UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 20-F
[ ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
[ ] SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company
report............
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________ TO ________.
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-14840
AMDOCS LIMITED
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
ISLAND OF GUERNSEY
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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
SUITE 5, TOWER HILL HOUSE LE BORDAGE
ST. PETER PORT, ISLAND OF GUERNSEY, GY1 3QT CHANNEL ISLANDS
AMDOCS, INC.
1390 TIMBERLAKE MANOR PARKWAY, CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI 63017
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
TITLE OF EACH CLASS NAME OF EXCHANGE ON WHICH REGISTERED
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Ordinary Shares, par value L0.01 New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
NONE
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Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Act:
NONE
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Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes
of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the Annual
Report.
Ordinary Shares, par value L0.01 200,181,700(1)
(Title of class) (Number of shares)
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(1) Net of 27,138,823 shares held in treasury. Does not include (a) 25,807,382
ordinary shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options granted
under our stock option plan or by companies we have acquired, and (b)
10,438,949 ordinary shares reserved for issuance upon conversion of
outstanding convertible debt securities.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer,
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes [X] No [ ]
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if
the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [ ] No [X]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has
elected to follow.
Item 17 [ ] Item 18 [X]
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes [ ] No [X]
AMDOCS LIMITED
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FORM 20-F
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
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INDEX
PART I
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors....... 3
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable..................... 3
Item 3. Key Information............................................. 3
Item 4. Information on the Company.................................. 15
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects................ 29
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees.................. 45
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions........... 52
Item 8. Financial Information....................................... 53
Item 9. The Offer and Listing....................................... 54
Item 10. Additional Information...................................... 54
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk... 63
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities...... 64
PART II
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies............. 64
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and
Use of Proceeds............................................. 64
Item 15. Controls and Procedures..................................... 64
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert............................ 65
Item 16B. Code of Ethics.............................................. 65
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services...................... 65
Item 16D. Exemption From the Listing Standards for Audit Committees... 66
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated
Purchasers.................................................. 66
PART III
Item 17. Financial Statements........................................ 67
Item 18. Financial Statements........................................ 67
Item 19. Exhibits.................................................... 67
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Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Annual Report
on Form 20-F to "Amdocs", "we", "our", "us" and the "Company" refer to Amdocs
Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries and their respective predecessors. Our
consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and
are expressed in U.S. dollars. References to "dollars" or "$" are to U.S.
dollars. Our fiscal year ends on September 30 of each year. References to any
specific financial year refer to the year ended September 30 of the calendar
year specified.
We own or have rights to trademarks or trade names that we use in
conjunction with the sale of our products and services, including, without
limitation, each of the following: Amdocs(TM), Ensemble(TM), AmdocsEnabler(TM)
and Clarify(TM).
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statements (within
the meaning of the United States federal securities laws) that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these forward-looking
statements by words such as "expect", "anticipate", "believe", "seek",
"estimate", "project", "forecast", "continue", "potential", "should", "would",
"could" and "may", and other words that convey uncertainty of future events or
outcome. Statements that we make in this Annual Report that are not statements
of historical fact also may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance, and involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that may cause our actual results to differ
materially from the expectations that we describe in our forward-looking
statements. There may be events in the future that we are not accurately able to
predict, or over which we have no control. You should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements. We do not promise to notify you if we learn that
our assumptions or projections are wrong for any reason. We disclaim any
obligation to update our forward-looking statements, except where applicable law
may otherwise require us to do so.
Important factors that may affect these projections or expectations
include, but are not limited to: changes in the overall economy; changes in
competition in markets in which we operate; changes in the demand for our
products and services; consolidation within the industries in which our
customers operate; the loss of a significant customer; changes in the
telecommunications regulatory environment; changes in technology that impact
both the markets we serve and the types of products and services we offer;
financial difficulties of our customers; losses of key personnel; difficulties
in completing or integrating acquisitions; litigation and regulatory
proceedings; and acts of war or terrorism. For a discussion of these important
factors, please read the information set forth below under the caption "Risk
Factors".
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PART I
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
Not applicable.
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Our historical consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and presented in
U.S. dollars. The selected historical consolidated financial information set
forth below has been derived from our historical consolidated financial
statements for the years presented. Historical information as of and for the
five years ended September 30, 2005 is derived from our consolidated financial
statements, which have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, our independent
registered public accounting firm. You should read the information presented
below in conjunction with those statements.
The information presented below is qualified by the more detailed
historical consolidated financial statements, the notes thereto and the
discussion under "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" included
elsewhere in this Annual Report.
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue.......................... $2,038,621 $1,773,732 $1,483,327 $1,613,565 $1,533,910
Operating income................. 338,492 296,200 210,418 49,161 159,281
Net income (loss)(1)............. 288,636 234,860 168,883 (5,061) 66,386
Basic earnings (loss) per
share.......................... 1.44 1.13 0.78 (0.02) 0.30
Diluted earnings (loss) per
share(2)....................... 1.35 1.08 0.77 (0.02) 0.29
Dividends declared per share..... -- -- -- -- --
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets..................... $3,202,468 $2,863,884 $2,877,517 $2,540,094 $2,624,436
Long term obligations
2% Convertible Notes due June
1, 2008(1).................. 272 272 400,454 445,054 500,000
0.50% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2024(3)................. 450,000 450,000 -- -- --
Long-term portion of capital
lease obligations........... -- 4,112 23,825 15,138 24,779
Shareholders' equity(4).......... 1,656,452 1,444,190 1,591,600 1,416,275 1,512,091
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ORDINARY SHARES ADDITIONAL
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SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL TREASURY STOCK
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(IN THOUSANDS)
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
DATA:
Balance as of September 30, 2001................. 222,628 $3,560 $1,806,290 $ --
Employee stock options exercised............... 687 12 5,149 --
Tax benefit of stock options exercised......... -- -- 6,808 --
Expense related to vesting of stock options.... -- -- 98 --
Repurchase of shares(4)........................ (7,732) -- -- (109,281)
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Balance as of September 30, 2002................. 215,583 3,572 1,818,345 (109,281)
Employee stock options exercised............... 475 8 2,312 --
Tax benefit of stock options exercised......... -- -- 262 --
Expense related to vesting of stock options.... -- -- 37 --
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Balance as of September 30, 2003................. 216,058 3,580 1,820,956 (109,281)
Issuance of ordinary shares related to
acquisition, net(5)......................... 561 -- 747 14,392
Employee stock options exercised............... 1,157 21 12,056 --
Tax benefit of stock options exercised......... -- -- 3,094 --
Stock options granted, net of forfeitures...... -- -- 749 --
Repurchase of shares(4)........................ (16,442) -- -- (407,527)
Expense related to vesting of stock options.... -- -- 6 --
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Balance as of September 30, 2004................. 201,334 3,601 1,837,608 (502,416)
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Issuance of restricted stock and stock options
related to acquisitions, net................ 144 2 6,034 --
Employee stock options exercised............... 2,229 41 23,983 --
Tax benefit of stock options exercised......... -- -- 3,147 --
Repurchase of shares(4)........................ (3,525) -- -- (99,976)
Expense related to vesting of stock options.... -- -- 150 --
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Balance as of September 30, 2005................. 200,182 $3,644 $1,870,922 $(602,392)
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(1) In 2001, we issued $500,000 aggregate principal amount of 2% Convertible
Notes due June 1, 2008 (the "2% Notes"). During the first quarter of fiscal
2004, we repurchased $5,000 aggregate principal amount of 2% Notes for an
aggregate purchase price of $4,987. During fiscal 2003 and 2002, we
repurchased $44,600 and $54,946 aggregate principal amount of 2% Notes,
respectively. In fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recorded gains of $13, $448
and $6,012, respectively, relating to the repurchases of 2% Notes. In 2004,
we purchased $395,110 in aggregate principal amount of 2% Notes that had
been tendered pursuant to the right of the holders to require us to purchase
their 2% Notes on such date at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount
plus accrued and unpaid interest. Of the $344 principal amount of untendered
2% Notes, we subsequently purchased $72 at a price of 100% of their
principal amount and the balance remains as our outstanding obligations, in
accordance with their terms.
(2) Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding for the year ended
September 30, 2004 has been restated, due to the adoption of Emerging Issue
Task Force Issue No. 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible
Instruments on Diluted Earnings per Share" ("EITF 04-8"), which requires
that prior period earnings per share computations be restated to show the
effect on weighted average shares of the conversion of contingently
convertible debt into equity. As a result of the restatement,
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diluted earnings per share has been reduced by $0.02 per share for the year
ended September 30, 2004.
(3) In 2004, we issued $450,000 aggregate principal amount of 0.50% Convertible
Senior Notes due March 15, 2024 (the "0.50% Notes").
(4) From time to time, our Board of Directors has authorized us to repurchase
ordinary shares in open market or privately negotiated transactions and at
times and prices we deem appropriate. During fiscal 2002, we repurchased
7,732 ordinary shares at an average price of $14.13 per share. During the
first quarter of fiscal 2004, we repurchased 4,990 ordinary shares at an
average price of $24.82 per share. In connection with our February 2004
acquisition of XACCT Technologies Ltd. ("XACCT"), we repurchased 484
ordinary shares at an average price of $27.67 per share to offset the
dilutive effect of share issuances in the acquisition. Concurrently with our
March 2004 issuance of the 0.50% Notes, we repurchased 6,074 ordinary shares
sold short by purchasers of the 0.50% Notes for an aggregate purchase price
of $170,061 to offset the dilutive effect of the ordinary shares issuable
upon conversion of the 0.50% Notes. During the fourth quarter of fiscal
2004, we repurchased 4,894 ordinary shares at an average price of $20.40 per
share. In fiscal 2005, we repurchased 3,525 ordinary shares at an average
price of $28.33 per share.
(5) In February 2004, we acquired XACCT, a privately-held provider of mediation
software to communications service providers. We acquired XACCT's
outstanding shares for $28,425, of which $13,286 was paid in cash and the
balance in 561 of the Company's ordinary shares valued at $15,139.
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RISK FACTORS
WE ARE EXPOSED TO GENERAL GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND MARKET CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY
THOSE IMPACTING THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY.
Developments in the communications industry, such as the impact of general
global economic conditions, continued industry consolidation, the formation of
alliances among network operators and service providers, and changes in the
regulatory environment have had, and could continue to have, a material adverse
effect on our existing or potential customers. These conditions have reduced the
high growth rates that the communications industry had previously experienced,
and have caused the market value, financial results and prospects, and capital
spending levels of many communications companies to decline or degrade. In
recent years, the communications industry has experienced significant financial
pressures that have caused many in the industry to cut expenses and limit
investment in capital intensive projects and have led to numerous restructurings
and bankruptcies. Recent communications company mergers may have a material
adverse effect on our results of operations.
In fiscal 2003, the need for communications providers to control operating
expenses and capital investment budgets resulted in slowed customer buying
decisions, as well as price pressures. Due to adverse conditions in the business
environment for communications companies, our revenues declined in the first
quarter of fiscal 2003 and as a result, we undertook a restructuring program to
reduce costs. Although the decline in our quarterly revenue halted in the second
quarter of fiscal 2003, adverse market conditions in the future could have a
negative impact on our business by reducing the number of new contracts we are
able to sign and the size of initial spending commitments, as well as decreasing
the level of discretionary spending under contracts with existing customers. In
addition, a reoccurrence of the slowdown in the buying decisions of
communications providers could extend our sales cycle period and limit our
ability to forecast our flow of new contracts.
IF WE FAIL TO ADAPT TO CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS AND CANNOT COMPETE
SUCCESSFULLY WITH EXISTING OR NEW COMPETITORS, OUR BUSINESS COULD BE HARMED.
We may be unable to compete successfully with existing or new competitors.
If we fail to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete successfully
with established or new competitors, it could have a material adverse effect on
our results of operations and financial condition. We face intense competition
for the software products and services that we sell, including competition for
Managed Services we provide to customers under long-term service agreements.
These Managed Services include services, such as system modernization and
consolidation, operation of data centers, ongoing support, maintenance services,
system modification, the provision of rating and billing services and
communications facility management.
The market for communications information systems is highly competitive and
fragmented, and we expect competition to increase. We compete with independent
providers of information systems and services and with the in-house software
departments of communications companies. Our competitors include firms that
provide comprehensive information systems and Managed Services solutions,
software vendors that sell products for particular aspects of a total
information system, software vendors that specialize in systems for particular
communications services such as Internet, wireline and wireless services,
systems integrators, service bureaus and companies that offer software systems
in combination with the sale of network equipment.
We believe that our ability to compete depends on a number of factors,
including:
- the development by others of software that is competitive with our
products and services,
- the price at which others offer competitive software and services,
- the responsiveness of our competitors to customer needs, and
- the ability of our competitors to hire, retain and motivate key
personnel.
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We compete with a number of companies that have long operating histories,
large customer bases, substantial financial, technical, sales, marketing and
other resources, and strong name recognition. Current and potential competitors
have established, and may establish in the future, cooperative relationships
among themselves or with third parties to increase their ability to address the
needs of our prospective customers. In addition, our competitors have acquired,
and may continue to acquire in the future, companies that may enhance their
market offerings. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors
may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. As a result, our
competitors may be able to adapt more quickly than us to new or emerging
technologies and changes in customer requirements, and may be able to devote
greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. We cannot assure
you that we will be able to compete successfully with existing or new
competitors. If we fail to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete
successfully with established or new competitors, our results of operations and
financial condition may be adversely affected.
IF WE DO NOT CONTINUALLY ENHANCE OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICE OFFERINGS, WE MAY
HAVE DIFFICULTY RETAINING EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND ATTRACTING NEW CUSTOMERS.
We believe that our future success will depend, to a significant extent,
upon our ability to enhance our existing products and to introduce new products
and features to meet the requirements of our customers in a rapidly developing
and evolving market. We are currently devoting significant resources to refining
and expanding our base software modules and to developing Integrated Customer
Management products that operate in state-of-the-art computing environments. Our
present or future products may not satisfy the evolving needs of the
communications industry or of other industries that we serve. If we are unable
to anticipate or respond adequately to such needs, due to resource,
technological or other constraints, our business and results of operations could
be harmed.
WE MAY SEEK TO ACQUIRE COMPANIES OR TECHNOLOGIES, THAT COULD DISRUPT OUR
ONGOING BUSINESS, DISTRACT OUR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES AND ADVERSELY AFFECT
OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
In July 2005, we acquired from DST Systems, Inc., which we refer to as DST,
its DST Innovis, Inc. and DST Interactive, Inc. subsidiaries, which we refer to
collectively as DST Innovis, a leading provider of customer care and billing
solutions to broadband media cable and satellite companies. In August 2005, we
acquired Longshine Information Technology Company Ltd., or Longshine, a leading
vendor of customer care and billing software in China. In the future, we may
acquire other companies where we believe we can acquire new products or services
or otherwise enhance our market position or strategic strengths. We cannot
assure you that suitable future acquisition candidates can be found, that
acquisitions can be consummated on favorable terms or that we will be able to
complete otherwise favorable acquisitions because of antitrust or other
regulatory concerns.
We cannot assure you that our acquisitions of DST Innovis or Longshine, or
any future acquisitions that we may make, will enhance our products or
strengthen our competitive position. In addition, our acquisitions of DST
Innovis and Longshine, and any future acquisitions that we may make, could lead
to difficulties in integrating acquired personnel and operations and in
retaining and motivating key personnel from these businesses. Acquisitions may
disrupt our ongoing operations, divert management from day-to-day
responsibilities, increase our expenses and harm our results of operations or
financial condition.
OUR BUSINESS IS DEPENDENT ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS, AND
THE LOSS OF ANY ONE OF OUR SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS COULD HARM OUR RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS.
Our business is dependent on a limited number of significant customers. Our
three largest groups of customers are comprised of AT&T Inc., which was formerly
known as SBC Communications Inc. and which we refer to as AT&T, Bell Canada and
Sprint Nextel Corporation, which we refer to as Sprint Nextel and certain of
their subsidiaries, each of which accounted for approximately 10% or more of our
revenue in fiscal 2005. Aggregate revenue derived from the multiple business
arrangements we have with our six largest customer groups accounted for
approximately 63% of our revenue in fiscal 2005. AT&T has historically been one
of our largest shareholders, and, as of December 16, 2005, it beneficially owned
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approximately 5.3% of our outstanding ordinary shares. The loss of any
significant customer or a significant decrease in business from any such
customer could harm our results of operations and financial condition.
Although we have received a substantial portion of our revenue from
recurring business with established customers, most of our major customers do
not have any obligation to purchase additional products or services from us and
generally have already acquired fully paid licenses to their installed systems.
Therefore, our customers may not continue to purchase new systems, system
enhancements or services in amounts similar to previous years or may delay
implementation of committed projects, each of which could reduce our revenues
and profits.
OUR FUTURE SUCCESS WILL DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND TO MEET THEIR EXPECTATIONS IN PROVIDING
PRODUCTS AND PERFORMING SERVICES.
We believe that our future success will depend to a significant extent on
our ability to develop long-term relationships with successful network operators
and service providers with the financial and other resources required to invest
in significant ongoing Integrated Customer Management systems. If we are unable
to develop new customer relationships, our business will be harmed. In addition,
our business and results of operations depend in part on our ability to provide
high quality services to customers that have already implemented our products.
If we are unable to meet customers' expectations in providing products or
performing services, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
WE MAY BE EXPOSED TO THE CREDIT RISK OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY WEAKENED MARKETS.
We typically sell our software and related services as part of long-term
projects. During the life of a project, a customer's budgeting constraints can
impact the scope of a project and the customer's ability to make required
payments. In addition, the creditworthiness of our customers may deteriorate
over time, and we can be adversely affected by bankruptcies or other business
failures.
THE SKILLED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT
AND MODIFY OUR SOLUTIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO HIRE AND RETAIN, AND IF WE ARE
UNABLE TO HIRE AND RETAIN SUCH PERSONNEL, WE COULD FACE INCREASED COSTS TO
RETAIN OUR SKILLED EMPLOYEES.
Our business operations depend in large part on our ability to attract,
train, motivate and retain highly skilled information technology professionals,
software programmers and communications engineers on a worldwide basis. In
addition, our competitive success will depend on our ability to attract and
retain other outstanding, highly qualified employees. Because our software
products are highly complex and are generally used by our customers to perform
critical business functions, we depend heavily on skilled technology
professionals. Skilled technology professionals are often in high demand and
short supply. If we are unable to hire or retain qualified technology
professionals to develop, implement and modify our solutions, we may be unable
to meet the needs of our customers. In addition, if we were to obtain several
new customers or implement several new large-scale projects in a short period of
time, we may need to attract and train additional employees at a rapid rate. We
may face difficulties identifying and hiring qualified personnel. Our inability
to hire and retain the appropriate personnel could increase our costs of
retaining skilled employees and make it difficult for us to manage our
operations, to meet our commitments and to compete for new customer contracts.
Our success will also depend, to a certain extent, upon the continued
active participation of a relatively small group of senior management personnel.
The loss of the services of all or some of these executives could harm our
operations and impair our efforts to expand our business.
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OUR QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS MAY FLUCTUATE, AND A DECLINE IN REVENUE IN ANY
QUARTER COULD RESULT IN LOWER PROFITABILITY FOR THAT QUARTER AND FLUCTUATIONS IN
THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES.
We have experienced fluctuations in our quarterly operating results and
anticipate that such movement may continue and could intensify. Fluctuations may
result from many factors, including:
- the size and timing of significant customer projects and license and
service fees,
- delays in or cancellations of significant projects by customers,
- changes in operating expenses,
- increased competition,
- changes in our strategy,
- personnel changes,
- foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, and
- general economic and political conditions.
Generally, our combined license fee revenue and service fee revenue
relating to customization, modification, implementation and integration are
recognized as work is performed, using the percentage of completion method of
accounting. Given our reliance on a limited number of significant customers, our
quarterly results may be significantly affected by the size and timing of
customer projects and our progress in completing such projects.
We believe that the placement of customer orders may be concentrated in
specific quarterly periods due to the time requirements and budgetary
constraints of our customers. Although we recognize revenue as projects
progress, progress may vary significantly from project to project, and we
believe that variations in quarterly revenue are sometimes attributable to the
timing of initial order placements. Due to the relatively fixed nature of
certain of our costs, a decline of revenue in any quarter could result in lower
profitability for that quarter. In addition, fluctuations in our quarterly
operating results could cause significant fluctuations in the market price of
our ordinary shares.
OUR REVENUE, EARNINGS AND PROFITABILITY ARE IMPACTED BY THE LENGTH OF OUR SALES
CYCLE, AND A LONGER SALES CYCLE COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Our business is directly affected by the length of our sales cycle.
Information systems for communications companies are relatively complex and
their purchase generally involves a significant commitment of capital, with
attendant delays frequently associated with large capital expenditures and
procurement procedures within an organization. The purchase of these types of
products typically also requires coordination and agreement across many
departments within a potential customer's organization. Delays associated with
such timing factors could have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations and financial condition. In periods of economic slowdown in the
communications industry, our typical sales cycle lengthens, which means that the
average time between our initial contact with a prospective customer and the
signing of a sales contract increases. In fiscal 2003, buying decisions of
communications providers were often delayed due to adverse conditions in the
business environment, and our sales cycle period lengthened as a result.
Although this trend improved in fiscal 2004 and 2005, the lengthening of our
sales cycle could reduce growth in our revenue in the future. In addition, the
lengthening of our sales cycle contributes to an increased cost of sales,
thereby reducing our profitability.
IF THE MARKET FOR OUR PRODUCTS DETERIORATES, WE MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, we commenced a series of measures
designed to align our operational structure to our expected future growth, to
allow better integration of our recent DST Innovis and Longshine acquisitions
and to improve efficiency, which included termination of employment of software
and IT specialists and administrative professionals at various locations around
the world. A
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reduction in personnel can result in significant severance, administrative and
legal expenses and may also adversely affect or delay various sales, marketing
and product development programs and activities. Depending on market conditions
in the communications industry and our business and financial needs, we may be
forced to implement additional restructuring plans to further reduce our costs,
which could result in additional restructuring charges. Additional restructuring
charges could have a material adverse effect on our financial results.
IF WE FAIL TO SUCCESSFULLY PLAN AND MANAGE CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF OUR
OPERATIONS OUR BUSINESS WILL SUFFER.
Over the last several years, we have both grown and contracted our
operations in order to profitably offer our products and services in a rapidly
changing market. If we are unable to manage these changes and plan and manage
any future changes in the size and scope of our operations, our business will
suffer.
Our restructurings and cost reduction measures reduced the size of our
operations. On January 31, 2003, after implementation of personnel reductions,
our workforce consisted of approximately 7,800 individuals in software and
information technology positions, compared to approximately 9,100 on November
30, 2001. Our software and information technology workforce increased to
approximately 9,000 positions as of November 30, 2003, primarily as a result of
the Certen acquisition in July 2003 and a Managed Services agreement signed in
January 2003, to approximately 9,600 positions as of September 30, 2004 and to
approximately 12,000 as of September 30, 2005. The increase in technology
workforce in fiscal 2005 was attributable to our DST Innovis and Longshine
acquisitions, as well to organic growth in the size of our operations. During
periods of contraction, we have disposed of office space and related obligations
in efforts to keep pace with the changing size of our operations and we may do
so in the future. These cost reduction measures have included, and may in the
future include, consolidating and/or relocating certain of our operations to
different geographic locations. These activities could lead to difficulties and
significant expenses related to subleasing or assigning any surplus space. We
have accrued the estimated expenses that will result from our past restructuring
efforts. However, if it is determined that the amount accrued is insufficient,
an additional charge could have an unfavorable impact on our consolidated
financial statements in the period this was determined.
OUR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE EXPOSES US TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIED AND
CHANGING POLITICAL, CULTURAL, LEGAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE.
We are affected by risks associated with conducting business
internationally. We maintain development facilities in Canada, China, Cyprus,
India, Ireland, Israel and the United States, operate a support center in Brazil
and have operations in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-
Pacific region. Although a majority of our revenue is derived from customers in
North America and Europe, we obtain significant revenue from customers in the
Asia-Pacific region and Latin America. Our strategy is to continue to broaden
our North American and European customer base and to expand into new
international markets. Conducting business internationally exposes us to certain
risks inherent in doing business in international markets, including:
- lack of acceptance of non-localized products,
- legal and cultural differences in the conduct of business,
- difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations,
- longer payment cycles,
- difficulties in collecting accounts receivable and withholding taxes that
limit the repatriation of earnings,
- trade barriers,
- difficulties in complying with varied legal and regulatory requirements
across jurisdictions,
- immigration regulations that limit our ability to deploy our employees,
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- political instability, and
- variations in effective income tax rates among countries where we conduct
business.
One or more of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our
international operations, which could harm our results of operations and
financial condition.
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CYPRUS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
Of the development centers we maintain worldwide, our largest development
center is located in five different sites throughout Israel. Approximately 39%
of our employees are located in Israel. As a result, we are directly influenced
by the political, economic and military conditions affecting Israel and its
neighboring region. Any major hostilities involving Israel could have a material
adverse effect on our business. We have developed contingency plans to provide
ongoing services to our customers in the event political or military conditions
disrupt our normal operations. These plans include the transfer of some
development operations within Israel to various of our other sites both within
and outside of Israel. If we have to implement these plans, our operations would
be disrupted and we would incur significant additional expenditures, which would
adversely affect our business and results of operations.
While Israel has entered into peace agreements with both Egypt and Jordan,
Israel has not entered into peace arrangements with any other neighboring
countries. Over the past several years there has been a significant
deterioration in Israel's relationship with the Palestinian Authority and a
related increase in violence. Efforts to resolve the problem have failed to
result in an agreeable solution. Continued violence between the Palestinian
community and Israel may have a material adverse effect on our business. Further
deterioration of relations with the Palestinian Authority might require more
military reserve service by some of our employees, which may have a material
adverse effect on our business.
In addition, our development facility in Cyprus may be adversely affected
by political conditions in that country. As a result of intercommunal strife
between the Greek and Turkish communities, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus in 1974
and continue to occupy approximately 40% of the island. Although Cyprus has
joined the European Union, intensive discussions facilitated by the United
Nations, the European Union and the United States did not result in an
agreed-upon plan of reunification for Cyprus. Any major hostilities between
Cyprus and Turkey or the failure of the parties to finalize a peaceful
resolution may have a material adverse effect on our development facility in
Cyprus.
In 2004, we established a development center in India, and we have recently
expanded our operations in Russia and China. Conducting business in each of
these countries involves unique challenges, including political instability, the
transparency, consistency and effectiveness of business regulation, the
protection of intellectual property, and the availability of sufficient
qualified local personnel. Any of these or other challenges associated with
operating in these countries may adversely affect our business or operations.
OUR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS EXPOSE US TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FLUCTUATIONS IN
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
Although we have operations throughout the world, the majority of our
revenues and approximately 50% of our costs are denominated in, or linked to,
the U.S. dollar. Accordingly, we consider the U.S. dollar to be our functional
currency. However, approximately 50% of our operating costs in fiscal 2005 were
incurred outside the United States in other currencies. Therefore, fluctuations
in exchange rates between the currencies in which such costs are incurred and
the dollar may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and
financial condition. The cost of our operations outside of the United States, as
expressed in dollars, could be adversely affected by the extent to which any
increase in the rate of inflation in a particular country is not offset (or is
offset with a time delay) by a devaluation of the local currency in relation to
the dollar. As a result of this differential, from time to time we may
experience increases in the costs of our operations outside the United States,
as expressed in dollars, which could have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations and financial condition.
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In addition, a portion of our revenue (approximately 30% in fiscal 2005) is
not incurred in dollars or linked to the dollar, and, therefore, fluctuations in
exchange rates between the currencies in which such revenue is incurred and the
dollar may have a material effect on our results of operations and financial
condition. If more of our customers seek contracts that are denominated in
currencies such as the Euro and not the dollar, our exposure to fluctuations in
currency exchange rates could increase.
Generally, the effects of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates
are mitigated by the fact that the majority of our revenue and approximately 50%
of our operating costs are in dollars or linked to the dollar and we generally
hedge our currency exposure on both a short-term and long-term basis with
respect to expected revenue and operating costs. However, we cannot assure you
that we will be able to effectively limit all of our exposure to currency
exchange rate fluctuations.
The imposition of exchange or price controls or other restrictions on the
conversion of foreign currencies could also have a material adverse effect on
our business, results of operations and financial condition.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT OUR PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY FROM MISAPPROPRIATION,
OUR BUSINESS MAY BE HARMED.
Any misappropriation of our technology or the development of competitive
technology could seriously harm our business. Our software and software systems
are largely comprised of software and systems we have developed or acquired and
that we regard as proprietary. We rely upon a combination of trademarks,
patents, contractual rights, trade secret law, copyrights, non-disclosure
agreements and other methods to protect our proprietary rights. We also enter
into non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with our customers, employees
and marketing representatives and with certain contractors with access to
sensitive information and we also limit our customer access to the source codes
of our software and our software systems. However, we do not include in our
software any mechanisms to prevent or inhibit unauthorized use.
The steps we have taken to protect our proprietary rights may be
inadequate. If so, we might not be able to prevent others from using what we
regard as our technology to compete with us. Existing trade secret, copyright
and trademark laws offer only limited protection. In addition, the laws of some
foreign countries do not protect our proprietary technology or allow enforcement
of confidentiality covenants to the same extent as the laws of the United
States.
If we have to resort to legal proceedings to enforce our intellectual
property rights, the proceedings could be burdensome, protracted and expensive
and could involve a high degree of risk.
CLAIMS BY OTHERS THAT WE INFRINGE THEIR PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY COULD HARM OUR
BUSINESS.
Our software and software systems are largely comprised of software and
systems that we have developed or acquired and that we regard as proprietary.
Our software and software systems are the results of long and complex
development processes, and although our technology is not significantly
dependent on patents or licenses from third parties, certain aspects of our
products make use of readily available software components that we license from
third parties, including our employees and contractors. As a developer of
complex software systems, third parties may claim that portions of our systems
violate their intellectual property rights. The ability to develop and use our
software and software systems requires knowledge and professional experience
that we believe is unique to us and would be very difficult for others to
independently obtain, however, our competitors may independently develop
technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to ours.
We expect that software developers will increasingly be subject to
infringement claims as the number of products and competitors providing software
and services to the communications industry increases and overlaps occur. Any
claim of infringement by a third party could cause us to incur substantial costs
defending against the claim, and could distract our management from our
business. Furthermore, a party making such a claim, if successful, could secure
a judgment that requires us to pay substantial damages.
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A judgment could also include an injunction or other court order that could
prevent us from selling our products or offering our services, or prevent a
customer from continuing to use our products. Any of these events could
seriously harm our business.
If anyone asserts a claim against us relating to proprietary technology or
information, while we might seek to license their intellectual property, we
might not be able to obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms or on any
terms. In addition, any efforts to develop non-infringing technology could be
unsuccessful. Our failure to obtain the necessary licenses or other rights or to
develop non-infringing technology could prevent us from selling our products and
could therefore seriously harm our business.
PRODUCT DEFECTS OR SOFTWARE ERRORS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
Design defects or software errors may cause delays in product introductions
or damage customer satisfaction and may have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations and financial condition. Our software products
are highly complex and may, from time to time, contain design defects or
software errors that may be difficult to detect and correct.
Because our products are generally used by our customers to perform
critical business functions, design defects, software errors, misuse of our
products, incorrect data from external sources or other potential problems
within or out of our control may arise from the use of our products, and may
result in financial or other damages to our customers, for which we may be held
responsible. Although we have license agreements with our customers that contain
provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential claims and liabilities
arising from customer problems, these provisions may not effectively protect us
against such claims in all cases and in all jurisdictions. In addition, as a
result of business and other considerations, we may undertake to compensate our
customers for damages caused to them arising from the use of our products, even
if our liability is limited by a license or other agreement. Claims and
liabilities arising from customer problems could also damage our reputation,
adversely affecting our business, results of operations and financial condition
and the ability to obtain "Errors and Omissions" insurance.
SYSTEM DISRUPTIONS AND FAILURES MAY RESULT IN CUSTOMER DISSATISFACTION,
CUSTOMER LOSS OR BOTH, WHICH COULD MATERIALLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR
REPUTATION AND BUSINESS.
Our systems are an integral part of our customers' business operations. The
continued and uninterrupted performance of these systems by our customers is
critical to our success. Customers may become dissatisfied by any system failure
that interrupts our ability to provide services to them. Sustained or repeated
system failures would reduce the attractiveness of our services significantly,
and could result in decreased demand for our products and services.
Our ability to perform Managed Services depends on our ability to protect
our computer systems against damage from fire, power loss, water damage,
telecommunications failures, earthquake, terrorism attack, vandalism and similar
unexpected adverse events. Despite our efforts to implement network security
measures, our systems are also vulnerable to computer viruses, break-ins and
similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering. We do not carry enough business
interruption insurance to compensate for any significant losses that may occur
as a result of any of these events.
We have experienced systems outages and service interruptions in the past.
We expect to experience additional outages in the future. To date, these outages
have not had a material adverse effect on us. However, in the future, a
prolonged system-wide outage or frequent outages could cause harm to our
reputation and could cause our customers to make claims against us for damages
allegedly resulting from an outage or interruption. Any damage or failure that
interrupts or delays our operations could result in material harm to our
business and expose us to material liabilities.
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THE TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND TAX BENEFITS
COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR OVERALL EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
There can be no assurance that our effective tax rate of 20% for the year
ended September 30, 2005 will not change over time as a result of changes in
corporate income tax rates or other changes in the tax laws of the various
countries in which we operate. We have benefited or currently benefit from a
variety of government programs and tax benefits that generally carry conditions
that we must meet in order to be eligible to obtain any benefit.
For example, the government of Cyprus has issued a permit to our Cypriot
subsidiary pursuant to which its activities are deemed to be offshore activities
for Cypriot tax purposes, resulting in an effective tax rate in Cyprus of 4.25%.
This tax rate will continue to apply to our Cypriot subsidiary until December
31, 2005. As of January 1, 2006 our Cypriot subsidiary will be subject to the
generally applicable 10% corporate tax rate. Pursuant to legislation in 2004,
Israeli companies are generally subject to a company tax rate on taxable income
of 34% for 2005, 31% for 2006, 29% for 2007, 27% for 2008, 26% for 2009 and 25%
for 2010 and thereafter. However, certain production and development facilities
of our Israeli subsidiary have been granted "Approved Enterprise" status that
allows for taxation at a rate of 25% or lower. The entitlement of these
facilities to reduced taxation is subject to certain time limitations. The Law
for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 ("Investment Law"), which
allows the benefits granted for Approved Enterprises, was amended in 2005 to
impose additional eligibility criteria for Approved Enterprise benefits. The
Company's management does not believe that the new Investment Law would have a
material effect on the Company in 2006.
If we fail to meet the conditions upon which certain favorable tax
treatment is based, we would not be able to claim future tax benefits and could
be required to refund tax benefits already received. Additionally, some of these
programs and the related tax benefits are available to us for a limited number
of years, and these benefits expire from time to time. For example, our
favorable tax treatment in India expires in March 2009 and is limited to income
derived from specific pre-approved information technology activities.
Any of the following could have a material effect on our overall effective
tax rate:
- some programs may be discontinued,
- we may be unable to meet the requirements for continuing to qualify for
some programs,
- these programs and tax benefits may be unavailable at their current
levels,
- upon expiration of a particular benefit, we may not be eligible to
participate in a new program or qualify for a new tax benefit that would
offset the loss of the expiring tax benefit, or
- we may be required to refund previously recognized tax benefits if we are
found to be in violation of the stipulated conditions.
WE ARE CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF A SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION,
WHICH COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
In 2003, we were informed that the Midwest Regional Office of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), was conducting a private
investigation into the events leading up to our announcement in June 2002 of
revised projected revenue for the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2002. The
investigation appeared to be focused on, but was not explicitly limited to, our
forecasting beginning with our April 23, 2002 press release. We responded to an
initial document request by the SEC, but have not received any requests for
additional information or had any substantive contacts with the SEC related to
this investigation since 2003. We have cooperated with the SEC staff and believe
that we would be able to satisfy any concerns the SEC staff may have as to the
matters under investigation. However, we are unable to predict whether the SEC
will actively pursue this investigation or what the outcome may be. At a
minimum, this investigation may divert the attention of our management and other
resources that would otherwise be engaged in operating our business.
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THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES HAS AND MAY CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE
WIDELY.
The market price of our ordinary shares has fluctuated widely and may
continue to do so. During fiscal year 2005, our ordinary shares have traded as
high as $30.96 per share and as low as $20.70 per share. Our ordinary shares
traded as high as $80.50 per share in fiscal 2001 and as low as $5.85 per share
in fiscal 2003. As of December 27, 2005, the closing price of our ordinary
shares was $27.46 per share. Many factors could cause the market price of our
ordinary shares to rise and fall, including:
- market conditions in the industry and the economy as a whole,
- variations in our quarterly operating results,
- announcements of technological innovations by us or our competitors,
- introductions of new products or new pricing policies by us or our
competitors,
- trends in the communications or software industries, including industry
consolidation,
- acquisitions or strategic alliances by us or others in our industry,
- changes in estimates of our performance or recommendations by financial
analysts, and
- political developments in the Middle East.
In addition, the stock market often experiences significant price and
volume fluctuations. These fluctuations particularly affect the market prices of
the securities of many high technology companies. These broad market
fluctuations could adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares.
IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OUR SHAREHOLDERS TO ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN
THE UNITED STATES AGAINST US OR OUR AFFILIATES.
We are incorporated under the laws of the Island of Guernsey and a majority
of our directors and executive officers are not citizens or residents of the
United States. A significant portion of our assets and the assets of those
persons are located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be
possible for investors to effect service of process upon us within the United
States or upon such persons outside their jurisdiction of residence. Also, we
have been advised that there is doubt as to the enforceability in Guernsey of
judgments of the U.S. courts of civil liabilities predicated solely upon the
laws of the United States, including the federal securities laws.
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF AMDOCS
Amdocs Limited was organized under the laws of the Island of Guernsey in
1988. Since 1995, Amdocs Limited has been a holding company for the various
subsidiaries that conduct our business on a worldwide basis. Our global business
is providing software and services solutions to enable major services providers
in North America, Europe and the rest of the world to move toward an integrated
approach to customer management, which we refer to as Integrated Customer
Management. Our registered office is Suite 5, Tower Hill House Le Bordage, St.
Peter Port, Island of Guernsey, GY1 3QT Channel Islands, and the telephone
number at that location is 011-44-1481-728444.
In the United States, our main sales and development center is in St.
Louis, Missouri. The executive offices of our principal subsidiary in the United
States are located at 1390 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri
63017, and the telephone number at that location is (314) 212-8328.
Our subsidiaries are organized under and subject to the laws of several
countries. Our principal operating subsidiaries are in Canada, China, Cyprus,
India, Ireland, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States.
We have pursued acquisitions in order to offer new products or services or
otherwise enhance our market position or strategic strengths. Our 1999
acquisition of ITDS enabled us to expand our service offerings and enhanced our
ability to provide Managed Services solutions to our customers. In 2000, we
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acquired Solect, which enhanced our ability to serve the growing Internet
Protocol, or IP, needs of our customers. We believe our 2001 acquisition from
Nortel Networks Corporation of substantially all of the assets of its Clarify
business, which provided Customer Relationship Management, or CRM, software to
communications services companies and other enterprise sectors, positioned us as
a leading provider of CRM to the communications industry and, through our
addition of Clarify's CRM software to our product offerings, reinforced our
leadership in delivering a comprehensive portfolio of business software
applications. In 2003, we purchased Bell Canada's 90% ownership interest in
Certen, which we formed with Bell Canada in 2001. This acquisition expanded our
Managed Services offerings and positioned us as a leading provider of Managed
Services to the communications industry. As a result of the acquisition, Certen
is now our wholly owned subsidiary. In 2004, we acquired XACCT, a provider of
mediation software to communications service providers.
On July 1, 2005, we acquired from DST all of the common stock of DST
Innovis, a leading provider of customer care and billing solutions to broadband
media cable and satellite companies, or the Broadband Industry. We believe that
this acquisition has positioned us to offer a comprehensive set of solutions to
companies in the Broadband Industry as they transition to ICM. We are continuing
to integrate the DST Innovis products into our ICM Enabling Systems and to
expand our ICM Enabling Systems offerings to the Broadband Industry. On August
3, 2005, we acquired Longshine, a privately-held leading vendor of customer care
and billing software in China, which counts three of China's four largest
communications service providers among its customers. This acquisition enables
us to offer our products and services to Chinese service providers, and we
believe it will allow us to expand our presence in this large and fast growing
market.
In the future, we may consider, as part of our strategy, additional
acquisitions and other initiatives in order to offer new products or services or
otherwise enhance our market position or strategic strengths.
In November 2002, we announced a series of measures designed to reduce
costs and improve productivity. As part of this plan, we reduced our workforce
by approximately 400 software and information technology specialists and
administrative professionals and vacated facilities in different centers around
the world. In addition, we implemented other cost reduction measures, including
travel cuts and reductions in other discretionary costs. As a result of these
cost reduction measures, our software and information technology workforce
decreased from approximately 9,100 on November 30, 2001 to approximately 7,800
as of January 31, 2003. During fiscal 2003, we increased our software and
information technology workforce by approximately 1,200 employees, primarily as
a result of the Certen acquisition in July 2003 and a Managed Services agreement
signed with AT&T (formerly SBC) in January 2003. As of September 30, 2004, our
software and information technology workforce had increased to approximately
9,600 employees. During fiscal 2005, we commenced a series of measures designed
to align our operational structure to our expected future growth, to allow
better integration of our recent acquisitions of DST Innovis and Longshine and
to improve efficiency, which included termination of employment of software and
IT specialists and administrative professionals at various locations around the
world. As of September 30, 2005, our software and information technology
workforce had increased to approximately 12,000 employees. The increase in
software and information technology workforce in fiscal 2005 was attributable to
our DST Innovis and Longshine acquisitions, as well to organic growth in the
size of our operations.
Our principal capital expenditures for fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 have been
for computer equipment, for which we spent approximately $57.6 million, $50.8
million and $50.5 million, respectively. We anticipate our principal capital
expenditures in fiscal 2006 will consist of additional computer equipment, with
the bulk of these expenditures for computer equipment to be located at our
facilities in North America, India and Israel.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
We combine software and services with business knowledge to accelerate the
adoption of Integrated Customer Management strategies by service providers. Our
market focus is primarily Tier 1 and Tier 2
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companies in the communications industry, and we are a leading provider of
software products and services to that industry. Our addressable market has now
been expanded to include companies in the Broadband Industry, as a result of our
recent acquisition of DST Innovis. The acquisition not only enlarges our
customer base, but also allows us to offer a broader set of solutions to
customers in the Broadband Industry. We are also leveraging our experience by
working with service providers in the financial services sector, since certain
of the challenges faced by companies in this sector are similar to those of
communications service providers.
Our products and services help our customers move toward Integrated
Customer Management. Our product offerings include CRM, order management,
service fulfillment, mediation, and content revenue management products, which
we collectively refer to as Integrated Customer Management Enabling Systems, or
ICM Enabling Systems. In the past, we referred to ICM Enabling Systems as CC&B
Systems.
Our portfolio also includes a full range of directory sales and publishing
systems, which we refer to as Directory Systems, for publishers of both
traditional printed yellow page and white page directories and electronic
Internet directories.
We have designed ICM Enabling Systems to meet the mission-critical needs of
leading communications service providers throughout the entire customer
lifecycle. We support different lines of business, including wireline, wireless,
cable and satellite, and a wide range of communications services, including
voice, video, data, Internet Protocol, or IP, broadband, content, electronic and
mobile commerce. We also support companies that offer multiple service packages
which are commonly referred to as bundled or convergent service packages.
Due to the complexity of our customers' projects and the expertise required
for system support, we also provide information technology, or IT, services,
including extensive consulting, business strategy, system implementation,
training, integration, modification, ongoing support, enhancement and
maintenance services. In addition, we offer Managed Services, which include
services such as system modernization and consolidation, the operation of data
centers, ongoing support, maintenance services, system modification, the
provision of rating and billing services and communications facility management
services, in all cases on either, or a combination of, a fixed or unit charge
basis to our customers.
Since the inception of our business in 1982, we have concentrated on
providing software products and services to major communications companies. By
focusing on this market, we believe that we have been able to develop the
innovative products and the industry expertise, project management skills and
technological competencies required for the advanced, large-scale,
specifications-intensive system projects typical of leading communications
providers. Our customer base includes major North American, European and other
communications companies, including major wireline and wireless companies.
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
Communications Industry
It is our view that, for more than 20 years, competition in the global
communications industry has increased as a result of deregulation and the
development of new service technologies that allow introducing new products and
services into the evolving market, including content and IP services, as well as
bundling of wireline and wireless voice, video and data services. The industry
is also undergoing transformation, mainly driven by the continued industry
consolidation trend and the continuing increase in customer demands.
Competition in the U.S. market began to increase in 1984 when AT&T was
required to divest its local telephone operations and many new operators began
to enter the long distance market. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 increased
competition in the United States even further by allowing new and existing
local, long distance and cable companies to offer competing services. Our
experience tells us that many companies now compete by providing bundled or
convergent services, offering combinations of
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local exchange, long distance, wireless, broadband access, content and
electronic and mobile commerce services. Deregulation is also creating
opportunities for new ways of doing business, such as wholesaling and reselling
communications services. Privatization and deregulation continue to encourage
increased competition worldwide. We believe that, as markets are opened to
competition, new competitors within these markets typically compete for market
share with more established carriers by operating at lower cost, offering
competitive prices, introducing new features and services and being more
responsive to customer needs. In parallel, the communications industry has
undergone consolidation, as companies seek to broaden their global reach and
expand service offerings and control costs. In addition, global expansion by
multinational companies and concurrent technological advances are opening
markets in less developed countries to enhanced communications services and
competition.
In recent years, there has also been a large increase of new communications
technologies, including ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), IP, xDSL (a type of
Digital Subscriber Line), utilization of cable television infrastructure to
provide Internet services, GPRS (General Packet Radio Services), UMTS (Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) and WAP (Wireless
Application Protocol) for wireless Internet, VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol), IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) and intelligent networks.
Additionally, the directory publishing industry, which we believe is currently
dominated by communications companies that are owned by or affiliated with
telecommunications carriers, is experiencing significant changes due to the
introduction of new technologies and distribution platforms, especially Internet
directories.
Information Systems
While the demand for products and services was negatively affected by the
downturn in the communications industry during 2002 and 2003, many
communications companies are currently seeking to upgrade their systems and
install new systems that would enable them to move toward an Integrated Customer
Management strategy and to offer new or bundled services. We believe that these
communications companies are looking for systems that reduce IT and operational
costs, enhance customer management to increase average revenue and profitability
per user, support customer retention, and enable rapid rollout of new marketing
packages and advanced data services, as well as the ability to provide customers
with single-contact, single-invoice solutions for convergent or bundled
services.
As a result, we believe communications companies require best-of-suite
information systems that provide the level of integration, flexibility and
scalability they need to improve operational efficiency and to differentiate
them from their competitors in an increasingly competitive marketplace. To save
scarce capital and operating expenditure resources, some carriers are investing
in pre-configured open-architecture software products, which require limited
customization, rather than highly customized solutions.
We believe that, in order to implement efficient, flexible, cost-effective
information systems on a timely basis, many new and existing communications
companies are looking to buy ICM Enabling Systems from external vendors, rather
than developing new systems with internal resources. Moreover, as many
communications companies strive to become more customer-oriented, they are
concentrating efforts and internal resources on servicing their customers and
expanding their service offerings, and many are turning to third-party vendors
for their information systems. These factors create significant opportunities
for vendors of ICM Enabling Systems and providers of Managed Services, such as
Amdocs.
THE AMDOCS OFFERINGS
We believe that our product-driven approach, commitment to and support of
quality personnel and deep industry knowledge and expertise permit us to create
and deliver effective offerings that are both highly innovative and reliable. In
addition, we offer solutions that address specific business issues of service
providers. We believe that our success derives from a combination of the
following factors that differentiate us from most of our competitors.
- Amdocs 6 Portfolio of Pre-Integrated, Modular Products. We enable our
customers to achieve Integrated Customer Management by providing a
portfolio of pre-integrated software products that
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span the entire customer lifecycle launched in 2005 and named Amdocs 6.
Our portfolio is designed to enable ICM across our customer's
organization, and enable them to align its business processes around the
customer, linking customer-facing business processes and touch points
across back-office and front-office systems. Our products are designed to
allow modular extension as a service provider moves toward achieving ICM
and to ensure fast and reduced-cost implementations.
- Solutions Combining Products, Services and Partner Technology, as
needed. We offer our customers solutions that address specific business
issues, such as customer profitability and segmentation or launching IP
convergent services. Our solutions combine products with a broad range of
services, including customization, implementation, integration,
maintenance, ongoing support and Managed Services, as well as partner
technology. By providing services directly to the customer, we are able
to effectively utilize our intricate technical knowledge of our products
in the overall execution of a project, helping to ensure delivery and
significantly reducing project risk. Our solutions approach differs from
the multi-party approach commonly used in the market, in which products
developed by a software vendor are implemented by a third-party system
integrator. We believe that our approach enhances our ability to provide
our customers with timely, cost-effective, low-risk solutions at a
consistent level of quality.
- Functional and Flexible Portfolio. Our Amdocs 6 products portfolio is
based on an open architecture that provides the functionality,
scalability, modularity and adaptability required by service providers in
today's highly competitive market. The open, standard architecture allows
products to operate as standalone within existing environments. The
flexibility of our product portfolio enables our customers to achieve
significant time-to-market advantages and reduce their dependence on
technical and other staff.
- Deep Industry Expertise and Highly Skilled Personnel. We are able to
offer our customers superior products and services on a worldwide basis
in large part because of our highly qualified and trained technical,
sales, marketing and managerial personnel. We invest significantly in the
ongoing training of our personnel in key areas such as industry
knowledge, software technologies and management capabilities. Primarily
based on the skills and knowledge of our employees, we believe that we
have developed a reputation for reliably delivering quality solutions
within agreed time frames and budgets. We have a global presence and
recruitment capabilities and have development centers in Canada, China,
Cyprus, India, Ireland, Israel and the United States.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Our goal is to provide advanced information technology software products
and related service and support to the world's leading service providers. We
seek to accomplish our goal by pursuing the strategies described below.
- Continued Focus on the Communications and Broadband Industries. We
intend to continue to concentrate our main resources and efforts on
providing strategic information systems to service providers in the
communications and broadband industries. This strategy has enabled us to
develop the specialized industry know-how and capability necessary to
deliver the technologically advanced, large-scale,
specifications-intensive information systems solutions required by the
leading communications companies in the wireless, wireline, broadband
cable and satellite service sectors. However, we are also expanding our
experience by working with service providers in the financial services
sector.
- Target Industry Leaders. We intend to continue to direct our marketing
efforts principally toward the major communications companies that are
undergoing continuous consolidation that decreases the number of overall
potential clients in the market. We derive a significant portion of our
revenues from our customer base of major service providers in North
America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. We believe that the
development of this premier customer base has helped position us as a
market leader, while contributing to the core strength of our business.
By targeting
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industry leaders that require the most sophisticated information systems
solutions, we believe that we are best able to ensure that we remain at
the forefront of developments in the industry.
- Deliver Integrated Products and Services Solutions. Our strategy is to
provide customers with total systems solutions consisting of our product
portfolio and our specialized services. By leveraging our product and
industry knowledge, we believe that we can provide more effective system
integration and implementation services, as well as Managed Services, to
our customers.
- Provide Customers with a Broad, Integrated Portfolio of Products. We
seek to provide our customers with a broad portfolio of products, which
we call Amdocs 6, to help them achieve Integrated Customer Management.
For communications service providers, we seek to provide ICM Enabling
Systems across all lines of their business, such as wireline, wireless,
broadband cable and satellite. This approach also means that we can
support global communications service providers throughout their various
international operations. We believe that our ability to provide a broad
suite of products helps establish us as a strategic partner for our
customers, and also provides us with multiple avenues for strengthening
and expanding our ongoing customer relationships.
- Maintain and Develop Long-Term Customer Relationships. We seek to
maintain and develop long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with
our customers. These relationships generally involve additional product
sales, as well as ongoing support, system enhancement and maintenance
services. We believe that such relationships are facilitated in many
cases by the mission-critical, strategic nature of the systems provided
by us and by the added value we provide through our specialized skills
and knowledge. In addition, our strategy is to solidify our existing
customer relationships by means of long-term support and maintenance
contracts.
TECHNOLOGY
We have developed core competencies in various advanced technologies that
are used in our ICM Enabling Systems. By utilizing technologies such as rule and
table-based design, multi-tier architecture, object-oriented techniques, data
mining, web-enabling and open application program interfaces, we are able to
provide communications companies with the flexibility required in a highly
competitive, dynamic environment. For example, the use of rule and table-based
technologies allows communications companies to rapidly implement changes to
their marketing and customer service activities, such as new services, price
plans, discount schemes and bill formats, without the need to modify system
code. Similarly, by drawing on web-enabled, Internet technologies, we have been
able to improve access to information by remote users, both internally within a
communications company's organization and between the organization and its
subscribers. These technologies are integrated in an open, multi-tier,
service-oriented architecture. The architecture of our product portfolio
includes the key characteristics described below.
- Scalability. Our ICM Enabling Systems are designed to take full
advantage of the proven scalability of the UNIX platform, allowing
progressive system expansion, proportional with the customer's growth in
business volumes. Using the same software, our ICM Enabling Systems can
support operations for small, as well as very large service providers.
- Modularity. Our product portfolio is comprised of sets of functional
modules. Each of our products can be installed on an individual
standalone basis, interfacing with the customer's existing systems, or as
part of an integrated Amdocs system environment. This modularity provides
our customers with a highly flexible and cost-effective solution that is
able to incrementally expand with the customer's growing needs and
capabilities. The modular approach also preserves the customer's initial
investment in products, while minimizing future disruptions and the
overall cost of system implementation.
- Portability. Utilization of the UNIX platform for our ICM Enabling
Systems ensures that our customers are able to choose from a variety of
hardware vendors, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sun Microsystems.
Certain applications can also be deployed on the MVS or Windows NT
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platforms. The ICM Enabling Systems utilize, where applicable, Java-based
design and programming to augment cross-platform portability.
PRODUCTS
Our product offerings include an extensive portfolio of software products
that we have developed to provide comprehensive information systems
functionality for communications service providers. Our software systems cover
the full range of CRM, order management, mediation, real-time rating and
billing, including enhanced support for a broad range of billing-related
activities, content and partner relationship management, support and customer
interaction products, as well as directory publishing services.
We configure individual ICM Enabling Systems into families of solutions,
which serve as marketing packages oriented to the needs of specific customer
segments. We provide our main ICM Enabling Systems in a number of versions to
serve the different needs of communications operators in the various network and
business segments, such as wireline, wireless, cable, broadband and electronic
and mobile commerce. Our products focus on the three main business challenges of
our customers:
- Revenue Management: Products that enable service providers to manage and
track sources of revenue through any channel, from service consumption to
cash in hand.
- Customer Management: End-to-end customer management products for all
operators, providing support for managing customer relationships,
including service and support, sales and ordering, and marketing and
analytics.
- Service Management: Products that define, orchestrate and execute the
complete lifecycle of ordering and service fulfillment processes.
Each individual module from the product families can be installed as an
independent stand-alone application, interfacing with the customer's legacy and
third-party systems, or as part of an integrated Amdocs platform.
Revenue Management
Our Revenue Management products include the following key application
modules:
- Amdocs Charging (formerly Amdocs Enabler) -- provides flexible, real time
rating and billing for all voice, data, content and commerce services.
- Amdocs Document Designer -- creates flexible, personalized bills,
letters, invoices and statements for mass production, providing an
optimal bill architecture.
- Amdocs Balance Manager -- performs real-time balance management for
prepaid accounts, including balance updates and reservations.
- Amdocs Commerce Broker -- supports real-time sale and delivery of content
and commerce transactions, rates and authorizes transactions, provides
advice of charge, manages subscriptions and supports multiple payment
options.
- Amdocs Partner Manager (formerly Partner Relationship Manager) -- manages
content, inter-carrier and dealer partnerships, including recruitment and
contract definition, partner authorization and approval processes,
revenue-share calculation, invoicing and settlement.
- Amdocs Service Mediation Manager -- removes barriers and ensures the
accurate flow of information from the network to the billing system.
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Customer Management
Our Customer Management products, substantially represented by the Amdocs
CRM portfolio, include the following main modules:
- Amdocs Customer Interaction Manager -- provides customer service
representatives with a comprehensive view of customer accounts and
activity.
- Amdocs Self Service -- enables residential and corporate customers to use
the Internet to self-manage interactions with their communications
service providers.
- Amdocs Support -- provides comprehensive, service request/case management
for multi-level customer support, network management and support
operations.
- Amdocs SLA Manager -- provides system for measuring, monitoring and
managing quality-of-service goals.
- Amdocs Change Manager -- enables providers to achieve better
predictability and control the risk associated with IT change, especially
as it impacts customers.
Service Management
Our Service Management products include the following main modules:
- Amdocs Ordering -- automates the entire ordering and fulfillment process
through to completion, for all services and lines of business.
- Amdocs Fulfillment Manager -- a telecom-focused process management and
integration product that supports the modeling, automation, and
orchestration of network provisioning, subscriber activation, and
operational readiness processes.
- Amdocs Activation Manager -- automates the activation of network services
and individual subscribers.
Directory Systems
Our main Directory Systems product offering is the ADS (NG) family of
products. These products provide comprehensive support for yellow page and white
page directory sales and publishing operations, as well as for Internet
directories and catalogs. These systems support large directory publishing
operations that employ a local sales force numbering thousands of
representatives, serve customer bases of hundreds of millions of businesses and
publish thousands of different directories each year. The directory line of
products comprises a series of pre-integrated modules, including:
- Sales -- addresses all aspects of managing sales to advertisers,
including preparation and management of the overall sales campaign, which
encompasses selecting the advertisers to be targeted, allocating the
advertisers to various sales channels (such as field sales or
telemarketing sales), assigning the advertisers to sales representatives,
tracking advertising sales results and calculating sales commissions.
These modules also provide automated support for the advertising sales
representative, including laptop-based applications for use by members of
the sales force in the field.
- Publishing -- supports the process of entering, proofing and extracting
the telephone listing and advertising information that is to be published
in the customer's yellow page or white page directory or electronic
Internet directory. These modules encompass contract processing, service
order processing, listing information management and directory extract in
preparation for the actual production of the directory.
- Marketing and Information Analysis -- includes corporate data warehousing
techniques, online analytical processing and data mining capabilities,
oriented to the specific marketing needs of the directory publisher. For
example, these modules can be used to identify changed patterns of
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advertisement buying behavior in certain groups of customers, or to
perform "what if" analyses on marketing policy parameters. These modules
are also used by management to analyze the directory market and customer
behavior, assisting in the planning of corporate strategy and marketing
tactics.
- Production and Delivery -- manages the production of advertisements that
are to be published in a directory and also supports the fully automated
pagination of yellow page and white page directories, including the
generation of the final typesetting file so that printed copies of the
documents can be produced. Our product and delivery services also support
online Internet directories.
- Customer Service -- permits online support for handling customer
inquiries and resolving customer complaints, including online correction
of advertising data and billing adjustments.
- Financial Management -- specifically designed for the directory
publisher's billing, accounts receivable and collections functions.
SERVICES
We believe that the methodology we employ to enable Integrated Customer
Management and to deliver our products and services is one of the key factors
that allows us to achieve the time-frame, budget and quality objectives of our
customers' projects. Our methodology incorporates rigorous focus on the people,
processes and technology of an organization (program management,
customer-specific solution development, implementation and integration and
operation), as well as active customer participation at all stages to help
prioritize and implement time-critical information system solutions that address
the customer's individual needs.
As part of our effort to provide comprehensive solutions to our customers,
we offer a broad suite of consulting, integration and Managed Services to
support operation of our products. The Managed Services offered by Amdocs
include services such as system modernization and consolidation, operation of
data centers, ongoing support, maintenance, system modification, the provision
of rating and billing and communications facility management. We have expanded
our consulting capabilities and now offer the Amdocs ICM Blueprint Framework, a
comprehensive and growing portfolio of consulting services and business-process
support that enables our customers to achieve Integrated Customer Management. It
includes optimization and improvement services for customer contact centers and
other business processes, and implementation services for business support
systems and operation support system applications.
Our suite of consulting integration capabilities includes the following
main services:
- Amdocs Contact Center Optimization Service -- focuses on improving the
efficiency and effectiveness of contact center operations and
self-service capabilities.
- Amdocs ICM Benchmark Service -- assists customers to define their own
Integrated Customer Management vision and strategy and to measure their
ICM maturity versus industry best practices across people, processes and
technology.
- Amdocs Billing Operations Improvement Service -- improves the
effectiveness and efficiency of existing operations in areas such as
bill-cycle time, hardware and software performance, error handling,
service time-to-market and quality.
- Amdocs Program Management Services -- assists customers to effectively
manage their mission-critical projects through an approach that includes
the planning, monitoring and control of all aspects of a project.
- Amdocs Learning and Workforce Readiness Services -- ensures the transfer
of critical knowledge and best practices enabling customers to apply new
or existing Amdocs' systems.
- Amdocs Testing -- acceptance testing services for our products, including
test planning, functional testing, data testing, interface testing and
non-functional testing.
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- Amdocs Business Process Integration Services -- ensures key business
processes' alignment through a comprehensive methodology, innovative
tools, and synchronization to key frameworks.
- Amdocs Service Fulfillment Improvement Service -- focuses on optimizing
order-to-activation processes for delivering the intentional customer
experience in the converged next generation service fulfillment
environment.
- Amdocs Service Assurance Service -- provides customers with the ability
to guarantee the availability of services once they have been launched
and activated for their customers.
- Amdocs Network Assurance Service -- focuses on improving the efficiency,
effectiveness, and utilization of the customer's network.
The extent of services provided varies from customer to customer. Some
communications service providers prefer a highly customized approach, with
extensive modifications to our products and a significant level of ongoing
support. In recent years, more of our customers have chosen to implement
standard, pre-configured products with less customization and ongoing support.
We have invested considerable research and development efforts in upgrading our
applications suite to address this market requirement and to meet our customers'
unique needs.
The process of customizing a system involves creating tailored products to
address a customer's specific technical and business requirements. System
implementation and integration activities are conducted by joint teams from
Amdocs and the customer in parallel with the customization effort.
Implementation and integration activities include project management,
development of training methods and procedures, design of work flows, hardware
planning and installation, network and system design and installation, system
conversion and documentation. In most cases, the role of Amdocs personnel is to
provide support services to the customer's own implementation and integration
team, which has primary responsibility for the task. Customers sometimes require
turnkey solutions, in which case we are able to provide full system
implementation and integration services.
Once the system becomes operational, we are generally retained by the
customer to provide ongoing services, such as maintenance, enhancement design
and development and operational support. For substantially all of our customers,
the implementation and integration of an initial system has been followed by the
sale of additional systems and modules. In recent years, we have established
long-term maintenance and support contracts with a number of our customers.
These contracts have generally involved an expansion in the scope of support
provided, while also ensuring a recurring source of revenue to us.
Our business is conducted on a global basis. We maintain development
facilities in Canada, China, Cyprus, India, Ireland, Israel and the United
States, operate a support center in Brazil and have operations in North America,
Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Support for implementation
and integration activities is typically performed at the customer site. Once the
system is operational or is in production, we provide ongoing support and
maintenance through a combination of remote support from the development centers
and local support at the customer site.
SALES AND MARKETING
Our sales and marketing activities are primarily directed at major
communications, broadband cable and satellite companies. As a result of the
strategic importance of our information systems to the operations of such
companies, a number of constituencies within a customer's organization are
typically involved in purchasing decisions, including senior management,
information systems personnel and user groups, such as the finance, customer
service and marketing departments.
We maintain sales offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and
several other countries. Our sales activities are supported by marketing
efforts, including marketing communications, product management, market research
and strategic alliances. The management of our operating subsidiaries is closely
involved in establishing sales policies and overseeing sales activities.
Management's role includes
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setting priorities among the multiple sales opportunities available at any point
in time. Management is also responsible for allocating sufficient resources to
each project to meet our quality standards, while also adhering to the project's
cost and schedule parameters.
We also interact with other third parties in our sales activities,
including independent sales agents, information systems consultants engaged by
our customers or prospective customers and systems integrators that provide
complementary products and services to such customers. We also have value-added
reseller agreements with certain hardware and database vendors.
CUSTOMERS
Our target market is comprised of communications, broadband cable and
satellite companies that require information systems with advanced functionality
and technology. The companies in our target segment are typically market
leaders. By working with such companies, we help ensure that we remain at the
forefront of developments in the communications and broadband industries and
that our product offerings continue to address the market's most sophisticated
needs. We have an international orientation, focusing on potential customers in
the developed, industrialized countries in North America and Europe, as well as
customers in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. We are also expanding on
our experience by working with service providers in the financial services
sector, since the challenges faced by companies in this sector are similar to
those of the communications service providers.
Our customers include global communications leaders and leading network
operators and service providers, as well as directory publishers in the United
States and around the world. Our customers include:
ABN AMRO Netcom
AT&T (formerly SBC) Sprint Nextel
Bell Canada Svyazinvest
BT R.H. Donnelley
China Mobile Rogers
Cingular Wireless Telefonica de Espana
Comcast Telkom South Africa
Deutsche Telekom Telstra
Dex Media Telus
DIRECTV T-Mobile
Elisa Verizon Communications
Group Cegetel Vodafone
Our three largest groups of customers are comprised of AT&T (formerly SBC),
Bell Canada and Sprint Nextel and certain of their subsidiaries, each of which
accounted for approximately 10% or more of our revenue in fiscal 2005. Aggregate
revenue derived from the multiple business arrangements we have with our six
largest customer groups accounted for approximately 63% of our revenue in fiscal
2005.
The following is a summary of revenue by geographic area. Revenue is
attributed to geographic region based on the location of the customer:
2005 2004 2003
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North America............................................... 68.3% 65.9% 62.0%
Europe...................................................... 24.0 27.1 29.8
Rest of the World........................................... 7.7 7.0 8.2
COMPETITION
The market for information systems in the communications and broadband
media industries, is highly competitive and fragmented. We observe changes in
the competitive landscape that derive from the continued industry consolidation
trend. We compete with many independent providers of information
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systems and services, including CGI Group, Comverse, Convergys, CSG Systems
International, Intec Telecom Systems, Portal Software, and Siebel Systems, which
Oracle Corporation has agreed to acquire, with system integrators and providers
of IT services, such as Accenture, EDS and IBM Global Services, and with
internal information systems departments of large communication companies. We
also cooperate in certain opportunities and projects with some of the system
integrators above mentioned. We expect continued competition in the
communications industry and the entrance of new competitors into the software
information systems market in the future.
We believe that we are able to differentiate ourselves from the competition
by, among other things:
- focusing all efforts, from R&D to product delivery, on enabling our
customers to achieve Integrated Customer Management,
- offering customers a total information system from a single vendor,
- providing high quality, reliable, scalable and modular products,
- effectively managing the timely implementation of products, and
- responding to customer service and support needs through a skilled
professional organization.
We compete with a number of companies that have long operating histories,
large customer bases, substantial financial, technical, sales, marketing and
other resources, and strong name recognition. Current and potential competitors
have established, and may establish in the future, cooperative relationships
among themselves or with third parties to increase their ability to address the
needs of our prospective customers. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances
among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. As a
result, our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly than we can to new or
emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, or to devote greater
resources to the promotion and sale of their products. There can be no assurance
that we will be able to compete successfully with existing or new competitors.
Failure by us to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete successfully
with established or new competitors may have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations and financial condition.
EMPLOYEES
We invest significant resources in training, retention and motivation of
high quality personnel. Training programs cover areas such as technology,
applications, development methodology, project methodology, programming
standards, industry background and management development. Our management
development efforts are reinforced by an organizational structure that provides
opportunities for talented managers to gain experience in general management
roles at the division level. We also invest considerable resources in personnel
motivation, including providing various incentive plans for sales staff and high
quality employees. Our future success depends in large part upon our continuing
ability to attract and retain highly qualified managerial, technical, sales and
marketing personnel.
See "Directors, Senior Management and Employees -- Employees" for further
details regarding our employees and our relationships with them.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES
Our research and development activities involve the development of new
software architecture, modules and product offerings in response to an
identified market demand, either as part of our internal product development
programs or in conjunction with a customer project. We also expend additional
amounts on applied research and software development activities to keep abreast
of new technologies in the communications markets and to provide new and
enhanced functionality to our existing product offerings. In fiscal 2004 and
2005, we have focused significant research and development efforts on the
integration between our products and a unified user interface in order to enable
our customers to adopt an Integrated Customer Management approach. As part of
these efforts, in February 2005 we launched a comprehensive portfolio of
products, which we refer to as Amdocs 6. Amdocs 6 is our pre-integrated
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portfolio of modular, billing, CRM, self-service, order management, mediation
and content revenue management software products. The majority of our research
and development expenditures is directed at our ICM Enabling Systems, and the
remainder to directory solutions. We believe that our research and development
efforts are a key element of our strategy and are essential to our success.
However, an increase or a decrease in our total revenue would not necessarily
result in a proportional increase or decrease in the levels of our research and
development expenditures, which could affect our operating margin. In the
near-term, we intend to continue to make substantial investments in our research
and development activities. We believe that this ongoing investment will
position us to capitalize on future potential opportunities in the
communications industry.
Our software and software systems are largely comprised of software and
systems that we have developed and that we regard as proprietary. Our software
and software systems are the results of long and complex development processes,
and, although our technology is not significantly dependent on patents or
licenses from third parties, certain aspects of our products make use of readily
available software components that we license from third parties. As a developer
of complex software systems, third parties may claim that portions of our
systems violate their intellectual property rights. The ability to develop and
use our software and software systems requires knowledge and professional
experience that we believe is unique to us and would be very difficult for
others to independently obtain, however, our competitors may independently
develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to ours. We
are taking several measures to establish and protect our proprietary rights in
our products and technologies from third-party infringement. We rely upon a
combination of trademarks, patents, contractual rights, trade secret law,
copyrights and nondisclosure agreements. We enter into non-disclosure and
confidentiality agreements with our customers, employees and marketing
representatives and with certain contractors with access to sensitive
information and we also limit customer access to the source code of our software
and software systems.
See the discussion under "Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects -- Research and Development, Patents and Licenses."
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PROPERTY, PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT
Facilities
We lease land and buildings for our executive offices, sales, marketing,
administrative, development and support centers. We lease an aggregate of
approximately 2,886,000 square feet worldwide, including significant leases in
the United States, Israel, Canada, China, Cyprus, India and the United Kingdom.
Our aggregate annual lease costs with respect to our properties as of November
30, 2005, including maintenance and other related costs, are approximately $61.4
million. The following table summarizes information with respect to the
principal facilities leased by us and our subsidiaries as of November 30, 2005:
AREA
LOCATION (SQ. FEET)
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United States:
St. Louis, MO(*).......................................... 161,000
San Jose, CA.............................................. 129,000
Champaign, IL............................................. 123,000
Sacramento, CA............................................ 113,000
Others(*)................................................. 323,000
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Total.................................................. 849,000
Israel:
Ra'anana.................................................. 618,000
Hod-Hasharon.............................................. 217,000
Haifa(*).................................................. 133,000
Others.................................................... 85,000
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Total.................................................. 1,053,000
Canada:
Toronto(*)................................................ 243,000
Montreal.................................................. 107,000
Others.................................................... 68,000
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Total.................................................. 418,000
China....................................................... 75,000
Cyprus (Limassol)........................................... 113,000
India (Pune)................................................ 166,000
United Kingdom(*)........................................... 87,000
Rest of the world(**)....................................... 125,000
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(*) Includes space sublet to third parties.
(**) Includes Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong
Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and The Netherlands.
Our leases expire on various dates between 2005 and 2015, not including
various options to extend lease terms.
Equipment
We develop our Integrated Customer Management products over a system of
UNIX, MVS and Windows 2000/2003 servers owned or leased by us. We use a variety
of software products in our development centers, including products by
Microsoft, Oracle, Synscsort, CA, Merant, IBM, HP, SUN
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and BEA. Our data storage is based on equipment from EMC, SUN, NetApp and
Hewlett-Packard. Our development servers are connected to approximately 18,000
personal computers owned or leased by us.
Automatic tape libraries provide full and incremental backups of the data
used in and generated by our business. The backup tapes are kept on-site and
off-site, as appropriate, to ensure security and integrity, and are used as part
of our disaster recovery plan. The distributed development sites that we operate
worldwide are connected by a high-speed redundant wide area network, or WAN,
using telecommunication equipment manufactured by, among others, Cisco and
Nortel.
The distributed development sites that we operate worldwide are also
connected by a high speed WAN.
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
INTRODUCTION
In this section, we discuss the general financial condition and the results
of operations for Amdocs Limited and its subsidiaries, including:
- the factors that affect our business,
- our revenue and costs for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2005, 2004
and 2003,
- the reasons why such revenue and costs were different from year to year,
- the sources of our revenue,
- how all of this affects our overall financial condition,
- our capital expenditures for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2005,
2004 and 2003, and
- the sources of our cash to pay for future capital expenditures and
possible acquisitions.
In this section, we also analyze and explain the annual changes in the
specific line items in our consolidated statements of income. You should read
this section in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the
notes thereto, which follow.
OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS AND TREND INFORMATION
We combine software and services with business knowledge to accelerate the
adoption of integrated customer management by service providers. Our market
focus is primarily the Tier 1 and Tier 2 communications industry, and we are a
leading provider of software products and services to that industry. Our
addressable market has been expanded to include broadband media cable and
satellite companies, which we refer to as the Broadband Industry, as a result of
our recent acquisition of DST Innovis. The acquisition not only enlarges our
customer base, but also allows us to offer a broader set of solutions to
customers in the Broadband Industry. We are also leveraging our experience by
working with service providers in the financial services sector, since certain
of the challenges faced by companies in this sector are similar to those of
communications service providers. Our products and services help our customers
move toward an integrated approach to customer management, which we refer to as
Integrated Customer Management, or ICM. Our portfolio of product offerings
includes billing, customer relationship management, or CRM, order management,
service fulfillment, mediation, and content revenue management products, which
we collectively refer to as Integrated Customer Management Enabling Systems, or
ICM Enabling Systems. In the past, we referred to ICM Enabling Systems as CC&B
Systems. In fiscal 2005, our total revenue was $2,038.6 million. Revenue
attributable to the sale of ICM Enabling Systems was $1,776.5 million, or 87.1%,
of our total revenue.
Our portfolio also includes a full range of directory sales and publishing
systems, which we refer to as Directory Systems, for publishers of both
traditional printed yellow page and white page directories and electronic
Internet directories.
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We have designed ICM Enabling Systems to meet the mission-critical needs of
leading communications service providers throughout the entire customer
lifecycle. We support different lines of business, including wireline, wireless,
cable and satellite, and a wide range of communications services, including
voice, video, data, Internet Protocol ("IP") broadband, content, electronic and
mobile commerce and IP-based services. We also support companies that offer
multiple service packages that are commonly referred to as bundled or convergent
service packages. Due to the complexity of our customers' projects and the
expertise required for systems support, we also provide information technology,
or IT, services, including extensive consulting, business strategy, system
implementation, training, integration, modification, ongoing support,
enhancement and maintenance services. In addition, we offer Managed Services,
which include services such as system modernization and consolidation, the
operation of data centers, ongoing support, maintenance services, system
modification, the provision of rating and billing services and communications
facility management services, in all cases on either or a combination of a fixed
or unit charge basis to our customers.
We believe we are a leading global provider of ICM Enabling Systems. We
provide a broad set of products, with proven functionality and scalability,
accompanied by a comprehensive range of business consulting, system
implementation and integration services.
We believe that demand for our ICM Enabling Systems is driven by, among
other key factors:
- global use of communications services,
- emergence of new communications products and services, especially video,
broadband, data and content services and IP convergence services, such as
Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, Voice over IP, or VoIP and
services based on IP Multimedia Subsystem systems,
- technological changes, such as the introduction of 3G wireless
technology, next-generation content systems, and WiFi and WiMax based
access technologies,
- ongoing consolidation within the communications industry,
- continued convergence of communications services, broadband cable and
satellite industries,
- business needs of communications service providers to reduce costs and
retain high value customers in a highly competitive environment, and
- a shift from in-house management to vendor solutions.
We also believe that additional drivers of demand are the continuing trend
for communications service providers to offer their customers multiple service
packages, commonly referred to as bundled or convergent services (combinations
of voice, broadband, electronic and mobile commerce and IP services), and the
ability of our ICM Enabling Systems to improve customer satisfaction, loyalty,
profitability and overall productivity.
Revenue from Managed Services arrangements is included in both license and
service revenue from the sale of ICM Enabling Systems and Directory Systems.
Managed Services projects are a significant part of our business, accounting for
approximately 40% of our fiscal 2005 and 2004 revenues and generating
substantial, long-term revenue streams, cash flow and operating income. In the
initial period of our Managed Services projects, we generally invest in
modernization and consolidation of the customer's systems. Invoices are usually
structured on a periodic fixed or unit charge basis. As a result, Managed
Services projects can be less profitable in the initial period. Margins tend to
improve over time as we benefit from the operational efficiencies provided by
system modernization and consolidation. We expect that our Managed Services
relationships will generate margins comparable to sales of our other products
and related license and services over the entire life of the relationships.
We conduct our business globally, and, as a result, we are subject to the
effects of general global economic conditions and, in particular, market
conditions in the communications industry. In fiscal 2005, customers in North
America accounted for 68.3% of our revenue, while customers in Europe and the
rest of the world accounted for 24.0% and 7.7%, respectively. Recently we
expanded our operations in China as
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a result of the acquisition of Longshine Information Technology Company, Ltd.,
or Longshine, a leading vendor of customer care and billing software in China.
We maintain development facilities in Canada, Cyprus, India, Ireland, China,
Israel and the United States.
The telecommunications industry is being transformed by continued
consolidation and the convergence of the telecommunications, broadband cable and
satellite industries. We believe consolidation and convergence are accelerating
carriers' needs to operate systems at significantly lower costs, and we believe
we have positioned ourselves to take advantage of these trends. At the same
time, the acquisition of DST Innovis has expanded our addressable markets and
propelled us, we believe, into a leadership position in the Broadband Industry.
As a result, and despite the uncertainties that still exist in the market,
including those associated with the consolidation in the industry, we expect
continued growth in fiscal 2006.
ACQUISITIONS
As part of our strategy, we may continue to pursue acquisitions and other
initiatives in order to offer new products or services or otherwise enhance our
market position or strategic strengths.
On July 1, 2005, we acquired from DST Systems, Inc., which we refer to as
DST, all of the common stock of DST's wholly owned subsidiaries, DST Innovis
Inc. and DST Interactive, Inc. We refer to these acquired subsidiaries together
as DST Innovis, a leading provider of customer care and billing solutions to
broadband media cable and satellite companies. The purchase price for DST
Innovis was approximately $237.5 million. We believe that this acquisition has
positioned us to offer a comprehensive set of solutions to companies in the
Broadband Industry as they transition to ICM. DST Innovis contributed
approximately $51.4 million to our revenue in fiscal 2005. We are continuing to
integrate the DST Innovis products into our ICM Enabling Systems and to expand
our ICM Enabling Systems offerings to the Broadband Industry.
In connection with the DST Innovis acquisition, we signed a long-term
agreement with DST, pursuant to which DST will continue to support the printing
and mailing of bills for the DST Innovis customer base. Under the terms of that
agreement, DST will be a preferred vendor of billing, printing, and mailing for
projects that combine those services with billing support, and DST is expected
to be selected as the provider of these services for additional Amdocs customers
in North America.
On August 3, 2005, we acquired Longshine, a privately-held leading vendor
of customer care and billing software in China, which counts three of China's
four largest communications service providers among its customers. This
acquisition enables us to offer our products and services to Chinese service
providers, and we believe it will allow us to expand our presence in this large
and fast growing market. The purchase price for Longshine was approximately
$34.1 million. We may also be obligated to pay up to approximately $16.0
million, in additional purchase price, over the next two years based on the
achievement of specified performance targets.
Please see Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements included in this
Annual Report.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES
Our research and development activities involve the development of new
software architecture, modules and product offerings in response to an
identified market demand, either as part of our internal product development
programs or in conjunction with a customer project . We also expend additional
amounts on applied research and software development activities to keep abreast
of new technologies in the communications markets and to provide new and
enhanced functionality to our existing product offerings. Research and
development expenditures were $144.5 million, $126.4 million and $119.3 million
in the fiscal years ended September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively,
representing 7.1%, 7.1% and 8.0%, respectively, of our revenue in these fiscal
years.
While we continue to upgrade our existing systems, we also devoted
significant research and development efforts in fiscal 2005 to the integration
between our products and a unified user interface in
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order to enable our customers to adopt an ICM approach. As part of these
efforts, in February 2005 we launched a comprehensive portfolio of products,
which we refer to as Amdocs 6. Amdocs 6 is our pre-integrated portfolio of
modular, billing, CRM, self-service, order management, mediation and content
revenue management software products.
The majority of our research and development expenditures is directed at
our ICM Enabling Systems, and the remainder to directory solutions. We believe
that our research and development efforts are a key element of our strategy and
are essential to our success. However, an increase or a decrease in our total
revenue would not necessarily result in a proportional increase or decrease in
the levels of our research and development expenditures, which could affect our
operating margin. In the near-term, we intend to continue to make substantial
investments in our research and development activities. We believe that this
ongoing investment will position us to capitalize on future potential
opportunities in the communications industry.
Our software and software systems are largely comprised of software and
systems that we have developed or acquired and that we regard as proprietary.
Our software and software systems are the results of long and complex
development processes, and although our technology is not significantly
dependent on patents or licenses from third parties, certain aspects of our
products make use of readily available software components that we license from
third parties. As a developer of complex software systems, third parties may
claim that portions of our systems violate their intellectual property rights.
The ability to develop and use our software and software systems requires
knowledge and professional experience that we believe is unique to us and would
be very difficult for others to independently obtain; however, our competitors
may independently develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or
superior to ours. We are taking several measures to establish and protect our
proprietary rights in our products and technologies from third-party
infringement. We rely upon a combination of trademarks, patents, contractual
rights, trade secret law, copyrights and nondisclosure agreements. We enter into
non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with our customers, employees and
marketing representatives and with certain contractors with access to sensitive
information and we also limit customer access to the source code of our software
and software systems.
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND COST REDUCTION PROGRAMS
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, we commenced a series of measures
designed to align our operational structure to our expected future growth, to
allow better integration of our recent acquisitions of DST Innovis and Longshine
and to improve efficiency. As part of this plan we recorded a charge of $8.1
million in connection with the termination of employment of software and
information technology specialists and administrative professionals at various
locations around the world.
In connection with the DST Innovis acquisition, we commenced integration
activities that included a plan to exit specific research and development
activities and to terminate employees associated with these activities. The
liability associated with this plan, which was recorded as part of the purchase
accounting, consisted of $6.3 million associated with employee separation costs
and $7.8 million associated with assumed contractual and other obligations.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2005, we decreased the accrual related
to our unused facilities, recorded in connection with our cost reduction program
in 2002, by approximately $1.8 million due to changes in previous estimates.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we increased the accrual related
to our unused facilities in Stamford, Connecticut by approximately $4.0 million
to reflect the current subleasing market in Stamford.
For more information on our operational efficiency and cost reduction
programs, see Notes 3 and 21 to the consolidated financial statements included
in this Annual Report.
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OPERATING RESULTS
The following table sets forth for the fiscal years ended September 30,
2005, 2004 and 2003 certain items in our consolidated statements of operations
reflected as a percentage of total revenue:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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2005 2004 2003
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Revenue:
License................................................... 4.9% 4.3% 4.4%
Service................................................... 95.1 95.7 95.6
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100.0 100.0 100.0
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Operating expenses:
Cost of license........................................... 0.2 0.3 0.4
Cost of service........................................... 63.4 63.0 61.2
Research and development.................................. 7.1 7.1 8.0
Selling, general and administrative....................... 11.3 11.9 13.9
Amortization of purchased intangible assets............... 0.8 1.0 1.4
Restructuring charges, in-process research and
development, and other................................. 0.6 -- 0.9
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83.4 83.3 85.8
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Operating income.......................................... 16.6 16.7 14.2
Interest income and other, net............................ 1.1 0.3 1.0
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Income before income taxes................................ 17.7 17.0 15.2
Income taxes.............................................. 3.5 3.7 3.8
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Net income................................................ 14.2% 13.3% 11.4%
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FISCAL YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AND 2004
The following is a tabular presentation of our results of operations for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, compared to the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2004. Following the table is a discussion and analysis of our
business and results of operations for such years.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, INCREASE (DECREASE)
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2005 2004 AMOUNT %
----------- ----------- ---------- -------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Revenue:
License.................................. $ 100,044 $ 76,586 $ 23,458 30.6
Service.................................. 1,938,577 1,697,146 241,431 14.2
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2,038,621 1,773,732 264,889 14.9
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Operating expenses:
Cost of license.......................... 4,083 5,022 (939) (18.7)
Cost of service.......................... 1,291,572 1,117,810 173,762 15.5
Research and development................. 144,457 126,407 18,050 14.3
Selling, general and administrative...... 232,066 210,384 21,682 10.3
Amortization of purchased intangible
assets................................ 15,356 17,909 (2,553) (14.3)
Restructuring charges, in-process
research and development and other.... 12,595 -- 12,595 --
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1,700,129 1,477,532 222,597 15.1
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Operating income........................... 338,492 296,200 42,292 14.3
Interest income and other, net............. 22,303 4,903 17,400 354.9
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Income before income taxes................. 360,795 301,103 59,692 19.8
Income taxes............................... 72,159 66,243 5,916 8.9
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Net income................................. $ 288,636 $ 234,860 $ 53,776 22.9
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Revenue. Total revenue increased by $264.9 million, or 14.9%, in fiscal
2005 to $2,038.6 million from $1,773.7 million in fiscal 2004. Approximately
32.0% of the increase in total revenue in fiscal 2005 was due to an increase in
business related to Managed Services customers, approximately 19.4% was
attributable to revenue contributed by DST Innovis and the remainder was
attributable to additional revenue from existing and new customers.
License and service revenue from the sale of ICM Enabling Systems was
$1,776.5 million for fiscal 2005, an increase of $239.5 million, or 15.6%, from
fiscal 2004. Approximately 23.2% of the increase was attributable to revenues
from Managed Services customers. Approximately 21.5% of the increase was
attributable to revenues contributed by DST Innovis, and the remainder was
attributable to additional revenue from existing and new customers. License and
service revenue from the sale of ICM Enabling Systems represented 87.1% and
86.7% of our total revenue in fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. The demand for
our ICM Enabling Systems is primarily driven by the need for communications
service providers to continue to integrate their billing, CRM and order
management systems into Integrated Customer Management products and services.
License and service revenue from the sale of Directory Systems was $262.1
million for fiscal 2005, an increase of $25.3 million, or 10.7%, from fiscal
2004. Approximately 88.2% of the increase in Directory Systems revenue in fiscal
2005 was attributable to an increase in business related to Managed Services
customers and the remainder was attributable to additional revenue from existing
and new customers. License and service revenue from the sale of Directory
Systems represented 12.9% and 13.3% of our total revenue in fiscal 2005 and
2004, respectively. We believe that we are a leading provider of Directory
Systems in most of the markets we serve. We expect that our revenue from
Directory Systems in absolute amount will slightly increase in fiscal 2006.
In fiscal 2005, revenue from customers in North America, Europe and the
rest of the world accounted for 68.3%, 24.0% and 7.7%, respectively, of total
revenue compared to 65.9%, 27.1% and 7.0%, respectively, for fiscal 2004.
Approximately 35.9% of the increase in revenue from customers in North America
was attributable to Managed Services agreements, approximately 21.9% of the
increase was attributable to revenues contributed by DST Innovis, and the
remainder was attributable to additional revenue from existing and new customers
in North America. Revenue from customers in Europe, in absolute amounts, was
relatively stable compared to fiscal 2004, and this resulted in a decrease as a
percentage of total revenue. The increase in revenue from customers outside of
North America and Europe was attributable to additional revenue from existing
and new customers.
Cost of License. Cost of license mainly includes amortization of purchased
computer software and intellectual property rights. Such amortization is
relatively stable from period to period and, absent items that were fully
amortized or impaired, is generally fixed in amount, therefore an increase or
decrease in license revenue could cause a significant fluctuation in cost of
license as a percentage of license revenue. In fiscal 2005, cost of license, as
a percentage of license revenue, was 4.1% compared to 6.6% in fiscal 2004.
Cost of Service. Cost of service increased by 15.5% in fiscal 2005 as
compared to fiscal 2004. This increase in cost of service was slightly higher
than the 14.9% increase in our total revenue in fiscal 2005. As a percentage of
revenue, cost of service was 63.4% in fiscal 2005 compared to 63.0% in fiscal
2004. Our gross margin may vary depending on the types and geographic locations
of projects that we undertake.
Research and Development. As a percentage of revenue, research and
development expense was 7.1% in fiscal 2005 and 2004. Research and development
expense increased by $18.1 million, or 14.3%, in fiscal 2005 to $144.5 million
from $126.4 million in fiscal 2004. Approximately 85.4% of the increase, in
absolute amounts, was attributable to the acquisition of DST Innovis. While we
continue to upgrade our existing systems, we also devoted significant research
and development efforts in fiscal 2005 to the integration between our products
and a unified user interface in order to enable our customers to adopt an ICM
approach. As part of these efforts, in February 2005 we launched a comprehensive
portfolio of products, which we refer to as Amdocs 6. Amdocs 6 is our
pre-integrated portfolio of modular, billing, CRM, self-service, order
management, mediation and content revenue management software products. The
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majority of our research and development expenditures is directed at our ICM
Enabling Systems, and the remainder to Directory Systems. We believe that our
research and development efforts are a key element of our strategy and are
essential to our success. However, an increase or a decrease in our total
revenue, would not necessarily result in a proportional increase or decrease in
the levels of our research and development expenditures, which could affect our
operating margin. Please see the discussion above under the caption "Research
and Development, Patents and Licenses."
Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative
expense increased by $21.7 million, or 10.3%, in fiscal 2005 to $232.1 million,
from $210.4 million in fiscal 2004. Selling, general and administrative expense
primarily consisted of compensation expense. The increase in selling, general
and administrative expense was attributable to an overall increase in our
operations, as well as to the increase in our selling and marketing efforts,
although the 10.3% increase was less than the 14.9% increase in our total
revenue.
Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets. Amortization of purchased
intangible assets for fiscal 2005 was $15.4 million, compared to $17.9 million
in fiscal 2004. The decrease in amortization of purchased intangible assets was
due to purchased intangible assets that were fully amortized in fiscal 2004 and
in the first three months of fiscal 2005 offset by $5.4 million in amortization
of purchased intangible assets acquired in the DST Innovis and Longshine
acquisitions.
Restructuring Charges, In-Process Research and Development and
Other. Restructuring charges, in-process research and development and other in
fiscal 2005 consisted of an $8.1 million restructuring charge related to our
restructuring plan in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, and a charge of $4.5
million for the write-off of purchased in-process research and development and
other costs related to our acquisition of DST Innovis. Please see the discussion
above under the caption "Operational Efficiency and Cost Reduction Programs."
Operating Income. Operating income increased by $42.3 million, or 14.3%,
in fiscal 2005, to $338.5 million, from $296.2 million in fiscal 2004. Operating
income in fiscal 2005 was negatively affected by $12.6 million in restructuring
charges, in-process research and development and other and by the slight
increase of cost of service as a percentage of revenue. These negative effects
were partially offset by the decrease, as a percentage of revenue, in selling,
general and administrative expense.
Interest Income and Other, Net. Interest income and other, net increased
by $17.4 million, or 354.9%, in fiscal 2005 to $22.3 million from $4.9 million
in fiscal 2004. The increase in interest income and other, net, was primarily
attributable to the increase in market interest rates on our short-term
interest-bearing investments, and to the decrease in our interest expense due to
our June 2004 redemption of our 2% Convertible Notes, due 2008, which we refer
to as our 2% Notes, partially offset by interest expense on our 0.50%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2024, or our 0.50% Notes, which we issued in March
2004.
Income Taxes. Income taxes for fiscal 2005 were $72.2 million on pretax
income of $360.8 million, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 20%
compared to 22% in fiscal 2004. Our effective tax rate is dependent on the
corporate income tax rates in the various countries in which we operate and the
relative magnitude of our business in those countries. The reduction in our
effective tax rate in fiscal 2005 was due to our continued expansion into
countries with lower income tax rates. See the discussion below under the
caption "Effective Tax Rate."
Net Income. Net income was $288.6 million in fiscal 2005, compared to net
income of $234.9 million in fiscal 2004. The increase in net income was
attributable to the 14.3% increase in our operating income, the increase in
interest income and other, net and the decrease in our effective tax rate during
fiscal 2005.
Diluted Earnings Per Share. Diluted earnings per share were $1.35 for
fiscal 2005, compared to $1.08 in fiscal 2004. The increase in diluted earnings
per share resulted from the increase in net income and from the reduction in
diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding due to our share
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repurchases during fiscal 2004 and 2005, partially offset by the dilutive effect
of our convertible notes. Please see Note 19 to the consolidated financial
statements included in this Annual Report.
FISCAL YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 AND 2003
The following is a tabular presentation of our results of operations for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, compared to the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2003. Following the table is a discussion and analysis of our
business and results of operations for such years.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, INCREASE (DECREASE)
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2004 2003 AMOUNT %
----------- ----------- --------- -------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Revenue:
License................................. $ 76,586 $ 65,582 $ 11,004 16.8
Service................................. 1,697,146 1,417,745 279,401 19.7
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1,773,732 1,483,327 290,405 19.6
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Operating expenses:
Cost of license......................... 5,022 5,752 (730) (12.7)
Cost of service......................... 1,117,810 907,607 210,203 23.2
Research and development................ 126,407 119,256 7,151 6.0
Selling, general and administrative..... 210,384 206,265 4,119 2.0
Amortization of purchased intangible
assets............................... 17,909 19,940 (2,031) (10.2)
Restructuring charges and other......... -- 14,089 (14,089) (100.0)
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1,477,532 1,272,909 204,623 16.1
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Operating income.......................... 296,200 210,418 85,782 40.8
Interest income and other, net............ 4,903 14,759 (9,856) (66.8)
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Income before income taxes................ 301,103 225,177 75,926 33.7
Income taxes.............................. 66,243 56,294 9,949 17.7
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Net income................................ $ 234,860 $ 168,883 $ 65,977 39.1
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Revenue. Total revenue increased by $290.4 million, or 19.6%, in fiscal
2004 to $1,773.7 million from $1,483.3 million in fiscal 2003. The increase in
total revenue in fiscal 2004 was due to an increase in service revenue
attributable to the Managed Services agreements signed during fiscal 2003 and
additional revenue resulting from our acquisition of Certen in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2003. Revenue related to Managed Services agreements was
approximately 40% of total revenue in fiscal 2004. Revenue from the Managed
Services agreements entered into during fiscal 2003, including the effect of the
Certen acquisition, increased total revenue by approximately $211 million in the
year ended September 30, 2004.
License and service revenue from the sale of ICM Enabling Systems was
$1,537.0 million for fiscal 2004, an increase of $256.6 million, or 20.0%, from
fiscal 2003. Approximately 60% of the increase was attributable to our
acquisition of Certen in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, approximately $8
million resulted from our acquisition of XACCT in February 2004 and the
remainder was attributable to additional revenue from existing and new
customers. License and service revenue from the sale of ICM Enabling Systems
represented 86.7% and 86.3% of our total revenue in fiscal 2004 and 2003,
respectively. In fiscal 2003, many communications companies reduced or delayed
expenditures on system upgrades as a result of the slowdown in the
communications industry. In 2004, however, there was an improvement in market
conditions contributing to the increase in revenue in fiscal 2004. Please see
Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report
for a description of the Certen and XACCT acquisitions.
License and service revenue from the sale of Directory Systems was $236.7
million for fiscal 2004, an increase of $33.8 million, or 16.7%, from fiscal
2003. Approximately $62 million of the increase in Directory Systems revenue in
fiscal 2004 was attributable to Managed Services agreements. This revenue
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was partially offset by the completion of certain implementation projects that
accounted for $27 million of revenue in the comparable period of fiscal 2003.
License and service revenue from the sale of Directory Systems represented 13.3%
and 13.7% of our total revenue in fiscal 2004 and 2003, respectively.
In fiscal 2004, revenue from customers in North America, Europe and the
rest of the world accounted for 65.9%, 27.1% and 7.0%, respectively, of total
revenue compared to 62.0%, 29.8% and 8.2%, respectively, for fiscal 2003.
Approximately 85% of the increase in revenue from customers in North America was
attributable to Managed Services agreements, including the acquisition of
Certen, which expanded our activity and revenue from customers in North America,
and approximately 15% was attributable to the expansion of relationships with
existing customers in North America. The decreased contribution to revenue from
customers in Europe relative to customers in North America, as a percentage of
revenue, resulted from the relatively greater growth in activity from customers
in North America than in Europe during fiscal 2004. Revenue from customers
outside of North America and Europe, in absolute amount, was relatively stable
in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003.
Cost of License. Cost of license mainly includes amortization of purchased
computer software and intellectual property rights. Because such amortization is
relatively stable from period to period and, absent impairment, is generally
fixed in amount, an increase or decrease in license revenue could cause a
significant fluctuation in cost of license as a percentage of license revenue.
In fiscal 2004, cost of license, as a percentage of license revenue, was 6.6%
compared to 8.8% in fiscal 2003.
Cost of Service. The increase in cost of service in fiscal 2004 was 23.2%,
which was higher than the 19.6% increase in our total revenue in fiscal 2004,
and resulted in a 1.7% decrease in our gross margin, as a percentage of revenue.
Our gross margin was affected by the Managed Services agreements signed during
fiscal 2003, which we expect to be less profitable in their initial period. The
increase in cost of service was also attributable to the $4.0 million increase
in the accrual related mainly to our unused facilities in Stamford, Connecticut,
which we made in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, to reflect the current
subleasing market in Stamford. See the discussion above under the caption
"Operational Efficiency and Cost Reduction Programs."
Research and Development. Research and development expense increased by
$7.2 million, or 6.0%, in fiscal 2004 to $126.4 million from $119.3 million in
fiscal 2003. Such increase in research and development expense was
proportionally less than the increase in our total revenue, and research and
development decreased, as a percentage of revenue, from 8.0% of revenue in
fiscal 2003 to 7.1% of revenue in fiscal 2004.
Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative
expense increased by $4.1 million, or 2.0%, in fiscal 2004 to $210.4 million,
from $206.3 million in fiscal 2003. Selling, general and administrative expense
was primarily comprised of compensation expense. The increase in selling,
general and administrative expense was attributable to the overall increase in
our operations, as well as to the increase in our selling and marketing efforts,
although the 2% increase was significantly less than the 19.6% increase in our
total revenue, due to the impact of the cost reduction programs implemented in
fiscal 2003 and 2002.
Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets. Amortization of purchased
intangible assets for fiscal 2004 was $17.9 million, compared to $19.9 million
in fiscal 2003. The decrease in amortization of purchased intangible assets was
due to purchased intangible assets that were fully amortized in fiscal 2003,
which was partially offset by amortization of purchased intangible assets
acquired in the Certen and XACCT acquisitions.
Restructuring Charges and Other. The restructuring charges and other in
fiscal 2003 consisted of a restructuring charge of $10.0 million related to the
cost reduction program we implemented in the first quarter of fiscal 2003 and a
$4.1 million charge reflecting the cumulative effect, in the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2003, of our 10% share in Certen's results prior to our acquisition of
Certen.
Operating Income. Operating income increased by $85.8 million, or 40.8%,
in fiscal 2004, to $296.2 million, or 16.7% of revenue, from $210.4 million, or
14.2% of revenue, in fiscal 2003. The increase
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in operating income in fiscal 2004 resulted from the 19.6% increase in our total
revenue, which was partially offset by the 1.7% decrease in our gross margin, as
a percentage of revenue, attributable to the relatively lower gross margin of
our Managed Services projects in their early stages of implementation, and to
the effect of the $14.1 million of restructuring charges and other in fiscal
2003.
Interest Income and Other, Net. Interest income and other, net decreased
by $9.9 million, or 66.8%, in fiscal 2004 to $4.9 million from $14.8 million in
fiscal 2003. The decrease in interest income and other, net was primarily
attributable to the decline in interest rates on our short-term interest-bearing
investments, which resulted from our decision to shorten the duration of our
investments due to volatility in the interest rate environment, and was also
affected by the decrease of interest income on debentures issued by Certen to us
that was eliminated as a result of the Certen acquisition. In addition, interest
income and other, net decreased as a result of capital lease obligations
acquired in the Certen acquisition, and, to a lesser extent, to changes in
exchange rates of currencies other than the dollar. Although we hedge
significant exposures in currencies other than the dollar, currency fluctuations
partially affect our interest income and other, net. The decrease in interest
income and other, net was partially offset by the net decrease in interest
expense related to the repurchase of our 2% Notes in June 2004 and the issuance
of the 0.50% Notes in March 2004. Please see the discussion below under the
caption "Liquidity and Capital Resources."
Income Taxes. Income taxes for fiscal 2004 were $66.2 million on pretax
income of $301.1 million, an effective tax rate of 22% compared to 25% in fiscal
2003. Our effective tax rate is dependent on the corporate income tax rates in
the various countries in which we operate and the relative magnitude of our
business in those countries. The reduction in our effective tax rate in fiscal
2004 was due to our continued expansion into countries with lower income tax
rates. See the discussion below under the caption "Effective Tax Rate."
Net Income. Net income was $234.9 million in fiscal 2004, compared to a
net income of $168.9 million in fiscal 2003. The increase in net income was
attributable to the 19.6% increase in our total revenue and to the effect of the
$14.1 million restructuring charges and other in fiscal 2003. The increase was
partially offset by the 1.7% decrease in our gross margin, as a percentage of
revenue, attributable to the relatively lower gross margin of our Managed
Services projects in their early stages of implementation.
Diluted Earnings Per Share. Diluted earnings per share were $1.08 for
fiscal 2004, compared to $0.77 in fiscal 2003. Please see Note 19 to the
consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term interest-bearing investments totaled
$1,145.6 million as of September 30, 2005, compared to $1,190.7 million as of
September 30, 2004. The decrease during fiscal 2005 is attributable to the use
of approximately $262.3 million in cash paid in connection with our DST Innovis
and Longshine acquisitions, approximately $100.0 million to repurchase ordinary
shares pursuant to our share repurchase program during fiscal 2005 and the use
of $71.4 million in cash for capital expenditures, partially offset by positive
cash flows from operations. Net cash provided by operating activities amounted
to $381.8 million for fiscal 2005 and $344.4 million for fiscal 2004. We
currently intend to retain our future operating cash flows to support the
further expansion of our business, including acquisitions.
Our policy is to retain substantial cash balances in order to support the
growth of the Company. We believe that our current cash balances, cash generated
from operations and our current lines of credit will provide sufficient
resources to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next fiscal year.
In March 2004, we issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of our
0.50% Notes through a private placement to qualified institutional buyers
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. We used approximately $170.1
million of the net proceeds from the sale of the 0.50% Notes to repurchase
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approximately 6.1 million ordinary shares sold short by purchasers of the 0.50%
Notes in negotiated transactions concurrently with the offering. We also used
net proceeds and other cash resources to repurchase $400.2 million principal
amount of our 2% Notes in 2004. As of September 30, 2005, $0.3 and $450.0
million aggregate principal amount of our 2% Notes and 0.50% Notes were
outstanding, respectively.
As of September 30, 2005, we had available short-term general revolving
lines of credit totaling $31.0 million, pursuant to which $1.0 million of loans
were outstanding. In addition, as of September 30, 2005, we had outstanding
letters of credit and bank guarantees from various banks totaling $12.3 million.
As of September 30, 2005, we had outstanding short term loans of $5.4
million, which are secured by specified pledges and guaranties. The following
table summarizes our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2005, and the
effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in
future periods (in millions):
CASH PAYMENTS DUE BY PERIOD
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LESS THAN OVER
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS TOTAL 1 YEAR 1-3 YEARS 4-5 YEARS 5 YEARS
- ----------------------- ------ ---------------- --------- --------- ------------
Convertible notes...................... $458.1 $ 2.5 $455.6 $ -- $ --
Financing arrangements................. 6.4 6.4 -- -- --
Capital lease obligations.............. 2.1 2.1 -- -- --
Pension funding........................ 35.4 3.0 9.7 6.9 15.8
Non-cancelable operating leases........ 244.2 62.9 111.8 39.8 29.7
------ ----- ------ ----- -----
$746.2 $76.9 $577.1 $46.7 $45.5
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Our capital expenditures were approximately $71.4 million in fiscal 2005.
Approximately 80% of these expenditures consisted of purchases of computer
equipment, with the remainder attributable to leasehold improvements. Our policy
is to fund our capital expenditures principally from operating cash flows and we
do not anticipate any changes to this policy in the foreseeable future.
From time to time, we have engaged in share repurchase programs in which we
repurchase our shares in the open market or privately negotiated transactions
and at times and prices we deem appropriate. During fiscal 2004, we purchased
approximately 9.9 million of our ordinary shares at a weighted average price of
$22.64 per share. In December 2004, we extended our share repurchase program for
the additional repurchase of up to $100.0 million of our ordinary shares. In
accordance with this extension, we repurchased in fiscal 2005 approximately 3.5
million ordinary shares, at an average price of $28.33 per share and an
aggregate purchase price of approximately $100.0 million.
NET DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
As of September 30, 2005, deferred tax assets of $14.3 million, derived
from net capital and operating loss carry forwards related to some of our
subsidiaries, were offset by valuation allowances due to the uncertainty of the
realizing any tax benefit for such losses. When realization of the tax benefits
associated with such net capital and operating losses is deemed more likely than
not, the valuation allowance will be released through income taxes. In September
2003, we released $13.3 million of valuation allowances related to deferred tax
assets derived from carry forward operating losses incurred by our Canadian
subsidiary.
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE
Our effective tax rate for fiscal year 2005 was 20%, compared to 22% in
fiscal 2004, due to the corporate income tax rates in the various countries in
which we operate and the relative magnitude of our business in those countries.
Following the adoption of SFAS No. 142, we no longer amortize goodwill
resulting from acquisitions. As a result, goodwill amortization that is not
tax-deductible no longer affects our effective tax rate.
We expect our effective tax rate in fiscal 2006 to be between 18% and 20%.
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Our discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and
results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements,
which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make
estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets,
liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent
liabilities. On a regular basis, we evaluate and may revise our estimates. We
base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that
we believe 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. Actual results could differ
materially from the estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe that the estimates, assumptions and judgments involved in the
accounting policies described below have the greatest potential impact on our
financial statements, so we consider these to be our critical accounting
policies. These policies require that we make estimates in the preparation of
our financial statements as of a given date.
Our critical accounting policies are as follows:
- Revenue recognition and contract accounting
- Tax accounting
- Derivative and hedge accounting
- Goodwill and intangible assets
- Realizability of long-lived assets
- Accounts receivable reserves
Below, we discuss these policies further, as well as the estimates and
judgments involved. We also have other key accounting policies. We believe that,
compared to the critical accounting policies listed above, the other policies
either do not generally require us to make estimates and judgments that are as
difficult or as subjective, or it is less likely that they would have a material
impact on our reported consolidated results of operations for a given period.
REVENUE RECOGNITION AND CONTRACT ACCOUNTING
We derive our revenue principally from:
- the initial sales of licenses to use our products and related services,
including modification, implementation and integration services,
- providing Managed Services and other related services for our solutions,
and
- recurring revenue from ongoing support and maintenance provided to our
customers, and from incremental license fees resulting from increases in
a customer's business volume.
Revenue is recognized only when all of the following conditions have been
met: (i) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (ii) delivery has
occurred; (iii) the fee is fixed and determinable; and (iv) collectability of
the fee is reasonably assured. We usually sell our software licenses as part of
an overall solution offered to a customer that combines the sale of software
licenses with a broad range of services, which normally include significant
customization, modification, implementation and integration. As a result, we
generally recognize combined license and service revenue over the course of
these long-term projects, using the percentage of completion method of
accounting. Initial license fee revenue is recognized as work is performed,
using the percentage of completion method of accounting. Subsequent license fee
revenue is recognized upon completion of specified conditions in each contract,
based on a customer's subscriber level or number of users when greater than the
level specified in the contract for the initial license fee. Service revenue
that involves significant ongoing obligations, including fees for software
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customization, implementation and modification, also is recognized as work is
performed, under the percentage of completion method of accounting. Revenue from
software solutions that do not require significant customization and
modification is recognized upon delivery or as services are provided. In Managed
Services contracts, we typically recognize revenue from the operation of a
customer's system either ratably over the service period or as services are
performed. Revenue from ongoing support services is recognized as work is
performed. Revenue from third-party hardware sales is recognized upon delivery
and installation, and revenue from third-party software sales is recognized upon
delivery. Maintenance revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the
maintenance agreement. As a result of a significant portion of our revenue being
subject to the percentage of completion accounting method, the size and timing
of customer projects and our progress in completing such projects may
significantly affect our annual and quarterly operating results.
We follow very specific and detailed guidelines, several of which are
discussed above, in measuring revenue; however, certain judgments affect the
application of our revenue recognition policy.
A significant portion of our revenue is recognized over the course of
long-term projects, under the percentage of completion method of accounting. The
percentage of completion method requires significant judgment, such as
estimations of progress-to-completion, contract revenue, loss contracts and
contract costs.
Our revenue recognition policy takes into consideration the
creditworthiness and past transaction history of each customer in determining
the probability of collection as a criterion of revenue recognition. This
determination requires the exercise of judgment, which affects our revenue
recognition. If we determine that collection of a fee is not reasonably assured,
we defer the revenue recognition until the time collection becomes reasonably
assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash.
For arrangements with multiple deliverables, we allocate revenue to each
component based upon its relative fair value, which is determined in reliance on
the specific objective evidence for that element. Such determination is
judgmental and for most contracts is based on normal pricing and discounting
practices for those elements in similar arrangements.
Revenue from third-party hardware and software sales is recorded at a gross
or net amount according to certain indicators. The application of these
indicators for gross and net reporting of revenue depends on the relative facts
and circumstances of each sale and requires significant judgment.
Please see Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in this
Annual Report.
TAX ACCOUNTING
As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements,
we are required to estimate our income tax expense in each of the jurisdictions
in which we operate. In the ordinary course of a global business, there are many
transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain. Some
of these uncertainties arise as a consequence of revenue sharing and
reimbursement arrangements among related entities, the process of identifying
items of revenue and expenses that qualify for preferential tax treatment and
segregation of foreign and domestic income and expense to avoid double taxation.
This process involves us estimating our actual current tax exposure, which is
accrued as taxes payable, together with assessing temporary differences
resulting from differing treatment of items, such as deferred revenue, for tax
and accounting differences. These differences result in deferred tax assets and
liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We may
record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount of
future tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized.
Although we believe that our estimates are reasonable and that we have
considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax strategies
in estimating our tax outcome and in assessing the need for the valuation
allowance, there is no assurance that the final tax outcome and the valuation
allowance will not be different than those which are reflected in our historical
income tax provisions and accruals. Such differences could have a material
effect on our income tax provision, net income and cash balances in the period
in which such determination is made.
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We have filed or are in the process of filing federal, state and foreign
tax returns that are subject to audit by the respective tax authorities.
Although the ultimate outcome is unknown, we believe that adequate amounts have
been provided for and any adjustments that may result from tax return audits are
not likely to have a material, adverse effect on our consolidated results of
operations, financial condition or cash flows.
DERIVATIVE AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING
Approximately 70% of our revenue and 50% of our operating expenses are
denominated in U.S. dollar or linked to the U.S. dollar. We enter into foreign
exchange forward contracts to hedge a significant portion of our foreign
currency exposure to lower fluctuations in revenue and expenses. The majority of
our hedging arrangements are classified as cash flow hedges. Accordingly,
changes in the fair value of these forward exchange contracts are recorded in
other comprehensive income. We estimate the fair value of such derivative
contracts by reference to forward and spot rates quoted in active markets.
Establishing and accounting for foreign exchange contracts involve
judgments, such as determining the nature of the exposure, assessing its amount
and timing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the hedging arrangement.
Although we believe that our estimates are accurate and meet the
requirement of hedge accounting, actual results differ from these estimates, and
such difference could cause fluctuation of our recorded revenue and expenses.
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
We follow SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." Under SFAS
No. 142, goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are no
longer amortized but are subject to periodic impairment tests in accordance with
the Statement. Goodwill impairment is deemed to exist if the net book value of a
reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value. The total purchase price of
business acquisitions accounted for using the purchase method is allocated first
to identifiable assets and liabilities based on estimated fair values. The
excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net assets of purchased
businesses is recorded as goodwill.
We perform an annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of each
fiscal year, or more frequently if impairment indicators are present. We operate
in one operating segment, and this segment comprises our only reporting unit. In
calculating the fair value of the reporting unit, we used a discounted cash flow
methodology. There was no impairment of goodwill upon adoption of SFAS No. 142
and there was no impairment at the annual impairment test dates.
REALIZABILITY OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS
We are required to assess the impairment of long-lived assets, other than
goodwill, tangible and intangible under SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," on a periodic basis, and if events
or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be
recoverable. Impairment indicators include any significant changes in the manner
of our use of the assets or the strategy of our overall business, significant
negative industry or economic trends and significant decline in our share price
for a sustained period.
Upon determination that the carrying value of a long-lived asset may not be
recoverable based upon a comparison of fair value to the carrying amount of the
asset, an impairment charge is recorded. We measure fair value using an
undiscounted projected future cash flow.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE RESERVES
The allowance for doubtful accounts is for estimated losses resulting from
the inability of our customers to make required payments. We evaluate accounts
receivable to determine if they will
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ultimately be collected. In performing this evaluation, significant judgments
and estimates are involved, such as past experience, credit quality of the
customer, age of the receivable balance and current economic conditions that may
affect a customer's ability to pay. If collection is not reasonably assured at
the time the transaction is consummated, we do not recognize revenue until
collection becomes reasonably assured. If the financial condition of our
customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to
make payments, additional allowances may be required. The allowance for doubtful
accounts is established through a charge to selling, general and administrative
expenses.
Within the context of these critical accounting policies, we are not
currently aware of any reasonably likely events or circumstances that would
result in materially different amounts being reported.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
FASB Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment," which is a
revision of SFAS No. 123 (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) supersedes APB No. 25, and
amends FASB Statement No. 95, "Statement of Cash Flows." Generally, the approach
in Statement 123(R) is similar to the approach described in Statement 123.
However, SFAS 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including
grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based
on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. In March
2005, the Security and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
107 ("SAB 107"), which provides supplemental implementation guidance on SFAS
123(R).
We have adopted SFAS 123(R) effective October 1, 2005 using the modified
prospective method. We have selected the Black-Scholes option pricing model as
the most appropriate fair value method for our awards and will recognize
compensation costs using the graded vesting attribution method.
As permitted by SFAS No. 123, we currently account for share-based payments
to employees using APB No. 25's intrinsic value method and, as such, generally
recognize no compensation cost for employee stock options. Accordingly, the
adoption of the SFAS 123(R) fair value method will have a significant impact on
our consolidated results of operations, although it will have no impact on our
overall consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows. We expect
the compensation charges under SFAS 123(R) to reduce diluted net income per
share by approximately $0.16 to $0.20 per share for fiscal 2006. However, our
assessment of the estimated compensation charges is affected by our stock price
as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables
and the related tax impact. These variables include, but are not limited to, the
volatility of our stock price and employee stock option exercise behaviors. Had
we adopted SFAS 123(R) in prior periods, the impact of that standard would have
approximated the impact of SFAS No. 123 as described in the disclosure of pro
forma net income and earnings per share in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements. SFAS 123(R) also requires the benefits of tax deductions in excess
of recognized compensation cost to be reported as a financing cash flow, rather
than as an operating cash flow as required under current literature. This
requirement will reduce net operating cash flows and increase net financing cash
flows in periods after adoption. While we cannot estimate what those amounts
will be in the future (because they depend on, among other things, when
employees exercise stock options), the amount of operating cash flows recognized
in prior periods for such excess tax deductions were $3.1 million, $3.1 million,
and $0 in fiscal years 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
ACCOUNTING FOR MODIFICATIONS TO CONVERSION OPTIONS EMBEDDED IN DEBT SECURITIES
AND RELATED ISSUES
In September 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a
consensus on EITF Issue No. 05-7 "Accounting for Modifications to Conversion
Options Embedded in Debt Securities and Related Issues" ("Issue 05-7"). Under
Issue 05-7 the following consensus have been reached: 1. A change in fair value
of a conversion option upon modification should be included in the analysis to
determine whether a debt instrument has been extinguished in accordance with
Issue 96-19. The incremental fair value resulting
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from the modification of the conversion option should be included as an upfront
cash flow; 2. The incremental fair value of the modification of the conversion
option should be recognized as a discount on the convertible debt (with an
offsetting entry to additional paid-in capital) that would be accreted to
interest expense; 3. The issuer should not recognize a new beneficial conversion
feature (BCF) or reassess an existing BCF upon modification of the conversion
option in a debt instrument. The consensus should be applied prospectively for
interim or annual periods beginning after December 15, 2005. We do not expect
the adoption of Issue 05-7 to have a material impact on our consolidated results
of operations or financial condition.
LITIGATION AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION
In December 2003, we announced that the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Missouri had issued an order granting our motion to
dismiss the securities class action lawsuit that had been pending against us and
several of our directors and officers since June 2002. The court's order also
directed that judgment be entered in our favor. In December 2004, the United
States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed per curiam the dismissal
of the lawsuit.
In 2003, we were informed that the Midwest Regional Office of the SEC was
conducting a private investigation into the events leading up to our
announcement in June 2002 of revised projected revenue for the third and fourth
quarters of fiscal 2002. The investigation appeared to be focused on, but was
not explicitly limited to, our forecasting beginning with our April 23, 2002
press release. We responded to an initial document request by the SEC but have
not received any requests for additional information or had any substantive
contact with the SEC with respect to this investigation since 2003. We have
cooperated with the SEC staff and believe that we would be able to satisfy any
concerns the SEC staff may have as to the matters under investigation. However,
given the current status of the investigation, we are still unable to predict
the duration, scope, or outcome of the investigation.
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ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
We rely on the executive officers of our principal operating subsidiaries
to manage our business. In addition, Amdocs Management Limited, our management
subsidiary, performs certain executive coordination functions for all of our
operating subsidiaries.
As of November 30, 2005, our directors, senior managers and key employees
upon whose work we are dependent were as follows:
NAME AGE POSITION
- ---- ---- --------
Bruce K. Anderson(2)(4)...................... 65 Chairman of the Board, Amdocs Limited
Adrian Gardner(1)(3)......................... 43 Director and Chairman of the Audit
Committee, Amdocs Limited
Charles E. Foster(1)(3)...................... 69 Director and Chairman of the Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee,
Amdocs Limited
James S. Kahan(2)(3)(4)...................... 58 Director and Chairman of the
Compensation Committee, Amdocs Limited
Julian A. Brodsky(3)......................... 72 Director, Amdocs Limited
Nehemia Lemelbaum(4)......................... 63 Director, Amdocs Limited
John T. McLennan(1).......................... 60 Director, Amdocs Limited
Robert A. Minicucci(2)(4).................... 53 Director, Amdocs Limited
Simon Olswang(1)............................. 62 Director, Amdocs Limited
Mario Segal.................................. 58 Director, Amdocs Limited
Dov Baharav(4)............................... 55 Director, Amdocs Limited; President and
Chief Executive Officer, Amdocs
Management Limited
Eli Gelman................................... 47 Director, Amdocs Limited; Executive
Vice President, Amdocs Management
Limited
Ron Moskovitz................................ 42 Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, Amdocs Management
Limited
Harel Kodesh................................. 47 Senior Vice President and Chief
Products Officer, Amdocs Management
Limited
Michael Matthews............................. 49 Senior Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer, Amdocs Management
Limited
Thomas G. O'Brien............................ 45 Treasurer and Secretary, Amdocs Limited
Melinos Pissourios........................... 37 Managing Director and General Manager,
Amdocs Development Limited
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(1) Member of the Audit Committee
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee
(3) Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
(4) Member of the Executive Committee
Bruce K. Anderson has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Amdocs
since September 1997. Since August 1978, Mr. Anderson has been a general partner
of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe ("WCAS"), an investment firm that specializes
in the acquisition of companies in the information and business services and
health care industries. Until September 2003, investment partnerships affiliated
with WCAS had been among our largest shareholders. Mr. Anderson served for nine
years with Automated
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Data Processing, Inc. ("ADP") until his resignation as Executive Vice President
and a director of ADP, and President of ADP International, effective August
1978. Mr. Anderson serves on the board of Alliance Data Systems, Inc., a
publicly held company that provides transaction, credit and marketing services
to large consumer based businesses, and Headstrong, Inc., a global consultancy
firm.
Adrian Gardner has been a director of Amdocs since April 1998 and is
Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Gardner is the Chief Financial Officer and
a director of ProStrakan Group plc, a pharmaceuticals company based in the
United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange, which he joined in April
2002. Prior to joining ProStrakan, he was a Managing Director of Lazard LLC,
based in London, where he worked with technology- and telecommunications-related
companies. Prior to joining Lazard in 1989, Mr. Gardner qualified as a chartered
accountant with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Mr. Gardner is a
member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Charles E. Foster has been a director of Amdocs since December 2001 and is
Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He was Chairman
of the Board of Prodigy Communications Corporation from June until November
2001. From April 1997 until June 2001, Mr. Foster served as Group President of
SBC, where he was responsible, at various times, for engineering, network,
centralized services, marketing and operations, information systems,
procurement, treasury, international operations, wireless services, merger
integration, real estate, yellow pages and cable TV operations. On November 18,
2005, SBC acquired AT&T Corp. and became AT&T Inc., which we refer to as AT&T.
AT&T, together with its affiliates, holds 5.3% of our outstanding ordinary
shares and is a significant customer of ours. Mr. Foster serves as trustee of
the Southwest Foundation for Bio-Medical Research, a non-profit research
institute. Mr. Foster is a member of the Texas Society of Professional
Engineers.
James S. Kahan has been a director of Amdocs since April 1998 and is
Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Since 1983, he has worked at SBC, which
is now known as AT&T, and currently serves as a Senior Executive Vice President,
a position he has held since 1992. AT&T, together with its affiliates, holds
5.3% of our outstanding ordinary shares and is a significant customer of ours.
Prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Kahan held various positions at several
telecommunications companies, including Western Electric, Bell Laboratories,
South Central Bell and AT&T Corp.
Julian A. Brodsky has been a director of Amdocs since July 2003. Mr.
Brodsky has served as a director and as Vice Chairman of Comcast Corporation for
more than five years. Prior to November 2002, he served as a director and Vice
Chairman of Comcast Holdings for more than five years. For five years prior to
May 2004, Mr. Brodsky was Chairman of Comcast Interactive Capital, LP, a venture
fund affiliated with Comcast. He is also a director of RBB Fund, Inc.
Nehemia Lemelbaum has been a director of Amdocs since December 2001 and was
a Senior Vice President of Amdocs Management Limited from 1985 until January
2005. He joined Amdocs in 1985, with initial responsibility for U.S. operations.
Mr. Lemelbaum led our development of graphic products for the yellow pages
industry and later led our development of customer care and billing systems, as
well as our penetration into that market. Prior to joining Amdocs, he served for
nine years with Contahal Ltd., a leading Israeli software company, first as a
senior consultant, and later as Managing Director. From 1967 to 1976, Mr.
Lemelbaum was employed by the Ministry of Communications of Israel (the
organization that predated Bezeq, the Israel Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.), with
responsibility for computer technology in the area of business data processing.
John T. McLennan has been a director of Amdocs since November 1999. From
May 2000 until June 2004, he served as Vice-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of
Allstream (formerly AT&T Canada). Mr. McLennan founded and was the President of
Jenmark Consulting Inc. from 1997 until May 2000. From 1993 to 1997, Mr.
McLennan served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada.
Prior to that, he held various positions at several telecommunications
companies, including BCE Mobile Communications and Cantel Inc. Mr. McLennan is
also a director of Manitoba Telephone Systems, Air Canada Enterprises, Emera
Inc., a Canadian publicly held energy services company, Hummingbird Ltd., a
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Canadian publicly held enterprise management software company, Medisys Health
Group Inc., a Canadian publicly held health services company, and several other
private software and communication companies.
Robert A. Minicucci has been a director of Amdocs since September 1997. He
has been a general partner of WCAS since 1993. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Minicucci
served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First Data
Corporation, a provider of information processing and related services for
credit card and other payment transactions. From 1991 to 1992, he served as
Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the American Express Company. He served
for twelve years with Lehman Brothers (and its predecessors) until his
resignation as a Managing Director in 1991. Mr. Minicucci is also a director of
Alliance Data Systems, Inc., a publicly held company, and several private
companies.
Simon Olswang has been a director of Amdocs since November 2004. He
recently retired as Chairman of Olswang, a media and communications law firm in
the United Kingdom that he founded in 1981. He is a member of the Board of
Directors of The British Library, DIC Entertainment Corporation, the
Intellectual Property Institute, London, and the British Screen Advisory Council
and has served as a non-executive director of a number of companies and
organizations, including Aegis Group plc, The Press Association and the British
Film Institute. Mr. Olswang serves as Chairman of Governors of Langdon College
of Further (Special) Education in Salford, of which he is a co-founder and
trustee.
Mario Segal has been a director of Amdocs since December 2001 and served as
a Senior Vice President and the Chief Operating Officer of Amdocs Management
Limited from 1995 until July 2002. He joined Amdocs in 1984 as Senior Vice
President and was a leading member of the team that developed our directory
automation systems and our customer care and billing systems platform. Prior to
joining Amdocs, Mr. Segal was an account manager for a major North American
yellow pages publisher and prior thereto managed the computer department of a
major Israeli insurance company, leading large-scale software development
projects and strategic planning of automation systems.
Dov Baharav has been a director of Amdocs and the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Amdocs Management Limited, our wholly owned subsidiary,
since July 2002. Mr. Baharav has overall coordination responsibilities for the
operations and activities of our operating subsidiaries. In 1991, Mr. Baharav
joined Amdocs Inc., our principal wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, serving as its
Vice President and then President in St. Louis, Missouri until 1995. From 1995
until July 2002, Mr. Baharav was a Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial
Officer of Amdocs Management Limited. Prior to joining Amdocs, Mr. Baharav
served as Chief Operating Officer of Optrotech Ltd., a publicly held company
that develops, manufactures and markets electro-optical devices.
Eli Gelman has been a director of Amdocs and the Executive Vice President
of Amdocs Management Limited since July 2002. Mr. Gelman has responsibility for
sales, strategic alliances and corporate and business development. He has more
than 27 years of experience in the software industry, including the last 16
years with Amdocs. Prior to his current position, he was a division president,
where he headed our United States sales and marketing operations and helped
spearhead our entry into the customer care and billing systems market. Before
that, Mr. Gelman was an account manager for our major European and North
American installations, and has led several major software development projects.
Before joining Amdocs, Mr. Gelman was involved in the development of real-time
software systems for communications networks.
Ron Moskovitz has been Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial
Officer of Amdocs Management Limited since July 2002, and has overall
coordination responsibility for the financial reporting of our operating
subsidiaries. Mr. Moskovitz joined Amdocs in 1998 and served until July 2002 as
Vice President of Finance. He has been responsible for the Company's financial
organization, and was involved in Amdocs' initial public offering, merger and
acquisition activities and various other financial operations. Prior to joining
Amdocs, Mr. Moskovitz served in various senior financial positions with Tower
Semiconductor, a publicly held semiconductor manufacturer. Mr. Moskovitz is a
Certified Public Accountant (Isr) and holds an MBA degree.
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Harel Kodesh has been the Chief Products Officer of Amdocs Management
Limited since 2003. Mr. Kodesh oversees Amdocs' product activities and is
responsible for the company's technological vision and execution. From 2000
until 2003, Mr. Kodesh served as president and chief executive officer of
Wingcast LLC, a joint venture between Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Company
formed to offer telecommunications and other technology services for vehicles.
Between 1990 and 2000, Mr. Kodesh held executive positions at Microsoft Corp.,
where he served from 1998 until 2000 as vice president of its information
appliances division.
Michael Matthews has been with Amdocs since February 2003 and is the Chief
Marketing Officer of Amdocs Management Limited. He has more than twenty-five
years experience across a broad spectrum of disciplines in high technology
companies. From 1999 until February 2003, he was an early investor, strategist
and operating executive at Groove Networks, a privately held start-up technology
company. From 1996 through 1999, Mr. Matthews was executive vice president,
worldwide marketing for PLATINUM Technology Inc., a database management company
that has since been acquired by Computer Associates International Inc. Mr.
Matthews began his career in Australia selling computers for NCR Corporation and
has also worked with Digital Equipment Corp. and Sterling Software Inc. as sales
and marketing manager and vice president, business development, respectively. He
holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Queensland
(Australia).
Thomas G. O'Brien has been Treasurer and Secretary of Amdocs Limited since
1998 and has held other financial management positions within Amdocs since 1995.
From 1993 to 1995, Mr. O'Brien was Controller of Big River Minerals Corporation,
a diversified natural resources company. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. O'Brien was the
Assistant Controller for Big River Minerals Corporation. From 1983 to 1989, Mr.
O'Brien was with Arthur Young and Company (now Ernst & Young LLP). Mr. O'Brien
is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Melinos Pissourios has been the Managing Director and General Manager of
Amdocs Development Limited since April 1998. Mr. Pissourios is also the
Financial Controller of Amdocs Development Limited in Cyprus. Prior to joining
Amdocs, Mr. Pissourios was the Group Financial Controller at AEC Holland Group.
He also worked for KPMG Peat Marwick for four years. Mr. Pissourios is a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales and of the Cyprus
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and he is a registered auditor in
Cyprus.
COMPENSATION
Our directors who are not employees of the Company, which we refer to as
our Non-Employee Directors, receive compensation for their services as directors
in the form of cash and options to purchase ordinary shares. Our compensation
policy provides that each Non-Employee Director receives an annual cash payment
of $35,000. Each member of our Audit and Executive Committees receives an annual
cash payment of $10,000. In addition, the chairmen of our Audit and Executive
Committees each receive an annual cash payment of $10,000 and the chairmen of
our Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees each receive
an annual cash payment of $5,000. Upon election or appointment to our Board of
Directors, each Non-Employee Directors also receives an initial option grant for
the purchase of 12,000 ordinary shares. Thereafter, Non-Employee Directors
receive an annual option grant for the purchase of 7,500 ordinary shares. All
option grants to our Non-Employee Directors vest as to one-quarter of the shares
immediately, with the remainder vesting annually in three equal installments.
The exercise price of all options granted to our Non-Employee Directors is the
market price of our shares on the last trading day preceding the grant date.
Each Non-Employee Director receives $1,500 per meeting of the Board of Directors
and $1,000 per meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors, except for Non-
Employee Directors who are members of our Audit Committee or Executive
Committee, who each receive $2,000 per meeting. We reimburse all of our
directors for their reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with
attending Board or committee meetings.
During fiscal 2005, we granted to nine Non-Employee Directors options to
purchase an aggregate of 78,000 ordinary shares at a weighted average price of
$24.45 per share, with vesting over three year terms.
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All options were granted pursuant to our 1998 Stock Option and Incentive
Plan, as amended. See discussion below -- "Share Ownership -- Employee Stock
Option and Incentive Plan".
A total of 18 persons who served either as directors of Amdocs or members
of its administrative, supervisory or management bodies during all or part of
fiscal 2005 received remuneration from Amdocs. The aggregate remuneration paid
by us to such persons was approximately $9.3 million, which includes amounts set
aside or accrued to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits, but does
not include amounts expended by us for automobiles made available to such
persons, expenses (including business travel, professional and business
association dues) or other fringe benefits. Included in this amount is
remuneration to one former officer for the applicable portion of fiscal 2005.
BOARD PRACTICES
Our Board of Directors is comprised of 12 directors, each of whom was
elected to our Board of Directors at our annual meeting of shareholders on
January 20, 2005, and our Board of Directors has one vacancy. All directors hold
office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders, which generally is in
January of each calendar year, or until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified or their positions are earlier vacated by resignation or
otherwise.
Executive officers of Amdocs are elected by the Board of Directors on an
annual basis and serve until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors
or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or
their positions are earlier vacated by resignation or otherwise. The executive
officers of each of the Amdocs subsidiaries are elected by the board of
directors of such subsidiary on an annual basis and serve until the next annual
meeting of such board of directors or until their respective successors have
been duly elected and qualified or their positions are earlier vacated by
resignation or otherwise.
Other than the employment agreements between us and the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Amdocs Management Limited, and the Executive Vice President
of Amdocs Management Limited, which provide for immediate cash severance upon
termination of employment, there are currently no service contracts in effect
between us and any of our directors providing for immediate cash severance upon
termination of their employment.
BOARD COMMITTEES
Our Board of Directors has formed four committees set forth below. Members
of each committee are appointed by the Board of Directors.
The Audit Committee reviews, acts on and reports to the Board of Directors
with respect to various auditing and accounting matters, including the selection
of our auditors, the scope of the annual audits, fees to be paid to the
auditors, the performance of our independent auditors, and assists with the
Board of Directors' oversight of our accounting practices, financial statement
integrity and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The current
members of our Audit Committee are Messrs. Gardner (Chair), Foster, McLennan and
Olswang, all of whom are independent directors, as defined by the rules of the
NYSE, and pursuant to the categorical director independence standards adopted by
our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Gardner
is an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by rules promulgated by the
SEC, and that each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate as
required by the rules of the NYSE. The Audit Committee written charter is
available on our website at www.amdocs.com.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies individuals
qualified to become members of our Board of Directors, recommends to the Board
of Directors the persons to be nominated for election as directors at the annual
general meeting of shareholders, develops and makes recommendations to the Board
of Directors regarding our corporate governance principles and oversees the
evaluations of our Board of Directors and our management. The current members of
the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Messrs. Foster (Chair),
Brodsky, Gardner and Kahan, all of whom are independent directors, as required
by the NYSE listing standards, and pursuant to the categorical
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director independence standards adopted by our Board of Directors. The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee written charter is available on
our website at www.amdocs.com. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
has approved corporate governance guidelines that are also available on our
website at www.amdocs.com.
The Compensation Committee discharges the responsibilities of our Board of
Directors relating to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer of Amdocs
Management Limited and makes recommendations to our Board of Directors with
respect to the compensation of our other executive officers. The current members
of our Compensation Committee are Messrs. Kahan (Chair), Anderson and Minicucci,
all of whom are independent directors, as defined by the rules of the NYSE, and
pursuant to the categorical director independence standards adopted by our Board
of Directors. The Compensation Committee written charter is available on our
website at www.amdocs.com.
The Executive Committee has such responsibilities as may be delegated to it
from time to time by the Board of Directors. The current members of our
Executive Committee are Messrs. Anderson (Chair), Baharav, Kahan, Lemelbaum and
Minicucci.
Our independent directors receive no compensation from the Company, except
in connection with their membership on the Board of Directors and its committees
as described above regarding Non-Employee Directors under "-- Compensation".
FULL-TIME WORKFORCE PERSONNEL
The following table presents the approximate number of our full-time
workforce as of each date indicated, by function and by geographical location:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
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2005 2004 2003
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Software and Information Technology
Israel................................................. 4,090 3,835 4,007
North America.......................................... 4,173 3,180 3,420
Rest of World.......................................... 3,747 1,965 1,564
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12,010 8,980 8,991
Management and Administration............................. 1,190 908 900
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Total full-time workforce................................... 13,200 9,888 9,891
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During fiscal 2002 and the first quarter of fiscal 2003, we took steps to
reduce our costs and achieve increased operational efficiency, including by
making reductions in our workforce. At the end of fiscal 2003, as a result of
our acquisition of Certen and our Managed Services agreement with AT&T, we had
increased our workforce by approximately 1,200 personnel. As of September 30,
2005, our full-time workforce consisted of approximately 12,000 software and
information technology specialists, engaged in research, development,
maintenance and support activities, and approximately 1,190 management and
administrative professionals.
As a company with global operations, we are required to comply with various
labor and immigration laws throughout the world, including laws and regulations
in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, South
Africa and the United States. Our employees in Europe are protected, in some
countries, by mandatory collective bargaining agreements. To date, compliance
with such laws has not been a material burden for us. As the number of our
employees increases over time in particular countries, our compliance with such
regulations could become more burdensome.
Our principal operating subsidiaries are not party to any collective
bargaining agreements. However, our Israeli subsidiaries are subject to certain
labor-related statutes and to certain provisions of general extension orders
issued by the Israeli Ministry of Labor and Welfare. A significant provision
applicable to all employees in Israel under collective bargaining agreements and
extension orders is an adjustment of
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wages in relation to increases in the consumer price index, or CPI. The amount
and frequency of these adjustments are modified from time to time.
Some employees in Canada have union representation. In addition, all
employees in Brazil, including members of management, are represented by unions.
Collective bargaining between employers and unions is mandatory, negotiated
annually, and covers work conditions, including cost of living increases,
minimum wages that exceed government thresholds and overtime pay.
We consider our relationship with our employees to be good and have never
experienced an organized labor dispute, strike or work stoppage.
SHARE OWNERSHIP
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN KEY
EMPLOYEES
As of December 16, 2005, the aggregate number of our ordinary shares
beneficially owned by our directors, senior managers and certain key employees
was 19,328,025 shares. This number includes 10,747,698 ordinary shares held by
AT&T, since Mr. Kahan, Senior Executive Vice President of AT&T, serves on our
Board of Directors, and accordingly, he may be deemed to be the beneficial owner
of the shares held by AT&T. Mr. Kahan disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares. Historically, this number also included shares held by WCAS, since
Messrs. Anderson and Minicucci, affiliates of WCAS, serve on our Board of
Directors. As of September 24, 2003, various investment partnerships affiliated
with WCAS ceased to be shareholders of the Company. See "Major Shareholders and
Related Party Transactions". As of December 16, 2005, other than Mr. Kahan, none
of our directors, senior managers or key employees beneficially owned 1% or more
of our outstanding ordinary shares.
Beneficial ownership by a person, as of a particular date, assumes the
exercise of all options and warrants held by such person that are currently
exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of such date.
STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
On November 9, 2005, our Board of Directors adopted, subject to shareholder
approval, an amendment to our 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended
(the "1998 Plan"), increasing from 38,300,000 to 46,300,000 the maximum number
of Ordinary Shares issuable under the 1998 Plan, continuing the term of the 1998
Plan for an additional 10-year term until January 17, 2016, and making certain
other changes. This amendment, which is more fully described in our Notice and
Proxy Statement that was been mailed to our shareholders beginning on December
19, 2006 and furnished in our Form 6-K Report of Foreign Private Issuer dated
December 19, 2006, will be considered by our shareholders at our January 2006
Annual General Meeting.
The 1998 Plan provides for the grant of restricted shares, stock options
and other stock-based awards to our directors, officers, employees and
consultants. The purpose of the 1998 Plan is to enable us to attract and retain
qualified personnel and to motivate such persons by providing them with an
equity participation in the Company. As of September 30, 2005, of the 38,300,000
ordinary shares available for issuance under the 1998 Plan, 6,315,808 ordinary
shares had been issued as a result of option exercises and restricted shares
issuance, under the provisions of the 1998 Plan, and 6,331,467 ordinary shares
remained available for future grants. As of November 30, 2005, there were
outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 26,240,080 ordinary shares at
exercise prices ranging from $0 to $78.31 per share and 430,247 restricted
shares had been awarded.
The 1998 Plan is administered by a committee, which determines all the
terms of the awards (subject to the above), including which employees, directors
or consultants are granted awards. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate
the 1998 Plan, provided that shareholder approval is required to increase the
number of ordinary shares available under the 1998 Plan, to materially increase
the benefits accruing to participants, to change the class of employees eligible
for participation, to decrease the basis upon which the minimum exercise price
of options is determined or to extend the period in which awards may be granted
or to grant an option that is exercisable for more than ten years. Ordinary
shares acquired
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upon exercise of an award are subject to certain restrictions on sale, transfer
or hypothecation No awards may be granted after January 2016.
As a result of acquisitions, as of September 30, 2005, we are obligated to
issue (and have reserved for issuance) an additional 154,657 ordinary shares
upon exercise of options that had previously been granted under the option plans
of the acquired companies (the "Predecessor Plans") and were exchanged for
options to purchase our ordinary shares. These options have exercise prices
ranging from $2.35 to $71.97 per share. No additional options have been or will
be granted under the predecessor plans.
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
The following table sets forth specified information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares as of December 16, 2005 of (i) any
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our ordinary
shares, and (ii) all of our directors and executives officers as a group.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and,
unless otherwise indicated, includes voting and investment power with respect to
all ordinary shares, subject to community property laws, where applicable. The
number of ordinary shares used in calculating the percentage beneficial
ownership included in the table below is based on 201,342,466 ordinary shares
outstanding as of December 16, 2005.
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY PERCENTAGE
NAME AND ADDRESS OWNED OWNERSHIP
- ---------------- ------------ ----------
Massachusetts Financial Services Company(1)................. 17,486,630 8.7%
500 Boylston Street, 15th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
AT&T Inc.(2)................................................ 10,747,698 5.3%
175 E. Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205-2233
All directors and executive officers as a group
(17 persons)(3)........................................... 19,328,025 9.4%
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(1) The address of Massachusetts Financial Services Company ("MFS") is 500
Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Based on a Schedule 13G filed
by MFS with the SEC on February 10, 2005, as of December 31, 2004, MFS has
sole voting power over 17,177,360 of our ordinary shares and no voting power
over 309,270 ordinary shares. The Schedule 13G indicates that MFS has sole
dispositive power over 17,486,630 ordinary shares.
(2) The address of AT&T Inc. is 175 East Houston, San Antonio, Texas 78205.
Based upon information provided to us by AT&T, as of December 16, 2005, AT&T
beneficially owned 10,747,698 of our ordinary shares. James S. Kahan, Senior
Executive Vice President of AT&T, serves on our Board of Directors. On
November 18, 2005, SBC Communications, Inc. acquired AT&T Corp. and became
AT&T Inc.
(3) Includes ordinary shares held by AT&T. See footnote 2 above. Mr. Kahan,
Senior Executive Vice President of AT&T, serves on our Board of Directors
and, accordingly, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the ordinary
shares held by AT&T. Mr. Kahan disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares. Also includes options granted to our directors and executive
officers that are exercisable within 60 days of December 16, 2005.
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Over the last three years, our major shareholders have included our
directors and executive officers as a group, AT&T, WCAS, Fidelity Management and
Research, or FMR, which became a major shareholder in fiscal 2003, MFS, which
became a major shareholder in September 2003, and other institutional investors.
AT&T's share ownership has decreased to 5.3% as of December 16, 2005 from 9.1%
in November 2002. FMR ceased to be a major shareholder in fiscal 2004.
Investment partnerships affiliated with WCAS, which had been major shareholders
in the three fiscal years ending September 30, 2003, ceased to be shareholders
of the Company in September 2003 as a result of distributions made to the
partners of such investment partnerships. Southeastern Asset Management, which
had been a major shareholder in fiscal 2002, ceased to be a major shareholder in
June 2003.
As of December 16, 2005, our ordinary shares were held by 224
recordholders. Based on a review of the information provided to us by our
transfer agent, 151 recordholders, holding approximately 98% of our outstanding
ordinary shares, were residents of the United States.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In addition to being a major shareholder, AT&T, and some of its operating
subsidiaries, are also significant customers of ours. During fiscal 2005, 2004
and 2003, AT&T and those subsidiaries accounted for approximately 10% or more of
our revenue in each of these years. We expect that revenue attributable to AT&T
entities will remain a significant portion of our revenue in fiscal 2006. Mr.
Kahan, a member of our Board of Directors, is also Senior Executive Vice
President of AT&T.
AT&T is also a beneficial owner of companies that provide certain
miscellaneous support services to us in United States.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
See "Financial Statements" for our audited Consolidated Financial
Statements and Financial Statement Schedule filed as part of this Annual Report.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings arising in the normal
course of its business. The Company does not believe that the ultimate
resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company's
consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
DIVIDEND POLICY
After the payment of dividends in 1998 that followed a corporate
reorganization, we decided in general to retain earnings to finance the
development of our business, and we have not paid any cash dividends on our
ordinary shares since that time. The payment of any future dividends will be
paid by us based on conditions then existing, including our earnings, financial
condition and capital requirements, as well as other conditions we deem
relevant. The terms of any debt that we may incur could effectively limit our
ability to pay dividends.
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ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
Our ordinary shares have been quoted on the NYSE since June 19, 1998, under
the symbol "DOX". The following table sets forth the high and low reported sale
prices for our ordinary shares for the periods indicated:
HIGH LOW
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FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
2001........................................................ $ 80.50 $ 25.85
2002........................................................ $ 39.25 $ 6.10
2003........................................................ $ 27.25 $ 5.85
2004........................................................ $ 30.69 $ 18.08
2005........................................................ $ 30.96 $ 20.70
QUARTER
Fiscal 2004:
First Quarter............................................. $ 27.10 $ 18.90
Second Quarter............................................ $ 29.74 $ 22.17
Third Quarter............................................. $ 30.69 $ 22.65
Fourth Quarter............................................ $ 24.00 $ 18.08
Fiscal 2005:
First Quarter............................................. $ 27.56 $ 20.70
Second Quarter............................................ $ 30.66 $ 24.29
Third Quarter............................................. $ 30.96 $ 25.48
Fourth Quarter............................................ $ 30.30 $ 25.97
Fiscal 2006:
First Quarter (through December 27, 2005)................. $ 28.91 $ 24.30
MOST RECENT SIX MONTHS
June, 2005................................................ $ 27.64 $ 25.48
July, 2005................................................ $ 29.97 $ 26.44
August, 2005.............................................. $ 30.30 $ 27.60
September, 2005........................................... $ 29.76 $ 25.97
October, 2005............................................. $ 27.80 $ 24.30
November, 2005............................................ $ 28.91 $ 25.63
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
The Company is registered at the Greffe (Companies Registry) in Guernsey,
the Channel Islands and has been assigned company number 19528, with its
registered office situated at Suite 5, Tower Hill House, Le Bordage, St Peter
Port, Island of Guernsey, GY1 3QT, Channel Islands. The telephone number at that
location is 011-44-1481-728444.
The purpose of the Company is to perform any and all corporate activities
permissible under Guernsey law, as forth in detail at Clause 3(1) to (37) of the
Memorandum of Association of the Company (the "Memorandum of Association").
Article 21(2) of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the
Company (the "Articles of Association") provides that a director may vote in
respect of any contract or arrangement in which such director has an interest
notwithstanding such director's interest and an interested director will not be
liable to the Company for any profit realized through any such contract or
arrangement by reason of such director holding the office of director. Article
20 of the Articles of Association provides that the remuneration of the
directors shall from time to time be determined by the Company by ordinary
resolution, but that the directors are authorized to determine from time to time
the remuneration for any outside or unaffiliated directors. Article 22 provides
that directors may exercise all the powers of the
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Company to borrow money, and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and
uncalled capital or any part thereof, and to issue securities whether outright
or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company for any
third party. Such borrowing powers can only be altered through an amendment to
the Articles of Association. Directors of the Company are not required to own
shares of the Company in order to serve as directors.
The share capital of the Company is L5,750,000 divided into (i) 25,000,000
preferred shares with a par value of L0.01 per share and (ii) 550,000,000
ordinary shares with a par value of L0.01 per share, consisting of 500,000,000
voting ordinary shares and 50,000,000 non-voting ordinary shares. As of
September 30, 2005, 200,181,700 ordinary shares were outstanding (net of
treasury shares) and no non-voting ordinary shares or preferred shares were
outstanding. The rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each class of
the shares are as follows:
PREFERRED SHARES
- Issue -- the preferred shares may be issued from time to time in one or
more series of any number of shares up to the amount authorized.
- Authorization to Issue Preferred Shares -- authority is vested in the
directors from time to time to authorize the issue of one or more series
of preferred shares and to provide for the designations, powers,
preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights
and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon.
- Relative Rights -- all shares of any one series of preferred shares must
be identical with each other in all respects, except that shares of any
one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from
which dividends shall be cumulative.
- Liquidation -- in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up
of the Company, the holders of preferred shares are entitled to
preference with respect to payment and to receive payment (at the rate
fixed in any resolution or resolutions adopted by the directors in such
case) plus an amount equal to all dividends accumulated to the date of
final distribution to such holders. The holders of preferred shares are
entitled to no further payment other than that stated above. If upon any
liquidation the assets of the Company are insufficient to pay in full the
amount stated above then such assets shall be distributed among the
holders of preferred shares.
- Voting Rights -- except as otherwise provided for by the directors upon
the issue of any new series of preferred shares, the holders of preferred
shares have no right or power to vote on any question or in any
proceeding or to be represented at, or to receive notice of, any meeting
of members.
ORDINARY SHARES AND NON-VOTING ORDINARY SHARES
Except as otherwise provided by the Memorandum of Association and Articles
of Association, the ordinary shares and non-voting ordinary shares are identical
and entitle holders thereof to the same rights and privileges.
- Dividends -- when and as dividends are declared on the shares of the
Company the holders of voting ordinary shares and non-voting shares are
entitled to share equally, share for share, in such dividends except that
if dividends are declared that are payable in voting ordinary shares or
non-voting ordinary shares, dividends must be declared that are payable
at the same rate in both classes of shares.
- Conversion of Non-Voting Ordinary Shares into Voting Ordinary
Shares -- upon the transfer of non-voting ordinary shares from the
original holder thereof to any third party not affiliated with such
original holder, non-voting ordinary shares are redesignated in the books
of the Company as voting ordinary shares and automatically convert into
the same number of voting ordinary shares.
- Liquidation -- upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Company, the assets of the Company remaining after creditors and the
holders of any preferred shares have been paid in full
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shall be distributed to the holders of voting ordinary shares and
non-voting ordinary shares equally share for share.
- Voting Rights -- the holders of voting ordinary shares are entitled to
vote on all matters to be voted on by the members, and the holders of
non-voting ordinary shares are not entitled to any voting rights.
- Preferences -- the voting ordinary shares and non-voting ordinary shares
are subject to all the powers, rights, privileges, preferences and
priorities of the preferred shares as are set out in the Articles of
Association.
As regards both preferred shares and voting and non-voting ordinary shares,
the Company has power to purchase any of its own shares, whether or not they are
redeemable and may make a payment out of capital for such purchase, however the
terms of such repurchases must be approved in advance by a special resolution of
the holders of our ordinary shares.
There are no provisions for a classified Board of Directors or for
cumulative voting for directors.
Article 8 of the Articles of Association provides that all or any of the
rights, privileges, or conditions attached to any class or group of shares may
be changed as follows:
- by an agreement between the Company and any person purporting to contract
on behalf of the holders of shares of the class or group affected,
provided that such agreement is ratified in writing by the holders of at
least two-thirds of the issued shares of the class affected; or
- with the consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths of the issued
shares of that class or with the sanction of an extraordinary resolution
passed by majority of three-fourths of the votes of the holders of shares
of the class or group affected entitled to vote and voting in person or
by attorney or proxy and passed at a separate meeting of the holders of
such shares but not otherwise.
The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 1994 (the "Companies Law") provides that,
where not provided for in the Articles of Association, a special resolution of
the shareholders is required to alter the Articles of Association. A special
resolution must be passed by not less than three-quarters of the votes recorded
at a meeting called for purposes of voting on the matter. As such, the
conditions set out above are as significant as the requirements of Guernsey law.
Provisions in respect of the holding of general meetings and extraordinary
general meetings are set out at Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Articles of
Association. The Articles of Association provide that an annual general meeting
must be held once in every calendar year (provided that not more than 15 months
have elapsed since the last such meeting) at such time and place as the
directors appoint and, in default, an annual general meeting may be convened by
any two members holding at least 10% in the aggregate of the Company's share
capital. The directors may, whenever they deem fit, convene an extraordinary
general meeting, and extraordinary general meetings will also be convened on the
requisition in writing of holders of at least 20% of the issued share capital of
the Company carrying voting rights or, if the directors fail upon such
requisition to convene such meeting within 21 days, then such meeting may be
convened by such holders in such manner as provided by the Companies Law. A
minimum of 10 days' written notice is required in connection with an annual
general meeting and a minimum of 14 days' written notice is required in
connection with any other meeting. The notice shall specify the place, the day
and the hour of the meeting, and in the case of any special business, the
general nature of that business to such persons as are entitled by the Articles
of Association to receive such notices from the Company provided that a meeting
of the Company shall, notwithstanding that it is called by shorter notice than
that specified in the Articles, be deemed to have been duly called if it is so
agreed by all the members entitled to attend and vote thereat.
There are no limitations on the rights to own securities, including the
rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights
on the securities.
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There are no provisions in the Memorandum of Association or Articles of
Association that would have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a
change in control of the Company and that would operate only with respect to a
merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving the Company (or any of
its subsidiaries).
There are no provisions in the Memorandum of Association or Articles of
Association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership
must be disclosed. United States federal law, however, requires that all
directors, executive officers and holders of 10% or more of the stock of a
company that has a class of stock registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (other than a foreign private issuer, such as Amdocs),
disclose such ownership. In addition, holders of more than 5% of a registered
equity security of a company (including a foreign private issuer) must disclose
such ownership.
Pursuant to Article 13 of the Articles of Association, the Company may from
time to time by ordinary resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to
be divided into shares of such amount, as the resolution prescribes. A
restructuring of the existing share capital must be done by extraordinary
resolution (which requires the same vote as a special resolution), and the
Company may by special resolution reduce its share capital, any capital
redemption reserve fund or any share premium account in accordance with Guernsey
law. These provisions in relation to the alteration of the Company's capital are
in accordance with but no more onerous than the Companies Law.
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
On July 1, 2005, we and a wholly owned subsidiary of ours entered into a
Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, with DST, pursuant
to which we acquired on that date all of the capital stock of DST Interactive,
Inc. and DST Innovis, Inc., which we refer to collectively as DST Innovis.
Under the agreement, we paid a purchase price of approximately $237.5
million in cash, subject to upward or downward adjustment based upon the working
capital of DST Innovis.
As part of the acquisition, we and DST also entered to several ancillary
and related agreements designed to ensure a smooth transition of DST Innovis
from DST to us, including customary transition service and license agreements.
In addition, we signed a long-term agreement with a subsidiary of DST, pursuant
to which that subsidiary will continue to support the printing and mailing of
bills for the DST Innovis customer base. Under the terms of that agreement, the
DST subsidiary will be a preferred vendor of billing printing and mailing for
projects that combine those services with billing support, and the DST
subsidiary is expected to be selected as the provider of these services for
additional Amdocs customers in North America.
The description of this agreement is not complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of agreement, which was filed as Exhibit
99.1 to our July 5, 2005 Form 6-K Report of Foreign Private Issuer.
In the past two years, we have not entered into any other materials
contracts other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of our
business.
TAXATION
TAXATION OF THE COMPANY
The following is a summary of certain material tax considerations relating
to Amdocs and our subsidiaries. To the extent that the discussion is based on
tax legislation that has not been subject to judicial or administrative
interpretation, there can be no assurance that the views expressed in the
discussion will be accepted by the tax authorities in question. The discussion
is not intended, and should not be construed, as legal or professional tax
advice and is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations.
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General
Our effective tax rate was 20% for the year ended September 30, 2005,
compared to 22% for fiscal 2004 and 25% for fiscal 2003. Effective October 1,
2002, following the adoption of SFAS No. 142, we no longer amortize goodwill
resulting from acquisitions. See the discussion above under the caption
"Operating and Financial Review and Prospects -- Critical Accounting
Policies -- Goodwill". As a result, goodwill amortization that is not
tax-deductible no longer affects our effective tax rate.
We expect our effective tax rate in fiscal 2006 to be between 18% and 20%.
This reduction is due to our continued expansion into countries with lower
effective tax rates.
There can be no assurance that our effective tax rate will not change over
time as a result of a change in corporate income tax rates or other changes in
the tax laws of the various countries in which we operate. Moreover, our
effective tax rate in future years may be adversely affected in the event that a
tax authority challenged the manner in which items of income and expense are
allocated among us and our subsidiaries. In addition, the Company and certain of
our subsidiaries have been granted certain special tax benefits, discussed
below, in Cyprus, India, Ireland and Israel. The loss of any such tax benefits
could have an adverse effect on our effective tax rate.
Certain Guernsey Tax Considerations
We qualify as an exempt company (i.e., our shareholders are not Guernsey
residents and we do not carry on business in Guernsey) so we generally are not
subject to taxation in Guernsey.
Certain Cypriot Tax Considerations
Our Cyprus subsidiary operates a development center. Corporations resident
in Cyprus are taxed on income at 10% commencing January 1, 2003 (previously at a
25% corporate tax rate) following the Income Tax law enacted in July 2002, that
introduced a number of changes to the current system in an attempt to harmonize
the regulations with E.U. provisions and abandon any harmful tax practices as
defined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The
Government of Cyprus had issued a permit to our Cypriot subsidiary pursuant to
which the activities conducted by it were deemed to be offshore activities for
the purpose of Cypriot taxation. As a result, our Cypriot subsidiary will be
subject, until December 31, 2005, to an effective tax rate in Cyprus of 4.25%,
as long as certain requirements imposed by the Government of Cyprus are met.
Thereafter, our subsidiary will be taxed at the 10% corporate tax rate.
Certain Indian Tax Considerations
Through subsidiaries, we operate a development center and a business
processing operations center in India. In 2005, the corporation tax rate
applicable in India on trading activities was slightly reduced to 33.66%. Our
subsidiaries in India operate under a specific favorable tax entitlement that is
based upon pre-approved information technology related services activity. As a
result, our subsidiaries are entitled to corporate income tax exemptions on all
income derived from such pre-approved information technology activity, provided
they continue to meet the conditions required for such tax benefits. The
benefits are scheduled to expire April 1, 2009.
Certain Irish Tax Considerations
Our Irish subsidiary operates a development center. The corporation tax
rate on this subsidiary's trading activities was 16% for 2002 and declined to
12.5% in 2003. The subsidiary has entered into an agreement with the Irish
Industrial Development Agency pursuant to which it qualifies for certain job
creation grants and, consequently, certain activities conducted by it are deemed
to be manufacturing activities for the purpose of Irish taxation. As a result,
the subsidiary was subject to a corporation tax rate in Ireland of 10% with
respect to its manufacturing activities. This tax rate on manufacturing
activities was
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available to our Irish subsidiary until December 31, 2002. As of January 1,
2003, our Irish subsidiary was subject to a single corporation tax rate of 12.5%
on all of its trading and manufacturing activities.
Certain Israeli Tax Considerations
Our Israeli subsidiary, Amdocs (Israel) Limited, operates our largest
development center. Discussed below are certain Israeli tax considerations
relating to our Israeli subsidiary.
General Corporate Taxation in Israel. In August 2005, the Israeli
parliament enacted legislation, which has gradually reduced the "Companies Tax"
rates of taxable income apply to Israeli companies. According to this
legislation, the Companies Tax rate on taxable income in 2005 and upcoming years
was and will be as follows: 34% in 2005, 31% in 2006, and 29% in 2007, 27% in
2008, 26% in 2009 and 25% for 2010 and thereafter. However, the effective tax
rate payable by an Israeli company that derives income from an Approved
Enterprise may be considerably less.
Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959. Certain production
and development facilities of our Israeli subsidiary have been granted "Approved
Enterprise" status pursuant to the Law for the Encouragement of Capital
Investments, 1959 (the "Investment Law"), which provides certain tax and
financial benefits to investment programs that have been granted such status.
In April 2005, the Israeli parliament enacted legislation which
significantly revised the Investment Law. Generally, investment programs of our
Israeli subsidiary that have already obtained instruments of approval for an
Approved Enterprise by the Israeli Investment Center will continue to be subject
to the old provisions as described below of the Investment Law prior being
revised. The revisions that were introduced into the Investment Law did not
affect our effective tax rate for year ended September 30, 2005 and we do not
expect them to have a significant impact on our effective tax rate in fiscal
year 2006.
The provisions of the Investment Law applicable to investment programs
approved prior to the effective date of the amendments to the Investment Law
provide that capital investments in production facilities (or other eligible
assets) may, upon application to the Israeli Investment Center, be designated as
an Approved Enterprise. Each instrument of approval for an Approved Enterprise
relates to a specific investment program delineated both by the financial scope
of the investment, including source of funds, and by the physical
characteristics of the facility or other assets. The tax benefits available
under any instrument of approval relate only to taxable profits attributable to
the specific investment program and are contingent upon compliance with the
conditions set out in the instrument of approval.
Tax Benefits. Taxable income derived from an Approved Enterprise is
subject to a reduced corporate tax rate of 25% until the earlier of:
- seven consecutive years (or ten in the case of an FIC (as defined below))
commencing in the year in which the Approved Enterprise first generates
taxable income,
- twelve years from the year of commencement of production, or
- fourteen years from the year of the approval of the Approved Enterprise
status.
Such income is eligible for further reductions in tax rates if we qualify as a
Foreign Investors' Company ("FIC") depending on the percentage of the foreign
ownership. Subject to certain conditions, an FIC is a company more than 25% of
whose share capital (in terms of shares, rights of profits, voting and
appointment of directors) and more than 25% of whose combined share and loan
capital are owned by non-Israeli residents. The tax rate is 20% if the foreign
investment is 49% or more but less than 74%; 15% if the foreign investment is
74% or more but less than 90%; and 10% if the foreign investment is 90% or more.
The determination of foreign ownership is made on the basis of the lowest level
of foreign ownership during the tax year. A company that owns an Approved
Enterprise, approved after April 1, 1986, may elect to forego the entitlement to
grants and apply for an alternative package of tax benefits. In addition, a
company (like our Israeli subsidiary) with an enterprise outside the National
Priority Regions (which is not entitled to grants) may also apply for the
alternative benefits. Under the alternative benefits, undistributed income from
the Approved Enterprise operations is fully tax exempt (a tax holiday) for a
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defined period. The tax holiday ranges between two to ten years from the first
year of taxable income subject to the limitations as described above, depending
principally upon the geographic location within Israel. On expiration of the tax
holiday, the Approved Enterprise is eligible for a beneficial tax rate (25% or
lower in the case of an FIC, as described above) for the remainder of the
otherwise applicable period of benefits.
Our Israeli subsidiary has elected the alternative benefits with respect to
its current Approved Enterprise and its enlargements, pursuant to which the
Israeli subsidiary enjoys, in relation to its Approved Enterprise operations,
certain tax holidays, based on the location of activities within Israel, for a
period of two or ten years (and in some cases for a period of four years) and,
in the case of a two year tax holiday, reduced tax rates for an additional
period of up to eight years. In case our Israeli subsidiary pays a dividend, at
any time, out of income earned during the tax holiday period in respect of its
Approved Enterprise, it will be subject, assuming that the current level of
foreign investment in Amdocs is not reduced, to corporate tax at the otherwise
applicable rate of 10% of the income from which such dividend has been paid and
up to 25% if such foreign investments are reduced (as detailed above). This tax
is in addition to the withholding tax on dividends as described below. Under an
instrument of approval issued in December 1997 and relating to a specific
investment program of our Israeli subsidiary and to the income derived
therefrom, our Israeli subsidiary is entitled to a reduced tax rate period of
thirteen years (instead of the eight-year period referred to above). The tax
benefits, available with respect to an Approved Enterprise only to taxable
income attributable to that specific enterprise, are given according to an
allocation formula provided for in the Investment Law or in the instrument of
approval, and are contingent upon the fulfillment of the conditions stipulated
by the Investment Law, the regulations published thereunder and the instruments
of approval for the specific investments in the Approved Enterprises. In the
event our Israeli subsidiary fails to comply with these conditions, the tax and
other benefits could be canceled, in whole or in part, and the subsidiary might
be required to refund the amount of the canceled benefits, with the addition of
CPI linkage differences and interest. We believe that the Approved Enterprise of
our Israeli subsidiary substantially complies with all such conditions
currently, but there can be no assurance that it will continue to do so.
Dividends
Dividends paid out of income derived by an Approved Enterprise during the
benefit periods (or out of dividends received from a company whose income is
derived by an Approved Enterprise) are subject to withholding tax at a reduced
rate of 15% (deductible at source). In the case of companies that do not qualify
as a FIC, the reduced rate of 15% is limited to dividends paid at any time up to
twelve years thereafter.
TAXATION OF HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES
Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following discussion describes the material United States federal
income tax consequences to the ownership or disposition of our ordinary shares
to a holder that is:
(i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;
(ii) a corporation created or organized in, or under the laws of, the
United States or of any state thereof;
(iii) an estate, the income of which is includable in gross income for
United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or
(iv) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more
U.S. persons has the authority to control all substantial decisions of
the trust.
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This summary generally considers only U.S. holders that own ordinary shares
as capital assets. This summary does not discuss the United States federal
income tax consequences to a holder of ordinary shares that is not a U.S.
holder.
This discussion is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), current and proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder, and administrative and judicial decisions as of the date
hereof, all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.
This discussion does not address all aspects of United States federal income
taxation that may be relevant to a holder of ordinary shares based on such
holder's particular circumstances (including potential application of the
alternative minimum tax), United States federal income tax consequences to
certain holders that are subject to special treatment (such as taxpayers who are
broker-dealers, insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, financial
institutions, holders of securities held as part of a "straddle", "hedge" or
"conversion transaction" with other investments, or holders owning directly,
indirectly or by attribution at least 10% of the ordinary shares), or any aspect
of state, local or non-United States tax laws. Additionally, this discussion
does not consider the tax treatment of persons who hold ordinary shares through
a partnership or other pass-through entity or the possible application of United
States federal gift or estate taxes.
This summary is for general information only and is not binding on the
Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). There can be no assurance that the IRS will
not challenge one or more of the statements made herein. U.S. holders are urged
to consult their own tax advisers as to the particular tax consequences to them
of owning and disposing of our ordinary shares.
Dividends. In general, a U.S. holder receiving a distribution with respect
to the ordinary shares will be required to include such distribution (including
the amount of foreign taxes, if any, withheld therefrom) in gross income as a
taxable dividend to the extent such distribution is paid from our current or
accumulated earnings and profits as determined under United States federal
income tax principles. Any distributions in excess of such earnings and profits
will first be treated, for United States federal income tax purposes, as a
nontaxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. holder's tax basis in the
ordinary shares, and then, to the extent in excess of such tax basis, as gain
from the sale or exchange of a capital asset. See "Disposition of Ordinary
Shares" below. United States corporate shareholders will not be entitled to any
deduction for distributions received as dividends on the ordinary shares.
Dividend income is generally taxed as ordinary income. However, as a result
of recent United States tax legislation, a maximum United States federal income
tax rate of 15% will apply to "qualified dividend income" received by
individuals (as well as certain trusts and estates) in taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2002 and before January 1, 2009, provided that certain
holding period requirements are met. "Qualified dividend income" includes
dividends paid on shares of United States corporations as well as dividends paid
on shares of "qualified foreign corporations", including shares of a foreign
corporation which are readily tradable on an established securities market in
the United States. Since our ordinary shares are readily tradable on the New
York Stock Exchange, we believe that dividends paid by us with respect to our
ordinary shares should constitute "qualified dividend income" for United States
federal income tax purposes, provided that the holding period requirements are
satisfied and none of the other special exceptions applies.
The amount of foreign income taxes that may be claimed as a credit against
United States federal income tax in any year is subject to certain complex
limitations and restrictions, which must be determined on an individual basis by
each U.S. holder. The limitations set out in the Code include, among others,
rules that may limit foreign tax credits allowable with respect to specific
classes of income to the United States federal income taxes otherwise payable
with respect to each such class of income. Dividends paid by us generally will
be foreign source "passive income" or "financial services income" for United
States foreign tax credit purposes.
Disposition of Ordinary Shares. Upon the sale, exchange or other
disposition of our ordinary shares, a U.S. holder generally will recognize
capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount
realized on the disposition by such U.S. holder and its tax basis in the
ordinary shares. Such
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capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. holder
has held the ordinary shares for more than one year at the time of the
disposition. In the case of a U.S. holder that is an individual, trust or
estate, long-term capital gains realized upon a disposition of the ordinary
shares after May 5, 2003 and before the end of a taxable year which begins
before January 1, 2009 generally will be subject to a maximum United States
federal tax income rate of 15%. Gains realized by a U.S. holder on a sale,
exchange or other disposition of ordinary shares generally will be treated as
United States source income for United States foreign tax credit purposes.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. Dividend payments with
respect to the ordinary shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange or
redemption of ordinary shares may be subject to information reporting to the IRS
and possible U.S. backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply,
however, to a U.S. holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number
and makes any other required certification or who is otherwise exempt from
backup withholding. Generally a U.S. holder will provide such certification on
IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification).
Amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be credited against
a U.S. holder's tax liability, and a U.S. holder may obtain a refund of any
excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by filing the
appropriate claim for a refund with the IRS.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations. If, during any taxable
year, 75% or more of our gross income consists of certain types of passive
income, or the average value during a taxable year of passive assets (generally
assets that generate passive income) is 50% or more of the average value of all
of our assets, we will be treated as a "passive foreign investment company"
under U.S. federal income tax law for such year and succeeding years. If we are
treated as a passive foreign investment company, a U.S. holder may be subject to
increased tax liability upon the sale of our ordinary shares or upon the receipt
of certain distributions, unless such U.S. holder makes an election to mark our
ordinary shares to market annually.
Based on an analysis of our financial position, we believe that we have not
been a passive foreign investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes
for any preceding taxable year and expect that we will not become a passive
foreign investment company during the current taxable year. However, because the
tests for determining passive foreign investment company status are applied as
of the end of each taxable year and are dependent upon a number of factors, some
of which are beyond our control, including the value of our assets, based on the
market price of our ordinary shares, and the amount and type of our gross
income, we cannot assure you that we will not become a passive foreign
investment company in the future or that the IRS will agree with our conclusion
regarding our current passive foreign investment company status. We intend to
use reasonable efforts to avoid becoming a passive foreign investment company.
Rules relating to a passive foreign investment company are very complex.
U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal
income tax considerations discussed above and the applicability of passive
foreign investment company rules to their investments in our ordinary shares.
Certain Guernsey Tax Considerations
Under the laws of Guernsey as currently in effect, a holder of our ordinary
shares who is not a resident of Guernsey and who does not carry on business in
Guernsey through a permanent establishment situated there is exempt from
Guernsey income tax on dividends paid with respect to the ordinary shares and is
not liable for Guernsey income tax on gains realized on sale or disposition of
such ordinary shares. In addition, Guernsey does not impose a withholding tax on
dividends paid by us to the holders of our ordinary shares.
There are no capital gains, gift or inheritance taxes levied by Guernsey,
and the ordinary shares generally are not subject to any transfer taxes, stamp
duties or similar charges on issuance or transfer.
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DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
We are subject to the reporting requirements of foreign private issuers
under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Pursuant to the Exchange Act, we
file reports with the SEC, including this Annual Report on Form 20-F. We also
submit reports to the SEC, including Form 6-K Reports of Foreign Private
Issuers. You may read and copy such reports at the SEC's public Reference Room
at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC
at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the Public Reference Room. Such
reports are also available to the public on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Some of this information may also be found on our website at www.amdocs.com.
You may request copies of our reports, at no cost, by writing to or
telephoning us as follows:
Amdocs, Inc.
1390 Timberlake Manor Parkway
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
Telephone: (314) 212-8328
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS
We manage our foreign subsidiaries as integral direct components of our
operations. The U.S. dollar is our functional currency. According to the salient
economic factors indicated in SFAS No. 52, "Foreign Currency Translation," our
cash flow, sale price, sales market, expense, financing and intercompany
transactions and arrangement indicators are predominately denominated in the
U.S. dollar. The operations of our foreign subsidiaries provide the same type of
services with the same type of expenditures throughout Amdocs' group.
During fiscal 2005, our revenue and operating expenses in U.S. dollar or
linked to the U.S. dollar were at the same level compared to fiscal 2004, 70%
and 50%, respectively. As a result of long-term contracts in currencies other
than the U.S. dollar and more customers seeking contracts that are denominated
in currencies such as the Euro, the percentage of our revenue and operating
expenses in U.S. dollar or linked to the U.S. dollar may decrease slightly over
time. Historically, the effect of fluctuations in currency exchange rates has
had a minimal impact on our consolidated operations. As more of our customers
seek contracts that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar,
our exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates could increase. In
managing our foreign exchange risk, we enter from time to time into various
foreign exchange hedging contracts. We do not hedge all of our exposure in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, but rather our policy is to hedge
significant net exposures in the major foreign currencies in which we operate.
We periodically assess the applicability of the U.S. dollar as our functional
currency by reviewing the salient indicators.
FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK
We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts and options to hedge most
of our foreign currency exposure. We use such contracts to hedge exposure to
changes in foreign currency exchange rates associated with revenue denominated
in a foreign currency, primarily British pounds, Canadian dollars and the Euro,
and anticipated costs to be incurred in a foreign currency, primarily Israeli
shekels. We also use forward contracts to hedge the impact of the variability in
exchange rates on certain accounts receivables, denominated primarily in British
pounds and the Euro, and on certain account payables, primarily Israeli shekels.
We seek to minimize the risk that the anticipated cash flow from sales of our
products and services and cash flow required for our expenses denominated in a
currency other than our functional currency will be affected by changes in
exchange rates. See Note 22 to our consolidated financial statements included in
this document. The following table summarizes our foreign currency forward
exchange agreements as of September 30, 2005. All the forward contracts are
expected to mature during fiscal 2006 or during fiscal 2007. The table below
(all dollar amounts in millions) presents the notional
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amounts and fair value of the total derivative instruments as of September 30,
2005. Notional values are calculated based on forward rates as of September 30,
2005, U.S. dollar translated.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
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NOTIONAL AMOUNT FAIR VALUE
TRANSLATED TO OF
U.S. DOLLAR(*) DERIVATIVES
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CONTRACTS MATURING
DURING FISCAL
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2006 2007
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Revenue................................................ $ 62.0 $45.3 $ (8.8)
Costs.................................................. (154.7) (0.7) (3.9)
Balance sheet items.................................... 1.3 -- --
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$ (91.4) $44.6 $(12.7)
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(*) Positive notional amounts represent forward contracts to sell foreign
currency. Negative notional amounts represent forward contracts to buy
foreign currency.
INTEREST RATE RISK
Our interest expenses and income are sensitive to changes in interest
rates, as all of our cash reserves and some of our borrowings, other than the
0.50% Notes and 2% Notes, are subject to interest rate changes. Excess liquidity
is invested in short-term interest-bearing investments. Such short-term
interest-bearing investments consist primarily of commercial paper, Treasury
notes, federal agency securities, corporate bonds, corporate backed obligations
and mortgages, and currently bear minimal interest rate risk. As of September
30, 2005, we had $1.0 million of outstanding borrowings under our revolving
lines of credit or our short-term credit facilities and $5.4 million outstanding
short term loans, and accordingly, we believe we are subject to minimal interest
rate risk.
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company's management, with the participation of the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Amdocs Management Limited, evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of
September 30, 2005. The term "disclosure controls and procedures," as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other
procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to
be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
period specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and
procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
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accumulated and communicated to the company's management, including its
principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding adequate disclosure. Management recognizes that any
controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide
only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management
necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of
possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2005, the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Amdocs Management Limited concluded
that, as of such date, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were
effective at the reasonable assurance level.
No change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over
financial reporting.
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Our Board of Directors has determined that the Company has at least one
audit committee financial expert, Adrian Gardner, serving on its Audit
Committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Gardner is an
independent director.
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS AND BUSINESS CONDUCT
Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
that sets forth legal and ethical standards of conduct for directors and
employees, including executive officers, of the Company, our subsidiaries and
other business entities controlled by us worldwide.
Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct is available on our website at
www.amdocs.com, or you may request a copy of our code of ethics, at no cost, by
writing to or telephoning us as follows:
Amdocs, Inc.
1390 Timberlake Manor Parkway
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
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ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
During each of the last three fiscal years, Ernst & Young LLP has acted as
the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
AUDIT FEES
Ernst & Young billed the Company approximately $2.7 million for audit
services for fiscal 2005, including fees associated with the annual audit and
reviews of the Company's quarterly financial results submitted on Form 6-K,
consultations on various accounting issues and performance of local statutory
audits. Ernst & Young billed the Company approximately $2.6 million for audit
services for fiscal 2004.
AUDIT-RELATED FEES
Ernst & Young billed the Company approximately $1.1 million for
audit-related services for fiscal 2005. Audit-related services principally
include due diligence examinations, SAS 70 report issuances, assistance with the
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC regulations,
attestation services that are not required by statute or regulation and
consultations concerning financial
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accounting and reporting standards. Ernst & Young billed the Company
approximately $1.2 million for audit-related services for fiscal 2004.
TAX FEES
Ernst & Young billed the Company approximately $1.5 million for tax advice,
including fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning
services for fiscal 2005. Ernst & Young billed the Company approximately $1.8
million for tax advice in fiscal 2004.
ALL OTHER FEES
Ernst & Young did not bill the Company for services other than Audit Fees,
Audit-Related Fees and Tax Fees described above for fiscal 2005 or fiscal 2004.
PRE-APPROVAL POLICIES FOR NON-AUDIT SERVICES
The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the
approval of all audit and non-audit services that are to be performed by the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm. These policies
generally provide that the Company will not engage its independent registered
public accounting firm to render audit or non-audit services unless the service
is specifically approved in advance by the Audit Committee or the engagement is
entered into pursuant to the pre-approval procedure described below.
From time to time, the Audit Committee may pre-approve specified types of
services that are expected to be provided to the Company by its independent
registered public accounting firm during the next 12 months. Any such
pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or type of services to be
provided and is also generally subject to a maximum dollar amount. In fiscal
2005, the Company's Audit Committee approved all of the services provided by
Ernst & Young.
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTION FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Not applicable.
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED
PURCHASERS
The following table provides information about purchases by us and our
affiliated purchasers during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 of equity
securities that are registered by us pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act:
Ordinary Shares
(A) (B) (C) (D)
TOTAL NUMBER OF
SHARES (OR UNITS) MAXIMUM NUMBER (OR
PURCHASED AS PART APPROXIMATE DOLLAR VALUE)
TOTAL NUMBER OF AVERAGE PRICE OF PUBLICLY OF SHARES (OR UNITS) THAT
SHARES (OR UNITS) PAID PER SHARE ANNOUNCED PLANS MAY YET BE PURCHASED UNDER
PERIOD PURCHASED (OR UNIT) OR PROGRAMS THE PLANS OR PROGRAMS(1)(2)
- ------ ----------------- -------------- ----------------- ---------------------------
05/01/05-05/31/05....... 3,525,200 $28.33 3,525,200 --
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Total................... 3,525,200 3,525,200
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PART III
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE
The following Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule of
Amdocs Limited, with respect to financial results for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, are included at the end of this Annual
Report:
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF AMDOCS LIMITED
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30,
2005, 2004 and 2003
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the years
ended September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30,
2005 2004 and 2003
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE OF AMDOCS LIMITED
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index hereof are filed herewith in
response to this Item.
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned
to sign this annual report on its behalf.
Amdocs Limited
/s/ Thomas G. O'Brien
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Thomas G. O'Brien
Treasurer and Secretary
Authorized U.S. Representative
Date: December 28, 2005
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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1. Memorandum and Articles of Association of Amdocs Limited
(incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to
Amdocs' Registration Statement on Form F-1 dated June 19,
1998; Registration No. 333-8826)
2.a.1 Indenture dated May 30, 2001 between Amdocs and United
States Trust Company of New York (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to Amdocs' Form 6-K dated May 31, 2001)
2.a.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated May 30, 2001 between
Amdocs and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.2 to Amdocs' Form 6-K dated May 31, 2001)
2.a.3 Indenture, dated March 5, 2004, between Amdocs Limited and
The Bank of New York, as trustee, for 0.50% Convertible
Senior Notes due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 to Amdocs' Form 6-K, filed March 5, 2004)
2.a.4 Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 5, 2004, among
Amdocs Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner &
Smith Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.2 to Amdocs' Form 6-K, filed March 5, 2004)
4.a.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 3, 1999
among Amdocs Limited, Ivan Acquisition Corp. and
International Telecommunication Data Systems,
Inc.(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amdocs'
Form 6-K dated September 10, 1999)
4.a.2 Combination Agreement dated as of February 28, 2000 among
Amdocs Limited, Solect Technology Group Inc., Amdocs
(Denmark) ApS. and Amdocs Holdings ULC (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amdocs' Form 6-K dated March 3,
2000)
4.a.3 Acquisition Agreement dated as of October 1, 2001, between
Amdocs Limited and Nortel Networks Corporation (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amdocs' Form 6-K dated
October 10, 2001)
4.a.4 Share Purchase Agreement dated as of May 28, 2003 between
Amdocs Holdings ULC and Bell Canada (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Amdocs' Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form F-3, dated September 21,
2004, Registration No. 333-114344)
4.a.5 Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005,
by and among DST Systems, Inc., Amdocs, Inc. and Amdocs
Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
Amdocs' Form 6-K dated July 5, 2005)
4.b.1 Information Technology Services Agreement between Amdocs,
Inc. and SBC Services, Inc. dated January 9, 2003
(confidential material has been redacted and complete
exhibits have been separately filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.b.1 to Amdocs' Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2003)
4.b.2 Master Agreement for Software and Services between Amdocs,
Inc. and SBC Operations, Inc., effective July 7, 1998
(confidential material has been redacted and complete
exhibits have been separately filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.13 to Amdocs' Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
on Form F-1, dated May 21, 1999, Registration No. 333-75151)
4.b.3 Software Master Agreement between Amdocs Software Systems
Limited and SBC Services, Inc., effective December 10, 2003
(confidential material has been redacted and complete
exhibits have been separately filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.2 to Amdocs' Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form F-3, dated September 21, 2004, Registration No.
333-114344)
4.b.4 Agreement between Amdocs Inc. and SBC Services, Inc. for
Software and Professional Services, effective August 7, 2003
(confidential material has been redacted and complete
exhibits have been separately filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to Amdocs' Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form F-3, dated September 21, 2004, Registration No.
333-114344)
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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4.b.5 Customer Care and Billing Services Agreement, between Nextel
Finance Company and Amdocs Software Systems Limited, dated
as of January 1, 2000, as amended (confidential material has
been redacted and complete exhibits have been separately
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Amdocs' Form
6-K dated September 30, 2004)
4.b.6 Further Amended and Restated Master Outsourcing Services
Agreement, between Bell Canada and Certen Inc., dated as of
July 1, 2003 (confidential material has been redacted and
complete exhibits have been separately filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Amdocs' Form 6-K dated October
1, 2004)
4.c.1 Amdocs Limited 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as
amended January 24, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to Amdocs' Registration Statement on Form S-8
dated April 6, 2001 (Registration No. 333-58454))
8 Subsidiaries of Amdocs Limited
12.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
12.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
13.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
18U.S.C. 1350
13.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
18U.S.C. 1350
14.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
AMDOCS LIMITED
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PAGE
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AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm... F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 20, 2005 and
2004................................................... F-3
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended
September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003...................... F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
for the years ended September 30, 2005, 2004 and
2003................................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the years ended
September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003...................... F-6
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements............ F-8
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts......................... F-46
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Amdocs Limited
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Amdocs
Limited as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2005. Our audits also
included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 18 of Part
III. These financial statements and the schedule are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and the schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not
required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Company's
internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of
internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control
over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and 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 Amdocs Limited
at September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the consolidated results of its operations
and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30,
2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 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
New York, New York
November 3, 2005
F-2
AMDOCS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-----------------------------
2005 2004
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ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents................................. $ 707,552 $ 550,352
Short-term interest-bearing investments................... 438,011 640,347
Accounts receivable, net.................................. 304,237 254,779
Deferred income taxes and taxes receivable................ 101,162 62,284
Prepaid expenses and other current assets................. 76,780 80,229
---------- ----------
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS.............................. 1,627,742 1,587,991
Equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements, net......... 181,812 181,121
Deferred income taxes....................................... 120,217 113,589
Goodwill.................................................... 969,639 806,874
Intangible assets, net...................................... 159,619 47,512
Other noncurrent assets..................................... 143,439 126,797
---------- ----------
TOTAL ASSETS...................................... $3,202,468 $2,863,884
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable.......................................... $ 114,392 $ 104,415
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities............ 199,458 137,664
Accrued personnel costs................................... 148,426 124,284
Short-term portion of financing arrangements.............. 6,377 1,604
Deferred revenue.......................................... 216,770 223,122
Short-term portion of capital lease obligations........... 2,103 19,706
Deferred income taxes and taxes payable................... 171,377 163,648
---------- ----------
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES......................... 858,903 774,443
Convertible notes........................................... 450,272 450,272
Deferred income taxes....................................... 50,571 40,530
Noncurrent liabilities and other............................ 186,270 154,449
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TOTAL LIABILITIES................................. 1,546,016 1,419,694
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Preferred Shares -- Authorized 25,000 shares; L0.01 par
value; 0 shares issued and outstanding................. -- --
Ordinary Shares -- Authorized 550,000 shares; L0.01 par
value; 227,321 and 224,947 issued and 200,182 and
201,334 outstanding, in 2005 and 2004, respectively.... 3,644 3,601
Additional paid-in capital................................ 1,870,922 1,837,608
Treasury stock, at cost -- 27,139 and 23,613 Ordinary
Shares, in 2005 and 2004, respectively................. (602,392) (502,416)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss...................... (10,886) (1,919)
Unearned compensation..................................... (962) (174)
Retained earnings......................................... 396,126 107,490
---------- ----------
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY........................ 1,656,452 1,444,190
---------- ----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY........ $3,202,468 $2,863,884
========== ==========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-3
AMDOCS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
---------- ---------- ----------
REVENUE:
License(*)............................................. $ 100,044 $ 76,586 $ 65,582
Service(*)............................................. 1,938,577 1,697,146 1,417,745
---------- ---------- ----------
2,038,621 1,773,732 1,483,327
---------- ---------- ----------
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of license..................................... 4,083 5,022 5,752
Cost of service..................................... 1,291,572 1,117,810 907,607
Research and development............................ 144,457 126,407 119,256
Selling, general and administrative................. 232,066 210,384 206,265
Amortization of goodwill and purchased intangible
assets............................................ 15,356 17,909 19,940
Restructuring charges, in-process research and
development and other............................. 12,595 -- 14,089
---------- ---------- ----------
1,700,129 1,477,532 1,272,909
---------- ---------- ----------
Operating income......................................... 338,492 296,200 210,418
Interest income and other, net(*)........................ 22,303 4,903 14,759
---------- ---------- ----------
Income before income taxes............................... 360,795 301,103 225,177
Income taxes............................................. 72,159 66,243 56,294
---------- ---------- ----------
NET INCOME............................................... $ 288,636 $ 234,860 $ 168,883
========== ========== ==========
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE................................. $ 1.44 $ 1.13 $ 0.78
========== ========== ==========
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE............................... $ 1.35 $ 1.08 $ 0.77
========== ========== ==========
BASIC WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING...... 201,023 208,726 215,849
========== ========== ==========
DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES
OUTSTANDING(1)......................................... 217,162 220,285 219,876
========== ========== ==========
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(*) See Note 4.
(1) Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding for the year ended
September 30, 2004 has been restated, due to the adoption of Emerging Issue
Task Force Issue No. 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible
Instruments on Diluted Earnings per Share" ("EITF 04-8"), which requires
that prior period earnings per share computations be restated to show the
effect on weighted average shares of the conversion of the contingently
convertible debt into equity. The restatement reduced diluted earnings per
share by $0.02 per share for the year ended September 30, 2004. (See Note
19)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
AMDOCS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(IN THOUSANDS)
ACCUMULATED
OTHER RETAINED
ORDINARY SHARES ADDITIONAL COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS
---------------- PAID-IN TREASURY (LOSS) UNEARNED (ACCUMULATED
SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL STOCK INCOME COMPENSATION DEFICIT)
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BALANCE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2002...... 215,583 $3,572 $1,818,345 $(109,281) $ (108) $ -- $(296,253)
Comprehensive income:
Net income........................ -- -- -- -- -- -- 168,883
Unrealized gain on foreign
currency hedging contracts, net
of $3,258 tax................... -- -- -- -- 8,903 -- --
Unrealized loss on cash
equivalents and short-term
interest-bearing investments,
net of $(1,977) tax............. -- -- -- -- (5,080) -- --
Comprehensive income..............
Employee stock options exercised... 475 8 2,312 -- -- -- --
Tax benefit of stock options
exercised......................... -- -- 262 -- -- -- --
Expense related to vesting of stock
options........................... -- -- 37 -- -- -- --
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BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2003... 216,058 3,580 1,820,956 (109,281) 3,715 -- (127,370)
Comprehensive income:
Net income........................ -- -- -- -- -- -- 234,860
Unrealized loss on foreign
currency hedging contracts, net
of $(1,575) tax................. -- -- -- -- (4,915) -- --
Unrealized loss on short-term
interest-bearing investments,
net of $(204) tax............... -- -- -- -- (719) -- --
Comprehensive income..............
Employee stock options exercised... 1,157 21 12,056 -- -- -- --
Tax benefit of stock options
exercised......................... -- -- 3,094 -- -- -- --
Repurchase of shares............... (16,442) -- -- (407,527) -- -- --
Issuance of Ordinary Shares related
to acquisition, net............... 561 -- 747 14,392 -- -- --
Stock options granted, net of
forfeitures....................... -- -- 749 -- -- (749) --
Amortization of unearned
compensation...................... -- -- -- -- -- 575 --
Expense related to vesting of stock
options........................... -- -- 6 -- -- -- --
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BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2004... 201,334 3,601 1,837,608 (502,416) (1,919) (174) 107,490
Comprehensive income:
Net income........................ -- -- -- -- -- -- 288,636
Unrealized loss on foreign
currency hedging contracts, net
of $(1,927) tax................. -- -- -- -- (7,865) -- --
Unrealized loss on short-term
interest-bearing investments,
net of $(253) tax............... -- -- -- -- (1,102) -- --
Comprehensive income..............
Employee stock options exercised... 2,229 41 23,983 -- -- -- --
Tax benefit of stock options
exercised......................... -- -- 3,147 -- -- -- --
Repurchase of shares............... (3,525) -- -- (99,976) -- -- --
Issuance of restricted stock and
stock options related to
acquisitions, net................. 144 2 6,034 -- -- (1,428) --
Amortization of unearned
compensation...................... -- -- -- -- -- 640 --
Expense related to vesting of stock
options........................... -- -- 150 -- -- -- --
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BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005... 200,182 $3,644 $1,870,922 $(602,392) $(10,886) $ (962) $ 396,126
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TOTAL
SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY
-------------
BALANCE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2002...... $1,416,275
Comprehensive income:
Net income........................ 168,883
Unrealized gain on foreign
currency hedging contracts, net
of $3,258 tax................... 8,903
Unrealized loss on cash
equivalents and short-term
interest-bearing investments,
net of $(1,977) tax............. (5,080)
----------
Comprehensive income.............. 172,706
----------
Employee stock options exercised... 2,320
Tax benefit of stock options
exercised......................... 262
Expense related to vesting of stock
options........................... 37
----------
BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2003... 1,591,600
Comprehensive income:
Net income........................ 234,860
Unrealized loss on foreign
currency hedging contracts, net
of $(1,575) tax................. (4,915)
Unrealized loss on short-term
interest-bearing investments,
net of $(204) tax............... (719)
----------
Comprehensive income.............. 229,226
----------
Employee stock options exercised... 12,077
Tax benefit of stock options
exercised......................... 3,094
Repurchase of shares............... (407,527)
Issuance of Ordinary Shares related
to acquisition, net............... 15,139
Stock options granted, net of
forfeitures....................... --
Amortization of unearned
compensation...................... 575
Expense related to vesting of stock
options........................... 6
----------
BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2004... 1,444,190
Comprehensive income:
Net income........................ 288,636
Unrealized loss on foreign
currency hedging contracts, net
of $(1,927) tax................. (7,865)
Unrealized loss on short-term
interest-bearing investments,
net of $(253) tax............... (1,102)
----------
Comprehensive income.............. 279,669
----------
Employee stock options exercised... 24,024
Tax benefit of stock options
exercised......................... 3,147
Repurchase of shares............... (99,976)
Issuance of restricted stock and
stock options related to
acquisitions, net................. 4,608
Amortization of unearned
compensation...................... 640
Expense related to vesting of stock
options........................... 150
----------
BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005... $1,656,452
==========
As of September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, accumulated other comprehensive
(loss) income is comprised of unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives, net of tax,
of $(9,097), $(1,232) and $3,683 and unrealized (loss) gain on cash equivalents
and short-term interest-bearing investments, net of tax, of $(1,789), $(687) and
$32, as of September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-5
AMDOCS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
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CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income.............................................. $ 288,636 $ 234,860 $ 168,883
Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization...................... 93,828 100,877 97,452
In-process research and development expenses and
other............................................ 2,760 -- 4,133
(Gain) loss on sale of equipment................... (786) (1,436) 396
Gain on repurchase of 2% convertible notes......... -- (13) (448)
Deferred income taxes.............................. 8,062 (11,272) 4,001
Tax benefit of stock options exercised............. 3,147 3,094 262
Realized (gain) loss from short-term
interest-bearing investments..................... (657) 1,863 2,802
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of
amounts acquired:
Accounts receivable................................... (15,106) (53,723) 58,485
Prepaid expenses and other current assets............. 3,667 1,856 2,278
Other noncurrent assets............................... (17,593) (44,401) (26,882)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses................. 26,542 31,697 429
Deferred revenue...................................... (5,702) 46,713 53,294
Income taxes payable.................................. (6,643) 33,773 21,854
Noncurrent liabilities and other...................... 1,596 516 4,892
--------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities............... 381,751 344,404 391,831
--------- ----------- -----------
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of equipment, vehicles and leasehold
improvements.......................................... 5,829 4,431 2,532
Payments for purchase of equipment, vehicles and
leasehold improvements................................ (71,374) (54,148) (62,410)
Purchase of short-term interest-bearing investments..... (747,073) (1,325,383) (1,065,236)
Proceeds from sale of short-term interest-bearing
investments........................................... 948,711 1,125,538 1,193,248
Net cash paid for in acquisitions....................... (262,253) (10,651) (30,980)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities..... (126,160) (260,213) 37,154
--------- ----------- -----------
CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from employee stock options exercised.......... 24,024 12,077 2,320
Repurchase of shares.................................... (99,976) (407,527) --
Redemption of 2% convertible notes...................... -- (395,110) --
Repurchase of 2% convertible notes...................... -- (5,059) (44,153)
Net proceeds from issue of long-term 0.50% convertible
notes................................................. -- 441,610 --
Borrowings under financing arrangements................. -- 987 3,345
Principal payments under financing arrangements......... (667) (2,213) (595)
Proceeds from sale-leaseback transaction................ -- -- 8,076
Principal payments on capital lease obligations......... (21,772) (26,204) (17,033)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used in financing activities................... (98,391) (381,439) (48,040)
--------- ----------- -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents.... 157,200 (297,248) 380,945
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year.......... 550,352 847,600 466,655
--------- ----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year................ $ 707,552 $ 550,352 $ 847,600
========= =========== ===========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-6
AMDOCS LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS -- (CONTINUED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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2005 2004 2003
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SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Interest and Income Taxes Paid
Cash paid for:
Income taxes, net of refunds........................... $66,668 $35,677 $30,823
Interest............................................... 5,233 11,940 9,690
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
In the year ended September 30, 2004, the Company issued 561 Ordinary
Shares in connection with the acquisition of XACCT (as defined below) valued at
$15,139. See Note 3.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
NOTE 1 -- NATURE OF ENTITY
Amdocs Limited (the "Company") is a leading provider of software products
and services to the communications industry. The Company and its subsidiaries
operate in one segment, providing integrated offering products and services that
enable its customers to move toward an integrated approach to customer
management. The Company designs, develops, markets, supports, operates and
provides information system solutions, including Managed Services, primarily to
leading communications companies throughout the world.
The Company is a Guernsey corporation, which directly or indirectly holds
several wholly owned subsidiaries around the globe. The majority of the
Company's customers are in North America, Europe, Latin America and the
Asia-Pacific region. The Company's main production and operating facilities are
located in Israel, the United States (U.S.), Cyprus, Canada, Ireland and India.
Recently, the Company expanded its operations in China as a result of the
acquisition of Longshine.
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
CONSOLIDATION
The financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly
owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been
eliminated in consolidation.
FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY
The Company manages its foreign subsidiaries as integral direct components
of its operations. According to the salient economic factors indicated in
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 52, "Foreign Currency
Translation," the Company's cash flow, sale price, sales market, expense,
financing and intercompany transactions and arrangement indicators are
predominantly denominated in the U.S. dollar. The operations of the Company's
foreign subsidiaries provide the same type of services with the same type of
expenditures throughout the Amdocs group. Accordingly, the Company has
determined that its functional currency is the U.S. dollar. The Company
periodically assesses the applicability of the U.S. dollar as the Company's
functional currency by reviewing the salient indicators.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and interest-bearing investments
with insignificant interest rate risk and original maturities of 90 days or
less.
INVESTMENTS
The Company classifies all of its short-term interest-bearing investments
as available-for-sale securities. Such short-term interest-bearing investments
consist primarily of commercial paper, Treasury notes, Federal agency
securities, corporate bonds, corporate backed obligations and mortgages, which
are stated at market value. Unrealized gains and losses are comprised of the
difference between market value
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
and amortized costs of such securities and are reflected, net of tax, as
"accumulated other comprehensive loss" in shareholders' equity. Realized gains
and losses on short-term interest-bearing investments are included in earnings
and are derived using the specific identification method for determining the
cost of securities.
EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS
Equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements are stated at cost. Assets
under capital leases are recorded at the present value of the future minimum
lease payments at the date of acquisition. Depreciation is computed using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset, which ranges
from 2 to 10 years and includes the amortization of assets under capitalized
leases. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated
useful lives or the term of the related lease. Management reviews property and
equipment and other long-lived assets on a periodic basis to determine whether
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such
assets may not be recoverable.
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
SFAS No. 141 "Business Combinations" requires that the purchase method of
accounting be used for all business combinations. Under SFAS No. 142 "Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets," goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have
indefinite lives are subject to periodic impairment tests in accordance with the
Statement. Goodwill impairment is deemed to exist if the net book value of a
reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value. Other intangible assets are
amortized over their useful lives.
The total purchase price of business acquisitions accounted for using the
purchase method is allocated first to identifiable assets and liabilities based
on estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value
of net assets of purchased businesses is recorded as goodwill.
Other intangible assets consist primarily of purchased computer software,
intellectual property rights, core technology and customer arrangements.
Intellectual property rights, purchased computer software and core technology
acquired by the Company are amortized over their estimated useful lives on a
straight-line basis.
Some of the acquired customer arrangements are amortized over their
estimated useful lives based on the pro-rata amount of the future revenue
expected to be realized from the customer arrangements. This accounting policy
results in accelerated amortization of such customer arrangements as compared to
the straight-line method. All other acquired customer arrangements are amortized
over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis.
LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The Company considers whether there are indicators of impairment that would
require the comparison of the estimated net realizable value of intangible
assets with finite lives, equipment, leasehold improvements and vehicles and
other long-lived assets, using an undiscounted cash flow analysis, to their
carrying value under SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets." Any impairment would be recognized when the fair market
value of such long-lived assets is less than their carrying value. During the
year ended September 30, 2004 the Company identified and recognized an
impairment charge (included in cost of service) of $2,785 related to software
technology that the Company had no future use for, and therefore was abandoned.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
The Company accounts for comprehensive income under the provisions of SFAS
No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which established standards for the
reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components. Comprehensive
income (loss) represents the change in shareholders' equity during a period from
transactions and other events and circumstances from nonowner sources. It
includes all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners
and distributions to owners.
CONVERTIBLE NOTES
Accrued interest on the Company's convertible notes is included in "accrued
expenses and other current liabilities." The Company amortizes the issuance
costs related to the convertible notes on a straight-line basis over the term of
the convertible notes. Gain or loss on repurchase of convertible notes
represents the difference between the principal amount and the purchase price.
Such gains, aggregating $0, $13 and $448, are included in "interest income and
other, net" in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The amortized issuance
cost calculated on a pro-rata basis, related to the repurchased 2% convertible
notes, is included in "interest income and other, net."
TREASURY STOCK
The Company repurchases its Ordinary Shares from time to time on the open
market and holds such shares as treasury stock. The Company presents the cost to
repurchase treasury stock as a reduction of shareholders' equity.
INCOME TAXES
The Company records deferred income taxes to reflect the net tax effects of
temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for
financial reporting and tax purposes. Deferred taxes are computed based on tax
rates anticipated to be in effect (under applicable laws at the time the
financial statements are prepared) when the deferred taxes are expected to be
paid or realized. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if
it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is
able to realize their benefit, or that future deductibility is uncertain. In the
event that a valuation allowance relating to a business acquisition is
subsequently reduced, the adjustment will reduce the original amount allocated
to goodwill.
Deferred tax liabilities and assets are classified as current or noncurrent
based on the classification of the related asset or liability for financial
reporting, or according to the expected reversal dates of the specific temporary
differences if not related to an asset or liability for financial reporting, and
also include anticipated withholding taxes due on subsidiaries' earnings when
paid as dividends to the Company.
It is the Company's policy to establish accruals for taxes that may become
payable in future years as a result of examinations by tax authorities. The
Company establishes the accruals based upon management's assessment of probable
contingencies. The Company believes it has appropriately accrued for probable
contingencies.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenue is recognized only when all of the following conditions have been
met: (i) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (ii) delivery has
occurred; (iii) the fee is fixed and determinable; and (iv) collectibility of
the fee is reasonably assured. The Company usually sells its software licenses
as part of an overall solution offered to a customer that combines the sale of
software licenses with a broad range of services, which normally include
significant customization, modification, implementation and integration.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
As a result, combined license and service revenue generally is recognized over
the course of these long-term projects, using the percentage of completion
method of accounting in conformity with Accounting Research Bulletin ("ARB") No.
45, "Long Term Construction-Type Contracts," Statement of Position ("SOP") 81-1,
"Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type
Contracts" and SOP 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition." Losses are recognized
on contracts in the period in which the loss is identified in accordance with
SOP 81-1.
Initial license fee for software revenue is recognized as work is
performed, under the percentage of completion method of accounting. Subsequent
license fee revenue is recognized upon completion of specified conditions in
each contract, based on a customer's subscriber level or number of users when
greater than the level specified in the contract for the initial license fee.
Service revenue that involves significant ongoing obligations, including
fees for software customization, implementation and modification as part of a
long-term contract is recognized as work is performed, under the percentage of
completion method of accounting. In cases where extended payment terms exist,
license and related customization fees are recognized when payments are due, in
accordance with SOP 97-2. Revenue from software solutions that do not require
significant customization and modification is recognized upon delivery or as
services are provided, in accordance with SAB 104, "Revenue Recognition" and SOP
97-2. The Company complies with Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") 03-05,
"Applicability of AICPA SOP 97-2 to Non-Software Deliverables in an Arrangement
Containing More Than Incidental Software."
In Managed Services contracts as well as in other long term contracts,
revenue from the operation of a customer's system is recognized either ratably
over the service period or as services are performed. Revenue from ongoing
support services is recognized as work is performed.
Revenue from third-party hardware sales is recognized upon delivery and
installation, and revenue from third-party software sales is recognized upon
delivery. Revenue from third-party hardware and software sales is recorded
according to the criteria established in EITF 99-19, "Recording Revenue Gross as
a Principal versus Net as an Agent" and SAB 104. Revenue is recorded at gross
amount for transactions in which the Company is the primary obligor under the
arrangement and/or possesses other attributes such as pricing and supplier
selection latitude. In specific circumstances where the Company does not meet
the above criteria, particularly when the contract stipulates that the Company
is not the primary obligor, the Company recognizes revenue on a net basis.
Included in service revenue are sales of third-party products. Revenue from
sales of such products includes third-party computer hardware and computer
software products and was less than 10% of total revenue in each of fiscal 2005,
2004 and 2003.
Maintenance revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance
agreement, which in most cases is one year or less.
As a result of a significant portion of the Company's revenue being subject
to the percentage of completion accounting method, the Company's annual and
quarterly operating results may be significantly affected by the size and timing
of customer projects and the Company's progress in completing such projects.
Many of the Company's agreements include multiple deliverables. For these
multiple element arrangements, the fair value of each component is determined
based on specific objective evidence for that element and revenue is allocated
to each component based upon its fair value. The revenue associated with each
element is recognized using the respective methodology discussed above. The
Company uses the residual method in accordance with SOP 97-2 and EITF 00-21,
"Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
Deliverables," in multiple element arrangements that include license for the
sale of software solutions that do not require significant customization and
modification and first year maintenance to determine the appropriate value for
the license component.
In circumstances where the Company enters into a contract with a customer
for the provision of Managed Services for a defined period of time, the Company
defers, in accordance with SAB 104, certain costs incurred by the Company at the
inception of the contract. These costs include costs associated with migration
of data and the establishment of software interfaces. The deferred costs are
amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the respective customer
contract. Revenue associated with these capitalized costs is deferred and is
recognized over the life of the respective customer contract.
In cases where extended payment terms exist and revenue is deferred until
payments are due, related costs are capitalized as contract costs and recognized
as revenue is recognized.
Deferred revenue represents billings to customers for licenses, services
and third-party products for which revenue has not been recognized. Unbilled
accounts receivable include all revenue amounts that had not been billed as of
the balance sheet date due to contractual or other arrangements with customers.
Allowances that are netted against accounts receivable represent amounts
provided for accounts for which their collectibility is not reasonably assured.
COST OF LICENSE AND COST OF SERVICE
Cost of license and cost of service consist of all costs associated with
providing services to customers, including identified losses on contracts and
warranty expense. Estimated losses on contracts are recognized in the period in
which the loss is identified in accordance with SOP 81-1. Estimated costs
related to warranty obligations are initially provided at the time the product
is delivered and are revised to reflect subsequent changes in circumstances and
estimates. Cost of license includes royalty payments to software suppliers,
amortization of purchased computer software and intellectual property rights.
Cost of service also includes costs of third-party products associated with
reselling third-party computer hardware and software products to customers, when
revenue from third-party products is recorded at the gross amount. Customers
purchasing third-party products from the Company generally do so in conjunction
with the purchase of services.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development expenditures consist of costs incurred in the
development of new software modules and product offerings, either as part of the
Company's internal product development programs or in conjunction with customer
projects. Research and development costs, which are incurred in conjunction with
a customer project, are expensed as incurred.
Based on the Company's product development process, technological
feasibility, as defined in SFAS No. 86, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed," is established upon
completion of a detailed program design or, in the absence thereof, completion
of a working model. Costs incurred by the Company after achieving technological
feasibility and before the product is ready for customer release have been
insignificant.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company maintains a non-contributory defined benefit plan for one of
its Canadian subsidiaries that provides for pensions for substantially all of
that subsidiary's employees based on length of service and rate of pay.
Additionally, the Company provides to these employees other retirement benefits
such as
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
certain health care and life insurance benefits on retirement and various
disability plans, workers' compensation and medical benefits to former or
inactive employees, their beneficiaries and covered dependants, after employment
but before retirement, under specified circumstances.
The Company accrues its obligations to these employees under employee
benefit plans and the related costs net of returns on plan assets. Pension
expense and other retirement benefits earned by employees are actuarially
determined using the projected benefit method pro-rated on service and based on
management's best estimates of expected plan investments performance, salary
escalation, retirement ages of employees and expected health care costs.
The fair value of the employee benefit plans' assets is based on market
values. The plan assets are valued at market value for the purpose of
calculating the expected return on plan assets and the amortization of
experience gains and losses. Past service costs, which may arise from plan
amendments, are amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining
service period of the employees active at the date of amendment. The excess of
the net actuarial gain (loss) over 10% of the greater of the benefit obligation
and the market-related value of plan assets is amortized over the average
remaining service period of active employees.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company follows Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB No. 25") and related
interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options and restricted
stock. Pursuant to these accounting standards, the Company records deferred
compensation for share options granted to employees at the date of grant based
on the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market value
of the underlying shares at that date, and for restricted stock based on the
market value of the underlying shares at the date of grant. Deferred
compensation is amortized to compensation expense over the vesting period of the
underlying options or restricted stock in accordance with the accelerated
expense attribution method. No compensation expense is recorded for stock
options that are granted to employees and directors at an exercise price equal
to the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares at the time of the grant.
Compensation expenses that are deductible in a tax return in a period different
from the one in which they are reported as expenses in measuring net income are
temporary differences that result in deferred taxes. To the extent that
compensation is not recorded for stock-based compensation, the benefit of the
related tax deduction is recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital
in the period of the tax reduction.
As presented below, the Company determined pro forma net income and
earnings per share information as if the fair value method described in
Statements of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123, "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation," as amended by SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation -- Transition and Disclosure -- an Amendment of
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123," had been applied to its
employee stock-based compensation. The Company utilized the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model to estimate fair value, which is one of several methods
that can be used under SFAS No. 123. The Black-Scholes option valuation model
was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have
no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. Option valuation models
require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected share
price volatility. The Company's options have characteristics significantly
different from those of traded options, and changes in the subjective input
assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimates.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The fair value of options granted was estimated at the date of grant using
the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions for the presented
periods all in weighted averages (for options granted during the year):
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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2005 2004 2003
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Risk-free interest rate............................ 3.42% 3.12% 2.70%
Expected life of options........................... 4.47 4.49 2.93
Expected annual volatility......................... 0.630 0.687 0.568
Expected dividend yield............................ None None None
Fair value per option.............................. $12.75 $12.62 $ 5.08
The following table sets forth the pro forma effect of applying SFAS No.
123 on net income and earnings per share for the presented periods:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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2005 2004 2003
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Net income, as reported...................... $288,636 $234,860 $168,883
Add: Stock-based compensation expense
included in net income, net of related tax
effects.................................... 632 453 1,153
Less: Total stock-based compensation expense
determined under fair value method for all
awards, net of related tax effects......... (35,666) (35,989) (59,947)
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Pro forma net income......................... $253,602 $199,324 $110,089
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Basic earnings per share:
As reported................................ $ 1.44 $ 1.13 $ 0.78
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Pro forma.................................. $ 1.26 $ 0.95 $ 0.51
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Diluted earnings per share:
As reported................................ $ 1.35 $ 1.08 $ 0.77
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Pro forma.................................. $ 1.19 $ 0.92 $ 0.50
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The pro forma results for fiscal year 2004 has been revised due to the
adoption of EITF 04-8 which resulted in a decrease in pro forma diluted earnings
per share of $0.01 in fiscal 2004, from amounts previously reported.
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The financial instruments of the Company consist mainly of cash and cash
equivalents, short-term interest-bearing investments, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, short-term financing arrangements, forward exchange contracts,
lease obligations and convertible notes. In view of their nature, the fair value
of the financial instruments, excluding the convertible notes (for which the
fair value as of September 30, 2005 is approximately $411,000), included in the
accounts of the Company does not significantly vary from their carrying amount.
The fair values of the Company's foreign currency exchange contracts are
estimated based on quoted market prices of comparable contracts. See Note 22.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration
of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, short-term
interest-bearing investments and trade receivables. The Company invests its
excess cash primarily in highly liquid U.S. dollar-denominated securities with
major U.S. institutions. The Company does not expect any credit losses with
respect to these items.
The Company's revenue is generated primarily in North America and Europe.
To a lesser extent, revenue is generated in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin
America. Most customers are among the largest communications and directory
publishing companies in the world (or are owned by them). The Company's business
is subject to the effects of general global economic conditions and, in
particular, market conditions in the communications industry. The Company
performs ongoing credit analyses of its customer base and generally does not
require collateral. The allowance for doubtful accounts is for estimated losses
resulting from the inability of the Company's customers to make required
payments. The Company evaluates accounts receivable to determine if they will
ultimately be collected. In performing this evaluation, significant judgments
and estimates are involved, such as past experience, credit quality of the
customer, age of the receivable balance and current economic conditions that may
affect a customer's ability to pay. As of September 30, 2005, the Company had
two customers that had accounts receivable balances of more than 10% of total
accounts receivable, aggregating 21.7% (11.0% and 10.7%). As of September 30,
2004, the Company had no customers that had accounts receivable balances of more
than 10% of total accounts receivable.
EARNINGS PER SHARE
The Company accounts for earnings per share based on SFAS No. 128,
"Earnings per Share." SFAS No. 128 requires companies to compute earnings per
share under two different methods, basic and diluted earnings per share, and to
disclose the methodology used for the calculations. Basic earnings per share are
calculated using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted
average number of shares outstanding and the effect of dilutive outstanding
stock options using the treasury stock method and the effect of dilutive
outstanding convertible notes using the if-converted method.
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING
The Company accounts for derivatives and hedging based on SFAS No. 133,
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended and
related Interpretations. SFAS No. 133 requires the Company to recognize all
derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. If a derivative meets the
definition of a hedge and is so designated, depending on the nature of the
hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will either be offset against
the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments
through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged
item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative's change
in fair value is recognized in earnings.
GUARANTOR'S ACCOUNTING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR GUARANTEES
The Company follows FASB Interpretation No. 45, "Guarantor's Accounting and
Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of
Indebtedness of Others" ("FIN No. 45"). FIN No. 45 requires that, at the
inception of certain types of guarantees, the guarantor must disclose and
recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under the
guarantee. See Note 15.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain amounts in prior years' financial statements have been reclassified
to conform to the current year's presentation.
ADOPTION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings Per
Share
In September 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a
consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible
Instruments on Diluted Earnings Per Share" ("EITF 04-8"). EITF 04-8 relates to
contingently convertible debt instruments, which are generally convertible into
common shares of the issuer after the common stock price has exceeded a
predetermined threshold for a specified time period (market price trigger).
According to the accounting treatment in effect prior to the first quarter of
fiscal 2005, the potential dilutive effect of the conversion feature was
excluded from diluted earnings per share until the market price contingency was
met. Under EITF 04-8, all instruments that have embedded conversion features
that are contingent on market conditions indexed to an issuer's share price are
required to be included in diluted earnings per share computations, if dilutive,
regardless of whether the market conditions have been met. The effective date of
EITF 04-8 was for reporting periods ending after December 15, 2004. The
consensus is required to be applied retroactively to instruments outstanding at
the date of adoption. Diluted earnings per share of all prior periods presented
for comparative purposes have been restated to conform to the consensus
guidance. The Company adopted EITF 04-8 in the first quarter of fiscal 2005,
which required the addition of 10,436 ordinary shares issuable upon conversion
of the Company's 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the "0.50% Notes") to
the diluted earnings per share calculation. The adoption of EITF 04-8 reduced
the Company's previously reported diluted earnings per share by $0.02 per share
for fiscal 2004.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Stock-Based Compensation
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
FASB Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment," which is a
revision of SFAS No. 123 (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) supersedes APB No. 25, and
amends FASB Statement No. 95, "Statement of Cash Flows." Generally, the approach
in Statement 123(R) is similar to the approach described in Statement 123.
However, SFAS 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including
grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based
on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. In March
2005, the Security and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
107 ("SAB 107"), which provides supplemental implementation guidance on SFAS
123(R).
The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) effective October 1, 2005 using the
modified prospective method. The Company has selected the Black-Scholes option
pricing model as the most appropriate fair value method for its awards and will
recognize compensation costs using the graded vesting attribution method.
As permitted by SFAS No. 123, the Company currently accounts for
share-based payments to employees using APB No. 25's intrinsic value method and,
as such, generally recognizes no compensation cost for employee stock options.
Accordingly, the adoption of the SFAS 123(R) fair value method will have a
significant impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations, although
it will have no impact on its overall consolidated financial position or
consolidated cash flows. The Company expects the compensation charges under SFAS
123(R) to reduce diluted net income per share by approximately $0.16
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
to $0.20 per share for fiscal 2006. However, the Company's assessment of the
estimated compensation charges is affected by the Company's stock price as well
as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables and the
related tax impact. These variables include, but are not limited to, the
volatility of the Company's stock price and employee stock option exercise
behaviors. Had the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) in prior periods, the impact of
that standard would have approximated the impact of SFAS No. 123 as described in
the disclosure of pro forma net income and earnings per share in Note 2 above.
SFAS 123(R) also requires the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized
compensation cost to be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an
operating cash flow as required under current literature. This requirement will
reduce net operating cash flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods
after adoption. While the Company cannot estimate what those amounts will be in
the future (because they depend on, among other things, when employees exercise
stock options), the amount of operating cash flows recognized in prior periods
for such excess tax deductions were $3,147, $3,094, and $262 in fiscal 2005,
2004 and 2003, respectively.
Accounting for Modifications to Conversion Options Embedded in Debt
Securities and Related Issues
In September 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a
consensus on EITF Issue No. 05-7 "Accounting for Modifications to Conversion
Options Embedded in Debt Securities and Related Issues" ("Issue 05-7"). Under
Issue 05-7 the following consensus have been reached: 1. A change in fair value
of a conversion option upon modification should be included in the analysis to
determine whether a debt instrument has been extinguished in accordance with
Issue 96-19. The incremental fair value resulting from the modification of the
conversion option should be included as an upfront cash flow; 2. The incremental
fair value of the modification of the conversion option should be recognized as
a discount on the convertible debt (with an offsetting entry to additional
paid-in capital) that would be accreted to interest expense; 3. The issuer
should not recognize a new beneficial conversion feature (BCF) or reassess an
existing BCF upon modification of the conversion option in a debt instrument.
The consensus should be applied prospectively from December 15, 2005. The
Company does not expect the adoption of Issue 05-7 to have a material impact on
the Company's results of operations or financial condition.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
NOTE 3 -- ACQUISITIONS
CERTEN
In July 2003, the Company acquired from Bell Canada ("Bell") its 90%
ownership interest in Certen Inc. ("Certen", which was renamed Amdocs Canada
Managed Services, Inc.) for approximately $66,000 in cash. In addition, the
Company had related transaction costs of approximately $3,000. The Company and
Bell formed Certen in January 2001 to provide customer care and billing
solutions to Bell and a number of Bell's affiliated companies. Prior to this
acquisition, the Company owned 10% of Certen and Bell's ownership interest in
Certen was 90%. As a result of the acquisition, Certen is now a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company. Since Certen's inception, the Company has provided
customer care and billing software required by Certen, including related
customization, installation, maintenance and other services. This acquisition
expanded the Company's Managed Services offerings and positioned it as a major
provider of Managed Services to the communications industry, and was its next
logical step in the evolution of its
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
relationship with Bell. In addition, as a result of this acquisition, the
Company continued to develop an integrated billing platform to replace legacy
systems built on a product-by-product basis. Following the acquisition, Certen
continues to provide Managed Services to Bell as it did prior to the
acquisition. The Company has a major billing operations Managed Services
agreement with Bell through December 2010.
The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting,
as required by SFAS No. 141. The fair market value of Certen's assets and
liabilities has been included in the Company's consolidated balance sheet and
the results of Certen's operations are included in the Company's consolidated
statements of income, commencing on July 2, 2003. The Company obtained a
valuation of the intangible assets acquired in the Certen transaction. The total
purchase price was allocated to Certen's assets and liabilities, including
identifiable intangible, based on their respective estimated fair values, on the
date the transaction was consummated. Because the Company had a preexisting
right to utilize the Amdocs billing software and customization prior to the
acquisition, there was minimal incremental value to the Company in acquiring the
software that was licensed to and customized for Certen. The value of the
acquired customer arrangement was made by applying the income forecast method.
The value assigned to the customer arrangement was $36,385 and is being
amortized over seven and half years commencing on July 2, 2003 (the remaining
life of the Managed Services agreement). The excess of the purchase price over
the fair value of the net assets and identifiable intangible acquired, or
goodwill, was $91,188, which is not tax deductible. During fiscal 2005, the
Company revised the allocation of the purchase price and recalculated deferred
tax assets related to the fair value of an acquired pension liability and to a
change in tax rate estimation at realization. The revised purchase price
allocation resulted in a decrease of $9,893 in goodwill.
The goodwill is accounted for under SFAS No. 142. In accordance with SFAS
No. 142, goodwill from acquisitions after June 30, 2001 is no longer amortized,
but is subject to periodic impairment tests. As a result, goodwill associated
with the acquisition of Certen is not amortized. In addition, deferred taxes
were recognized for the difference between the book and tax basis of certain
assets and liabilities.
Prior to the Company's acquisition of Bell's ownership interest in Certen,
the Company accounted for its investment in Certen under the cost method for its
10% ownership. In the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company recognized its 10%
share in Certen's results prior to the acquisition. The Company's share in
Certen's pre-acquisition results was a charge of $4,133, and is included in
"restructuring charges, in-process research and development and other" for the
year ended September 30, 2003.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The following is the final allocation of the purchase price and deferred
taxes:
Purchase price.............................................. $ 65,887
Transaction costs........................................... 2,925
--------
Total purchase price........................................ 68,812
Write-off of deferred revenue and allowance on Amdocs books,
net of tax................................................ (33,666)
--------
Net amount for purchase price allocation.................... $ 35,146
========
Allocation of purchase price:
90% tangible assets acquired, net of capitalized Amdocs
system on Certen's books.................................. $ 80,929
90% liabilities assumed..................................... (241,460)
---------
Net liabilities............................................. (160,531)
Customer arrangement........................................ 36,385
Adjustment to fair value of pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities....................... (12,605)
EITF 95-3 and other liabilities............................. (2,857)
Deferred taxes resulting from the difference between the
assigned value of certain assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases...................................... 83,566
---------
Net fair value of tangible assets acquired.................. (56,042)
Goodwill.................................................... 91,188
---------
$ 35,146
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XACCT
On February 19, 2004, the Company acquired XACCT Technologies Ltd.
("XACCT"), a privately-held provider of mediation software to communications
service providers. The Company acquired XACCT's outstanding shares for $28,425,
of which $13,286 was paid in cash and the balance in 561 of the Company's
Ordinary Shares. In addition, the Company had related transaction costs of
approximately $750. This acquisition further expands the scope of the Company's
billing capabilities in the network mediation space, enabling the collection,
formatting and distribution of network usage events. With this acquisition, the
Company achieves the capability to support end-to-end event processing, from
network mediation through billing, for voice, data, content and commerce prepaid
and postpaid transactions. The Company repurchased 484 Ordinary Shares in
February 2004 to offset the dilutive effect of shares issued in the acquisition.
The fair market value of XACCT's assets and liabilities has been included in the
Company's balance sheet and the results of XACCT's operations have been included
in the Company's consolidated statements of income, commencing on February 19,
2004. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets
acquired, or goodwill, was $13,455, which is not tax deductible.
In addition, the Company granted XACCT's key employees an aggregate of 35
options with no exercise price, which vest over eighteen months. In accordance
with APB 25, the Company recorded deferred compensation, net of forfeitures, of
$749, which is amortized over the vesting period in accordance with the
accelerated expense attribution method.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The following is the final allocation of the purchase price and deferred
tax assets:
Net assets acquired......................................... $ 584
Core technology............................................. 9,209
Customer arrangements....................................... 1,064
Deferred tax assets......................................... 4,863
Goodwill.................................................... 13,455
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$29,175
=======
Pro forma information on the Company's consolidated results of income for
the years ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 to reflect the XACCT acquisition is
not presented, as its results of operations during such years are not material
to the Company's consolidated results of operations.
DST INNOVIS
On July 1, 2005 the Company acquired from DST Systems, Inc., or DST, all of
the common stock of DST's wholly owned subsidiaries, DST Innovis, Inc. and DST
Interactive, Inc. The Company refers to these acquired subsidiaries together as
DST Innovis, a leading provider of customer care and billing solutions to
broadband media cable and satellite companies, which the Company refers to as
the Broadband Industry. The Company believes that this acquisition has
positioned the Company to offer a comprehensive set of solutions to companies in
the Broadband Industry as they transition to ICM.
The purchase price for DST Innovis was approximately $237,461, which
included $3,150 of transaction costs. The acquisition was accounted for as a
business combination using the purchase method of accounting, as required by
SFAS No. 141. The fair market value of DST Innovis's assets and liabilities has
been included in the Company's consolidated balance sheet and the results of DST
Innovis's operations are included in the Company's consolidated statements of
income, commencing on July 1, 2005. The Company obtained an independent
valuation of the intangible assets acquired in the DST Innovis transaction. The
total purchase price was allocated to DST Innovis's assets and liabilities,
including identifiable intangibles, based on their respective estimated fair
values, on the date the transaction was consummated. The value of acquired
technology included both existing technology and in-process research and
development. The valuation of these items was made by applying the income
forecast method, which considered the present value of cash flows by product
lines. Of the $125,642 of acquired identifiable intangible assets, $2,760 was
assigned to in-process research and development and was written-off as of the
closing date of the acquisition, in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 4,
"Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by
the Purchase Method." The fair value assigned to core technology was $63,180 and
is amortized over 3 to 4.5 years commencing on July 1, 2005. The fair value
assigned to customer arrangements was $59,702 and is amortized over 15 years
commencing on July 1, 2005. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value
of the net assets and identifiable intangibles acquired, or goodwill, was
$131,386, of which $102,095 is tax deductible. The goodwill is accounted for
under SFAS No. 142 and is accordingly subject to periodic impairment tests.
In connection with the DST acquisition, the Company signed a long-term
agreement with DST, pursuant to which DST will continue to support the printing
and mailing of bills for the DST Innovis customer base. Under the terms of that
agreement, DST will be a preferred vendor of billing, printing, and mailing for
projects that combine those services with billing support, and DST is expected
to be selected as the provider of these services for additional Amdocs customers
in North America. The Company recorded a liability of $24,188 resulting from
this agreement. This liability will be amortized over the life of the agreement.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
In addition, the Company commenced integration activities based on a plan
to exit specific research and development activities and to terminate employees
associated with these activities. In accordance with EITF 95-3, "Recognition of
Liabilities in connection with a purchase Business Combination," the plan must
be finalized within one year of the acquisition date and must identify all
significant actions to be taken to complete the plan. The liability associated
with this plan, which was recorded as part of the purchase accounting, consisted
of $6,274 associated with employee separation costs and $7,776 associated with
contractual and other obligations.
The following is the preliminary allocation of the purchase price and
deferred tax assets:
Net assets acquired......................................... $ 7,388
Core technology............................................. 63,180
Customer arrangements....................................... 59,702
In-process research and development......................... 2,760
EITF 95-3 and other liabilities............................. (19,294)
Printing and mailing obligation............................. (24,188)
Deferred taxes resulting from the difference between the
assigned value of certain assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases...................................... 16,527
Goodwill.................................................... 131,386
--------
$237,461
========
LONGSHINE
On August 3, 2005, the Company acquired Longshine Information Technology
Company Ltd., or Longshine, a privately-held leading vendor of customer care and
billing software in China. This acquisition enables the Company to offer its
products and services to Chinese service providers and the Company believes it
will allow the Company to expand its presence in this fast growing market. The
purchase price for Longshine was approximately $34,100, which included $1,100 of
transaction costs. The Company may also be obligated to pay up to approximately
$16,000, in additional purchase price, over the next two years based on the
achievement of specified performance targets. The fair market value of Longshine
assets and liabilities has been included in the Company's consolidated balance
sheet and the results of Longshine operations have been included in the
Company's consolidated statement of income, commencing on August 3, 2005. The
Company obtained an independent valuation of the intangible assets acquired in
the Longshine transaction. The total purchase price was allocated to Longshine's
assets and liabilities, including identifiable intangibles, based on their
respective estimated fair values, on the date the transaction was consummated.
The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net liabilities and
identifiable intangibles acquired, or goodwill, was $41,272. The goodwill is
accounted for under SFAS No. 142 and is subject to periodic impairment tests.
The following is the preliminary allocation of the purchase price:
Net liabilities acquired.................................... $(14,372)
Core technology............................................. 1,000
Customer arrangements....................................... 6,200
Goodwill.................................................... 41,272
--------
$ 34,100
========
Pro forma information on the Company's consolidated statements of income
for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 to reflect the Longshine
acquisition is not presented, as its results of operations during such years are
not material to the Company's consolidated statements of income.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
Set forth below is the unaudited pro forma revenue, operating income, net
income and per share figures for the years ended September 30, 2005, 2004 and
2003 as if Certen had been acquired as of October 1, 2002 and as if DST Innovis
had been acquired as of October 1, 2003 excluding the capitalization of research
and development expense, write-off of purchased in-process research and
development and other acquisition related costs:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
---------- ---------- ----------
Revenue.................................. $2,212,806 $2,013,612 $1,621,957
Operating income......................... 332,525 292,137 188,468
Net income............................... 280,125 229,179 150,224
Basic earnings per share................. 1.39 1.10 0.70
Diluted earnings per share............... 1.31 1.05 0.68
NOTE 4 -- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The financial information presented below includes transactions with SBC
Communications Inc. and affiliates ("SBC") through December 31, 2002 and Certen,
prior to the Company's acquisition of the remaining 90% of Certen in July 2003.
As a result of the Certen acquisition, Certen is a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, and ceased to be a related party as of July 2, 2003, according to
SFAS No. 57, "Related Party Disclosures." In addition, during the quarter ended
December 31, 2002, SBC ceased to be a principal shareholder of the Company,
according to SFAS No. 57, and thus is no longer a related party.
The Company had licensed software and provided computer systems integration
and related services to affiliates of SBC and to Certen. The following related
party revenue is included in the consolidated statements of income:
YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
2003
-------------
Revenue:
License................................................... $ 3,827
Service................................................... 84,122
As of September 30, 2003 the Company had interest income of $1,662 which
represents interest and exchange rate differences, net of hedging, on the
convertible debentures of Certen for the year ended September 30, 2003 only
through the acquisition date, July 2, 2003. Absent hedging, this amount would be
$9,344 for the year ended September 30, 2003.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 5 -- SHORT-TERM INTEREST-BEARING INVESTMENTS
Short-term interest-bearing investments consist of the following:
AMORTIZED COST MARKET VALUE
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------- -------------------
2005 2004 2005 2004
-------- -------- -------- --------
Federal agencies........................... $ 87,116 $ 51,572 $ 86,591 $ 51,476
U.S. government treasuries................. 70,644 51,242 70,187 50,872
Corporate backed obligations............... 157,834 224,859 157,059 224,612
Corporate bonds............................ 50,401 130,103 50,218 130,096
Mortgages (including government and
corporate)............................... 47,852 67,272 47,622 67,117
Commercial paper/CD........................ 4,056 35,500 4,056 35,496
Private placement.......................... 22,344 80,680 22,278 80,678
-------- -------- -------- --------
440,247 641,228 438,011 640,347
Allowance for unrealized loss.............. (2,236) (881) -- --
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total...................................... $438,011 $640,347 $438,011 $640,347
======== ======== ======== ========
As of September 30, 2005, short-term interest-bearing investments had the
following maturity dates:
MARKET VALUE
------------
2006........................................................ $103,291
2007........................................................ 116,481
2008........................................................ 65,741
2009........................................................ 42,572
Thereafter.................................................. 109,926
--------
$438,011
========
NOTE 6 -- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts receivable, net consists of the following:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------
2005 2004
-------- --------
Accounts receivable --billed............................ $282,151 $242,254
Accounts receivable --unbilled.......................... 28,994 24,696
Less --allowances....................................... (6,908) (12,171)
-------- --------
Accounts receivable, net................................ $304,237 $254,779
======== ========
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 7 -- EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, NET
Components of equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements, net are:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------
2005 2004
-------- --------
Computer equipment...................................... $406,705 $355,143
Vehicles furnished to employees......................... 24,493 35,817
Leasehold improvements.................................. 68,882 57,769
Furniture and fixtures.................................. 43,076 41,368
-------- --------
543,156 490,097
Less accumulated depreciation........................... 361,344 308,976
-------- --------
$181,812 $181,121
======== ========
The Company had entered into various arrangements for the leasing of
vehicles for periods of five years, carrying interest rates of LIBOR plus a
margin ranging 0.5% to 0.9%, and as of September 30, 2005, the Company repaid
all its remaining leasing obligations. Vehicles under these capital lease
arrangements had a cost of $18,058 and $30,021 with related accumulated
depreciation of $14,460 and $22,542 as of September 30, 2005 and 2004,
respectively. As a result of the Certen acquisition, the Company assumed various
arrangements for the leasing of computer equipment (hardware and software) for
remaining periods of two to three years, denominated in Canadian dollars with
interest rates ranging between 5.16% to 11.7%. Computer equipment under capital
lease arrangements had a cost of $48,203 with related accumulated depreciation
of $22,787 and $14,013 as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
The Company has accounted for these as capital leases and amortization
costs have been included in depreciation expense. Total depreciation expense on
equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements for fiscal years 2005, 2004 and
2003, was $74,193, $73,619 and $69,560, respectively.
As of September 30, 2005, the remaining capital lease payments, excluding
interest, is $2,065, this amount is due during fiscal 2006.
The capital lease payments include a sale-leaseback transaction that was
recognized on Certen's books as of the acquisition date. The proceeds for this
transaction were received after the acquisition date, and are reflected in the
consolidated cash flow statement for fiscal 2003 as "proceeds from
sale-leaseback transaction."
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 8 -- GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
The following table presents details of the Company's total goodwill:
As of September 30, 2003.................................... $797,134
Decrease in Certen goodwill as a result of a purchase price
allocation adjustment (see Note 3)........................ (3,715)
Goodwill resulted from XACCT acquisition (see Note 3)....... 13,455
--------
As of September 30, 2004.................................... 806,874
Decrease in Certen goodwill as a result of a purchase price
allocation adjustment (see Note 3)........................ (9,893)
Goodwill resulted from DST Innovis acquisition (see Note
3)........................................................ 131,386
Goodwill resulted from Longshine acquisition (see Note 3)... 41,272
--------
As of September 30, 2005.................................... $969,639
========
The following table presents details of amortization expense of purchased
intangible assets as reported in the consolidated statements of operations:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------
2005 2004 2003
------- ------- -------
Cost of license................................. $ 2,620 $ 3,878 $ 4,075
Cost of service................................. -- 2,785 --
Amortization of purchased intangible assets..... 15,356 17,909 19,940
------- ------- -------
Total........................................... $17,976 $24,572 $24,015
======= ======= =======
The Company performs an annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of
each fiscal year, or more frequently if impairment indicators are present. The
Company operates in one operating segment, and this segment comprises its only
reporting unit. In calculating the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company
used a discounted cash flow methodology. There was no impairment of goodwill
upon adoption of SFAS No. 142 and there was no impairment at the annual
impairment test dates.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The following table presents details of the Company's total purchased
intangible assets:
ESTIMATED
USEFUL LIFE ACCUMULATED
(IN YEARS) GROSS AMORTIZATION NET
----------- -------- ------------ --------
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
Core technology........................... 2-4.5 $117,925 $ (53,699) $ 64,226
Customer arrangements..................... 2-15 140,009 (49,637) 90,372
Intellectual property rights and purchased
computer software....................... 3-10 51,996 (46,975) 5,021
-------- --------- --------
Total..................................... $309,930 $(150,311) $159,619
======== ========= ========
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Core technology........................... 2-3 $ 53,744 $ (46,326) $ 7,418
Customer arrangements..................... 2-7.5 74,107 (41,655) 32,452
Intellectual property rights and purchased
computer software....................... 3-10 51,996 (44,354) 7,642
-------- --------- --------
Total..................................... $179,847 $(132,335) $ 47,512
======== ========= ========
The estimated future amortization expense of purchased intangible assets as
of September 30, 2005 is as follows:
AMOUNT
-------
FISCAL YEAR:
2006....................................... $32,564
2007....................................... 30,457
2008....................................... 24,507
2009....................................... 17,589
2010....................................... 11,486
Thereafter................................. 43,016
NOTE 9 -- OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
Other noncurrent assets consist of the following:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------
2005 2004
-------- --------
Funded employee benefit costs(1)............................ $ 59,086 $ 54,591
Managed services costs(2)................................... 54,314 49,582
Prepaid maintenance and other............................... 10,900 8,863
Convertible notes issuance cost, net........................ 5,795 7,406
Other....................................................... 13,344 6,355
-------- --------
$143,439 $126,797
======== ========
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(1) See Note 16.
(2) See Note 2.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 10 -- INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------
2005 2004 2003
------- ------- -------
Current................................................. $64,038 $72,588 $52,293
Deferred................................................ 8,121 (6,345) 4,001
------- ------- -------
$72,159 $66,243 $56,294
======= ======= =======
All income taxes are from continuing operations reported by the Company in
the applicable taxing jurisdiction. Income taxes also include anticipated
withholding taxes due on subsidiaries' earnings when paid as dividends to the
Company.
Deferred income taxes are comprised of the following components:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------
2005 2004
-------- --------
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred revenue...................................... $ 38,041 $ 36,869
Accrued employee costs................................ 42,343 29,473
Equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements, net... 45,752 49,436
Intangible assets, computer software and intellectual
property........................................... 14,257 13,738
Net operating loss carry forwards..................... 35,924 27,945
Other................................................. 43,324 24,826
Valuation allowances.................................. (14,302) (11,424)
-------- --------
Total deferred tax assets............................. 205,339 170,863
-------- --------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Anticipated withholdings on subsidiaries' earnings.... (43,909) (38,973)
Equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements, net... (7,262) (9,832)
Intangible assets, computer software and intellectual
property........................................... (32,683) (29,157)
Managed services costs................................ (10,110) (1,299)
Other................................................. (5,514) (6,835)
-------- --------
Total deferred tax liabilities........................ (99,478) (86,096)
-------- --------
Net deferred tax assets................................. $105,861 $ 84,767
======== ========
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The effective income tax rate varied from the statutory Guernsey tax rate
as follows:
YEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------
2005 2004 2003
---- ---- ----
Statutory Guernsey tax rate............................... 20% 20% 20%
Guernsey tax-exempt status................................ (20) (20) (20)
Foreign taxes............................................. 19 20 30
Valuation allowance....................................... 1 2 (5)
--- --- ---
20% 22% 25%
=== === ===
As a Guernsey company with tax-exempt status, the Company's overall
effective tax rate is attributable solely to foreign taxes.
During fiscal 2005, the Company recognized deferred tax assets of $2,878
derived from operating loss carry forwards related to one of its subsidiaries.
The expiration of these losses carry forwards is unlimited. Given the
uncertainty of the realization of these assets through future taxable earnings,
an additional valuation allowance of $2,878 was recorded as of September 30,
2005.
During fiscal 2004, the Company recognized deferred tax assets of $11,424
derived from net capital and operating loss carry forwards related to certain of
its subsidiaries. The expiration of these losses carry forwards is unlimited.
Given the uncertainty of the realization of these assets through future taxable
earnings, a valuation allowance of $11,424 was recorded as of September 30,
2004.
As of September 30, 2003, the Company estimated that operating losses
related to its Canadian subsidiary would be realized through future taxable
earnings. As a result, related valuation allowance of $13,282 was released
through the income tax provision. The decrease in the Company's effective tax
rate following the release of the valuation allowance was reflected in the
Company's results of operations. As of September 30, 2005 and 2004, there was no
valuation allowance balance related to the Canadian subsidiary. The valuation
allowance related to the Company's Canadian subsidiary was changed during fiscal
2003 due to changes in timing differences prior to the Company's conclusion that
the operating losses related to this subsidiary would be realized through future
taxable earnings.
NOTE 11 -- FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
SHORT-TERM
The Company's financing transactions are described below:
As of September 30, 2005, the Company had available short-term general
revolving lines of credit totaling $31,000. As of September 30, 2005, the
outstanding balance under these credit lines was $977. The cost of maintaining
these revolving lines of credit was insignificant.
As of September 30, 2005, the Company had outstanding letters of credit and
bank guarantees of $12,316. These were mostly supported by a combination of the
credit facilities and restricted cash balances that the Company maintains with
various banks.
In addition as of September 30, 2005, the Company had outstanding short
term loan of $5,399, which is secured by certain pledges and guaranties.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 12 -- CONVERTIBLE NOTES
In May 2001 the Company issued $500,000 aggregate principal amount of 2%
Convertible Notes due June 1, 2008 (the "2% Notes"). The Company is obligated to
pay interest on the 2% Notes semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each
year. The 2% Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank
equal in right of payment with all of existing and future senior unsecured
indebtedness of the Company. The 2% Notes are convertible, at the option of the
holders at any time before the maturity date, into Ordinary Shares of the
Company at a conversion rate of 10.8587 shares per one thousand dollars
principal amount, representing a conversion price of approximately $92.09 per
share. The 2% Notes are subject to redemption at any time on or after June 1,
2006, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price
of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The 2% Notes
are subject to repurchase, at the holders' option, on June 1, 2004 and June 1,
2006, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, on such repurchase date.
During the first quarter of 2004, the Company repurchased $5,000 aggregate
principal amount of the 2% Notes for an aggregate purchase price of $4,987, and
during the fourth quarter of 2004 and subsequent to the redemption on June 1,
2004, the Company repurchased $72 aggregate principal amount of the 2% Notes for
an aggregate purchase price of $72. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003,
the Company repurchased $44,600 aggregate principal amount of the 2% Notes at an
average price of $990 per $1,000 principal amount, resulting in a gain of $448.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, the Company repurchased $54,946
aggregate principal amount of the 2% Notes at an average price of $890 per
$1,000 principal amount, resulting in a gain of $6,012. See Note 14. The Company
funded these repurchases, and intends to fund any future repurchases, with
available funds. As of June 1, 2004 holders had tendered to the Company for
repurchase $395,110 principal amount of 2% Notes of the $395,454 then
outstanding, and the Company purchased the tendered 2% Notes for cash.
Subsequently, the Company purchased additional 2% Notes and as of September 30,
2005, $272 principal amount of 2% Notes remain as obligations of the Company,
due June 1, 2008, in accordance with their terms. The remaining 2% Notes are
presented as noncurrent liabilities under "Convertible notes."
In March 2004, the Company issued $450,000 aggregate principal amount of
0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the "0.50% Notes") through a private
placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act. The Company is obligated to pay interest on the 0.50% Notes
semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year. The 0.50% Notes are
senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment
with all existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company. The
0.50% Notes are convertible, at the option of the holders at any time before the
maturity date, into Ordinary Shares of the Company at a conversion rate of
23.1911 shares per one thousand dollars principal amount, representing a
conversion price of approximately $43.12 per share, as follows: (i) during any
fiscal quarter commencing after March 31, 2004, and only during that quarter if
the closing sale price of the Company's Ordinary Shares exceeds 130% of the
conversion price for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading days
ending on the last trading day of the proceeding fiscal quarter (initially 130%
of $43.12, or $56.06); (ii) upon the occurrence of specified credit rating
events with respect to the notes; (iii) subject to certain exceptions, during
the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in
which the trading price per note for each day of that measurement period was
less than 98% of the product of the closing sale price of the Company's Ordinary
Shares and the conversion rate; provided, however, holders may not convert their
notes (in reliance on this subsection) if on any trading day during such
measurement period the closing sale price of the Company's Ordinary Shares was
between 100% and 130% of the then current conversion price of the notes
(initially, between $43.12 and $56.06); (iv) if the notes have been called for
redemption, or (v) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. The 0.50%
Notes are subject to
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
redemption at any time on or after March 20, 2009, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such redemption date. The 0.50%
Notes are subject to repurchase, at the holders' option, on March 15, 2009, 2014
and 2019, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such repurchase date ("Put Rights"). The
Company may choose to pay the repurchase price in cash, Ordinary Shares or a
combination of cash and Ordinary Shares. The FASB issued an exposure draft that
would amend SFAS No. 128 to require that if a convertible financial instrument
has an option to settle a required redemption in cash or shares, the assumption
is the option would be settled in shares and therefore the "if converted" method
should be applied based on the current share price and not according to the
conversion price (the current accounting guidelines) when computing diluted
earnings per share. The Board of Directors has authorized the Company to amend
the 0.50% Notes by waiving its right to a share settlement upon exercise of Put
Rights and committing to a cash settlement. If the Company amends the 0.50%
Notes as authorized by its Board of Directors, then the expected new accounting
rule would have no impact on the Company's consolidated financial results.
NOTE 13 -- NONCURRENT LIABILITIES AND OTHER
Noncurrent liabilities and other consist of the following:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------
2005 2004
-------- --------
Accrued employees costs................................. $ 88,353 $ 82,478
Noncurrent customer advances............................ 34,994 26,281
Accrued pension liability............................... 23,193 21,255
Accrued print and mail obligation....................... 17,806 --
Accrued lease obligations............................... 12,475 10,835
Long-term portion of capital lease obligations.......... -- 4,112
Other................................................... 9,449 9,488
-------- --------
$186,270 $154,449
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NOTE 14 -- INTEREST INCOME AND OTHER, NET
Interest income and other, net consists of the following:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
-----------------------------
2005 2004 2003
------- -------- --------
Interest income............................... $32,341 $ 17,941 $ 26,580
Interest expense.............................. (5,734) (12,867) (11,425)
Gain from repurchase of 2% Notes(1)........... -- 13 448
Other, net.................................... (4,304) (184) (844)
------- -------- --------
$22,303 $ 4,903 $ 14,759
======= ======== ========
- ---------------
(1) See Note 12.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 15 -- CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS
The Company leases office space under non-cancelable operating leases in
various countries in which it does business. Future minimum non-cancelable lease
payments required after October 1, 2005 are as follows:
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
- ---------------------------------
2006...................................... $ 55,099
2007...................................... 45,725
2008...................................... 29,618
2009...................................... 24,355
2010...................................... 22,774
Thereafter................................ 46,707
--------
$224,278
========
Future minimum non-cancelable lease payments, as stated above, do not
reflect committed future sublease income of $8,375, $7,089, $4,875, $3,458,
$3,214 and $6,959 for the years ended September 30, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
and thereafter, respectively. Of the $190,308 net operating leases, net of
$33,970 of sublease income, $7,727 has been included in accrued restructuring
charges as of September 30, 2005.
Rent expense, including accruals for future lease losses, was approximately
$38,982, $43,505 and $33,039 for fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The Company leases vehicles under operating leases. Future minimum
non-cancelable lease payments required after October 1, 2005 are as follows:
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
- ---------------------------------
2006....................................... $ 7,752
2007....................................... 7,078
2008....................................... 4,258
2009....................................... 752
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$19,840
=======
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings arising in the normal
course of its business. Based upon the advice of counsel, the Company does not
believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material
adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
LITIGATION AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION
In December 2003, the Company announced that the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Missouri had issued an order granting its
motion to dismiss the securities class action lawsuit that had been pending
against the Company and several of its directors and officers since June 2002.
The
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
court's order also directed that judgment be entered in the Company's favor. In
December 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
affirmed per curiam the dismissal of the lawsuit.
In 2003, the Company was informed that the Midwest Regional Office of the SEC
was conducting a private investigation into the events leading up to the
Company's announcement in June 2002 of revised projected revenue for the third
and fourth quarters of fiscal 2002. The investigation appeared to be focused on,
but was not explicitly limited to, the Company's forecasting beginning with its
April 23, 2002 press release. The Company responded to an initial document
request by the SEC but has not received any requests for additional information
or had any substantive contact with the SEC with respect to this investigation
since 2003. The Company has cooperated with the SEC staff and believes that it
would be able to satisfy any concerns the SEC staff may have as to the matters
under investigation. However, given the current status of the investigation, the
Company is still unable to predict the duration, scope, or outcome of the
investigation.
GUARANTOR'S ACCOUNTING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR GUARANTEES
The Company is a party to an agreement entered into prior to December 31,
2002 that includes an indemnification of one of its customers for any
withholding tax that might be required under the customer's local tax laws from
certain payments made to the Company under this agreement. The indemnification
under this agreement expires in December 2005. As of September 30, 2005 and
September 30, 2004, the maximum potential amount of the Company's future
exposure under this guarantee pursuant to FIN No. 45 was $4,717.
The Company generally sells its ClarifyCRM products with a limited warranty
for a period of 90 days. The Company's policy is to accrue for warranty costs,
if needed, based on historical trends in product failure. Based on the Company's
experience, only minimal warranty services have been required and, as a result,
the Company did not accrue any amounts for product warranty liability during
fiscal years 2005 and 2004.
The Company generally indemnifies its customers against claims of
intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use of
the Company's software. To date, the Company has incurred only minimal costs as
a result of such obligations and has not accrued any liabilities related to such
indemnification in its consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 16 -- EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The Company accrues severance pay for the employees of its Israeli
operations in accordance with Israeli law and certain employment procedures on
the basis of the latest monthly salary paid to these employees and the length of
time that they have worked for the Israeli operations. The severance pay
liability, which is included in noncurrent liabilities and other, is partially
funded by amounts on deposit with insurance companies, which are included in
other noncurrent assets. Severance expenses were approximately $16,720, $15,363
and $15,036 for fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The Company sponsors defined contribution plans covering certain employees
in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel and Canada. The plans provide for
Company matching contributions based upon a percentage of the employees'
voluntary contributions. The Company's contributions in fiscal 2005, 2004 and
2003 under such plans were not significant compared to total operating expenses.
Following the Company's acquisition of Certen (see Note 3) and commencing
on the acquisition date, July 2, 2003, the Company maintains non-contributory
defined benefit plans that provide for pension, other retirement and post
employment benefits for Certen employees based on length of service and rate of
pay. The measurement date for the pension plan was September 30, 2003 and the
measurement date for the other benefits was December 31, 2003.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
COMPONENTS OF NET BENEFIT PLANS COST
The net periodic benefit costs for the year ended September 30, 2005,
related to pension and other benefits were as follows:
PENSION OTHER
BENEFITS BENEFITS
-------- --------
Service costs.............................................. $ 2,185 $265
Interest on benefit obligations............................ 3,340 482
Expected return on plan assets............................. (2,739) --
------- ----
$ 2,786 $747
======= ====
The net periodic benefit costs for the year ended September 30, 2004,
related to pension and other benefits were as follows:
PENSION OTHER
BENEFITS BENEFITS
-------- --------
Service costs.............................................. $ 1,967 $373
Interest on benefit obligations............................ 2,676 386
Expected return on plan assets............................. (2,200) --
------- ----
$ 2,443 $759
======= ====
COMPONENTS OF ACCRUED BENEFIT LIABILITY
The following table sets forth changes in the fair value of plan assets,
benefit obligations and the funded status of the plans:
PENSION OTHER
BENEFITS BENEFITS
-------- --------
CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS:
Fair value of plan assets as of September 30, 2004...... $ 34,042 $ --
Actual return on plan assets............................ 4,360 --
Foreign exchange gain................................... 2,674 --
Employer contribution................................... 3,300 164
Benefits paid........................................... (2,552) (164)
-------- --------
FAIR VALUE OF PLAN ASSETS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005...... 41,824 --
-------- --------
CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS:
Benefit obligations as of September 30, 2004............ (49,751) (7,234)
Service costs........................................... (2,185) (265)
Interest on benefit obligations......................... (3,340) (483)
Actuarial losses........................................ (10,237) (3,210)
Foreign exchange loss................................... (4,344) (703)
Benefits paid........................................... 2,552 164
-------- --------
BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005............ (67,305) (11,731)
-------- --------
FUNDED STATUS-PLAN DEFICIT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005..... (25,481) (11,731)
Unrecognized actuarial net losses....................... (10,409) (3,610)
-------- --------
ACCRUED BENEFIT COSTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005, INCLUDED
IN NONCURRENT LIABILITIES AND OTHER................... $(15,072) $ (8,121)
======== ========
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
As of September 30, 2005, the accumulated benefit obligation for the
pension plan was $54,775, and $11,278 for the other benefits.
The following table sets forth the funded status of the plans as of
September 30, 2004:
PENSION OTHER
BENEFITS BENEFITS
-------- --------
CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS:
Fair value of plan assets as of September 30, 2003.......... $ 27,971 $ --
Actual return on plan assets................................ 3,077 --
Foreign exchange gain....................................... 1,735 --
Employer contribution....................................... 2,208 8
Benefits paid............................................... (949) (8)
-------- -------
FAIR VALUE OF PLAN ASSETS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2004.......... 34,042 --
-------- -------
CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS:
Benefit obligations as of September 30, 2003................ (38,294) (5,426)
Service costs............................................... (1,967) (373)
Interest on benefit obligations............................. (2,676) (386)
Actuarial losses............................................ (2,446) (248)
Special termination costs................................... (2,209) (360)
Foreign exchange loss....................................... (3,108) (449)
Benefits paid............................................... 949 8
-------- -------
BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2004................ (49,751) (7,234)
-------- -------
FUNDED STATUS-PLAN DEFICIT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2004......... (15,709) (7,234)
Unrecognized actuarial net losses........................... (1,077) (257)
-------- -------
ACCRUED BENEFIT COSTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2004.............. $(14,632) $(6,977)
======== =======
ACCRUED BENEFIT COSTS INCLUDED IN ACCRUED PERSONNEL COSTS... $ (354) $ --
======== =======
ACCRUED BENEFIT COSTS INCLUDED IN NONCURRENT LIABILITIES AND
OTHER..................................................... $(14,278) $(6,977)
======== =======
SIGNIFICANT ASSUMPTIONS
The significant assumptions adopted in measuring the Canadian subsidiary's
accrued benefit obligations and the net periodic benefit cost were as follows:
2005 2004
---- ----
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30:
ACCRUED BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS
Weighted average discount rate, end of year............... 5.50% 6.25%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase, end of
year................................................... 3.50 3.50
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30:
NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST
Weighted average discount rate, end of preceding year..... 6.25% 6.50%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan
assets, end of preceding year.......................... 7.50 7.50
Weighted average rate of compensation increase, end of
preceding year......................................... 3.50 3.50
The expected future rate of return assumption is based on the target asset
allocation policy and the expected future rates of return on these assets.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
For measurement purposes, a 4.5% annual rate of increase in the per capita
cost of covered health care benefits (the health care cost trend rate) was
assumed for the year ended September 30, 2005, except for the cost of
medication, which was assumed to increase at an annual rate of 10.5% for 2005.
This rate was assumed to gradually decline to 4.5% by 2011 and remain stable
thereafter.
A 1% change in the assumed health care cost trend rates would have the
following effect as of September 30, 2005:
1% INCREASE 1% DECREASE
----------- -----------
Effect on other benefits -- total service and interest
cost...................................................... $ 120 $ (97)
Effect on other benefits -- accrued benefit obligations..... 1,849 (1,698)
PENSION PLAN ASSETS
The following table sets forth the allocation of the pension plan assets as
of September 30, 2005 and 2004, the target allocation for 2006 and the expected
long-term rate of return by asset class. The fair value of the plan assets was
$41,824 as of September 30, 2005 and $34,042 as of September 30, 2004.
PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHTED-
PLAN ASSETS AVERAGE
TARGET AS OF LONG-TERM
ALLOCATION SEPTEMBER 30, RATE OF RETURN
---------- -------------- --------------
ASSET CATEGORY 2006 2005 2004 2005
- -------------- ---------- ----- ------ --------------
Equity securities............................... 45%-65% 57% 57% 9.0%
Debt securities................................. 35-55 43 43 5.5
--- ---
Total........................................... 100% 100% 7.5
=== ===
Plan assets consist primarily of Canadian and other equities, government
and corporate bonds, debentures and secured mortgages, which are held in units
of the BCE Master Trust Fund, a Trust established by Bell. The investment
strategy is to maintain an asset allocation that is diversified between multiple
different asset classes, and between multiple managers within each asset class,
in order to minimize the risk of large losses and to maximize the long-term
risk-adjusted rate of return.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
PROJECTED CASH FLOWS
The Company is responsible for adequately funding the pension plan.
Contributions by the Company are based on various generally accepted actuarial
methods and reflect actuarial assumptions concerning future investment returns,
salary projections and future service benefits. The Company contributed $3,300
to the pension plan in 2005 which was the minimum contribution required by law.
Because the Company does not fund the other employee future benefit plan, the
total payments of $164 paid in 2005 represents benefit payments made to
beneficiaries. The following table sets forth the Company's estimates for future
minimum contributions to the pension plan and for other benefit payments.
PENSION OTHER
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, BENEFITS BENEFITS
- --------------------------------- -------- --------
2006........................................................ $ 2,800 $ 200
2007........................................................ 2,900 200
2008........................................................ 3,000 300
2009........................................................ 3,000 300
2010........................................................ 3,100 300
2011 - 2015................................................. 16,500 2,800
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Total....................................................... $31,300 $4,100
======= ======
NOTE 17 -- CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS
The following are details of the Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------
2005 2004
-------- --------
Voting Ordinary Shares issued............................... 227,321 224,947
Less -- treasury stock...................................... (27,139) (23,613)
------- -------
Ordinary Shares outstanding................................. 200,182 201,334
======= =======
The Company's capital transactions are described below:
Total proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options amounted to
$24,024, $12,077 and $2,320 in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
On November 5, 2003, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had
authorized a share repurchase program of up to 5,000 Ordinary Shares over the
next twelve months. The authorization permitted the Company to purchase Ordinary
Shares in open market or privately negotiated transactions and at prices the
Company deems appropriate. The Company stated that one of the main purposes of
the repurchase program was to offset the dilutive effect of any future share
issuances, including issuances pursuant to employee equity plans or in
connection with acquisitions. During the first quarter of fiscal 2004, the
Company repurchased 4,990 Ordinary Shares under this repurchase program, for an
aggregate purchase price of $123,993.
In connection with the Company's acquisition of XACCT (see Note 3), the
Company's Board of Directors approved the repurchase of Ordinary Shares to
offset the dilutive effect of share issuances in the acquisition. The closing of
the acquisition occurred in February 2004, and the Company repurchased 484
Ordinary Shares in February 2004 for an aggregate purchase price of $13,417.
In connection with the Company's issuance of the 0.50% Notes (see Note 12),
the Board of Directors approved the repurchase of Ordinary Shares sold short by
purchasers of the 0.50% Notes in negotiated
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
transactions, concurrently with the sale of the notes, to offset the dilutive
effect of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the 0.50% Notes. The
closing of the sale of the 0.50% Notes occurred in March 2004, and the Company
repurchased 6,074 Ordinary Shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $170,061,
out of the 10,436 Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the 0.50% Notes,
based on a conversion rate of 23.1911 shares per $1,000 principal amount.
On July 28, 2004, the Company announced that its Board of Directors
extended the share repurchase program for the additional repurchase of up to
$100,000 of its Ordinary Shares in open market or privately negotiated
transactions and at times and prices the Company deems appropriate. In
accordance with this extension, the Company repurchased 4,894 Ordinary Shares,
at an average price of $20.40 per share.
On December 20, 2004, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had
extended the Company's share repurchase program for the additional repurchase of
up to $100,000 of its ordinary shares in the open market or privately negotiated
transactions and at times and prices the Company deems appropriate. In
accordance with this extension, the Company repurchased in the third quarter of
fiscal 2005, 3,525 ordinary shares, at an average price of $28.33 per share.
The Company funded these repurchases, and intends to fund any future
repurchases, with available funds.
NOTE 18 -- STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
In January 1998, the Company first adopted, and in each of January 1999,
January 2000, January 2001 and January 2004, the Company has amended, the Amdocs
Limited 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Under the provisions
of the Plan, 38,300 Ordinary Shares were authorized to be granted to officers,
directors, employees and consultants. Such options fully vest over a period of
up to seven years and have a term of ten years.
The following table summarizes information about share options, as well as
changes during the years ended September 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003:
WEIGHTED
NUMBER OF AVERAGE
SHARE EXERCISE
OPTIONS PRICE
--------- --------
Outstanding as of October 1, 2002........................ 27,692.0 $30.30
Granted.................................................. 3,151.2 10.49
Exercised................................................ (474.5) 4.89
Forfeited................................................ (4,803.0) 37.16
--------
Outstanding as of September 30, 2003..................... 25,565.7 27.04
Granted.................................................. 4,177.2 22.07
Exercised................................................ (1,156.5) 10.44
Forfeited................................................ (2,539.9) 30.89
--------
Outstanding as of September 30, 2004..................... 26,046.5 26.61
Granted.................................................. 4,892.0 24.36
Exercised................................................ (2,228.7) 10.78
Forfeited................................................ (2,902.4) 32.32
--------
Outstanding as of September 30, 2005..................... 25,807.4 26.91
========
In addition, in connection with the Company's acquisition of DST Innovis,
the Company issued 144 shares of restricted stock under the provisions of the
Plan. Such restricted stock vest up to three years.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
As of September 30, 2005, 6,331.5 Ordinary Shares remained available for
grant pursuant to the Plan.
The following table summarizes information about share options outstanding
as of September 30, 2005:
OUTSTANDING EXERCISABLE
- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE WEIGHTED
REMAINING AVERAGE
EXERCISE NUMBER CONTRACTUAL EXERCISE NUMBER WEIGHTED AVERAGE
PRICE OUTSTANDING LIFE (IN YEARS) PRICE EXERCISABLE EXERCISE PRICE
-------- ----------- --------------- -------- ----------- ----------------
$ 0 - 3.01.. 327.7 2.81 $ 1.87 327.7 $ 1.87
6.40 - 18.60.. 6,105.5 6.86 10.28 3,022.8 10.11
19.21 - 28.60.. 9,816.6 7.90 24.28 2,740.6 25.30
29.35 - 31.90.. 4,213.1 6.33 30.95 3,680.0 31.01
33.07 - 45.07.. 2,750.7 5.27 38.51 2,604.6 38.75
47.90 - 65.01.. 2,168.0 4.95 58.31 2,163.0 58.32
66.25 - 78.31.. 425.8 4.82 70.34 425.8 70.34
NOTE 19 -- EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted
earnings per share:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
-------- -------- --------
Numerator:
Numerator for basic earnings per share..... $288,636 $234,860 $168,883
Effect of assumed conversion of 0.50%
convertible notes....................... 3,939 2,296 --
======== ======== ========
Numerator for diluted earnings per share..... $292,575 $237,156 $168,883
======== ======== ========
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share --
weighted average number of shares
outstanding............................. 201,023 208,726 215,849
Restricted stock........................... 25 -- --
Effect of assumed conversion of 0.50%
convertible notes....................... 10,436 6,088 --
Effect of dilutive stock options granted... 5,678 5,471 4,027
-------- -------- --------
Denominator for dilutive earnings per
share -- adjusted weighted average
shares and assumed conversions.......... 217,162 220,285 219,876
======== ======== ========
Basic earnings per share..................... $ 1.44 $ 1.13 $ 0.78
======== ======== ========
Diluted earnings per share................... $ 1.35 $ 1.08 $ 0.77
======== ======== ========
The effect of the 2% Notes issued by the Company in May 2001 on diluted
earnings per share was anti-dilutive for the years ended September 30, 2005,
2004 and 2003, and therefore was not included in the calculation above. The
effect of the 0.50% Notes issued by the Company in March 2004 on diluted
earnings per share was included in the above calculation See Note 2. The
adoption of EITF 04-8 reduced the Company's previously reported diluted earnings
per share by $0.02 per share for fiscal 2004.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The weighted average effect of the repurchase of Ordinary Shares by the
Company has been included in the calculation of basic earnings per share. See
Note 17.
NOTE 20 -- SEGMENT INFORMATION AND SALES TO SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS
The Company and its subsidiaries operate in one operating segment,
providing business support systems and related services primarily for the
communications industry.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The following is a summary of revenue and long-lived assets by geographic
area. Revenue is attributed to geographic region based on the location of the
customers.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
---------- ---------- ----------
REVENUE
United States............................ $ 985,811 $ 824,931 $ 732,400
Canada................................... 404,212 333,898 183,973
Europe................................... 488,193 480,177 442,673
Rest of the world........................ 160,405 134,726 124,281
---------- ---------- ----------
Total.................................... $2,038,621 $1,773,732 $1,483,327
========== ========== ==========
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
---------- ---------- ----------
LONG-LIVED ASSETS
United States(1)......................... $ 588,448 $ 340,090 $ 308,959
Canada(2)................................ 655,014 668,806 686,748
Rest of the world........................ 151,961 98,817 90,911
---------- ---------- ----------
Total.................................... $1,395,423 $1,107,713 $1,086,618
========== ========== ==========
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(1) Primarily goodwill, computer software and hardware.
(2) Primarily goodwill.
REVENUE AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Integrated Customer Management Enabling Systems, or ICM Enabling Systems.
In the past, the Company referred to ICM Enabling Systems as CC&B Systems,
include billing, customer relationship management ("CRM"), order management,
self service, service fulfillment, mediation, and content revenue management
products. Directory includes directory sales and publishing systems for
publishers of both traditional printed yellow pages and white pages directories
and electronic Internet directories.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------
2005 2004 2003
---------- ---------- ----------
ICM Enabling Systems..................... $1,776,536 $1,536,993 $1,280,430
Directory................................ 262,085 236,739 202,897
---------- ---------- ----------
Total.................................... $2,038,621 $1,773,732 $1,483,327
========== ========== ==========
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
SALES TO SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS
The following table summarizes the percentage of sales to significant
customers groups (when they exceed 10 percent of total revenue for the year).
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
--------------------------
2005 2004(1) 2003(1)
---- -------- --------
Customer 1.......................................... 17% 18% 11%
Customer 2.......................................... 14 16 19
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(1) The percentage of sales to significant customers groups for fiscal years
2004 and 2003 were restated to reflect customer consolidation.
NOTE 21 -- OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND COST REDUCTION PROGRAMS
In accordance with SFAS 112 "Employers' Accounting for Post Employment
Benefits" (SFAS 112) and SFAS 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or
Disposal Activities" (SFAS 146) or, for actions prior to December 31, 2002, EITF
Issue No. 94-3, "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits
and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a
Restructuring)," the Company recognized a total of $8,135, $0 and $9,956 in
restructuring charges in fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The following describes restructuring actions the Company has initiated
over the past four fiscal years:
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2005
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company commenced a series of
measures designed to align its operational structure to its expected future
growth, to allow better integration of recent acquisitions of DST Innovis and
Longshine, and to improve efficiency. As part of this plan, the Company recorded
a charge of $8,135 in connection with the termination of employment of software
and information technology specialists and administrative professionals.
Approximately $1,133 of the total charge was paid in cash as of September 30,
2005. The remaining separation costs are expected to be paid out during fiscal
2006.
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003
In the first quarter of fiscal 2003, the Company implemented a series of
measures designed to reduce costs and improve productivity. As part of this
plan, the Company reduced its workforce by approximately 400 employees,
representing approximately 4% of the Company's worldwide workforce at that time,
of 9,000 full-time employees, vacated facilities in different centers around the
world and implemented other cost reduction measures, including travel cuts and
reduction in other discretionary costs.
The restructuring charge associated with these actions and recorded in the
first quarter of fiscal 2003 was $9,956. Approximately $6,365 of the total
charge was paid in cash as of September 30, 2005. The remaining facility related
costs, are expected to be paid out through June 2008.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The first quarter of fiscal 2003 restructuring charge is comprised of the
following as of September 30, 2005:
EMPLOYEE
SEPARATION ASSET
COSTS FACILITIES WRITE-OFFS OTHER TOTAL
---------- ---------- ---------- ----- -------
Balance as of October 1, 2002......... $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
Charges............................... 4,011 4,022 1,829 94 9,956
Cash payments......................... (3,890) (467) -- (94) (4,451)
Non cash.............................. -- -- (1,829) -- (1,829)
Adjustments(1)........................ 38 (453) -- -- (415)
------- ------- ------- ---- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2003...... 159 3,102 -- -- 3,261
Cash payments......................... (167) (1,305) -- -- (1,472)
Adjustments(1)........................ 8 -- -- -- 8
------- ------- ------- ---- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2004...... -- 1,797 -- -- 1,797
Cash payments......................... -- (442) -- -- (442)
Adjustments(1)........................ -- 268 -- -- 268
------- ------- ------- ---- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2005...... $ -- $ 1,623 $ -- $ -- $ 1,623
======= ======= ======= ==== =======
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(1) Reflects differences in foreign exchange rates from balances paid in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar that were credited to "interest income
and other, net" and adjustments due to changes in previous estimates. These
adjustments resulted in a (decrease) increase of restructuring liabilities
related to facilities and an increase of restructuring liabilities related
to employee separation costs. The net amount was credited to "cost of
service" and "selling, general and administrative" expenses.
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2002
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, the Company implemented a cost
reduction program targeted to reduce costs. The restructuring charge associated
with these actions and recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 was
$20,919. Approximately $17,367 of the total charge was paid in cash as of
September 30, 2005. The remaining facility related costs, are expected to be
paid out through December 2007.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 restructuring charge is comprised of the
following as of September 30, 2005:
EMPLOYEE
SEPARATION
COSTS FACILITIES OTHER TOTAL
---------- ---------- ----- -------
Balance as of October 1, 2002................... $ 3,300 $ 7,424 $ 45 $10,769
Cash payments................................... (3,240) (4,082) (45) (7,367)
Adjustments(1).................................. 22 (148) -- (126)
------- ------- ---- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2003................ 82 3,194 -- 3,276
Cash payments................................... -- (1,130) -- (1,130)
Adjustments(1).................................. (82) 601 -- 519
------- ------- ---- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2004................ -- 2,665 -- 2,665
Cash payments................................... -- (305) -- (305)
Adjustments(1).................................. -- (1,817) -- (1,817)
------- ------- ---- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2005................ $ -- $ 543 $ -- $ 543
======= ======= ==== =======
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(1) Reflects differences in foreign exchange rates from balances paid in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar that were credited to "interest income
and other, net" and adjustments due to changes in previous estimates. These
adjustments resulted in a (decrease) increase of restructuring liabilities
related to facilities and an increase (decrease) of restructuring
liabilities related to employee separation costs. The net amount was
credited to "cost of service" and "selling, general and administrative"
expenses.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2002, as part of a plan to achieve increased
operational efficiency and to more closely monitor and reduce costs, the Company
consolidated its Stamford, Connecticut data center into its Champaign, Illinois
facility and closed the Stamford facility.
The restructuring charge associated with this action and recorded in the
first quarter of fiscal 2002 was $13,311. Approximately $8,544 of the total
charge was paid in cash as of September 30, 2005. The remainder of the charge,
comprised of facility related costs, is expected to be paid out through August
2008.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The restructuring charge related to the consolidation of the Stamford and
Champaign facilities is comprised of the following as of September 30, 2005:
EMPLOYEE
SEPARATION
COSTS FACILITIES OTHER TOTAL
---------- ---------- ----- -------
Balance as of October 1, 2002.................. $ 57 $ 3,663 $ 395 $ 4,115
Cash payments.................................. -- (785) (141) (926)
Adjustments(1)................................. (57) (168) (254) (479)
---- ------- ----- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2003............... -- 2,710 -- 2,710
Cash payments.................................. -- (1,112) -- (1,112)
Adjustments(1)................................. -- 4,220 -- 4,220
---- ------- ----- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2004............... -- 5,818 -- 5,818
Cash payments.................................. -- (1,436) -- (1,436)
Adjustments(1)................................. -- 119 -- 119
---- ------- ----- -------
Balance as of September 30, 2005............... $ -- $ 4,501 $ -- $ 4,501
==== ======= ===== =======
- ---------------
(1) Reflects adjustments due to changes in previous estimates. These adjustments
resulted in a (decrease) increase of restructuring liabilities related to
facilities and a decrease of restructuring liabilities related to employee
separation costs. The net amount was credited to "cost of service" and
"selling, general and administrative" expenses.
Actual future cash requirements may differ materially from the accrual as
of September 30, 2005, particularly if actual sublease income differs
significantly from current estimates.
These charges are included in "restructuring charges, in-process research
and development and other" for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2003.
NOTE 22 -- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company enters into forward contracts and options to purchase and sell
foreign currencies to reduce the exposure associated with revenue denominated in
a foreign currency and exposure associated with anticipated expenses (primarily
personnel costs), in non-U.S. dollar-based currencies and designates these for
accounting purposes as cash flow hedges. The Company also may enter into forward
contracts to sell foreign currency in order to hedge its exposure associated
with some firm commitments from customers in non-U.S. dollar-based currencies
and designates these for accounting purposes as fair value hedges. As of
September 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company had no outstanding fair value hedges.
The derivative financial instruments are afforded hedge accounting because they
are effective in managing foreign exchange risks and are appropriately assigned
to the underlying exposures. The Company does not engage in currency
speculation. The Company currently enters into forward exchange contracts
exclusively with major financial institutions. Forward contracts, which are not
designated as hedging instruments under SFAS No. 133, are used to offset the
effect of exchange rates on certain assets and liabilities. The Company
currently hedges its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for a
maximum period of three years.
The hedges are evaluated for effectiveness at least quarterly. As the
critical terms of the forward contract or options and the hedged transaction are
matched at inception, the hedge effectiveness is assessed generally based on
changes in the fair value for cash flow hedges as compared to the changes in the
fair value of the cash flows associated with the underlying hedged transactions.
The effective portion of the change in the fair value of forward exchange
contracts or options, which are classified as cash flow
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
hedges, is recorded as comprehensive income until the underlying transaction is
recognized in earnings. For fair value hedges, changes in the fair value of
forward exchange contracts offset the change in the fair value of the hedged
item to the extent of the arrangement's effectiveness. Any residual change in
fair value of the forward contracts, such as time value, excluded from
effectiveness testing for hedges of estimated receipts from customers, is
recognized immediately in "interest income and other, net." Hedge
ineffectiveness, if any, is also included in current period in earnings in
"interest income and other, net."
The Company discontinues hedge accounting for a forward contract when (1)
it is determined that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting
changes in the fair value of cash flows of hedged item; (2) the derivative
matures or is terminated; (3) it is determined that the forecasted hedged
transaction will no longer occur; (4) a hedged firm commitment no longer meets
the definition of a firm commitment; or (5) management decides to remove the
designation of the derivative as a hedging instrument.
When hedge accounting is discontinued, and if the derivative remains
outstanding, the Company will record the derivative at its fair value on the
consolidated balance sheet, recognizing changes in the fair value in current
period earnings in "interest income and other, net." When the Company
discontinues hedge accounting because it is no longer probable that the
forecasted transaction will occur, the gains and losses that were accumulated in
other comprehensive income will be recognized immediately in earnings in
"interest income and other, net."
The fair value of the open contracts recorded by the Company in its
consolidated balance sheets as an asset or a liability is as follows:
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
--------------------
2005 2004
--------- --------
Prepaid expenses and other current assets................... $ 369 $ 2,529
Other noncurrent assets..................................... 46 --
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities.............. (10,755) (2,465)
Noncurrent liabilities and other............................ (2,361) (2,200)
-------- -------
Net fair value.............................................. $(12,701) $(2,136)
======== =======
All forward contracts outstanding as of September 30, 2005 are expected to
mature within the next two years.
During fiscal years 2005, 2004 and 2003, the gains or losses recognized in
earnings for hedge ineffectiveness, excluding the time value portion excluded
from effectiveness testing, were not material. During fiscal years 2005, 2004
and 2003, the Company recognized losses of $0, $0 and $143, respectively, for a
hedged firm commitment that no longer qualified as a fair value hedge. During
fiscal years 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company recognized losses of $265, $1,189
and $16, respectively, resulting from hedged forecasted cash flows that no
longer qualified as cash flow hedges. All of the above gains or losses are
included in "interest income and other, net".
Derivatives gains and losses, that are included in other comprehensive
income (loss), are reclassified into earnings at the time the forecasted revenue
or expenses are recognized. The Company estimates that a $7,187 net loss related
to forward contracts that is included in other comprehensive income as of
September 30, 2005 will be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve
months. The amount ultimately realized in earnings will likely differ due to
future changes in foreign exchange rates.
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AMDOCS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
(DOLLAR AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE 23 -- SELECTED QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
The following are details of the unaudited quarterly results of operations
for the three months ended:
SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31,
------------- -------- --------- ------------
2005
Revenue...................................... $573,318 $507,355 $488,416 $469,532
Operating income............................. 495,922 415,293 401,223 387,691
Net income................................... 67,799 77,097 74,297 69,443
Basic earnings per share..................... 0.34 0.38 0.37 0.34
Diluted earnings per share................... 0.32 0.36 0.34 0.32
2004
Revenue...................................... $452,455 $450,224 $442,758 $428,295
Operating income............................. 76,948 76,699 75,584 66,969
Net income................................... 61,582 59,920 60,290 53,068
Basic earnings per share..................... 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.25
Diluted earnings per share................... 0.29 0.27 0.28 0.24
F-45
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(IN THOUSANDS)
ACCOUNTS VALUATION
RECEIVABLE ALLOWANCES ON NET
ALLOWANCES DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
---------- -------------------
Balance as of October 1, 2002........................... $ 26,240 $ 10,704
Additions:
Charged to costs and expenses......................... -- --
Charged to revenue.................................... 17,585 --
Charged to other accounts............................. -- 2,578(1)
Deductions.............................................. (25,807)(2) (13,282)(3)
-------- --------
Balance as of September 30, 2003........................ 18,018 --
Additions:
Charged to costs and expenses......................... -- 8,076(4)
Charged to revenue.................................... 2,881 --
Charged to other accounts............................. 4,176 3,348
Deductions.............................................. (12,904) --
-------- --------
Balance as of September 30, 2004........................ 12,171 11,424
Additions:
Charged to costs and expenses......................... 571 2,878(5)
Charged to revenue.................................... 426 --
Charged to other accounts............................. 2,580(6) --
Deductions.............................................. (8,840) --
-------- --------
Balance as of September 30, 2005........................ $ 6,908 $ 14,302
======== ========
- ---------------
(1) Includes valuation allowances on net deferred tax assets incurred during
fiscal 2003.
(2) Includes accounts receivable allowance eliminated as a result of the
acquisition of Certen and write-off of accounts receivable previously
reserved.
(3) Release of valuation allowance.
(4) Valuation allowances on deferred tax assets incurred during fiscal 2004.
(5) Valuation allowances on deferred tax assets incurred during fiscal 2005.
(6) Includes accounts receivable allowance of $2,580 acquired as part of the
acquisitions of DST Innovis and Longshine.
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Exhibit 8
Significant Subsidiaries of Amdocs Limited
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
List of the Subsidiaries Organization Business Name
------------------------ ------------ -------------
Amdocs BCS, Inc. State of California Amdocs BCS, Inc.
Amdocs BCS Vision, Inc. State of North Amdocs BCS Vision, Inc.
Carolina
Amdocs Canada, Inc. Canada Amdocs Canada, Inc.
Amdocs Canadian Managed Services, Canada Amdocs Canadian Managed Services, Inc.
Inc.
Amdocs Champaign, Inc. State of Delaware Amdocs Champaign, Inc.
Amdocs (Denmark) ApS Denmark Amdocs (Denmark) ApS
Amdocs Development Centre India India Amdocs Development Centre India
Private Limited Private Limited
Amdocs Development Limited Republic of Cyprus Amdocs Development Limited
Amdocs Holdings ULC Canada Amdocs Holding ULC
Amdocs, Inc. State of Delaware Amdocs, Inc.
Amdocs (Israel) Limited Israel Amdocs (Israel) Limited
Amdocs Management Limited United Kingdom Amdocs Management Limited
Amdocs Software Solutions Kft Hungary Amdocs Software Solutions Kft
Amdocs Software Systems Ltd. Ireland Amdocs Software Systems Ltd.
Amdocs Stamford, Inc. State of Delaware Amdocs Stamford, Inc.
Amdocs (UK) Limited United Kingdom Amdocs (UK) Limited
European Software Marketing Ltd. Island of Guernsey, European Software Marketing Ltd.
Channel Islands
Longshine Information Technology Co. Ltd. British Virgin Longshine Information Technology Co. Ltd.
Islands
Sypress, Inc. State of Delaware Sypress, Inc.
EXHIBIT 12.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Dov Baharav, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Amdocs Limited;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of,
and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the company and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) [Not applicable]
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the company's internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual
report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the company's ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over
financial reporting.
Date: December 28, 2005
/s/ Dov Baharav
- ---------------------------------------------------------
Dov Baharav
Chief Executive Officer
Amdocs Management Limited
EXHIBIT 12.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Ron Moskovitz, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Amdocs Limited;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of,
and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the company and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) [Not applicable]
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the company's internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual
report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the company's ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over
financial reporting.
Date: December 28, 2005
/s/ Ron Moskovitz
- ---------------------------------------------------------
Ron Moskovitz
Chief Financial Officer
Amdocs Management Limited
EXHIBIT 13.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the annual report on Form 20-F of Amdocs Limited (the
"Company") for the period ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, Dov
Baharav, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of his knowledge and belief:
(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
Dated: December 28, 2005
/s/ Dov Baharav
- ---------------------------------------------------------
Dov Baharav
Chief Executive Officer
Amdocs Management Limited
EXHIBIT 13.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the annual report on Form 20-F of Amdocs Limited (the
"Company") for the period ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, Ron
Moskovitz, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of his knowledge and belief:
(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
Dated: December 28, 2005
/s/ Ron Moskovitz
- ---------------------------------------------------------
Ron Moskovitz
Chief Financial Officer
Amdocs Management Limited
EXHIBIT 14.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the reference to our firm in the headnote to Item 3. Key
Information -- Selected Financial Data and the use of our report dated November
3, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule of Amdocs Limited included in this Annual Report on Form 20-F
for the year ended September 30, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and incorporated by reference in the following registration
statements:
COMMISSION FILE NO.
Form S-8, No. 333-91847
Form S-8, No. 333-92705
Form S-8, No. 333-31506
Form S-8, No. 333-34104
Form S-8, No. 333-58454
Form S-8, No. 333-114077
Form F-3 (and related Prospectus), No. 333-39278
Form F-3 (and related Prospectus), No. 333-44994
Form F-3 (and related Prospectus), No. 333-57036
Form F-3 (and related Prospectus), No. 333-67572
Form F-3 (and related Prospectus), No. 333-114079
Form F-3 (and related Prospectus), No. 333-114344
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
New York, New York
December 28, 2005
