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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-K

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003

OR

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

 

Commission file number 000-23043

 

PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware    74-2693793

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

12365 Riata Trace Parkway, Building B

Austin, Texas 78727

(Address of principal executive offices)

 


 

(512) 231-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $.001 par value

(Title of each class)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 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.

 

(1)        Yes       ü       No               

(2)        Yes       ü       No               

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨

 

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

 

As of December 31, 2002 the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $51,345,727. Shares of Common Stock held by each officer and director have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

 

As of September 19, 2003 there were 16,843,352 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Part III—Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement to be issued in conjunction with the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in the fourth calendar quarter of 2003.

 


 


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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED

JUNE 30, 2003

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I

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Item 1.     Business

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Item 2.     Properties

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Item 3.     Legal Proceedings

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

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Item 4a.   Executive Officers of the Registrant

  23

PART II

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Item 5.     Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

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Item 6.     Selected Consolidated Financial Data

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Item 7.     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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Item 7a.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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Item 8.     Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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Item 9.     Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

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Item 9a.   Controls and Procedures

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PART III

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Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

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Item 11.   Executive Compensation

  37

Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

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Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

  37

PART IV

  38

Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

  38

SIGNATURES

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PART I

 

ITEM 1.    BUSINESS

 

The statements contained in this Report on Form 10-K and in the Annual Report that are not purely historical statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Please see “Risk Factors that May Affect Future Results,” “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and the factors and risks discussed in other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Overview

 

Pervasive Software is a leading worldwide provider of embedded data management solutions and services to support the development, deployment and management of mission-critical business applications. Our high-performance, flexible database, Pervasive.SQL is widely installed with more than 5.4 million server seats licensed to date. Pervasive.SQL offers advanced data management technology combined with a very low total cost of ownership (TCO), resulting in an average 7-to-1 improvement over another competitor’s database, according to a June 2003 Aberdeen Group study. Our sophisticated database replication technology, Pervasive DataExchange, offers targeted solutions to data movement and synchronization problems like maintaining an offsite warm backup, driving transactional data into a data portal, and connecting remote databases. With Pervasive.SQL and Pervasive DataExchange, independent software vendors (ISVs) can create sophisticated yet low-maintenance business applications that reach far beyond the desktop to easily share information from workstations to the Web. In addition, we recently extended our product line with our data security product, Pervasive AuditMaster. Pervasive AuditMaster provides a new level of security for business applications by monitoring and reporting all activity occurring in a Pervasive.SQL database, leveraging deep-level capture, report and alert technology to enable monitoring of mission critical data without the high costs of application redevelopment and deployment, training, or on-going maintenance. Our software products are designed for integration by ISVs into client/server, Web and mobile applications, sold to small to mid-size enterprises (SMEs), which typically have environments with little to no information technology (IT) infrastructure and require self-tuning, low-administration products. As a result, end-users can concentrate on running their businesses instead of managing the data management solutions underlying their applications, which is particularly critical to this large market.

 

Industry Background

 

In-Stat/MDR estimates mid-sized businesses (representing 90 thousand businesses in the U.S. with 100-999 employees) will spend approximately $14.7 billion on computer software applications in 2004, an increase of 6% over In-Stat/MDR’s estimates for 2003. Further, In-Stat/MDR expects this spending to continue to grow to more than $16.2 billion in 2006. Likewise, computer software applications spending by small businesses (representing 2.4 million businesses in the U.S. with 5-99 employees) is expected to grow 6% in 2004 over estimates for 2003, reaching nearly $35 billion. SMEs are clearly under continuing pressure to stretch their limited IT resources and improve productivity across their firms. However, In-Stat/MDR believes that as economic conditions slowly improve, growth in the number of SMEs and software application spending by those SMEs is expected to outpace growth in the large enterprise.

 

Similarly, Forrester Research, Inc. recently surveyed technology decision-makers at 151 North American firms with less than $500 million in revenue—56% of which have less than $100 million—to understand how small and midsize companies differ from their larger peers with respect to IT spending. They found that on average, SMEs will increase their IT spending by 15% over 2002—with the most growth concentrated in the low end of the sector.

 

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We believe these trends in the SME market, combined with the current overall macroeconomic environment, will continue to favor Pervasive over the competition due to heightened sensitivity to Pervasive’s strengths of high-performance, embedded solutions at a low cost. Continued pressure on the level of IT investment indicates companies are likely to continue to delay major application conversions and instead enhance and expand the lives of current applications, many of which are packaged applications, rather than seek alternatives. Pervasive is well positioned to benefit from these extended applications, as well as from new application development when companies look to Pervasive as the TCO leader. On the other hand, Pervasive may be negatively impacted by those SMEs who make brand-name decisions, rather than pure cost or performance decisions, when given a choice of database for their application. Overall, Pervasive expects continued demand for Pervasive.SQL upgrades and licenses for the foreseeable future.

 

Pervasive Business Model

 

Pervasive has operations in Austin, Texas; Brussels; Frankfurt; London; Paris and Warsaw, and a joint venture in Japan. We sell products worldwide in more than 150 countries through direct and channel distribution. Our channel includes more than 10,000 independent software vendors, developers, value-added resellers and partners who have built or deployed applications on top of our platform.

 

Many SME organizations with limited IT resources rely on this channel to help them develop, deploy and maintain business-critical applications. Our products and marketing approach are specifically tailored to meet the needs of our channel partners and their customers. In particular, we have designed sales, marketing, training and licensing programs to encourage development of new client/server, Web and mobile applications with Pervasive.SQL. We believe our sharp focus on our customers and their end-users provides us with multiple sales opportunities, a cost-effective, value-added source of service and technical support and a large, loyal and well-educated channel that develops and deploys applications using our offerings.

 

The Pervasive Core Offering

 

Pervasive.SQL, our core database product offering, combines the high performance associated with enterprise-class databases with numerous low-maintenance features and is ideally suited for client/server, Web and mobile mission-critical applications deployed on a variety of the most popular operating systems.

 

Our offerings allow a broad range of customers to:

 

    Build low total cost of ownership applications for use in SME environments characterized by little to no IT infrastructure or in departments within large enterprises;

 

    Develop, upgrade or migrate applications that support a broad range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux and NetWare; and

 

    Embed our database inside their application, permitting development of a tightly integrated application.

 

Sales of our most-recent version, Pervasive.SQL V8, were strong in the second half of fiscal year 2003 following its release in December 2002, a testament to its high product quality. Development began during the year on the next major release of Pervasive.SQL. This version, V9, which is slated for release in the summer of 2004, incorporates many of the most-requested customer features and benefits, as well as a boost in SQL performance, providing compelling reasons for upgrades and competitive wins in the marketplace.

 

Pervasive DataExchange, our core replication offering, offers targeted solutions to data movement and synchronization problems like maintaining an offsite warm backup, driving transactional data into a data portal, and connecting remote databases. DataExchange solutions feature a combination of product and services customized for the business problem to be solved:

 

    Data Continuity—augments end-of-day tape backups by maintaining an up-to-date warm standby at an offsite location;

 

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    Data Synchronization—automates the near real time sharing of data between locations, supporting the growth in the number of offices and locations and related increase in the geographic distribution of data; and

 

    Data Portal—bridges the gap between existing transactional systems and the Web portal or the data warehouse, allowing system access for non-transactional activities, such as query and analysis, without disrupting, modifying or taxing the performance of the transactional system.

 

Pervasive AuditMaster, our core security product offering, monitors and reports all activity occurring in a Pervasive.SQL database, leveraging deep-level capture, report and alert technology to enable monitoring of mission critical data without the high costs of application redevelopment and deployment, training, or on-going maintenance. This technology is particularly relevant in the accounting and healthcare markets, both of which are presently dealing with increased regulatory requirements brought about by the Sarbanes Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). AuditMaster provides data access accountability by means of three modules:

 

    Capture—The Capture module is an easily installed database plug-in. It serves somewhat like an all-seeing flight recorder, trapping every event in the database in a detailed trail. It is installed at the database level, so when the database is running, AuditMaster Capture is running, maintaining a complete log record of events occurring in the database;

 

    Report—Once the Capture module establishes the audit trail, the Report module allows queries on it, enabling a security administrator to perform audits on the activity within the application by verifying past activities or analyzing patterns and trends; and

 

    Alert—While Reports are historical in nature, the Alert module offers proactive surveillance of future data activity. Once defined in AuditMaster, alert triggers wait for specified events of interest based on the entire range of user actions, including creating, updating and deleting data, or even simply reading it. When a watched for event occurs, AuditMaster immediately triggers an Alert, which can take the form of an email to one or more recipients, a call to another application, or the start-up of a new application.

 

In response to the growing need for ad hoc search capabilities in Pervasive.SQL powered software applications, we acquired a license to search engine technology in June 2003 for release to the global market of Pervasive.SQL ISVs. Our new search product will allow application developers to incorporate powerful text and numeric search capabilities directly into their Pervasive.SQL V8-based applications with a minimum of development effort. With our search product, developers can build custom search User Interfaces directly into their applications allowing the application’s end user to quickly search for any data in the Pervasive.SQL database using simple text queries rather than complicated SQL syntax. Matching results are returned through XML allowing the application developer to determine the best way they would like to display those results to the end user.

 

And, on August 8, 2003, we announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Data Junction Corporation, a pioneering data and application integration company based in Austin, Texas, for up to $22.1 million in cash and 5 million shares of Pervasive common stock. The transaction is valued at a total of approximately $52.1 million. The agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of Pervasive and Data Junction and is subject to the approval of the shareholders of both companies. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2003.

 

Data Junction’s primary products include the Data Junction Integration Studio, which is a comprehensive set of visual design tools for rapidly building and testing data integration processes that work with hundreds of data formats and applications. This enables design with total control over all aspects of the integration project—from creating integration maps to managing complex, event-driven flow of inter-application messages and EDI processes. Data Junction virtually created the category known as ETL (extract, transform and load) in 1986 with

 

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Data Junction v1.0, one of the world’s first hub-and-spoke approaches to data conversion and translation, and today is charting new ground in the development of business and application integration technologies.

 

The Pervasive Strategy

 

Pervasive’s goal is to be the leading, best-value source of high-performance, embedded data management products powering mission-critical applications. Our data management infrastructure offerings are tailored to meet the specific needs of independent software vendors (ISVs) and value-added resellers (VARs) who serve the SME market, and we invest in partnering programs that create a sense of community and communication between Pervasive and our customers. Key elements of our strategy are:

 

Leverage our Core Competencies.    Our low total cost of ownership database is widely installed with more than 5.4 million server seats licensed since our inception in 1994. Many of these seats are deployed in SME organizations that have not yet adopted the latest generation of our database products. Hence, we believe we have a significant opportunity in upgrading these seats to our current or next-generation client/server, Web and mobile database products. We plan to reach these customers through our loyal channel of ISVs, VARs, systems integrators and consultants and continue to seek their input to guide our product development activities. We intend to conduct joint marketing programs with our channel partners and customers encouraging upgrades to recent versions of our database, upgrades of additional user counts, upgrades to new or additional platforms, as well as upgrades of the ISVs’ applications themselves.

 

Our ongoing and past investments in training and educating our customers worldwide, our long-term relationships with ISVs and VARs and our success in encouraging them to embed our products into their applications have created a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Our channel approach is designed to further the integration of our products into client/server, Web and mobile applications and to stimulate sales of the ISVs’ applications themselves. We intend to continue to build customer loyalty by providing significant revenue opportunities, meaningful certification programs and other offerings via our enhanced marketing, training, consulting and lead-sharing programs, as well as by ensuring customer satisfaction through the delivery of high quality products and support programs.

 

Continue Our Obsession with Customer Success.    Much of our success can be attributed to our obsessive focus on our customers’ success. We intend to continue this focus and will continue to vigorously monitor customer satisfaction through both internal and external surveys and tie results to our company-wide internal bonus program. These efforts were recognized by an award from the Association of Support Professionals, which named Pervasive’s Web site one of the top 10 best Web support sites in 2002 and have consistently placed us in the top quartile for customer satisfaction of technology companies whose customers have been surveyed by our independent customer satisfaction survey firm, Prognostics. Commitment to customer success is a core value of Pervasive Software.

 

Address Markets Which Require High-value, Embedded Database Technology.    We have excelled in simplifying the complexity associated with data management for thousands of client/server applications, representing nearly every industry in every major region of the world. It is extensive communication with a diverse set of customers that enables us to understand their needs and prioritize the requirements for future product development. This includes identifying needs relevant to a particular horizontal or vertical market. We intend to leverage our understanding of, as well as our success in, these markets for new business development. We have relative strength in many markets, including:

 

    Accounting—powering more than half of the top 20 applications for the SME market;

 

    Healthcare—serving ISVs who deliver applications for use by a broad range of healthcare institutions, ranging from large hospitals to small clinics and offices; and

 

    Banking, financial services, retail point-of-sale and other markets requiring high-volume transactions.

 

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Develop Value-add, Third-party Partnerships.    Further, we intend to explore opportunities to partner with third-party development tool vendors where the Pervasive data management solution is a natural complement to their product offerings, and in cases where Pervasive’s strengths of performance, embeddability and low total cost of ownership overshadow brand preferences. Agreements announced in fiscal year 2003 include agreements with Data Access Worldwide, a leading provider of data-management solutions powering the success of application developers worldwide, Intelliun Corporation, an innovator in simplifying J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) development, and Magic Software Enterprises, a leading provider of state-of-the-art development and integration technology.

 

Expand the Product Line.    Pervasive has achieved success in the past by delivering a single product—a data management solution—to run mission-critical applications in tens of thousands of companies. This has been accomplished through the establishment and cultivation of a very large channel. We believe additional success can be achieved by expanding our product line and marketing new products to our established customer base, working exclusively through our channel. We have developed a framework for this expansion, which we are calling the Pervasive Ecosystem. The Ecosystem is comprised of several new product categories, such as data security, business intelligence and integration. In fiscal year 2003, we have announced the release of DataExchange (data security), the acquisition of AuditMaster technology (data security) and the license of full text search technology (business intelligence) and on August 8, 2003, we announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Data Junction Corporation (data integration) which is scheduled to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2003. We expect to further invest in product line expansion through continued internal development, licensing and acquisition of new products as well as the extension of existing products into new markets. Product line expansion may also be derived from the acquisition of other complementary embedded data management products and/or companies that represent an opportunity for Pervasive to increase the size of its core customer base. We further expect that product line expansion will allow us to enter new channels and new markets.

 

Remain Committed to Continued Profitability.    Since March 2001, we have reported ten consecutive quarters of profitability. Our profitability has been consistent with our quarterly financial guidance and is a result of: 1) our sharp focus on our core data management business; 2) consistent license revenue in each of our primary geographies and channels; and 3) prudent expense management. This excellent performance was achieved in the midst of a very difficult economic environment. We remain committed to profitability and believe it will continue through our prudent management of expenses, increasing marketing and sales productivity around the globe and as a result of our next-generation product releases and product line expansion anticipated in fiscal year 2004.

 

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Offerings

 

Pervasive has a wide range of data management product offerings that enable software developers, application service providers, Web and systems integrators, consultants and value-added resellers to quickly and easily develop, deploy and maintain client/server, Web and mobile applications for SMEs and departments of large enterprises. The resulting applications enable organizations in multiple industries to automate a wide range of business critical functions. The following table describes our comprehensive line of data management products and development tools:

 

Product   Description   Platforms

Pervasive.SQL Server   High performance transactional and relational database engine targeted at high volume transaction applications and optimized for reporting, ad hoc query and decision support systems, in Web and client/server computing environments.  

Windows NT/ 2000/2003, Linux,

NetWare


Pervasive.SQL Workgroup / Workstation   Single and multi-user configuration of Pervasive.SQL for environments without a dedicated network server and which allows for migration from one to many users including to Web and client/server with little or no code changes.  

Windows

98/ME/NT/

2000/XP/2003


Pervasive.SQL Software Developer Kit   Developer kit for Pervasive.SQL that provides tight integration with leading development tools such as Microsoft’s Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual Studio.NET, Magic, Borland’s JBuilder and Delphi and supports industry standards such as ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, and the .NET platform.  

Windows

98/ME/NT/ 2000/XP/2003, Linux, NetWare


Pervasive.SQL I*net Data Server   Server that provides for the Internet enabling of existing Pervasive.SQL and Btrieve applications with little or no code changes.   Windows NT/ 2000/2003, Linux, NetWare

Pervasive DataExchange  

Data Continuity Solution—maintains an up-to-date warm standby system at an offsite location with current data, to augment local tape backup.

Data Portal Solution—bridges the gap between existing systems and the Web or data warehouse.

Data Synchronization Solution—automates the near real time sharing of data between locations.

 

Windows

98/ME/NT/ 2000/XP/2003


Pervasive AuditMaster   Monitors and reports all activity occurring in a Pervasive.SQL database, leveraging deep-level capture, report and alert technology to enable meticulous monitoring of mission critical data without the high costs of application redevelopment and deployment, training, or on-going maintenance.   Windows NT/2000/2003

Pervasive Full Text Search   Enables users to perform advanced searches to easily find information by allowing partial match, wild card and fuzzy logic searches into application and Web portal data, consistently providing sub-second responses across large databases.   Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

 

Our line of data management infrastructure software offers the high performance associated with enterprise solutions combined with the simplicity of our low maintenance technology. These products enable our independent software vendor and value-added reseller customers to more profitably develop, deploy and maintain client/server, Web and mobile applications that provide robust functionality and low total cost of ownership in SME environments with limited IT resources. Pervasive’s data management infrastructure software simplifies development by enabling developers to write applications capable of running on multiple platforms

 

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and being scalable with little or no modification from single user workstation to Web and client/server environments. Business critical applications built on our data management infrastructure software enable organizations to implement client/server, Web and mobile systems and automate critical business functions without the costs and complexities typically associated with enterprise-class applications, databases and data management solutions.

 

In addition, we offer the Pervasive.SQL Software Developer Kit and our on-line Developer Center, which include tools, documentation, sample code and licenses to enable programmers to quickly and easily develop and test applications that embed our data management solutions. The Pervasive.SQL Software Developer Kit and our on-line Developer Center are designed to attract new independent software vendors to the Pervasive.SQL development community and provide tight integration with leading development tools such as Microsoft’s Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual Studio.NET, Magic, Borland’s JBuilder and Delphi and supports industry standards such as ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB and the .NET platform.

 

Product Characteristics

 

The following table describes the principal characteristics and benefits of our data management product offerings.

 

Product Characteristics   Description   Benefits

Embeddable   Designed to be “hidden” inside an application, permitting development of a tightly integrated application.   Allows broad deployment of complex distributed applications into environments with minimal or no IT infrastructure.

Small Memory Footprint  

Internal memory requirements:

    Workstation/Workgroup 10 MB

    Server 32 MB

  Maximizes resources available to the application and enables operation on a wide range of hardware.

Simplified Data Management Features   Pervasive.SQL automates administrative functions, such as disk space allocation, memory and index management, which significantly reduces the need for ongoing maintenance.   Requires a minimum level of IT support making complex and cost effective Web and client/server applications easily adaptable to meet ever-changing business demands.

Multi-platform Deployment  

Pervasive.SQL supports a broad range of operating systems.

Server: Windows NT/2000/2003, Linux and NetWare

Workstation/Workgroup: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003

  Provides flexibility and leverages existing company standards and infrastructures, decreasing training time and increasing productivity, while allowing the user to use the best tools for the job.

Portability   Deployments of Pervasive.SQL can be easily migrated to any supported platform.   Allows development and deployment to be done on the most optimal platform that meets the business and resource requirements.

Reliability   Pervasive.SQL is based on industry-proven technology.   Provides high degree of data integrity and stability to business applications.

Configurability   Pervasive.SQL can access local and distributed data simultaneously.   Enables the storage and processing of databases to be distributed throughout the network.

Application Scalability   Applications can run in any configuration from single-user workstation to supporting thousands of concurrent users in client/server and Web environments.   Offers cost savings for developers and end users because a single application can be deployed in multiple configurations without modification.

 

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Industry Standard Connectivity   Industry standard interfaces enabling any application to communicate with any database.   Allows ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB and .NET compliant applications to access data stored in a Pervasive.SQL database.

Common MicroKernel Database Engine   Transactional and relational applications can simultaneously share common databases.   Allows a developer to choose the appropriate data access method: transactional access for high volume and relational access for reporting, queries and decision support.

Advanced Replication and Synchronization Capability   Our DataExchange product offers targeted solutions to data movement and synchronization requirements like maintaining an offsite warm backup, driving transactional data into a data portal and connecting remote databases.   Ensures mission critical data is where it is needed, when it is needed.

Advanced Data Security Capability   Know who’s doing what to your data when, where and how with the transaction intelligence and proactive monitoring capabilities of Pervasive AuditMaster.   Prevents unauthorized and authorized users from security breaches and provides an audit trail if and when transaction forensics is performed.

Advanced Full Text Search Capability   Our full text search capability allows developers to incorporate powerful text and numeric search capabilities right into their Pervasive.SQL V8-based applications with a minimum of development effort.   Allows a developer to build custom search user interfaces directly into their applications allowing the application’s end user to quickly search for any data in the Pervasive.SQL database using the same kinds of simple text queries rather than complicated SQL syntax.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Our sales and marketing organizations focus on our worldwide channels by targeting software developers who build client/server, Web and mobile applications and the Web and systems integrators, consultants and value-added resellers who sell and implement the applications to end users. Our marketing organization has primary responsibility for product direction and has developed a number of programs utilized by the sales organization to support our channel partners, such as our Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) program for independent software vendors and partner programs for Web and systems integrators, consultants and VARs. These programs are worldwide in scope and capture leads from a variety of activities including direct response marketing and advertising, joint marketing and public relations.

 

Our OEM program focuses on recruiting and retention of independent software vendors worldwide who embed our products on an OEM basis. The OEM program is designed to build mutually beneficial strategic relationships between Pervasive and our independent software vendors and generate ongoing royalties for us through licensing contracts, which are typically for three-year terms. This program offers our OEM partners joint marketing services, volume discounts, specialized technical support, training and consulting, which enable delivery of tightly integrated solutions to end users.

 

Our other sales and marketing programs recruit and retain software developers and channel partners who develop applications that are designed to be deployed with shrink-wrap versions of our data management products. These programs include trade shows, direct mail, telemarketing and telesales activities and hands-on seminars that are designed to further recruit, develop, support and train software developers and channel partners to facilitate the deployment of client/server, Web and mobile applications based on our products. If the sales volumes of these applications become sufficient, the sales group recruits these software developers into our OEM program.

 

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The international sales organization utilizes a channel of distribution partners and OEMs worldwide. The distribution partners implement sales and marketing programs for a particular region, typically using our distributor or master distributor programs. In addition to managing these distributor relationships, the international sales group recruits and supports software developers and channel partners with the same programs as the domestic sales groups. We currently have international offices located in Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, London and Warsaw and a joint venture in Japan.

 

Customer Service and Technical Support

 

We offer multiple levels of worldwide customer services, including technical support, professional consulting services, training and product maintenance. First level, or front line, support responds to most customer inquiries that are routine in scope via telephone and email. Second level, or back line, support responds to escalated technical issues and supports our large partners with dedicated technical expertise. In addition, developer level support ensures that ISVs can obtain assistance from a team knowledgeable in the ISV’s programming language and toolset of choice, resulting in a shortened time to market for the ISV’s application. Self-help support is also available via our award-winning Web site, which includes a searchable knowledge base, answers to frequently asked questions and technical white papers. Customer service is provided at no charge for the first 30 days after initial purchase for installation questions and at any time via our Web site. After 30 days, we offer contract and fee-based per-incident and premium support programs.

 

Our customer service team will, in appropriate situations, fulfill demand for fee-based consulting services from our software developer customers and channel partners. These consulting services may include development services to migrate applications on competing databases to Pervasive.SQL, migrate existing applications to the Web, upgrade existing applications to the latest Pervasive.SQL release, and optimize database functionality through performance testing, database schema design and review, and the delivery of services related to our DataExchange, AuditMaster or Full Text Search offerings. Consulting opportunities are often referred to our channel partners to strengthen channel loyalty, build the channel’s technical ability and increase the resource base available for future growth.

 

Our education resources train our channel partners in the use of our products for optimal performance and feature utilization. In addition, we offer channel partner certification and authorization programs to enhance the technical expertise of our authorized channel partners.

 

In order to provide a higher quality of customer support, we have a specialized product maintenance group. This group combines traditional technical support expertise with an engineering development team to provide maintenance for all products, develop customer-driven enhancements to our products, issue regularly scheduled service packs and handle escalations of highly technical customer issues.

 

Worldwide customer support, professional services and training are provided through our corporate offices in Austin, Texas. International customer support is complemented by our call center in Brussels, Belgium and via our recently enhanced multi-lingual support Website.

 

Research and Development

 

We have made substantial investments in research and development through both internal development and technology acquisition. As of June 30, 2003, we had 50 employees in research and development, and our research and development expenditures for fiscal years 2001, 2002 and 2003 were $10.5 million, $7.1 million and $8.0 million, respectively. We will continue to invest heavily in focused research and development resources to further our vision of software development environments that dramatically simplify the development, deployment and maintenance of client/server, Web and mobile applications.

 

Our development efforts consist primarily of driving significant levels of innovation into new and current product lines with primary goals being continuous improvement of the performance of existing product features,

 

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the addition of new differentiating product features to simplify the development and deployment of our products, and the on-going investment in emerging platform opportunities. We continue to focus development activities on enhancing Pervasive.SQL with performance, features and functionality required by SME customers today and the channel of ISVs, VARs and consultants who serve them.

 

We are also continuing to invest in data replication technology for deployment into customer environments where high availability and security of data is a critical need. Pervasive DataExchange offers targeted solutions to data movement and synchronization requirements like maintaining an offsite warm backup, driving transactional data into a data portal and connecting remote databases.

 

We continue to invest in Pervasive AuditMaster, our core security offering, which monitors and reports all activity occurring in a Pervasive.SQL database, leveraging deep-level capture, report and alert technology to enable monitoring of mission critical data without the high costs of application redevelopment and deployment, training, or on-going maintenance. This technology is particularly relevant in the accounting and healthcare markets, both of which are presently dealing with increased regulatory requirements brought about by the Sarbanes Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

 

And, we continue to invest in Pervasive Full Text Search technology which enables users to perform advanced searches to easily find information by allowing partial match, wild card and fuzzy logic searches into application and Web portal data, consistently providing sub-second responses across large databases.

 

Technology

 

Pervasive.SQL utilizes our MicroKernel Database Architecture Engine (MKDE) architecture. A primary feature of the MKDE architecture is that it enables applications to have simultaneous transactional and relational access to data. Pervasive.SQL provides a number of advantages over other database management systems including:

 

    Multi-platform functionality (Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003, Linux, NetWare), including complete database file compatibility between platforms;

 

    Integration with leading development tools such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Studio.NET, Magic, JBuilder, Delphi and COBOL;

 

    Support of leading standards such as ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB and the .NET platform;

 

    Scalability, from single-user workstations to workgroups, client/server systems and the Web;

 

    Increased concurrency and scalability with row level locking technology;

 

    History of compatibility with existing applications and data file formats to support our developer community;

 

    Enhanced automatic tuning designed to increase performance and decrease cost of ownership;

 

    Support for larger storage needs (up to 64 gigabytes per table);

 

    Smart data management components for simplified installation and system configuration;

 

    Database management utilities to expedite data import, export and recovery tasks;

 

    Simultaneous transactional and relational access to the same data; and

 

    Built-in database recovery capabilities.

 

Applications based on Pervasive database engines can scale from single-user workstations to client/server and Web environments without re-linking or changing code.

 

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Competition

 

We encounter competition for our data management products primarily from large, public companies, in particular, Sybase’s small memory footprint database software product, SQL Anywhere, and Microsoft’s database product, SQL Server. Microsoft has devoted resources to making its SQL Server product increasingly applicable to the market for our products. We believe that Microsoft will continue to incorporate SQL Server technology into its operating system software and certain of its server software offerings, possibly at no additional cost to its users. Microsoft’s activities could materially adversely affect sales of our products on the Windows platform. In addition, because there are relatively low barriers to entry in the software market, we may encounter additional competition from other established and emerging companies.

 

Proprietary Rights

 

Our success and ability to compete are dependent on our ability to develop and maintain the proprietary aspects of our technology and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others. We rely primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights. We also believe that factors, such as the technological and creative skills of our personnel, new research and developments, frequent product enhancements, name recognition and reliable product maintenance, are essential to establishing and maintaining a technology leadership position. We license our database software products primarily under “shrink wrap” licenses (i.e., licenses included as part of the product packaging). Shrink-wrap licenses are not negotiated with or signed by individual licensees, and purport to take effect upon the opening of the product package.

 

Employees

 

As of June 30, 2003, we employed 160 full-time employees, including 60 in sales and marketing, 50 in research and development, 29 in customer service and technical support, and 21 in general and administrative. We are not subject to any collective bargaining agreement, and we believe that our relationships with our employees are good.

 

Facilities

 

Our leased headquarters facility in Austin, Texas, consists of approximately 91,000 square feet. The facility provides additional space and expansion options and is leased through September 2008. We currently lease international offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, London and Warsaw.

 

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RISK FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

 

You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Any of the following risks could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Please see the “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-K.

 

Our Financial Results May Vary Significantly from Quarter to Quarter

 

Our operating results have varied significantly from quarter to quarter at times in the past and may continue to vary significantly from quarter to quarter in the future due to a variety of factors. Many of these factors are outside of our control. These factors include:

 

    fluctuations in demand for our products or upgrades to our products;

 

    fluctuations in the demand for and deployment of client/server applications in which our Pervasive.SQL products are designed to be embedded;

 

    fluctuations in demand for our products due to the potential deteriorating economic conditions on our customer base;

 

    seasonality of purchases and the timing of product sales and shipments;

 

    unexpected delays in introducing new products and services or improvements to existing products and services;

 

    new product releases, licensing models or pricing policies by our competitors;

 

    acquisitions or mergers involving us, our competitors or customers;

 

    impact of changes to our product distribution strategy and pricing policies;

 

    lack of order backlog;

 

    loss of a significant customer or distributor;

 

    changes in purchasing and/or payment practices by our distributors or other customers;

 

    a reduction in the number of independent software vendors, or ISVs, who embed our products or value-added resellers, or VARs, who sell and deploy our products;

 

    changes in the mix of domestic and international sales;

 

    impact of changes to our geographic investment levels and business models;

 

    changes in the cost of routine business activities, e.g., the increasing cost of directors and officers’ liability insurance premiums;

 

    gains or losses associated with discontinued operations;

 

    changes in our business plan or strategy; and

 

    changes in generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

 

Although our revenues grew 5% in fiscal 2003, our revenues in fiscal year 2002 decreased 12% from the previous fiscal year due to a combination of factors, including: competitive forces, a different discount structure in Japan following our new business venture formed in July 2001, and what we believe to have been a general softening in the packaged client/server applications market contributing to decreased orders for our Pervasive.SQL products embedded in these applications. We believe certain of these factors could continue to negatively affect sales of our Pervasive.SQL products in the future. Significant portions of our expenses are not

 

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variable in the short term and cannot be quickly reduced to respond to decreases in revenues. Therefore, if our revenues are below our expectations, our operating results are likely to be adversely and disproportionately affected. In addition, we may change our prices, modify our distribution strategy and policies, accelerate our investment in research and development, sales or marketing efforts in response to competitive pressures or pursue new market opportunities. Any one of these activities may further limit our ability to adjust spending in response to revenue fluctuations.

 

We derive a portion of our revenues from relatively large orders. The sales cycles for these transactions tend to be longer than the sales cycles on smaller orders. This longer sales cycle for large orders makes it difficult to predict the quarter in which these sales will occur. Accordingly, our operating results may fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on the existence and timing of larger orders. A reduction in large orders during any quarter could materially impact our revenues.

 

Our revenue growth and profitability depend on the overall demand for our products and services, which in turn depends on general economic and business conditions. The nature and extent of the effect of the current economic climate on our ability to sell our products and services is uncertain. A softening of demand for our products and services caused by weakening of the economy may result in decreased revenues or lower growth rates. There can be no assurance that we will be able to effectively promote revenue growth rates in all economic conditions.

 

Seasonality May Contribute to Fluctuations in Our Quarterly Operating Results

 

Our business has, on occasion, experienced seasonal customer buying patterns. In recent years, we have generally experienced relatively weaker demand in the quarters ending March 31 and September 30. We believe that this pattern may continue. In addition, we anticipate that demand for our products in Europe and Japan will decline in the summer months because of reduced corporate buying patterns during the vacation season.

 

We Currently Operate Without a Backlog

 

We generally operate with virtually no order backlog because our software products are shipped and revenue is recognized shortly after orders are received. This lack of backlog makes product revenues in any quarter substantially dependent on orders booked and shipped throughout that quarter. As a result, if orders in the first month or two of a quarter fall short of expectations, it is likely we will not meet our revenue targets for that quarter. As a result, our quarterly operating results would be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our Performance Depends on Market Acceptance of Pervasive.SQL

 

We derive substantially all of our revenues from the license of our Pervasive.SQL products. Continued market acceptance of Pervasive.SQL 2000i and Pervasive.SQL V8 may be influenced heavily by factors outside of our control such as new product offerings or promotions by competitors, mergers and acquisitions of customers and competitors, the product development and deployment cycles of developers and resellers who embed or bundle our products into packaged software applications and what we believe is a softening in the market for client/server applications of the type built on our products. Our latest product, Pervasive.SQL V8, was released in December 2002. Market acceptance of Pervasive.SQL 2000i, Pervasive.SQL V8 and future upgrades also may be influenced by factors in our control such as product quality, relative demand for feature and functionality upgrades and any future product announcements or price changes.

 

Our Efforts to Develop and Maintain Brand Awareness of Our Products May Not be Successful

 

Brand awareness is important given competition in the market for data management products. We are aware of other companies that use the word “Pervasive” either in their marks alone or in combination with other words. We expect that it may be difficult or impossible to prevent third-party usage of the Pervasive name and variations

 

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of this name for competing goods and services. Competitors or others who use marks similar to our brand name may cause confusion among actual and potential customers, which could prevent us from achieving significant brand recognition. If we fail to promote and maintain our brand or incur significant related expenses, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

We May Face Problems with Our Pending Acquisition of Data Junction Corporation

 

On August 8, 2003, we announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Data Junction Corporation, a pioneering data and application integration company based in Austin, Texas, for up to $22.1 million in cash and 5 million shares of our common stock. The agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of Pervasive and Data Junction and is subject to the approval of the shareholders of both companies. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2003. We cannot be certain that the acquisition of Data Junction will close or be successful or that Pervasive will realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition. We filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 on September 23, 2003 to register the shares of our common stock to be issued to the Data Junction shareholders in connection with the merger. The Registration Statement contains detailed descriptions of the merger, the merger agreement, Data Junction and its products, and the risk factors associated with the merger and the combined company.

 

We May Face Problems in Connection With Past Acquisitions, Joint Ventures or Licensing Arrangements Other than the Pending Acquisition of Data Junction

 

In July 2003, we licensed technology from ABACUS Research A.G., a software development company based in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The licensed technology enables users to perform advanced searches into application and Web portal data, providing sub-second responses across large databases. We licensed the technology for $600,000. Following a productization and integration effort, product availability is planned for later this calendar year. We cannot be certain that the productization and integration effort will be successful.

 

In April 2003, we purchased a database transaction intelligence technology from ThinkNet Inc., a software development company based in Toronto, Ontario. The acquired technology provides a continuous, comprehensive and auditable view of an application’s database operations, such as who did what when, where and how. It consists of a Pervasive.SQL logging plug-in, a query and analysis module, and a sophisticated business rules engine. It also alerts administrators to events according to predefined business rules and reports activity efficiently for analysis. Following a productization and integration effort, product availability is planned for later this calendar year. We acquired the technology for $550,000 in cash. We cannot be certain that the productization and integration effort will be successful.

 

In July 2001, we formed a new business venture with AG-TECH Corporation, a company developing, selling and importing packaged software, to sell and support our products in Japan. AG-TECH has been engaged in the sales and support of Btrieve (predecessor to Pervasive.SQL) and Pervasive.SQL products since 1986. In conjunction with the joint venture, AG-TECH launched a new operating division staffed with specialists experienced in selling and supporting Pervasive.SQL to assume responsibility for OEM sales, packaged software sales, technical support and localization and translation of our products into Japanese. In connection with the new business venture, we obtained a less than 20% ownership interest in AG-TECH and the ability to elect one director to the AG-TECH Board of Directors. We cannot be certain that this venture will be successful which could result in our inability to successfully operate in Japan. We may be unable to maintain or increase Japanese market demand for our products.

 

We May Face Problems in Connection With Future Acquisitions, Joint Ventures or Licensing Arrangements

 

In the future, we may acquire additional businesses, products and technologies, or enter into joint venture or licensing arrangements, that could complement, modify or expand our business. Our negotiations of potential acquisitions or joint ventures and our integration of acquired businesses, products or technologies could divert

 

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management time and resources. Any future acquisitions could require us to issue dilutive equity securities, reduce our cash and marketable securities, incur debt or contingent liabilities, amortize intangibles, or write-off purchased research and development and other acquisition-related expenses. If we are unable to fully integrate acquired businesses, products or technologies with our existing operations, we may not receive the intended benefits of acquisitions. For example, in November 1998 we purchased EveryWare Development Inc. and in July 2000 we announced a restructuring in which we recorded a charge of $17 million for discontinuing operations related to EveryWare Development. In addition, market reactions to acquisitions are difficult to predict and if we do announce any future acquisitions, such market reactions may cause our stock price to fluctuate.

 

We May Face Problems in Connection With Product Line Expansion

 

In the future, we may acquire, license or develop additional products. Future product line expansion may require us to modify or expand our business. Further, future product line expansion may require us to reorganize by product line instead of by function and could divert management time and resources. If we are unable to fully integrate multiple products with our existing single-product operations, we may not receive the intended benefits of such product line expansion.

 

A Small Number of Distributors and Sales Related to Accounting Software Applications Account For a Significant Percentage of Our Revenues

 

The loss of a major distributor, changes in a distributor’s payment practices, changes in the financial stability of a major distributor or any reduction in orders by such distributor, including reductions due to market or competitive conditions combined with the potential inability to replace the distributor on a timely basis, or any modifications to our pricing or distribution channel strategy could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Many of our independent software vendors (“ISVs”), value-added resellers and end users place their orders through distributors. A relatively small number of distributors have accounted for a significant percentage of our revenues. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, two distributors combined accounted for an aggregate of approximately 22% of our revenues, as compared to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, when two distributors accounted for an aggregate of approximately 21% of our revenues. Additionally, we estimate that approximately 20% of our revenues in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 were from sales related to accounting software applications. Furthermore, there is currently consolidation taking place among our ISVs that could narrow the number of customers that sell our products. For example, one of our ISVs, The Sage Group plc, recently announced that it has acquired Timberline Software Corporation, another of our ISVs. In addition, the acquisition of Softline Limited, another of our ISVs, by the Sage Group plc is currently pending. These three ISVs together represented approximately 10% of our revenues in fiscal 2003. Accordingly, if the Sage Group plc completes its acquisition of Softline Limited, our sales to The Sage Group plc could constitute 10% or more of our revenues in the future. As a result, we expect we will continue to depend on a limited number of distributors, certain of our ISV customers and sales related to accounting software applications for a significant portion of our revenues in future periods and the loss of a significant distributor or ISV customer could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Moreover, we expect that such distributors and sales related to accounting software applications will vary from period to period. Our distributors have not agreed to any minimum order requirements. Although we forecast demand and plan accordingly, if a distributor purchases excess product, we may be obligated to accept the return of some products.

 

We Depend on Our Indirect Sales Channel

 

Our failure to continue to grow our indirect sales channel or the loss of a significant number of members of our indirect channel partners would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. We do not have a substantial direct sales force, and we derive substantially all of our revenues

 

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from indirect sales through a channel consisting of independent software vendors, value-added resellers, system integrators, consultants and distributors. Our sales channel could be adversely affected by a number of factors including:

 

    the emergence of a new platform resulting in the failure of independent software vendors to develop and the failure of value-added resellers to sell our products based on our supported platforms;

 

    pressures placed on the sales channel to sell competing products;

 

    our failure to adequately support the sales channel;

 

    consolidation of certain of our indirect channel partners;

 

    competing product lines offered by certain of our indirect channel partners; and

 

    business model or licensing model changes of our channel partners or their competitors.

 

We cannot be certain we will be able to continue to attract additional indirect channel partners or retain our current partners. In addition, we cannot be certain our competitors will not attempt to recruit certain of our current or future partners. For example, in December 2000, Microsoft (a competitor) acquired Great Plains Software (an OEM that embeds our product into certain of its products and also a channel partner). This may have, and any similar transactions may have, an adverse effect on our ability to attract and retain partners.

 

We May Not Be Able to Develop Strategic Relationships

 

Our current collaborative relationships may not prove to be beneficial to us, and they may not be sustained. We may not be able to enter into successful new strategic relationships in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. From time to time, we have collaborated with other companies in areas such as product development, marketing, distribution and implementation. However, many of our current and potential strategic partners are either actual or potential competitors with us. In addition, many of our current relationships are informal or, if written, terminable with little or no notice.

 

We Depend on Third-Party Technology in Our Products

 

We rely upon certain software that we license from third parties, including software integrated with our internally developed software and used in our products to perform key functions. These third-party software licenses may not continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms. The loss of, or inability to maintain or obtain any of these software licenses, could result in shipment delays or reductions until we develop, identify, license and integrate equivalent software. Any delay in product development or shipment could damage our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We May be Unable to Protect Our Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights

 

Our success depends to a significant degree upon our ability to protect our software and other proprietary technology. We rely primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights. However, these measures afford us only limited protection. Furthermore, we use third party service providers in India for some of our development and the laws of India do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. In addition, we rely in part on “shrink wrap” and “click wrap” licenses that are not signed by the end user and, therefore, may be unenforceable under the laws of certain jurisdictions. Therefore, our efforts to protect our intellectual property may not be adequate. We cannot be certain that others will not develop technologies that are similar or superior to our technology or design around the copyrights and trade secrets owned by us. Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use information we regard as proprietary. Although we

 

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believe software piracy may be a problem, we are unable to determine the extent to which piracy of our software products occurs. In addition, portions of our source code are developed in foreign countries with laws that do not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States.

 

Although we are not aware that any of our products infringe upon the proprietary rights of third parties, we may be subjected to claims of intellectual property infringement by third parties as the number of products and competitors in our industry segment continues to grow and the functionality of products in different industry segments increasingly overlaps. Any infringement claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, divert management attention and resources, cause product shipment delays or the loss or deferral of sales or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements. Such royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. In the event of a successful claim of intellectual property infringement against us, should we fail or be unable to either license the technology or similar technology or develop alternative technology on a timely basis, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

We Must Adapt to Rapid Technological Change

 

Our future success will depend upon our ability to continue to enhance our current products and to develop and introduce new products on a timely basis that keep pace with technological developments and new industry standards and satisfy increasingly sophisticated customer requirements. Rapid technological change, frequent new product introductions and enhancements, uncertain product life cycles, changes in customer demands and evolving industry standards characterize the market for our products. The introduction of products embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards can render existing products obsolete and unmarketable. As a result of the complexities inherent in client/server and Web computing environments and the performance demanded by customers for data management products, new products and product enhancements can require long development and testing periods. As a result, significant delays in the general availability of such new releases or significant problems in the installation or implementation of such new releases could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. We have experienced delays in the past in the release of new products and new product enhancements. We may not be successful in:

 

    developing and marketing, on a timely and cost-effective basis, new products or new product enhancements that respond to technological change, evolving industry standards or customer requirements;

 

    avoiding difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful development, introduction or marketing of these products; or

 

    achieving market acceptance for our new products and product enhancements.

 

Our Software May Contain Errors or Defects

 

Errors or defects in our products may result in loss of revenues or delay in market acceptance, and could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Software products such as ours may contain errors, sometimes called “bugs,” particularly when first introduced or when new versions or enhancements are released. From time to time, we discover software errors in certain of our new products after their introduction. Despite our testing, current versions, new versions or enhancements of our products may still have errors after commencement of commercial shipments. Product errors can put us at a competitive disadvantage and can be costly and time-consuming to correct.

 

We May Become Subject to Product or Professional Services Liability Claims

 

A product or professional services liability claim, whether or not successful, could damage our reputation and our business, operating results and financial condition. Our license and service agreements with our customers typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential product or service liability

 

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claims. However, these contract provisions may not preclude all potential claims. Product or professional services liability claims could require us to spend significant time and money in litigation or to pay significant damages.

 

We Compete with Microsoft while Simultaneously Supporting Microsoft Technologies

 

We currently compete with Microsoft in the market for data management products while simultaneously maintaining a working relationship with Microsoft. Microsoft has a longer operating history, a larger installed base of customers and substantially greater financial, distribution, marketing and technical resources than Pervasive. As a result, we may not be able to compete effectively with Microsoft now or in the future, and our business, operating results and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

 

We expect that Microsoft’s commitment to and presence in the data management products market will substantially increase competitive pressures. We believe that Microsoft will continue to incorporate SQL Server database technology into its operating system software and certain of its server software offerings, possibly at no additional cost to its users. We believe that Microsoft will also continue to enhance its SQL Server database technology and that Microsoft will continue to invest in various sales and marketing programs involving certain of our channel partners.

 

Further, in December 2000, Microsoft acquired Great Plains Software, a channel partner of Pervasive. This, and any similar transactions may have an adverse effect on our ability to compete effectively.

 

We believe we must maintain a working relationship with Microsoft to achieve success. Many of our customers use Microsoft-based operating platforms. Thus it is critical to our success that our products be closely integrated with Microsoft technologies. Notwithstanding our historical and current support of Microsoft platforms, Microsoft may in the future promote technologies and standards more directly competitive with or not compatible with our technology.

 

We Face Significant Competition From Other Companies

 

We encounter competition for our database products primarily from large, public companies, including Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase, IBM and Progress. In particular, Sybase’s small memory footprint database software product, Adaptive Server Anywhere, and Microsoft’s product, SQL Server, directly compete with our products. In addition, because there are relatively low barriers to entry in the software market, we may encounter additional competition from other established or emerging companies providing database products based on existing, new or open-source technologies.

 

Application service providers (ASPs) may enter our market and could cause a change in revenue models from licensing of client/server and Web-based applications to renting applications. Our competitors may be more successful than we are in adopting these revenue models and capturing related market share.

 

Most of our competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources, significantly greater name recognition and a larger installed base of customers. In addition, some competitors have demonstrated a willingness to, or may willingly in the future, incur substantial losses as a result of deeply discounted product offerings or aggressive marketing campaigns. As a result, our competitors 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 and sale of competitive products, than we can. There is also a substantial risk that changes in licensing models or announcements of competing products by competitors such as Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase, IBM, Progress or others could result in the cancellation of customer orders in anticipation of the introduction of such new licensing models or products. In addition, current and potential competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase the ability of their products to address customer needs which may limit our ability to sell

 

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our products through particular partners. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among, or consolidations of, current and new competitors may emerge and rapidly gain significant market share in our current or anticipated markets. We also expect that competition will increase as a result of software industry consolidation. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, fewer customer orders, reduced margins and loss of market share, any of which could materially adversely affect our business. We cannot be certain we will be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors or that the competitive pressures we face will not materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We Are Susceptible to a Shift in the Market for Client/Server Applications Toward Web-Based Applications

 

We have derived substantially all of our historical revenues from the use of our products in client/server applications. We expect to rely on continued market demand for client/server applications indefinitely. However, we believe market demand may be shifting from client/server applications to Web-based applications. If so, this shift would be occurring before our product line has achieved market acceptance for use in Web-based applications. In addition, we cannot be certain that our existing client/server developers will migrate to Web-based applications and continue to use our products or that other developers of Web-based applications would select our data management products. Further, this shift may result in a change in revenue models from licensing of client/server and Web-based applications to renting of applications from application service providers. A decrease in client/server application sales coupled with an inability to derive revenues from the Web-based application market could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We Depend on International Sales and Operations

 

We anticipate that for the foreseeable future we will derive a significant portion of our revenues from sources outside North America. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, we derived 42% of our revenues outside North America. Our international operations are generally subject to a number of risks. These risks include:

 

    foreign laws and business practices favoring local competition;

 

    dependence on local channel partners;

 

    compliance with multiple, conflicting and changing government laws and regulations;

 

    longer sales cycles;

 

    greater difficulty or delay in collecting payments from customers;

 

    difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;

 

    foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and the associated effects on product demand and timing of payment;

 

    increased tax rates in certain foreign countries;

 

    difficulties with financial reporting in foreign countries;

 

    quality control of certain development, translation or localization activities; and

 

    political and economic instability.

 

We may expand or modify our operations internationally. Despite our efforts, we may not be able to expand or modify our operations internationally in a timely and cost-effective manner. Such an outcome would limit or eliminate any sales growth internationally, which in turn would materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. Even if we successfully expand or modify our international operations, we may be unable to maintain or increase international market demand for our products.

 

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We expect our international operations will continue to place financial and administrative demands on us, including operational complexity associated with international facilities, administrative burdens associated with managing relationships with foreign partners, and treasury functions to manage foreign currency risks and collections.

 

We Use Third Party Service Providers in India and if We Are Unable to Use Such Providers Our Business Could Be Temporarily Adversely Affected

 

We are actively supplementing the capabilities of our organization by contracting with third party service providers located in India. As other software companies have done and are continuing to do, we may continue to allocate more development and IT resources to Indian third parties with the expectation of achieving significant efficiencies, including reducing operational costs and permitting an around-the-clock development cycle. To date, the dispute between India and Pakistan involving the Kashmir region and the incidents of terrorism in India have not adversely affected our operations in India. Should we be unable to conduct operations in India in the future, we believe that our business could be temporarily adversely affected.

 

Fluctuations in the Relative Value of Foreign Currencies Can Affect Our Business

 

To date, the majority of our transactions have been denominated in U.S. dollars. The majority of our international operating expenses and substantially all of our sales in Japan have been denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Therefore, our operating results may be adversely affected by changes in the value of the U.S. dollar. Certain of our international sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, especially in Europe. Any strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of countries where we sell products denominated in U.S. dollars will increase the relative cost of our products and could negatively impact our sales in those countries. To the extent our international operations expand or are modified, our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations may increase. We have, on occasion, entered into limited hedging transactions to mitigate our exposure to currency fluctuations. Despite these hedging transactions, exchange rate fluctuations have caused, and will continue to cause, currency transaction gains and losses. Although these transactions have not resulted in material gains and losses to date, similar transactions could have a damaging effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition in future periods.

 

We Must Continue to Hire and Retain Skilled Personnel

 

Our success depends in large part on our ability to attract, motivate and retain highly skilled employees on a timely basis, particularly executive management, sales and marketing personnel, software engineers and other senior personnel. Our efforts to attract and retain highly skilled employees could be harmed by our past or any future workforce reductions. Our failure to attract and retain the highly trained technical personnel who are essential to our product development, marketing, service and support teams may limit the rate at which we can generate revenue and develop new products or product enhancements. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We Have Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain certain provisions that may have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control or unsolicited acquisition proposals that a stockholder might consider favorable. It includes provisions to authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock; establish advance notice requirements for stockholder nominations for elections to the Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholders’ meetings; eliminate the ability of stockholders to act by written consent; require super-majority voting to approve certain amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation; limit the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders; and provide for a Board of Directors with staggered, three-year terms. In addition, certain provisions of Delaware law and 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1997 Plan”) may also have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control or unsolicited acquisition proposals.

 

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Further, in October 2000, our Board of Directors approved the adoption of a shareholder rights plan whereby one preferred share purchase right was distributed for each outstanding share of our common stock. The rights are designed to assure that all of our stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover and to guard against partial tender offers, open market accumulations and other tactics designed to gain control without paying all stockholders a fair price. The rights were not being distributed in response to any specific effort to acquire us.

 

The rights become exercisable if a person or group hereafter acquires 15% or more of our common stock or announces a tender offer for 15% or more of our common stock. Such events, or if we are acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction after a person acquires 15% or more of our common stock, would entitle the right holder to purchase, at an exercise price of $18.00, a number of shares of common stock having a market value at that time of twice the right’s exercise price. Rights held by the acquiring person would become void. The Board of Directors can choose to redeem the rights at one cent per right at any time before an acquiring person hereafter acquires 15% or more of the outstanding common stock. The Rights Plan may have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control or unsolicited acquisition proposals.

 

We May Elect to Raise Additional Capital Which Might Not Be Available or Which, if Available, May Be on Terms That Are Not Favorable to Us

 

We may elect to raise additional funds, and we cannot be certain that we will be able to obtain additional financing on favorable terms, if at all. If we issue equity securities, the ownership percentage of our stockholders would be reduced, and the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. If we borrow money, we may incur significant interest charges, which could harm our profitability. Holders of debt would also have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. If we cannot raise funds on acceptable terms, we may not be able to develop or enhance our products, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements, which could seriously harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

The Price of Our Stock Has Been Volatile and Could Continue to Fluctuate Substantially

 

Our common stock is traded in the NASDAQ National Market. The market price of our common stock has been volatile and could fluctuate substantially based on a variety of factors outside of our control, in addition to our financial performance. Furthermore, stock prices for many companies, including our own, fluctuate widely for reasons that may be unrelated to operating results.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the statements in the “Letter to Stockholders” in the Annual Report and this Report on Form 10-K under “Business,” “Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and elsewhere in this Report constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, those listed under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-K.

 

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology.

 

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of such statements. We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Report to conform such statements to actual results.

 

ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES

 

Our leased headquarters facility in Austin, Texas, consists of approximately 91,000 square feet. The facility provides additional space and expansion options and is leased through September 2008. We currently lease international offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, London and Warsaw.

 

ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The company is not a party to any material legal proceeding.

 

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF THE SECURITY HOLDERS

 

The Company did not submit any matters to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.

 

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ITEM 4a.    EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

The executive officers of the Company, and their ages as of September 25, 2003, and biographical summaries are as follows:

 

Name


   Age

  

Position


David Sikora

   42    President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

John E. Farr

   43    Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Jeffrey S. Seiden

   44    Vice President, Corporate Development

Suaad H. Sait

   36    Vice President, Marketing

Chip G. Harmon

   50    Vice President, North American Sales

Gilbert Van Cutsem

   40    Vice President, EMEAA Sales and Marketing

Gary G. Allison

   37    Vice President, Engineering and Customer Service

Michele B. Thompson

   44    Vice President, Business Operations and Legal Affairs

 

David Sikora has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2002 and as a director since February 2002. Prior to joining Pervasive, Mr. Sikora served as Chairman and CEO of Question Technologies, Inc., an enterprise software company that was a spin-off of Ventix Systems, Inc., from January 2000 to September 2002, and as President, CEO and director of Ventix Systems, Inc., an enterprise software company, from July 1998 to January 2000. Prior to joining Ventix, Mr. Sikora served as President and CEO of Houston-based ForeFront Group, Inc., an e-learning software company. Mr. Sikora currently serves as a director of several private companies. Mr. Sikora received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Houston and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

 

John E. Farr has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2001. Previously, Mr. Farr served as our Vice President, Finance, from October 1998 to July 2001, as Director of Finance from April 1997 to October 1998 and as Controller from November 1994 to April 1997. Prior to joining Pervasive, Mr. Farr served as an auditor and in audit management for KPMG LLP, an international accounting firm from 1982 to 1994. Mr. Farr received a B.B.A. in Accounting from Southwestern University.

 

Jeffrey S. Seiden has served as our Vice President, Corporate Development, since April 2002. Before joining Pervasive, Mr. Seiden served as Vice President of Market Development for Question Technologies, Inc., an enterprise software company. Mr. Seiden was the principal founder, President and CEO of nuLogic Inc., an automation software company, for 10 years before its acquisition by National Instruments, Inc. in 1997, and has held executive and leadership positions at Austin Ventures AVLabs, Cambridge Robotic Systems, Inspex, Inc., and LTX Corporation. Mr. Seiden has served as a director or technology board member for several private companies, and continues to advise and mentor early stage entrepreneurs. Mr. Seiden earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.

 

Suaad H. Sait has served as our Vice President, Marketing, since June 2002. Prior to joining Pervasive, Mr. Sait served as Chief Marketing Officer and COO of Liaison Technology, a catalog content management infrastructure software company, as Vice President of e-Business Marketing at Motive Communications, Inc., a technical support software company, and as Vice President of Marketing and general manager of the Extended Enterprise business unit at Ventix Systems, Inc., an enterprise software company. Mr. Sait has also held leadership positions at DAZEL Corporation, InConcert Software and Xerox Corporation. Mr. Sait earned his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the State University of New York and his M.B.A. from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.

 

Chip G. Harmon has served as our Vice President, North American Sales, since July 2002. From 1998 to July 2002, Mr. Harmon served as Vice President of Sales for North America for Hyperion, a business intelligence/business performance management company. Mr. Harmon has served in numerous sales

 

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management roles, including positions with Metaphor Computer Systems, Ingres Corporation, Cognos Corporation and Tymshare, Inc. Mr. Harmon received his B.B.A. in Marketing from Stephen F. Austin University.

 

Gilbert Van Cutsem has served as our Vice President, EMEAA Sales and Marketing, since April 2000. Mr. Van Cutsem has served Pervasive in various sales and marketing roles since September 1995. Prior to joining Pervasive, Mr. Van Cutsem was Channel and Product Marketing Manager at Novell Benelux and Director of Marketing at AT&T’s EMEA headquarters. Mr. Van Cutsem holds degrees in Computer Science (Na.Ra.Fi. Brussels) and Business Administration (V.E.H. Brussels) and earned his master’s degree in Applied Economics from FUCAM (Mons, Belgium).

 

Gary G. Allison has served as our Vice President, Engineering and Customer Service since May 2002. Previously, Mr. Allison served as Vice President, Engineering from July 2000 to May 2002, as Director of Developer Solutions from February 2000 to July 2000, as Director of Software Engineering from October 1998 to February 2000 and as Software Engineering Manager from October 1997 to October 1998. Prior to joining Pervasive, Mr. Allison served as a senior software engineer at DSC Communications Corporation, a wireless telecommunications infrastructure software company, and prior to that held various software development and management positions at IBM Corporation. Mr. Allison received a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and an M.S. degree in Software Engineering from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.

 

Michele B. Thompson has served as our Vice President, Business Operations and Legal Affairs since May 2002. Previously, Ms. Thompson served as Director of Legal Affairs for Pervasive from May 1999 to May 2002. Prior to joining Pervasive, Ms. Thompson practiced law in the Austin office of a large Dallas-based law firm. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Thompson was a Vice President at a financial institution holding company based in Dallas. Ms. Thompson received her B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5.   MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The common stock of the Company is traded in the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol PVSW. The Company completed its initial public offering and commenced trading on September 26, 1997. The following tables set forth the high and low closing sales prices of the Company’s common stock for each quarterly period during the three years ended June 30, 2003.

 

Fiscal 2001


   High

   Low

First Quarter

   $ 5.69    $ 2.06

Second Quarter

   $ 3.13    $ 1.06

Third Quarter

   $ 2.50    $ 1.03

Fourth Quarter

   $ 1.93    $ 1.00

Fiscal 2002


   High

   Low

First Quarter

   $ 2.07    $ 1.22

Second Quarter

   $ 3.30    $ 1.30

Third Quarter

   $ 5.12    $ 2.90

Fourth Quarter

   $ 4.52    $ 3.11

Fiscal 2003


   High

   Low

First Quarter

   $ 4.10    $ 2.86

Second Quarter

   $ 4.45    $ 2.30

Third Quarter

   $ 4.69    $ 3.97

Fourth Quarter

   $ 5.77    $ 4.39

 

As of August 31, 2003, there were approximately 250 stockholders of record (which number does not include the number of stockholders whose shares are held by a brokerage house or clearing agency, but does include such brokerage house or clearing agency as one record holder).

 

The Company has never paid a cash dividend on its common stock and does not intend to pay cash dividends on its common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

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ITEM 6.    SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The consolidated statements of operations data for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003 and the consolidated balance sheet data at June 30, 2002 and 2003 are derived from audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The consolidated statements of operations data for the periods ended June 30, 1999 and 2000 and the consolidated balance sheet data at June 30, 1999, 2000 and 2001 are derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included herein.

     Year Ended June 30,

 
     1999

    2000

    2001

    2002

    2003

 
     (in thousands, except per share data)  

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

                                        

Revenues

   $ 58,038     $ 52,078     $ 42,158     $ 37,197     $ 39,205  

Costs and expenses:

                                        

Cost of revenues and technical support

     8,027       8,890       9,660       6,556       5,898  

Sales and marketing

     18,154       19,402       18,357       12,349       13,673  

Research and development

     13,063       13,720       10,545       7,055       8,033  

General and administrative

     4,798       5,755       6,025       5,371       4,866  

Business restructuring charge

                 2,472              
    


 


 


 


 


Total costs and expenses

     44,042       47,767       47,059       31,331       32,470  
    


 


 


 


 


Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

     13,996       4,311       (4,901 )     5,866       6,735  

Interest and other income, net

     825       1,602       1,253       742       534  

Income tax provision

     (4,452 )     (1,774 )     (500 )     (570 )     (580 )

Minority interest in earnings of subsidiary, net of income taxes

     (36 )     (19 )                  
    


 


 


 


 


Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     10,333       4,120       (4,148 )     6,038       6,689  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

                       (676 )      
    


 


 


 


 


Income (loss) from continuing operations .

     10,333       4,120       (4,148 )     5,362       6,689  
    


 


 


 


 


Discontinued operations:

                                        

Charge for purchased research and development

     (1,800 )                        

Loss from operations

     (6,986 )     (17,146 )                  

Income tax benefit

     2,031       1,094                    

Gain (loss) on disposal

           (16,963 )     1,692             159  
    


 


 


 


 


Gain (loss) from discontinued operations

     (6,755 )     (33,015 )     1,692              
    


 


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 3,578     $ (28,895 )   $ (2,456 )   $ 5,362     $ 6,848  
    


 


 


 


 


Basic earnings (loss) per share:

                                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ 0.74     $ 0.26     $ (0.26 )   $ 0.36     $ 0.40  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

                       (0.04 )      

Gain (loss) from discontinued operations

     (0.48 )     (2.11 )     0.11             0.01  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 0.26     $ (1.85 )   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.32     $ 0.41  
    


 


 


 


 


Diluted earnings (loss) per share:

                                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ 0.65     $ 0.23     $ (0.26 )   $ 0.34     $ 0.37  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

                       (0.04 )      

Gain (loss) from discontinued operations

     (0.42 )     (1.87 )     0.11             0.01  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 0.22     $ (1.64 )   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.30     $ 0.38  
    


 


 


 


 


Shares used in computing basic earnings (loss) per share

     13,960       15,648       15,830       16,827       16,663  

Shares used in computing diluted earnings (loss) per share

     15,998       17,622       15,830       17,674       17,917  
     June 30,

 
     1999

    2000

    2001

    2002

    2003

 
     (in thousands)  

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

                                        

Working capital

   $ 40,461     $ 22,365     $ 23,565     $ 30,195     $ 37,004  

Total assets

     72,873       47,248       40,468       43,359       50,592  

Long-term liabilities, net of current portion

     565                          

Total stockholders’ equity

     59,086       32,644       29,679       33,792       40,202  

 

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ITEM 7.   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

This Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Please see the “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-K.

 

Overview

 

Pervasive Software is a leading worldwide provider of embedded data management solutions and services to support the development, deployment and management of mission-critical business applications. Our high-performance, flexible database, Pervasive.SQL, is widely installed with more than 5.4 million server seats licensed to date. Pervasive.SQL offers advanced data management technology combined with a very low total cost of ownership (TCO), resulting in an average 7-to-1 improvement over another competitor’s database, according to a June 2003 Aberdeen Group study. Our sophisticated database replication technology, Pervasive DataExchange, offers targeted solutions to data movement and synchronization problems like maintaining an offsite warm backup, driving transactional data into a data portal, and connecting remote databases. With Pervasive.SQL and Pervasive DataExchange, independent software vendors (ISVs) can create sophisticated yet low-maintenance business applications that reach far beyond the desktop to easily share information from workstations to the Web. In addition, we recently extended our product line with our data security product, Pervasive AuditMaster. Pervasive AuditMaster provides a new level of security for business applications by monitoring and reporting all activity occurring in a Pervasive.SQL database, leveraging deep-level capture, report and alert technology to enable meticulous monitoring of mission critical data without the high costs of application redevelopment and deployment, training, or on-going maintenance. Our software products are designed for integration by ISVs into client/server, Web and mobile applications, sold to small to mid-size enterprises (SMEs), which typically have environments with little to no information technology (IT) infrastructure and require self-tuning, low-administration products. As a result, end-users can concentrate on running their businesses instead of managing the data management solutions underlying their applications, which is particularly critical to this large market.

 

We derive our revenues primarily from shrink-wrap licenses through ISVs, value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors and through original equipment manufacturer (OEM) license agreements with ISVs. Shrink-wrap license fees are variable and based generally on user count. Our OEM licensing program offers ISVs volume discounts and specialized technical support, training and consulting in exchange for embedding our products in software applications and paying us a royalty based on sales of their applications. Additionally, we generate revenues from version upgrades, user count upgrades, upgrades to new or additional platforms, and from upgrades to client/server or Web environments from single user workstation or workgroup environments.

 

Historically, we have derived substantially all of our revenues from our Pervasive.SQL data management products. The latest release of Pervasive.SQL, V8, was released in December 2002. Our future operating results will depend upon continued market acceptance of Pervasive.SQL. Any decrease in demand or market acceptance for our Pervasive.SQL product would have a damaging effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

In July 2000, we announced a restructuring to focus on our core database management business, including the discontinuation of our Tango product line. In June 2001, we completed the sale of the Tango technology. We recorded Tango as a discontinued operation in the accompanying financial statements; therefore, the following discussion and analysis refer only to continuing operations.

 

As part of the July 2000 restructuring, we reduced our workforce by approximately 100 employees, or approximately 28% of our worldwide workforce. The majority of the reductions occurred in our Toronto office and our Austin headquarters. The workforce reduction was primarily related to the discontinuance of our Tango

 

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product line; however, we also reduced a portion of our Pervasive.SQL related workforce, mostly in our Pervasive.SQL development organization.

 

In June 2001, we reduced our workforce by approximately 40 employees, or approximately 20% of our worldwide workforce, to further improve profitability and as a precautionary measure in light of the continued uncertain economic environment. The reduction resulted in a non-recurring charge in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2001 of $2.5 million, including a charge for the workforce reduction and related charges for idle leased facilities and certain intangible assets.

 

In July 2001, we formed a new business venture with AG-TECH Corporation, a company developing, selling and importing packaged software, to sell and support our products in Japan. AG-TECH has been engaged in the sales and support of Btrieve (predecessor to Pervasive.SQL) and Pervasive.SQL products since 1986. In conjunction with the joint venture, AG-TECH launched a new operating division staffed with specialists experienced in selling and supporting Pervasive.SQL to assume responsibility for OEM sales, packaged software sales, technical support and localization and translation of our products into Japanese. The new business venture has resulted in improved profitability on sales in Japan as the arrangement allowed us to significantly reduce our costs in Japan. In connection with the new business venture, we obtained a less than 20% ownership interest in AG-TECH and the ability to elect one director to the AG-TECH Board of Directors. Pervasive’s revenues from Japan were $6.9 million, $4.5 million and $5.3 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

We believe the following represent our critical accounting policies:

 

    Revenue Recognition

 

    Sales Returns and Bad Debt Reserves

 

Revenue Recognition—We license our software through OEM license agreements with software developers, or ISVs, and through shrink-wrap software licenses, sold through ISVs, value-added resellers, or VARs, systems integrators and distributors. Revenues are generally recognized when persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, delivery of the product has occurred, no significant Company obligations with regard to implementation remain, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility is probable. Revenues related to OEM license agreements involving nonrefundable fixed minimum license fees are generally recognized upon delivery of the product master or first copy if no significant vendor obligations remain. Per copy royalties related to OEM license agreements in excess of a fixed minimum amount are recognized as revenue when such amounts are reported to us. We generally provide telephone support to customers and end users in the 30 days immediately following the sale at no additional charge and at a minimal cost per call. We accrue the cost of providing this support. Revenue from training is recognized when the related services are performed. We enter into agreements with certain distributors that provide for certain stock rotation and price protection rights. These rights allow the distributor to return products in a non-cash exchange for other products or for credits against future purchases. Revenue from shipping and handling is recognized at the shipping date. Shipping and handling costs are included in Costs of revenue and technical support in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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Sales Returns and Bad Debt Reserves—We reserve for the cost of estimated sales returns, stock rotation and price protection rights as well as uncollectible accounts based on experience.

 

Subsequent Event

 

On August 8, 2003, we announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Data Junction Corporation, a pioneering data and application integration company based in Austin, Texas, for up to $22.1 million in cash and 5 million shares of our common stock. The agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of Pervasive and Data Junction and is subject to the approval of the shareholders of both companies. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2003. We filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 on September 23, 2003 to register the shares of our common stock to be issued to the Data Junction shareholders in connection with the merger. The Registration Statement contains detailed descriptions of the merger, the merger agreement, Data Junction and its products, and the risk factors associated with the merger and the combined company.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the percentage of revenues represented by certain lines in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

     Year Ended
June 30,


 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 

Revenues

   100 %   100 %   100 %

Costs and expenses:

                  

Cost of revenues and technical support

   23     18     15  

Sales and marketing

   44     33     35  

Research and development

   25     19     21  

General and administrative

   14     14     12  

Business restructuring charge

   6          
    

 

 

Total costs and expenses

   112     84     83  
    

 

 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

   (12 )   16     17  

Interest and other income, net

   3     2     1  

Income tax provision

   (1 )   (2 )   (1 )
    

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   (10 )   16     17  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

       (2 )    
    

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   (10 )   14     17  
    

 

 

Discontinued operations:

                  

Loss from operations

            

Income tax benefit

            

Gain (loss) on disposal

   4          
    

 

 

Gain (loss) from discontinued operations

   4          
    

 

 

Net income (loss)

   (6 )%   14 %   17 %
    

 

 

 

Revenues

 

We generated revenues from continuing operations of $42.2 million, $37.2 million and $39.2 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively, which represents a decrease of 12% from fiscal 2001 to 2002, and an increase of 5% from fiscal 2002 to 2003. The decrease in revenues from continuing operations in fiscal year 2002 can be attributed to competitive pressures and what we believe to have been a

 

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general softening in the packaged client/server applications market, contributing to decreased orders for our Pervasive.SQL products embedded in these applications, as well as a change in the discount structure in Japan following the formation of our new business venture in July 2001. We believe each of the above factors could continue to negatively affect license revenues for Pervasive.SQL in the future. The increase in revenue from continuing operations in fiscal year 2003 can be attributed to upgrades to our latest release of Pervasive.SQL, V8, released in December 2002, and improved sales and marketing execution following management changes made at the beginning of fiscal 2003.

 

Licenses of our software operating on Windows NT or other Microsoft operating systems continue to represent approximately 80% to 90% of our revenues. We expect that the percentages of our revenues attributable to licenses of our software operating on particular platforms will continue to change from time to time. We cannot be certain that our revenues attributable to licenses of our software operating on Windows NT, or any other operating system platform, will grow in the future.

 

International revenues, consisting of all revenues from continuing operations from customers located outside of North America, were $18.1 million, $14.9 million and $16.3 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, representing 45%, 40% and 42% of total revenues, respectively. We attribute the decrease in international revenue in fiscal year 2002 to competitive pressures and what we believe to have been a general softening in the packaged client/server applications market, contributing to decreased orders for our Pervasive.SQL products embedded in these applications. The decrease in fiscal year 2002 can also be attributed to a change in the discount structure in Japan following the formation of our new business venture in July 2001. We believe each of the above factors could continue to negatively affect international license revenues for Pervasive.SQL in the future. We attribute the increase in international revenue in fiscal year 2003 to improved sales and marketing execution following management changes made at the beginning of fiscal year 2003. We expect that international revenues will continue to account for a significant portion of our revenues in the future.

 

Costs and Expenses

 

Cost of Revenues and Technical Support.    Cost of revenues and technical support consists primarily of the cost to manufacture and fulfill orders for our shrink-wrap software products, the cost to provide technical support, primarily telephone support which is typically provided within 30 days of purchase, and license fees for third-party technologies embedded in our products. Cost of revenues and technical support for continuing operations was $9.7 million, $6.6 million and $5.9 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, representing 23%, 18%, and 15% of revenues from continuing operations, respectively. Cost of revenues and technical support decreased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2002 as compared to fiscal 2001 primarily as a result of a reduction in costs associated with technical support and training personnel following our reduction in force in June 2001 and the formation of our new business venture in Japan, as well as reduced license fees for third-party technology embedded in or bundled with our product. Cost of revenues and technical support decreased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2003 as compared to fiscal 2002 primarily as a result of a reduction in cost associated with consulting personnel. We anticipate that cost of revenues and technical support will be consistent in dollar amount in the near term, primarily as a result of the continued effect of the reduction in costs associated with technical support and training personnel following our reduction in force in June 2001, the formation of our new business venture in Japan in July 2001, reduced license fees for third-party technology in 2002, and a reduction in cost associated with consulting personnel in 2003.

 

Sales and Marketing.    Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries, commissions and bonuses earned by sales and marketing personnel, foreign sales office expenses, travel and entertainment, marketing programs and promotional expenses. Sales and marketing expenses related to continuing operations were $18.4 million, $12.3 million and $13.7 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, representing 44%, 33% and 35% of revenues from continuing operations, respectively. Sales and marketing expenses decreased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2002 primarily due to reduced costs associated with sales and marketing personnel following our reduction in force in June 2001 and the formation of our new business venture

 

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in Japan in July 2001. Sales and marketing expenses increased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2003 primarily due to increased costs associated with sales and marketing personnel and costs associated with marketing programs and promotional expenses related to the launch of the latest release of Pervasive.SQL, V8, during the second quarter of fiscal 2003. We expect sales and marketing expenses will increase in dollar amount in the near term, primarily as a result of the timing and extent of product market development activities and costs associated with new product releases, marketing promotions, brand awareness campaigns and partner programs.

 

Research and Development.    Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel and related costs. Research and development expenses related to continuing operations were $10.5 million, $7.1 million and $8.0 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, representing 25%, 19% and 21% of revenues from continuing operations, respectively. Research and development costs decreased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2002 primarily due to reduced costs associated with research and development personnel following our reduction in force in June 2001 and the formation of our new business venture in Japan in July 2001. Research and development costs increased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2003 primarily due to increased costs associated with research and development personnel and outsourced development contracts. We anticipate that research and development expenses will be consistent in dollar amount in the near term as a result of the continued effect of the increase in costs associated with research and development personnel and outsourced development contracts.

 

General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel salaries and other costs of our finance, human resources and administrative departments. General and administrative expenses related to continuing operations were $6.0 million, $5.4 million and $4.9 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, representing 14%, 14% and 12% of revenues from continuing operations, respectively. The decrease in general and administrative expenses in fiscal 2002 relates primarily to reduced costs associated with general and administrative personnel following our reduction in force in June 2001 and the formation of our new business venture in Japan in July 2001. General and administrative expenses decreased in dollar amount and as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2003 primarily due to reductions in general and administrative personnel, bad debt expense and fees paid to professional service providers. We believe our general and administrative expenses will decrease in dollar amount in the near term as a result of reduced costs associated with general and administrative personnel and fees paid to professional service providers.

 

Business Restructuring Charge.    Business restructuring charges in fiscal 2001 consist of charges related to our reduction in workforce in June 2001 and related charges for idle leased facilities and certain intangible assets. We incurred a non-recurring charge of approximately $2.5 million in fiscal 2001, representing 6% of revenues from continuing operations. The business restructuring was initiated to further improve profitability and as a precautionary measure in light of the continued uncertain economic environment.

 

Provision for Income Taxes.    Provision for income taxes related to continuing operations was approximately $0.5 million, $0.6 million and $0.6 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively. We recorded a tax provision for fiscal 2001 related to taxes on our foreign operations, despite our consolidated operating loss for the year. We recorded a tax provision for fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2003 related to taxes on our foreign operations, despite the availability of substantial domestic net operating loss carryforwards.

 

Based on a number of factors, we believe it is more likely than not, that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets may not be realized. These factors include:

 

    Annual trends in revenue related to continuing operations;

 

    The potential impact of anticipated deductions due to exercise of outstanding employee stock options on deferred tax assets with limited carryforward periods; and

 

    The intensely competitive market in which we operate, which is subject to rapid change.

 

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Accordingly, we have recorded a valuation allowance equal to the net deferred tax asset due to uncertainties regarding the realization of deferred tax assets based on the lack of substantial earnings history. We expect to continue to incur foreign taxes associated with our international operations while our domestic income taxes will remain minimal as we utilize substantial net operating losses carried forward from previous years. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of our provision for income taxes.

 

Effect of Adoption of New Accounting Principle.    We adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective July 1, 2001. Statement 142 discontinues the amortization of goodwill and requires future periodic testing of goodwill for impairment. In addition, Statement 142 requires reassessment of the useful lives of previously recognized intangible assets. With the adoption of Statement 142, we ceased amortization of goodwill as of July 1, 2001. The adoption will result in a decrease in operating expense related to goodwill amortization of approximately $104,000 per year. Additionally, we completed a goodwill impairment test as allowed by Statement 142 during the first quarter of fiscal 2002, resulting in an impairment charge of approximately $676,000, which is recorded as a cumulative change in accounting principle.

 

Gain from Discontinued Operations.    Gain from discontinued operations in fiscal 2001 was $1.7 million and is the result of the sale of the Tango technology in June 2001, as well as a reduction in the estimated future liabilities of the discontinued Tango operations. Gain from discontinued operations in fiscal 2003 was $0.2 million and is the result of a reduction in the future liabilities of the discontinued Tango operations following the partial termination of an office lease on favorable economic terms.

 

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Quarterly Results from Operations

 

The following table sets forth selected unaudited quarterly information for our last eight fiscal quarters. This information has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Report, and we believe all necessary adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) have been included in the amounts stated below. We also believe this information presents fairly the results of such periods when read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes.

 

     Quarter Ended

 
    

Sept. 30

2001


   

Dec. 31

2001


   

Mar. 31

2002


   

June 30

2002


   

Sept. 30

2002


   

Dec. 31

2002


   

Mar. 31

2003


   

June 30

2003


 
     (in thousands, except per share data)  

Revenues

   $ 8,965     $ 9,214     $ 9,432     $ 9,586     $ 9,176     $ 9,783     $ 10,032     $ 10,214  

Costs and expenses:

                                                                

Cost of revenues and technical support

     1,665       1,632       1,672       1,587       1,550       1,449       1,479       1,420  

Sales and marketing

     3,083       2,986       3,040       3,240       3,190       3,412       3,592       3,479  

Research and development

     1,938       1,710       1,747       1,660       1,964       2,022       1,912       2,135  

General and administrative

     1,351       1,423       1,304       1,293       1,177       1,295       1,231       1,163  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total costs and expenses

     8,037       7,751       7,763       7,780       7,881       8,178       8,214       8,197  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Operating income from continuing operations

     928       1,463       1,669       1,806       1,295       1,605       1,818       2,017  

Interest and other income, net

     229       178       158       177       162       149       116       107  

Income tax provision

     (175 )     (175 )     (110 )     (110 )     (150 )     (150 )     (150 )     (130 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     982       1,466       1,717       1,873       1,307       1,604       1,784       1,994  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     (676 )                                          
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     306       1,466       1,717       1,873       1,307       1,604       1,784       1,994  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Discontinued operations:

                                                                

Gain on disposal

                             159                    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Gain from discontinued operations

                             159                    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 306     $ 1,466     $ 1,717     $ 1,873     $ 1,466     $ 1,604     $ 1,784     $ 1,994  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Basic earnings per share:

                                                                

Income from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ 0.06     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.11     $ 0.08     $ 0.10     $ 0.11     $ 0.12  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     (0.04 )                                          

Gain from discontinued operations

                             0.01                    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 0.02     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.11     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.11     $ 0.12  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Diluted earnings per share:

                                                                

Income from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ 0.06     $ 0.08     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.07     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.11  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     (0.04 )                                          

Gain from discontinued operations

                             0.01                    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 0.02     $ 0.08     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.08     $ 0.09     $ 0.10     $ 0.11  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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Sept. 30

2001


   

Dec. 31

2001


   

Mar. 31

2002


   

June 30

2002


   

Sept. 30

2002


   

Dec. 31

2002


   

Mar. 31

2003


   

June 30

2003


 

As a Percentage of Revenues:

                                                

Revenues

   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %

Costs and expenses:

                                                

Cost of revenues and technical support

   19     18     18     17     17     15     15     14  

Sales and marketing

   34     32     32     34     35     35     36     34  

Research and development

   22     19     18     17     21     21     19     21  

General and administrative

   15     15     14     13     13     13     12     11  
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

   90     84     82     81     86     84     82     80  
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

   10     16     18     19     14     16     18     20  

Interest and other income, net

   3     2     1     2     2     2     1     1  

Income tax provision

   (2 )   (2 )   (1 )   (1 )   (2 )   (2 )   (1 )   (1 )
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle.

   11     16     18     20     14     16     18     20  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   (8 )                            
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   3     16     18     20     14     16     18     20  
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations:

                                                

Gain on disposal

                   2              
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain from discontinued operations

                                
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   3 %   16 %   18 %   20 %   16 %   16 %   18 %   20 %
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our operating results have varied significantly from quarter to quarter in the past and may continue to vary significantly from quarter to quarter in the future due to a variety of factors. Such fluctuations may result in volatility in the price of our common stock. We establish our expenditure levels based on expectations as to future revenue, and, if revenue levels are below expectations, expenses can be disproportionately high. As a result, a drop in near term demand for our products could significantly affect both revenues and profits in any quarter. In the future, our operating results may fluctuate for this reason or as a result of a number of other factors, including increased expenses, timing of product releases, increased competition, variations in the mix of sales, announcements of new products by us or our competitors and capital spending patterns of our customers. As a result of these factors, there can be no assurance we will be able to maintain profitability on a quarterly basis. See “Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results.”

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash provided by continuing operations was $5.1 million, $9.9 million and $9.2 million for fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively. The increase in cash provided by continuing operations from fiscal 2001 to 2002 resulted primarily from the increase in earnings from continuing operations in fiscal 2002, a decrease in current assets and an increase in deferred revenue, partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Cash provided by continuing operations decreased from fiscal 2002 to 2003 despite an increase in income from continuing operations in fiscal 2003, primarily due to an increase in current assets, partially offset by an increase in deferred rent and lease related accruals.

 

During fiscal 2001, we received net proceeds of $6.8 million, from the sale or maturity of marketable securities, consisting of various taxable and tax advantaged securities. During fiscal 2002, we invested a net amount of $5.5 million in marketable securities. During fiscal 2003, we received net proceeds of $1.7 million from the sale or maturity of marketable securities. In addition, we purchased property and equipment totaling approximately $0.8 million, $0.4 million and $0.6 million in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively. This property consisted primarily of computer hardware and software for general upgrade requirements in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003. We expect that our capital expenditures may increase in the next fiscal year as compared to fiscal 2003 as a result of specific capital projects anticipated to upgrade certain front and back office systems.

 

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We have a stock repurchase plan in place whereby we may repurchase shares of our common stock up to a total of $5.0 million through July 21, 2003. As of June 30, 2003, we had repurchased approximately 963,000 shares of Pervasive common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately $2.4 million. In July 2003, we announced the authorization of a new $5.0 million stock repurchase plan which became effective upon expiration of the previous plan on July 21, 2003. Depending on market conditions and other factors, such purchases may be commenced or suspended at any time without prior notice.

 

On June 30, 2003, we had $37.0 million in working capital including $41.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

 

Summary Disclosures About Contractual Obligations

 

The following table summarizes our operating lease obligations at June 30, 2003, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in future periods:

 

2004

   $ 1,562

2005

     1,602

2006

     1,647

2007

     1,647

2008

     1,647

Thereafter

     549
    

Total

   $ 8,654
    

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others” (FIN 45). FIN 45 requires certain guarantees to be recorded at fair value and requires a guarantor to make disclosures, even when the likelihood of making any payments under the guarantee is remote. The initial recognition and initial measurement provisions are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002, and the disclosure requirements are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods ending after December 15, 2002. We believe that adoption of FIN 45 will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. We have provided the required disclosures in Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In December 2002, FASB issued Statement 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure, an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 123. Statement 148 amends FASB Statement 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, to provide alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. It also amends the disclosure provisions of Statement 123 to require prominent disclosure about the effects on reported net income of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock-based employee compensation. Finally, Statement 148 amends APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, to require disclosure about those effects in interim financial information. Since we are continuing to account for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method under APB No. 25, the adoption of Statement 148 requires us to provide prominent disclosures about the effects of Statement 123 on reported income in annual and interim financial statements for reporting periods after December 31, 2002.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (FIN 46). FIN 46 requires the consolidation of entities in which an enterprise absorbs a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receives a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other interests in the entity. Currently, entities are generally consolidated by an enterprise when it has a controlling financial interest through ownership of a majority voting interest in the entity. The consolidation requirements of FIN 46 apply to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003. The consolidation requirements apply to older entities in the first fiscal year or

 

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interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. We believe that the adoption of FIN 46 will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued Statement 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under Statement 133. This Statement is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, except for the provisions that relate to Statement 133 Implementation Issues that have been effective for quarters that began prior to June 15, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. We believe that adoption of Statement 149 will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The majority of our operations are based in the United States and, accordingly, the majority of our transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars. However, we do have foreign-based operations where transactions are denominated in foreign currencies and are subject to market risk with respect to fluctuations in the relative value of currencies. Currently, we have operations in Japan, Germany, France, England, Belgium and Poland and conduct transactions in the local currency of each location. If the U.S. dollar to Japanese yen rate had remained unchanged throughout fiscal 2001, the result would have been an increase in revenue and operating loss of approximately $0.6 million and $30,000, respectively. If the U.S. dollar to Japanese yen rate had remained unchanged throughout fiscal 2002, the result would have been an increase in revenue and operating income of approximately $0.1 million. If the U.S. dollar to Japanese yen rate had remained unchanged throughout fiscal 2003, the result would have been an increase in revenue and operating income of approximately $20,000. If the U.S. dollar to euro rate had remained unchanged throughout fiscal 2001, the result would have been an increase in operating loss of approximately $0.3 million. If the U.S. dollar to euro rate had remained unchanged throughout fiscal 2002, the result would have been an increase in operating income of approximately $0.2 million. If the U.S. dollar to euro rate had remained unchanged throughout fiscal 2003, the result would have been an increase in operating income of approximately $0.2 million. The impact of fluctuations in the relative value of all other currencies for fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003 was not material.

 

We monitor our foreign currency exposure and, from time to time, will attempt to reduce exposure through hedging. Gains and losses on foreign currency hedging were not material to the consolidated financial statements for fiscal years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003 as such hedging activities were minimal.

 

We are subject to interest rate risk on our cash and marketable securities investments; however, this risk is limited as our investment policy requires us to invest in short-term securities and maintain an average maturity of one year or less.

 

ITEM 8.    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

The financial statements and supplementary data required by this Item 8 are listed in Item 15(a)(1) and begin at page F-1 of this Report.

 

ITEM 9.   CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9A.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the participation of our management, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of our fiscal year. Based upon this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective, in all material respects, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Pervasive’s Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

The information regarding directors is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled “Election of Directors” of the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the registrants’ Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in the fourth calendar quarter of 2003. The Proxy Statement is anticipated to be filed within 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2003. For information regarding executive officers of the Company, see the Information appearing under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Part I, Item 4a of this Report on Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Information regarding executive compensation is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled “Executive Compensation and Related Information” of the Proxy Statement.

 

ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled “Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” of the Proxy Statement.

 

ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” of the Proxy Statement.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.    EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

(a)(1) Financial Statements

 

The following consolidated financial statements of the Company are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K as follows:

 

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Report of Independent Auditors

   F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2002 and 2003

   F-3

Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003.

   F-4

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003

   F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003

   F-6

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

   F-7

 

(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules

 

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts is filed on page S-1 of this Report on Form 10-K.

 

All other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable, not required under the instructions, or the information requested is set forth in the consolidated financial statements or related notes thereto.

 

(b)    The company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 7, including the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, on April 17, 2003.

 

(c)    Exhibits

 

3.1*    Restated Certificate of Incorporation
3.2*    Bylaws of the Company
4.1*    Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2
4.2*    Specimen Common Stock certificate
4.3***    Rights Agreement dated October 20, 2000, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. as Rights Agent
10.1*    Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.2*    1997 Stock Incentive Plan
10.3*    Employee Stock Purchase Plan
10.4*    First Amended and Restated 1994 Incentive Plan
10.10**    Lease agreement dated April 2, 1998, between the Company and CarrAmerica Realty, L.P. T/A Riata Corporate Park
23.1    Consent of Independent Auditors
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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32.1      Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2      Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

*   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-32199).
**   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998 (File No. 000-23043).
***   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 24, 2000 (File No. 000-23043).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

(Registrant)

By:

 

/s/    DAVID SIKORA        


   

David Sikora

President and Chief Executive Officer

September 25, 2003


Date

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    DAVID SIKORA        


David Sikora

  

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

    (Principal Executive Officer)

  September 25, 2003

/s/    JOHN E. FARR        


John E. Farr

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  September 25, 2003

/s/    RON R. HARRIS        


Ron R. Harris

  

Director and Chairman of the Board

  September 25, 2003

/s/    NANCY R. WOODWARD        


Nancy R. Woodward

  

Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board

  September 25, 2003

/s/    DAVID A. BOUCHER        


David A. Boucher

  

Director

  September 25, 2003

/s/    DAVID R. BRADFORD        


David R. Bradford

  

Director

  September 25, 2003

/s/    SHELBY H. CARTER, JR.        


Shelby H. Carter, Jr.

  

Director

  September 25, 2003

/s/    JEFFREY S. HAWN        


Jeffrey S. Hawn

  

Director

  September 25, 2003

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

 

(in thousands)

 

Description


   Balance at
Beginning
of Period


   Additions
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses


   Deductions/
Write-offs
Charged to
Allowance


   Balance at
End of
Period


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:

                   

Year ended June 30, 2001

   345    96    41    400

Year ended June 30, 2002

   400    237    287    350

Year ended June 30, 2003

   350    86    92    344

Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets:

                   

Year ended June 30, 2001

   14,320    1,685       16,005

Year ended June 30, 2002

   16,005    4,952       20,957

Year ended June 30, 2002

   20,957       6,603    14,354

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

     Page

Report of Independent Auditors

   F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2002 and 2003

   F-3

Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003

   F-4

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003

   F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Pervasive Software Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Pervasive Software Inc. (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Pervasive Software Inc. at June 30, 2003 and 2002, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

 

/s/    ERNST & YOUNG LLP

 

Austin, Texas

July 11, 2003, except for Note 16,

as to which the date is

August 8, 2003

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

     June 30,

 
     2002

    2003

 
     (in thousands, except
share data)
 

ASSETS

                

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents, including interest bearing investments of $19,750 in 2002 and $26,665 in 2003

   $ 22,215     $ 31,352  

Marketable securities

     11,973       10,313  

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $350 in 2002 and $344 in 2003

     4,263       4,900  

Notes receivable from related parties

     102       102  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,209       727  
    


 


Total current assets

     39,762       47,394  

Property and equipment, net

     2,922       2,251  

Purchased technology, net

           536  

Notes receivable from related parties

     306       204  

Other assets

     369       207  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 43,359     $ 50,592  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Current liabilities:

                

Trade accounts payable

   $ 268     $ 741  

Accrued payroll and payroll related costs

     1,740       1,680  

Deferred rent and lease related accruals

     1,494       2,290  

Other accrued expenses

     3,017       3,382  

Deferred revenue

     2,147       2,235  

Income taxes payable

     217       30  

Liabilities of discontinued operations

     684       32  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     9,567       10,390  
    


 


Stockholders’ equity:

                

Common stock, $0.001 par value; Authorized—75,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding—16,794,793 shares in 2002 and 16,765,802 shares in 2003

     59,096       58,660  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,188 )     (1,190 )

Retained deficit

     (24,116 )     (17,268 )
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     33,792       40,202  
    


 


Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 43,359     $ 50,592  
    


 


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 
    

(in thousands,

except per share data)

 

Revenues

   $ 42,158     $ 37,197     $ 39,205  

Costs and expenses:

                        

Cost of revenues and technical support

     9,660       6,556       5,898  

Sales and marketing

     18,357       12,349       13,673  

Research and development

     10,545       7,055       8,033  

General and administrative

     6,025       5,371       4,866  

Business restructuring charge

     2,472              
    


 


 


Total costs and expenses

     47,059       31,331       32,470  
    


 


 


Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

     (4,901 )     5,866       6,735  

Interest and other income

     1,253       742       534  
    


 


 


Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     (3,648 )     6,608       7,269  

Income tax provision

     (500 )     (570 )     (580 )
    


 


 


Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

     (4,148 )     6,038       6,689  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

           (676 )      
    


 


 


Income (loss) from continuing operations

     (4,148 )     5,362       6,689  
    


 


 


Discontinued operations:

                        

Gain on disposal

     1,692             159  
    


 


 


Gain from discontinued operations

     1,692             159  
    


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ (2,456 )   $ 5,362     $ 6,848  
    


 


 


Basic earnings (loss) per share:

                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ (0.26 )   $ 0.36     $ 0.40  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

           (0.04 )      

Gain from discontinued operations

     0.11             0.01  
    


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.32     $ 0.41  
    


 


 


Diluted earnings (loss) per share:

                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ (0.26 )   $ 0.34     $ 0.37  

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

           (0.04 )      

Gain from discontinued operations

     0.11             0.01  
    


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.30     $ 0.38  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

     Common
Stock


    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss


    Retained
Earnings
(Deficit)


    Total
Stockholders’
Equity


 
     (in thousands, except share data)  

Balances at June 30, 2000

   $ 59,950     $ (284 )   $ (27,022 )   $ 32,644  

Acquisition of 3,925 treasury shares, cumulative treasury shares of 167,661 and cost of $55 at June 30, 2001

     (4 )                 (4 )

Issuance of 22,838 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options

     22                   22  

Issuance of 96,274 shares of common stock pursuant to the employee stock purchase plan

     180                   180  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

           (707 )           (707 )

Net loss

                 (2,456 )     (2,456 )
                            


Total comprehensive loss

                             (3,163 )
    


 


 


 


Balances at June 30, 2001

     60,148       (991 )     (29,478 )     29,679  

Acquisition of 685,888 treasury shares, cumulative treasury shares of 853,549 and cost of $1,542 at June 30, 2002

     (1,487 )                 (1,487 )

Issuance of 1,477,566 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options

     428                   428  

Issuance of 76,074 shares of common stock pursuant to the employee stock purchase plan

     105                   105  

Issuance of note receivable to executive officer pursuant to the exercise of stock options

     (131 )                 (131 )

Reduction of note receivable to executive officer pursuant to the exercise of stock options

     33                   33  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

           (197 )           (197 )

Net income

                 5,362       5,362  
                            


Total comprehensive income

                             5,165  
    


 


 


 


Balances at June 30, 2002

     59,096       (1,188 )     (24,116 )     33,792  

Acquisition of 277,350 treasury shares, cumulative treasury shares of 1,130,899 and cost of $2,471 at June 30, 2003

     (929 )                 (929 )

Issuance of 168,438 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options

     331                   331  

Issuance of 79,921 shares of common stock pursuant to the employee stock purchase plan

     130                   130  

Reduction of note receivable to executive officer pursuant to the exercise of stock options

     32                   32  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

           (2 )           (2 )

Net income

                 6,848       6,848  
                            


Total comprehensive income

                             6,846  
    


 


 


 


Balances at June 30, 2003

   $ 58,660     $ (1,190 )   $ (17,268 )   $ 40,202  
    


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 
     (in thousands)  

Cash from continuing operations

                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ (4,148 )   $ 5,362     $ 6,689  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by continuing operations:

                        

Depreciation and amortization

     3,305       2,064       1,358  

Business restructuring charge

     2,234              

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle

           676        

Non cash compensation expense pursuant to employee stock purchase plan

     76       84       147  

Other non cash items

     (1 )     337       32  

Change in current assets and liabilities:

                        

(Increase) decrease in current assets

     3,035       1,845       (229 )

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     639       (1,046 )     1,148  

Increase in deferred revenue

     3       617       88  
    


 


 


Net cash provided by continuing operations

     5,143       9,939       9,233  

Cash from discontinued operations

                        

Gain from discontinued operations

     1,692             159  

Net change in assets and liabilities of discontinued operations

     (29 )            

Accrued liabilities of discontinued operations

     (4,607 )     (938 )     (652 )
    


 


 


Net cash used in discontinued operations

     (2,944 )     (938 )     (493 )

Cash from investing activities

                        

Purchase of property and equipment

     (799 )     (447 )     (612 )

Purchase of marketable securities

     (15,313 )     (13,710 )     (18,546 )

Proceeds from sale of marketable securities

     22,125       8,247       20,206  

Investment in business, net of repayments

           (210 )     200  

Purchase of technology

                 (550 )

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     (328 )     (175 )     190  
    


 


 


Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     5,685       (6,295 )     888  

Cash from financing activities

                        

Purchase of treasury stock

     (4 )     (1,487 )     (929 )

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plan

     202       402       461  
    


 


 


Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     198       (1,085 )     (468 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (311 )     1       (23 )
    


 


 


Increase in cash and cash equivalents

     7,771       1,622       9,137  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     12,822       20,593       22,215  
    


 


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

   $ 20,593     $ 22,215     $ 31,352  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

June 30, 2003

 

1.    The Company

 

Pervasive Software Inc. (the “Company”) is a leading worldwide provider of embedded data management solutions to support the development, deployment and management of mission-critical business applications. With Pervasive.SQL, independent software vendors (ISVs) can create sophisticated yet low-maintenance business applications that reach far beyond the desktop to easily share information from workstations to the Web. The software is designed for integration by ISVs into Web or client/server applications sold to small to mid-size enterprises (SMEs), which typically have environments with little to no information technology (“IT”) infrastructure and require self-tuning, low-administration products.

 

The Company develops, markets, sells and supports its offerings worldwide through its principal office in Austin, Texas and through international offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, London and Warsaw and a joint venture in Japan. In July 2000, the Company announced its intention to sell its Tango product line and in June 2001, completed the sale of the Tango technology. Accordingly, the Tango product line is accounted for as a discontinued operation (see Note 8). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company licenses its software through original equipment manufacturer (OEM) license agreements with ISVs and through shrink-wrap software licenses, sold through ISVs, value-added resellers (“VARs”), systems integrators and distributors. Revenues are recognized when persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, delivery of the product has occurred, no significant Company obligations with regard to implementation remain, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility is probable. Revenues related to OEM license agreements involving nonrefundable fixed minimum license fees are recognized upon delivery of the product master or first copy if no significant vendor obligations remain. Per copy royalties related to OEM license agreements in excess of a fixed minimum amount are recognized as revenue when such amounts are reported to the Company. The Company provides telephone support to customers and end users in the 30 days immediately following the sale at no additional charge and at a minimal cost per call. The Company accrues the cost of providing this support. Revenue from training is recognized when the related services are performed. The Company enters into agreements with certain distributors that provide for certain stock rotation and price protection rights. These rights allow the distributor to return products in a non-cash exchange for other products or for credits against future purchases. The Company reserves for the cost of estimated sales returns, stock rotation and price protection rights as well as uncollectible accounts based on experience. Revenue from shipping and handling is recognized at the shipping date. Shipping and handling costs are included in Costs of revenue and technical support in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Software Development Costs

 

Software development costs incurred by the Company in connection with its long-term development projects are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 86, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed (“Statement 86”). The Company has not capitalized any internal costs through June 30, 2003 related to its software development activities. In April 2003, the Company purchased a database transaction intelligence technology and capitalized the cost in accordance with Statement 86 (see Note 9).

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Advertising Costs

 

The Company expenses costs of producing advertising- and sales-related collateral materials as incurred. Other production costs associated with direct mail programs, placement costs associated with magazine or other printed media and all direct costs associated with trade shows and other sales related events are expensed when the related direct mail is sent, advertising space is used or the event is held. These expenses in 2001, 2002 and 2003 were approximately $1.7 million, $0.7 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

 

Income Taxes

 

Under the asset and liability method of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“Statement 109”), deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash, certificates of deposit, and securities with original maturities less than ninety days when purchased.

 

Marketable Securities

 

Marketable securities have been classified as available-for-sale and such designation is reevaluated as of each balance sheet date. While the Company’s intent is to hold debt securities to maturity, they are classified as available-for-sale because the sale of such securities may be required prior to maturity. Realized gains and losses are recorded on the specific identification method and are included in other income. Realized and unrealized gains and losses have been insignificant for all periods presented.

 

Substantially all of the Company’s marketable securities mature on or before June 30, 2004. All are stated at cost, which approximates fair market value as of June 30, 2002 and 2003, and consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     June 30,

     2002

   2003

Marketable securities

             

U.S. Government Agencies

   $ 9,550    $ 8,166

Foreign Debt Securities

     1,002      975

Commercial Paper

     990      996

Corporate Notes

     256     

Certificates of Deposit

     175      176
    

  

Total

   $ 11,973    $ 10,313
    

  

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost and are being depreciated over their estimated useful lives (2 to 7 years) using the straight-line method. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the life of the lease or the estimated useful life, whichever is shorter.

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company periodically reviews the carrying amounts of long-lived assets, to determine whether current events or circumstances, as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, (“Statement 144”), warrant adjustment to such carrying amounts. In reviewing the carrying amounts of long-lived assets, the Company considers, among other factors, the future cash inflows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition less the future cash outflows expected to be necessary to obtain those inflows.

 

Costs in Excess of Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

 

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations, which eliminates the pooling method of accounting for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 and addresses the initial recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets acquired in a business combination. The Company adopted this accounting standard for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. Since adoption through June 30, 2003 there have been no business combinations.

 

The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“Statement 142”), effective July 1, 2001. Statement 142 discontinues the amortization of goodwill and requires future periodic testing of goodwill for impairment. In addition, Statement 142 requires reassessment of the useful lives of previously recognized intangible assets. With the adoption of Statement 142, the Company ceased amortization of goodwill as of July 1, 2001.

 

Upon adoption of Statement 142, the Company completed an evaluation of its carrying value of goodwill as allowed effective July 1, 2001, resulting in an impairment charge of approximately $676,000, which is recorded as a cumulative change in accounting principle. The Company’s implied fair value of goodwill was $0 as a result of the Company’s allocation of enterprise value, as determined by quoted market prices, to all of the Company’s assets and liabilities.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions

 

For the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, the functional currency has been determined to be the local currency, and therefore, assets and liabilities are translated at year end exchange rates, and income statement items are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the year in accordance with Statement 52, Foreign Currency Translation. Such translation adjustments are recorded in aggregate as a component of stockholders’ equity. Gains and losses from foreign currency denominated transactions are included in other income and were not significant in 2001, 2002 or 2003.

 

Financial instruments, principally forward pricing contracts, are used by the Company from time to time in the management of its foreign currency exposures. The fair value associated with these forward pricing contracts at June 30, 2002 and 2003 is not material. Gains and losses on foreign currency transaction hedges are recognized in income when realized and offset the foreign exchange gains and losses on the underlying transactions. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities are stated at cost which approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

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PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC.

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of short-term investments, including marketable securities, and trade receivables. The Company’s short-term investments, which are included in cash and cash equivalents and in marketable securities for reporting purposes, are placed with high credit quality financial institutions and issuers. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral. Estimated credit losses are provided for in the financial statements.

 

No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s revenues during the years ended June 30, 2001. AG-TECH Corporation, the Company’s distribution partner in Japan, accounted for approximately 12% and 13% of the Company’s revenue during the years ended June 30, 2002 and 2003 respectively (see Note 8).

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company has adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“Statement 123”). Statement 123 prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all stock-based compensation plans, including employee stock options. As allowed by Statement 123, the Company has elected to continue to account for its employee stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations. No stock-based employee compensation cost is reflected in net income (loss), as all options granted under the plan had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The Company has calculated the fair value of options granted in these periods using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and has determined the pro forma impact on net income (loss).

 

The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options, which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, this option valuation model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the Black-Scholes model does not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options. For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options’ vesting period.

 

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The following table illustrates the effect on net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Statement 123 to stock-based employee compensation (in thousands, except per share data):

 

     Year Ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (2,456 )   $ 5,362     $ 6,848  
    


 


 


Deduct stock-based compensation expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

     (2,872 )     (2,789 )     (3,681 )
    


 


 


Pro forma net income (loss)

   $ (5,328 )   $ 2,573     $ 3,167  
    


 


 


Earnings (loss) per share, basic:

                        

As reported

   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.32     $ 0.41  

Pro forma

   $ (0.34 )   $ 0.15     $ 0.19  

Earnings (loss) per share, diluted:

                        

As reported

   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.30     $ 0.38  

Pro forma

   $ (0.34 )   $ 0.15     $ 0.18  

 

During fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003, the fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

     Employee Stock Options

    Employee Stock

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

    2002

    2003

 

Risk free interest rate

   5.08 %   4.26 %   2.45 %   4.29 %   1.45 %

Dividend yield

   0.00 %   0.00 %   0.00 %   0.00 %   0.00 %

Volatility factor

   1.518     1.489     1.30     1.489     1.30  

Weighted average expected life of options (in years)

   4     4     4     0.5     0.5  

 

The weighted average grant date fair value per share of options granted during the years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003 was $1.86, $2.56 and $4.13, respectively.

 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

 

The Company follows the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, Earnings Per Share (“Statement 128”). Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share includes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and the number of common equivalent shares which would be issued related to options using the treasury method, unless such additional shares are anti-dilutive.

 

Segments

 

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, the Company considers its business activities to be a single segment.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (FIN 45). FIN 45 requires certain guarantees to be recorded at fair value and requires a guarantor to make disclosures, even when the likelihood of making any payments under the guarantee is remote. The initial recognition and initial measurement provisions are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002, and the disclosure requirements are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods ending after December 15, 2002. The Company believes that adoption of FIN 45 will not have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations. The Company has provided the required disclosures in Note 10 to the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In December 2002, FASB issued Statement 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure, an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 123. Statement 148 amends FASB Statement 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, to provide alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. It also amends the disclosure provisions of Statement 123 to require prominent disclosure about the effects on reported net income of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock-based employee compensation. Finally, Statement 148 amends APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, to require disclosure about those effects in interim financial information. Since the Company is continuing to account for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method under APB No. 25, the adoption of Statement 148 requires the Company to provide prominent disclosures about the effects of Statement 123 on reported income in annual and interim financial statements for reporting periods after December 31, 2002.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (FIN 46). FIN 46 requires the consolidation of entities in which an enterprise absorbs a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receives a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other interests in the entity. Currently, entities are generally consolidated by an enterprise when it has a controlling financial interest through ownership of a majority voting interest in the entity. The consolidation requirements of FIN 46 apply to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003. The consolidation requirements apply to older entities in the first fiscal year or interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company believes that the adoption of FIN 46 will not have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued Statement 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under Statement 133. This Statement is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, except for the provisions that relate to Statement 133 Implementation Issues that have been effective for quarters that began prior to June 15, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The Company believes that adoption of Statement 149 will not have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

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3.    Property and Equipment

 

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

 

     June 30,

 
     2002

    2003

 

Computer equipment and purchased software

   $ 12,168     $ 12,969  

Office equipment, furniture and fixtures

     3,588       3,704  

Leasehold improvements

     1,472       1,293  
    


 


       17,228       17,966  

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (14,306 )     (15,715 )
    


 


     $ 2,922     $ 2,251  
    


 


 

4.    Income Taxes

 

The components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and effect of adoption of new accounting principle consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     Year ended June 30,

     2001

    2002

   2003

Domestic income (loss)

   $ (3,721 )   $ 6,370    $ 7,095

Foreign income

     73       238      174
    


 

  

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ (3,648 )   $ 6,608    $ 7,269
    


 

  

 

As of June 30, 2003, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $8.2 million, a research and development credit carryforward of approximately $328,000 and a foreign tax credit carryforward of approximately $1.2 million. These carryforwards will begin to expire in fiscal 2020, 2013, and 2005, respectively, if not utilized.

 

Significant components of expense (benefit) for income taxes attributable to continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

   2002

   2003

 

Income tax provision:

                      

Current:

                      

Federal

   $    $    $ (60 )

Foreign

     500      570      640  

State

                
    

  

  


Total current

     500      570      580  
    

  

  


Deferred:

                      

Federal

                

Foreign

                
    

  

  


Total deferred

                
    

  

  


     $ 500    $ 570    $ 580  
    

  

  


 

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The Company’s provision for income taxes for the year ended June 30, 2003 consists primarily of withholdings on income generated in foreign countries. The Company’s provision for income taxes differs from the expected provision amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% to income from continuing operations before income taxes and effect of adoption of new accounting principle for 2001, 2002 and 2003 as a result of the following (in thousands):

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 

Computed at statutory rate of 34%

   $ (1,240 )   $ 2,247     $ 2,470  

Effect of foreign operations

     27       81       59  

Research tax credit

     (150 )     (164 )     (164 )

Net operating loss and future deductions not currently benefited

     1,685              

Net operating loss and benefit of deferred tax asset not previously recognized

           (1,451 )     (1,935 )

Non-deductible charges and amortization related to acquisitions

     60       19       (66 )

Other

     118       (162 )     216  
    


 


 


     $ 500     $ 570     $ 580  
    


 


 


 

The components of deferred income taxes at June 30, 2002 and 2003 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,

 
     2002

    2003

 

Deferred tax assets:

                

Purchased technology, net

   $ 423     $ 354  

Domestic net operating loss carryforwards

     5,573       2,793  

Domestic tax credit carryforwards

     2,970       1,545  

Canadian net operating loss carryforwards

     9,128       8,075  

Canadian capitalized research and development carryforwards

     595        

Accrued expenses not deductible for tax purposes

     1,921       1,464  

Depreciable assets

     327       123  

Other

     20        
    


 


Total deferred tax assets

     20,957       14,354  

Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets

     (20,957 )     (14,354 )
    


 


Net deferred tax assets

   $     $  
    


 


 

The Company has established a valuation allowance equal to the net deferred tax asset due to uncertainties regarding the realization of deferred tax assets based on the Company’s lack of significant earnings history. The valuation allowance decreased by approximately $6.6 million during the year ended June 30, 2003.

 

5.    Employee Benefits

 

The Company’s employees are offered health coverage under a partially self-funded plan in which the Company purchases specific stop-loss insurance coverage at $35,000 per year, per employee. The Company has also purchased an aggregate stop-loss insurance coverage to limit its maximum annual exposure to claims funded. Based on the policy census at June 30, 2003, such maximum annual exposure for the policy year ending December 31, 2003 is approximately $1.6 million. The Company pays a fixed fee per covered individual for administrative costs of the administrator and the cost of the stop-loss insurance purchased on the Company’s

 

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behalf. The Company contributes 100% toward the cost to insure each employee and 75% toward the cost to insure dependents for which coverage is requested by the employee. Expenses for the partially self-funded plan including premiums and claims funded for the years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003 were approximately $978,000, $781,000, and $940,000 respectively.

 

The Company has a 401(k) retirement plan which is available to all domestic, full-time employees. The Company’s expenses related to the plan were not significant in the years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 or 2003. In December 2002, the Company funded a matching contribution of 10% of participant contributions made during calendar year 2002 for all participants employed by the Company on December 31, 2002. The amount of the match was approximately $56,000 for the year ended June 30, 2003.

 

6.    Common Stock and Stock Options

 

The Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “1997 Purchase Plan”) was adopted by the Board of Directors in July 1997 and approved by the stockholders in August 1997. A total of 1,250,000 shares of common stock has been reserved for issuance under the 1997 Purchase Plan. The 1997 Purchase Plan is intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code and has consecutive and overlapping twenty-four month offering periods that begin every six months. The 1997 Purchase Plan commenced after the completion of the initial public offering. Each twenty-four month offering period includes four six-month purchase periods, during which payroll deductions are accumulated and at the end of which, shares of common stock are purchased with a participant’s accumulated payroll deductions. The 1997 Purchase Plan permits eligible employees to purchase common stock through payroll deductions of up to 500 shares per purchase period. The price of common stock to be purchased under the 1997 Purchase Plan is 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning of the offering period or at the end of the relevant purchase period. Through June 30, 2003, 467,771 shares of common stock have been issued under the 1997 Purchase Plan.

 

The Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the 1997 Plan) was adopted by the Board of Directors on May 22, 1997, and approved by the stockholders on August 12, 1997, as the successor to the First Amended and Restated 1994 Incentive Plan (the 1994 Plan). Outstanding options under the 1994 Plan have been incorporated into the 1997 Plan and no further option grants will be made under the 1994 Plan. The incorporated options will continue to be governed by their existing terms, unless the Plan Administrator elects to extend one or more features of the 1997 Plan to those options.

 

Incentive stock options may be granted to employees of the Company entitling them to purchase shares of common stock for a maximum of ten years (five years in the case of options granted to a person possessing more than 10% of the combined voting power of the Company as of the date of grant). The exercise price for incentive stock options may not be less than fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant (110% of fair market value in the case of options granted to a person possessing more than 10% of the combined voting power of the Company). Nonqualified stock options may be granted to employees, officers, directors, independent contractors and consultants of the Company. The exercise price for nonqualified stock options may not be less than 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant (110% of fair market value in the case of options granted to a person possessing more than 10% of the combined voting power of the Company). The Company may also award Restricted Stock and Stock Appreciation Rights subject to provisions in the 1997 Plan.

 

In July 2001, the Company implemented an option exchange program allowing employees, excluding executive officers, to exchange all stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s stock under the Pervasive Software Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan) for new options under the Plan. The Company cancelled stock

 

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options, representing approximately 770,000 shares, previously granted to those employees who voluntarily participated in the program in exchange for new options, representing an equal number of shares, to be granted on or after February 27, 2002 at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. On March 4, 2002, the Company granted new options representing approximately 726,000 shares to active employees who participated in the option exchange program. The program was organized to comply with FASB Interpretation No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, and did not result in any additional compensation charges.

 

The vesting period for stock options is generally a four-year period, except for a portion of the options granted in the option exchange program which vest over a two-year period. Options are generally exercisable by the holder only for the vested portion of each grant.

 

A summary of changes in common stock options during the year ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003 is as follows:

 

     Shares

   

Range of
Exercise

Prices


  

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price


Options outstanding, June 30, 2000

   4,170,659     $ 0.10—24.88    $ 6.66

Granted

   2,887,500     $ 1.06—  3.09    $ 2.11

Exercised

   (22,838 )   $ 0.10—  0.90    $ 0.25

Surrendered

   (1,691,889 )   $ 0.10—24.88    $ 8.04
    

            

Options outstanding, June 30, 2001

   5,343,432     $ 0.10—24.88    $ 3.79

Granted

   1,622,000     $ 1.29—  3.70    $ 3.08

Granted (Option Exchange Program)

   726,050     $ 3.01    $ 3.01

Exercised

   (1,477,566 )   $ 0.10—  3.09    $ 0.31

Surrendered

   (1,022,869 )   $ 0.30—24.88    $ 4.75

Surrendered (Option Exchange Program)

   (769,925 )   $ 1.06—24.88    $ 6.47
    

            

Options outstanding, June 30, 2002

   4,421,122     $ 0.13—24.88    $ 3.88

Granted

   1,076,200     $ 3.01—  5.65    $ 5.01

Exercised

   (168,438 )   $ 0.13—  3.09    $ 1.78

Surrendered

   (444,950 )   $ 1.06—16.81    $ 4.34
    

            

Options outstanding, June 30, 2003

   4,883,934     $ 0.13—24.88    $ 4.13
    

            

 

The following is additional information relating to options outstanding at June 30, 2003:

 

     Options Outstanding

   Options Exercisable

Range of

Exercise Price


   Number of
Options


   Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
of Options


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


   Number of
Options


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


$ 0.13 to $0.90

   15,199    3.02    $ 0.56    15,199    $ 0.56

$ 1.06 to $2.00

   770,450    7.70    $ 1.32    379,950    $ 1.32

$ 2.31 to $3.99

   2,691,305    8.45    $ 3.18    885,837    $ 3.14

$ 4.10 to $5.65

   900,110    9.86    $ 5.38    210,110    $ 5.65

$ 6.00 to $9.88

   244,432    5.83    $ 8.08    209,307    $ 8.13

$ 10.00 to $24.88

   262,438    5.89    $ 14.33    244,126    $ 14.53
    
              
      

$ 0.13 to $24.88

   4,883,934    8.30    $ 4.13    1,944,529    $ 5.00
    
              
      

 

 

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At June 30, 2003, 6,601,359 shares of common stock were reserved for future exercise of stock options. As part of the Company’s 1997 Plan, the number of shares of common stock available for issuance automatically increased on July 1 each calendar year beginning July 1, 1998 and ending July 1, 2000 by an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the shares of common stock and common stock equivalents outstanding on the trading day immediately preceding July 1, with a maximum annual increase of 1,000,000 shares. The 1997 Plan was amended in November 2000 to extend the automatic annual increase to July 1 each calendar year beginning July 1, 2001 and ending July 1, 2003, by an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the shares of common stock outstanding on the trading day immediately preceding July 1, with a maximum annual increase of 1,000,000 shares.

 

7.    Earnings Per Share

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle (in thousands, except per share data):

 

     Year Ended June 30,

     2001

    2002

   2003

Numerator:

                     

Income (loss) from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ (4,148 )   $ 6,038    $ 6,689
    


 

  

Denominator:

                     

Denominator for basic earnings per share—weighted average shares

     15,830       16,827      16,663

Effect of dilutive securities:

                     

Employee stock options

           847      1,254
    


 

  

Potentially dilutive common shares

           847      1,254

Denominator for diluted earnings per share—adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions

     15,830       17,674      17,917
    


 

  

Basic earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ (0.26 )   $ 0.36    $ 0.40
    


 

  

Diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations before effect of adoption of new accounting principle

   $ (0.26 )   $ 0.34    $ 0.37
    


 

  

 

At June 30, 2002 and 2003, approximately 2,619,000 and 1,303,000 shares, respectively, were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation since the shares are anti-dilutive. At June 30, 2001, all outstanding stock options and other potentially dilutive shares (approximately 5,343,000) were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation since the shares are anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss.

 

8.    Business Combinations and Divestitures

 

Investment in AG-TECH Corporation

 

In July 2001, the Company and Pervasive Software Co. Ltd. (“Pervasive Japan”) formed a new business venture with AG-TECH Corporation, a company developing, selling and importing packaged software, to sell and support the Company’s products in Japan. AG-TECH has been engaged in the sales and support of Btrieve (predecessor to Pervasive.SQL) and Pervasive.SQL products since 1986. In conjunction with the joint venture, AG-TECH receives a discount on the purchase of Pervasive products in Japan, in exchange for assuming

 

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responsibility for OEM sales, packaged software sales, technical support and localization and translation of the Company’s products into Japanese. In connection with the formation of the new business venture, Pervasive Japan loaned AG-TECH 48 million yen (approximately $0.4 million), under a two-year note payable in eight quarterly installments, bearing interest at 2% per annum, individually guaranteed by two principals of AG-TECH. As of June 30, 2003, the loan was repaid in full. The Company acquired less than 20% of the equity of AG-TECH and the right to name one member of the board of directors of AG-TECH. The Company does not have the ability to significantly influence or control the operations of AG-TECH and therefore accounts for its investment in AG-TECH on the cost method of accounting.

 

EveryWare Development Inc.

 

During June 2000, the Company adopted a formal plan to sell the Tango product line acquired in the 1998 acquisition of EveryWare. Accordingly, the Tango product line is accounted for and presented as a discontinued operation in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2001, the Company completed the sale of the Tango technology. The gain on disposal in fiscal 2001 consists of the proceeds from the sale of the Tango technology and a reduction in the estimated future liabilities of the discontinued Tango operations. The gain on disposal in fiscal 2003 is the result of a reduction in the estimated future liabilities of the discontinued Tango operations following the partial termination of an office lease on favorable economic terms. The Company periodically reassesses its estimate of future liabilities of the discontinued Tango operations.

 

9.    Purchased Technology

 

In April 2003, the Company purchased a database transaction intelligence technology from ThinkNet Inc., a software development company based in Toronto, Ontario. The acquired technology provides a continuous, comprehensive and auditable view of an application’s database operations, such as who did what when, where and how. It consists of a Pervasive.SQL logging plug-in, a query and analysis module, and a sophisticated business rules engine. It also alerts administrators to events according to predefined business rules and reports activity efficiently for analysis. The Company acquired the technology for $550,000 in cash. The Company capitalized the purchased technology in accordance with Statement 86, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed and is amortizing the resulting intangible asset over its estimated useful life of ten years. Amortization expense for the year ended June 30, 2003 was approximately $14,000.

 

Purchased technology consists of the following as of June 30, 2003:

 

Purchased technology

   $ 550,000  

Accumulated amortization

     (14,000 )
    


     $ 536,000  
    


 

10.    Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company leases its headquarters and remote office space and, in some cases, is obligated for its proportionate share of utilities and other defined operating expenses of the related building. Office rent expense for the Company’s domestic and international offices for the years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003, was approximately $2,463,000, $2,878,000, and $2,432,000, respectively, net of approximately $462,000, $437,000 and $139,000 of sublease income for the years ended June 30, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively.

 

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Future minimum lease payments at June 30, 2003 under the operating leases for worldwide office space are as follows (in thousands):

 

2004

   $ 1,562

2005

     1,602

2006

     1,647

2007

     1,647

2008

     1,647

Thereafter

     549
    

     $ 8,654
    

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (FIN 45). FIN 45 requires certain guarantees to be recorded at fair value and requires a guarantor to make disclosures, even when the likelihood of making any payments under the guarantee is remote. For those guarantees and indemnifications that do not fall within initial recognition and measurement requirements of FIN 45, the Company must continue to monitor the conditions that are subject to the guarantees and indemnifications, as required under existing generally accepted accounting principles, to identify if a loss has been incurred. If the Company determines that it is probable that a loss has been incurred, any such estimable loss would be recognized. The initial recognition and measurement requirements do not apply to the Company’s product warranties or to the provisions contained in the majority of the Company’s software license agreements that indemnify licensees of the Company’s software from damages and costs resulting from claims alleging that the Company’s software infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party. The Company has historically received only a limited number of requests for payment under these provisions and has not been required to make material payments pursuant to these provisions. The Company has not identified any losses that are probable under these provisions and, accordingly, the Company has not recorded a liability related to these indemnification provisions.

 

11.    General Litigation

 

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings which arise from time to time in the normal course of business. While the ultimate results of such matters generally cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not expect any such matters to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position and results of operations as of June 30, 2003.

 

12.    Business Restructuring Charge

 

The Company incurred a non-recurring charge of approximately $2.5 million related to business restructuring for the year ended June 30, 2001. The business restructuring charge in fiscal 2001 consists of charges related to a reduction in workforce in June 2001 and related charges for idle leased facilities and certain intangible assets. The reduction in workforce consisted of approximately 40 employees, resulting in approximately $600,000 in severance and other employee termination benefits.

 

13.    Segments of Business and Geographic Area Information

 

The Company is engaged in the design, development and marketing of database and information management software for Web-based and client/server applications. The Company considers its business activities to constitute a single segment of business.

 

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A summary of the Company’s continuing operations by geographic area follows (in thousands):

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 

Revenue:

                        

North America

   $ 23,320     $ 22,304     $ 22,888  

Europe (all originating from U.S.)

     11,258       9,844       10,418  

Japan

     6,861       4,511       5,258  

Rest of World (all originating from U.S.)

     719       538       641  
    


 


 


Total

   $ 42,158     $ 37,197     $ 39,205  
    


 


 


Operating income (loss)(A):

                        

North America

   $ (9,514 )   $ (3,841 )   $ (3,778 )

Europe (inclusive of revenue originating from U.S.)

     4,747       5,265       5,262  

Japan

     (134 )     4,442       5,251  
    


 


 


Total

   $ (4,901 )   $ 5,866     $ 6,735  
    


 


 


Identifiable assets:

                        

North America

   $ 36,614     $ 42,456     $ 49,801  

Europe

     459       396       298  

Japan

     3,395       507       493  
    


 


 


Total

   $ 40,468     $ 43,359     $ 50,592  
    


 


 


 

(A)   Operating income for Europe does not include any allocation of marketing, product development, technical support and administrative costs incurred in the United States. Operating income for Japan increased in 2002 and 2003 due to the new business venture formed with AG-TECH (see Note 8).

 

14.    Statements of Cash Flows

 

The (increase) decrease in current assets from continuing operations reflected in the consolidated statements of cash flows is comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

   2003

 

(Increase) decrease in trade accounts receivable

   $ 733     $ 1,084    $ (637 )

(Increase) decrease in notes receivable from related parties

     (55 )     53      102  

Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,357       708      306  
    


 

  


     $ 3,035     $ 1,845    $ (229 )
    


 

  


 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

The increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities from continuing operations reflected in the consolidated statements of cash flows is comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

     Year ended June 30,

 
     2001

    2002

    2003

 

Increase (decrease) in trade accounts payable

   $ (566 )   $ (254 )   $ 452  

Decrease in accrued payroll and payroll related costs

     (204 )     (167 )     (208 )

Increase in deferred rent and lease related accruals

     905       553       796  

Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses

     277       (1,126 )     296  

Increase (decrease) in income taxes refundable/payable

     227       (52 )     (188 )
    


 


 


     $ 639     $ (1,046 )   $ 1,148  
    


 


 


Supplemental disclosures:

                        

Income taxes paid (refunds received) during the year:

                        

Domestic

   $ (1,782 )   $ 50     $ 90  
    


 


 


Foreign

   $ 592     $ 685     $ 618  
    


 


 


Noncash activities:

                        

Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan

   $ 180     $ 105     $ 130  
    


 


 


Issuance of note receivable to executive officer for exercise of options

   $     $ 131     $  
    


 


 


 

15.    Change in Accounting Principle

 

The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“Statement 142”), effective July 1, 2001. Statement 142 discontinues the amortization of goodwill and requires future periodic testing of goodwill for impairment. In addition, Statement 142 requires reassessment of the useful lives of previously recognized intangible assets. With the adoption of Statement 142, the Company ceased amortization of goodwill as of July 1, 2001.

 

Upon adoption of Statement 142, the Company completed an evaluation of its carrying value of goodwill as allowed effective July 1, 2001, resulting in an impairment charge of approximately $676,000, which is recorded as a cumulative change in accounting principle. The Company’s implied fair value of goodwill was $0 as a result of the Company’s allocation of enterprise value, as determined by quoted market prices, to all of the Company’s assets and liabilities.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

The following table presents the results of the Company on a comparable basis as if Statement 142 had been adopted effective July 1, 1999:

 

     Year ended June 30,

     2001

    2002

   2003

Reported net income (loss)

   $ (2,456 )   $ 5,362    $ 6,848

Goodwill amortization (net of tax)

     104           

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle (net of tax)

           676     
    


 

  

Adjusted net income (loss)

   $ (2,352 )   $ 6,038    $ 6,848
    


 

  

Basic earnings (loss) per share:

                     

Reported net income (loss)

   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.32    $ 0.41

Goodwill amortization (net of tax)

     0.01           

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle (net of tax)

           0.04     
    


 

  

Adjusted net income (loss)

   $ (0.15 )   $ 0.36    $ 0.41
    


 

  

Diluted earnings (loss) per share:

                     

Reported net income (loss)

   $ (0.16 )   $ 0.30    $ 0.38

Goodwill amortization (net of tax)

     0.01           

Effect of adoption of new accounting principle (net of tax)

           0.04     
    


 

  

Adjusted net income (loss)

   $ (0.15 )   $ 0.34    $ 0.38
    


 

  

 

16.    Subsequent Events

 

In July 2003, the Company licensed technology from ABACUS Research A.G., a software development company based in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The licensed technology enables users to perform advanced searches into application and Web portal data, providing sub-second responses across large databases. The Company licensed the technology for $600,000. The Company capitalized the licensed technology in accordance with Statement 86, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed and is amortizing the resulting intangible asset over its estimated life of ten years.

 

In August 2003, the Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Data Junction Corporation for $22.1 million in cash and 5 million shares of the Company’s common stock. The acquisition is expected to close in the quarter ending December 31, 2003.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

The following presents the unaudited pro forma combined results of operations of the Company with Data Junction Corporation for the year ended June 30, 2003 assuming the acquisition occurred on July 1, 2002, after giving effect to certain pro forma adjustments. These unaudited pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the actual consolidated results of operations had the acquisition actually occurred on July 1, 2002 or of future results of operations of the consolidated entities.

 

    

Year ended
June 30, 2003

(in thousands,
except for per
share data)


Revenue

   $ 53,164

Income from continuing operations

   $ 6,744

Diluted income per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.29

 

The diluted earnings per share for the Company and for the total unaudited pro forma combined operations are $0.37 and $0.29, respectively. The diluted earnings per share for the total unaudited pro forma combined operations include the expense associated with Data Junction’s transfer of life insurance policies of $1.2 million, or $0.03 per share impact, net of tax. Also included is the effect of amortization of software technology acquired in the merger of $1.2 million, or $0.05 earnings per share impact, net of tax.

 

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