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FORM 10-Q
(MARK ONE)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. |
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2008
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. |
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 000-21433
FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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04-2797789 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization)
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Identification Number) |
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400 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE |
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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
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02139 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants
telephone number, including area code: (617) 613 6000
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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer o
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Accelerated filer þ
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Non-accelerated filer o
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Smaller reporting company o |
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
As of May 6, 2008, 23,502,169 shares of the registrants common stock were outstanding.
FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
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MARCH 31, |
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DECEMBER 31, |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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(UNAUDITED) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
126,510 |
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$ |
53,163 |
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Available-for-sale securities |
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79,613 |
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195,811 |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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50,880 |
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69,865 |
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Deferred commissions |
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10,300 |
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10,631 |
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Deferred income tax assets, net |
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11,694 |
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13,236 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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10,079 |
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11,304 |
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Total current assets |
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289,076 |
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354,010 |
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Long-term assets: |
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Available-for-sale securities |
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61,412 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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6,830 |
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6,834 |
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Goodwill, net |
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53,769 |
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53,677 |
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Deferred income tax assets, net |
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4,271 |
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2,274 |
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Non-marketable investments |
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8,230 |
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8,414 |
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Intangible assets, net |
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150 |
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309 |
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Other assets |
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1,207 |
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839 |
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Total long-term assets |
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135,869 |
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72,347 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
424,945 |
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$ |
426,357 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
3,347 |
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$ |
4,174 |
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Accrued expenses |
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25,835 |
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28,891 |
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Deferred revenue |
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117,059 |
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111,418 |
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Total current liabilities |
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146,241 |
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144,483 |
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Non-current liabilities |
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6,936 |
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6,858 |
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Stockholders equity: |
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Preferred stock, $.01 par value
Authorized 500 shares
Issued and outstandingnone |
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Common stock, $.01 par value
Authorized 125,000 shares
Issued 28,412 and 28,165 shares as of
March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively
Outstanding 22,861 and 23,153 shares as
of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively |
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284 |
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282 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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291,388 |
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284,431 |
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Retained earnings |
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86,506 |
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81,478 |
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Treasury stock, at cost 5,551 and 5,011
shares as of March 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007, respectively |
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(104,902 |
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(90,428 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(1,508 |
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(747 |
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Total stockholders equity |
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271,768 |
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275,016 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
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$ |
424,945 |
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$ |
426,357 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
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THREE MONTHS ENDED |
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MARCH 31, |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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Revenues: |
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Research services |
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$ |
35,949 |
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31,302 |
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Advisory services and other |
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19,025 |
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16,015 |
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Total revenues |
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54,974 |
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47,317 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Cost of services and fulfillment |
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21,148 |
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19,838 |
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Selling and marketing |
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18,850 |
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17,117 |
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General and administrative |
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7,226 |
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7,758 |
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Depreciation |
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1,036 |
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923 |
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Amortization of intangible assets |
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171 |
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392 |
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Total operating expenses |
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48,431 |
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46,028 |
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Income from operations |
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6,543 |
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1,289 |
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Other income: |
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Other income, net |
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2,072 |
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1,866 |
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Gains from securities and non-marketable investments |
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497 |
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174 |
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Income from operations before income tax provision |
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9,112 |
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3,329 |
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Income tax provision |
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4,084 |
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1,299 |
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Net Income |
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5,028 |
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$ |
2,030 |
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Basic net income per common share |
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$ |
0.22 |
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$ |
0.09 |
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Diluted net income per common share |
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$ |
0.21 |
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$ |
0.09 |
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Basic weighted average common shares outstanding |
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23,048 |
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23,058 |
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Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding |
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23,617 |
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23,752 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
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THREE MONTHS ENDED |
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MARCH 31, |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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(UNAUDITED) |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
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5,028 |
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$ |
2,030 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities |
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Depreciation |
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1,036 |
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923 |
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Amortization of intangible assets |
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171 |
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392 |
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Non-cash stock-based compensation |
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1,406 |
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2,618 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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605 |
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952 |
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Gains from non-marketable investments |
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(100 |
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(174 |
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Gains on sales of available-for-sale securities |
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(397 |
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Increase in provision for doubtful accounts |
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96 |
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100 |
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Amortization of premium on available-for-sale securities |
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187 |
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173 |
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Changes in assets and liabilities |
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Accounts receivable |
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19,802 |
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19,457 |
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Deferred commissions |
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331 |
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521 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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1,873 |
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(2,790 |
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Accounts payable |
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(886 |
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(689 |
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Accrued expenses |
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(3,819 |
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(2,115 |
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Deferred revenue |
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4,419 |
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88 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
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29,752 |
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21,486 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
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(954 |
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(1,993 |
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Proceeds from non-marketable investments |
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200 |
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300 |
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Decrease in other assets |
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202 |
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86 |
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Purchases of available-for-sale securities |
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(390,696 |
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(225,360 |
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Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities |
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442,962 |
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204,310 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
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51,714 |
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(22,657 |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Proceeds from exercises of employee stock options |
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4,377 |
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811 |
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Excess tax benefits from non-cash stock-based compensation |
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1,175 |
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Acquisition of treasury stock |
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(14,474 |
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Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
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(8,922 |
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811 |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
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803 |
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48 |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
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73,347 |
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(312 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
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53,163 |
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39,157 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
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$ |
126,510 |
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$ |
38,845 |
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
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$ |
385 |
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$ |
2,123 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for
interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and
footnote disclosures required for complete financial statements are not included herein. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered
necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows
as of the dates and for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for the
three months ended March 31, 2008 may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the
year ending December 31, 2008, or any other period.
Fair Value
Effective January 1, 2008, Forrester Research, Inc. (Forrester or the Company) adopted
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS
157). In February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff
Position No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, which provides a one year
deferral of the effective date of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities,
except those that are recognized or disclosed in the financial statements at fair value at least
annually. Therefore, the Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 with respect to its
financial assets and liabilities only. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles and enhances disclosures about
fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under SFAS 157 as the exchange price that would be
received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under SFAS
157 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The
standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two
are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value which
are the following:
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Level 1 Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
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Level 2 Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either
directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market
data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. |
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Level 3 Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no
market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the
assets or liabilities. |
The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Companys consolidated results
of operations or financial condition.
In accordance with SFAS 157, the following table represents the Companys fair value hierarchy for
its financial assets (cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities) measured at fair value on
a recurring basis as of March 31, 2008 (in thousands):
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Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Level 3 |
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Total |
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Money market funds (1) |
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$ |
37,473 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
37,473 |
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comScore |
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1,725 |
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1,725 |
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Federal agency and corporate obligations (1) |
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55,905 |
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55,905 |
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State and municipal obligations |
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77,888 |
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61,412 |
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139,300 |
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Total |
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$ |
39,198 |
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$ |
133,793 |
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$ |
61,412 |
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$ |
234,403 |
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Included in cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2008 |
Level 3 assets consist of auction rate securities (ARS) from various issuers collateralized by
student loans and municipal debt. In February 2008, auctions began to fail for these securities
and the majority of the auctions since then have failed. Based on the overall failure rate of these
auctions, the frequency of the failures, the underlying maturities of the securities, and the fact
that the funds associated with the ARS may not be accessible for in excess of 12 months, we have
classified auction rate securities as long-term assets on our balance sheet. These investments were
recorded at fair value as of March 31, 2008. For the majority of these securities, Forrester used
a discounted cash flow methodology to determine fair value with the most significant input
categorized as Level 3. Significant inputs that went into the model were the credit quality of the
issuer, the percentage and types of guarantees (such as Federal Family Education Loan Program
FFELP), the probability of the auction succeeding or the security being called, and an illiquidity
discount factor. The remainder of the securities were valued consistent with historical practices
with the most significant input into the valuation being the probability of the security being
called or of an auction succeeding.
Based on these inputs, the valuation of the securities ranged from par to a 13% discount from par
with a weighted average discount across the portfolio of 2%. Changes in the assumptions of
Forresters model based on dynamic market conditions could have a significant impact on the
valuation of these securities, which may lead Forrester to record an impairment charge for these
securities in the future.
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The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of the Companys Level 3 financial
assets as of March 31, 2008 (in thousands):
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Municipal Bonds |
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Balance at December 31, 2007 |
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$ |
120,200 |
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Unrealized loss included in other comprehensive income |
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(1,488 |
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Net settlements |
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(57,300 |
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Balance at March 31, 2008 |
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$ |
61,412 |
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Stock-Based Compensation
Forrester accounts for share-based payments under the provisions of SFAS No. 123 (revised
2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R). All of Forresters stock-based compensation is
accounted for as equity instruments and Forrester has five equity plans required to be evaluated
under SFAS No. 123R: two equity incentive plans, two directors stock option plans and an employee
stock purchase plan. Under the provisions of SFAS No. 123R, Forrester recognizes the fair value of
stock-based compensation in net income over the requisite service period of the individual grantee,
which generally equals the vesting period.
Forrester recorded approximately $2.6 million and $1.4 million of stock-based compensation in
the accompanying consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2008, respectively, included in the following expense categories (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2008 |
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2007 |
|
Cost of services and fulfillment |
|
$ |
768 |
|
|
$ |
1,462 |
|
Selling and marketing |
|
|
270 |
|
|
|
678 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
368 |
|
|
|
478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,406 |
|
|
$ |
2,618 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On April 3, 2006, Forrester issued to its employees options to purchase 587,500 shares of
common stock (the April 3, 2006 grant). These options were subject to performance criteria and
would vest only if certain pro forma operating margin targets related to full year 2006 performance
were achieved. The vesting of these options was over 24 or 36 months, or the options could be
forfeited, depending on the actual pro forma operating margin achieved for 2006. At the time of
grant, operating performance was expected to result in the options vesting over 36 months. Based
on historical exercise patterns for options with similar vesting and the expected vesting period at
the time of grant, Forrester used an expected option term of 2 years for the year one vest, 3 years
for the year two vest and 4 years for the year three vest to value these options. The actual pro
forma operating margin for 2006 resulted in accelerated vesting of the options over 24 months and
the expense related to these options was recognized on a graded basis.
On April 2, 2007, Forrester issued to its employees options to purchase 293,600 shares of
common stock. These options were subject to performance criteria and would vest only if certain
pro forma operating margin targets related to full year 2007 performance were achieved. The
vesting of these options was over 24 or 36 months, or the options could be forfeited, depending on
the actual pro forma operating margin achieved for 2007. During 2007, operating performance was
expected to result in the options vesting over 36 months and expense was recognized assuming that
vesting period for the interim reporting periods of 2007. The expense related to these options was
recognized on a graded basis, with the Company recognizing in 2007 100 percent of the expense
related to the first tranche that was expected to vest in year one, 50 percent of the expense
related to the portion of the options that was expected to vest in year two, and 33 percent of the
expense related to the portion of the options that was expected to vest in year three. Based on
historical exercise patterns for options with similar vesting and the expected vesting period at
the time of grant, Forrester used an expected option term of 2 years for the year one vest, 3 years
for the year two vest and 4 years for the year three vest to value these options. The actual pro
forma operating margin for 2007 resulted in the options vesting over 36 months.
7
Forrester utilized the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of the
stock-based compensation granted after the adoption of SFAS No. 123R. The options granted under the
stock option plans and shares subject to purchase under the employee stock purchase plan were
valued using the following assumptions:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
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|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee |
|
|
|
|
Stock |
|
Stock |
|
Stock |
|
|
Option Plans |
|
Purchase Plans |
|
Option Plans |
|
|
|
Average risk-free interest rate |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
|
|
4.8 |
% |
Expected dividend yield |
|
None |
|
None |
|
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected life |
|
3.5 Years |
|
0.5 Years |
|
3.5 Years |
Expected volatility |
|
|
35 |
% |
|
|
42 |
% |
|
|
35 |
% |
Weighted average fair value at grant date |
|
$ |
7.12 |
|
|
$ |
7.46 |
|
|
$ |
8.59 |
|
The dividend yield of zero is based on the fact that Forrester has never paid cash dividends
and has no present intention to pay cash dividends. Expected volatility is based, in part, on the
historical volatility of Forresters common stock as well as managements expectations of future
volatility over the expected term of the awards granted. The risk-free interest rate used is based
on the U.S. Treasury Constant Maturity rate with an equivalent remaining term. Where the expected
term of a stock-based award does not correspond with a term for which the interest rates are
quoted, Forrester uses the rate with the maturity closest to the awards expected term. The
expected term calculation is based upon Forresters historical experience of exercise patterns.
Based
on Forresters historical experience as well as managements expectations for the next year, a
forfeiture rate of 10% was used to determine current period expense. Forrester evaluated various
employee groups and determined that forfeiture experience and expectations were not materially
different amongst employee groups and therefore concluded that one forfeiture rate was appropriate.
Forrester will record additional expense if the actual forfeiture rate is lower than estimated,
and will record recovery of prior expense if the actual forfeiture is higher than estimated.
The following table summarizes stock option activity under all stock option plans for the three
months ended March 31, 2008 (in thousands, except per share and average life data):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
Remaining |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
Contractual |
|
|
Aggregate |
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
Price Per |
|
|
Life |
|
|
Intrinsic |
|
|
|
of Shares |
|
|
Share |
|
|
(In Years) |
|
|
Value |
|
Outstanding as of December 31, 2007 |
|
|
3,464 |
|
|
$ |
23.15 |
|
|
|
6.74 |
|
|
$ |
21,302 |
|
Granted |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
(246 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled |
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding as of March 31, 2008 |
|
|
3,204 |
|
|
$ |
23.54 |
|
|
|
6.57 |
|
|
$ |
15,447 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable as of March 31, 2008 |
|
|
1,926 |
|
|
$ |
21.89 |
|
|
|
5.26 |
|
|
$ |
13,076 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2008, the total intrinsic value of
stock options exercised was $462,000 and $2.3 million, respectively. The unamortized fair value of
stock options as of March 31, 2008 was $5.3 million, with a weighted average remaining recognition
period of 1.08 years.
8
Income Taxes
Forrester provides for income taxes on an interim basis according to managements estimate of the
effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.
Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income
taxes recognized in an enterprises financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS 109). As a result of the adoption of FIN 48, the Company
recognized a $233,000 increase to reserves for income taxes for unrecognized tax benefits, with a
corresponding decrease to retained earnings as of January 1, 2007. The Company classifies interest
and penalties as a component of tax expense.
As of March 31, 2008, the Company had total gross unrecognized tax benefits of approximately
$883,000 compared with approximately $1.4 million as of December 31, 2007, representing a decrease
of approximately $517,000 for the first three months of fiscal 2008. Of the total gross
unrecognized tax benefits, $462,000, if recognized, would reduce the effective tax rate in the
period of recognition. The decrease in gross unrecognized tax benefit pertains primarily to the
settlement of a UK audit which closed out the UK tax years of 2003 through 2005. In addition, the
Company accrues interest and any associated penalties related to reserves for income taxes in
provision for income taxes. The gross amount of penalties and interest accrued as of March 31, 2008
is $151,000.
The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various state and local
jurisdictions, and many foreign jurisdictions. A number of years may elapse before an uncertain tax
position is audited and finally resolved. While it is often difficult to predict the final outcome
or the timing of resolution of any particular uncertain tax position, the Company believes that its
reserves for income taxes reflect the most probable outcome. The Company adjusts these reserves, as
well as the related interest, in light of changing facts and circumstances. Settlement of any
particular tax position may require a cash payment. The resolution of a matter would be recognized
as an adjustment to the Companys provision for income taxes and its effective tax rate in the
period of resolution.
The number of years with open tax audits varies depending on the tax jurisdiction. The Companys
major taxing jurisdictions include the U.S., the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany.
9
NOTE 2 INTANGIBLE ASSETS
A summary of Forresters amortizable intangible assets as of March 31, 2008 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GROSS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET |
|
|
|
CARRYING |
|
|
ACCUMULATED |
|
|
CARRYING |
|
|
|
AMOUNT |
|
|
AMORTIZATION |
|
|
AMOUNT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(IN THOUSANDS) |
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized intangible assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships |
|
$ |
20,602 |
|
|
$ |
20,452 |
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
Research content |
|
|
2,444 |
|
|
|
2,444 |
|
|
|
|
|
Registered trademarks |
|
|
570 |
|
|
|
570 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal |
|
$ |
23,616 |
|
|
$ |
23,466 |
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was approximately $171,000 and
$392,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The remaining
carrying amount will be fully amortized during 2008.
NOTE 3 NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
Basic net income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 was computed
by dividing net income by the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted net income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 was
computed by dividing net income by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding
during the period. The weighted average number of common equivalent shares outstanding has been
determined in accordance with the treasury-stock method. Common stock equivalents consist of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options when dilutive. A reconciliation of basic to
diluted weighted average shares outstanding is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS ENDED |
|
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
(IN THOUSANDS) |
|
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding |
|
|
23,048 |
|
|
|
23,058 |
|
Weighted average common equivalent shares |
|
|
569 |
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |
|
|
23,617 |
|
|
|
23,752 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, approximately 1,242,000 and 760,000
stock options, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares
outstanding as the effect would have been anti-dilutive.
NOTE 4 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
The components of total comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS ENDED |
|
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
(IN THOUSANDS) |
|
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities, net of taxes |
|
$ |
(1,666 |
) |
|
$ |
29 |
|
Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
|
905 |
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(761 |
) |
|
$ |
(112 |
) |
Reported net income |
|
|
5,028 |
|
|
|
2,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income |
|
$ |
4,267 |
|
|
$ |
1,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
NOTE 5 AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES
A summary of Forresters available-for-sale securities as of March 31, 2008 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross |
|
|
Gross |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized |
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
Market |
|
|
|
Cost |
|
|
Gains |
|
|
Losses |
|
|
Value |
|
March 31, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
comScore |
|
$ |
220 |
|
|
$ |
1,505 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,725 |
|
State and municipal obligations |
|
|
77,561 |
|
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
(421 |
) |
|
|
77,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total short-term investments |
|
|
77,781 |
|
|
|
2,253 |
|
|
|
(421 |
) |
|
|
79,613 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State and municipal obligations, long-term |
|
|
62,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,488 |
) |
|
|
61,412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total short and long-term investments |
|
$ |
140,681 |
|
|
$ |
2,253 |
|
|
$ |
(1,909 |
) |
|
$ |
141,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State and municipal obligations |
|
$ |
192,052 |
|
|
$ |
340 |
|
|
$ |
(40 |
) |
|
$ |
192,352 |
|
comScore |
|
|
271 |
|
|
|
3,188 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,459 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total short-term investments |
|
$ |
192,323 |
|
|
$ |
3,528 |
|
|
$ |
(40 |
) |
|
$ |
195,811 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes the maturity periods of the state and municipal obligations in
the Companys portfolio as of March 31, 2008. As discussed below, Forrester is now classifying
auction rate securities (ARS) as long- term investments. The total amount of securities
containing auction reset features as of March 31, 2008 was $61.4 million. The actual contractual
maturities of these investments were they not to reset would occur at various dates between 2009
and 2041.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
Total |
|
State and municipal obligations |
|
$ |
78,157 |
|
|
$ |
44,633 |
|
|
$ |
16,510 |
|
|
$ |
139,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The unrealized losses in the state and municipal obligations were caused by increasing market
interest rates, and in the case of ARS, were due principally to
illiquidity in the marketplace (see Note 1 for further discussion of
fair value.). The contractual terms of these investments do not permit the issuer to settle the
securities at a price less than the amortized cost of the investment. Because Forrester has the
ability and the intent to hold these investments until a recovery of market value, Forrester does
not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2008.
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities,
net of tax, of $424,000 and $2.1 million, respectively, were included in accumulated other
comprehensive loss in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
11
In February 2008, certain ARSs that Forrester holds experienced failed auctions that limited
the liquidity of these securities. Based on current market conditions, it is likely that auction
failures will continue that could result in either temporary or other-than-temporary impairments of
the ARS holdings, which totaled $61.4 million. The Company has the ability and intent to hold
these securities until a successful auction occurs and the ARSs are liquidated at par value. If in
the future it is determined that any decline in values of the ARSs is other-than-temporary, the
Company would have to recognize the loss in the statement of operations, which could have a
material impact on the operating results in the period it is recognized. Further, as the funds
associated with the ARSs may not be accessible for in excess of twelve months because of continued
failed auctions or the inability to find a buyer outside of the auction process, these securities
were classified as long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2008.
Forrester owns common stock in comScore, Inc. (comScore), a provider of infrastructure
services which utilizes proprietary technology to accumulate comprehensive information on consumer
buying behavior. In June 2007, comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) completed an initial public offering in
which Forresters ownership interest was converted to approximately 126,000 shares. In December
2007, Forrester sold approximately 20,000 shares and an additional 20,000 shares in February 2008.
As of March 31, 2008, the remaining investment of approximately $1.7 million, which is included in
available-for-sale securities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, is stated at fair
market value with any unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of accumulated other
comprehensive loss. As of March 31, 2008, approximately $1.5 million of unrealized gain was
recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.
NOTE 6 NON-MARKETABLE INVESTMENTS
In June 2000, Forrester committed to invest $20.0 million in two technology-related private
equity investment funds with capital contributions required to be funded over an expected period of
five years. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2008 no additional contributions were
made. The total cumulative contributions are approximately $19.5 million to date. One of these
investments is being accounted for using the cost method and, accordingly, is valued at cost unless
an other than temporary impairment in its value occurs or the investment is liquidated. The other
investment is being accounted for using the equity method as the investment is a limited
partnership and Forrester has an ownership interest in the limited partnership in excess of 5% and,
accordingly, Forrester records its share of the investees operating results each period. During
the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2008, gross distributions of $300,000 and $200,000,
respectively, were recorded and resulted in gains of $174,000 and $100,000, respectively in the
consolidated statements of income. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2008, there
were no impairments recorded. During each of the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2008, fund
management charges of approximately $84,000 were included in other income, net in the consolidated
statements of income. Fund management charges are recorded as a reduction of the investments
carrying value.
Forrester has adopted a cash bonus plan to pay bonuses, after the return of invested capital,
measured by the proceeds of a portion of its share of net profits from these investments, if any,
to certain key employees, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan. The payment of such
bonuses would result in compensation expense with respect to the amounts so paid. To date, no
bonuses have been paid under this plan. The principal purpose of this cash bonus plan was to retain
key employees by allowing them to participate in a portion of the potential return from Forresters
technology-related investments if they remained employed by the Company. The plan was established
at a time when technology and internet companies were growing significantly, and providing
incentives to retain key employees during that time was important.
In December 2003, Forrester committed to invest an additional $2.0 million over an expected
capital contribution period of 2 years in an annex fund of one of the two private equity investment
funds. The annex fund investment is outside of the scope of the previously mentioned bonus plan.
As of March 31, 2008, Forrester had contributed $2.0 million to this fund. This investment is
being accounted for using the equity method as the investment is a limited partnership and
Forrester has an ownership interest in the limited partnership in excess of 5% and, accordingly,
Forrester records its share of the investees operating results each period. During the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2008, there were no impairments recorded.
The timing of the recognition of future gains or losses from these investment funds is beyond
Forresters control. As a result, it is not possible to predict when Forrester will recognize such
gains or losses, if Forrester will award cash bonuses based on the net profit from such
investments, or when Forrester will incur compensation expense in connection with the payment of
such bonuses. If the investment funds realize large gains or losses on their investments, Forrester
could experience significant variations in its quarterly results unrelated to its business
operations. These variations could be due to significant gains or losses or to significant
compensation expenses. While gains may offset compensation expenses in a particular quarter, there
can be no assurance that related gains and compensation expenses will occur in the same quarters.
NOTE 7 STOCK REPURCHASE
Through 2007, the Board of Directors authorized an aggregate $150 million to purchase common stock
under the stock repurchase program. The shares repurchased were used, among other things, in
connection with Forresters employee stock option and purchase plans. As of March 31, 2008,
Forrester had repurchased approximately 5,551,000 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of
approximately $104.9 million.
12
NOTE 8 OPERATING SEGMENT AND ENTERPRISE WIDE REPORTING
Forrester manages its business within three principal client groups (Client Groups), with each
client group responsible for writing relevant research for the roles within the client
organizations on a worldwide basis. The three client groups are: Information Technology Client
Group (IT), Technology Industry Client Group (TI), and the Marketing and Strategy Client Group
(M&S). All of the Client Groups generate revenues through sales of similar research and advisory
and other service offerings targeted at specific roles within their targeted clients. Each of the
Client Groups consists of a sales force responsible for selling to clients located within the
Client Groups target client base and research personnel focused primarily on issues relevant to
particular roles and to the day-to-day responsibilities of persons within the roles. Amounts
included in the Other segment relate to the operations of the events sales and production
departments. Revenue reported in the Other operating segment consists primarily of sponsorships
and event tickets to Forrester events. As of January 1, 2008, the European sales force was
integrated into the Client Groups. As a result, expenses related to the European sales force were
reclassified from corporate expenses to the Client Groups for 2007, in order to conform with the
current year presentation.
Forrester evaluates reportable segment performance and allocates resources based on direct margin.
Direct margin, as presented below, is defined as operating income excluding certain selling and
marketing expenses, client services, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, general and
administrative expenses, depreciation expense and amortization of intangibles. The accounting
policies used by the reportable segments are the same as those used in the consolidated financial
statements.
Forrester does not identify or allocate assets, including capital expenditures, by operating
segment. Accordingly, assets are not being reported by segment because the information is not
available by segment and is not reviewed in the evaluation of performance or in making decisions on
the allocation of resources.
The following tables present information about reportable segments.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
IT |
|
|
TI |
|
|
M&S |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
Three months ended March 31, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
24,616 |
|
|
$ |
16,747 |
|
|
$ |
12,755 |
|
|
$ |
856 |
|
|
$ |
54,974 |
|
Direct Margin |
|
|
10,917 |
|
|
|
8,701 |
|
|
|
4,315 |
|
|
|
(158 |
) |
|
|
23,775 |
|
Corporate expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,061 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
171 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
6,543 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2007 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
21,131 |
|
|
$ |
15,377 |
|
|
$ |
10,216 |
|
|
$ |
593 |
|
|
$ |
47,317 |
|
Direct Margin |
|
|
10,052 |
|
|
|
8,599 |
|
|
|
3,551 |
|
|
|
(90 |
) |
|
|
22,112 |
|
Corporate expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,431 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
392 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Revenues by geographic client location and as a percentage of total revenues are as follows:
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|
THREE MONTHS ENDED |
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|
|
MARCH 31, |
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|
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
(IN THOUSANDS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States |
|
$ |
39,566 |
|
|
$ |
33,358 |
|
United Kingdom |
|
|
3,441 |
|
|
|
3,522 |
|
Europe (excluding United Kingdom) |
|
|
6,561 |
|
|
|
5,447 |
|
Canada |
|
|
3,075 |
|
|
|
2,761 |
|
Other |
|
|
2,331 |
|
|
|
2,229 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
54,974 |
|
|
$ |
47,317 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS ENDED |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
United States |
|
|
72 |
% |
|
|
70 |
% |
United Kingdom |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Europe (excluding United Kingdom) |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Canada |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Other |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 9 STOCK OPTION INVESTIGATION: RESTATEMENT OF HISTORICAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
During the three months ended March 31, 2008, Forrester recorded a net benefit of $68,000 related
to the settlement of stock option-related payroll tax exposure offset by professional fees related
to the stock option investigation and previously completed restatement of the Companys historical financial statements.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company incurred expenses of $1.7 million related
to the stock option investigation and restatement of the Companys historical financial statements.
NOTE 10 RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159 The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (SFAS 159).
SFAS 159 allows an entity the irrevocable option to elect fair value for the initial and subsequent
measurement for specified financial assets and liabilities on an instrument-by-instrument basis.
The Company did not elect to adopt the fair value option under this Statement.
14
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
OVERVIEW
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as expects, believes,
anticipates, intends, plans, estimates, or similar expressions are intended to identify
these forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements
about the adequacy of our liquidity and capital resources and the success of and demand for our
research and advisory products and services. These statements are based on our current plans and
expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future activities and
results of operations to be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking
statements. Important factors that could cause actual future activities and results to differ
include, among others, our ability to anticipate trends in technology spending in the marketplace,
business and economic conditions, market trends, competition, the ability to attract and retain
professional staff, possible variations in our quarterly operating results, risks associated with
our ability to offer new products and services and our dependence on renewals of our
membership-based research services and on key personnel. We undertake no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
We derive revenues from memberships to our research product offerings and from our advisory
services and events available through what we refer to as Research, Data, Consulting, and Community
offerings. We offer contracts for our research products that are typically renewable annually and
payable in advance. Research revenues are recognized as revenue ratably over the term of the
contract. Accordingly, a substantial portion of our billings are initially recorded as deferred
revenue. Clients purchase advisory services offered through our Data, Consulting and Community
products and services to supplement their memberships to our research. Billings attributable to
advisory services are initially recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized as revenue when the
services are performed. Event billings are also initially recorded as deferred revenue and are
recognized as revenue upon completion of each event. Consequently, changes in the number and value
of client contracts, both net decreases as well as net increases, impact our revenues and other
results over a period of several months.
Our primary operating expenses consist of cost of services and fulfillment, selling and marketing
expenses, general and administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization of intangible assets.
Cost of services and fulfillment represents the costs associated with the production and delivery
of our products and services, and it includes the costs of salaries, bonuses, and related benefits
for research personnel, non-cash stock-based compensation expense and all associated editorial,
travel, and support services. Selling and marketing expenses include salaries, employee benefits,
non-cash stock-based compensation expense, travel expenses, promotional costs, sales commissions,
and other costs incurred in marketing and selling our products and services. General and
administrative expenses include the costs of the technology, operations, finance, and strategy
groups and our other administrative functions, including salaries, bonuses, employee benefits and
non-cash stock-based compensation expense. Overhead costs are allocated over these categories
according to the number of employees in each group. Amortization of intangible assets represents
the cost of amortizing acquired intangible assets such as customer relationships.
Deferred revenue, agreement value, client retention, dollar retention and enrichment are metrics we
believe are important to understanding our business. We believe that the amount of deferred
revenue, along with the agreement value of contracts to purchase research and advisory services,
provide a significant measure of our business activity. Deferred revenue reflects billings in
advance of revenue recognition as of the measurement date. We calculate agreement value as the
total revenues recognizable from all research and advisory service contracts in force at a given
time (but not including advisory-only contracts), without regard to how much revenue has already
been recognized. No single client accounted for more than 2% of agreement value at March 31, 2008.
We calculate client retention as the number of client companies who renewed with memberships as a
percentage of those that would have expired. We calculate dollar retention as a percentage of the
dollar value of all client membership contracts renewed during the most recent twelve month fiscal
period to the total dollar value of all client membership contracts that expired during the period.
We calculate enrichment as a percentage of the dollar value of client membership contracts renewed
during the period to the dollar value of the corresponding expiring contracts. Client retention,
dollar retention, and enrichment are not necessarily indicative of the rate of future retention of
our revenue base. A summary of our key metrics is as follows:
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As of |
|
Absolute |
|
Percentage |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
Increase |
|
Increase |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
(Decrease) |
|
(Decrease) |
Deferred Revenue (in millions at quarter-end) |
|
$ |
117.1 |
|
|
$ |
100.2 |
|
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|
16.9 |
|
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|
17 |
% |
Agreement Value (in millions at quarter-end) |
|
$ |
195.6 |
|
|
$ |
173.2 |
|
|
|
22.4 |
|
|
|
13 |
% |
Client Retention |
|
|
76 |
% |
|
|
78 |
% |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
)% |
Dollar Retention |
|
|
87 |
% |
|
|
88 |
% |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
)% |
Enrichment |
|
|
106 |
% |
|
|
107 |
% |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
)% |
Number of clients |
|
|
2,490 |
|
|
|
2,367 |
|
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
5 |
% |
The increase in deferred revenue and agreement value from March 31, 2007 to March 31, 2008 is
primarily due to increases in the number of clients and in the average contract size of research
only contracts. The average contract size for annual memberships for research only contracts at
March 31, 2008 was approximately $45,200, an increase of 7 % from $42,400 at March 31, 2007. Client
retention, dollar retention and enrichment all declined slightly year over year primarily due to a
greater proportion of new business contracts in 2007 than previously experienced, which
historically, and in 2008, have renewed at lower rates.
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based
upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial
statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets,
liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On
an ongoing basis, we evaluate our policies and estimates, including but not limited to, those
related to our revenue recognition, non-cash stock-based compensation, allowance for doubtful
accounts, non-marketable investments, goodwill and other intangible assets and taxes. Management
bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be
reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about
the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We consider the following accounting policies to be those that require the most subjective judgment
or those most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations. If
actual results differ significantly from managements estimates and projections, there could be a
material effect on our financial statements. This is not a comprehensive list of all of our
accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is
specifically dictated by generally accepted accounting principles, with no need for managements
judgment in their application. There are also areas in which managements judgment in selecting any
available alternative would not produce a materially different result. For further discussion of
the application of these and our other accounting policies, see Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the notes to consolidated financial
statements in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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REVENUE RECOGNITION. We generate revenues from licensing annual
memberships to our research, performing advisory services, hosting
events and conducting teleconferences. We execute contracts that
govern the terms and conditions of each arrangement. Revenues from
contracts that contain multiple deliverables are allocated among the
separate units based on their relative fair values; however, the
amount recognized is limited to the amount that is not contingent on
future performance conditions. Research service revenues are
recognized ratably over the term of the agreement. Advisory service
revenues are recognized during the period in which the customer
receives the agreed upon deliverable. Revenues from Forrester
teleconferences revenue and reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses are
recorded as advisory service revenues. Events revenues are recognized
upon completion of the event. Annual memberships which include access
to our research, unlimited phone or email analyst inquiry, unlimited
participation in Forresters Teleconferences, and the right to attend
one event, are accounted for as one unit of accounting and recognized
ratably as research services revenue over the membership period. We
offer our clients a money-back guarantee, which gives them the right
to cancel their membership contracts prior to the end of the contract
term. For contracts that can be terminated during the contract term,
refunds would be issued for unused products or services. Furthermore,
our revenue recognition determines the timing of commission expenses,
which are deferred and then recorded as expense as the related revenue
is recognized. We evaluate the recoverability of deferred commissions
at each balance sheet date. |
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NON-CASH STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION. Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (SFAS) No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment
(SFAS No. 123R) requires the recognition of the fair value of
stock-based compensation in net income. To determine the fair value of
stock- based compensation, SFAS No. 123R requires significant judgment
and the use of estimates, particularly surrounding assumptions such as
stock price volatility and expected option lives and forfeiture rates.
The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of share-based
awards represent managements best estimates, but these estimates
involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management
judgment. As a result, if circumstances change and we use different
assumptions, our stock-based compensation expense could be materially
different in the future. |
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|
The development of an expected life assumption involves projecting
employee exercise behaviors (expected period between stock option
vesting dates and stock option exercise dates). We are also required
to estimate future forfeitures for recognition of stock-based
compensation expense. We will record additional expense if the actual
forfeitures are lower than estimated and will record a recovery of
prior expense if the actual forfeitures are higher than estimated. The
actual expense recognized over the vesting period will only be for
those shares that vest. If our actual forfeiture rate is materially
different from our estimate, the actual stock-based compensation
expense could be significantly different from what we have recorded in
the current period. |
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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS. We maintain an allowance for doubtful
accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our
customers to make contractually obligated payments that totaled
approximately $679,000 as of March 31, 2008. Management specifically
analyzes accounts receivable and historical bad debts, customer
concentrations, current economic trends, and changes in our customer
payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for
doubtful accounts. 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, and if the financial
condition of our customers were to improve, the allowances may be
reduced accordingly. |
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NON-MARKETABLE INVESTMENTS. We hold minority interests in
technology-related companies and equity investment funds. These
investments are in companies that are not publicly traded, and,
therefore, because no established market for these securities exists,
the estimate of the fair value of our investments requires significant
judgment. We have a policy in place to review the fair value of our
investments on a regular basis to evaluate the carrying value of the
investments in these companies which consists primarily of reviewing
the investees revenue and earnings trends relative to predefined
milestones and overall business prospects. We record impairment
charges when we believe that an investment has experienced a decline
in value that is other than temporary. Future adverse changes in
market conditions or poor operating results of underlying investments
could result in losses or an inability to recover the carrying value
of the investments that may not be reflected in an investments
current carrying value, thereby possibly requiring an impairment
charge in the future. |
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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND OTHER LONG-LIVED ASSETS. We have
goodwill and identified intangible assets with finite lives related to
our acquisitions. SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
, requires that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives
no longer be amortized but instead be measured for impairment at least
annually or whenever events indicate that there may be an impairment.
In order to determine if an impairment exists, we compare the
reporting units carrying value to the reporting units fair value.
Determining the reporting units fair value requires us to make
estimates on market conditions and operational performance. Absent an
event that indicates a specific impairment may exist, we have selected
November 30th as the date of performing the annual goodwill impairment
test. As of March 31, 2008, we believe that the carrying value of our
goodwill is not impaired. Future events could cause us to conclude
that impairment indicators exist and that goodwill associated with our
acquired businesses is impaired. Any resulting impairment loss could
have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results
of operations. |
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|
Intangible assets with finite lives are valued according to the future
cash flows they are estimated to produce. These assigned values are
amortized on an accelerated basis which matches the periods those cash
flows are estimated to be produced. Tangible assets with finite lives
consist of property and equipment, which are depreciated and amortized
over their estimated useful lives. We continually evaluate whether
events or circumstances have occurred that indicate that the estimated
remaining useful life of our identifiable intangible and long-lived
tangible assets may warrant revision or that the carrying value of
these assets may be impaired. To compute whether intangible assets
have been impaired, the estimated undiscounted future cash flows for
the estimated remaining useful life of the assets are compared to the
carrying value. To the extent that the future cash flows are less than
the carrying value, the assets are written down to the estimated fair
value of the asset. |
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INCOME TAXES. We have deferred tax assets related to temporary
differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets
and liabilities as well as operating loss carryforwards (primarily
from stock option exercises and the acquisition of Giga Information
Group, Inc. in 2003). In assessing the realizability of deferred tax
assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that
some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the
generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those
temporary differences become deductible and before the carryforwards
expire. Although realization is not assured, based upon the level of
our historical taxable income and projections for our future taxable
income over the periods during which the deferred tax assets are
deductible and the carryforwards expire, management believes it is
more likely than not that we will realize the benefits of these
deferred tax assets. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered
realizable, however, could be reduced if our estimates of future
taxable income during the carry-forward periods are incorrect. |
17
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|
Effective January 1, 2007, we adopted FASB Interpretation No. (FIN)
48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48). FIN 48
clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in
an enterprises financial statements in accordance with SFAS No.
109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS 109). The impact of the
adoption of FIN 48 is discussed in Note 1 to our interim
consolidated financial statements. |
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VALUATION AND IMPAIRMENT OF AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES. The fair value of our available
for sale securities is generally determined from quoted market prices received from pricing
services based upon market transactions at fair value. We also have investments in auction
rate securities collateralized by student loans and municipal debt. As of March 31, 2008, we
held approximately $61 million of municipal bonds, classified as long-term assets, with an
auction reset feature (auction rate securities or ARS) whose underlying assets are generally
student loans which are substantially backed by the federal government. In February 2008,
auctions began to fail for these securities. Effective
January 1, 2008, we are determining the fair market values of our financial instruments based
on the fair value hierarchy established in SFAS 157 which requires an entity to maximize the
use of observable inputs (Level 1 and Level 2 inputs) and minimize the use of unobservable
inputs (Level 3 inputs) when measuring fair value. Given the current failures in the auction
markets to provide quoted market prices of the securities as well as the lack of any
correlation of these instruments to these observable market data, we valued these securities
using a discounted cash flow methodology with the most significant input categorized as Level
3. Significant inputs that went into the model were the credit quality of the issuer, the
percentage and the types of guarantees (such as Federal Family Education Loan Program
FELP), the probability of the auction succeeding or the security being called, and an
illiquidity discount factor. Changes in the assumptions of our model based on dynamic market
conditions could have a significant impact on the valuation of these securities, which may
lead us in the future to take an impairment charge for these securities. |
18
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth selected financial data as a percentage of total revenues for the
periods indicated:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS ENDED |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
Research services |
|
|
65 |
% |
|
|
66 |
% |
Advisory services and other |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
Cost of services and fulfillment |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
Selling and marketing |
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Other income, net |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Gains from securities and non-marketable investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations before income tax provision |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND MARCH 31, 2007
REVENUES.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENDED |
|
Absolute |
|
Percentage |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
Increase |
|
Increase |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
(Decrease) |
|
(Decrease) |
Revenues (in millions) |
|
$ |
55.0 |
|
|
$ |
47.3 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
16 |
% |
Revenues from research services (in millions) |
|
$ |
36.0 |
|
|
$ |
31.3 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
15 |
% |
Advisory services and other revenues (in millions) |
|
$ |
19.0 |
|
|
$ |
16.0 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
19 |
% |
Revenues attributable to customers outside of the
United States (in millions) |
|
$ |
15.4 |
|
|
$ |
13.9 |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
11 |
% |
Revenues attributable to customers outside of the
United States as a percentage of total revenue |
|
|
28 |
% |
|
|
30 |
% |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of clients |
|
|
2,490 |
|
|
|
2,367 |
|
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
5 |
% |
Number of research employees |
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of events |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
The increase in total revenues and in research services revenues is primarily due to the increase
in clients resulting from an increased number of salespeople during 2007, favorable exchange rates,
reduced discounting and increased prices. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation
total revenues would have increased 14% for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to
the three months ended March 31, 2007. No single client company accounted for more than 2% of
revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007.
The increase in advisory services and other revenues is primarily the result of an increase in the
number of research employees available to deliver advisory services.
International revenues increased 11% to $15.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008 from
$13.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2007 primarily due to favorable exchange rates.
The decrease in international revenues as a percentage of total revenues is primarily attributable
to demand for our products and services growing at a faster rate domestically than internationally.
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COST OF SERVICES AND FULFILLMENT.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENDED |
|
Absolute |
|
Percentage |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
Increase |
|
Increase |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
(Decrease) |
|
(Decrease) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of services and fulfillment (in millions) |
|
$ |
21.1 |
|
|
$ |
19.8 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
7 |
% |
Cost of services and fulfillment as a
percentage of total revenues |
|
|
39 |
% |
|
|
42 |
% |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
%) |
Number of research and fulfillment employees |
|
|
415 |
|
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
11 |
% |
The increase in cost of services and fulfillment is primarily attributable to increased
compensation and benefits costs resulting from an increase in the number of research and
fulfillment employees. The decrease in cost of services and fulfillment as a percentage of total
revenues is primarily attributable to an increased revenue base.
SELLING AND MARKETING.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENDED |
|
Absolute |
|
Percentage |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
Increase |
|
Increase |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
(Decrease) |
|
(Decrease) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling and marketing expenses (in millions) |
|
$ |
18.9 |
|
|
$ |
17.1 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
11 |
% |
Selling and marketing expenses as a
percentage of total revenues |
|
|
34 |
% |
|
|
36 |
% |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
)% |
Number of selling and marketing employees |
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
316 |
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
|
22 |
% |
The increase in selling and marketing expenses is primarily attributable to increased compensation
and benefits costs resulting from an increase in the number of selling and marketing employees. The
decrease in selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues is primarily
attributable to an increased revenue base.
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREE MONTHS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENDED |
|
Absolute |
|
Percentage |
|
|
MARCH 31, |
|
Increase |
|
Increase |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
(Decrease) |
|
(Decrease) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative expenses (in millions) |
|
$ |
7.2 |
|
|
$ |
7.8 |
|
|
|
(.6 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
%) |
General and administrative expenses as a
percentage of total revenues |
|
|
13 |
% |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
%) |
Number of general and administrative employees |
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
14 |
% |
The decrease in general and administrative expenses both in dollars and as a percentage of total
revenues is primarily attributable to a decrease in professional fees associated with the stock
option investigation and previously completed restatement of our historical financial statements, offset by increased compensation
and benefits costs resulting from an increase in the number of general and administrative
employees.
DEPRECIATION. Depreciation expense increased to $1.0 million in the three months ended March 31,
2008 from $923,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2007. The increase is primarily attributable
to depreciation expense for computer and software assets purchased during 2007.
AMORTIZATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS. Amortization of intangible assets decreased to $171,000 in the
three months ended March 31, 2008 from $392,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2007. This
decrease in amortization expense is primarily attributable to the accelerated method we are using
to amortize our acquired intangible assets according to the expected cash flows to be received from
these assets.
OTHER INCOME, NET. Other income, net, consisting primarily of interest income, increased 11% to
$2.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2008 from $1.9 million during the three months
ended March 31, 2007. The increase is primarily due to an increase in the average cash and
investment balances available for investment in 2008 as compared to 2007.
GAINS FROM SECURITIES AND NON-MARKETABLE INVESTMENTS. Gains on distributions from non-marketable
investments totaled approximately $100,000 and $174,000 during the three months ended March 31,
2008 and 2007, respectively. In 2008, we sold approximately 20,000 shares of comScore, receiving
proceeds of approximately $438,000 and recording a gain of approximately $397,000 related to the
sale.
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PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES. Income tax expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 was $4.1
million, or 45% of pre-tax income, compared to $1.3 million, or 39% of pre-tax income for the three
months ended March 31, 2007. The increase in our effective tax rate for 2008 compared to 2007 was
primarily the result of a decrease in tax exempt interest income as a percentage of total income,
an increase in state taxes and foreign taxes, offset by an increase in deductions from stock option
exercises.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We have financed our operations primarily through funds generated from operations. Memberships for
research services, which constituted approximately 65% of our revenues during the three months
ended March 31, 2008, are annually renewable and are generally payable in advance. We generated
cash from continuing operating activities of $29.8 million and $21.5 million during the three
months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The increase in cash provided from operations
is primarily attributable to a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets, an increase
in deferred revenue and increased net income.
We generated $51.7 million of cash from investing activities during the three months ended March
31, 2008 and we used $22.7 million of cash in investing activities during the three months ended
March 31, 2007. The increase in cash provided from investing activities is primarily attributable
to an increase in proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities as well as a
decrease in capital expenditures. We regularly invest excess funds in short-and intermediate-term
interest-bearing obligations of investment grade.
In June 2000, we committed to invest $20.0 million in two technology-related private equity
investment funds over an expected period of five years. As of March 31, 2008, we had contributed
approximately $19.5 million to the funds. The timing and amount of future contributions are
entirely within the discretion of the investment funds. In July 2000, we adopted a cash bonus plan
to pay bonuses, after the return of invested capital, measured by the proceeds of a portion of the
share of net profits from these investments, if any, to certain key employees who must remain
employed with us at the time any bonuses become payable under the plan, subject to the terms and
conditions of the plan. The principal purpose of this cash bonus plan was to retain key employees
by allowing them to participate in a portion of the potential return from Forresters
technology-related investments if they remained employed by the Company. The plan was established
at a time when technology and internet companies were growing significantly, and providing
incentives to retain key employees during that time was important. To date, we have not paid any
bonuses under this plan.
We used $8.9 million in cash from financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2008
and we generated $811,000 in cash from financing activities during the three months ended March 31,
2007. The decrease in cash provided from financing activities is primarily attributable to an
increase in purchases of our stock pursuant to our stock repurchase program, offset by an increase
in proceeds from exercises of employee stock options.
Through 2007, our Board of Directors authorized an aggregate $150.0 million to purchase common
stock under the stock repurchase program. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we
repurchased approximately 538,000 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately
$14.5 million. No shares were repurchased during the three months ended March 31, 2007. As of
March 31, 2008, we had cumulatively repurchased approximately 5.6 million shares of common stock at
an aggregate cost of approximately $104.9 million.
As of March 31, 2008, we held approximately $61.4 million of municipal bonds with an auction reset
feature (auction rate securities or ARS) whose underlying assets are generally student loans
which are substantially backed by the federal government. In February 2008, auctions began to fail
for these securities. Based on current market conditions, it is likely that auction failures will
continue that could result in either temporary or other-than-temporary impairments of the ARS
holdings, which totaled $61.4 million. We have the ability and intent to hold these securities
until a successful auction occurs and the ARSs are liquidated at par value. Further, as the funds
associated with the ARSs may not be accessible for in excess of twelve months because of continued
failed auctions or the inability to find a buyer outside of the auction process, these securities
were classified as long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2008. Based
on our expected operating cash flows and our other sources of cash, we do not anticipate the
current lack of liquidity on these investments will affect our ability to execute our current
business plan.
As of March 31, 2008, we had cash and cash equivalents of $126.5 million and available-for-sale
securities of $141.0 million. We do not have a line of credit and do not anticipate the need for
one in the foreseeable future. We plan to continue to introduce new products and services and
expect to make minimal investments in our infrastructure during the next 12 months. We believe that
our current cash balance, available-for-sale securities, and cash flows from operations will
satisfy working capital, financing activities, and capital expenditure requirements for at least
the next two years.
As of March 31, 2008, we had future contractual obligations as follows for operating leases*:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FUTURE PAYMENTS DUE BY YEAR |
|
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
Thereafter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating leases |
|
$ |
31,459 |
|
|
|
6,599 |
|
|
|
8,855 |
|
|
|
8,546 |
|
|
|
5,010 |
|
|
|
954 |
|
|
|
1,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
* |
|
The above table does not include future minimum rentals to be received
under subleases of $116,000. The above table also does not include the
remaining $500,000 of capital commitments to the private equity funds
described above due to the uncertainty as to the timing of capital
calls made by such funds. |
We do not maintain any off-balance sheet financing arrangements.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The following discussion about our market risk disclosures involves forward-looking statements.
Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We
are exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange
rates. We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes.
INTEREST RATE AND MARKET RISK. We maintain an investment portfolio consisting mainly of federal,
state and municipal government obligations and corporate obligations. With the exception of the
ARS described below, all investments mature within 3 years. These available-for-sale securities
are subject to interest rate risk and will decline in value if market interest rates increase. We
have the ability to hold our fixed income investments until maturity (except for any future
acquisitions or mergers). Therefore, we would not expect our operating results or cash flows to be
affected to any significant degree by a sudden change in market interest rates on our securities
portfolio. The following table provides information about our investment portfolio. For investment
securities, the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted-average interest rates by
expected maturity dates.
Principal amounts by expected maturity in U.S. dollars are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAIR VALUE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AT MARCH 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
|
FY 2008 |
|
FY 2009 |
|
FY 2010 |
Cash equivalents |
|
$ |
93,378 |
|
|
$ |
93,378 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Weighted average interest rate |
|
|
2.87 |
% |
|
|
2.87 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State and municipal agency obligations |
|
|
139,300 |
|
|
|
78,157 |
|
|
|
44,633 |
|
|
|
16,510 |
|
Weighted average interest rate |
|
|
3.87 |
% |
|
|
4.19 |
% |
|
|
3.54 |
% |
|
|
3.24 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total portfolio |
|
$ |
232,678 |
|
|
$ |
171,531 |
|
|
$ |
44,633 |
|
|
$ |
16,510 |
|
Weighted average interest rate |
|
|
3.47 |
% |
|
|
3.47 |
% |
|
|
3.54 |
% |
|
|
3.24 |
% |
As of March 31, 2008, we held approximately $61 million of municipal bonds, classified as long-term
assets, with an auction reset feature (auction rate securities or ARS) whose underlying assets
are generally student loans which are substantially backed by the federal government. In February
2008, auctions began to fail for these securities.
Effective January 1, 2008, we determined the fair market values of our financial instruments based
on the fair value hierarchy established in SFAS 157 which requires an entity to maximize the use
of observable inputs (Level 1 and Level 2 inputs) and minimize the use of unobservable inputs
(Level 3 inputs) when measuring fair value. Given the current failures in the auction markets to
provide quoted market prices of the securities as well as the lack of any correlation of these
instruments to these observable market data, we valued these securities using a discounted cash
flow methodology with the most significant input categorized as Level 3. Significant inputs that
went into the model were the credit quality of the issuer, the percentage and the types of
guarantees (such as Federal Family Education Loan Program FELP), the probability of the auction
succeeding or the security being called, and an illiquidity discount factor. Changes in the
assumptions of our model based on dynamic market conditions could have a significant impact on the
valuation of these securities, which may lead us in the future to take an impairment charge for
these securities.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE. On a global level, we face exposure to movements in foreign currency
exchange rates. This exposure may change over time as business practices evolve and could have a
material adverse impact on our results of operations. To date, the effect of changes in currency
exchange rates has not had a significant impact on our financial position or our results of
operations. Accordingly, we have not entered into any hedging agreements. However, we are prepared
to hedge against fluctuations that the Euro, or other foreign currencies, will have on foreign
exchange exposure if this exposure becomes material. As of March 31, 2008, the total assets related
to non-U.S. dollar denominated currencies that are subject to foreign currency exchange risk were
approximately $52.8 million.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Securities Exchange
Act Rule 13a-15(e), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our
Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the SECs rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated
to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating
the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures,
no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the
desired control objectives and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in
evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our management, with
the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated
the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2008. Based upon their
evaluation and subject to the foregoing, the principal executive officer and principal financial
officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that
material information relating to the Company is made known to the principal executive officer and
principal financial officer by others within our Company during the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2008 that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.
In June, 2007, the SEC notified us that it had commenced a formal inquiry into our historical stock
option granting practices. In December 2006, prior to the resignation of our chief financial
officer in connection with irregularities involving a stock option grant awarded to him in 1999, we
advised the SEC of our voluntary internal investigation. We have been cooperating fully with the
SEC since then and will continue to do so as the inquiry moves forward. We are unable to predict
what, if any, consequences the SEC investigation may have on us or on our results of operations.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Through 2007, the Board of Directors authorized an aggregate $150 million to purchase common stock
under our stock repurchase program. The shares repurchased were used, among other things, in
connection with Forresters employee stock option and purchase plans. During each of the three
months during the quarter ended March 31, 2008, we purchased the following number of shares of our
common stock:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maximum |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dollar Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
that May Yet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Be |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under the |
|
|
|
Total Number |
|
|
Average |
|
|
Stock |
|
|
|
of |
|
|
Price Paid |
|
|
Repurchase |
|
Period |
|
Shares Purchased |
|
|
per Share |
|
|
Program |
|
January 1 January 31 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
February 1 February 28 |
|
|
292,038 |
|
|
$ |
26.85 |
|
|
$ |
51,732 |
|
March 1 March 31 |
|
|
246,200 |
|
|
$ |
26.94 |
|
|
$ |
45,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
538,238 |
|
|
$ |
26.89 |
|
|
$ |
45,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All purchases of our common stock were made under the stock repurchase program.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
|
|
|
10.1+
|
|
Employment Agreement between Forrester Research B.V. and Dennis Van Lingen dated as of June 20, 2000,
and Addendum thereto dated May 21, 2001 |
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Sixth Amendment to Lease dated as of April 22, 2008 between ARE-Tech Square, LLC and Forrester
Research, Inc. for the premises located at 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
|
|
|
+ |
|
Denotes management contract or compensation arrangement. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
|
|
|
|
|
|
FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ George F. Colony
|
|
|
|
George F. Colony |
|
|
|
Chairman of the Board of
Directors
and Chief Executive Officer (principal
executive officer) |
|
Date: May 9, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Michael A. Doyle
|
|
|
|
Michael A. Doyle |
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer) |
|
|
Date: May 9, 2008
26
Exhibit Index
|
|
|
Exhibit No. |
|
Document |
|
|
|
10.1+
|
|
Employment Agreement between Forrester Research B.V. and Dennis Van Lingen dated as of June 20, 2000,
and Addendum thereto dated May 21, 2001 |
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Sixth Amendment to Lease dated as of April 22, 2008 between ARE-Tech Square, LLC and Forrester
Research, Inc. for the premises located at 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
|
|
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Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THE
UNDERSIGNED:
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FORRESTER RESEARCH B.V., having a registered office in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands hereinafter referred to as the
Employer; |
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Dennis van Lingen, residing at [street address], the Netherlands hereinafter
referred to as the Employee; |
AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1. Commencement, duration and termination
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The employment shall be entered into for a definite period of 12
months, commencing on August 1, 2000 and, thus, legally expiring without prior notice on
July 31, 2001. |
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The employment agreement will start on August 1, 2000, provided the
Employee will not be incapacitated to work on this day. In that case,
the employment agreement will commence on the first working day the Employee will be
recovered. |
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The employment agreement will be subject to the maximum statutory allowed probation
period of one month. During said period, either party shall be entitled to immediately
terminate the employment. |
Article 2. Position
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The Employee shall hold the position of Marketing Director,
Europe. |
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Absent the Employers prior written consent, the Employee shall not perform any other
work for pay during his employment term, nor shall he, alone or with other persons, directly
or indirectly, establish or conduct a business which is competitive with the Employers
business, whatever its form, or take any financial interest in or perform work gratuitously or
for remuneration for such a business. |
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Article 3.
Salary
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The Employee shall receive a gross salary of NLG 180,000 annually to
be paid in twelve equal monthly installments. The Employees 8% holiday allowance
is included in this amount. The Employees car allowance of 18,000 NLG is included
in this amount. |
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Depending on the performance accomplished by the Employee, the
Employer will apportion a target bonus to the Employee for the amount of NLG 30,000
prorated to the start date in accordance with Forresters standard bonus payment plan.
The exact amount of the bonus earned will be measured and determined quarterly by the
Employers total company performance and the Employees
achievement of team and
individual goals that the Employer and the Employee will set together. As a result, the
Employee may earn more or less than the above eligibility amount depending upon the
Employers, the Employees teams, and the individual Employees performance. |
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Stock Options: the Employee will be eligible for a grant of an option to
purchase 5,000 shares of the Employers common stock pursuant to the Employers 1996
Equity Incentive Plan. This option has a vesting period of three years during which one
third of shares vest annually. This grant will be made to the Employee as of the start
date, subject to approval of the Employers Board of Directors. These options may have
immediate tax consequences for the Employee. The Employee is fully responsible for
these consequences. The Employer does not provide or pay for any fiscal advise regarding
these options. |
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After the Employee has completed the one month probation period, he
will be paid a bonus of gross NLG 10,000 if he commences employment on or before August
1, 2000 or NLG 5,000 if he commences employment on or before
August 14, 2000. |
Article 4.
Working hours and work place
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The working week shall run from Monday to Friday. The usual office hours shall run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
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The Employee shall perform his work at the Employers establishment
in Amsterdam. The Employer shall be entitled to relocate the work place, if the
companys interests so require. |
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The Employee convenants that, at the Employers request, he shall work overtime
outside the normal working hours whenever a proper performance of his duties so require. With
respect to said overtime, no remuneration shall be paid. |
Article
5. Transportation Allowance
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For the performance of work, the Employer shall award the Employee a transportation
allowance for the net amount of NLG 0 to 270 per month based on the Employees distance of 0
to 30 km from the Employers office location. |
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If the Employee is ill for a period longer than three months, the
Employer shall be entitled to suspend the transportation allowance until the
Employee resumes work. |
Article
6. Pension
The Employer shall take out a pension insurance policy for the Employee (eligibility
requires the employee be 25 years or older). The costs involved in the pension shall be
divided between the Employer and Employee. The Employers contribution has been determined
at 50% of these costs. The Employee authorises the Employer to withhold his contribution
from the salary in equal and consecutive installments, if possible. The Employer shall
ensure payment of the total premium to the insurance company.
Article 7.
Holiday
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The Employee shall be entitled to 25 days holiday a year, accrued on a monthly basis.
Holidays may be taken only in consultation and after approval by the Employer. |
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Holidays must be taken in the year the Employer has fixed them.
Holidays not taken will expire on the first day of the next holiday year. |
Article 8.
Illness and incapacity for work
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If the Employee is ill or unable to perform work for any reason, he shall be obliged
to inform the Employer thereof before 9:00 a.m. on the first day of absence. |
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In case of sickness, the employer will only continue payment to that extent at any time obliged to do so by law. |
Article 9.
Health insurance
The Employer shall compensate 50% of the Employees premium payable for a health
Insurance approved by the Employer.
Article 10.Training
For a period of one to two months, the Employee shall be obliged to follow the
Employers standard training, at the Employers expense.
Article 11.
Confidentiality
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Neither during the employment term nor upon termination of the
employment shall the Employee inform any third party in any form, directly or indirectly,
of any particulars concerning or related to the business conducted by the Employer or its
affiliated companies, which he could reasonably have known were not intended for third
parties, regardless of the manner in which he learned of the particulars. |
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Any violation of the obligation to maintain confidentiality as set forth in paragraph
1 shall carry a penalty of NLG 10,000 immediately payable by the Employee to the Employer and
without prejudice to any other claims which the Employer may have, including the right to full
damages. |
Article 12.
Anti-competition clause
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Without the prior consent of the Employer and for a period of 12
months following voluntary termination of the employment agreement, the Employee shall
refrain from marketing and/or providing written research and advisory services in the
fields of information technology and new media in the European Union, and from contacting
any of the Employer clients: |
a) for the benefit of or directly for those clients of the Employer or its affiliated
companies for which the Employee performed work in any manner or its affiliated companies;
b) refrain from directly or indirectly approaching the clients referred to in (a), either
in his own interest or in the interests of any third party, with a view to inducing them
to terminate their relations with the
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Employer, or any affiliated company, for the benefit of the competing company. The
Employee must generally refrain from any activity which might adversely affect relations
between the Employer, or any affiliated company, and its clients;
c) refrain from inducing employees of the Employer or any affiliated company or of any of
its clients to terminate their employment contracts with the Employer or the affiliated
company or any such client, so as to be able to compete in any manner whatsoever with the
Employer or any affiliated company; all this in any manner or form, directly or
indirectly, gratuitously or for remuneration.
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The restrictions set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 12 will apply for a period of six
(6) months following involuntary termination of the employment agreement and shall not apply
if Forrester Research, B.V. ceases to conduct business in Europe. |
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For each violation of any of the prohibitions as set forth above, the
Employee shall either forfeit to the Employer a penalty of NLG 10,000 as well as NLG 1,000
for each day that the Employee continues to be in violation, or the Employer shall
exercise its right to claim full damages. |
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Article 7:650 sections 3 and 5 of the Dutch civil code do not apply to
the penalties as set forth in article 11 and 12 of this Agreement. |
Article 13.
Restitution
Upon termination of the employment relation, the Employee shall be obliged to immediately
return to the Employer any materials, documents, information copied in whatever form,
articles, keys and any other things belonging to the Employer.
Article 14. Intellectual and industrial property rights
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The Employee agrees that the employment relation between the parties vests, by
operation of law, certain intellectual property rights in and to work that the Employee
creates during the normal course of employment (Work). The Employee further covenants that
he shall transfer to the Employer, insofar as possible, any other intellectual property rights
in and to the Work, both in the Netherlands and abroad. |
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The Employee acknowledges that his salary includes reasonable compensation for the loss of intellectual and industrial property rights. |
Article 15.
Governing law
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.
Article 16.
Miscellaneous
No amendment to this employment contract shall be effective unless it is made in
writing and signed by or on behalf of the parties.
Drawn up in duplication originals and signed in Amsterdam on 20 June 2000.
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FORRESTER RESEARCH B.V.
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Candidate Name |
/s/ Emily Nagle Green 19/6/00
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/s/ Dennis van Lingen 20/6/00
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Emily Nagle Green
Managing Director
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Dennis van Lingen |
ADDENDUM
This Addendum made this day of May 21, 2001 and serves to extend the term of the Employment
Agreement (the Agreement) previously concluded by Dennis van Lingen and Forrester Research BV
Emmaplein 5, Amsterdam, 1075 AW, Netherlands and is governed by and made a part of the
Agreement.
The parties hereby agree to continue their existing employment relationship commencing on
the day following the expiration of the Agreement. The Agreement will remain in effect until the
employment relationship is legally terminated by one or both of the parties.
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Forrester Research BV
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Employee |
/s/ Emily Nagle Green
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/s/ Dennis van Lingen
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By: Emily Nagle Green
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Dennis van Lingen |
Title: Managing Director |
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Date: 21/5/01
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Date: 21/05/01 |
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Exhibit 10.2
Sixth Amendment To Lease Forrester Research, Inc./400 Tech Square
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE
This Sixth Amendment (the Sixth Amendment) to Lease is made as of April 22, 2008, by and
between ARE-Tech Square, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company, having an address at 385
E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 299, Pasadena, California 91101 (Landlord), Forrester Research,
Inc., a Delaware corporation having an address at 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02139 (Tenant).
RECITALS
A. Landlords predecessors in interest, Technology Square LLC, a Massachusetts limited
liability company, and Technology Square Finance, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company
and Tenant have entered into that certain Lease (the Lease) dated as of May 6, 1999, as amended
by a First Amendment dated as of September 9, 1999, a Second Amendment dated February 8, 2001, a
Third Amendment dated December 13, 2002, a Fourth Amendment dated December 22, 2003, and a Fifth
Amendment dated as of January 1, 2005 (as so amended, the Lease), wherein Landlord leased to
Tenant certain premises (the Premises) located at 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(the Building) more particularly described in the Lease.
B. Tenant desires to expand the Premises demised under the Lease by adding 20,793 rentable
square feet (the Expansion Space) on the eighth floor of the Building, and Landlord is willing to
lease such portion of the Building to Tenant on the terms herein set forth.
AGREEMENT
Now, therefore, the parties hereto agree that the Lease is amended as follows:
1. Premises. Effective as of October 1, 2008, or such later date as Landlord delivers the
Expansion Space to Tenant free and clear of tenants and occupants (the Expansion Space
Commencement Date), the Premises demised under the Lease are hereby expanded to include the
Expansion Space for all purposes of the Lease (including the extension option thereunder), which
Landlord and Tenant agree consists of 20,793 rentable square feet on the eighth floor of the
Building, as such Expansion Space is described on Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference. From and after the Expansion Space Commencement Date, (a)
the Base Rent payable under the Lease with respect to the Expansion Space shall be $47.00 per
rentable square foot through September 30, 2011, and (b) Tenants Building Percentage Share with
respect to the Premises shall be adjusted to be 74.73% (based upon a total of 194,776 square feet),
and with respect to the Expansion Space shall be 10.68%. The Building Operating Cost Base for the
Expansion Space shall be calendar year 2008. The Building Tax Base for the Expansion Space shall
be fiscal year 2009. The parties acknowledge and agree that to the extent those expenses
designated under the Lease as Complex Expenses are now allocated to the Building as a Unit in the
Technology Square Condominium, the same shall be included in Building Operating Costs as to which
Tenant shall pay Tenants Building Percentage Share.
2. Improvement of Expansion Space. Landlord shall provide a Tenant Improvement Allowance
of not more than $10.00 per rentable square foot of the Expansion Space, $207,930.00 in the
aggregate (the TI Allowance), which TI Allowance shall be used to improve the Expansion Space as
described in the Work Letter attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Sixth Amendment To Lease Forrester Research, Inc./400 Tech Square
3. Parking. In addition to the parking rights set forth in Section 2.3 of the
Lease, Tenant shall have the right, as appurtenant to the Premises, to use in common with others
entitled thereto, subject to the Rules and Regulations, as defined in Article 17.1 of the Lease and
with due regard for the rights of others to use the same, an additional thirty-one (31) spaces in
the Garage. Tenants additional parking rights shall be subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in Section 2.3 of the Lease, provided that the Parking Rent for the additional spaces
shall be the market rate from time to time, which is currently $220.00 per space per month.
4. Financial Information. If at any time during the Term of the Lease, Tenant is an entity
other than a company the stock of which is publicly traded on a nationally recognized stock
exchange, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with true and complete copies of (i) Tenants most recent
audited annual financial statements within 90 days of the end of each of Tenants fiscal years
during the Term, (ii) Tenants most recent unaudited quarterly financial statements within 45 days
of the end of each of Tenants first three fiscal quarters of each of Tenants fiscal years during
the Term, (iii) at Landlords request from time to time, updated business plans, including cash
flow projections and/or pro forma balance sheets and income statements, all of which shall be
treated by Landlord as confidential information belonging to Tenant, (iv) corporate brochures
and/or profiles prepared by Tenant for prospective investors, and (v) any other financial
information or summaries that Tenant typically provides to its lenders or shareholders.
5. Delivery of Possession of the Expansion Space. Landlord shall cause the Expansion Space
to be available to Tenant on or before October 1, 2008. As set forth in Section 6.F of the Fifth
Amendment to the Lease, Landlord shall satisfy this obligation if Landlord does not grant any
entity (other than Tenant or any of the Named Tenant Entities) the right to use or occupy the
Expansion Space from and after October 1, 2008, and Landlord shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the then occupants of the Expansion Space to vacate the same on or before October
1, 2008.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Sixth Amendment is the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral and written agreements and
discussions. This Sixth Amendment may be amended only by an agreement in writing, signed by the
parties hereto.
(b) This Sixth Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto,
their respective agents, employees, representatives, officers, directors, divisions, subsidiaries,
affiliates, assigns, heirs, successors in interest and shareholders.
(c) This Sixth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. The signature page of any counterpart may be detached therefrom without impairing the
legal effect of the signature(s) thereon provided such signature page is attached to any other
counterpart identical thereto except having additional signature pages executed by other parties to
this Sixth Amendment attached thereto.
(d) Landlord and Tenant each represent and warrant that it has not dealt with any broker,
agent or other person (collectively Broker) in connection with this transaction other than
Richards Barry Joyce & Partners and Cushman & Wakefield, and that no Broker (other than Richards
Barry Joyce & Partners and Cushman & Wakefield, who shall be paid by Landlord pursuant to a
separate Agreement), brought about this transaction. Landlord and
Sixth Amendment To Lease Forrester Research, Inc./400 Tech Square
Tenant each hereby agree to indemnify and hold the other harmless from and against any claims
by any Broker other than Richards Barry Joyce & Partners and Cushman & Wakefield claiming a
commission or other form of compensation by virtue of having dealt with Tenant or Landlord, as
applicable, with regard to this leasing transaction.
(e) Except as amended and/or modified by this Sixth Amendment, the Lease is hereby ratified
and confirmed and all other terms of the Lease shall remain in full force and effect, unaltered and
unchanged by this Sixth Amendment. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this
Sixth Amendment and the provisions of the Lease, the provisions of this Sixth Amendment shall
prevail. Whether or not specifically amended by this Sixth Amendment, all of the terms and
provisions of the Lease are hereby amended to the extent necessary to give effect to the purpose
and intent of this Sixth Amendment.
Sixth Amendment To Lease Forrester Research, Inc./400 Tech Square
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Sixth Amendment as of the day and
year first above written.
TENANT:
FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Michael Doyle
Its: Chief Financial Officer
LANDLORD:
ARE-TECH SQUARE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By: ARE-MA REGION NO. 31, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, its Manager
By: ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its
Managing Member
By: ARE-QRS CORP., a Maryland
corporation, its General Partner
By: /s/
Jackie Clem
Name: Jackie Clem
Title: VP Legal Affairs
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, George F. Colony, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forrester Research, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
quarterly report;
4. The registrants other certifying officers 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of registrants 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 registrants
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 registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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/s/ GEORGE F. COLONY
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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
I, Michael A. Doyle, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forrester Research, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
quarterly report;
4. The registrants other certifying officers 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of registrants 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 registrants
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 registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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/s/ Michael A. Doyle
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned, as Chief Executive Officer of
Forrester Research, Inc. (the Company), does hereby certify that to the undersigneds knowledge:
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the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March 31, 2008 fully complies with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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the information contained in the Companys Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2008
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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/s/ George F. Colony
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George F. Colony |
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EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned, as Chief Financial Officer of
Forrester Research, Inc. (the Company), does hereby certify that to the undersigneds knowledge:
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the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended March 31, 2008 fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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the information contained in the Companys Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2008 fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company. |
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/s/ Michael A. Doyle
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Michael A. Doyle |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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Dated: May 9, 2008