in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. Product-related costs consist primarily of salaries and benefits for production employees, other direct production costs, royalty payments to third parties for the use of their software, amortization of capitalized software development costs and shipping costs. Direct production costs and manufacturing and distribution costs were $556,000 and $1.7 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to the reduction of the allocation of direction product costs and employee costs and related facility costs associated with manufacturing and distribution. The decrease in direct production costs have been attributable to improved assembly pricing. The reduction in employee costs and facility costs are related to various restructuring programs. The decline in product-related costs as a percentage of product revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was related to the decline in direct production costs as a percentage of product revenues. Product-related cost of revenues may be affected in the future by costs of distribution related to the introduction of new products, royalty costs for use of third-party software in our products and by the amortization of capitalized software development costs.

 

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Cost of Subscription. Cost of subscription consists of subscription-related costs, including shipping costs and costs of providing subscription-related maintenance and support services, salaries and benefits for production employees, other direct production costs, royalty payments to third parties for the use of their software and amortization of capitalized software development costs. Subscription-related maintenance and support service costs were $1.3 million and $380,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Subscription-related production costs were $635,000 and $226,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in absolute dollars in subscription costs in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was primarily due to the allocation of maintenance and support services costs and higher production costs and as a result of the related increase of subscription revenue. The decrease in cost of subscription revenues as a percentage of subscription revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was due to the fact that the fixed cost elements of cost of revenue were spread over a higher revenue stream together with our reductions as a result of the various restructuring programs which have been undertaken. We expect costs of subscriptions to continue to fluctuate as a percentage of subscription revenue based on the level of sales of our Wind River Platforms and the transition of existing customers from perpetual-based licenses to the enterprise license model. Cost of subscriptions may be affected in the future by costs of providing maintenance and support services, direct production costs, amortization of capitalized software development costs and royalty costs for use of third party software in our products.

 

Cost of Service. Cost of service decreased by 8%, or $758,000, in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. Service-related cost of revenues consist primarily of personnel related costs associated with providing services, including consulting services, to customers and the infrastructure to manage a services organization, as well as costs to recruit, develop and retain services professionals. The decrease in absolute dollars of service costs in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was primarily due to reduced use of outside consultants and a reduction of full-time employees as part of the restructuring programs. We realized overall cost reductions of $669,000 in professional service costs relating primarily to internal payroll and external contractor costs and $261,000 in training costs in the quarter ended April 30, 2004 compared to the quarter ended April 30, 2003. This decrease was offset by an increase in maintenance costs of $170,000 in the quarter ended April 30, 2004 compared to the quarter ended April 30, 2003. We expect cost of services to continue to fluctuate as a percentage of service revenue based on our ability to fully utilize our professional services organization.

 

Amortization of Purchased Intangibles. Amortization of purchased intangibles relates to amortization of completed technology acquired through purchase transactions. The decrease in amortization in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was due to a lower amortizable base of purchased intangible assets. At April 30, 2004, the net book value of completed technology was $964,000, which is expected to be fully amortized in fiscal 2005.

 

Operating Expenses

 

We allocate the total costs for information technology, facilities and fixed asset depreciation to each of the functional areas based on world-wide headcount data. Information technology allocated costs include salaries, employee-related costs, outside consulting costs for projects, communication costs, hardware and software maintenance contracts costs, and depreciation expense for fixed assets. Facilities allocated costs include facility rent for leased offices, site maintenance, property taxes, depreciation

 

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expenses for office furniture and other department operating costs. Fixed asset depreciation allocated costs includes straight-line depreciation expense on buildings, leasehold improvements, computer equipment, software, furniture and office equipment.

 

Selling and Marketing Expenses. Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising and other marketing-related expenses, compensation-related expenses, sales commissions and travel costs.

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


   

Percentage
Change


 
   2004

    2003

   
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Selling and marketing

   $ 20,959     $ 23,444     (11 )%

As a percentage of total revenues

     40 %     48 %      

 

The decrease in absolute dollars of selling and marketing expenses in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was attributable to decreased expenditures as a result of restructuring programs and lower sales commission expenses. Salaries and related fringe costs decreased by $2.5 million, employee commission costs decreased by $404,000 and depreciation expense decreased by $352,000, which were offset in part by increases in distributor commissions of $317,000 and advertising costs of $300,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. The increase in distributor commissions arises from our increased use of distributors and sales agents in geographical areas where we have reduced headcount in sales employees. The increase in advertising costs primarily resulted from our investment in marketing expenditures to strengthen the Wind River brand. The decrease in depreciation expense was due to a lower depreciable base of our fixed assets in the quarter ended April 30, 2004 compared to the quarter ended April 30, 2003. We expect an increase in absolute dollars of selling and marketing expenses in both the short and long term as we continue to focus on long-term growth in the areas of sales and marketing personnel and marketing and advertising programs.

 

Product Development and Engineering Expenses. Product development and engineering expenses consist primarily of payroll related expenses, facility costs and consulting fees for our product research and development organization.

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


   

Percentage

Change


 
     2004

    2003

   
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Product development and engineering

   $ 15,116     $ 14,349     5 %

As a percentage of net revenues

     29 %     30 %      

 

The increase in absolute dollars of product development and engineering expenses in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 20, 2003 was primarily due to overall expenditures in research and development programs to ensure that our products continue to meet our customer demands. Computer equipment expenses and costs related to training for our engineering organization increased $333,000 and $246,000, respectively, during the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. During the three months ended April 30, 2004,

 

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we also made a payment of $250,000 related to a strategic alliance. These increases were offset by a decrease of $552,000 in salaries and fringe costs in the quarter ended April 30, 2004 compared to the quarter ended April 30, 2003. In addition, depreciation expense decreased $386,000 due to a lower depreciable base of our fixed assets in the quarter ended April 30, 2004 compared to the quarter ended April 30, 2003. We also received $607,000 and $1.2 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, of funded research and development which offset our gross research and development expenses. We expect the dollars received for funded research and development accounted for as an offset to gross research and development expenses to be reduced significantly in the long-term due to our winding down of these programs. We expect that product development and engineering expenses in absolute dollars will not increase significantly in the short term. However, we expect an increase in absolute dollars in the long term as we continue to focus on long-term growth in the areas of research and development.

 

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation-related expenses, facilities-related expenses and external fees for professional services, such as legal and accounting.

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


   

Percentage

Change


 
     2004

    2003

   
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

General and administrative

   $ 5,210     $ 7,489     (30 )%

As a percentage of net revenues

     10 %     15 %      

 

The decrease in absolute dollars of general and administrative expenses in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003 was primarily due to our restructuring programs and our on-going cost control measures. We realized $1.8 million in payroll-related cost reductions, $135,000 in recruiting costs and $174,000 in professional services in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We expect general and administrative costs to decline in the short term as we continue to realize the benefits of on-going cost control measures. However, we expect an increase in absolute dollars in the long term, as we invest in worldwide staff and infrastructure in the areas of information systems and finance and administration.

 

Restructuring Costs. Restructuring costs consist of charges associated with our restructuring programs. Our restructuring programs have been based on certain assumptions regarding the cost structure of our business. We recorded net restructuring cost of $2.2 million and $32.7 million in the years ended January 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Additionally, in the three months ended April 30, 2004, we undertook a further restructuring consisting of a limited headcount reduction of 20 employees, primarily in professional services. As a result, we recorded restructuring costs of $1.2 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004, which were classified as operating expenses. We also had a continuation of costs associated with the restructuring implemented in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. We did not record any restructuring costs in the three months ended April 30, 2003. For a further discussion of factors that may affect the success of the restructuring program, see “—Factors That May Affect Our Future Results or the Market Price of Our Stock—Our restructuring plans may not enable us to achieve profitability in a difficult economic environment or achieve our business objectives.”

 

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As of April 30, 2004, our total restructuring liabilities related to our restructuring programs for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and fiscal years 2004 and 2003 were approximately $2.7 million. The following table summarizes our restructuring liabilities as of April 30, 2004:

 

     Work Force
Reduction


    Consolidation
of Excess
Facilities


    Other

    Total

 
     (In thousands)  

Restructuring liabilities as of January 31, 2004

   $ 1,356     $ 1,203     $ 292     $ 2,851  

Cash payments

     (1,095 )     (271 )     (50 )     (1,416 )

Cash charges

     1,205       33       —         1,238  
    


 


 


 


Restructuring liabilities as of April 30, 2004

   $ 1,466     $ 965     $ 242     $ 2,673  
    


 


 


 


 

We expect the workforce reductions implemented as a result of the restructuring program announced in fiscal 2004 and the first quarter of fiscal 2005 will be substantially completed by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Other Income

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


   

Percentage of

Total Revenues, net


 
     2004

    2003

    2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands, except percentages)  

Interest income

   $ 1,707     $ 2,830     3 %   6 %

Interest expense

     (1,859 )     (1,711 )   (3 )   (4 )

Other income, net

     554       553     1     1  
    


 


 

 

Total other income

   $ 402     $ 1,672     1 %   3 %
    


 


 

 

 

Interest Income. Interest income declined 40%, or $1.2 million, in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. The decrease in interest income was primarily due to lower interest earned on our investments as a result of lower interest rates and higher amortization expense related to our fixed-income securities. Total cash and cash equivalents, investments and restricted investments totaled $271.8 million and $260.8 million as of April 30, 2004 and January 31, 2004, respectively.

 

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased by 9%, or $148,000, as we incurred a full quarter of interest expense related to our loan facility in the three months ended April 30, 2004 as compared to the three months ended April 30, 2003. In addition we incur interest on our outstanding 3.75% convertible subordinated notes semi-annually and record the amortization of certain issuance costs associated with these notes as other expense.

 

Provision For Income Taxes.

 

Despite incurring net losses in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, we had a tax provision of $700,000 and $635,000 and an effective tax rate of 22.6% and 6.3%, respectively. This represents our estimated liability for state and foreign income taxes as well as foreign withholding taxes to be incurred during the year. We have recorded a valuation allowance based on management’s determination that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets will not be realized due to our ongoing operating losses.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of April 30, 2004, we had working capital of approximately $11.0 million, and cash, cash equivalents and investments of approximately $226.5 million, which included $28.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, $16.8 million of short-term investments and $180.9 million of investments with maturities of greater than one year, but excludes restricted investments of $45.3 million associated with our loan facility. We invest primarily in highly liquid, investment-grade instruments. We have substantial debt service and principal repayment obligations, which could affect our liquidity, cash reserves and ability to obtain additional financing if we need to do so.

 

Cash Flows

 

Our consolidated statement of cash flows is summarized below:

 

    

Three Months Ended

April 30,


 
     2004

    2003

 
     (In thousands)  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ 9,013     $ (10,042 )

Net cash used in investing activities

     (16,688 )     (36,052 )

Net cash provided by financing activities

     4,474       40,028  

 

Operating activities primarily include the net loss for the periods under consideration, non-cash charges such as depreciation and amortization expense and changes in assets and liabilities. In the three months ended April 30, 2004, our operating activities provided net cash of $9.0 million compared to net cash used of $10.0 million in the three months ended April 30, 2003.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended April 30, 2004, consisted of cash provided by operations of $697,000 and an increase in cash of $8.3 million arising from changes in assets and liabilities. During the three months ended April 30, 2004, we paid $1.4 million relating to our restructuring activities, primarily severance costs. The cash paid for restructuring activities was offset primarily by a decrease in accounts receivable, net, of $5.8 million primarily due to strong cash collections and an increase in deferred revenue of $6.7 million relating primarily to the customer adoption of our Wind River Platforms under the enterprise license model. Under this model, customers typically pay for the associated subscription fees upfront under our standard business terms whereas revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the subscription period, typically one year.

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended April 30, 2003, consisted of cash used by operations of $5.3 million and a decrease in cash of $4.8 million arising from changes in assets and liabilities, primarily as a result of payments of accrued restructuring costs offset by a decrease in accounts receivable.

 

Cash from operations includes net loss of $3.8 million and $10.8 million offset primarily by depreciation and amortization of $3.3 million and $5.2 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Our operating cash flows depend heavily on the level of our sales. To a large extent our sales depend on general economic conditions affecting us and our customers, as well as the timing of new product introductions and other competitive factors and our ability to control expenses successfully.

 

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Our investing activities used net cash of $16.7 million and $36.1 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Investing activities generally relate to the purchase of investments, business acquisitions and equipment purchases, partially offset by cash provided from the sale and maturity of investments. Acquisitions of property and equipment totaled $1.1 million and $57.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, of which $57.4 million in the three months ended April 30, 2003, represented the purchase price of our headquarters buildings. During the quarter ended April 30, 2003, the net decrease in our restricted investments was $14.2 million as a result of the release of restricted cash associated with our synthetic leases offset by the restricted cash being held to secure the loan facility.

 

Our financing activities provided net cash of $4.5 million and $40.0 million in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. During the three months ended April 30, 2004, the source of cash was the $4.5 million received from the issuance of common stock from employee stock option exercises. During the three months ended April 30, 2003, the primary source of cash was $40.0 million that we borrowed under the loan facility.

 

Convertible Subordinated Notes

 

In December 2001, we issued $150.0 million of 3.75% convertible subordinated notes due December 2006. The notes are unsecured, subordinated to all existing and future senior debt and convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $24.115 per share. The notes mature on December 15, 2006, unless earlier redeemed or converted. Interest is payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2002. In December 2001, we issued $150.0 million of 3.75% convertible subordinated notes (“Notes”) due December 2006. The Notes mature on December 15, 2006, unless earlier redeemed or converted. Interest is payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2002. At the option of the holder, the notes may be converted into our common stock at any time at the then-current conversion price. We may redeem all or a portion of the notes for cash at a redemption price of 100.75% of the principal amount between December 15, 2004 and December 14, 2005, and 100.0% of the principal amount beginning December 15, 2005 and thereafter.

 

The indenture under which the notes were issued provides that an event of default will occur if (i) we fail to pay principal or premium on the notes, (ii) we fail to pay interest on the notes and fail to cure such non-payment within 30 days, (iii) we fail to perform any other covenant required of us in the indenture and the failure is not cured or waived within 60 days, or (iv) we or one of our significant subsidiaries fails to pay, at final maturity or upon acceleration, any indebtedness for money borrowed in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $35.0 million, including lease commitments, and the indebtedness is not discharged, or the default is not cured, waived or rescinded within 60 days after written notice is provided in accordance with the terms of the indenture. If any of these events of default occurs, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding notes may declare the principal amount of the notes to be due and payable. In addition, an event of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization (involving us or any of our significant subsidiaries) will constitute an event of default under the indenture and, in that case, the principal amount of the notes will automatically become due and payable.

 

In the event of a change in control, the bondholders may require us to purchase our notes at 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest; this purchase could be completed in cash, our common stock or common stock of the parent corporation of the acquiring corporation, if publicly traded, or a combination thereof.

 

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Commitments

 

In April 2003, we entered into a loan facility with a financial institution in the aggregate principal amount of $57.4 million, consisting of a non-revolving loan commitment of $37.4 million and a term loan of $20.0 million, of which we borrowed $40.0 million. In April 2004, we agreed with the lender to extend the maturity date of the loan facility from April 2005 to October 2005. As of April 30, 2004, borrowings under the facility bear interest at the rate of 1.55% per annum. Under the terms of the facility, as of April 30, 2004, we are holding $45.3 million in marketable securities as restricted investments to secure the performance of our obligations under the facility. We may prepay the loan facility at any time. The facility agreement contains customary events of defaults, including payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and change of control, material judgments, and a cross-default to other material agreements and debt where we have incurred any liability in excess of $3.0 million. If an event of default occurs, and we do not or cannot cure the default within the time periods specified in the facility agreement, the lender would be entitled to terminate the facility and declare the outstanding amounts under the loan facility to be immediately due and payable.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

As of April 30, 2004, our future financial commitments, including interest payments, were as set forth in the table below:

 

     Payments due by period

     Total

   Less than 1
year


   1-3 years

   3-5 years

   More than 5
years


     (In thousands)

Convertible subordinated notes (1)

   $ 166,875    $ 5,625    $ 161,250    $ —      $ —  

Long-term debt (2)

     40,928      478      40,450      —        —  

Operating leases (3)

     29,343      7,980      9,251      3,126      8,986
    

  

  

  

  

     $ 237,146    $ 14,083    $ 210,951    $ 3,126    $ 8,986
    

  

  

  

  


(1)   Consists of $150.0 million 3.75% convertible subordinated notes.
(2)   Consists of loan facility due October 2005. See “—Commitments” above.
(3)   Minimum future sublease income to be received under noncancelable subleases is approximately $1.7 million.

 

In February 2004, we decided to implement the next version of our Enterprise Resource Planning System and have committed expenditures of $616,000 for software licenses, $274,000 for hardware costs and $2.0 million in implementation costs associated with this project. Of these amounts, we incurred an aggregate of $784,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and we anticipate incurring the remaining amounts during the three months ended July 31, 2004.

 

Our capital requirements depend on numerous factors including our research and development expenditures, expenses related to selling, general and administrative operations and working capital to support business growth. We anticipate that our operating and capital expenditures will constitute a material use of our cash resources. As a result, our net cash flows will depend heavily on (i) the level of our future sales (which depend, to a large extent, on general economic conditions affecting us and our customers, as well as the timing of new product introductions and other competitive factors) and (ii) our ability to implement our restructuring plans and to control expenses. Although it is difficult for us to predict future liquidity requirements with certainty, we believe that our current cash and cash equivalents

 

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will satisfy our cash requirements for working capital, product development and capital expenditures for at least the next twelve months and on a longer term basis. During or after this period, if cash generated by operations is insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements, we may need to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain an additional credit facility. Our ability to obtain additional financing may be limited by the amount of indebtedness we have outstanding and/or our recent performance and financial condition, particularly if our bond rating is lowered or withdrawn, as well as general market conditions. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us or, if available, that such financing will be available on terms we deem to be favorable to us. If we were unable to obtain financing, we might be required to reduce our expenses, including product development and engineering expenses, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of April 30, 2004, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC
Regulation S-K.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In April 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 129-1, “Disclosure Requirements under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 129, Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure, and Relating to Contingently Convertible Securities.” The FASB staff confirmed through this FSP that the disclosure requirements of FASB Statement No. 129 apply to all contingently convertible financial instruments, including those containing contingent conversion requirements that have not been met and are not otherwise required to be included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. We have included these required disclosures in Note 8, “Convertible Subordinated Notes and Other Borrowings” and Note 10, “Net Loss Per Share Computation” of the 2004 Form 10-K and Note 8, “Net Loss Per Share Computation” of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements of this report.

 

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Factors That May Affect Our Future Results or the Market Price of Our Stock

 

Our business faces significant risks. The risks described below may not be the only risks we face. Additional risks that we do not yet know of or that we currently think are immaterial may also impair our business operations or have a negative impact on our stock price. If any of the events or circumstances described in the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer, and the trading price of our common stock could decline.

 

In late fiscal 2003, we introduced our Wind River Platforms, which are licensed under a new enterprise licensing model, a new business model, that includes a new type of licensing arrangement, and we cannot be sure that the new model will be successful.

 

In November 2002, we introduced our Wind River Platforms, which are licensed under a new enterprise license model that includes subscription licenses rather than our traditional perpetual licenses. We are still in the process of transitioning customers to our Wind River Platforms and it is possible that our enterprise license model will not be successful. There is a risk that we will not be able to continue our rate of transitioning customers or that those customers who have not already transitioned may not accept the new products we offer under our enterprise license model or that they may reject the terms of the model itself. There is a further risk that we may remain dependent upon large end-of-quarter transactions, that our selling efforts in coming quarters could be disrupted, and that the continued transition to the enterprise license model could cause us to incur unanticipated administrative and other costs. In any such event, our future revenue and earnings could be below our expectations.

 

Although enterprise licenses represent a potential source of renewable license revenue, there is also a risk that customers will not renew their licenses at the end of the term. In addition, there is a risk that customers who purchase enterprise licenses may spend less in the aggregate over the term of the enterprise license than if they had been required to purchase perpetual licenses under our traditional perpetual licensing model. Also, because the Wind River Platforms include limited services, customers may purchase fewer stand-alone services from us, which could negatively impact our services revenues.

 

The strategy for our Wind River Platforms is to seek enterprise-wide adoption in contrast to our traditional perpetual model which were sold at the specific project level. As a result, instead of dealing primarily with the engineer leading and making decisions for individual projects, we are now focused on more strategic decision makers, which leads to longer sales lead times and, ultimately, more complex and time consuming negotiations. If we do not successfully educate our current and potential customers of the value associated with the Wind River Platforms or are unable to negotiate and close such transactions, our revenues and results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

The transition to the new enterprise license model has impacted the timing of our reported revenues.

 

The transition to the new model has impacted the timing of our reported revenues. Under the enterprise license model revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period. By contrast, our traditional perpetual license requires a majority of license revenue to be recognized in the quarter in which the products are delivered and a much smaller amount relating to the fair value of the maintenance being deferred and recognized subsequently over the maintenance period. Therefore, an order for a Wind River Platform will result in lower current-quarter revenue than an equal-sized order for a perpetual license. As a result, our reported revenue has been affected by the adoption of the enterprise license model for our Wind River Platforms. The impact on near-term and deferred revenue will continue to depend on the rate at which customers transition from our perpetual model to our enterprise license model. To the extent that the adoption rate is higher than we expect, we may experience a greater decline in near-term revenue, as well as an increase in deferred revenue.

 

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We have recently announced an option for our Wind River Platform customers that eliminates production license fees, which, if adopted by our customers, could adversely impact our revenues.

 

Our Wind River Platforms, as well as our stand-alone operating systems and middleware products are embedded in end-user products developed and marketed by our customers, and we traditionally received production license fees for each copy of our software products embedded in the customers’ products. In response to market demand, we recently introduced a production license-free option in which qualifying customers may elect to pay a larger upfront fee in lieu of paying production license fees. Production license fees have traditionally been a significant portion of our revenue, representing 26% and 27% of our total revenues in the three months ended April 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We cannot be certain that the upfront fees will be sufficient to offset the loss of production license fee revenue. If that were to occur, our revenues and earning would likely decline. Additionally, customers may not accept this alternative and may choose to purchase products from our competitors or use royalty-free software instead of purchasing our products under either a production license agreement or under the new option, either of which would have an adverse impact on our revenues and earnings.

 

Because a significant portion of our revenue continues to be derived from production licenses, we are dependent upon the ability of our customers to develop and penetrate new markets successfully.

 

Our production license revenues depend both upon our ability to successfully negotiate production license agreements with our customers and, in turn, upon our customers’ successful commercialization of their underlying products. In particular, we derive significant revenue from customers that develop products in highly competitive and technologically complex markets such as the Internet infrastructure, servers and storage, digital consumer, aerospace and defense, industrial control and automotive markets. If these customers sell fewer products or otherwise face significant economic difficulties, our revenues will decline. For example our revenues from production licenses declined 15%, during fiscal 2004, as compared to fiscal 2003, which we believe is primarily due to our customers’ response to the current market conditions in the high-technology sector. We cannot control our customers’ product development or commercialization or predict their success. In addition, we depend on our customers to accurately report the use of their products in order for us to collect our revenues from production licenses. If our customers are not successful with their products or do not accurately report use of their products to us, our production license revenues may decline significantly.

 

We have recently adopted an open source strategy that may not be successful or may expose us to additional risks.

 

Beginning in late fiscal 2004, we adopted a strategy to address the open source market. We cannot be certain whether this strategy will be successful and it may create additional risks for us. Specifically, we cannot be certain that we will be able to develop the products necessary to satisfy customer demand, or that our customers will adopt our products based on open source. Additionally, even if our products are adopted by our customers, they may not be profitable; very few open source companies have been profitable and we may not be able to generate profits on our Linux-based offerings. Moreover, it is possible that these efforts to coexist with the open source movement could result in a decline in sales of our proprietary software either as a result of a diversion of internal resources or customer preference. Additionally, customers may defer orders in anticipation of our new products. If any of these events were to occur, our revenues and earnings could be adversely affected.

 

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Additionally, Linux has been developed and licensed under the GNU General Public License and similar open source licenses. These licenses state that any program licensed under them may be liberally copied, modified and distributed. The GNU General Public license is a subject of litigation in the case of The SCO Group, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp., pending in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. It is possible that a court would hold these licenses to be unenforceable in that litigation or that someone could assert a claim for proprietary rights in a program developed and distributed under them. Any ruling by a court that these licenses are not enforceable, or that Linux-based operating systems, or significant portions of them, may not be liberally copied, modified or distributed, would have the effect of preventing us from selling or developing our products. We could be prevented from selling or developing our software if the GNU General Public License and similar licenses under which our products are developed and licensed are not enforceable. Additionally, uncertainty concerning SCO Group’s allegations, regardless of their merit, could adversely affect sales of our Linux-based products. Finally, as a result of concerns about the SCO Group lawsuit and open source generally, we may be forced by our customers to adopt additional indemnification or otherwise protect them from potential threats by SCO Group or other companies. In any such event, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

The economic downturn over the last three fiscal years has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our earnings and revenues. In addition, uncertainties associated with the downturn increase the difficulty of financial planning and forecasting.

 

The general economic downturn that commenced in 2001 in the United States and expanded to many other regions of the world during 2002 has adversely impacted our revenues and earnings. This downturn has been especially pronounced in the high technology sector generally and the telecommunications sector in particular. Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and continuing through fiscal year 2004, we have experienced a decline in revenues and a loss of profitability, which we believe is attributable, at least in part, to these downturns. Our total revenues decreased 18% in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 and decreased 29% in fiscal 2003 compared to fiscal 2002. Although there appear to be signs that this downturn is ending, we cannot be certain that trend will continue or if it does that our revenues will increase as a result.

 

The economic downturn experienced in the past three years, together with the uncertainties surrounding the timing and strength of any economic recovery, makes forecasting and financial and strategic planning more difficult than usual. The adverse impact of the downturn on the capital markets and any uncertainty surrounding the timing and strength of any recovery could impair our ability to raise capital as needed and impede our ability to expand our business.

 

Our restructuring plans may not enable us to achieve profitability in a difficult economic environment or achieve our business objectives.

 

In each of fiscal 2002, 2003, 2004 and the three months ended April 30, 2004, we implemented restructuring plans that were designed to align our anticipated revenues more closely with our cost structure. Our restructuring plans were based on certain assumptions regarding the cost structure of our business and the nature and severity of the current industry adjustment and general economic trends. We cannot be certain that the assumptions underlying the restructuring plans will prove to be accurate. If they are not, our restructuring plans may not result in the correct alignment of our anticipated revenues and cost structure. Our restructuring plans involved the implementation of a number of initiatives, including headcount reductions, facilities closures, and other cost-control measures, that may adversely affect our ability to realize our current or future business objectives. As a result of the headcount reductions, we eliminated an aggregate of 1,169 employee positions since the beginning of fiscal 2002. We also recorded net restructuring charges of $1.2 million, $2.2 million, $32.7 million and $21.7 million in the

 

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three months ended April 30, 2004, fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These measures may adversely affect our ability to realize our current or future business objectives. In addition, the costs actually incurred in connection with restructuring actions may exceed our estimated costs of these actions. Additional restructuring actions may result in further cash and/or non-cash charges, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. As a result, we cannot be sure that we will return to profitability as a result of our restructuring plans.

 

Numerous factors may cause our total revenues and operating results to fluctuate significantly from period to period. These fluctuations increase the difficulty of financial planning and forecasting and may result in decreases in our available cash and declines in the market price of our stock.

 

A number of factors, many of which are outside our control, may cause or contribute to significant fluctuations in our total revenues and operating results. These fluctuations make financial planning and forecasting more difficult. In addition, these fluctuations may result in unanticipated decreases in our available cash, which could negatively impact our operations. As discussed more fully below, these fluctuations also could increase the volatility of our stock price. Factors that may cause or contribute to fluctuations in our operating results and revenues include:

 

    acceptance by our customers of our Wind River Platforms;

 

    the number and timing of orders we receive, including disproportionately higher receipt and shipment of orders in the last month of the quarter;

 

    changes in the length of our products’ sales cycles, which increase as our customers’ purchase decisions become more strategic and are made at higher management levels;

 

    reductions in the number of engineering projects started by our customers due to their own difficult financial or economic conditions;

 

    the impact of impairment charges arising from past acquisitions;

 

    the success of our customers’ products from which we derive our production license revenue;

 

    the mix of our revenues as between sales of products and lower-margin sales of services;

 

    our ability to control our operating expenses, and fully realize the impact of the restructuring plans we have implemented;

 

    our ability to continue to develop, introduce and ship competitive new products and product enhancements quickly;

 

    possible deferrals of orders by customers in anticipation of new product introductions;

 

    announcements, product introductions and price reductions by our competitors;

 

    our ability to manage costs for fixed-price consulting agreements;

 

    seasonal product purchases by our customers, which historically have been higher in our fourth fiscal quarter;

 

    the impact of, and our ability to react to, natural disasters and/or events of terrorism;

 

    the impact of, and our ability to react to business disruptions arising from or relating to internet or computer viruses service interruptions;

 

    changes in business cycles that affect the markets in which we sell our products and services;

 

    economic, political and other conditions in the United States and internationally;

 

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    foreign currency exchange rates; and

 

    the impact of any stock-based compensation charges arising from the issuance of stock options, stock appreciation rights or any other stock-based awards.

 

One or more of the foregoing factors may cause our operating expenses to be disproportionately high or may cause our net revenue and operating results to fluctuate significantly. Results from prior periods are thus not necessarily indicative of the results of future periods.

 

We have substantial commitments, which could make it difficult for us to obtain financing and deplete our cash reserves. Additionally, these commitments could be accelerated in certain circumstances, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

As of April 30, 2004, we had $150.0 million in outstanding indebtedness under our 3.75% convertible subordinated notes and $40.0 million in other long-term debt. As of April 30, 2004, we had cash and cash equivalents of $28.8 million, short-term investments of $16.8 million, investments with maturities of greater than one year of $180.9 million and restricted investments of $45.3 million. The indenture under which our convertible subordinates notes were issued contains customary events of default, and also provides that an event of default occurs if we (or one of our significant subsidiaries) fail to pay, at final maturity or upon acceleration, any indebtedness for money borrowed in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $35 million, and the indebtedness is not discharged, or the default is not cured, waived or rescinded within 60 days after written notice is provided in accordance with the terms of the indenture. Similarly, our loan facility agreement contains customary events of default, including a cross-default to other material agreements and debt where we have incurred any liability in excess of $3.0 million. Under the terms of our convertible subordinated notes and our loan facility, if an event of default were to occur for the aforementioned reasons or other reasons and we do not or cannot cure the event of default within specified periods, the lenders could in each case accelerate payment of the indebtedness.

 

We face intense competition in the device software industry, which could decrease demand for our products or cause us to reduce our prices.

 

The device software industry is characterized by rapid change, new and complex technology and intense competition. Our ability to maintain our current market share depends upon our ability to satisfy customer requirements, enhance existing products and develop and introduce new products. Due to the complexity of the markets in which we operate, where our customers often develop device systems in-house, it is difficult to assess the impact of competition on our business and our related share of the markets that we operate in. We have faced increasing competition in recent years as customers have decreased research and development budgets, sought to increase the value they receive from vendors, including us, attempted to leverage a more competitive bidding process when spending research and development budgets and/or deferred or canceled projects, in whole or in part. As a result, we believe that some customers have elected not to purchase our products and have chosen to undertake such development in-house, selected solutions they perceive to be less expensive or relied upon existing licenses from us rather than making new purchases. We expect the intensity of competition to increase in the future. Increased competitiveness may result in reductions in the prices of our products, run-time royalties and services, lower-than-expected gross margins or loss of market share, any of which would harm our business.

 

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systems, making acceptance of our products as a replacement more difficult. Additionally, many of these in-house departments may increasingly choose to use open-source software, such as the Linux operating system. We also compete with independent software vendors and, to a limited extent, with open-source vendors. Some of the companies that develop device systems in-house and some of these independent software vendors, such as Microsoft Corporation, may have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, sales and other resources and significantly greater name recognition than we do.

 

Demands for rapid change and the increasing complexity of the technology in our industry intensify the competition we face. In addition, our competitors may consolidate or establish strategic alliances to expand product offerings and resources or address new market segments. As a result, they may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements or to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products. These factors favor larger competitors that have the resources to develop new technologies or to respond more quickly with new product offerings or product enhancements. We may be unable to meet the pace of rapid development set by our competitors or may incur additional costs attempting to do so, which may cause declines in our operating results. Our competitors may foresee the course of market developments more accurately than we do and could in the future develop new technologies that compete with our products or even render our products obsolete, any of which could adversely affect our competitive position.

 

If our strategic relationships are not successful, our product offerings, distribution and/or revenues may be adversely impacted.

 

We have many strategic relationships with semiconductor companies and customers. These strategic relationships are complex because some of the companies that are our strategic partners in certain business areas are also our competitors in other business areas. Our strategic partners may also have concurrent relationships with companies that provide open-source and in-house solutions, which may put pressure on our product development roadmaps, timelines and prices. If we are not successful in developing and maintaining these strategic relationships, our business may be harmed. If our collaborative marketing and distribution agreements terminate or expire, the scope of our product offerings may be restricted, and the distribution of our products and revenues may be adversely impacted.

 

In addition, a key component of our open source strategy is our partnership with Red Hat. If this partnership is not successful it may adversely affect our open source strategy, which in turn could have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

If we do not continue to address new and rapidly changing markets and increasingly complex technologies successfully and deliver our products on a timely basis, our revenues and operating results will decline.

 

The DSO market is characterized by ongoing technological developments, evolving industry standards and rapid changes in customer requirements and product offerings in the device market. Our success depends upon our ability to adapt and respond to these changes in a timely and cost-effective manner. If we fail to continually update our existing products to keep them current with customer needs or to develop new or enhanced products to take advantage of new technologies, emerging standards and expanding customer requirements, our existing products could become obsolete and our financial performance would suffer. We have from time to time experienced delays in the commercial release of new technologies, new products and enhancements of existing products. These delays are commonplace in the software industry due to the complexity and unpredictability of the development work required. We must effectively market and sell new product offerings to key customers, because once a customer has

 

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designed a product with a particular operating system, that customer typically is reluctant to change its supplier due to the significant related costs. If we cannot adapt or respond in a cost-effective and timely manner to new technologies and new customer requirements, sales of our products could decline.

 

The costs of software development can be high, and we may not realize revenues from our development efforts for a substantial period of time.

 

Introducing new products that rapidly address changing market demands requires a continued high level of investment in research and development. Our product development and engineering expenses were $56.7 million, or 28% of total revenues, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 compared to $74.0 million, or 30% of total revenues, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2003. Our product development and engineering expenses were $15.1 million, or 29% of total revenues, in the three months ended April 30, 2004 compared to $14.3 million, or 30% of total revenues, in the three months ended April 30, 2003. If we are required to undertake extensive capital outlays to address changes in the device market, we may be unable to realize revenue as soon as we may expect. The costs associated with software development are increasing, including the costs of acquiring or licensing new technologies. Our investment in new and existing market opportunities prior to our ability to generate revenue from these new opportunities may adversely affect our operating results.

 

Our significant international business activities subject us to increased costs and economic risks.

 

We develop and sell a substantial percentage of our products internationally. For fiscal 2004, revenues from international sales were $89.6 million, or 44% of total revenue, as compared to $103.6 million, or 42%, of total revenue for fiscal 2003. In the three months ended April 30, 2004 our revenues from international sales were $23.4 million, or 44% of total revenues compared to $19.8 million, or 41% of total revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2003. Additionally, we have investments in, or have made acquisitions of, companies located outside the United States. Over the long term, we expect to continue to make investments to further support and expand our international operations and increase our direct sales force and distribution network in EMEA, Japan and Asia Pacific. Risks inherent in international operations include:

 

    the imposition of governmental controls and regulatory requirements;

 

    the costs and risks of localizing products for foreign countries;

 

    differences in business cultures and sales cycles;

 

    differences in operation and sales support expenses;

 

    unexpected changes in tariffs, import and export restrictions and other barriers and restrictions;

 

    greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection;

 

    restrictions on repatriation of earnings;

 

    exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates;

 

    the burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws;

 

    difficulties in staffing and managing foreign subsidiaries and branch operations;

 

    the costs and risks of operating in countries experiencing geopolitical conflict and/or terrorism;

 

    the effect of our adoption of global pricing models;

 

    difficulties in integrating products and operations from foreign acquisitions;

 

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    the impact of local health and political crises that prohibit or severely limit travel or other interaction with a local economic market;

 

    exposure to local economic slowdowns; and

 

    the need to guarantee credit instruments extended to support foreign operations.

 

Any of these events, regionally and as a whole, could reduce our international sales and increase our costs of doing business internationally and have a material adverse effect on our gross margins and net operating results.

 

Our common stock price is subject to volatility.

 

In recent years, the stock markets in general and the shares of technology companies in particular have experienced extreme price fluctuations. These recent price fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the companies affected. Our stock price has similarly experienced significant volatility. As reported on The Nasdaq National Market, during fiscal 2004 our stock had a high sales price of $9.70 and a low sales price of $2.71 and, during the quarter ended April 30, 2004, our stock had a high sales price of $12.97 and a low sales price of $7.87. In some of our past fiscal quarters, we experienced shortfalls in revenue and earnings from levels expected by securities analysts and investors, which have had an immediate and significant adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock. These factors relating to the fluctuations in our revenues and operating results may continue to affect our stock price. Comments by or changes in estimates from securities analysts as well as significant developments involving our competitors or our industry could also affect our stock price.

 

In addition, the market price of our common stock is affected by the stock performance of other technology companies generally, as well as companies in our industry and our customers in particular. Other broad market and industry factors may negatively affect our operating results or cause our stock price to decline, as may general political or economic conditions in the United States and globally, such as recessions, or interest rate or currency fluctuations. In particular, the stock market may be adversely impacted, or experience unusual volatility, as a result of the outbreak of armed conflict or hostilities involving the United States or incidences of terrorism in, or directed at, the United States or its allies.

 

The rights we rely upon to protect the intellectual property underlying our products may not be adequate, which could enable third parties to use our technology and reduce our ability to compete.

 

Our success depends significantly upon the proprietary technology contained in our products. We currently rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secret laws, and contractual provisions to establish and protect our intellectual property rights in our technology and products. We cannot be certain that the steps we take to protect our intellectual property will adequately protect our rights, that others will not independently develop or otherwise acquire equivalent or superior technology, or that we can maintain our technology as trade secrets. In addition, discovery and investigation of unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult. We expect software piracy, which is difficult to detect, to be a persistent problem, particularly in those foreign countries where the laws may not protect our intellectual property as fully as in the United States. Employees, consultants, and others who participate in the development of our products may breach their agreements with us regarding our intellectual property.

 

We might not have adequate remedies for infringement or breach of our proprietary rights by third parties, employees or consultants. Further, we have in the past initiated, and in the future may initiate, claims or litigation against third parties for infringement or breach of our proprietary rights or to

 

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establish the validity of our proprietary rights. Whether or not such litigation is determined in our favor, such actions could result in significant expense to us, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel from productive tasks or cause product shipment delays.

 

Patent, trademark or copyright infringement or product liability claims against us may result in costly litigation, cause product shipment delays or require us to expend significant resources. In addition, patent or copyright claims may require us to enter into royalty or licensing arrangements.

 

We occasionally receive communications from third parties alleging patent, trademark or copyright infringement or other intellectual property claims, and there is always the chance that third parties may assert infringement claims against us or against our customers under circumstances that might require us to provide indemnification. Additionally, because our products are increasingly used in applications, such as network infrastructure, transportation, medical and mission-critical business systems, in which the failure of the device system could cause property damage, personal injury or economic loss, we may face product liability claims.

 

Although our agreements with our customers typically contain provisions intended to limit our exposure to infringement and liability claims, these provisions may not be effective in doing so in all circumstances or in all jurisdictions. Any of these types of claims, with or without merit, could result in claims for indemnification by us or costly litigation, could require us to expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology or remedy product defects, cause product shipment delays or require us to pay significant damages if the claims are successful. In the case of infringement of another party’s intellectual property, we may be required to enter into royalty or licensing agreements; however, we cannot be certain that the necessary licenses will be available or that they can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If we are not successful in defending these claims or, with respect to infringement claims, were to fail to obtain royalty or licensing agreements in a timely manner and on reasonable terms, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected.

 

Legislative actions may cause our operating expenses to increase.

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the California Disclosure Act and newly proposed or enacted rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the National Association of Securities Dealers impose new duties on us and our executives, directors, attorneys and independent accountants. In order to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and such new rules and regulations, we may be required to hire additional personnel and use additional outside legal, accounting and advisory services. Any of these developments could materially increase our operating expenses and accordingly reduce our net income or increase our net losses.

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relate primarily to our investment portfolio and debt obligations.

 

We place our investments with high quality credit issuers and, by policy, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. As stated in our policy, our first priority is to reduce the risk of principal loss. Consequently, we seek to preserve our invested funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk. We mitigate default risk by investing in only high quality credit securities that we believe to be low risk and by positioning our portfolio to respond appropriately to a significant reduction in a credit rating of any investment issuer or guarantor. The portfolio includes only marketable securities with active secondary or resale markets to ensure portfolio liquidity.

 

We believe an immediate 100 basis point move in interest rates affecting our floating and fixed rate financial instruments as of April 30, 2004 would have an immaterial effect on our pretax earnings. We also believe an immediate 100 basis point move in interest rates would have an immaterial effect on the fair value of our fixed income securities.

 

Foreign Currency Risk

 

We may enter into foreign currency forward exchange contracts to manage foreign currency exposures related to certain foreign currency denominated inter-company balances. Additionally, we may adjust our foreign currency hedging position by taking out additional contracts or by terminating or offsetting existing forward contracts. These adjustments may result from changes in the underlying foreign currency exposures or from fundamental shifts in the economics of particular exchange rates. Gains and losses on terminated forward contracts, or on contracts that are offset, are recognized in income in the period of contract termination or offset. Our ultimate realized gain or loss with respect to currency fluctuations will depend on the currency exchange rates and other factors in effect as the contracts mature. As of April 30, 2004 we had outstanding contracts with the following terms:

 

Buy / Sell:

   Sell    Sell    Sell

Currency:

   GBP    EURO    JPY

Amount:

   2,500,000    2,500,000    520,100,000

Rate:

   1.8301    1.2062    106.4100

USD Equivalent:

   $4,575,250    $3,015,500    $4,887,699

Maturity Date:

   5/13/04    5/13/04    5/13/04

 

Contract amounts are representative of the expected amounts to be paid under the terms of these instruments. As of April 30, 2004, the fair value of the above contracts was not significant.

 

Equity Price Risk

 

There have been no material changes to our equity price risk since the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004. See Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of April 30, 2004. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of April 30, 2004 to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

 

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

(a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.


  

Description


31.1    Certification of Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification of Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification of Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2    Certification of Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

 

The following report on Form 8-K was furnished during the three months ended April 30, 2004:

 

(i) On February 23, 2004, Wind River furnished a report on Form 8-K relating to its announcement of its operating results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

    WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

Dated: June 8, 2004

 

By:

 

/s/ MICHAEL W. ZELLNER


Michael W. Zellner

Senior Vice President of Finance and

Administration, Chief Financial Officer and

Secretary

 

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