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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number: 0-18706
Black Box Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  95-3086563
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, Pennsylvania   15055
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 724-746-5500
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $.001 par value
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. o Yes þ No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. o Yes þ No
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. o Yes þ No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ      Accelerated filer o       Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o Yes þ No
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of September 30, 2006 (based on closing price of such stock as reported by NASDAQ on such date) was $669,187,795. For purposes of this calculation only, directors and executive officers of the registrant and their affiliates are deemed to be affiliates of the registrant.
As of August 7, 2007, there were 17,527,227 shares of common stock, par value $.001 (the “common stock”), outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Proxy Statement for 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) -- Part II and III
 
 

 


 

BLACK BOX CORPORATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2007
INDEX
         
        Page
 
  EXPLANATORY NOTE   3
 
       
PART I
 
       
  Business   12
 
       
  Risk Factors   15
 
       
  Unresolved Staff Comments   17
 
       
  Properties   17
 
       
  Legal Proceedings   18
 
       
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   18
 
       
PART II
 
       
  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities   20
 
       
  Selected Financial Data   22
 
       
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   26
 
       
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk   45
 
       
  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data   47
 
       
  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure   101
 
       
  Controls and Procedures   101
 
       
  Other Information   104
 
       
PART III
 
       
  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant   105
 
       
  Executive Compensation   105
 
       
  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters   105
 
       
  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions   105
 
       
  Principal Accounting Fees and Services   105
 
       
PART IV
 
       
  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules   106
 
       
 
  Signatures   109
 EX-10.9
 EX-10.24
 EX-23.1
 EX-31.1
 EX-31.2
 EX-32.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
In this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (“Form 10-K”), Black Box Corporation (“Black Box” or the “Company”) is restating its Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2006, its Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, its Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 and as of April 1, 2004, its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, its quarterly financial data as of and for all quarters ended in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and the first two quarters ended in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 and its Selected Financial Data as of and for the years ended March 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003. This Form 10-K also restates “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 as it relates to the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005. All restated information identified above is collectively referred to as the “Restatement.” References herein to “Fiscal Year” or “Fiscal” mean the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31 for the year referenced.
The Restatement reflects adjustments arising from the determinations of the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), with the assistance of outside legal counsel, and the Company’s management to record additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense and the related income tax effects relating to certain stock option grants during the period from 1992 through September, 2006. Additionally, the Company has recorded an adjustment to its financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 to reflect the proper accounting treatment for its interest rate swap.
The Company has not amended and does not intend to amend any of its previously-filed reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q for the periods affected by the Restatement other than its previously-filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the three (3) month period ended July 1, 2006, its previously-filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the three (3) and six (6) month periods ended September 30, 2006 and its previously-filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three (3) and nine (9) month periods ended December 30, 2006. As previously disclosed and except as set forth in the filings specifically referenced herein, the consolidated financial statements and related financial information contained in previously-filed reports should no longer be relied upon.
Restatement through March 31, 2006
Background
On November 13, 2006, Black Box received a letter of informal inquiry from the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Company’s stock option practices from January 1, 1997 to present. As a result, the Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, commenced an independent review of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants during the period from 1992 to the present (the “Review Period”).
On February 1, 2007, the Company announced that, while the review of option grant practices was continuing, it believed that it would need to record additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants and, accordingly, cautioned investors about relying on its historical financial statements until the Company could determine with certainty whether a restatement would be required and, if so, the extent of any such restatement and the periods affected.
On March 19, 2007, although the Audit Committee had not yet completed its review, the Audit Committee concluded that the exercise price of certain stock option grants differed from the fair market value of the underlying shares on the appropriate measurement date. At that time, the Company and the Audit Committee announced that it was currently expected that the Company’s additional non-cash, pre-tax charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants would approximate $63 million for the Review Period. In addition, the Company and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company would need to restate its previously-issued financial statements contained in reports previously filed by the Company with the SEC. Accordingly, on March 19, 2007, the Company and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company’s previously-issued financial statements and other historical financial information and related disclosures for the Review Period, including applicable reports of its current or former independent registered public accounting firms and related press releases, should not be relied upon.
On May 25, 2007, the Company was advised by the Enforcement Division of the SEC that a Formal Order of Private Investigation arising out of the Company’s stock option practices had been entered and on May 29, 2007 the Company received a subpoena that was issued by the SEC.
On May 31, 2007, the Company announced that, as a result of the ongoing review of stock option practices, Company management and the Audit Committee expected that the Company’s additional non-cash, pre-tax charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants would approximate $70 million for the Review Period.

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Findings of the Audit Committee
During the Review Period, the Company granted stock options pursuant to an employee stock option plan and a director stock option plan to acquire approximately 10.9 million shares of common stock. Such plans at all relevant times provided for option grants to be approved by a designated committee of non-employee directors or, in the case of the director stock option plan, by the Board. Approximately 2,000 stock option grants were awarded during the Review Period with 69 recorded grant dates. No stock options have been granted since September, 2006. The Audit Committee reviewed all stock options granted during the Review Period, including option grants to the Company’s directors, officers and rank and file employees (including grants to new employees, grants awarded in connection with Company acquisitions and grants made as individual or group performance awards). The Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s stock option granting practices included a comprehensive examination of reasonably available relevant physical and electronic documents as well as interviews with current and former directors, officers and Company personnel.
The Audit Committee’s review was initially focused on determining whether the Company’s prior stock option granting practices were in compliance with the plans’ granting provisions and applicable law or called into question its accounting for such options. Once it became evident that such issues and accounting implications existed, the inquiry focused on those matters necessary: to determine whether any accounting charges were material and whether a restatement of the Company’s previously-issued financial statements would be required; to establish a basis for effecting any required restatement; to assure that, on as timely a basis as possible, the Company could file any required curative disclosures with the SEC and assure its continued eligibility for listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”); and to provide an informed basis for the Company’s response to the identified issues, including appropriate corrective and remedial actions.
The following information summarizes certain of the findings of the Audit Committee. The findings identified approximately $71.5 million of unrecorded expense at the time of grant (i.e., the difference between the fair market value of the common stock on the appropriate measurement date and the stated exercise price), net of forfeitures, during the Review Period, of which $70.0 million was recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements through March 31, 2006 and $1.5 million of unrecorded expense at the time of grant will be included, beginning at April 1, 2006, in the Company’s computation of compensation expense in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”). The following summarizes the unrecorded expense at the time of grant by time period and category of recipient:
   
$4.2 million for the period from Fiscal 1993 through Fiscal 1997 ($0.2 million for directors, $2.5 million for officers and $1.5 million for rank and file employees)
 
   
$45.6 million for the period from Fiscal 1998 through August 2002 ($1.1 million for directors, $25.7 million for officers and $18.7 million for rank and file employees)
 
   
$21.8 million for the period from August 2002 to the present ($0.04 million for directors, $0.6 million for officers and $21.1 million for rank and file employees)
The Audit Committee’s additional key findings are summarized below:
Lack of Adequate Documentation: For a majority of grants issued by the Company during the Review Period, there is either no or inadequate documentation of approval actions that satisfies the requisites for establishing a measurement date under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”). Of the 69 recorded grant dates, there are documented approval actions by the Board or the Option or Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) with respect to particular grants for 12 dates. In the period December, 1992 to May, 1996, neither the minutes of the Compensation Committee nor of the Board reflect any action to approve specific grants. In some instances, evidence of single director (the chairman of the Compensation Committee) approval actions exists. This absence of non-employee director level documentation also applies to a majority of grants with a recorded grant date after 1996. In some cases, Compensation Committee minutes contain a reference to reports on the status of the option pool but do not document any action to approve specific grants. Approval documentation for certain grants has internal inconsistencies or conflicts with other documents thereby rendering this documentation unreliable as a basis for establishing a measurement date. In some cases, the only existing documentation is the executed option agreement and/or the entry of the option grant into the option database. Notwithstanding these approval documentation inadequacies, the Company entered into option agreements with grantees and has honored such grants.
Grant Approvals: During the Review Period, relatively few option grants were approved in complete compliance with the Company’s stock option plans. Available documentation reflects that the Company approved option grants in a variety of ways. With respect to the employee stock option plan, grants were approved by the Compensation Committee as contemplated by the plan at various times, by the full Board in 1998 and 1999, by a single director (the chairman of the Compensation Committee) on nine recorded grant dates during the period 1994 through 2001 and by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) at various times. With respect to the director stock option plan, grants were generally approved by the designated Board committee and, in a few cases, by the chairman of the Compensation Committee. In one instance in 2000, there is no conclusive documentary evidence of the approval of director grants other than the signed director option agreements.

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The delegation of authority by the Compensation Committee to the CEO with respect to grants to rank and file employees was not fully documented. However, there was an understood and accepted practice between the CEO and the Compensation Committee whereby the CEO made certain awards to individual employees. In some instances, this involved the allocation among rank and file employees of blocks of shares approved by the Compensation Committee; in three (3) such instances, the number of shares ultimately awarded pursuant to this process exceeded the approved size of the block, which was contrary to the understanding of the Compensation Committee members. Further, contrary to the understanding of the Compensation Committee members, the award and/or documentation of those individual grants often significantly lagged the approval of the block grant. In August 2005, the Compensation Committee specifically acknowledged a prior grant of delegated authority to the CEO to make option grants to rank and file employees and ratified all prior awards by the CEO. In some cases, documentation of approval action is either inconclusive or missing, and the Company therefore has been unable to determine what entity or person actually approved specific grants.
Option Pricing: The recorded grant dates for a majority of grants do not match the applicable measurement dates as determined under APB 25. The grants of options with exercise prices lower than the fair market values of the stock on the actual measurement dates did not satisfy the fair market pricing requirement in the Company’s plans, as amended in 1998, and were not consistent with the Company’s disclosures in SEC filings stating that the exercise price of options was equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant.
The relationship between the stated exercise price of options and the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the date of the identifiable approval actions varied from grant to grant. In some cases, the exercise price of grants reflected the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of any documented approval action. In other cases, the exercise prices reflected the fair market value of the underlying shares on a date either prior or subsequent to any such documented approval action and the exercise price was lower than the fair market value on the date of any such action. In several such cases before August 2002, the use of such grant dates and lower exercise prices (together with other available evidence) supports a finding that the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices were selected with the benefit of hindsight. For certain grants where the mismatch between the recorded grant date and the approval action was only a matter of days, however, the mismatch appears to have been attributable to inaccurate recording or administrative delays. In some cases, the apparent approval action did not identify all grantees; for example, there are cases where a block grant was approved subject to a later determination of individual grant recipients and grants were recorded with a grant date, and corresponding exercise price, that matched the date of the apparent approval of the block grant and the fair market value of the common stock on that date although individual grant recipients may have been identified some time after approval of the block grant. Finally, in some cases, the approval action for specific grants is not adequately documented. Where the recorded grant date did not satisfy the requisites for a measurement date under APB 25, the Company relied on default methodologies to determine an appropriate measurement date.
Internal Controls: As outlined above, the Company’s historical administration of its options program lacked discipline as it relates to proper adherence to the plan requirements, corporate recordkeeping and documentation. Since November 2003, however, the Company has properly administered the stock option program as it relates to awards to directors and officers. During the investigation, the Company identified control gaps related to grants made throughout the Review Period. As of March 31, 2007, the Company implemented additional procedures to its process that are focused on formalized documentation of appropriate approvals and determination of grant terms to employees.
Procedural and Remedial Actions
The Audit Committee and other relevant Board committees are committed to a continued review and implementation of procedural enhancements and remedial actions in light of the foregoing findings. Consistent with its obligation to act in the best interests of the Company taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances, the Audit Committee is continuing to assess the appropriateness of a broad range of possible procedural enhancements and potential remedial measures in light of the findings of its review.
While the Audit Committee has not completed its consideration of all such steps, procedural enhancements may include recommendations regarding improved stock option administration procedures and controls, training and monitoring compliance with those procedures, corporate recordkeeping, corporate risk assessment, evaluation of the internal compliance environment and other remedial steps that may be appropriate. Any such procedural enhancements will be recommended by the Audit Committee to the Board and/or appropriate Board committee for adoption. In advance of action by the Audit Committee, as noted above, the Company has implemented additional procedures to its process for approving stock option grants that are focused on formalized documentation of appropriate approvals and determination of grant terms to employees.
In light of the findings of the Audit Committee’s review, William F. Andrews, Thomas W. Golonski and Thomas G. Greig, three current directors who also served during portions of the Review Period and who hold options as to which the measurement date was adjusted in connection with the Company’s restatement, agreed voluntarily to reprice those outstanding options with a recorded exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the accounting measurement date as determined by the Audit Committee so that the exercise price matches the fair market value of the common stock on such accounting measurement date. In addition, Michael McAndrew, who became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) in December, 2002, also agreed voluntarily to

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reprice the one option granted to him after he became CFO with a recorded exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the accounting measurement date as determined by the Audit Committee so that the exercise price matches the fair market value of the common stock on such accounting measurement date.
The Audit Committee’s ongoing review includes an evaluation of the role of and possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have had responsibility for identified problems during the Review Period. Accordingly, the Audit Committee has begun to address and is addressing and expects to continue to address issues of individual conduct or responsibility, including those of the Board, CEOs and Chief Financial Officers (“CFOs”) serving during the Review Period. In connection therewith, based on the findings of the Audit Committee as to Fred C. Young, the Company’s former CEO who resigned on May 20, 2007, the Audit Committee concluded and recommended to the Board, and the Board determined, that Mr. Young could have been terminated due to Cause for Termination (as defined in his agreement dated May 11, 2004) at the time Mr. Young resigned as a director and officer of the Company on May 20, 2007. In light of that determination and the terms of the agreements with Mr. Young, all outstanding stock options held by Mr. Young terminated as of the date of his resignation.
The Audit Committee may recommend additional remedial measures that appropriately address the issues raised by its findings. Such potential remedial measures may include possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have been responsible for identified problems during the Review Period.
Restatement Methodologies
As of April 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation expense is to be recognized for all share-based compensation awards granted after the date of adoption and for all unvested awards existing on the date of adoption. Prior to April 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation awards to directors, officers and rank and file employees using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25 as allowed under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”). Under the intrinsic value method, no share-based compensation expense related to stock options was required to be recognized if the exercise price of the stock option was at least equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the “measurement date.” APB 25 defines the measurement date as the first date on which are known both (1) the number of shares that an individual grant recipient is entitled to receive and (2) the option or purchase price, if any.
In light of the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s stock option granting practices during the Review Period and as to those cases in which the Company previously used a recorded grant date as the measurement date that the Company determined could no longer be relied upon, the Company has developed and applied the following methodologies to remeasure those stock option grants and record the relevant charges in accordance with APB 25 by considering the following sources of information: (i) meeting minutes of the Board and of committees thereof and related materials, (ii) Unanimous Written Consents of the Board and of committees thereof, (iii) the dates on which stock option grants were entered into the Company’s stock option database (“create date”), (iv) relevant email correspondence reflecting stock option grant approval actions, (v) individual stock option agreements and related materials, (vi) employee and Board offer letters, (vii) documents relating to acquisitions, (viii) reports on Form 4 filed with the SEC and (ix) guidance of the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC on stock option matters as set forth in its letter dated September 19, 2006.
Grants with Appropriate Committee Approval. With respect to grants of approximately 1.0 million shares, or approximately 9% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has evidence to support the approval of the grant under the stock option plans by the relevant committee of the Board, and such evidence includes the number of options each individual was entitled to receive and the option price. However, the relationship between these documented approval actions and the originally-recorded grant dates and exercise prices for the options so approved varied during the Review Period. In some cases, grants were recorded with a grant date and a corresponding exercise price that matched the date of the approval action or were otherwise consistent with the terms of the approval action. In other cases, however, the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices of the grants reflected the fair market value of the common stock on a date prior to the committee’s documented approval actions. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 0.4 million shares of common stock by using the date of the documented approval action as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $1.8 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.07 million relates to director options, $1.3 million relates to officer options and $0.4 million relates to rank and file employee options.
Grants with Other Approvals. With respect to grants of approximately 1.9 million shares, or approximately 18% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has evidence to support the approval of the grant by the Board, an outside director or the Company’s CEO and the identification of the number of options each individual was entitled to receive together with the option price. These grants are distinguished from the grants described in the prior paragraph in that the nature of the approval was not fully consistent with the terms of the relevant stock option plan. As with the grants discussed in the preceding paragraph, the relationship between these documented approval actions and the originally-recorded grant dates and exercise prices for the options so approved varied during the Review Period. In some cases, grants were recorded with a grant date and a corresponding exercise price that matched the date of the approval action or were otherwise consistent with the terms of the approval action. In other cases, however,

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the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices of the grants reflected the fair market value of the Company’s stock on a date prior to the approval action. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 1.6 million shares of common stock by using the date of the documented approval action as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $7.6 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.5 million relates to director options, $2.6 million relates to officer options and $4.5 million relates to rank and file employee options.
Grants Lacking Adequate Documentation. With respect to grants of approximately 7.9 million shares (5.0 million shares to rank and file employees), or 73.0% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has been unable to locate adequate documentation of approval actions that would satisfy the requisites for a measurement date under APB 25. For these grants, management considered all available relevant information to form a reasonable conclusion as to the most reasonable measurement date. For all grants in this category, the Company has established default methodologies for determining the most appropriate measurement date under APB 25.
With respect to grants entered into the Company’s stock option database after September 9, 1999, when the database began to reflect a create date which is the date on which a grant was entered into the system, the Company has determined to use the individual create date for each grant as the APB 25 measurement date, which was in most cases different from the originally-recorded grant date. The Company believes that this create date is the most appropriate methodology in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants as it represents the earliest point in time at which the evidence shows that all requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied. Such create dates preceded, often by a significant amount of time, the execution of stock option agreements, which, generally, were manually signed by the Company’s CEO and manually signed and dated by the grantee. In addition, in almost all cases, a grant entered into the database, which established the create date, ultimately resulted in the creation of a stock option agreement reflecting such grant. Accordingly, while execution of the stock option agreements constituted a clear acknowledgement by the grantee and the Company of the grantee’s legal entitlement to the grant, the Company believes the create date more accurately reflects the date of approval than does the signed option agreement. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 4.2 million shares of common stock by using the create date as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $49.8 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.5 million relates to director options, $17.2 million relates to officer options and $32.2 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to such create dates included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the create date for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted for which the create date methodology was utilized to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.09 million to $73.8 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $49.8 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
For options entered into the Company’s option database before September 9, 1999, the Company determined the measurement date generally by reference to signed option agreements (or the deemed signature date for certain options as discussed below). The executed option agreements (hereinafter “signed option agreements”), manually signed by the Company’s CEO and manually signed and dated by the grantee, constituted an acknowledgement by the grantee and the Company of the grantee’s legal entitlement to the grant and, in the absence of authoritative information as to when all the requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied, provides a measurement date framework based on entitlement. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 1.4 million shares of common stock by using the signed option agreements as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $6.4 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.3 million relates to director options, $3.6 million relates to officer options and $2.5 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company believes this methodology was the most appropriate in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants as it represents the earliest point in time at which the evidence shows that all requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied for these grants. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to the dating of signed option agreements included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the date of the grantee’s signature on the stock option agreement for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted for which the signed option agreements methodology was utilized to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.03 million to $9.6 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $6.4 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.

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In those cases where no reliably-dated signed option agreement could be located and where no post-September 9, 1999 create date exists (stock option grants totaling approximately 0.9 million shares), the Company used the average period between recorded grant date and date of the signatures on all other grantee signed option agreements with the same grant date as the measurement date. For example, if there were four stock option grants with a grant date of January 1, 1996, the Company had the signed option agreements for three of these stock option grants and the average number of days between the grant date and the signature dates of these three signed option agreements was 20 days, January 21, 1996 was used as the measurement date for the grant for which no signed option agreement could be located. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 0.7 million shares of common stock using this “average days to sign agreement” method. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $4.4 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.06 million relates to director options, $4.2 million relates to officer options and $0.2 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company believes this methodology was the most appropriate in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants because it gives a reasonable approximation of the measurement date related to these options in light of the available evidence. The Company conducted a sensitivity analysis by comparing the Company’s current default methodology (i.e., “average days to sign agreement”) with another default methodology. For this analysis, the Company identified the range of potential grant dates defined by the earliest signed option agreement and the latest signed option agreement. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock over the range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $2.6 million to $5.9 million, net of forfeitures. The Company’s analyses indicate that stock-based compensation expense computed using other identified alternative default methodologies would not materially differ from stock-based compensation expense computed using the “average days to sign agreement” methodology. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to the average days to sign agreements also included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the average days to sign agreement for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.03 million to $6.1 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $4.4 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
Given the volatility of the common stock during much of the Review Period, the use of methodologies and measurement dates different from those described above could have resulted in a higher or lower cumulative compensation expense which would have caused net income or loss to be different from the amounts reported in the restated consolidated financial statements. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed using the default methodologies described above also included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the appropriate measurement date for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $9.3 million to $99.3 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $70.0 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
Other adjustments through March 31, 2006
From 1994 through 1998, the Company did not properly account for stock options for one officer that were modified after the grant date pursuant to a separation agreement. Some of these modifications were not identified in the Company’s financial reporting processes and were therefore not properly reflected in its financial statements. As a result, the Company has recorded a non-cash charge for stock-based compensation of $1.0 million during Fiscal 1999.
Summary
In summary, the Company recorded cumulative non-cash charges for stock-based compensation of $70.9 million through March 31, 2006, offset in part by a cumulative income tax benefit of $27.7 million, for a total after-tax charge of $43.2 million. These charges had no impact on net sales or cash and cash equivalents as previously reported in the Company’s financial statements; as a result, no changes to these items are reflected in the Restatement. Non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense have been recorded as adjustments to Selling, general & administrative expenses within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

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1Q07 and 2Q07 Restatement
Stock-based compensation expense
In addition to the Restatement noted above through March 31, 2006, the Company has recorded additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation during the first and second quarters of Fiscal 2007 of $1.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, offset in part by income tax benefits of $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively, or total after-tax charges of $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively. This charge was recorded to reflect additional non-cash, stock-based compensation expense recognized under the fair value method (SFAS 123(R)) because the exercise price for certain stock option grants prior to, but not vested as of March 31, 2006, differed from the fair market value of the underlying shares on the appropriate measurement date, some of which occurred during Fiscal 2007.
Accounting for derivatives
On July 26, 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to reduce its exposure from fluctuating interest rates. SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at their fair value, and that changes in the derivatives’ fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. From inception of the hedge, the Company had applied a method of cash flow hedge accounting under SFAS 133 to account for the interest rate swap that allowed the Company to assume no ineffectiveness in such agreements, called the “short-cut” method.
Subsequently, the Company analyzed its eligibility for the “short-cut” method in light of certain clarifications delivered by the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC, and determined that its interest rate swap did not qualify for the “short-cut” method under SFAS 133 because certain prepayment features relating to the underlying actual debt were not identical to those contained in the interest rate swap. Because the Company’s documentation at hedge inception reflected the “short-cut” method rather than the “long-haul” method for determining hedge ineffectiveness, the derivative did not meet the requirements for a cash flow hedge. Documentation for the “long-haul” method of accounting at hedge inception cannot be retrospectively applied under SFAS 133. Therefore, fluctuations in the interest rate swap’s fair value should have been recorded through the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income instead of through Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“OCI”), which is a component of Stockholders’ equity. The adjustment for the second quarter of Fiscal 2007 will decrease reported net income and increase OCI by approximately $1.4 million. This change in accounting for this derivative instrument could result in significant volatility in the Company’s reported net income and earnings per share due to increases and decreases in the fair value of the interest rate swap. However, the derivative instrument remains highly effective and the change in accounting for this derivative instrument does not impact operating cash flows or total Stockholders’ equity.
The table below reflects the impact of the additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense and the non-cash charge related to the interest rate swap on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, including the corresponding cumulative adjustment to Retained earnings as of September 30, 2006 and March 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior to this Restatement, the Company had not recorded any non-cash stock-based compensation expense in its Consolidated Statements of Income with the exception of $0.7 million recorded during the second quarter of Fiscal 2005 for a modification of a previous stock option award for a retiring director. All dollar amounts are presented in thousands except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.

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    (As                     Adjust-             (As             (As  
    Previously     Adjust-     Income     ment,     (As     Previously             Restated)  
    Reported)     ment,     Tax     Net of     Restated)     Reported)     Adjust-     Diluted  
    Net Income     Pre-Tax     Benefit     Tax     Net Income     Diluted EPS     ment     EPS  
 
 
FY 94
    $ 13,370       $ 43     $ (19)       $ 24       $ 13,346       $ 0.83       $ --       $ 0.83  
FY 95
    14,515       461       (144)       317       14,198       0.89       (0.02)       0.87  
FY 96
    18,278       406       (151)       255       18,023       1.10       (0.01)       1.09  
FY 97
    24,792       1,172       (456)       716       24,076       1.40       (0.04)       1.36  
FY 98
    32,404       3,595       (1,393)       2,202       30,202       1.79       (0.12)       1.67  
FY 99
    38,145       4,506       (1,732)       2,774       35,371       2.09       (0.15)       1.94  
FY 00
    48,852       5,778       (2,209)       3,569       45,283       2.60       (0.19)       2.41  
FY 01
    64,190       10,290       (3,953)       6,337       57,853       3.22       (0.32)       2.90  
FY 02
    62,042       11,333       (4,381)       6,952       55,090       2.97       (0.33)       2.64  
FY 03
    48,685       8,927       (2,328)       6,599       42,086       2.39       (0.32)       2.07  
 
                               
 
                                                               
  Cumulative
  03/31/03
    $ 365,273       $ 46,511       $ (16,766)       $ 29,745       $ 335,528       $ 19.29     $ (1.52)       $ 17.77  
 
                                                               
FY 04
    47,243       8,197       (4,156)       4,041       43,202       2.52       (0.22)       2.30  
 
                               
 
                                                               
  Cumulative
  03/31/04
    $ 412,516       $ 54,708     $ (20,922)       $ 33,786       $ 378,730       $ 21.80     $ (1.73)       $ 20.07  
 
                                                               
FY 05
    29,912       5,178       (2,312)       2,866       27,046       1.68       (0.16)       1.52  
 
                               
 
                                                               
  Cumulative
  03/31/05
    $ 442,428       $ 59,886       $ (23,234)       $ 36,652       $ 405,776       $ 23.48     $ (1.89)       $ 21.59  
 
                                                               
1Q06
    7,394       1,120       (442)       678       6,716       0.43       (0.04)       0.39  
2Q06
    12,797       1,126       (444)       682       12,115       0.74       (0.04)       0.70  
3Q06
    12,511       2,431       (959)       1,472       11,039       0.70       (0.08)       0.62  
4Q06
    4,656       6,368       (2,612)       3,756       900       0.26       (0.21)       0.05  
 
                               
 
                                                               
FY 06
    $ 37,358       $ 11,045     $ (4,457)       $ 6,588       $ 30,770       $ 2.13     $ (0.37)       $ 1.76  
 
                                                               
  Cumulative
  03/31/06
    $ 479,786       $ 70,931     $ (27,691)       $ 43,240       $ 436,546       $ 25.61     $ (2.26)       $ 23.35  
 
                                                               
1Q07
    7,807       1,629       (635)       994       6,813       0.43       (0.06)       0.37  
2Q07
    13,079       2,210       (806)       1,404       11,675       0.74       (0.08)       0.66  
 
                               
2QYTD07
    $ 20,886       $ 3,839     $ (1,441)       $ 2,398       $ 18,488       $ 1.18     $ (0.14)       $ 1.04  
 
                               
 
                                                               
  Cumulative
  09/30/06
    $ 500,672       $ 74,770     $ (29,132)       $ 45,638       $ 455,034       $ 26.78     $ (2.39)       $ 24.39  
 
Income Tax Considerations
In the course of the investigation, the Company determined that a number of officers may have exercised options for which the application of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), may apply. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes because the Company incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. If such options are deemed to have been granted at less than fair market value, pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m)”), any compensation to officers, including proceeds from options exercised in any given tax year, in excess of $1.0 million will be disallowed as a deduction for tax purposes. The Company estimates that the potential tax effected liability for any such disallowed Section 162(m) deduction would approximate $3.6 million, which has been recorded as a current liability within Income taxes within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company may also incur interest and penalties if it were to incur any such tax liability, which could be material.
In addition, the Company is considering the application of Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) to those options for which it incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes and thus subject to Section 409A. Accordingly, the Company may adopt measures to address the application of Section 409A. The Company does not currently know what impact Section 409A will have, or any such measures, if adopted, would have, on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows, although such impact could be material.

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Expenses Incurred by the Company
The Company has incurred expenses for legal fees and external audit firm fees, in excess of its insurance deductible of $0.5 million, in Fiscal 2007, in relation to (i) the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s historical stock option practices and related accounting for stock option grants, (ii) the informal inquiry and formal order of investigation by the SEC regarding the Company’s past stock option practices, (iii) the previously-disclosed derivative action relating to the Company’s historical stock option practices filed against the Company as a nominal defendant and certain of the Company’s current and former directors and officers, as to whom it may have indemnification obligations and (iv) related matters. Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant additional expense related to the foregoing matters in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. The Company and the insurance company for its directors’ and officers’ indemnification insurance are currently in discussions with respect to which of the fees in excess of the deductible will be paid by the insurance company. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that all fees submitted to the insurance company for reimbursement will be reimbursed under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ indemnification insurance.

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PART I
Item 1. Business.
Overview. Black Box is the world’s largest dedicated network infrastructure services provider. Black Box offers one-source network infrastructure services for communication systems. The Company’s service offerings include design, installation, integration, monitoring and maintenance of voice, data and integrated communication systems. The Company’s primary service offering is voice solutions, while providing premise cabling and other data related services and products. The Company provides 24/7/365 technical support for all of its solutions which encompasses all major voice and data manufacturers as well as 118,000 network infrastructure products that it sells through its catalog and Internet Web site and its Voice and Data services (collectively referred to as “On-Site services”) offices. With more than 3,000 professional technical experts and 173 offices, Black Box serves more than 175,000 clients in 141 countries throughout the world. Founded in 1976, Black Box, a Delaware corporation, operates subsidiaries on five continents and is headquartered near Pittsburgh in Lawrence, Pennsylvania.
Black Box differentiates itself from its competitors by providing exceptional levels of superior technical services for communication solutions, its capability to provide these services globally and its private-labeled BLACK BOX® brand network infrastructure products which feature some of the most comprehensive warranties in the industry.
As the world’s largest and highest quality network infrastructure services company 100% dedicated to this market, Black Box is in a unique position to capitalize on its service advantages, current leadership position, diverse and loyal client base and strong financial performance.
Industry Background. Black Box participates in the worldwide network infrastructure market estimated at $20 billion.
Products and services are distributed to this market primarily through value-added resellers, manufacturers, direct marketers, large system integrators and other technical services companies. These companies range from very large, international companies, some of which have access to greater resources than those available to Black Box, to small, local or regionally-focused companies. In addition, competition for our Hotline business includes direct marketing manufacturers, mass merchandisers, “big box” retailers, web retailers and others. Black Box believes that it competes on the basis of its solution features offerings, technical capabilities, service levels and price.
Business Strategy. Black Box’s business strategy is to provide its clients with one source for services and products to meet all their networking infrastructure needs – whether at a single location or multiple locations worldwide. The Company believes that its combination of worldwide Voice and Data services performed at client locations – integrated with Hotline Services – provides a unique advantage over its competitors in the network infrastructure market. The Company believes its record of consistent operating profitability, positive cash flow and its high rate of repeat clients is evidence of the strength of its strategy. Keys to the Company’s success include the following:
Expert Technical Support Deployed Three Ways.
Locally at Client Sites. Black Box provides complete voice, data and integrated solutions – including design, installation, remote monitoring and routine and emergency maintenance – with consistent high quality and uniformity. The Company maintains certifications from leading voice and data product manufacturers including Avaya®, Cisco®, Microsoft®, Nortel®, NEC® and Siemens®, among others. In addition, the Company maintains what it believes is the industry’s largest staff of Registered Communications Distribution Designers (RCDDs) who assure that all designs meet or exceed ANSI, TIA/EIA and National Electric Code® (NEC®) standards.
24/7/365 Technical Support. Black Box provides around-the-clock, seven days per week technical support, available to clients in 141 countries worldwide. In Fiscal 2007, the Company’s technical experts responded to approximately 1.5 million client calls. Black Box specialists receive continuous training to stay up-to-date on the latest technologies.
www.blackbox.com Internet Web Site. Black Box offers its 24/7/365 technical support on-line at www.blackbox.com. With one click by an existing or a potential client on “Talk to a Tech,” a technical expert makes contact with that person immediately. Technical information, including “Black Box Explains” and “Technology Overviews,” is always available as well as the ability to easily design and configure custom products on-line.
Worldwide Coverage. With 173 offices serving 141 countries, Black Box has the largest footprint in the industry, serving every major industry sector. This worldwide coverage and 31 years of experience makes one-source project management a reality for Black Box clients. Black Box ensures that clients with these needs receive consistent high-quality design, workmanship and technology from a single service provider. The Company is exposed to certain risks because of its global operations discussed under the caption “International operations” in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

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Strategic Partnerships with Leading Voice and Data Product Manufacturers. Black Box has partnerships and distribution agreements with leading voice and data product manufacturers. Access to these multi-technology platforms provides Black Box clients with the convenience of a one-source provider for its network infrastructure needs.
Quality Networking Solutions and Comprehensive Warranties. Black Box products and services are covered by an umbrella of protection that extends beyond standard warranties. Black Box was the first in the industry to introduce a “No Questions Asked” product warranty program offering full protection regardless of cause of failure, including accidental, surge or water damage for the life of the warranty – and many products are guaranteed for life. Exclusive to Black Box are its Guaranteed-for-Life Structured Cabling System and Certification Plus® guarantees that provide assurance that a client’s network will operate within the application it was designed to support for life.
Brand Name. BLACK BOX is a widely recognized brand name associated with high quality products and services. The Company believes that the BLACK BOX trademark is important to its business.
ISO 9001:2000 Certified. Black Box has received ISO 9001:2000 certification in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Rigorous quality control processes must be documented and practiced to earn and maintain ISO 9001:2000 certification.
Proprietary Client List. Over the course of its 31 year history, the Company has built a proprietary mailing list of approximately 1.5 million names representing over 1.0 million clients. This database includes information on the past purchases of its clients. The Company routinely analyzes this data in an effort to enhance client purchasing and ensure that targeted marketing programs reach their specified audiences. The Company believes that its proprietary client list is a valuable asset that represents a significant competitive advantage. The Company does not rent its client list.
Rapid Order Fulfillment. The Company has developed efficient inventory management and order fulfillment systems that allow most standard product to be shipped that same day. Requests for same day counter-to-counter delivery and special labeling, kitting and packaging are also available from Black Box.
Growth Strategy. The principle components of Black Box’s growth strategy include: (i) cross-selling marketing activities capitalizing on its one-source solution of DVH™ (Data, Voice and Hotline) Services, (ii) expanded product offerings and (iii) expanded global technical support services primarily through mergers and acquisitions.
Mergers and Acquisitions. As part of the growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions, the Company has completed the following transactions during Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005:
Fiscal 2007
On April 30, 2006, Black Box acquired the privately-held USA Commercial and Government and Canadian operations of NextiraOne, LLC (“NextiraOne”). The acquired operations service commercial and various government agency clients. Black Box and NextiraOne have nearly completed the integration process, including the re-branding of the NextiraOne business as Black Box Network Services.
On May 1, 2006, Black Box acquired Nu-Vision Technologies, Inc. and Nu-Vision Technologies, LLC (collectively referred to as “NUVT”), privately-held companies, which provide planning, installation, monitoring and maintenance services for voice and data network systems. NUVT has an active customer base, which includes commercial, education and various government agency accounts.
On October 30, 2006, Black Box acquired Nortech Telecommunications, Inc. (“NTI”), a privately-held company based out of Chicago, IL. NTI has an active customer base which includes commercial, education and various government agency accounts.
On February 1, 2007, Black Box acquired ADS Telecom, Inc. (“ADS”), a privately-held company based out of Orlando, FL. ADS has an active customer base which includes commercial, financial, healthcare and various government agency accounts.
The results of operations of NextiraOne, NUVT, NTI and ADS are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income beginning on their individual acquisition dates during Fiscal 2007.

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Fiscal 2006
During Fiscal 2006, the Company completed six (6) acquisitions. During the first quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company acquired Telecommunication Systems Management, Inc. (“TSM”), GTC Technology Group, Inc. and Technology Supply, Inc. (collectively referred to as “GTC”) and Business Communications, Inc., Bainbridge Communication, Inc., BCI of Tampa, LLC and Networx, L.L.C. (collectively referred to as “BCI”). These companies provide full-service voice communication solutions and services in the Florida and Virginia markets. During the second quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Universal Solutions of North America, L.L.C. and related entities (“Universal”). Universal primarily provides planning, installation, monitoring and maintenance services for voice and data network systems in 14 states. During the third quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company purchased 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Communication is World InterActive Networking, Inc. (“C=WIN”) and Converged Solutions Group, LLC (“CSG”). Both C=WIN and CSG primarily provide planning, installation and maintenance services for voice and data network systems in 15 states. The results of operations of TSM, GTC, BCI, Universal, C=WIN and CSG are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income beginning on their individual acquisition dates during Fiscal 2006.
Fiscal 2005
On January 25, 2005, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Norstan, Inc. (“Norstan”). Norstan primarily provides full-service communications solutions and services, delivering voice and data technology solutions and remanufactured equipment to corporate end-users and public sector companies. Norstan had offices throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Norstan solution was complementary to Black Box’s existing service solutions and allowed the Company to immediately expand its operational footprint, provide additional marketing opportunities via cross-selling and, most importantly, provide its collective customers a stronger worldwide technical services partner.
These acquired companies, which are focused on servicing the North America Voice Services market, have influenced the composition of the Company’s service segments as profiled below:
                         
    Percent of Consolidated Revenues
Service Type
  FY07   FY06   FY05
 
Voice Services
    60%       43%       20%  
Hotline Services
    22%       30%       42%  
Data Services
    18%       27%       38%  
 
           
Black Box Total
    100%       100%       100%  
 
Clients. Black Box clients range from small organizations to many of the world’s largest corporations and institutions. Black Box clients participate in many diverse industries, including manufacturing, business services, retail, finance, education and government. Revenues from the Company’s clients are segmented as 45% from large companies, 20% from medium-sized companies and 35% from small companies.
Marketing. Black Box’s services are primarily marketed through direct sales driven by its nearly 300 team members exclusively devoted to these efforts. This sales force is further supported with the Company’s direct marketing materials and online through the Company’s Internet Web site. Black Box was the first company to engage exclusively in the sale of a broad range of networking products through direct marketing techniques. Black Box targets its catalogs and marketing materials directly to its client-users who make systems design and purchasing decisions. Black Box marketing materials present a wide choice of items using a combination of product features and benefits, photographs, product descriptions, product specifications, compatibility charts, potential applications and other helpful technical information. The Company’s catalogs have earned numerous awards in recent years. In 2006, the Black Box Cable Catalog won Multichannel Merchant magazine’s top award, Catalog of the Year. The catalog also took top honors in the Computer Equipment and Software category which a Black Box catalog has won for the eleventh year in a row.
Technical Services. Black Box believes that its technical services are the foundation of its success enabling the Company to provide services ranging from quick-turn hotline consultation to site surveys, design and engineering, project management, single-site and multi-site installations, remote monitoring, certification and maintenance of voice, data and integrated communication solutions.
Worldwide Headquarters. The Company’s worldwide headquarters and certain U.S. operations are located in Lawrence, Pennsylvania (a suburb 20 miles south of Pittsburgh). This Company-owned 352,000 square foot facility is on an 84-acre site.
Products. Black Box believes that its ability to offer broad, innovative product solutions across multiple technologies, supported by its 24/7/365 technical services capability, has been an important competitive factor. Black Box currently offers more than 118,000 products through its catalogs, On-Site services offices and Internet Web site. New products are regularly introduced.
Manufacturers and Suppliers. Black Box utilizes a network of original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) and suppliers throughout the world. Each supplier is monitored for quality, delivery performance and cost through a well-established certification program. This network has manufacturing and engineering capabilities to customize products for specialized applications.
Black Box operates its own manufacturing and assembly operation at its Lawrence, Pennsylvania location. The Company chooses to manufacture certain products in-house when outside OEMs are not economical. Sourcing decisions of in-house versus third-party suppliers are based upon a balance of quality, performance, delivery and cost.

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Information Systems. The Company has committed significant resources to the development of information systems that are used to manage all aspects of its business. The Company’s systems support and integrate technical support, client services, inventory management, purchasing, distribution activities, accounting and project cost management. The Company continues to develop and implement exclusive worldwide web applications. These applications allow clients to view order status and product availability, view up-to-date information on their projects that are being managed on a world-wide basis and provide a project management and forecasting tool for the Company’s offices. A technical knowledge-based application is also used to access problem resolution information to help solve client issues more quickly. Information systems are focused on delivering high quality business applications that are geared to improve internal efficiencies as well as client interactions.
The Company’s new product introductions, multiple language requirements and design enhancements require efficient modification of product presentations for its various catalogs. Black Box also supports a publishing system that provides the flexibility and speed for both text and graphic layout. This enables the timely, efficient and cost effective creation of marketing materials.
Backlog. The worldwide backlog of unfilled orders believed to be firm (i.e., to be completed within six months) was approximately $159 million at March 31, 2007 compared to $96 million at March 31, 2006.
Team Members. As of March 31, 2007, the Company had approximately 4,581 team members worldwide compared to 3,295 as of March 31, 2006. Of the 4,581 current team members, approximately 660 are subject to collective bargaining agreements. The Company believes that its relationship with its team members is good.
Financial Information. Financial information regarding the Company, including segment data, is set forth in Item 8 of this Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
International Revenues. Revenues from countries outside North America were $166 million, or 16% of total revenues, for Fiscal 2007 comparable to $157 million, or 22% of total revenues, for Fiscal 2006.
Other Information. The Company maintains an investor relations page on its Internet Web site at http://www.blackbox.com. The Company’s annual, quarterly and current reports and amendments to such reports filed with or furnished to the SEC are made available, as soon as reasonably practical after such filing, and may be viewed or downloaded free of charge in the “About Us” section of the Web site. The Company’s Standards of Business Conduct, Code of Ethics and Board committee charters are also available on its Web site, and may be viewed or downloaded free of charge in the “About Us” section of the Web site.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The following are some of the potential risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these factors, as well as the other information contained in this document, when evaluating your investment in our securities. The below list of important factors is not all-inclusive or necessarily in order of importance.
Stock option matters – As previously disclosed, on November 13, 2006, we received a letter of informal inquiry from the Enforcement Division of the SEC relating to the Company’s stock option practices from January 1, 1997 to present. Our Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, is conducting an independent review of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants. On May 24, 2007, the SEC issued a formal order of investigation in connection with this matter, and, on May 29, 2007, we received a document subpoena from the SEC acting pursuant to such order. We have cooperated with the SEC in this matter and intend to continue to do so. See the “Explanatory Note” preceding Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-K for more information regarding this and related matters.
On September 20, 2006, the Company received formal notice from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding its intent to begin an audit of the Company’s tax years 2004 and 2005. In connection with this normal recurring audit, the IRS has requested certain documentation with respect to stock options for the Company’s 2004 and 2005 tax years. The Company has produced various documents requested by the IRS and is currently in the process of responding to additional documentation requests.
In addition, in November, 2006, two stockholder derivative lawsuits were filed against the Company, as a nominal defendant, and several of our current and former officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The two substantially identical stockholder derivative complaints allege that the individual defendants improperly backdated grants of stock options to several officers and directors in violation of our stockholder-approved stock option plans during the period 1996-2002, improperly recorded and accounted for backdated stock options in violation of generally accepted accounting principles, improperly took tax deductions based on backdated stock options in violation of the Code, produced and disseminated false financial statements and SEC filings to our stockholders and to the market that improperly recorded and accounted for the backdated option grants, concealed the alleged improper backdating of stock options and obtained substantial benefits from sales of Company stock while in the possession of material inside information. The complaints seek damages on behalf of the Company against certain current and former officers and directors and allege breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, securities law violations and other claims. The two lawsuits have been consolidated into a single action as In re Black Box Corporation Derivative Litigation, Master

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File No. 2:06-CV-1531-TMH, and plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint on January 29, 2007. The parties have stipulated that responses by the defendants, including the Company, are due on or before September 4, 2007.
The stock option investigations and related litigation have imposed, and are likely to continue to impose, significant costs on us, both monetarily and in requiring attention by our management team. While we are unable to estimate the costs that we may incur in the future, these are likely to include:
• professional fees in connection with the conduct of the investigations, the restatement of our financial statements and the defense of the litigation;
• potential damages, fines, penalties or settlement costs; and
• payments to, or on behalf of, our current and former officers and directors subject to the investigation or named in the litigation pursuant to our indemnification obligations (in certain circumstances these indemnification payments are recoverable if it is determined that the officer or director at issue acted improperly, but there is no assurance that we will be able to recover such payments).
While we expect that certain of such costs will be reimbursed pursuant to an insurance policy, at this point such costs have not been reimbursed.
In the course of our investigation, we have determined that a number of executives may have exercised options for which the application of Section 162(m) may apply. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes because we incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. If such options are deemed to have been granted at less than fair market value, pursuant to Section 162(m), any compensation to our executive officers, including proceeds from options exercised in any given tax year in excess of $1.0 million, will be disallowed as a deduction for tax purposes. We estimate that the potential tax effected liability for any such disallowed Section 162(m) deduction would approximate $3.6 million. We may also incur interest and penalties if we were to incur any such tax liability, which could be material.
In addition, we are considering the application of Section 409A to those options for which we incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes and thus subject to Section 409A. Accordingly, we may adopt remedial measures to address the application of Section 409A. We do not currently know what impact Section 409A will have, or any such remedial measures, if adopted, would have on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows, although such impact could be material.
Adverse developments in the legal proceedings or the investigation arising out of our historical stock option granting practices or any other matter raised as a result thereof could have an adverse impact on our business and our stock price, including increased stock volatility.
Competition – we operate in a highly competitive industry. Our competitors may be able to deliver products and services at better prices or more quickly due to factors beyond our control. New competitors may also arise in the future, which threaten our ability to sustain or grow our market share. We cannot guarantee that we can continue to compete effectively in the future and still be able to sustain our historical levels of profit margin.
Economic environments – we, our customers or our vendors may experience economic hardships due to inflation or recession, changes in laws and regulations, business disruptions due to natural disasters, acts of terrorism or war or other factors that are beyond our control and that could negatively impact our financial condition or our ability to meet our future financial goals.
Successful integration of acquired businesses – we have completed several acquisitions in recent years. Our future financial results are dependent on the successful integration of those acquisitions within the projected timeframes and cost parameters. We also face pressure to adequately conduct our ongoing operations while working toward the integration of these businesses. We cannot guarantee that we will successfully integrate our acquisitions as projected or without disruption to other areas of our business which could have a negative impact on our financial results.
International operations – we operate in several countries outside of the United States. Our operations or our financial condition may be negatively affected by events surrounding our international operations such as changes in laws and regulations, political or economic instability, currency fluctuations, supply chain disruptions, acts of terrorism, natural disasters or other political, economic or environmental factors. We cannot rely on the past results of our international operations as an indicator of future results or assure you that we will not be adversely affected by those factors inherent with international operations.

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Retention of key personnel – the success of our business depends on our ability to attract and retain quality employees, executives and directors. We offer comprehensive salary and benefit packages including stock options as a means of attracting and retaining personnel. We face pressure to maintain our profit margins and remain competitive in our industry while we compete for personnel in our local markets with a variety of different businesses that may be able to offer more attractive incentives due to their individual financial situations. We cannot guarantee that we will continue to attract and retain personnel with our current incentives and at costs that are consistent with our projected profit margins. In addition, the success of our compensation program has relied heavily on the use of stock options which provided both a compensation and retention element due to vesting. If we are not able to replicate the compensation and retention benefits historically provided by our stock options, we will need to rely more heavily on other forms of compensation, primarily cash compensation to adequately compensate employees, executives and directors.
Demand for products and services – we and our competitors in the industry are dependent on the demand for the products and services that we deliver. Changes in technology or other unforeseen developments within our industry could result in decreased demand for our products and services. We cannot guarantee that historical levels of demand will continue or increase in the future.
Supply chain and distribution agreements – through our recent acquisitions, we have significant arrangements with a small number of suppliers of voice technology. If we experience disruptions in our supply chain with these manufacturers for any reason or lose our distribution rights, we may not be able to fulfill customer commitments with an acceptable alternative or we may not be able to obtain alternative solutions at similar costs.
Future mergers and acquisitions – a key component of our growth strategy is through strategic mergers and acquisitions. We may not continue to be successful in our search for potential acquisition candidates that are acceptable for our business model, or we may not be successful in our attempts to acquire new businesses that we have identified as attractive acquisition candidates. We cannot guarantee that we will meet our projected growth targets in the future if we are unsuccessful in our efforts to acquire additional businesses.
Public sector business – our revenues from sales to the public sector, including sales to federal, state and local governments and governmental agencies has grown in recent years. These sales are made through various direct contracts, through reseller agreements with government contractors and through open market sales. Government contracting is a highly-regulated area. Failure to comply with the technical requirements of regulations or contracts could subject us to fines, penalties, suspension or debarment from doing business with such customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Revenue growth – our revenue is primarily generated through individual sales of products and services and the nature of our business provides us with very little guaranteed or contractual revenue beyond a relatively short time horizon. We depend on repeat customer business as well as our ability to develop new customer business to sustain and grow our revenue. Although our focus on delivering high-quality sales and service has proven to be successful in the past, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to grow or even sustain our current level of revenue in the future.
Liquidity – although we generate positive cash flow and have access to a significant amount of additional credit, we cannot be sure that our current liquidity situation will be adequate in future periods. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to maintain our positive cash flow position or to obtain additional credit or raise additional capital which may restrict our ability to operate or to pursue new business opportunities in the future.
Stock price – our stock price is affected by a number of factors, including quarterly variations in our financial results. As a result, our stock price is subject to volatility.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2. Properties.
The Company’s worldwide headquarters and certain U.S. operations are located in Lawrence, Pennsylvania (located 20 miles south of Pittsburgh) in a 352,000 square foot owned facility on 84 acres.
The Company owns or leases 173 additional offices or facilities throughout the world, none of which are material in nature to Black Box.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
Regulatory Matters
As previously disclosed, on November 13, 2006, the Company received a letter of informal inquiry from the Enforcement Division of the SEC relating to the Company’s stock option practices from January 1, 1997 to present. On May 24, 2007, the SEC issued a formal order of investigation in connection with this matter and, on May 29, 2007, the Company received a document subpoena from the SEC acting pursuant to such order. The Company has cooperated with the SEC in this matter and intends to continue to do so.
As previously announced, the Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, is conducting an independent review of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants. See the “Explanatory Note” preceding Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-K for more information regarding this and related matters.
On September 20, 2006, the Company received formal notice from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding its intent to begin an audit of the Company’s tax years 2004 and 2005. In connection with this normal recurring audit, the IRS has requested certain documentation with respect to stock options for the Company’s 2004 and 2005 tax years. The Company has produced various documents requested by the IRS and is currently in the process of responding to additional documentation requests.
At the conclusion of these regulatory matters, the Company could be subject to additional taxes, fines, penalties or other costs which could be material.
Litigation Matters
In November, 2006, two stockholder derivative lawsuits were filed against the Company itself, as a nominal defendant, and several of the Company’s current and former officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The two substantially identical stockholder derivative complaints allege that the individual defendants improperly backdated grants of stock options to several officers and directors in violation of the Company’s stockholder-approved stock option plans during the period 1996-2002, improperly recorded and accounted for backdated stock options in violation of generally accepted accounting principles, improperly took tax deductions based on backdated stock options in violation of the Code, produced and disseminated false financial statements and SEC filings to the Company’s stockholders and to the market that improperly recorded and accounted for the backdated option grants, concealed the alleged improper backdating of stock options and obtained substantial benefits from sales of Company stock while in the possession of material inside information. The complaints seek damages on behalf of the Company against certain current and former officers and directors and allege breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, securities law violations and other claims. The two lawsuits have been consolidated into a single action as In re Black Box Corporation Derivative Litigation, Master File No. 2:06-CV-1531-TMH, and plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint on January 29, 2007. The parties have stipulated that responses by the defendants, including the Company, are due on or before September 4, 2007. The Company may have indemnification obligations arising out of this matter to its current and former directors and officers named in this litigation. The Company has made a claim for such costs under an insurance policy.
As previously disclosed, the Company received a subpoena, dated December 8, 2004, from the United States General Services Administration (“GSA”), Office of Inspector General. The subpoena requires production of documents and information. The Company understands that the materials are being sought in connection with an investigation regarding potential violations of the terms of a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract. The Company has not received any communication on this matter from the GSA since June 2005.
The Company is involved in, or has pending, various legal proceedings, claims, suits and complaints arising out of the normal course of business. Based on the facts currently available to the Company, management believes the matters described under this caption “Litigation Matters” are adequately provided for, covered by insurance, without merit or not probable that an unfavorable outcome will result.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
No matter was submitted during the three month period ended March 31, 2007 to a vote of security holders, through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise.

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Executive Officers of the Registrant
The executive officers of the Company and their respective ages and positions are as follows:
             
Name
  Age   Position with the Company
 
 
Terry Blakemore
    50     Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
 
           
Michael McAndrew
    47     Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Principal
Accounting Officer
 
           
Francis W. Wertheimber
    54     Senior Vice President – Pacific Rim/Far East
 
 
The following is a biographical summary of the experience of the executive officers of the Company:
TERRY BLAKEMORE, 50, was appointed as the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on May 21, 2007. Previously, on May 15, 2007, the Board had named Mr. Blakemore a Senior Vice President of the Company. Prior to becoming a Senior Vice President, Mr. Blakemore served as a manager of business development and, prior thereto, as a manager of the Company’s Voice Services business unit. Mr. Blakemore has been with the Company since 1999.
MICHAEL MCANDREW, 47, was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on December 13, 2002. He became Secretary and Treasurer on January 31, 2003. He was Manager of Corporate Planning and Analysis prior to December 13, 2002. Mr. McAndrew has been with the Company for 17 years.
FRANCIS W. WERTHEIMBER, 54, was promoted to Senior Vice President – Pacific Rim/Far East in May 2004. He was promoted to Vice President – Pacific Rim/Far East on May 9, 1997. He was Managing Director of Black Box Japan prior to May 9, 1997. Mr. Wertheimber has been with Black Box for 14 years.
Directors of the Registrant
The following sets forth certain information concerning the members of the Board of Directors of the Company:
WILLIAM F. ANDREWS, 75, was elected as a director on May 18, 1992. Mr. Andrews currently is Chairman of Corrections Corporation of America (private prisons), Chairman of Katy Industries, Inc. (diversified manufacturing company) and Chairman of SVP Holdings Limited (Singer sewing machines). He was Chairman of Scovill Fasteners, Inc. and Northwestern Steel and Wire from 1996 to 2001. He has been a principal with Kohlberg & Co., a private investment company, since 1995. He is also a director of Corrections Corporation, Katy Industries, O’Charley’s, Inc. and Trex Company, Inc., all publicly-held companies.
RICHARD L. CROUCH, 60, was elected as a director on August 10, 2004. Mr. Crouch was a General Partner with the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1979 to 2004, having served as an Audit Partner principally assigned to public companies. He served in various capacities for the firm, including service as a regional accounting, auditing and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) services consultant. He retired from the firm on July 2, 2004.
THOMAS W. GOLONSKI, 64, was selected to be a director on February 11, 2003 and was elected by our stockholders on August 12, 2003. Mr. Golonski served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of National City Bank of Pennsylvania and Executive Vice President of National City Corporation from 1996 to 2005. He retired from National City in 2005. He is a director of several economic development organizations and active in other charitable and financial organizations.
THOMAS G. GREIG, 59, was elected as a director on August 10, 1999 and appointed as non-executive Chairman of the Board in May 2004. Mr. Greig has been a Managing Director of Liberty Capital Partners, a private equity partnership, since 1998. He is also a director of publicly-held Rudolph Technologies, Inc., a number of privately-held companies and a public, not-for-profit foundation.
EDWARD A. NICHOLSON, PH.D., 67, was elected as a director on August 10, 2004. Dr. Nicholson served as President of Robert Morris University from 1989 to 2005 and is presently a Professor of Management at Robert Morris. He has served a number of businesses and government agencies as a consultant in the areas of long-range planning, organization design and labor relations. He is also a director of Brentwood Bank, publicly-held Shopsmith Inc. and several regional economic, charitable and cultural organizations.

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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Common Stock Information:
The common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “BBOX” and has been assigned to the NASDAQ Global Select tier. As of March 31, 2007, 24,963,338 shares of the common stock were issued, of which 7,436,111 shares were held in treasury.
The following table sets forth the quarterly high and low sale prices of the common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market during each of the Company’s fiscal quarters indicated below.
                 
    High     Low  
 
Fiscal 2007
               
1st Quarter
  $   54.09     $   35.69  
2nd Quarter
    43.32       36.51  
3rd Quarter
    46.60       38.01  
4th Quarter
    42.65       34.64  
 
               
Fiscal 2006
               
1st Quarter
  $   37.93     $   31.83  
2nd Quarter
    45.94       34.93  
3rd Quarter
    50.45       37.82  
4th Quarter
    55.37       45.12  
 
On August 7, 2007, the last reported sale price of the common stock was $39.62 per share.
Dividend Policy:
Cash dividends of $0.06 per share of common stock were declared during each quarter during Fiscal 2007 and 2006. Dividends declared during Fiscal 2007 were paid on July 14, 2006, October 13, 2006, January 15, 2007 and April 16, 2007. Dividends declared during Fiscal 2006 were paid on July 15, 2005, October 14, 2005, January 13, 2006 and April 14, 2006. While the Company expects to continue to declare quarterly dividends, the payment of future dividends is at the discretion of the Board and the timing and amount of any future dividends will depend upon earnings, cash requirements and financial condition of the Company. Under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated January 24, 2005, as amended February 17, 2005 and March 28, 2006 (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”), the Company is permitted to pay dividends on and repurchase its common stock as long as no Event of Default or Potential Default (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) occurs or is continuing.
Stockholders:
As of March 31, 2007, there were approximately 2,227 holders of record of the common stock.
Equity Plan Compensation Information:
The information required under Item 5 of Part II of this Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the caption “Equity Plan Compensation Information” in the Proxy Statement.
Issuance of Unregistered Securities:
There were no issuances of unregistered securities during the three month period ended March 31, 2007.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities:
                                 
                    Total Number of     Maximum Number  
                    Shares Purchased     of Shares that May  
                    as Part of Publicly     Yet Be Purchased  
    Total Number of     Average Price     Announced Plans     Under the Plans  
Period   Shares Purchased     Paid per Share     or Programs     or Programs  
 
December 31, 2006
to January 28, 2007
    --       $ --       --       1,063,945  
 
                               
January 29, 2007
to February 25, 2007
    56       41.02       56       1,063,889  
 
                               
February 26, 2007
to March 31, 2007
    --       --       --       1,063,889  
     
 
                               
Total
    56       $ 41.02       56       1,063,889  
 

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As of December 31, 2006, 1,063,945 shares were available under repurchase programs approved by the Board and announced on November 20, 2003, August 12, 2004 and November 7, 2006.
The repurchase programs have no expiration date and no programs were terminated prior to the full repurchase of the authorized amount.
Additional repurchases of common stock may occur from time to time depending upon factors such as the Company’s cash flows and general market conditions. While the Company expects to continue to repurchase shares of the common stock for the foreseeable future, there can be no assurance as to the timing or amount of such repurchases. Under the Company’s Credit Agreement, the Company is permitted to repurchase its common stock as long as no Event of Default or Potential Default (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) occurs or is continuing.
Performance Graph:
The graph below represents and compares the value, through March 31, 2007, of a hypothetical investment of $100 made on March 31, 2002, in each of (i) the common stock, (ii) the S&P Small Cap 600, (iii) the Nasdaq Composite, (iv) the Russell 2000 and (v) a peer group of companies determined by the Company (the “Peer Group”), assuming the reinvestment of dividends in each case. The Peer Group consists of CDW Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Avaya Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation and Electronic Data Systems Corporation. The Peer Group was added to the performance graph because the Company believes that, given its current mix of revenues generated from network infrastructure On-Site services and products, the performance of this Peer Group is a relevant metric.
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
                                                 
    3/31/02     3/31/03     3/31/04     3/31/05     3/31/06     3/31/07  
 
 
                                               
Black Box Corporation
  $    100.00     $    61.36     $    111.18     $    78.27     $    101.10     $    77.36  
S&P Small Cap 600
    100.00       75.19       117.66       133.05       165.07       173.81  
NASDAQ Composite
    100.00       71.63       109.32       109.98       131.49       138.22  
Russell 2000
    100.00       73.04       119.66       126.13       158.73       168.11  
Peer Group
    100.00       70.54       105.80       88.92       93.67       106.65  
 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
The following tables set forth certain selected historical financial data for the Company for the periods indicated below (in thousands, except for per share amounts). This information should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report. The information presented in the following table has been adjusted to reflect the restatement of the Company’s consolidated financial results which is more fully described in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements within this Form 10-K. Data and Voice Services may collectively be referred to as “On-Site services.” Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.
                                         
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)     (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  
 
Statements of Income
                                       
Revenues
                                       
Hotline products
  $   222,903     $   213,946     $   227,601     $   237,872     $   252,105  
On-Site services
    793,407       507,389       307,475       282,540       352,912  
 
                   
Total
    1,016,310       721,335       535,076       520,412       605,017  
 
                                       
Cost of sales
                                       
Hotline products
    113,780       108,220       108,281       112,949       123,470  
On-Site services
    528,541       330,765       211,866       191,212       242,700  
 
                   
Total
    642,321       438,985       320,147       304,161       366,170  
 
                                       
Gross profit
    373,989       282,350       214,929       216,251       238,847  
 
                                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    290,355       216,911       165,180       149,002       161,735  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       5,290       5,059       --       6,536  
Intangibles amortization
    10,285       4,999       1,332       246       377  
 
                   
 
                                       
Operating income
    73,349       55,150       43,358       67,003       70,199  
 
                                       
Interest expense (income), net
    18,407       9,123       2,755       1,808       2,826  
Other expenses (income), net
    42       36       115       147       229  
 
                   
 
                                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    54,900       45,991       40,488       65,048       67,144  
 
                                       
Provision for income taxes
    19,291       15,221       13,442       21,846       25,058  
 
                   
 
                                       
Net income
  $   35,609     $   30,770     $   27,046     $   43,202     $   42,086  
 
                       
 
                                       
Basic earnings per share
  $   2.03     $   1.79     $   1.55     $   2.38     $   2.13  
 
                   
Diluted earnings per share
  $   2.00     $   1.75     $   1.52     $   2.30     $   2.07  
 
                   
Dividends declared per common share
  $   0.24     $   0.24     $   0.22     $   0.20     $   0.10  
 
                   
 
                                       
Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
                                       
Working capital (1)
  $   117,059     $   99,669     $   108,948     $   108,116     $   118,592  
Total assets
    1,090,091       815,412       787,064       631,010       639,233  
Long-term debt
    239,928       122,673       147,196       35,177       49,453  
Total debt
    240,614       123,722       147,888       36,238       50,379  
Stockholders’ equity
    599,696       552,991       501,288       517,297       506,926  
 
(1)
 Working capital is computed as current assets minus current liabilities.

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The following tables reconcile selected historical financial data for the Company from the previously reported results to the restated results for fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for reference to our reconciliations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. All dollar amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005  
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Statements of Income
                       
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
    $ 227,601       $ --       $ 227,601  
On-Site services
    307,475       --       307,475  
 
           
Total
    535,076       --       535,076  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    108,281       --       108,281  
On-Site services
    211,866       --       211,866  
 
           
Total
    320,147       --       320,147  
 
                       
Gross profit
    214,929       --       214,929  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    160,002       5,178       165,180  
Restructuring and other charges
    5,059       --       5,059  
Intangibles amortization
    1,332       --       1,332  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    48,536       (5,178 )     43,358  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    2,755       --       2,755  
Other expenses (income), net
    115       --       115  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    45,666       (5,178)       40,488  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    15,754       (2,312)       13,442  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
    $ 29,912     $ (2,866 )     $ 27,046  
 
           
 
                       
Basic earnings per share
    $ 1.72     $ (0.17)       $ 1.55  
 
           
Diluted earnings per share
    $ 1.68     $ (0.16)       $ 1.52  
 
           
Dividends declared per common share
    $ 0.22       $ --       $ 0.22  
 
           
 
                       
Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
                       
Working capital (1)
    $ 112,535       $ (3,587)       $ 108,948  
Total assets
    772,890       14,174       787,064  
Long-term debt
    147,196       --       147,196  
Total debt
    147,888       --       147,888  
Stockholders’ equity (2)
    490,701       10,587       501,288  
 
(1)  
Working capital is computed as current assets minus current liabilities.
 
(2)  
The “Adjustment” to Stockholders’ equity for Fiscal 2005 includes a cumulative adjustment from Fiscal 1994 through Fiscal 2005 for stock-based compensation expense, of which $36,652 and $47,239 was recorded to decrease Retained earnings and increase additional paid-in capital, respectively.

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    Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2004  
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Statements of Income
                       
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
    $ 237,872       $ --       $ 237,872  
On-Site services
    282,540       --       282,540  
 
           
Total
    520,412       --       520,412  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    112,949       --       112,949  
On-Site services
    191,212       --       191,212  
 
           
Total
    304,161       --       304,161  
 
                       
Gross profit
    216,251       --       216,251  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    140,805       8,197       149,002  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --  
Intangibles amortization
    246       --       246  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    75,200       (8,197 )     67,003  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    1,808       --       1,808  
Other expenses (income), net
    147       --       147  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    73,245       (8,197)       65,048  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    26,002       (4,156)       21,846  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
    $ 47,243     $ (4,041 )     $ 43,202  
 
           
 
                       
Basic earnings per share
    $ 2.60     $ (0.22)       $ 2.38  
 
           
Diluted earnings per share
    $ 2.52     $ (0.22)       $ 2.30  
 
           
Dividends declared per common share
    $ 0.20       $ --       $ 0.20  
 
           
 
                       
Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
                       
Working capital (1)
    $ 109,431     $ (1,315)       $ 108,116  
Total assets
    617,302       13,708       631,010  
Long-term debt
    35,177       --       35,177  
Total debt
    36,238       --       36,238  
Stockholders’ equity (2)
    504,904       12,393       517,297  
 
(1)  
Working capital is computed as current assets minus current liabilities.
 
(2)  
The “Adjustment” to Stockholders’ equity for Fiscal 2004 includes a cumulative adjustment from Fiscal 1994 through Fiscal 2004 for stock-based compensation expense, of which $33,786 and $46,179 was recorded to decrease Retained earnings and increase Additional paid-in capital, respectively.

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    Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003  
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Statements of Income
                       
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
    $ 252,105       $ --       $ 252,105  
On-Site services
    352,912       --       352,912  
 
           
Total
    605,017       --       605,017  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    123,470       --       123,470  
On-Site services
    242,700       --       242,700  
 
           
Total
    366,170       --       366,170  
 
                       
Gross profit
    238,847       --       238,847  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    152,808       8,927       161,735  
Restructuring and other charges
    6,536       --       6,536  
Intangibles amortization
    377       --       377  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    79,126       (8,927 )     70,199  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    2,826       --       2,826  
Other expenses (income), net
    229       --       229  
 
             
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    76,071       (8,927)       67,144  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    27,386       (2,328)       25,058  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
    $ 48,685     $ (6,599 )     $ 42,086  
 
           
 
                       
Basic earnings per share
    $ 2.46     $ (0.33)       $ 2.13  
 
           
Diluted earnings per share
    $ 2.39     $ (0.32)       $ 2.07  
 
           
Dividends declared per common share
    $ 0.10       $ --       $ 0.10  
 
           
 
                       
Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
                       
Working capital (1)
    $ 118,592       $ --       $ 118,592  
Total assets
    626,729       12,504       639,233  
Long-term debt
    49,453       --       49,453  
Total debt
    50,379       --       50,379  
Stockholders’ equity (2)
    494,422       12,504       506,926  
 
(1)  
Working capital is computed as current assets minus current liabilities.
 
(2)  
The “Adjustment” to Stockholders’ equity for the Fiscal 2003 includes a cumulative adjustment from Fiscal 1994 through Fiscal 2003 for stock-based compensation expense, of which $29,745 and $42,249 was recorded to decrease Retained earnings and increase Additional paid-in capital, respectively.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The discussion and analysis set forth below in this Item 7 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 has been amended to reflect the Restatement as described in the Explanatory Note and in Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. For this reason, the data set forth in this section may not be comparable to discussions and data in the Company’s previously-filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K. All dollar amounts are presented in thousands unless otherwise noted.
Restatement through March 31, 2006
Background
On November 13, 2006, Black Box received a letter of informal inquiry from the Enforcement Division of the SEC relating to the Company’s stock option practices from January 1, 1997 to present. As a result, the Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, commenced an independent review of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants during the Review Period.
On February 1, 2007, the Company announced that, while the review of option grant practices was continuing, it believed that it would need to record additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants and, accordingly, cautioned investors about relying on its historical financial statements until the Company could determine with certainty whether a restatement would be required and, if so, the extent of any such restatement and the periods affected.
On March 19, 2007, although the Audit Committee had not yet completed its review, the Audit Committee concluded that the exercise price of certain stock option grants differed from the fair market value of the underlying shares on the appropriate measurement date. At that time, the Company and the Audit Committee announced that it was currently expected that the Company’s additional non-cash, pre-tax charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants would approximate $63 million for the Review Period. In addition, the Company and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company would need to restate its previously-issued financial statements contained in reports previously filed by the Company with the SEC. Accordingly, on March 19, 2007, the Company and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company’s previously-issued financial statements and other historical financial information and related disclosures for the Review Period, including applicable reports of its current or former independent registered public accounting firms and related press releases, should not be relied upon.
On May 25, 2007, the Company was advised by the Enforcement Division of the SEC that a Formal Order of Private Investigation arising out of the Company’s stock option practices had been entered and on May 29, 2007 the Company received a subpoena that was issued by the SEC.
On May 31, 2007, the Company announced that, as a result of the ongoing review of stock option practices, Company management and the Audit Committee expected that the Company’s additional non-cash, pre-tax charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants would approximate $70 million for the Review Period.
Findings of the Audit Committee
During the Review Period, the Company granted stock options pursuant to an employee stock option plan and a director stock option plan to acquire approximately 10.9 million shares of common stock. Such plans at all relevant times provided for option grants to be approved by a designated committee of non-employee directors or, in the case of the director stock option plan, by the Board. Approximately 2,000 stock option grants were awarded during the Review Period with 69 recorded grant dates. No stock options have been granted since September, 2006. The Audit Committee reviewed all stock options granted during the Review Period, including option grants to the Company’s directors, officers and rank and file employees (including grants to new employees, grants awarded in connection with Company acquisitions and grants made as individual or group performance awards). The Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s stock option granting practices included a comprehensive examination of reasonably available relevant physical and electronic documents as well as interviews with current and former directors, officers and Company personnel.
The Audit Committee’s review was initially focused on determining whether the Company’s prior stock option granting practices were in compliance with the plans’ granting provisions and applicable law or called into question its accounting for such options. Once it became evident that such issues and accounting implications existed, the inquiry focused on those matters necessary: to determine whether any accounting charges were material and whether a restatement of the Company’s previously-issued financial statements would be required; to establish a basis for effecting any required restatement; to assure that, on as timely a basis as possible, the Company could file any required curative disclosures with the SEC and assure its continued eligibility for listing on

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NASDAQ; and to provide an informed basis for the Company’s response to the identified issues, including appropriate corrective and remedial actions.
The following information summarizes certain of the findings of the Audit Committee. The findings identified approximately $71.5 million of unrecorded expense at the time of grant (i.e., the difference between the fair market value of the common stock on the appropriate measurement date and the stated exercise price), net of forfeitures, during the Review Period, of which $70.0 million was recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements through March 31, 2006 and $1.5 million of unrecorded expense at the time of grant will be included, beginning at April 1, 2006, in the Company’s computation of compensation expense in accordance with SFAS 123(R). The following summarizes the unrecorded expense at the time of grant by time period and category of recipient:
   
$4.2 million for the period from Fiscal 1993 through Fiscal 1997 ($0.2 million for directors, $2.5 million for officers and $1.5 million for rank and file employees)
 
   
$45.6 million for the period from Fiscal 1998 through August 2002 ($1.1 million for directors, $25.7 million for officers and $18.7 million for rank and file employees)
 
   
$21.8 million for the period from August 2002 to the present ($0.04 million for directors, $0.6 million for officers and $21.1 million for rank and file employees)
The Audit Committee’s additional key findings are summarized below:
Lack of Adequate Documentation: For a majority of grants issued by the Company during the Review Period, there is either no or inadequate documentation of approval actions that satisfies the requisites for establishing a measurement date under APB 25. Of the 69 recorded grant dates, there are documented approval actions by the Board or the Option or Compensation Committee with respect to particular grants for 12 dates. In the period December, 1992 to May, 1996, neither the minutes of the Compensation Committee nor of the Board reflect any action to approve specific grants. In some instances, evidence of single director (the chairman of the Compensation Committee) approval actions exists. This absence of non-employee director level documentation also applies to a majority of grants with a recorded grant date after 1996. In some cases, Compensation Committee minutes contain a reference to reports on the status of the option pool but do not document any action to approve specific grants. Approval documentation for certain grants has internal inconsistencies or conflicts with other documents thereby rendering this documentation unreliable as a basis for establishing a measurement date. In some cases, the only existing documentation is the executed option agreement and/or the entry of the option grant into the option database. Notwithstanding these approval documentation inadequacies, the Company entered into option agreements with grantees and has honored such grants.
Grant Approvals: During the Review Period, relatively few option grants were approved in complete compliance with the Company’s stock option plans. Available documentation reflects that the Company approved option grants in a variety of ways. With respect to the employee stock option plan, grants were approved by the Compensation Committee as contemplated by the plan at various times, by the full Board in 1998 and 1999, by a single director (the chairman of the Compensation Committee) on nine recorded grant dates during the period 1994 through 2001 and by the Company’s CEO at various times. With respect to the director stock option plan, grants were generally approved by the designated Board committee and, in a few cases, by the chairman of the Compensation Committee. In one instance in 2000, there is no conclusive documentary evidence of the approval of director grants other than the signed director option agreements.
The delegation of authority by the Compensation Committee to the CEO with respect to grants to rank and file employees was not fully documented. However, there was an understood and accepted practice between the CEO and the Compensation Committee whereby the CEO made certain awards to individual employees. In some instances, this involved the allocation among rank and file employees of blocks of shares approved by the Compensation Committee; in three (3) such instances, the number of shares ultimately awarded pursuant to this process exceeded the approved size of the block, which was contrary to the understanding of the Compensation Committee members. Further, contrary to the understanding of the Compensation Committee members, the award and/or documentation of those individual grants often significantly lagged the approval of the block grant. In August 2005, the Compensation Committee specifically acknowledged a prior grant of delegated authority to the CEO to make option grants to rank and file employees and ratified all prior awards by the CEO. In some cases, documentation of approval action is either inconclusive or missing, and the Company therefore has been unable to determine what entity or person actually approved specific grants.
Option Pricing: The recorded grant dates for a majority of grants do not match the applicable measurement dates as determined under APB 25. The grants of options with exercise prices lower than the fair market values of the stock on the actual measurement dates did not satisfy the fair market pricing requirement in the Company’s plans, as amended in 1998, and were not consistent with the Company’s disclosures in SEC filings stating that the exercise price of options was equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant.

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The relationship between the stated exercise price of options and the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the date of the identifiable approval actions varied from grant to grant. In some cases, the exercise price of grants reflected the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of any documented approval action. In other cases, the exercise prices reflected the fair market value of the underlying shares on a date either prior or subsequent to any such documented approval action and the exercise price was lower than the fair market value on the date of any such action. In several such cases before August 2002, the use of such grant dates and lower exercise prices (together with other available evidence) supports a finding that the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices were selected with the benefit of hindsight. For certain grants where the mismatch between the recorded grant date and the approval action was only a matter of days, however, the mismatch appears to have been attributable to inaccurate recording or administrative delays. In some cases, the apparent approval action did not identify all grantees; for example, there are cases where a block grant was approved subject to a later determination of individual grant recipients and grants were recorded with a grant date, and corresponding exercise price, that matched the date of the apparent approval of the block grant and the fair market value of the common stock on that date although individual grant recipients may have been identified some time after approval of the block grant. Finally, in some cases, the approval action for specific grants is not adequately documented. Where the recorded grant date did not satisfy the requisites for a measurement date under APB 25, the Company relied on default methodologies to determine an appropriate measurement date.
Internal Controls: As outlined above, the Company’s historical administration of its options program lacked discipline as it relates to proper adherence to the plan requirements, corporate recordkeeping and documentation. Since November 2003, however, the Company has properly administered the stock option program as it relates to awards to directors and officers. During the investigation, the Company identified control gaps related to grants made throughout the Review Period. As of March 31, 2007, the Company implemented additional procedures to its process that are focused on formalized documentation of appropriate approvals and determination of grant terms to employees.
Procedural and Remedial Actions
The Audit Committee and other relevant Board committees are committed to a continued review and implementation of procedural enhancements and remedial actions in light of the foregoing findings. Consistent with its obligation to act in the best interests of the Company taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances, the Audit Committee is continuing to assess the appropriateness of a broad range of possible procedural enhancements and potential remedial measures in light of the findings of its review.
While the Audit Committee has not completed its consideration of all such steps, procedural enhancements may include recommendations regarding improved stock option administration procedures and controls, training and monitoring compliance with those procedures, corporate recordkeeping, corporate risk assessment, evaluation of the internal compliance environment and other remedial steps that may be appropriate.
Any such procedural enhancements will be recommended by the Audit Committee to the Board and/or appropriate Board committee for adoption. In advance of action by the Audit Committee, as noted above, the Company has implemented additional procedures to its process for approving stock option grants that are focused on formalized documentation of appropriate approvals and determination of grant terms to employees.
In light of the findings of the Audit Committee’s review, William F. Andrews, Thomas W. Golonski and Thomas G. Greig, three current directors who also served during portions of the Review Period and who hold options as to which the measurement date was adjusted in connection with the Company’s restatement, agreed voluntarily to reprice those outstanding options with a recorded exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the accounting measurement date as determined by the Audit Committee so that the exercise price matches the fair market value of the common stock on such accounting measurement date. In addition, Michael McAndrew, who became the Company’s CFO in December, 2002, also agreed voluntarily to reprice the one option granted to him after he became CFO with a recorded exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the accounting measurement date as determined by the Audit Committee so that the exercise price matches the fair market value of the common stock on such accounting measurement date.
The Audit Committee’s ongoing review includes an evaluation of the role of and possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have had responsibility for identified problems during the Review Period. Accordingly, the Audit Committee has begun to address and is addressing and expects to continue to address issues of individual conduct or responsibility, including those of the Board, CEOs and CFOs serving during the Review Period. In connection therewith, based on the findings of the Audit Committee as to Fred C. Young, the Company’s former CEO who resigned on May 20, 2007, the Audit Committee concluded and recommended to the Board, and the Board determined, that Mr. Young could have been terminated due to Cause for Termination (as defined in his agreement dated May 11, 2004) at the time Mr. Young resigned as a director and officer of the Company on May 20, 2007. In light of that determination and the terms of the agreements with Mr. Young, all outstanding stock options held by Mr. Young terminated as of the date of his resignation.
The Audit Committee may recommend additional remedial measures that appropriately address the issues raised by its findings. Such potential remedial measures may include an evaluation of the role of and possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have been responsible for identified problems during the Review Period.

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Restatement Methodologies
As of April 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation expense is to be recognized for all share-based compensation awards granted after the date of adoption and for all unvested awards existing on the date of adoption. Prior to April 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation awards to directors, officers and rank and file employees using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25 as allowed under SFAS 123. Under the intrinsic value method, no share-based compensation expense related to stock options was required to be recognized if the exercise price of the stock option was at least equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the “measurement date.” APB 25 defines the measurement date as the first date on which are known both (1) the number of shares that an individual grant recipient is entitled to receive and (2) the option or purchase price, if any.
In light of the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s stock option granting practices during the Review Period and as to those cases in which the Company previously used a recorded grant date as the measurement date that the Company determined could no longer be relied upon, the Company has developed and applied the following methodologies to remeasure those stock option grants and record the relevant charges in accordance with APB 25 by considering the following sources of information: (i) meeting minutes of the Board and of committees thereof and related materials, (ii) Unanimous Written Consents of the Board and of committees thereof, (iii) create date, (iv) relevant email correspondence reflecting stock option grant approval actions, (v) individual stock option agreements and related materials, (vi) employee and Board offer letters, (vii) documents relating to acquisitions, (viii) reports on Form 4 filed with the SEC and (ix) guidance of the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC on stock option matters as set forth in its letter dated September 19, 2006.
Grants with Appropriate Committee Approval. With respect to grants of approximately 1.0 million shares, or approximately 9% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has evidence to support the approval of the grant under the stock option plans by the relevant committee of the Board, and such evidence includes the number of options each individual was entitled to receive and the option price. However, the relationship between these documented approval actions and the originally-recorded grant dates and exercise prices for the options so approved varied during the Review Period. In some cases, grants were recorded with a grant date and a corresponding exercise price that matched the date of the approval action or were otherwise consistent with the terms of the approval action. In other cases, however, the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices of the grants reflected the fair market value of the common stock on a date prior to the committee’s documented approval actions. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 0.4 million shares of common stock by using the date of the documented approval action as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $1.8 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.07 million relates to director options, $1.3 million relates to officer options and $0.4 million relates to rank and file employee options.
Grants with Other Approvals. With respect to grants of approximately 1.9 million shares, or approximately 18% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has evidence to support the approval of the grant by the Board, an outside director or the Company’s CEO and the identification of the number of options each individual was entitled to receive together with the option price. These grants are distinguished from the grants described in the prior paragraph in that the nature of the approval was not fully consistent with the terms of the relevant stock option plan. As with the grants discussed in the preceding paragraph, the relationship between these documented approval actions and the originally-recorded grant dates and exercise prices for the options so approved varied during the Review Period. In some cases, grants were recorded with a grant date and a corresponding exercise price that matched the date of the approval action or were otherwise consistent with the terms of the approval action. In other cases, however, the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices of the grants reflected the fair market value of the Company’s stock on a date prior to the approval action. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 1.6 million shares of common stock by using the date of the documented approval action as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $7.6 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.5 million relates to director options, $2.6 million relates to officer options and $4.5 million relates to rank and file employee options.
Grants Lacking Adequate Documentation. With respect to grants of approximately 7.9 million shares (5.0 million shares to rank and file employees), or 73.0% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has been unable to locate adequate documentation of approval actions that would satisfy the requisites for a measurement date under APB 25. For these grants, management considered all available relevant information to form a reasonable conclusion as to the most reasonable measurement date. For all grants in this category, the Company has established default methodologies for determining the most appropriate measurement date under APB 25.
With respect to grants entered into the Company’s stock option database after September 9, 1999, when the database began to reflect a create date which is the date on which a grant was entered into the system, the Company has determined to use the individual create date for each grant as the APB 25 measurement date, which was in most cases different from the originally-recorded grant date. The Company believes that this create date is the most appropriate methodology in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants as it represents the earliest point in time at which the evidence shows that all requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied. Such create dates preceded, often by a significant amount of time, the execution of stock option

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agreements, which, generally, were manually signed by the Company’s CEO and manually signed and dated by the grantee. In addition, in almost all cases, a grant entered into the database, which established the create date, ultimately resulted in the creation of a stock option agreement reflecting such grant. Accordingly, while execution of the stock option agreements constituted a clear acknowledgement by the grantee and the Company of the grantee’s legal entitlement to the grant, the Company believes the create date more accurately reflects the date of approval than does the signed option agreement. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 4.2 million shares of common stock by using the create date as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $49.8 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.5 million relates to director options, $17.2 million relates to officer options and $32.2 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to such create dates included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the create date for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted for which the create date methodology was utilized to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.09 million to $73.8 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $49.8 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
For options entered into the Company’s option database before September 9, 1999, the Company determined the measurement date generally by reference to signed option agreements (or the deemed signature date for certain options as discussed below). The executed option agreements (hereinafter “signed option agreements”), manually signed by the Company’s CEO and manually signed and dated by the grantee, constituted an acknowledgement by the grantee and the Company of the grantee’s legal entitlement to the grant and, in the absence of authoritative information as to when all the requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied, provides a measurement date framework based on entitlement. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 1.4 million shares of common stock by using the signed option agreements as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $6.4 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.3 million relates to director options, $3.6 million relates to officer options and $2.5 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company believes this methodology was the most appropriate in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants as it represents the earliest point in time at which the evidence shows that all requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied for these grants. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to the dating of signed option agreements included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the date of the grantee’s signature on the stock option agreement for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted for which the signed option agreements methodology was utilized to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.03 million to $9.6 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $6.4 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
In those cases where no reliably-dated signed option agreement could be located and where no post-September 9, 1999 create date exists (stock option grants totaling approximately 0.9 million shares), the Company used the average period between recorded grant date and date of the signatures on all other grantee signed option agreements with the same grant date as the measurement date. For example, if there were four stock option grants with a grant date of January 1, 1996, the Company had the signed option agreements for three of these stock option grants and the average number of days between the grant date and the signature dates of these three signed option agreements was 20 days, January 21, 1996 was used as the measurement date for the grant for which no signed option agreement could be located. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 0.7 million shares of common stock using this “average days to sign agreement” method. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $4.4 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.06 million relates to director options, $4.2 million relates to officer options and $0.2 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company believes this methodology was the most appropriate in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants because it gives a reasonable approximation of the measurement date related to these options in light of the available evidence. The Company conducted a sensitivity analysis by comparing the Company’s current default methodology (i.e., “average days to sign agreement”) with another default methodology. For this analysis, the Company identified the range of potential grant dates defined by the earliest signed option agreement and the latest signed option agreement. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock over the range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $2.6 million to $5.9 million, net of forfeitures. The Company’s analyses indicate that stock-based compensation expense computed using other identified alternative default methodologies would not materially differ from stock-based compensation expense computed using the “average days to sign agreement” methodology. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to the average days to sign agreements also

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included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the average days to sign agreement for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.03 million to $6.1 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $4.4 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
Given the volatility of the common stock during much of the Review Period, the use of methodologies and measurement dates different from those described above could have resulted in a higher or lower cumulative compensation expense which would have caused net income or loss to be different from the amounts reported in the restated consolidated financial statements. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed using the default methodologies described above also included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the appropriate measurement date for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $9.3 million to $99.3 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $70.0 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
Other adjustments through March 31, 2006
From 1994 through 1998, the Company did not properly account for stock options for one officer that were modified after the grant date pursuant to a separation agreement. Some of these modifications were not identified in the Company’s financial reporting processes and were therefore not properly reflected in its financial statements. As a result, the Company has recorded a non-cash charge for stock-based compensation of $1.0 million during Fiscal 1999.
Summary
In summary, the Company recorded cumulative non-cash charges for stock-based compensation of $70.9 million through March 31, 2006, offset in part by a cumulative income tax benefit of $27.7 million, for a total after-tax charge of $43.2 million. These charges had no impact on net sales or cash and cash equivalents as previously reported in the Company’s financial statements; as a result, no changes to these items are reflected in the Restatement. Non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense have been recorded as adjustments to Selling, general & administrative expenses within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
1Q07 and 2Q07 Restatement
Stock-based compensation expense
In addition to the Restatement noted above through March 31, 2006, the Company has recorded additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation during the first and second quarters of Fiscal 2007 of $1.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, offset in part by income tax benefits of $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively, or total after-tax charges of $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively. This charge was recorded to reflect additional non-cash, stock-based compensation expense recognized under the fair value method (SFAS 123(R)) because the exercise price for certain stock option grants prior to, but not vested as of March 31, 2006, differed from the fair market value of the underlying shares on the appropriate measurement date, some of which occurred during Fiscal 2007.
Accounting for derivatives
On July 26, 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to reduce its exposure from fluctuating interest rates. SFAS 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at their fair value, and that changes in the derivatives’ fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. From inception of the hedge, the Company had applied a method of cash flow hedge accounting under SFAS 133 to account for the interest rate swap that allowed the Company to assume no ineffectiveness in such agreements, called the “short-cut” method.
Subsequently, the Company analyzed its eligibility for the “short-cut” method in light of certain clarifications delivered by the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC, and determined that its interest rate swap did not qualify for the “short-cut” method under SFAS 133 because certain prepayment features relating to the underlying actual debt were not identical to those contained in the interest rate swap. Because the Company’s documentation at hedge inception reflected the “short-cut” method rather than the “long-haul” method for determining hedge ineffectiveness, the derivative did not meet the requirements for a cash flow hedge. Documentation for the “long-haul” method of accounting at hedge inception cannot be retrospectively applied under SFAS 133. Therefore, fluctuations

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in the interest rate swap’s fair value should have been recorded through the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income instead of through OCI, which is a component of Stockholders’ equity. The adjustment for the second quarter of Fiscal 2007 will decrease reported net income and increase OCI by approximately $1.4 million. This change in accounting for this derivative instrument could result in significant volatility in the Company’s reported net income and earnings per share due to increases and decreases in the fair value of the interest rate swap. However, the derivative instrument remains highly effective and the change in accounting for this derivative instrument does not impact operating cash flows or total Stockholders’ equity.
The table below reflects the impact of the additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense and the non-cash charge related to the interest rate swap on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, including the corresponding cumulative adjustment to Retained earnings as of September 30, 2006 and March 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior to this Restatement, the Company had not recorded any non-cash stock-based compensation expense in its Consolidated Statements of Income with the exception of $0.7 million recorded during the second quarter of Fiscal 2005 for a modification of a previous stock option award for a retiring director. All dollar amounts are presented in thousands except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.
                                                                 
    (As                     Adjust-             (As             (As  
    Previously     Adjust-     Income     ment,     (As     Previously             Restated)  
    Reported)     ment,     Tax     Net of     Restated)     Reported)     Adjust-     Diluted  
    Net Income     Pre-Tax     Benefit     Tax     Net Income     Diluted EPS     ment     EPS  
 
 
                                                               
FY 94
     $ 13,370        $ 43        $ (19)        $ 24        $ 13,346        $ 0.83        $ --        $ 0.83  
FY 95
    14,515       461       (144)       317       14,198       0.89       (0.02)       0.87  
FY 96
    18,278       406       (151)       255       18,023       1.10       (0.01)       1.09  
FY 97
    24,792       1,172       (456)       716       24,076       1.40       (0.04)       1.36  
FY 98
    32,404       3,595       (1,393)       2,202       30,202       1.79       (0.12)       1.67  
FY 99
    38,145       4,506       (1,732)       2,774       35,371       2.09       (0.15)       1.94  
FY 00
    48,852       5,778       (2,209)       3,569       45,283       2.60       (0.19)       2.41  
FY 01
    64,190       10,290       (3,953)       6,337       57,853       3.22       (0.32)       2.90  
FY 02
    62,042       11,333       (4,381)       6,952       55,090       2.97       (0.33)       2.64  
FY 03
    48,685       8,927       (2,328)       6,599       42,086       2.39       (0.32)       2.07  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative
03/31/03
     $ 365,273        $ 46,511        $ (16,766)        $ 29,745        $ 335,528        $ 19.29        $ (1.52)        $ 17.77  
 
                                                               
FY 04
    47,243       8,197       (4,156)       4,041       43,202       2.52       (0.22)       2.30  
 
                                 
 
                                                               
Cumulative
03/31/04
     $ 412,516        $ 54,708        $ (20,922)        $ 33,786        $ 378,730        $ 21.80        $ (1.73)        $ 20.07  
 
                                                               
FY 05
    29,912       5,178       (2,312)       2,866       27,046       1.68       (0.16)       1.52  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative
03/31/05
     $ 442,428        $ 59,886        $ (23,234)        $ 36,652        $ 405,776        $ 23.48        $ (1.89)        $ 21.59  
 
                                                               
1Q06
    7,394       1,120       (442)       678       6,716       0.43       (0.04)       0.39  
2Q06
    12,797       1,126       (444)       682       12,115       0.74       (0.04)       0.70  
3Q06
    12,511       2,431       (959)       1,472       11,039       0.70       (0.08)       0.62  
4Q06
    4,656       6,368       (2,612)       3,756       900       0.26       (0.21)       0.05  
 
                               
 
                                                               
FY 06
     $ 37,358        $ 11,045        $ (4,457)        $ 6,588        $ 30,770        $ 2.13        $ (0.37)        $ 1.76  
 
                                                               
Cumulative
03/31/06
     $ 479,786        $ 70,931        $ (27,691)        $ 43,240        $ 436,546        $ 25.61        $ (2.26)        $ 23.35  
 
                                                               
1Q07
    7,807       1,629       (635)       994       6,813       0.43       (0.06)       0.37  
2Q07
    13,079       2,210       (806)       1,404       11,675       0.74       (0.08)       0.66  
 
                               
2QYTD07
     $ 20,886        $ 3,839        $ (1,441)        $ 2,398        $ 18,488        $ 1.18        $ (0.14)        $ 1.04  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative
09/30/06
     $ 500,672        $ 74,770        $ (29,132)        $ 45,638        $ 455,034        $ 26.78        $ (2.39)        $ 24.39  
 

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Income Tax Considerations
In the course of the investigation, the Company determined that a number of officers may have exercised options for which the application of Section 162(m) of the Code may apply. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes because the Company incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. If such options are deemed to have been granted at less than fair market value, pursuant to Section 162(m), any compensation to officers, including proceeds from options exercised in any given tax year, in excess of $1.0 million will be disallowed as a deduction for tax purposes. The Company estimates that the potential tax effected liability for any such disallowed Section 162(m) deduction would approximate $3.6 million, which has been recorded as a current liability within Income taxes within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company may also incur interest and penalties if it were to incur any such tax liability, which could be material.
In addition, the Company is considering the application of Section 409A to those options for which it incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes and thus subject to Section 409A. Accordingly, the Company may adopt measures to address the application of Section 409A. The Company does not currently know what impact Section 409A will have, or any such measures, if adopted, would have, on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows, although such impact could be material.
Expenses Incurred by the Company
The Company has incurred expenses for legal fees and external audit firm fees, in excess of its insurance deductible of $0.5 million, in Fiscal 2007, in relation to (i) the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s historical stock option practices and related accounting for stock option grants, (ii) the informal inquiry and formal order of investigation by the SEC regarding the Company’s past stock option practices, (iii) the previously-disclosed derivative action relating to the Company’s historical stock option practices filed against the Company as a nominal defendant and certain of the Company’s current and former directors and officers, as to whom it may have indemnification obligations and (iv) related matters. Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant additional expense related to the foregoing matters in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. The Company and the insurance company for its directors’ and officers’ indemnification insurance are currently in discussions with respect to which of the fees in excess of the deductible will be paid by the insurance company. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that all fees submitted to the insurance company for reimbursement will be reimbursed under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ indemnification insurance.
The Company
Black Box is the world’s largest dedicated network infrastructure services provider. Black Box offers one-source network infrastructure services for communication systems. The Company’s service offerings include design, installation, integration, monitoring and maintenance of voice, data and integrated communication systems. The Company’s primary service offering is voice solutions, while providing premise cabling and other data related services and products. The Company provides 24/7/365 technical support for all of its solutions which encompasses all major voice and data manufacturers as well as 118,000 network infrastructure products that it sells through its catalog and Internet Web site and its Voice and Data services (collectively referred to as “On-Site services”) offices. References herein to “Fiscal Year” or “Fiscal” mean the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31 for the year referenced.
Management is presented with and reviews revenues and operating income by geographical segment. In addition, revenues and gross profit information by service type are provided herein for purposes of further analysis.
The Company has completed several acquisitions from April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2007 that have had a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and, more specifically, North America Voice Services for the periods under review. Fiscal 2005 acquisitions include Norstan, Inc. (“Norstan”). Fiscal 2006 acquisitions include (i) Telecommunication Systems Management, Inc. (“TSM”), (ii) GTC Technology Group, Inc. and Technology Supply, Inc. (collectively referred to as “GTC”), (iii) Business Communications, Inc., Bainbridge Communication, Inc., BCI of Tampa, LLC and Networx, L.L.C. (collectively referred to as “BCI”), (iv) Universal Solutions of North America, L.L.C. and related entities (“Universal”), (v) Communication is World InterActive Networking, Inc. (“C=WIN”) and (vi) Converged Solutions Group, LLC (“CSG”). Fiscal 2007 acquisitions include (i) USA Commercial and Government and Canadian operations of NextiraOne, LLC (“NextiraOne”), (ii) Nu-Vision Technologies, Inc. and Nu-Vision Technologies, LLC (collectively referred to as “NUVT”), (iii) Nortech Telecommunications, Inc. (“NTI”) and (iv) ADS Telecom, Inc. (“ADS”). The acquisitions noted above are collectively referred to as the “Acquired Companies.” References to the Acquired Companies within our comparison of Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006 are intended to describe the Acquired Companies from April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2007. References to the Acquired Companies within our comparison of Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005 are intended to describe the Acquired Companies from April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2006. The results of operations of the Acquired Companies are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income beginning on their respective acquisition dates.

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In connection with certain acquisitions, the Company incurs expenses that it excludes when evaluating the continuing operations of the Company. The following table is included to provide a schedule of the past, current and an estimate of future acquisition-related expenses based on the acquisition activity through March 31, 2007.
                                                 
    Years Ended March 31,
    2005     2006     2007     2008     2009     Thereafter  
 
Gross profit
                                               
Inventory write-up on
acquisitions
     $ 1,028        $ 1,543        $ --        $ --        $ --     $ --  
 
                                               
Selling, general & administrative
                                               
Asset write-up depreciation
expense on acquisitions
    913       450       2,646       2,035       1,844       104  
 
                                               
Amortization
                                               
Amortization of intangible
assets on acquisitions
    759       3,821       10,075       6,177       5,106       61,791  
 
                       
 
                                               
Total
     $ 2,700        $ 5,814        $ 12,721        $ 8,212        $ 6,950     $ 61,895  
 
The following table is included to provide a schedule of an estimate of acquisition-related expenses for Fiscal 2008 (by quarter) based on the acquisition activity through March 31, 2007.
                                         
    1Q08     2Q08     3Q08     4Q08     FY08  
 
Selling, general &
administrative
                                       
Asset write-up depreciation
expense on acquisitions
  659     496     440     440     2,035  
 
                                       
Amortization
                                       
Amortization of intangible
assets on acquisitions
    2,277       1,307       1,307       1,286       6,177  
 
                   
 
                                       
Total
     $ 2,936        $ 1,803        $ 1,747        $ 1,726     $ 8,212  
 
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company incurred a pre-tax charge of $7,065 related to an adjustment of earnings over multiple years, from Fiscal 2003 through Fiscal 2006, from the Company’s Italian Operations (“Italian Operations Adjustment”). Of the total charge, $3,588 was recorded in Cost of Sales and $3,477 was recorded in Selling, general & administrative expense. The Italian Operations Adjustment resulted from intentional misconduct by certain local operational and financial managers of the Company’s Italian Operations acting in collusion with one another for the purpose of overstating local financial results. All involved team members have been terminated and the Company intends to pursue all available legal remedies against these individuals. The misconduct was brought to the Company management’s attention by a team member of the Italian Operations pursuant to the Company’s “Open Door” Policy. Company management responded by immediately suspending the management team of the Italian Operations and conducting a full investigation of the matter. The Company believes that all accounting irregularities have been identified, corrective action taken and that the Italian Operations Adjustment captures all necessary corrections.
The Company’s management concluded, with the concurrence of the Audit Committee, that the impact of the Italian Operations Adjustment was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for any interim or annual period between Fiscal 2003 through Fiscal 2006. In reaching this conclusion, the Company reviewed and analyzed the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 99, “Materiality,” in order to determine that the impact was not material on a quantitative or qualitative basis to any one period. As a result, the Company recorded a cumulative adjustment in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2006.

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Information on revenues and operating income by reportable geographic segment (North America, Europe and All Other) is presented below. The tables below should be read in conjunction with the following discussion. The additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense was recorded in Selling, general & administrative expenses which is included in the Company’s measure of Operating Income. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
                                                 
    Year Ended March 31,  
                    (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
            % of           % of           % of
            total           total           total
    $     revenue   $     revenue   $     revenue
Revenues
                                               
North America
  $    850,088       83.7%     $    564,700       78.3%     $    355,013       66.3%  
Europe
    129,278       12.7%       120,051       16.6%       142,838       26.7%  
All Other
    36,944       3.6%       36,584       5.1%       37,225       7.0%  
 
                       
Total
  $    1,016,310       100%     721,335       100%     $    535,076       100%  
 
                                               
Operating income
                                               
North America
  $    49,481             $    42,505             $    21,620          
% of North America revenues
    5.8%               7.5%               6.1%          
 
                                               
Europe
  $    16,442             $    5,518             $    13,639          
% of Europe revenues
    12.7%               4.6%               9.5%          
 
                                               
All Other
  $    7,426             $    7,127             $    8,099          
% of All Other revenues
    20.1%               19.5%               21.8%          
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total
  $    73,349       7.2%     $    55,150       7.6%     $    43,358       8.1%  
 
                                               
Reconciling items
                                               
North America
  $    24,785             $    18,407             $    16,334          
Europe
    --               10,807               1,003          
All Other
    --               --               --          
 
                                   
Total
  $    24,785       2.4%     $    29,214       4.0%     $    17,337       3.2%  
 

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Information on revenues and gross profit by service type (Data Services, Voice Services and Hotline Services) is presented below. The additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense were recorded in Selling, general & administrative expenses which is not included in the Company’s measure of Gross Profit and therefore does not impact the following table or the corresponding discussions.
                                                 
    Year Ended March 31,  
    2007     2006     2005  
            % of             % of             % of  
            total             total             total  
    $     revenue     $     revenue     $     revenue  
Revenues
                                               
Data Services
  $    182,129       17.9%     $    196,585       27.2%     200,935       37.6%  
Voice Services
    611,278       60.2%       310,804       43.1%       106,540       19.9%  
Hotline Services
    222,903       21.9%       213,946       29.7%       227,601       42.5%  
 
                       
Total
  $    1,016,310       100%     $    721,335       100%     535,076       100%  
 
                                               
Gross profit
                                               
Data Services
  $    55,598             $    57,068             59,354          
% of Data Services revenues
    30.5%               29.0%               29.5%          
 
                                               
Voice Services
  $    209,268             $    119,556             36,255          
% of Voice Services revenues
    34.2%               38.5%               34.0%          
 
                                               
Hotline Services
  $    109,123             $    105,726             119,320          
% of Hotline Services revenues
    49.0%               49.4%               52.4%          
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total
  $    373,989       36.8%     $    282,350       39.1%     214,929       40.2%  
 
                                               
Reconciling items
                                               
Data Services
  $    --             $    2,071             --          
Voice Services
    --               --                --          
Hotline Services
    --               1,517               --          
 
                                   
Total
  $    --             $    3,588       0.5%       --          
 
The Company has received notification that its distribution agreement with Avaya, Inc. will be terminated effective September 8, 2007. The Company is in discussions with Avaya concerning the future business relationship of the parties and the handling of key accounts. The Company is evaluating the potential financial impact of this event as well as potential business strategies to minimize such impact. The Company currently anticipates that this impact will not have a material impact on its Fiscal 2008 operating results.
Fiscal 2007 Compared To Fiscal 2006
Total Revenues
Total revenues for Fiscal 2007 were $1,016,310, an increase of 41% compared to total revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $721,335. The increase was primarily due to the incremental revenue from the Acquired Companies, which added $367,211 and $52,427 for Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006, respectively. Excluding the effects of the acquisitions and the positive exchange rate impact of $7,956 relative to the U.S. dollar, total revenues would have decreased 4% from $668,908 to $641,143 for the reasons discussed below.
Revenues by Geography
North America
Revenues in North America for Fiscal 2007 were $850,088, an increase of 51% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $564,700. The increase was primarily due to the incremental revenue from the Acquired Companies, which added $367,211 and $52,427 for Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006, respectively. Excluding the effects of the acquisitions and the positive exchange rate impact of $1,009 relative to the U.S. dollar, North American revenues would have decreased 6% from $512,273 to $481,868. The Company believes the decrease is due to the completion of several nonrecurring projects; offset in part by success in the Company’s Data, Voice and Hotline (“DVH”) cross-selling initiatives.
Europe
Revenues in Europe for Fiscal 2007 were $129,278, an increase of 8% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $120,051. Excluding the positive exchange rate impact of $7,078 relative to the U.S. dollar, Europe revenues would have increased 2% from $120,051 to $122,200. The Company believes the increase is due to the success in the Company’s DVH cross-selling initiatives.

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All Other Revenues
Revenues for All Other for Fiscal 2007 were $36,944, an increase of 1% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $36,584. Excluding the negative exchange rate impact of $131 relative to the U.S. dollar, All Other revenues would have increased 1% from $36,584 to $37,075.
Revenue by Service Type
Data Services
Revenues from Data Services for Fiscal 2007 were $182,129, a decrease of 7% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $196,585. Excluding the positive exchange rate impact of $3,351 relative to the U.S. dollar for its International Data Services, Data Service revenues would have decreased 9% from $196,585 to $178,778. The Company believes the decrease in Data Services revenues was due to the completion of several nonrecurring projects.
Voice Services
Revenues from Voice Services for Fiscal 2007 were $611,278, an increase of 97% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $310,804. The increase was primarily due to the incremental revenue from the Acquired Companies, which added $367,211 and $52,427 for Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006, respectively. Excluding the effects of the acquisitions, Voice Services revenues would have decreased 6% from $258,377 to $244,067. The Company believes that this decrease in Voice Services revenues is primarily due to the completion of several nonrecurring projects and planned post-merger client attrition from the acquisition of Norstan in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005. There was no exchange rate impact on Voice Service revenues as all of the Company’s Voice Services revenue is denominated in U.S. dollars.
Hotline Services
Revenues from Hotline Services for Fiscal 2007 were $222,903, an increase of 4% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2006 of $213,946. Excluding the positive exchange rate impact of $4,587 relative to the U.S. dollar for its International Hotline Services, Hotline Service revenues would have increased 2% from $213,946 to $218,316. The Company believes this increase is primarily due to the success in the Company’s DVH cross-selling initiatives.
Gross Profit
Gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2007 were $373,989, an increase of 32% compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2006 of $282,350. The Company believes the increase in gross profit dollars was primarily due to the acquisition of the Acquired Companies. Gross profit as a percent of revenues for Fiscal 2007 was 36.8%, a decrease of 2.3% compared to gross profit as a percentage of revenues for Fiscal 2006 of 39.1%. The Company believes the percent decrease was due primarily to the impact of lower gross profit in its Voice Services segment driven by the acquisition of NextiraOne, partially offset by certain non-cash or non-operating expenses incurred by the Company during Fiscal 2006, including $1,543 of inventory write-ups due to acquisitions and $3,588 for the Italian Operations Adjustment (discussed above) for which there were no comparable expenses for Fiscal 2007.
Gross profit dollars for Data Services for Fiscal 2007 were $55,598, or 30.5% of revenues, compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2006 of $57,068, or 29.0% of revenues. Gross profit dollars for Voice Services for Fiscal 2007 were $209,268, or 34.2% of revenues, compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2006 of $119,556, or 38.5% of revenues. Gross profit dollars for Hotline Services for Fiscal 2007 were $109,123, or 49.0% of revenues, compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2006 of $105,726, or 49.4% of revenues.
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses
Selling, general & administrative expenses for Fiscal 2007 were $290,355, an increase of $73,444 compared to Selling, general & administrative expenses for Fiscal 2006 of $216,911. The increase in Selling, general & administrative expense dollars over the prior year was due primarily to the Acquired Companies. Selling, general & administrative expense as a percent of revenue for Fiscal 2007 were 28.6% compared to 30.1% for Fiscal 2006. During Fiscal 2006, the Company incurred $3,477 for the Italian Operations Adjustment (discussed above) for which there was no comparable expense during Fiscal 2007. The decrease in Selling, general & administrative expense as a percent of revenue was due primarily to lower Selling, general & administrative expense as a percent of revenues related to the Acquired Companies and a decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $1,737, partially offset by non-cash or non-operating expenses of $2,196 for depreciation expense on asset write-ups due to acquisitions and $1,777 for employee severance.
Restructuring and Other Charges
The Company did not record any restructuring charges during Fiscal 2007. During the first quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $5,290. This charge was comprised of $3,473 for staffing level adjustments and $1,817 for real estate consolidations in Europe and North America. Of this charge, $3,742 and $1,548 related to Europe and North America, respectively. See Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.

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Intangibles Amortization
Intangibles amortization for Fiscal 2007 was $10,285, an increase of $5,286 compared to intangible amortization for Fiscal 2006 of $4,999. The increase was primarily attributable to the amortization of intangible assets acquired through the purchase of the Acquired Companies. See Note 7 and 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
Operating Income
Operating income for Fiscal 2007 was $73,349, or 7.2% of revenues, an increase of $18,199 compared to operating income for Fiscal 2006 of $55,150, or 7.6% of revenues.
Interest Expense, Net
Net interest expense for Fiscal 2007 was $18,407, an increase of $9,284 compared to net interest expense for Fiscal 2006 of $9,123. The increase in interest expense is due to an increase in the weighted average outstanding debt and weighted average interest rate from approximately $155,898 and 5.1% for Fiscal 2006, respectively, to approximately $253,129 and 6.2% for Fiscal 2007, respectively. The increase in debt relates primarily to the acquisitions of NextiraOne and NUVT during the first quarter of Fiscal 2007. Also included in interest expense for Fiscal 2007 is $1,734 related to the change in fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap.
Provision for Income Taxes
The tax provision for Fiscal 2007 was $19,291, an effective tax rate of 35.1%. This compares to the tax provision for Fiscal 2006 of $15,221, an effective tax rate of 33.1%. The tax rate for Fiscal 2007 was higher than Fiscal 2006 due to the impact of book stock option expense and the associated tax asset and changes in the overall mix of taxable income among worldwide offices. The Company anticipates that its deferred tax asset is realizable in the foreseeable future.
Net Income
As a result of the foregoing, net income for Fiscal 2007 was $35,609, or 3.5% of revenues, compared to net income for Fiscal 2006 of $30,770, or 4.3% of revenues.
Fiscal 2006 Compared To Fiscal 2005
Total Revenues
Total revenues for Fiscal 2006 were $721,335, an increase of 35% compared to total revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $535,076. The increase was primarily due to the incremental revenue from the Acquired Companies, which added $227,313 and $35,208 for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively. Excluding the effects of the acquisitions and the negative exchange rate impact of $4,321 relative to the U.S. dollar, total revenues would have decreased less than 1% from $499,868 to $498,343 for the reasons discussed below.
Revenues by Geography
North America
Revenues in North America for Fiscal 2006 were $564,700, an increase of 59% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $355,013. The increase was primarily due to the incremental revenue from the Acquired Companies, which added $227,313 and $35,208 for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively. Excluding the effects of the acquisitions and the negative exchange rate impact of $281 relative to the U.S. dollar, North American revenues would have increased 6% from $319,805 to $337,668. The Company believes this increase was generally due to the increased demand for Data and Voice Services and success in the Company’s DVH cross-selling initiatives.
Europe
Revenues in Europe for Fiscal 2006 were $120,051, a decrease of 16% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $142,838. Excluding the negative exchange rate impact of $4,046 relative to the U.S. dollar, Europe revenues would have decreased 13% from $142,838 to $124,097. The Company believes the decrease was due to the weak general economic conditions that affected client demand and the Italian Operations Adjustment.

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All Other
Revenues for All Other for Fiscal 2006 were $36,584, a decrease of 2% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $37,225. Excluding the negative exchange rate impact of $556 relative to the U.S. dollar, All Other revenues would have decreased less than 1%.
Revenue by Service Type
Data Services
Revenues from Data Services for Fiscal 2006 were $196,585, a decrease of 2% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $200,935. Excluding the negative exchange rate impact of $1,357 relative to the U.S. dollar for its International Data Services, Data Service revenues would have decreased 1% from $200,935 to $197,942. The Company believes the decline in Data Services revenues was driven by weak general economic conditions in the European market and the Italian Operations Adjustment.
Voice Services
Revenues from Voice Services for Fiscal 2006 were $310,804, an increase of 192% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $106,540. The increase was primarily due to the incremental revenue from the Acquired Companies, which added $227,313 and $35,208 for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively. Excluding the effects of the acquisitions, Voice Services revenues would have increased 17% from $71,332 to $83,491. The Company believes the increase in Voice Services revenues was driven by increased client demands and the Company’s ability to successfully cross-sell its DVH services to existing customers. There was no exchange rate impact on Voice Services revenues as all of the Company’s Voice Services revenue is denominated in U.S. dollars.
Hotline Services
Revenues from Hotline Services for Fiscal 2006 were $213,946, a decrease of 6% compared to revenues for Fiscal 2005 of $227,601. Excluding the negative exchange rate impact of $2,966 relative to the U.S. dollar for its International Hotline Services, Hotline Services revenues would have decreased 5% from $227,601 to $216,912. The Company believes the decline in Hotline Services revenues was driven by weak general economic conditions in the European market and the Italian Operations Adjustment.
Gross Profit
Gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2006 were $282,350, an increase of 31% compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2005 of $214,929. The Company believes the increase in gross profit dollars was primarily due to the acquisition of the Acquired Companies, offset in part by the Italian Operations Adjustment. Gross profit as a percent of revenues for Fiscal 2006 was 39.1%, a decrease of 1.1% compared to gross profit as a percentage of revenues for Fiscal 2005 of 40.2%. The Company believes the percent decrease was primarily related to a lower gross profit percent in Hotline Services and the Italian Operations Adjustment.
Gross profit dollars for Data Services for Fiscal 2006 were $57,068, or 29.0% of revenues, compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2005 of $59,354, or 29.5% of revenues. Gross profit dollars for Voice Services for Fiscal 2006 were $119,556, or 38.5% of revenues, compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2005 of $36,255, or 34.0% of revenues. Gross profit dollars for Hotline Services for Fiscal 2006 were $105,726, or 49.4% of revenues, compared to gross profit dollars for Fiscal 2005 of $119,320, or 52.4% of revenues.
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses
Selling, general & administrative expenses for Fiscal 2006 were $216,911, an increase of $51,731 compared to Selling, general & administrative expenses for Fiscal 2005 of $165,180. The dollar increase is primarily due to the acquisition of the Acquired Companies offset in part by lower expenses as a result of execution of a previously announced restructuring plan. Selling, general & administrative expenses as a percent of revenue for Fiscal 2006 were 30.1% compared to 30.9% for Fiscal 2005, which included an increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $5,187. During Fiscal 2006, the Company incurred $3,477 for the Italian Operations Adjustment (discussed above) for which there was no comparable expense during Fiscal 2005.
Restructuring and Other Charges
During the first quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $5,290. This charge was comprised of $3,473 for staffing level adjustments and $1,817 for real estate consolidations in Europe and North America. Of this charge, $3,742 and $1,548 related to Europe and North America, respectively. See Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $5,059. This charge was comprised of $3,019 for staffing level adjustments and for real estate consolidations in Europe and North America and $2,040 for the satisfaction of a previously-disclosed litigation judgment. Of this charge, $4,056 and $1,003 related to North America and Europe, respectively. See Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.

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Intangibles Amortization
Intangibles amortization for Fiscal 2006 was $4,999, an increase of $3,667 compared to intangible amortization for Fiscal 2005 of $1,332. The increase was primarily attributable to the amortization of intangible assets acquired through the purchase of the Acquired Companies. See Note 7 and 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
Operating Income
Operating income for Fiscal 2006 was $55,150, or 7.6% of revenues, an increase of 27% compared to operating income for Fiscal 2005 of $43,358, or 8.1% of revenues.
Interest Expense, Net
Net interest expense for Fiscal 2006 was $9,123, an increase of 231% compared to net interest expense for Fiscal 2005 of $2,755 due to an increase in the weighted average outstanding debt of $80,921 from $74,977 for Fiscal 2005 to $155,898 for Fiscal 2006. The increase in debt relates primarily to the Acquired Companies during Fiscal 2006. Additionally, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding debt for Fiscal 2006 was 5.10% compared to the Fiscal 2005 rate of 2.98%.
Provision for Income Taxes
The tax provision for Fiscal 2006 was $15,221, an effective tax rate of 33.1%. This compares to the tax provision for Fiscal 2005 of $13,442, an effective tax rate of 33.2%. The tax rate for Fiscal 2006 was lower than that for Fiscal 2005 due to the impact of book stock option expense and the associated tax asset. The annual effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35.0% primarily due to foreign income taxes at rates lower than 35.0%. The Company anticipates that its deferred tax asset is realizable in the foreseeable future.
Net Income
As a result of the foregoing, net income for Fiscal 2006 was $30,770, or 4.3% of revenues, compared to net income for Fiscal 2005 of $27,046, or 5.1% of revenues.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities for Fiscal 2007 was $36,636. Significant factors contributing to a source of cash were: net income of $35,609 inclusive of non-cash charges of $22,610, $9,308 and $1,734 for amortization / depreciation expense, stock-based compensation expense and change in fair value of interest rate swap, respectively; a decrease in other current assets of $6,126; a decrease in accounts receivable of $19,202 inclusive of a non-cash contract adjustment of $18,400; and an increase in billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts of $3,304. Significant factors contributing to a use of cash were: an increase in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts and net inventory of $13,323 and $3,595, respectively; a decrease in the short and long term restructuring reserve of $17,913; a decrease of deferred revenue of $19,369, inclusive of a non-cash contract adjustment of $18,400; and an offset of $5,269 related to accrued acquisition costs, which have not been recognized as Investing Activities at year-end. Changes in the above accounts are based on an average Fiscal 2007 exchange rate.
Net cash provided by operating activities for Fiscal 2006 was $51,797. Significant factors contributing to a source of cash were: net income of $30,770, inclusive of non-cash charges of $13,930 and $11,045 for amortization / depreciation expense and stock compensation expense, respectively; a decrease in accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts of $9,369 and $3,573, respectively; and a decrease in net inventory consistent with efforts to increase inventory turns. Significant factors contributing to a use of cash were: a decrease in the short and long term restructuring reserve of $5,948; a decrease of deferred revenue and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts of $3,267; and an offset of $5,825 related to accrued acquisition costs, which have not been recognized as Investing Activities at year-end. Changes in the above accounts are based on an average Fiscal 2006 exchange rate.
Net cash provided by operating activities for Fiscal 2005 was $52,206. Significant factors contributing to a source of cash were: net income of $27,046 inclusive of non-cash charges of $7,955 and $5,858 for amortization / depreciation expense and stock compensation expense, respectively; a decrease in accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts of $8,878 and $7,635, respectively, consistent with the decrease in revenue; and an increase in billings/collections efforts. Changes in the above accounts are based on an average Fiscal 2005 exchange rate.
As of March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $17,157, $11,207 and $11,592, respectively, working capital of $117,059, $99,669 and $108,948, respectively, and a current ratio of 1.52, 1.76 and 1.85, respectively.

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The Company believes that its cash provided by operating activities and availability under its credit facility will be sufficient to fund the Company’s working capital requirements, capital expenditures, dividend program, potential stock repurchases, potential future acquisitions or strategic investments and other cash needs for the next 12 months.
Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities during Fiscal 2007 was $134,909. Significant factors contributing to a use of cash were: $5,886 for gross capital expenditures and $127,716 to acquire NextiraOne, NUVT, NTI and ADS. See Note 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details regarding these acquisitions.
Net cash used by investing activities during Fiscal 2006 was $43,730. Significant factors contributing to a use of cash were: $4,115 for gross capital expenditures and $40,682 to acquire TSM, GTC, BCI, Universal, C=WIN and CSG. See Note 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details regarding these acquisitions.
Net cash used by investing activities during Fiscal 2005 was $104,765. Significant factors contributing to a use of cash were: $3,506 for gross capital expenditures and $102,553 to acquire Norstan. See Note 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details regarding this acquisition.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities during Fiscal 2007 was $104,703. Significant factors contributing to the cash inflow were $114,175 of net borrowings on long term debt and $14,970 of proceeds from the exercise of stock options. Significant uses of cash were $20,209 for the repurchase of common stock and $4,203 for the payment of dividends.
Net cash used in financing activities during Fiscal 2006 was $7,978. Significant factors contributing to the cash outflow were $26,107 in long term debt payments and $4,094 for the payment of dividends. Significant factors contributing to the cash inflow was $23,320 from the exercise of stock options.
Net cash provided by financing activities during Fiscal 2005 was $55,800. Significant factors contributing to the cash inflow were $110,450 of net borrowings on long term debt and $7,919 of proceeds from the exercise of stock options. Significant uses of cash were $56,912 for the repurchase of common stock and $3,847 for the payment of dividends.
Total Debt
Revolving Credit Agreement - The Company has entered into the Credit Agreement with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as agent, and a group of lenders. The Credit Agreement expires on March 28, 2011. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are permitted up to a maximum amount of $310,000, which includes up to $15,000 of swing line loans and $25,000 of letters of credit. The Credit Agreement may be increased by the Company up to an additional $90,000 with the approval of the lenders and may be unilaterally and permanently reduced by the Company to not less than the then outstanding amount of all borrowings. Interest on outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Agreement accrues, at the Company’s option, at a rate based on either: (a) the greater of (i) the prime rate per annum of the agent then in effect and (ii) 0.50% plus the rate per annum announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions arranged by Federal funds brokers on the previous trading day or (b) a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR rate plus 0.75% to 1.25% (determined by a leverage ratio based on the Company’s EBITDA). The Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain compliance with certain non-financial and financial covenants such as minimum net worth, leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios. As of March 31, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.
For Fiscal 2007, the Company increased net borrowings under the Credit Agreement by approximately $115,412. The Company primarily utilized the proceeds from net borrowings to fund the acquisitions of NextiraOne and NUVT during the first quarter of Fiscal 2007, NTI during the third quarter of Fiscal 2007 and ADS during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2007 and to repurchase the common stock during the second and third quarters of Fiscal 2007.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had total debt outstanding of $240,614. Total debt was comprised of $236,715 outstanding under the Credit Agreement, $1,734 for the fair value of an interest rate swap, $2,123 of obligations under capital leases and $42 of various other third-party, non-employee loans. The maximum amount of debt outstanding under the Credit Agreement, the weighted average balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt for Fiscal 2007 was $284,470, $253,129 and 6.2%, respectively, compared to $173,535, $155,898 and 5.1%, respectively, for Fiscal 2006.
Dividends
Fiscal 2007 - During each of the four (4) quarters in Fiscal 2007, the Board declared cash dividends of $0.06 ($0.24 for Fiscal 2007) per share on all outstanding shares of the common stock at the close of business on June 30, 2006, September 29, 2006, December 29, 2006 and March 30, 2007. The dividends totaled $4,200 (including $1,052 for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2007) and were paid on July 14, 2006, October 13, 2006, January 15, 2007 and April 16, 2007.

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Fiscal 2006 - During each of the four (4) quarters in Fiscal 2006, the Board declared cash dividends of $0.06 ($0.24 for Fiscal 2006) per share on all outstanding shares of the common stock at the close of business on June 30, 2005, September 30, 2005, December 30, 2005 and March 31, 2006. The dividends totaled $4,137 (including $1,055 for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2006) and were paid on July 15, 2005, October 14, 2005, January 13, 2006 and April 14, 2006.
Fiscal 2005 - During Fiscal 2005, the Board declared cash dividends of $0.22 per share for a total dividend payout of $3,955.
While the Company expects to continue to declare dividends for the foreseeable future, there can be no assurance as to the timing or amount of such dividends.
Repurchase of Common Stock
Fiscal 2007 - During Fiscal 2007, the Company repurchased 500,712 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $20,209, or an average purchase price per share of $40.36.
Fiscal 2006 - During Fiscal 2006, the Company repurchased 565 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $27, or an average purchase price per share of $47.45.
Fiscal 2005 - During Fiscal 2005, the Company repurchased 1,400,486 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $56,912, or an average purchase price per share of $40.64.
Since the inception of the repurchase program in April 1999 through March 31, 2007, the Company has repurchased 7,436,111 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $317,033, or an average purchase price per share of $42.63. As of March 31, 2007, 1,063,889 shares were available under repurchase programs approved by the Board. Additional repurchases of common stock may occur from time to time depending upon factors such as the Company’s cash flows and general market conditions. While the Company expects to continue to repurchase shares of the common stock for the foreseeable future, there can be no assurance as to the timing or amount of such repurchases. Under the Company’s Credit Agreement, the Company is permitted to repurchase its common stock as long as no Event of Default or Potential Default (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) occurs or is continuing.
Contractual Obligations
The Company has various contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments including debt agreements, operating and capital lease obligations and discounted lease rental commitments.
The following table summarizes significant contractual obligations and commitments of the Company as of March 31, 2007. Except as set forth in the following table, the Company does not have any material long-term purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities that are reflected on its balance sheet as of March 31, 2007:
                                         
    Payments Due by Period
    Less than 1                     More than        
    year     1-3 years     3-5 years     5 years     Total  
 
Long-term debt obligations
  $    --     $    --     $    236,715     $    --     $    236,715  
Interest expense on long-term debt
    15,847       31,695       15,782       --       63,324  
Capital lease obligations
    686       1,193       286       --       2,165  
Operating lease obligations
    29,825       35,436       14,880       3,561       83,702  
 
                   
Total contractual obligations
  $    46,358     $    68,324     $    267,663     $    3,561     $    385,906  
 
The estimated interest expense payments reflected in the table above are based on both the amount outstanding under the credit facility and the weighted average interest rate in effect as of March 31, 2007.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had commercial commitments of $4,009, which are generally due within the next twelve months.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on its financial condition, changes in its financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources, other than those disclosed above, that are material to investors.
Critical Accounting Policies
The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require the Company to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported financial condition and results of operations should actual results differ. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on the best available information and believes them to be reasonable for the circumstances. The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company believes that of its significant accounting policies, the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.

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Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable as an offset to accounts receivable in order to present a net balance the Company believes will be collected. This allowance is based on both recent trends of certain accounts receivable (“specific reserve”) estimated to be a greater credit risk as well as general trends of the entire accounts receivable pool (“general reserve”). The Company computes a specific reserve by identifying specifically at-risk accounts receivable and applying historic reserve factors to the outstanding balance. The Company computes a general reserve by reviewing the accounts receivable aging and applying reserve factors based upon the age of the account receivable. If our estimate of uncollectible accounts receivable should prove inaccurate at some future date, the results of operations for the period could be materially affected by any necessary correction to the allowance for doubtful accounts.
Inventories
The Company’s inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market value and has been reduced by an allowance for excess and obsolete inventories. The Company records an estimate for slow moving and obsolete inventory (“inventory reserve”) based upon product knowledge, physical inventory observation, future demand, market conditions and an aging analysis of the inventory on hand. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management at some future date, the results of operations for the period could be materially affected by any necessary correction to the inventory reserve.
Deferred Income Taxes
The Company records deferred income tax assets and liabilities in its Consolidated Balance Sheets related to events that impact our financial statements and tax returns in different periods. Deferred tax asset and liability balances are computed by identifying differences between the book basis and tax basis of assets and liabilities (“temporary differences”) which are multiplied by the current tax rate. A valuation allowance is provided on deferred tax assets if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the asset will not be realized. If the Company’s estimate of the realizable deferred tax assets should prove inaccurate at some future date, the results of operations for the period could be materially affected by any necessary correction to the deferred tax asset allowance.
Long-Lived Assets other than Goodwill
The Company reviews long-lived assets, including property, plant, equipment and indefinite / definite lived intangibles for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If the sum of the estimated future cash flows (undiscounted) expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of an asset is less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss is recognized. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset. No impairments of long-lived assets have been identified during any of the periods presented.
Goodwill
The Company’s Goodwill is subject to, at a minimum, an annual impairment assessment of its carrying value. Goodwill impairment is deemed to exist if the net book value of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value. Estimated fair values of the reporting units are estimated using an earnings model and a discounted cash flow valuation model. The discounted cash flow model incorporates the Company’s estimates of future cash flows, allocations of certain assets and cash flows among reporting units, future growth rates and management’s judgment regarding the applicable discount rates used to discount those estimated cash flows. If the Company’s estimates and assumptions used in the discounted cash flow valuation model should prove inaccurate at some future date, the results of operations for the period could be materially affected by an impairment of goodwill. No impairment of goodwill has been identified during any of the periods presented.
Loss Contingencies
The Company incurs contingencies as a normal part of its business operations, such as future warranty obligations and potential liabilities relating to legal or regulatory matters. The Company accrues for contingent obligations when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated.
Restructuring Costs
The Company accrues the cost of restructuring activities in accordance with the appropriate accounting guidance depending upon the facts and circumstances surrounding the situation. The Company exercises its judgment in estimating the total costs of each of these activities. As these activities are implemented, the actual costs may differ from the estimated costs due to changes in the facts and circumstances that were not foreseen at the time of the initial cost accrual.
Revenue Recognition
Within the Company’s Hotline Services, revenues are recognized when title to products sold passes to the customer, which generally occurs upon shipment from the Company’s location.
Within the Company’s Data Services and Voice Services segments, revenues are recognized from maintenance service contracts, moves, adds and changes and network integration services, when the services are provided. Service contracts are generally pre-billed and are reflected on the balance sheet as deferred revenue and are generally recognized over the service period on a straight-line basis. Revenues from the sale and installation of products and systems are recognized using the percentage-of-completion method based upon the proportion of actual costs incurred to estimated total costs. At the time a loss on a contract becomes known, the entire

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amount of the estimated loss is recognized immediately in the financial statements. The Company has historically made reasonably accurate estimates of the extent of progress towards completion, contract revenues and contract costs on its long-term contracts. However, due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
In February, 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued 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 permits an entity to elect to measure eligible items at fair value (“fair value option”) including many financial instruments. The provisions of SFAS 159 are effective for the Company as of April 1, 2008. If the fair value option is elected, the Company will report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. Upfront costs and fees related to items for which the fair value option is elected shall be recognized in earnings as incurred and not deferred. The fair value option may be applied for a single eligible item without electing it for other identical items, with certain exceptions, and must be applied to the entire eligible item and not to a portion of the eligible item. The Company is currently evaluating the irrevocable election of the fair value option pursuant to SFAS 159.
Prior Year Misstatements on Current Year Financial Statements
In September, 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of prior year uncorrected misstatements should be considered when quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB 108 is effective as of the Company’s fiscal year end March 31, 2007. The Company adopted SAB 108 as of March 31, 2007. The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Fair Value Measurements
In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for the Company beginning on April 1, 2008. The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 157 on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (“SFAS 158”). This standard requires, among other things, companies to recognize on the balance sheet the funded or unfunded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans and to recognize the change in funded status in the period the change occurs through comprehensive income. The provisions of SFAS 158 are effective as of the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Company adopted SFAS 158 as of March 31, 2007. The Company adopted SFAS 158 as of March 31, 2007. The adoption of SFAS 158 had no impact on the Company’s Statement of Operations on the date of adoption. However, the Company did record a liability of $3,452 representing the unfunded portion of the CWA Plan included in Other liabilities within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and an unrecognized gain of $2,717 ($1,670 net of tax) into OCI.
Uncertainty in Income Taxes
In July, 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 requires that realization of an uncertain income tax position must be “more likely than not” (i.e., greater than 50% likelihood of receiving a benefit) before it can be recognized in the financial statements. Further, FIN 48 prescribes the benefit to be recorded in the financial statements as the amount most likely to be realized assuming a review by tax authorities having all relevant information and applying current conventions. FIN 48 also clarifies the financial statement classification of tax-related penalties and interest and sets forth new disclosures regarding unrecognized tax benefits. FIN 48 is effective for the next fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company plans to adopt FIN 48 as of April 1, 2007, as required. The Company expects to record an increase in contingent tax liabilities and a decrease to Retained earnings through a cumulative effect adjustment of between approximately $4.0 million and $6.0 million upon adoption of FIN 48.
Definition of Settlement in FIN 48
In May, 2007, the FASB issued staff position No. FIN 48-1, “Definition of Settlement in FASB Interpretation No. 48” (“FSP FIN 48-1”) which amended FIN 48 to provide guidance about how an enterprise should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously unrecognized tax benefits. Under FSP FIN 48-1, a tax position could be effectively settled on completion of an examination by a taxing authority. The Company plans to adopt FSP FIN 48-1 in conjunction with adoption of FIN 48 as of April 1, 2007. The Company does not expect a material adjustment to the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of FSP FIN 48-1.

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Stock-Based Compensation
On April 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 123(R). For Fiscal 2007, the Company recognized compensation expense of $9,308 ($6,050 net of tax) or $0.34 per diluted share on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. See Note 2 and Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for reference.
Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards
On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued Staff Position No. SFAS 123(R)-3, “Transition Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards” (“SFAS 123(R)-3”). The alternative transition method includes simplified methods to establish the beginning balance of the Additional paid-in capital pool (“APIC pool”) related to the tax effects of employee share-based compensation, and to determine the subsequent impact on the APIC pool and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the tax effects of employee share-based compensation awards that are outstanding upon adoption of SFAS 123(R). The Company has elected this transition method for calculating tax effects of share-based payment awards.
Inflation
The overall effects of inflation on the Company have been nominal. Although long-term inflation rates are difficult to predict, the Company continues to strive to minimize the effect of inflation through improved productivity and cost reduction programs as well as price adjustments within the constraints of market competition.
Cautionary Forward Looking Statements
When included in this Form 10-K or in documents incorporated herein by reference, the words “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates” and analogous expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the timing and final outcome of the ongoing review of the Company’s stock option practices, including the related SEC investigation, shareholder derivative lawsuit, NASDAQ process regarding listing of the common stock and tax matters, and the impact of any actions that may be required or taken as a result of such review, SEC investigation, shareholder derivative lawsuit, NASDAQ process or tax matters, levels of business activity and operating expenses, expenses relating to corporate compliance requirements, cash flows, global economic and business conditions, successful integration of acquisitions, including the NextiraOne business, the timing and costs of restructuring programs, successful marketing of DVH (Data, Voice, Hotline) services, successful implementation of our M&A program, including identifying appropriate targets, consummating transactions and successfully integrating the businesses, competition, changes in foreign, political and economic conditions, fluctuating foreign currencies compared to the U.S. dollar, rapid changes in technologies, client preferences, the ability of the Company to identify, acquire and operate additional technical services companies, the Company’s arrangements with suppliers of voice equipment and technology and various other matters, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or any changes in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
The Company is exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of business that include interest rate volatility and foreign currency exchange rates volatility. Market risk is measured as the potential negative impact on earnings, cash flows or fair values resulting from a hypothetical change in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates over the next year. The Company does not hold or issue any other financial derivative instruments (other than those specifically noted below) nor does it engage in speculative trading of financial derivatives.
Interest Rate Risk
The Company’s primary interest rate risk relates to its long-term debt obligations. As of March 31, 2007, the Company had total long-term obligations of $240,614, including the current portion of those obligations of $686. Of the outstanding debt, $2,165 was in fixed rate obligations, $100,000 was in variable rate debt that was effectively converted to a fixed rate through an interest rate swap agreement during Fiscal 2007 and $138,449 was in variable rate obligations. As of March 31, 2007, an instantaneous 100 basis point increase in the interest rate of the variable rate debt would reduce the Company’s net income in the subsequent fiscal year by $1,404 ($913 net of tax) assuming the Company employed no intervention strategies.
To mitigate the risk of interest-rate fluctuations associated with the Company’s variable rate long-term debt, the Company has implemented an interest-rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize significant unplanned fluctuations in earnings caused by interest-rate volatility. The Company’s goal is to manage interest-rate sensitivity by modifying the re-pricing characteristics of certain balance sheet liabilities so that the net-interest margin is not, on a material basis, adversely affected by the movements in interest rates.

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On July 26, 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate swap which has been used to effectively convert a portion of the Company’s variable rate debt to fixed rate. The interest rate swap has a notional value of $100,000 reducing to $50,000 after three years and does not qualify for hedge accounting. Changes in the fair market value of the interest rate swap are recorded as an asset or liability in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and Interest expense (income) in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
The Company has operations, clients and suppliers worldwide, thereby exposing the Company’s financial results to foreign currency fluctuations. In an effort to reduce this risk of foreign currency fluctuations, the Company generally sells and purchases inventory based on prices denominated in U.S. dollars. Intercompany sales to subsidiaries are generally denominated in the subsidiaries’ local currency. The Company has entered and will continue in the future, on a selective basis, to enter into foreign currency forward contracts to reduce the foreign currency exposure related to certain intercompany transactions, primarily trade receivables and loans. All of the foreign currency forward contracts have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of any changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments is recorded in OCI until the hedged forecasted transaction occurs or the recognized currency transaction affects earnings. Once the forecasted transaction occurs or the recognized currency transaction affects earnings, the effective portion of any related gains or losses on the cash flow hedge is reclassified from OCI to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. In the event it becomes probable that the hedged forecasted transaction will not occur, the ineffective portion of any gain or loss on the related cash flow hedge would be reclassified from OCI to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had open foreign exchange contracts in Australian and Canadian dollars, Danish krone, Euros, Japanese yen, Mexican pesos, Norwegian kroner, Pounds sterling, Swedish krona and Swiss francs. The open contracts have contract rates ranging from 1.2446 to 1.2980 Australian dollar, 1.1412 to 1.1442 Canadian dollar, 5.5680 to 5.8136 Danish krone, 0.7406 to 0.7732 Euro, 105.47 to 110.10 Japanese yen, 11.0112 to 11.0735 Mexican peso, 5.9442 to 6.3840 Norwegian kroner, 0.5053 to 0.5435 Pound sterling, 6.7671 to 7.1925 Swedish krona and 1.1938 to 1.2146 Swiss franc, all per U.S. dollar. The total open contracts had a notional amount of approximately $56,719, have a fair value of $56,371 and will expire within twenty-four months.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Black Box Corporation
Lawrence, Pennsylvania
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Black Box Corporation as of March 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2007. We have also audited the schedule listed in the accompanying index. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and schedule are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and schedule, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and schedule. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Black Box Corporation at March 31, 2007 and 2006 and the results of its operations and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Also, in our opinion, the schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
As discussed in Note 3, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2006 and 2005 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2006 have been restated.
Also, as disclosed in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements, effective April 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value method of accounting provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share Based Payment.”
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Black Box Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and our report dated August 10, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment and an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
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BLACK BOX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (1)
                         
    Year Ended March 31,
   In thousands, except per share amounts           (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
  2007     2006     2005  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
     $ 222,903        $ 213,946        $ 227,601  
On-Site services
    793,407       507,389       307,475  
 
           
Total
    1,016,310       721,335       535,076  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    113,780       108,220       108,281  
On-Site services
    528,541       330,765       211,866  
 
           
Total
    642,321       438,985       320,147  
 
                       
Gross profit
    373,989       282,350       214,929  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    290,355       216,911       165,180  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       5,290       5,059  
Intangibles amortization
    10,285       4,999       1,332  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    73,349       55,150       43,358  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    18,407       9,123       2,755  
Other expenses (income), net
    42       36       115  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    54,900       45,991       40,488  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    19,291       15,221       13,442  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
     $ 35,609        $ 30,770        $ 27,046  
 
           
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
     $ 2.03        $ 1.79        $ 1.55  
 
           
Diluted
     $ 2.00        $ 1.75        $ 1.52  
 
           
 
                       
Weighted average common shares outstanding
                       
Basic
    17,512       17,164       17,411  
 
           
Diluted
    17,808       17,544       17,845  
 
           
 
                       
Dividends per share
     $ 0.24        $ 0.24        $ 0.22  
 
(1)
 See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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BLACK BOX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (1)
                 
    March 31,
            (As Restated)  
In thousands, except par value   2007     2006  
 
Assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $    17,157     $    11,207  
Accounts Receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $14,253 and $9,517
    161,733       116,713  
Inventories, net
    72,807       53,926  
Costs/estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    61,001       23,803  
Deferred tax asset
    10,562       8,973  
Prepaid and other current assets
    20,495       16,502  
 
       
Total current assets
    343,755       231,124  
 
               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    39,051       35,124  
Goodwill, net
    568,647       468,724  
Intangibles:
               
Customer relationships, net
    68,016       24,657  
Other intangibles, net
    33,258       30,783  
Deferred tax asset
    33,481       19,909  
Other assets
    3,883       5,091  
 
       
Total assets
  $    1,090,091     $    815,412  
 
       
 
               
Liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $    74,727     $    44,943  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    21,811       13,954  
Deferred revenue
    35,630       22,211  
Billings in excess of costs/estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    19,027       8,648  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    686       1,049  
Income taxes
    13,430       9,511  
Other liabilities
    61,385       31,139  
 
       
Total current liabilities
    226,696       131,455  
 
               
Long-term debt
    239,928       122,673  
Other liabilities
    23,771       8,293  
 
       
Total liabilities
    490,395       262,421  
 
               
Stockholders’ equity
               
Preferred Stock authorized 5,000, par value $1.00, none issued
    --       --  
Common Stock authorized 100,000, par value $.001, 17,527 and 17,593 shares outstanding
    25       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    441,283       418,141  
Treasury stock, at cost 7,436 and 6,935 shares
    (317,033)       (296,824)  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    25,399       13,036  
Retained earnings
    450,022       418,613  
 
       
Total stockholders’ equity
    599,696       552,991  
 
       
 
               
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $    1,090,091     $    815,412  
 
       
 
               
 
(1)
 See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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BLACK BOX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (1)
                                                                         
                                    Accumulated Other Comprehensive        
    Common Stock                   Income        
                                    Foreign                    
                    Additional           Currency           Defined        
            ($.001   Paid-in   Treasury   Trans-   Derivative   Benefit   Retained    
   In thousands   Shares   par)   Capital   Stock   lation   Instruments   Pension   Earnings   Total
 
Balance at March 31, 2004
    23,394     $ 23     $ 324,219     $     (239,885 )   $ 17,418     $ 454     $ --     $ 402,675     $ 504,904  
Cumulative Effect of Restatement
    --       --       46,179       --       --       --       --       (33,786)       12,393  
     
Balance at March 31, 2004 (as restated)
    23,394     $ 23     $ 370,398     $     (239,885 )   $ 17,418     $ 454     $ --     $ 368,889     $ 517,297  
     
Comprehensive Income (Loss):
                                                                       
Net income (as restated)
    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       27,046       27,046  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    --       --       --       --       4,987       --       --       --       4,987  
Net change in fair value of cash flow hedging instruments
    --       --       --       --       --       147       --       --       147  
Amounts reclassified into results of operations
    --       --       --       --       --       (454)       --       --       (454)  
 
                                                                       
Comprehensive Income (as restated):
                                                                    31,726  
Stock compensation expense (as restated)
    --       --       5,858       --       --       --       --       --       5,858  
Dividends declared
    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       (3,955)       (3,955)  
Repurchases of common stock
    --       --       --       (56,912)       --       --       --       --       (56,912)  
Exercise of options, net of tax
    381       1       7,919       --       --       --       --       --       7,920  
Tax impact from stock options (as restated)
    --       --       (646)       --       --       --       --       --       (646)  
     
Balance at March 31, 2005 (as restated)
    23,775     $ 24     $ 383,529     $     (296,797 )   $ 22,405     $ 147     $ --     $ 391,980     $ 501,288  
Comprehensive Income (Loss):
                                                                       
Net income (as restated)
    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       30,770       30,770  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    --       --       --       --       (10,511)       --       --       --       (10,511)  
Net change in fair value of cash flow hedging instruments
    --       --       --       --       --       1,142       --       --       1,142  
Amounts reclassified into results of operations
    --       --       --       --       --       (147)       --       --       (147)  
 
                                                                       
Comprehensive Income (as restated):
                                                                    21,254  
Stock compensation expense (as restated)
    --       --       11,045       --       --       --       --       --       11,045  
Dividends declared
    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       (4,137)       (4,137)  
Repurchases of common stock
    --       --       --       (27)       --       --       --       --       (27)  
Exercise of options, net of tax
    753       1       23,320       --       --       --       --       --       23,321  
Tax impact from stock options (as restated)
    --       --       247       --       --       --       --       --       247  
     
Balance at March 31, 2006 (as restated)
    24,528     $ 25     $ 418,141     $     (296,824 )   $ 11,894     $ 1,142     $ --     $ 418,613     $ 552,991  
Comprehensive Income (Loss):
                                                                       
Net income
    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       35,609       35,609  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    --       --       --       --       11,458       --       --       --       11,458  
Net change in fair value of cash flow hedging instruments (net of tax)
    --       --       --       --       --       (111)       --       --       (111)  
Amounts reclassified into results of operations
    --       --       --       --       --       (654)       --       --       (654)  
 
                                                                       
Comprehensive Income:
                                                                    46,302  
Adjustment to initially apply SFAS No. 158 (net of tax)
    --       --       --       --       --       --       1,670       --       1,670  
Stock compensation expense
    --       --       9,308       --       --       --       --       --       9,308  
Dividends declared
    --       --       --       --       --       --       --       (4,200)       (4,200)  
Repurchases of common stock
    --       --       --       (20,209)       --       --       --       --       (20,209)  
Exercise of options, net of tax
    435       --       14,970       --       --       --       --       --       14,970  
Tax impact from stock options
    --       --       (1,136)       --       --       --       --       --       (1,136)  
     
Balance at March 31, 2007
    24,963     $ 25     $ 441,283     $     (317,033 )   $ 23,352     $ 377     $ 1,670     $ 450,022     $ 599,696  
 
(1)  
See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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BLACK BOX CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (1)
                         
    Year Ended March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
In thousands   2007     2006     2005  
 
Operating Activities
                       
Net income
  $    35,609     $    30,770     $    27,046  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
                       
Intangibles amortization and depreciation
    22,610       13,930       7,955  
Deferred taxes
    (1,266)       (1,222)       (1,835)  
Stock compensation expense
    9,308       11,045       5,858  
Tax impact from stock options
    1,136       (247)       646  
Change in fair value of interest rate swap
    1,734       --       --  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of acquisitions):
                       
Accounts receivable, net
    19,202       9,369       8,878  
Inventories, net
    (3,595)       5,000       (76)  
All other current assets excluding deferred tax asset
    3,349       2,799       3,811  
Liabilities exclusive of long term debt
    (51,451)       (19,647)       (77)  
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
  $    36,636     $    51,797     $    52,206  
 
                       
Investing Activities
                       
Capital expenditures
  $    (5,886)     $    (4,115)     $    (3,506)  
Capital disposals
    1,017       1,445       1,187  
Acquisition of businesses (payments)/recoveries
    (127,716)       (40,682)       (102,553)  
Prior merger-related (payments)/recoveries
    (2,324)       (378)       107  
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
  $    (134,909 )   $    (43,730 )   $    (104,765 )
 
                       
Financing Activities
                       
Proceeds from borrowings
  $    354,254     $    192,882     $    238,409  
Repayment of borrowings
    (240,079)       (218,989)       (127,959)  
Repayment on discounted lease rentals
    (30)       (890)       (458)  
Proceeds from exercise of options
    14,970       23,320       7,919  
Deferred financing costs
    --       (180)       (1,352)  
Payment of dividends
    (4,203)       (4,094)       (3,847)  
Purchase of treasury stock
    (20,209)       (27)       (56,912)  
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities
  $    104,703     $    (7,978 )   $    55,800  
 
                       
Foreign currency exchange impact on cash
  $    (480)     $    (474)     $    (955)  
 
           
 
                       
Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
  $    5,950     $    (385)     $    2,286  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
  $    11,207     $    11,592     $    9,306  
 
           
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $    17,157     $    11,207     $    11,592  
 
           
 
                       
Supplemental Cash Flow:
                       
Cash paid for interest
  $    15,333     $    8,336     $    3,045  
Cash paid for income taxes
    16,877       17,223       17,064  
Non-cash financing activities:
                       
Dividends payable
    1,052       1,055       1,011  
Capital leases
    915       1,214       714  
 
(1)  
See Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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BLACK BOX CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1: Business and Basis of Presentation
Black Box Corporation (“Black Box” or the “Company”) is the world’s largest dedicated network infrastructure services provider. Black Box offers one-source network infrastructure services for communication systems. The Company’s service offerings include design, installation, integration, monitoring and maintenance of voice, data and integrated communication systems. The Company’s primary service offering is voice solutions, while providing premise cabling and other data related services and products. The Company provides 24/7/365 technical support for all of its solutions which encompasses all major voice and data manufacturers as well as 118,000 network infrastructure products that it sells through its catalog and Internet Web site and its Voice and Data services (collectively referred to as “On-Site services”) offices.
References herein to “Fiscal Year” or “Fiscal” mean the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31 for the year referenced. All references to dollar amounts herein are presented in thousands, except per share amounts, unless otherwise noted.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the parent company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain items in the consolidated financial statements of prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates fair value.
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded as an offset to accounts receivable in order to present a net balance the Company believes will be collected. In estimating the appropriate balance for this allowance, the Company considers (1) specific reserves for accounts it believes may prove to be uncollectible and (2) additional reserves, based on historical collections, for the remainder of its accounts. Additions to the allowance for doubtful accounts are charged to Selling, general & administrative expense within the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income, and deductions from the allowance are recorded when specific accounts receivable are written off as uncollectible.
Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. The Company uses the first-in, first-out average cost method to value the majority of its inventory. However, several locations within the Company use other valuation methods, including first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) and actual current costs. The Company records an estimate for slow moving and obsolete inventory based upon product knowledge, physical inventory observation and an aging analysis of the inventory on hand. Upon a subsequent sale or disposal of the impaired inventory, the corresponding reserve is relieved to ensure the cost basis of the inventory reflects any reductions.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged to operations as incurred. Major renewals and betterments, which substantially extend the useful life of the property, are capitalized at cost. Upon sale or other disposition of assets, the costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is reflected in income.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of 30-40 years for buildings and improvements and 3 to 5 years for machinery and equipment. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over their lease terms, or useful lives, if shorter. The Company reviews property, plant and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If the sum of the estimated future cash flows (undiscounted) expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of an asset is less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss is recognized. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset. No impairment of property, plant and equipment has been identified during any of the periods presented.

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Goodwill
Goodwill is the excess of purchase price over the value of net assets acquired in acquisitions. Goodwill is subject to, at a minimum, an annual impairment assessment of its carrying value. Goodwill impairment is deemed to exist if the net book value of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value. Estimated fair values of the reporting units are estimated using an earnings model and a discounted cash flow valuation model. The discounted cash flow model incorporates the Company’s estimates of future cash flows, allocations of certain assets and cash flows among reporting units, future growth rates and management’s judgment regarding the applicable discount rates used to discount those estimated cash flows. No impairment of goodwill has been identified during any of the periods presented.
Intangible Assets
Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 3-5 years for non-compete agreements, one year for backlog and 10-20 years for customer relationships. Indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization consist solely of the Company’s trademark portfolio also obtained through acquisitions. The Company reviews intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If the sum of the estimated future cash flows (undiscounted) expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of an asset is less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss is recognized. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset. No impairments of intangible assets have been identified during any of the periods presented.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Foreign Currency Forward Contract
The Company has operations, clients and suppliers worldwide, thereby exposing the Company’s financial results to foreign currency fluctuations. In an effort to reduce this risk of foreign currency fluctuations, the Company generally sells and purchases inventory based on prices denominated in U.S. dollars. Intercompany sales to subsidiaries are generally denominated in the subsidiaries’ local currency. The Company has entered and will continue in the future, on a selective basis, to enter into foreign currency forward contracts to reduce the foreign currency exposure related to certain intercompany transactions, primarily trade receivables and loans. All of the foreign currency forward contracts have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of any changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments is recorded in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“OCI”) until the hedged forecasted transaction occurs or the recognized currency transaction affects earnings. Once the forecasted transaction occurs or the recognized currency transaction affects earnings, the effective portion of any related gains or losses on the cash flow hedge is reclassified from OCI to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. In the event it becomes probable that the hedged forecasted transaction will not occur, the ineffective portion of any gain or loss on the related cash flow hedge would be reclassified from OCI to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
Interest Rate Swap
To mitigate the risk of interest-rate fluctuations associated with the Company’s variable rate long-term debt, the Company has implemented an interest-rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize significant unplanned fluctuations in earnings caused by interest-rate volatility. The Company’s goal is to manage interest-rate sensitivity by modifying the re-pricing characteristics of certain balance sheet liabilities so that the net-interest margin is not, on a material basis, adversely affected by the movements in interest rates. The Company’s interest rate swap does not meet the requirements for hedge accounting and is marked to market through Interest expense (income) in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Foreign Currency Translation
The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, except those subsidiaries in Brazil and Mexico, are recorded in the local currency, which is the functional currency. Foreign currency assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange existing at the year-end date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average monthly exchange rates. Adjustments resulting from these translations are recorded in OCI in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and will be included in income upon sale or liquidation of the foreign investment. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions, denominated in a currency other than the functional currency, are recorded in Other Expenses (Income) in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. The U.S. dollar is the functional currency for those subsidiaries located in Brazil and Mexico.
Revenue
Within the Company’s Hotline Services segment, revenues are recognized when title to products sold passes to the customer, which generally occurs upon shipment from the Company’s location.
Within the Company’s Data Services and Voice Services segments, revenues are recognized from maintenance service contracts, moves, adds and changes and network integration services when the services are provided. Service contracts are generally pre-billed and are reflected on the balance sheet as deferred revenue and are generally recognized over the service period on a straight-line basis. Revenues from the sale and installation of products and systems are recognized using the percentage-of-completion method based upon the proportion of actual costs incurred to estimated total costs. At the time a loss on a contract becomes known, the entire amount of the estimated loss is recognized immediately in the financial statements. The Company has historically made reasonably accurate estimates of the extent of progress towards completion, contract revenues and contract costs on its long-term contracts. However, due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

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Sales returns - At the time of sale, an estimate for sales returns is recorded based on historical experience.
Warranties: Estimated future warranty costs related to certain products are charged to operations in the period the related revenue is recognized based on historical experience.
Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs — All fees billed to clients for shipping and handling are classified as a component of Net Revenues. All costs associated with shipping and handling are classified as a component of Cost of Sales.
Stock-Based Compensation
On April 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”) which requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards and recognize compensation expense over the requisite service period for the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the Company accounted for share-based awards to employees and directors using the intrinsic value method in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) as allowed under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”). Under the intrinsic value method, no stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was required to be recognized if the exercise price of the Company’s stock options granted to employees and directors was equal to or greater than the fair market value of the underlying stock on the measurement date.
The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method which requires compensation cost to be recognized for all share-based payments granted after the date of adoption and for all unvested awards existing on the date of adoption. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Company’s consolidated financial statements for prior periods have not been retroactively adjusted to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123(R). However, the modified prospective transition method does require the Company to provide pro forma disclosure of specific income statement line items for periods prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R) as if the fair-value-based method had been applied to all awards. See Note 14.
SFAS 123(R) requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the grant-date using an option-pricing model. Upon adoption of SFAS 123(R), the Company began using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as the method of valuation for the Company’s stock options. The model requires the use of various assumptions. The key assumptions are summarized as follows:
Expected volatility: The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “common stock”), at the date of grant based on the historical volatility of its common stock.
Dividend yield: The Company estimates the dividend yield assumption based on the Company’s historical and projected dividend payouts.
Risk-free interest rate: The Company derives its risk-free interest rate on the observed interest rates appropriate for the term of the Company’s employee stock options.
Annual forfeiture rate and expected holding period: The Company estimates the annual forfeiture rate and expected holding period based on historical experience.
Amortization period: The Company recognizes the fair value of awards into expense over the requisite service periods associated with the award.
Advertising Expenses
Catalogs and other direct marketing pieces are capitalized and amortized over their expected period of future benefit ranging from 1-2 years, which is recorded in Prepaid and other current assets within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. All other advertising costs are expensed as incurred.
Advertising expense was $9,120, $9,414 and $11,649 for Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively and is recorded in Selling, general & administrative expenses.

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Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability approach, which requires the recognition of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is provided on deferred tax assets if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the asset will not be realized.
Earnings per common Share
Basic earnings per common share (“basic EPS”) are computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share (“diluted EPS”) is computed similarly to that of basic EPS, except that the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period is adjusted to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
In February, 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued 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 permits an entity to elect to measure eligible items at fair value (“fair value option”) including many financial instruments. The provisions of SFAS 159 are effective for the Company as of April 1, 2008. If the fair value option is elected, the Company will report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. Upfront costs and fees related to items for which the fair value option is elected shall be recognized in earnings as incurred and not deferred. The fair value option may be applied for a single eligible item without electing it for other identical items, with certain exceptions, and must be applied to the entire eligible item and not to a portion of the eligible item. The Company is currently evaluating the irrevocable election of the fair value option pursuant to SFAS 159.
Prior Year Misstatements on Current Year Financial Statements
In September, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of prior year uncorrected misstatements should be considered when quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. SAB 108 is effective as of the Company’s fiscal year end March 31, 2007. The Company adopted SAB 108 as of March 31, 2007. The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Fair Value Measurements
In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for the Company beginning on April 1, 2008. The requirements of SFAS 157 will be applied prospectively except for certain derivative instruments that would be adjusted through the opening balance of Retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 157 on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
On April 30, 2006, the Company acquired the USA Commercial and Government and Canadian operations of NextiraOne, LLC (“NextiraOne”), who is a sponsor of a non-contributory defined benefit plan (the “CWA Plan”) for the Communication Workers of America Local 1109 (“CWA 1109”). Benefits from the CWA Plan are based upon years of service and rates negotiated by the Company and CWA 1109. Pension costs are funded to satisfy minimum requirements prescribed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
In September, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (“SFAS 158”) that would amend SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions,” SFAS No. 88, “Employers’ Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and for Termination Benefits,” SFAS No. 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” and SFAS No. 132 (Revised 2003), “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits.” This standard requires, among other things, companies to recognize on the balance sheet the funded or unfunded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans and to recognize the change in funded status in the period the change occurs through comprehensive income. The provisions of SFAS 158 are effective as of the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Company adopted SFAS 158 as of March 31, 2007. The adoption of SFAS 158 had no impact on the Company’s Statement of Operations on the date of adoption. However, the Company did record a liability of $3,452 representing the unfunded portion of the CWA Plan included in Other liabilities within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and an unrecognized gain of $2,717 ($1,670 net of tax) into OCI.

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Uncertainty in Income Taxes
In July, 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 requires that realization of an uncertain income tax position must be “more likely than not” (i.e., greater than 50% likelihood of receiving a benefit) before it can be recognized in the financial statements. Further, FIN 48 prescribes the benefit to be recorded in the financial statements as the amount most likely to be realized assuming a review by tax authorities having all relevant information and applying current conventions. FIN 48 also clarifies the financial statement classification of tax-related penalties and interest and sets forth new disclosures regarding unrecognized tax benefits. FIN 48 is effective for the next fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company plans to adopt FIN 48 as of April 1, 2007, as required. The Company expects to record an increase in contingent tax liabilities and a decrease to Retained earnings through a cumulative effect adjustment of between approximately $4.0 million and $6.0 million upon adoption of FIN 48.
Definition of Settlement in FIN 48
In May, 2007, the FASB issued staff position No. FIN 48-1, “Definition of Settlement in FASB Interpretation No. 48” (“FSP FIN 48-1”) which amended FIN 48 to provide guidance about how an enterprise should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously unrecognized tax benefits. Under FSP FIN 48-1, a tax position could be effectively settled on completion of an examination by a taxing authority. The Company plans to adopt FSP FIN 48-1 in conjunction with adoption of FIN 48 as of April 1, 2007. The Company does not expect a material adjustment to the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of FSP FIN 48-1.
Stock-Based Compensation
In December, 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123(R). SFAS 123(R) is a revision of SFAS No. 123, supersedes APB 25 and amends SFAS No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows.” SFAS 123(R) requires that companies recognize all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, in the financial statements. The recognized cost is based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. Pro-forma disclosure of this cost is no longer an alternative under SFAS 123(R). SFAS 123(R) was effective for public companies at the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning after June 15, 2005.
As permitted by SFAS 123, the Company accounted for its stock-based compensation plans under APB 25’s intrinsic value method and, as such, recognized no stock-based compensation expense if the exercise price of the Company’s stock options granted to employees and directors was equal to or greater than the fair market value of the underlying stock on the measurement date. The adoption of SFAS 123(R)’s fair value method has had no impact on the Company’s overall financial position or cash flows. Based on SFAS 123(R), the Company transitioned to the new requirements by using the modified prospective transition method. This transition method requires compensation cost to be recognized for all share-based payments granted after the date of adoption and for all unvested awards existing on the date of adoption.
SFAS 123(R) also requires the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash flow as required under past standards. This requirement will reduce net operating cash flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods after adoption when the benefits of tax deductions are in excess of recognized compensation cost.
The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 123(R) as of April 1, 2006. For Fiscal 2007, the Company recognized compensation expense of $9,308 ($6,050 net of tax) or $0.34 per diluted share on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. See Significant Accounting Policies (within this Note 2) and Note 14 for further reference to the disclosures required by SFAS 123(R).
Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards
On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued Staff Position No. SFAS 123(R)-3, “Transition Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards” (“SFAS 123(R)-3”). The alternative transition method includes simplified methods to establish the beginning balance of the additional paid-in capital pool (“APIC pool”) related to the tax effects of employee share-based compensation, and to determine the subsequent impact on the APIC pool and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the tax effects of employee share-based compensation awards that are outstanding upon adoption of SFAS 123(R). The company has elected this transition method for calculating tax effects of share-based payment awards.
Note 3: Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements
Restatement through March 31, 2006
Background
On November 13, 2006, Black Box received a letter of informal inquiry from the Enforcement Division of the SEC relating to the Company’s stock option practices from January 1, 1997 to present. As a result, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), with the assistance of outside legal counsel, commenced an independent review of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants during the period from 1992 to the present (the “Review Period”).

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On February 1, 2007, the Company announced that, while the review of option grant practices was continuing, it believed that it would need to record additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants and, accordingly, cautioned investors about relying on its historical financial statements until the Company could determine with certainty whether a restatement would be required and, if so, the extent of any such restatement and the periods affected.
On March 19, 2007, although the Audit Committee had not yet completed its review, the Audit Committee concluded that the exercise price of certain stock option grants differed from the fair market value of the underlying shares on the appropriate measurement date. At that time, the Company and the Audit Committee announced that it was currently expected that the Company’s additional non-cash, pre-tax charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants would approximate $63 million for the Review Period. In addition, the Company and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company would need to restate its previously-issued financial statements contained in reports previously filed by the Company with the SEC. Accordingly, on March 19, 2007, the Company and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company’s previously-issued financial statements and other historical financial information and related disclosures for the Review Period, including applicable reports of its current or former independent registered public accounting firms and related press releases, should not be relied upon.
On May 25, 2007, the Company was advised by the Enforcement Division of the SEC that a Formal Order of Private Investigation arising out of the Company’s stock option practices had been entered and on May 29, 2007 the Company received a subpoena that was issued by the SEC.
On May 31, 2007, the Company announced that, as a result of the ongoing review of stock option practices, Company management and the Audit Committee expected that the Company’s additional non-cash, pre-tax charges for stock-based compensation expense relating to certain stock option grants would approximate $70 million for the Review Period.
Findings of the Audit Committee
During the Review Period, the Company granted stock options pursuant to an employee stock option plan and a director stock option plan to acquire approximately 10.9 million shares of the common stock. Such plans at all relevant times provided for option grants to be approved by a designated committee of non-employee directors or, in the case of the director stock option plan, by the Board. Approximately 2,000 stock option grants were awarded during the Review Period with 69 recorded grant dates. No stock options have been granted since September, 2006. The Audit Committee reviewed all stock options granted during the Review Period, including option grants to the Company’s directors, officers and rank and file employees (including grants to new employees, grants awarded in connection with Company acquisitions and grants made as individual or group performance awards). The Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s stock option granting practices included a comprehensive examination of reasonably available relevant physical and electronic documents as well as interviews with current and former directors, officers and Company personnel.
The Audit Committee’s review was initially focused on determining whether the Company’s prior stock option granting practices were in compliance with the plans’ granting provisions and applicable law or called into question its accounting for such options. Once it became evident that such issues and accounting implications existed, the inquiry focused on those matters necessary: to determine whether any accounting charges were material and whether a restatement of the Company’s previously-issued financial statements would be required; to establish a basis for effecting any required restatement; to assure that, on as timely a basis as possible, the Company could file any required curative disclosures with the SEC and assure its continued eligibility for listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”); and to provide an informed basis for the Company’s response to the identified issues, including appropriate corrective and remedial actions.
The following information summarizes certain of the findings of the Audit Committee. The findings identified approximately $71.5 million of unrecorded expense at the time of grant (i.e., the difference between the fair market value of the common stock on the appropriate measurement date and the stated exercise price), net of forfeitures, during the Review Period, of which $70.0 million was recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements through March 31, 2006 and $1.5 million of unrecorded expense at the time of grant will be included, beginning at April 1, 2006, in the Company’s computation of compensation expense in accordance with SFAS 123(R). The following summarizes the unrecorded expense at the time of grant by time period and category of recipient:
   
$4.2 million for the period from Fiscal 1993 through Fiscal 1997 ($0.2 million for directors, $2.5 million for officers and $1.5 million for rank and file employees)
 
   
$45.6 million for the period from Fiscal 1998 through August 2002 ($1.1 million for directors, $25.7 million for officers and $18.7 million for rank and file employees)
 
   
$21.8 million for the period from August 2002 to the present ($0.04 million for directors, $0.6 million for officers and $21.1 million for rank and file employees)

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The Audit Committee’s additional key findings are summarized below:
Lack of Adequate Documentation: For a majority of grants issued by the Company during the Review Period, there is either no or inadequate documentation of approval actions that satisfies the requisites for establishing a measurement date under APB 25. Of the 69 recorded grant dates, there are documented approval actions by the Board or the Option or Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) with respect to particular grants for 12 dates. In the period December, 1992 to May, 1996, neither the minutes of the Compensation Committee nor of the Board reflect any action to approve specific grants. In some instances, evidence of single director (the chairman of the Compensation Committee) approval actions exists. This absence of non-employee director level documentation also applies to a majority of grants with a recorded grant date after 1996. In some cases, Compensation Committee minutes contain a reference to reports on the status of the option pool but do not document any action to approve specific grants. Approval documentation for certain grants has internal inconsistencies or conflicts with other documents thereby rendering this documentation unreliable as a basis for establishing a measurement date. In some cases, the only existing documentation is the executed option agreement and/or the entry of the option grant into the option database. Notwithstanding these approval documentation inadequacies, the Company entered into option agreements with grantees and has honored such grants.
Grant Approvals: During the Review Period, relatively few option grants were approved in complete compliance with the Company’s stock option plans. Available documentation reflects that the Company approved option grants in a variety of ways. With respect to the employee stock option plan, grants were approved by the Compensation Committee as contemplated by the plan at various times, by the full Board in 1998 and 1999, by a single director (the chairman of the Compensation Committee) on nine recorded grant dates during the period 1994 through 2001 and by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) at various times. With respect to the director stock option plan, grants were generally approved by the designated Board committee and, in a few cases, by the chairman of the Compensation Committee. In one instance in 2000, there is no conclusive documentary evidence of the approval of director grants other than the signed director option agreements.
The delegation of authority by the Compensation Committee to the CEO with respect to grants to rank and file employees was not fully documented. However, there was an understood and accepted practice between the CEO and the Compensation Committee whereby the CEO made certain awards to individual employees. In some instances, this involved the allocation among rank and file employees of blocks of shares approved by the Compensation Committee; in three (3) such instances, the number of shares ultimately awarded pursuant to this process exceeded the approved size of the block, which was contrary to the understanding of the Compensation Committee members. Further, contrary to the understanding of the Compensation Committee members, the award and/or documentation of those individual grants often significantly lagged the approval of the block grant. In August 2005, the Compensation Committee specifically acknowledged a prior grant of delegated authority to the CEO to make option grants to rank and file employees and ratified all prior awards by the CEO. In some cases, documentation of approval action is either inconclusive or missing, and the Company therefore has been unable to determine what entity or person actually approved specific grants.
Option Pricing: The recorded grant dates for a majority of grants do not match the applicable measurement dates as determined under APB 25. The grants of options with exercise prices lower than the fair market values of the stock on the actual measurement dates did not satisfy the fair market pricing requirement in the Company’s plans, as amended in 1998, and were not consistent with the Company’s disclosures in SEC filings stating that the exercise price of options was equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant.
The relationship between the stated exercise price of options and the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the date of the identifiable approval actions varied from grant to grant. In some cases, the exercise price of grants reflected the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of any documented approval action. In other cases, the exercise prices reflected the fair market value of the underlying shares on a date either prior or subsequent to any such documented approval action and the exercise price was lower than the fair market value on the date of any such action. In several such cases before August 2002, the use of such grant dates and lower exercise prices (together with other available evidence) supports a finding that the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices were selected with the benefit of hindsight. For certain grants where the mismatch between the recorded grant date and the approval action was only a matter of days, however, the mismatch appears to have been attributable to inaccurate recording or administrative delays. In some cases, the apparent approval action did not identify all grantees; for example, there are cases where a block grant was approved subject to a later determination of individual grant recipients and grants were recorded with a grant date, and corresponding exercise price, that matched the date of the apparent approval of the block grant and the fair market value of the common stock on that date although individual grant recipients may have been identified some time after approval of the block grant. Finally, in some cases, the approval action for specific grants is not adequately documented. Where the recorded grant date did not satisfy the requisites for a measurement date under APB 25, the Company relied on default methodologies to determine an appropriate measurement date.
Internal Controls: As outlined above, the Company’s historical administration of its options program lacked discipline as it relates to proper adherence to the plan requirements, corporate recordkeeping and documentation. Since November 2003, however, the Company has properly administered the stock option program as it relates to awards to directors and officers. During the investigation, the Company identified control gaps related to grants made throughout the Review Period. As of March 31, 2007, the Company implemented additional procedures to its process that are focused on formalized documentation of appropriate approvals and determination of grant terms to employees.

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Procedural and Remedial Actions
The Audit Committee and other relevant Board committees are committed to a continued review and implementation of procedural enhancements and remedial actions in light of the foregoing findings. Consistent with its obligation to act in the best interests of the Company taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances, the Audit Committee is continuing to assess the appropriateness of a broad range of possible procedural enhancements and potential remedial measures in light of the findings of its review.
While the Audit Committee has not completed its consideration of all such steps, procedural enhancements may include recommendations regarding improved stock option administration procedures and controls, training and monitoring compliance with those procedures, corporate recordkeeping, corporate risk assessment, evaluation of the internal compliance environment and other remedial steps that may be appropriate. Any such procedural enhancements will be recommended by the Audit Committee to the Board and/or appropriate Board committee for adoption. In advance of action by the Audit Committee, as noted above, the Company has implemented additional procedures to its process for approving stock option grants that are focused on formalized documentation of appropriate approvals and determination of grant terms to employees.
In light of the findings of the Audit Committee’s review, William F. Andrews, Thomas W. Golonski and Thomas G. Greig, three current directors who also served during portions of the Review Period and who hold options as to which the measurement date was adjusted in connection with the Company’s restatement, agreed voluntarily to reprice those outstanding options with a recorded exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the accounting measurement date as determined by the Audit Committee so that the exercise price matches the fair market value of the common stock on such accounting measurement date. In addition, Michael McAndrew, who became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) in December, 2002, also agreed voluntarily to reprice the one option granted to him after he became CFO with a recorded exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the accounting measurement date as determined by the Audit Committee so that the exercise price matches the fair market value of the common stock on such accounting measurement date.
The Audit Committee’s ongoing review includes an evaluation of the role of and possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have had responsibility for identified problems during the Review Period. Accordingly, the Audit Committee has begun to address and is addressing and expects to continue to address issues of individual conduct or responsibility, including those of the Board, CEOs and CFOs serving during the Review Period. In connection therewith, based on the findings of the Audit Committee as to Fred C. Young, the Company’s former CEO who resigned on May 20, 2007, the Audit Committee concluded and recommended to the Board, and the Board determined, that Mr. Young could have been terminated due to Cause for Termination (as defined in his agreement dated May 11, 2004) at the time Mr. Young resigned as a director and officer of the Company on May 20, 2007. In light of that determination and the terms of the agreements with Mr. Young, all outstanding stock options held by Mr. Young terminated as of the date of his resignation.
The Audit Committee may recommend additional remedial measures that appropriately address the issues raised by its findings. Such potential remedial measures may include possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have been responsible for identified problems during the Review Period.
Restatement Methodologies
As of April 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation expense is to be recognized for all share-based compensation awards granted after the date of adoption and for all unvested awards existing on the date of adoption. Prior to April 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation awards to directors, officers and rank and file employees using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25 as allowed under SFAS 123. Under the intrinsic value method, no share-based compensation expense related to stock options was required to be recognized if the exercise price of the stock option was at least equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the “measurement date.” APB 25 defines the measurement date as the first date on which are known both (1) the number of shares that an individual grant recipient is entitled to receive and (2) the option or purchase price, if any.
In light of the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s stock option granting practices during the Review Period and as to those cases in which the Company previously used a recorded grant date as the measurement date that the Company determined could no longer be relied upon, the Company has developed and applied the following methodologies to remeasure those stock option grants and record the relevant charges in accordance with APB 25 by considering the following sources of information: (i) meeting minutes of the Board and of committees thereof and related materials, (ii) Unanimous Written Consents of the Board and of committees thereof, (iii) the dates on which stock option grants were entered into the Company’s stock option database (“create date”), (iv) relevant email correspondence reflecting stock option grant approval actions, (v) individual stock option agreements and related materials, (vi) employee and Board offer letters, (vii) documents relating to acquisitions, (viii) reports on Form 4 filed with the SEC and (ix) guidance of the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC on stock option matters as set forth in its letter dated September 19, 2006.

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Grants with Appropriate Committee Approval. With respect to grants of approximately 1.0 million shares, or approximately 9% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has evidence to support the approval of the grant under the stock option plans by the relevant committee of the Board, and such evidence includes the number of options each individual was entitled to receive and the option price. However, the relationship between these documented approval actions and the originally-recorded grant dates and exercise prices for the options so approved varied during the Review Period. In some cases, grants were recorded with a grant date and a corresponding exercise price that matched the date of the approval action or were otherwise consistent with the terms of the approval action. In other cases, however, the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices of the grants reflected the fair market value of the common stock on a date prior to the committee’s documented approval actions. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 0.4 million shares of common stock by using the date of the documented approval action as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $1.8 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.07 million relates to director options, $1.3 million relates to officer options and $0.4 million relates to rank and file employee options.
Grants with Other Approvals. With respect to grants of approximately 1.9 million shares, or approximately 18% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has evidence to support the approval of the grant by the Board, an outside director or the Company’s CEO and the identification of the number of options each individual was entitled to receive together with the option price. These grants are distinguished from the grants described in the prior paragraph in that the nature of the approval was not fully consistent with the terms of the relevant stock option plan. As with the grants discussed in the preceding paragraph, the relationship between these documented approval actions and the originally-recorded grant dates and exercise prices for the options so approved varied during the Review Period. In some cases, grants were recorded with a grant date and a corresponding exercise price that matched the date of the approval action or were otherwise consistent with the terms of the approval action. In other cases, however, the recorded grant dates and corresponding exercise prices of the grants reflected the fair market value of the Company’s stock on a date prior to the approval action. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 1.6 million shares of common stock by using the date of the documented approval action as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $7.6 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.5 million relates to director options, $2.6 million relates to officer options and $4.5 million relates to rank and file employee options.
Grants Lacking Adequate Documentation. With respect to grants of approximately 7.9 million shares (5.0 million shares to rank and file employees), or 73.0% of the total grants in the Review Period, the Company has been unable to locate adequate documentation of approval actions that would satisfy the requisites for a measurement date under APB 25. For these grants, management considered all available relevant information to form a reasonable conclusion as to the most reasonable measurement date. For all grants in this category, the Company has established default methodologies for determining the most appropriate measurement date under APB 25.
With respect to grants entered into the Company’s stock option database after September 9, 1999, when the database began to reflect a create date which is the date on which a grant was entered into the system, the Company has determined to use the individual create date for each grant as the APB 25 measurement date, which was in most cases different from the originally-recorded grant date. The Company believes that this create date is the most appropriate methodology in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants as it represents the earliest point in time at which the evidence shows that all requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied. Such create dates preceded, often by a significant amount of time, the execution of stock option agreements, which, generally, were manually signed by the Company’s CEO and manually signed and dated by the grantee. In addition, in almost all cases, a grant entered into the database, which established the create date, ultimately resulted in the creation of a stock option agreement reflecting such grant. Accordingly, while execution of the stock option agreements constituted a clear acknowledgement by the grantee and the Company of the grantee’s legal entitlement to the grant, the Company believes the create date more accurately reflects the date of approval than does the signed option agreement. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 4.2 million shares of common stock by using the create date as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $49.8 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.5 million relates to director options, $17.2 million relates to officer options and $32.2 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to such create dates included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the create date for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted for which the create date methodology was utilized to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.09 million to $73.8 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $49.8 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.

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For options entered into the Company’s option database before September 9, 1999, the Company determined the measurement date generally by reference to signed option agreements (or the deemed signature date for certain options as discussed below). The executed option agreements (hereinafter “signed option agreements”), manually signed by the Company’s CEO and manually signed and dated by the grantee, constituted an acknowledgement by the grantee and the Company of the grantee’s legal entitlement to the grant and, in the absence of authoritative information as to when all the requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied, provides a measurement date framework based on entitlement. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 1.4 million shares of common stock by using the signed option agreements as the measurement date. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $6.4 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.3 million relates to director options, $3.6 million relates to officer options and $2.5 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company believes this methodology was the most appropriate in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants as it represents the earliest point in time at which the evidence shows that all requisites for the establishment of the measurement date had been satisfied for these grants. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to the dating of signed option agreements included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the date of the grantee’s signature on the stock option agreement for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted for which the signed option agreements methodology was utilized to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.03 million to $9.6 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $6.4 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
In those cases where no reliably-dated signed option agreement could be located and where no post-September 9, 1999 create date exists (stock option grants totaling approximately 0.9 million shares), the Company used the average period between recorded grant date and date of the signatures on all other grantee signed option agreements with the same grant date as the measurement date. For example, if there were four stock option grants with a grant date of January 1, 1996, the Company had the signed option agreements for three of these stock option grants and the average number of days between the grant date and the signature dates of these three signed option agreements was 20 days, January 21, 1996 was used as the measurement date for the grant for which no signed option agreement could be located. The Company has restated the compensation expense for stock option grants relating to approximately 0.7 million shares of common stock using this “average days to sign agreement” method. The total additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants is approximately $4.4 million, net of forfeitures, amortized over the appropriate vesting period through March 31, 2006, of which $0.06 million relates to director options, $4.2 million relates to officer options and $0.2 million relates to rank and file employee options. The Company believes this methodology was the most appropriate in the absence of sufficient evidence of approvals for these grants because it gives a reasonable approximation of the measurement date related to these options in light of the available evidence. The Company conducted a sensitivity analysis by comparing the Company’s current default methodology (i.e., “average days to sign agreement”) with another default methodology. For this analysis, the Company identified the range of potential grant dates defined by the earliest signed option agreement and the latest signed option agreement. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock over the range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $2.6 million to $5.9 million, net of forfeitures. The Company’s analyses indicate that stock-based compensation expense computed using other identified alternative default methodologies would not materially differ from stock-based compensation expense computed using the “average days to sign agreement” methodology. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed with reference to the average days to sign agreements also included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the average days to sign agreement for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $0.03 million to $6.1 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $4.4 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.
Given the volatility of the common stock during much of the Review Period, the use of methodologies and measurement dates different from those described above could have resulted in a higher or lower cumulative compensation expense which would have caused net income or loss to be different from the amounts reported in the restated consolidated financial statements. The Company’s procedures for evaluating the appropriateness of measurement dates fixed using the default methodologies described above also included a sensitivity analysis which provided an understanding of the differences between the additional recorded charge for stock-based compensation expense and the charges that would result from using other identified alternative methods for determining measurement dates. The Company’s sensitivity analysis included identifying the range of potential grant dates defined by the recorded grant date and the appropriate measurement date for each grant. The Company then identified the low and high closing prices of the common stock within that range of potential grant dates and applied both the low and high closing prices of the common stock to the number of shares granted to determine the range of potential adjustments to stock-based compensation expense for these grants, which was $9.3 million to $99.3 million, net of forfeitures, as compared to the additional non-cash, pre-tax charge for these grants of approximately $70.0 million, net of forfeitures, included in the Restatement.

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Other adjustments through March 31, 2006
From 1994 through 1998, the Company did not properly account for stock options for one officer that were modified after the grant date pursuant to a separation agreement. Some of these modifications were not identified in the Company’s financial reporting processes and were therefore not properly reflected in its financial statements. As a result, the Company has recorded a non-cash charge for stock-based compensation of $1.0 million during Fiscal 1999.
Summary
In summary, the Company recorded cumulative non-cash charges for stock-based compensation of $70.9 million through March 31, 2006, offset in part by a cumulative income tax benefit of $27.7 million, for a total after-tax charge of $43.2 million. These charges had no impact on net sales or cash and cash equivalents as previously reported in the Company’s financial statements; as a result, no changes to these items are reflected in the Restatement. Non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense have been recorded as adjustments to Selling, general & administrative expenses within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
1Q07 and 2Q07 Restatement
Stock-based compensation expense
In addition to the Restatement noted above through March 31, 2006, the Company has recorded additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation during the first and second quarters of Fiscal 2007 of $1.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, offset in part by income tax benefits of $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively, or total after-tax charges of $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively. This charge was recorded to reflect additional non-cash, stock-based compensation expense recognized under the fair value method (SFAS 123(R)) because the exercise price for certain stock option grants prior to, but not vested as of March 31, 2006, differed from the fair market value of the underlying shares on the appropriate measurement date, some of which occurred during Fiscal 2007.
Accounting for derivatives
On July 26, 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to reduce its exposure from fluctuating interest rates. SFAS No.133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at their fair value, and that changes in the derivatives’ fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. From inception of the hedge, the Company had applied a method of cash flow hedge accounting under SFAS 133 to account for the interest rate swap that allowed the Company to assume no ineffectiveness in such agreements, called the “short-cut” method.
Subsequently, the Company analyzed its eligibility for the “short-cut” method in light of certain clarifications delivered by the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC, and determined that its interest rate swap did not qualify for the “short-cut” method under SFAS 133 because certain prepayment features relating to the underlying actual debt were not identical to those contained in the interest rate swap. Because the Company’s documentation at hedge inception reflected the “short-cut” method rather than the “long-haul” method for determining hedge ineffectiveness, the derivative did not meet the requirements for a cash flow hedge. Documentation for the “long-haul” method of accounting at hedge inception cannot be retrospectively applied under SFAS 133. Therefore, fluctuations in the interest rate swap’s fair value should have been recorded through the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income instead of through OCI, which is a component of Stockholders’ equity. The adjustment for the second quarter of Fiscal 2007 will decrease reported net income and increase OCI by approximately $1.4 million. This change in accounting for this derivative instrument could result in significant volatility in the Company’s reported net income and earnings per share due to increases and decreases in the fair value of the interest rate swap. However, the derivative instrument remains highly effective and the change in accounting for this derivative instrument does not impact operating cash flows or total Stockholders’ equity.
The table below reflects the impact of the additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense and the non-cash charge related to the interest rate swap on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, including the corresponding cumulative adjustment to Retained earnings as of September 30, 2006 and March 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior to this Restatement, the Company had not recorded any non-cash stock-based compensation expense in its Consolidated Statements of Income with the exception of $0.7 million recorded during the second quarter of Fiscal 2005 for a modification of a previous stock option award for a retiring director. All dollar amounts are presented in thousands except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.

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    (As                     Adjust-             (As             (As  
    Previously     Adjust-     Income     ment,     (As     Previously             Restated)  
    Reported)     ment,     Tax     Net of     Restated)     Reported)     Adjust-     Diluted  
    Net Income     Pre-Tax     Benefit     Tax     Net Income     Diluted EPS     ment     EPS  
 
 
FY 94
    $    13,370       $    43       $    (19 )     $    24       $    13,346       $    0.83       $    --       $    0.83  
FY 95
    14,515       461       (144 )     317       14,198       0.89       (0.02 )     0.87  
FY 96
    18,278       406       (151 )     255       18,023       1.10       (0.01 )     1.09  
FY 97
    24,792       1,172       (456 )     716       24,076       1.40       (0.04 )     1.36  
FY 98
    32,404       3,595       (1,393 )     2,202       30,202       1.79       (0.12 )     1.67  
FY 99
    38,145       4,506       (1,732 )     2,774       35,371       2.09       (0.15 )     1.94  
FY 00
    48,852       5,778       (2,209 )     3,569       45,283       2.60       (0.19 )     2.41  
FY 01
    64,190       10,290       (3,953 )     6,337       57,853       3.22       (0.32 )     2.90  
FY 02
    62,042       11,333       (4,381 )     6,952       55,090       2.97       (0.33 )     2.64  
FY 03
    48,685       8,927       (2,328 )     6,599       42,086       2.39       (0.32 )     2.07  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative
03/31/03
    $    365,273       $    46,511       $    (16,766 )     $    29,745       $    335,528       $    19.29       $    (1.52 )     $    17.77  
 
                                                               
FY 04
    47,243       8,197       (4,156 )     4,041       43,202       2.52       (0.22 )     2.30  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative 03/31/04
    $    412,516       $    54,708       $    (20,922 )     $    33,786       $    378,730       $    21.80       $    (1.73 )     $    20.07  
 
                                                               
FY 05
    29,912       5,178       (2,312 )     2,866       27,046       1.68       (0.16 )     1.52  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative
03/31/05
    $    442,428       $    59,886       $    (23,234 )     $    36,652       $    405,776       $    23.48       $    (1.89 )     $    21.59  
 
                                                               
1Q06
    7,394       1,120       (442 )     678       6,716       0.43       (0.04 )     0.39  
2Q06
    12,797       1,126       (444 )     682       12,115       0.74       (0.04 )     0.70  
3Q06
    12,511       2,431       (959 )     1,472       11,039       0.70       (0.08 )     0.62  
4Q06
    4,656       6,368       (2,612 )     3,756       900       0.26       (0.21 )     0.05  
 
                               
 
                                                               
FY 06
    $    37,358       $    11,045       $    (4,457 )     $    6,588       $    30,770       $    2.13       $    (0.37 )     $    1.76  
 
                                                               
Cumulative 03/31/06
    $    479,786       $    70,931       $    (27,691 )     $    43,240       $    436,546       $    25.61       $    (2.26 )     $    23.35  
 
                                                               
1Q07
    7,807       1,629       (635 )     994       6,813       0.43       (0.06 )     0.37  
2Q07
    13,079       2,210       (806 )     1,404       11,675       0.74       (0.08 )     0.66  
 
                               
2QYTD07
    $    20,886       $    3,839       $    (1,441 )     $    2,398       $    18,488       $    1.18       $    (0.14 )     $    1.04  
 
                               
 
                                                               
Cumulative 09/30/06
    $    500,672       $    74,770       $    (29,132 )     $    45,638       $    455,034       $    26.78       $    (2.39 )     $    24.39  
 
Income Tax Considerations
In the course of the investigation, the Company determined that a number of officers may have exercised options for which the application of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), may apply. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes because the Company incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. If such options are deemed to have been granted at less than fair market value, pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m)”), any compensation to officers, including proceeds from options exercised in any given tax year, in excess of $1.0 million will be disallowed as a deduction for tax purposes. The Company estimates that the potential tax effected liability for any such disallowed Section 162(m) deduction would approximate $3.6 million, which has been recorded as a current liability within Income taxes within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company may also incur interest and penalties if it were to incur any such tax liability, which could be material.
In addition, the Company is considering the application of Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) to those options for which it incorrectly applied the measurement date as defined in APB 25. It is possible that these options will be treated as having been granted at less than fair market value for federal income tax purposes and thus subject to Section 409A. Accordingly, the Company may adopt measures to address the application of Section 409A. The Company does not currently know what impact Section 409A will have, or any such measures, if adopted, would have on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows, although such impact could be material.

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Expenses Incurred by the Company
The Company has incurred expenses for legal fees and external audit firm fees, in excess of its insurance deductible of $0.5 million, in Fiscal 2007, in relation to (i) the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s historical stock option practices and related accounting for stock option grants, (ii) the informal inquiry and formal order of investigation by the SEC regarding the Company’s past stock option practices, (iii) the previously-disclosed derivative action relating to the Company’s historical stock option practices filed against the Company as a nominal defendant and certain of the Company’s current and former directors and officers, as to whom it may have indemnification obligations and (iv) related matters. Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant additional expense related to the foregoing matters in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. The Company and the insurance company for its directors’ and officers’ indemnification insurance are currently in discussions with respect to which of the fees in excess of the deductible will be paid by the insurance company. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that all fees submitted to the insurance company for reimbursement will be reimbursed under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ indemnification insurance.
Restatement Impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income
The following tables reconcile the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income from the previously reported results to the restated results for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005. All dollar amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.
                          
    Year Ended March 31, 2006
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
    $    213,946       $    --       $    213,946  
On-Site services
    507,389       --       507,389  
 
           
Total
    721,335       --       721,335  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    108,220       --       108,220  
On-Site services
    330,765       --       330,765  
 
           
Total
    438,985       --       438,985  
 
                       
Gross profit
    282,350       --       282,350  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    205,866       11,045       216,911  
Restructuring and other charges
    5,290       --       5,290  
Intangibles amortization
    4,999       --       4,999  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    66,195       (11,045 )     55,150  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    9,123       --       9,123  
Other expenses (income), net
    36       --       36  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    57,036       (11,045 )     45,991  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    19,678       (4,457 )     15,221  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
    $    37,358       $    (6,588 )     $    30,770  
 
           
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
    $    2.18       $    (0.39 )     $    1.79  
 
           
Diluted
    $    2.13       $    (0.38 )     $    1.75  
 
           
 
                       
Weighted average common shares outstanding
                       
Basic
    17,164       --       17,164  
 
           
Diluted
    17,544       --       17,544  
 
           
Dividends per share
    $    0.24       $    --       $    0.24  
 

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    Year Ended March 31, 2005
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
    $    227,601       $    --       $    227,601  
On-Site services
    307,475       --       307,475  
 
           
Total
    535,076       --       535,076  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    108,281       --       108,281  
On-Site services
    211,866       --       211,866  
 
           
Total
    320,147       --       320,147  
 
                       
Gross profit
    214,929       --       214,929  
 
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    160,002       5,178       165,180  
Restructuring and other charges
    5,059       --       5,059  
Intangibles amortization
    1,332       --       1,332  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    48,536       (5,178 )     43,358  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    2,755       --       2,755  
Other expenses (income), net
    115       --       115  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    45,666       (5,178 )     40,488  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    15,754       (2,312 )     13,442  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
    $    29,912       $    (2,866 )     $    27,046  
 
           
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
    $    1.72       $    (0.17 )     $    1.55  
 
           
Diluted
    $    1.68       $    (0.16 )     $    1.52  
 
           
 
                       
Weighted average common shares outstanding
                       
Basic
    17,411       --       17,411  
 
           
Diluted
    17,845       --       17,845  
 
           
 
                       
Dividends per share
    $    0.22       $    --       $    0.22  
 

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Restatement Impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheets
The following tables reconcile the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets from the previously reported results to the restated results as of March 31, 2006. All dollar amounts are in thousands.
                          
    March 31, 2006
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
    $    11,207       $    --       $    11,207  
Accounts receivable, net
    116,713       --       116,713  
Inventories, net
    53,926       --       53,926  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    23,803       --       23,803  
Deferred tax asset
    8,973       --       8,973  
Prepaid and other current assets
    16,502       --       16,502  
 
           
Total current assets
    231,124       --       231,124  
 
                       
Property, plant and equipment, net
    35,124       --       35,124  
Goodwill, net
    468,724       --       468,724  
Intangibles:
                       
Customer relationships, net
    24,657       --       24,657  
Other intangibles, net
    30,783       --       30,783  
Deferred tax asset
    4,231       15,678       19,909  
Other assets
    5,091       --       5,091  
 
           
Total assets
    $    799,734       $    15,678       $    815,412  
 
           
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
    $    44,943       $    --       $    44,943  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    13,954       --       13,954  
Deferred revenue
    22,211       --       22,211  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    8,648       --       8,648  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    1,049       --       1,049  
Income taxes
    5,924       3,587       9,511  
Other liabilities
    31,139       --       31,139  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    127,868       3,587       131,455  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    122,673       --       122,673  
Other liabilities
    8,293       --       8,293  
 
           
Total liabilities
    258,834       3,587       262,421  
 
                       
Stockholders’ equity
                       
Preferred stock
    --       --       --  
Common stock
    25       --       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    362,810       55,331       418,141  
Treasury stock
    (296,824 )     --       (296,824 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    13,036       --       13,036  
Retained earnings
    461,853       (43,240 )     418,613  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    540,900       12,091       552,991  
 
           
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
    $    799,734       $    15,678       $    815,412  
 
           
 

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Restatement Impact on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
The following tables reconcile the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows from the previously reported results to the restated results for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005. All dollar amounts are in thousands.
                          
    Year Ended March 31, 2006
    As Previously              
In thousands
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Operating Activities
                       
Net income
    $    37,358       $    (6,588 )     $    30,770  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
                       
Intangibles amortization and depreciation
    13,930       --       13,930  
Deferred taxes
    (212 )     (1,010 )     (1,222 )
Stock compensation expense
    --       11,045       11,045  
Tax impact from stock options
    (3,200 )     2,953       (247 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Accounts receivable, net
    9,369       --       9,369  
Inventories, net
    5,000       --       5,000  
All other current assets excluding deferred tax asset
    9,199       (6,400 )     2,799  
Liabilities exclusive of long term debt
    (19,647 )     --       (19,647 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
    $    51,797       $    --       $    51,797  
 
                       
Investing Activities
                       
Capital expenditures
    $    (4,115 )     $    --       $    (4,115 )
Capital disposals
    1,445       --       1,445  
Acquisition of businesses (payments)/recoveries
    (40,682 )     --       (40,682 )
Prior merger-related (payments)/recoveries
    (378 )     --       (378 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
    $    (43,730 )     $    --       $    (43,730 )
 
                       
Financing Activities
                       
Proceeds from borrowings
    $    192,882       $    --       $    192,882  
Repayment of borrowings
    (218,989 )     --       (218,989 )
Repayment on discounted lease rentals
    (890 )     --       (890 )
Proceeds from exercise of options
    23,320       --       23,320  
Deferred financing costs
    (180 )     --       (180 )
Payment of dividends
    (4,094 )     --       (4,094 )
Purchase of treasury stock
    (27 )     --       (27 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities
    $    (7,978 )     $    --       $    (7,978 )
 
                       
Foreign currency exchange impact on cash
    $    (474 )     $    --       $    (474 )
 
           
 
                       
Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    $    (385 )     $    --       $    (385 )
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    $    11,592       $    --       $    11,592  
 
           
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    $    11,207       $    --       $    11,207  
 
           
 
                       
Supplemental Cash Flow:
                       
Cash paid for interest
    $    8,336       $    --       $    8,336  
Cash paid for income taxes
    17,223       --       17,223  
Non-cash financing activities:
                       
Dividends payable
    1,055       --       1,055  
Capital leases
    1,214       --       1,214  
 

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    Year Ended March 31, 2005
    As Previously              
In thousands
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Operating Activities
                       
Net income
    $    29,912       $    (2,866 )     $    27,046  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
                       
Intangibles amortization and depreciation
    7,955       --       7,955  
Deferred taxes
    (77 )     (1,758 )     (1,835 )
Stock compensation expense
    680       5,178       5,858  
Tax impact from stock options
    (3,472 )     4,118       646  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Accounts receivable, net
    8,878       --       8,878  
Inventories, net
    (76 )     --       (76 )
All other current assets excluding deferred tax asset
    3,811       --       3,811  
Liabilities exclusive of long term debt
    4,595       (4,672 )     (77 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
    $    52,206       $    --       $    52,206  
 
                       
Investing Activities
                       
Capital expenditures
    $    (3,506 )     $    --       $    (3,506 )
Capital disposals
    1,187       --       1,187  
Acquisition of businesses (payments)/recoveries
    (102,553 )     --       (102,553 )
Prior merger-related (payments)/recoveries
    107       --       107  
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
    $    (104,765 )     $    --       $    (104,765 )
 
                       
Financing Activities
                       
Proceeds from borrowings
    $    238,409       $    --       $    238,409  
Repayment of borrowings
    (127,959 )     --       (127,959 )
Repayment on discounted lease rentals
    (458 )     --       (458 )
Proceeds from exercise of options
    7,919       --       7,919  
Deferred financing costs
    (1,352 )     --       (1,352 )
Payment of dividends
    (3,847 )     --       (3,847 )
Purchase of treasury stock
    (56,912 )     --       (56,912 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities
    $    55,800       $    --       $    55,800  
 
                       
Foreign currency exchange impact on cash
    $    (955 )     $    --       $    (955 )
 
           
 
                       
Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    $    2,286       $    --       $    2,286  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    $    9,306       $    --       $    9,306  
 
           
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    $    11,592       $    --       $    11,592  
 
           
 
                       
Supplemental Cash Flow:
                       
Cash paid for interest
    $    3,045       $    --       $    3,045  
Cash paid for income taxes
    17,064       --       17,064  
Non-cash financing activities:
                       
Dividends payable
    1,011       --       1,011  
Capital leases
    714       --       714  
 

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Note 4: Inventories
The Company’s inventories consist of the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2007     2006  
 
Raw materials
    $    1,774       $    1,426  
Finished goods
    93,794       66,787  
 
       
Subtotal
    95,568       68,213  
Excess and obsolete inventory reserves
    (22,761 )     (14,287 )
 
       
Inventory, net
    $    72,807       $    53,926  
 
Note 5: Property, Plant and Equipment
The Company’s property, plant and equipment consist of the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2007     2006  
 
Land
    $    2,369       $    2,369  
Building and improvements
    27,537       26,052  
Machinery
    69,525       58,562  
 
       
Subtotal
    99,431       86,983  
Accumulated depreciation
    (60,380 )     (51,859 )
 
       
Property, plant and equipment, net
    $    39,051       $    35,124  
 
Depreciation expense was $12,325, $8,931 and $6,623 for Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively.
Note 6: Goodwill
The following table summarizes changes to goodwill at the Company’s reporting units during Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006.
                                 
    North                    
    America     Europe     All Other     Total  
 
Balance as of March 31, 2005
    $    371,865       $    70,734       $    1,968       $    444,567  
Currency translation
    24       (5,271 )     33       (5,214 )
Current period acquisitions (Note 10)
    28,993       --       --       28,993  
Earn-out payments
    --       --       41       41  
Other
    116       221       --       337  
 
               
Balance as of March 31, 2006
    $    400,998       $    65,684       $    2,042       $    468,724  
Currency translation
    10       7,381       78       7,469  
Current period acquisitions (Note 10)
    95,911       --       --       95,911  
Prior period acquisitions
    (3,544 )     --       --       (3,544 )
Other
    87       --       --       87  
 
               
Balance as of March 31, 2007
    $    493,462       $    73,065       $    2,120       $    568,647  
 
At March 31, 2007, certain merger agreements provided for contingent payments (earn-out) of up to $4,588. If future operating performance goals of the acquired companies are met, goodwill will be adjusted for the amount of the contingent payments.

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Note 7: Intangible Assets
The following table summarizes the gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization and net carrying amount by major intangible asset class:
                                                 
    March 31,
    2007   2006
    Gross             Net     Gross             Net  
    Carrying     Accum.     Carrying     Carrying     Accum.     Carrying  
    Amount     Amort.     Amount     Amount     Amort.     Amount  
 
Definite-lived
                                               
Non-compete agreements
    $    7,963       $    3,414       $    4,549       $    4,894       $    1,851       $    3,043  
Customer relationships
    71,989       3,973       68,016       25,654       997       24,657  
Acquired backlog
    10,783       9,813       970       3,935       3,934       1  
                 
Total
    $    90,735       $    17,200       $    73,535       $    34,483       $    6,782       $    27,701  
 
                                               
Indefinite-lived
                                               
Trademarks
    35,992       8,253       27,739       35,992       8,253       27,739  
                 
 
                                               
Total
    $    126,727       $    25,453       $    101,274       $    70,475       $    15,035       $    55,440  
 
The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist solely of the Company’s trademark portfolio obtained through business acquisitions. The Company’s definite-lived intangible assets are comprised of employee non-compete contracts, backlog and customer relationships also obtained through business acquisitions.
The following table summarizes the changes to carrying amounts of intangible assets during the period:
                                 
            Non-Competes     Customer        
    Trademarks     and Backlog     Relationships     Total  
 
Balance as of March 31, 2005
    $    27,739       $    4,833       $    11,585       $    44,157  
Amortization expense
    --       (4,116 )     (883 )     (4,999 )
Currency translation
    --       (24 )     --       (24 )
Current period acquisitions (Note 10)
    --       2,351       13,955       16,306  
 
               
Balance at March 31, 2006
    $    27,739       $    3,044       $    24,657       $    55,440  
Amortization expense
    --       (7,309 )     (2,976 )     (10,285 )
Currency translation
    --       52       --       52  
Current period acquisitions (Note 10)
    --       8,977       39,931       48,908  
Prior period acquisitions
    --       755       6,404       7,159  
 
               
Balance at March 31, 2007
    $    27,739       $    5,519       $    68,016       $    101,274  
 
Intangible asset amortization expense was $10,285, $4,999 and $1,332 for Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively. The Company acquired definite-lived intangibles from the completion of several acquisitions during Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006 (see Note 10). The recorded estimate for definite-lived intangibles of $48,908 was based on a preliminary allocation pending completion of third-party valuation. The Company recorded amortization expense of $7,542 for Fiscal 2007 for these newly-acquired definite-lived assets.
The following table details the estimated intangible amortization expense for the next five years. These estimates are based on the carrying amounts of intangible assets as of March 31, 2007 that are subject to change pending the outcome of purchase accounting related to current acquisitions:
         
Years Ending March 31,
2008
  $ 6,363  
2009
    5,221  
2010
    5,092  
2011
    4,518  
2012
    4,135  
Thereafter
    48,206  
 
     
Total
  $ 73,535  
 

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Note 8: Indebtedness
The Company’s long-term debt consists of the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2007     2006  
 
Revolving credit agreement
    $    236,715       $    121,303  
Interest rate swap fair value (See Note 9)
    1,734       --  
Capital lease obligations
    2,123       1,891  
Other
    42       528  
 
       
Total debt
    $    240,614       $    123,722  
Less: current portion
    (686 )     (1,049 )
 
       
Long-term debt
    $    239,928       $    122,673  
 
Revolving Credit Agreement - On March 28, 2006, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated January 24, 2005, as amended February 17, 2005 (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”) with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as agent, and a group of lenders. The Credit Agreement expires on March 28, 2011. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are permitted up to a maximum amount of $310,000, which includes up to $15,000 of swing line loans and $25,000 of letters of credit. The Credit Agreement may be increased by the Company up to an additional $90,000 with the approval of the lenders and may be unilaterally and permanently reduced by the Company to not less than the then outstanding amount of all borrowings. Interest on outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Agreement accrues, at the Company’s option, at a rate based on either: (a) the greater of (i) the prime rate per annum of the agent then in effect and (ii) 0.50% plus the rate per annum announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions arranged by Federal funds brokers on the previous trading day or (b) a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR rate plus 0.75% to 1.25% (determined by a leverage ratio based on the Company’s EBITDA). The Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain compliance with certain non-financial and financial covenants such as minimum net worth, leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios. As of March 31, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.
For Fiscal 2007, the Company increased net borrowings under the Credit Agreement by approximately $115,412. The Company primarily utilized the proceeds from net borrowings to fund the acquisitions of NextiraOne and Nu-Vision Technologies, Inc. and Nu-Vision Technologies, LLC (collectively referred to as “NUVT”) during the first quarter of Fiscal 2007, Nortech Telecommunications, Inc. (“NTI”) during the third quarter of Fiscal 2007 and ADS Telecom, Inc. (“ADS”) during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2007 and to repurchase common stock during the second and third quarters of Fiscal 2007.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had total debt outstanding of $240,614. Total debt was comprised of $236,715 outstanding under the credit agreement, $1,734 for the fair value of an interest rate swap, $2,123 of obligations under capital leases and $42 of various other third-party, non-employee loans. The maximum amount of debt outstanding under the Credit Agreement, the weighted average balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt for Fiscal 2007 was $284,470, $253,129 and 6.2%, respectively, compared to $173,535, $155,898 and 5.1%, respectively, for Fiscal 2006.
Capital Lease Obligations - The capital lease obligations are primarily for equipment. The lease agreements have remaining terms ranging from less than one year to five years with interest rates ranging from 3.83% to 11.73%.
Other - Other debt is comprised of various bank and third party loans secured by specific pieces of equipment and real property. The loans have remaining terms of less than one to three years with interest rates ranging from 0.0% to 5.9%.
Unused Available Borrowings - As of March 31, 2007, the Company had $4,009 outstanding in letters of credit and $69,276 available under the Credit Agreement.
At March 31, 2007, scheduled maturities or required payments of long-term debt for each of the five succeeding fiscal years were as follows:
         
Years Ending March 31,
2008
  $ 686  
2009
    714  
2010
    479  
2011
    238,688  
2012
    47  
Total
  $ 240,614  
 

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Note 9: Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts:
The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge exposure to variability in expected fluctuations in foreign currencies. As of March 31, 2007, the Company had open contracts in Australian and Canadian dollars, Danish krone, Euros, Japanese yen, Mexican pesos, Norwegian kroner, Pounds sterling, Swedish krona and Swiss francs, which have been designated as cash flow hedges. These contracts had a notional amount of approximately $56,719 and a fair value of $56,371 and mature within the next twenty-four months.
As of March 31, 2007, an unrecognized gain of $619 ($377 net of tax) on all open foreign currency forward contracts is included in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as a component of OCI. This unrecognized gain is expected to be credited to earnings over the life of the maturing contracts as the hedged forecasted transaction occurs and it is expected that the gain will be offset by currency losses on the items being hedged.
The Company recognized gains of $869 ($654 net of tax) and $865 into earnings on matured contracts for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. There was no hedge ineffectiveness for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.
Interest Rate Swap:
To mitigate the risk of interest-rate fluctuations associated with the Company’s variable rate long term debt, the Company has implemented an interest-rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize significant unplanned fluctuations in earnings caused by interest rate volatility. The Company’s goal is to manage interest-rate sensitivity by modifying the re-pricing characteristics of certain balance sheet liabilities so that the net-interest margin is not, on a material basis, adversely affected by the movements in interest rates.
On July 26, 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate swap which has been used to effectively convert a portion of the Company’s variable rate debt to fixed rate. The interest rate swap has a notional value of $100,000 reducing to $50,000 after three years and does not qualify for hedge accounting. For Fiscal 2007, the Company recognized a loss of $1,734 related to the change in fair value of the interest rate swap included in Interest expense (income) within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. The loss is recorded as a component of Long-term debt in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Note 10: Acquisitions
Fiscal 2007
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2007, the Company acquired ADS, a privately-held company based out of Orlando, FL. ADS has an active customer base which includes commercial, financial, healthcare and various government agency accounts. In connection with the ADS acquisition, the Company has made a preliminary allocation to goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets, respectively. The definite-lived intangible assets recorded represent the estimated fair market value of customer relationships and non-compete agreements. The Company estimates that the definite-lived intangibles are to be amortized over a period of five to 20 years.
During the third quarter of Fiscal 2007, the Company acquired NTI, a privately-held company based out of Chicago, IL. In connection with the NTI acquisition, the Company has made a preliminary allocation to goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets. The definite-lived intangible assets recorded represent the estimated fair market value of customer relationships and non-compete agreements. The Company estimates that the definite-lived intangibles are to be amortized over a period of five to 20 years.
The acquisitions of ADS and NTI, taken individually, did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
During the first quarter of Fiscal 2007, the Company acquired NextiraOne. The following table summarizes the value of the NextiraOne assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition.
         
    At April 30, 2006  
 
Current assets, primarily consisting of accounts receivable and inventories
    $    90,448  
Property, plant and equipment
    9,996  
Other non-current assets
    19,623  
Intangible assets
    24,100  
Goodwill
    73,995  
 
   
Total assets acquired
    $    218,162  
 
       
Current liabilities, primarily consisting of deferred revenue, restructuring reserve and accrued expenses
    $    113,705  
Other non-current liabilities, primarily consisting of restructuring reserve
    23,734  
 
   
Total liabilities acquired
    $    137,439  
 
   
 
       
Net assets acquired
    $    80,723  
 

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The following table details the amounts recorded to each major intangible asset class:
         
    At April 30, 2006  
 
Backlog
    $    6,700  
Customer relationships and contracts
    17,400  
 
   
Total intangible assets*
    $    24,100  
 
* The estimated weighted average amortization period for these definite-lived assets is 12.5 years.
The transaction resulted in $73,995 of goodwill, parts of which are deductible for tax purposes (see Note 13 for further reference). The Company paid this premium for NextiraOne in order to further expand its operational footprint in the voice and data technology markets. In addition, the purchase increased the Company’s solutions offerings, providing for a stronger worldwide technical services partner for its collective clients.
The Company paid a cash total of $97,305 for the outstanding interests in NextiraOne which included an estimate for the equity book value (total assets less total liabilities, as adjusted by the parties for certain items) as of the closing date. The actual equity book value adjustment was confirmed during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2007 resulting in a return to the Company of $7,996. The costs of the acquisitions were funded with borrowings under the Credit Agreement described in Note 8.
Included in the total cash paid at closing was $42,143 that was allocated to escrow accounts, including a general escrow and an escrow for certain specified items regarding litigation, accounts receivable, deposits and credits, equipment leases, accounts payable, worker’s compensation and real estate leases. The amounts in escrow have been and will continue to be released to NextiraOne’s seller or to the Company in accordance with the terms of the agreements. As of March 31, 2007, $11,011 was returned to the Company related to certain items as set forth in the terms of the agreements recorded as an offset to Goodwill in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, the Company incurred $2,425 of transaction costs bringing the total purchase price for NextiraOne to $80,723 as of March 31, 2007.
After consummation of the acquisition, the Company began to integrate NextiraOne products, employees and facilities with its own. In so doing, the Company incurred $15,760 of costs related to facility consolidations and $10,766 of severance costs for the separation of approximately 300 employees. In accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141”), these costs were properly included in the purchase price allocation for NextiraOne. The majority of the severance costs will be paid in Fiscal 2007 with certain facility costs extending through Fiscal 2014.
Also, during the first quarter of Fiscal 2007, the Company acquired NUVT. In connection with the NUVT acquisition, the Company has made a preliminary allocation of $15,648 to goodwill, parts of which are deductible for tax purposes (see Note 13 for further reference) and $18,601 to definite-lived intangible assets. The definite-lived intangible assets recorded represent the estimated fair market value of acquired backlog, customer relationships and non-compete agreements. The Company estimates that the definite-lived intangibles are to be amortized over a period of one to 20 years.
The allocation of the purchase price for these Fiscal 2007 acquisitions (excluding NextiraOne) is based on preliminary estimates of the fair values of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of the acquisition. Management, with the assistance of independent valuation specialists, is currently assessing the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The preliminary allocations of purchase price are dependant upon certain estimates and assumptions, which are preliminary and may vary from the amounts reported herein.
NextiraOne and NUVT contributed On-Site services revenues of $242,251 and $57,629, respectively, during Fiscal 2007.
The following unaudited pro-forma summary presents the Company’s results of operations as if the acquisitions of NextiraOne and NUVT had occurred on April, 1 2005 and does not purport to represent what the Company’s results of operations would have been had the acquisitions occurred on such date or at the beginning of the period indicated, or to project the Company’s results of operations for any future date or period or to be a fair reflection of the assets purchased at the date of acquisition. As noted above, the acquisitions of ADS and NTI, taken individually, did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, thus each acquisition is excluded from the following pro-forma summary. The pro-forma results of operations exclude the impact of nonrecurring or extraordinary adjustments, together with related income tax effects. These pro-forma results of operations do not include the effects of cost synergies and one-time nonrecurring transactions associated with the acquisition.
                 
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
    2007     2006  
 
Revenue (Pro-forma)
    $    1,046,956       $    1,230,106  
Net income from continuing operations (Pro-forma), net of tax
    $    33,809       $    35,886  
Earnings per common share (Pro-forma)
               
Basic
    $    1.93       $    2.09  
Diluted
    $    1.90       $    2.05  
 

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Fiscal 2006
During the third quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company purchased 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Communication is World InterActive Networking, Inc. (“C=WIN”) and Converged Solutions Group, LLC (“CSG”). C=WIN has an active customer base which includes commercial and various government agency accounts. CSG has an active customer base which includes commercial, education, health care and various government agency accounts. The C=WIN and CSG acquisitions primarily provide planning, installation and maintenance services for voice and data network systems in 15 states. In connection with the acquisitions, the Company has allocated $6,167 and $9,620 to goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets, respectively. The definite-lived intangible assets recorded represent the estimated fair market value of acquired customer relationships and non-compete agreements. The Company estimates that the definite-lived intangibles are to be amortized over a period of four to 20 years.
During the second quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Universal Solutions of North America, L.L.C. and related entities (“Universal”). Universal primarily provides planning, installation and maintenance services for voice and data network systems in 14 states. In connection with the acquisition, the Company has allocated $9,498 and $8,000 to goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets, respectively. The definite-lived intangible assets recorded represent the estimated fair market value of acquired customer relationships and non-compete agreements. The definite-lived intangibles are being amortized over a period of five to 20 years.
During the first quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Telecommunication Systems Management, Inc. (“TSM”), GTC Technology Group, Inc. and Technology Supply, Inc. (collectively referred to as “GTC”) and Business Communications, Inc., Bainbridge Communication, Inc., BCI of Tampa, LLC and Networx, L.L.C. (collectively referred to as “BCI”). These companies primarily provide full-service voice communication solutions and services in the Florida and Virginia markets. In connection with the acquisitions, the Company has allocated $8,385 and $5,846 to goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets, respectively. The definite-lived intangible assets recorded represent the fair market value of acquired customer relationships and non-compete agreements. The definite-lived intangibles are being amortized over a period of five to 20 years.
The results of operations of TSM, GTC, BCI, Universal, C=WIN and CSG are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income beginning on their individual acquisition dates during Fiscal 2006. The acquisitions taken individually did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations. The costs of the acquisitions were funded with borrowings under the Credit Agreement described in Note 8.
Fiscal 2005
On December 20, 2004, the Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Norstan, Inc. (“Norstan”) common stock for $5.60 per share in cash via a tender offer and merger. On January 25, 2005, the Company completed its cash tender offer and purchased approximately 86% of the outstanding shares of Norstan common stock. Also, on January 25, 2005, the Company acquired 6,000,000 Norstan shares through the exercise of a stock option granted by Norstan. The Company’s exercise of the option resulted in the Company owning in excess of 90% of the outstanding shares of Norstan and qualified the Company to complete a short-form merger under Minnesota law. The remaining Norstan shares not acquired in the tender offer were then acquired through the short-form merger, also effected on January 25, 2005. In the merger, each share of Norstan common stock was converted into the right to receive $5.60 per share in cash, the same consideration paid for shares in the tender offer. As a result of the tender offer and merger, Norstan is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
The following table summarizes the value of the Norstan assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition.
         
    At January 25, 2005  
 
Current assets, primarily consisting of accounts receivable and inventories
    $    71,141  
Property, plant and equipment
    12,649  
Other non-current assets
    18,779  
Intangible assets
    15,971  
Goodwill
    58,741  
 
   
Total assets acquired
    $    177,281  
 
       
Current liabilities, primarily consisting of deferred revenue, restructuring reserve and accrued expenses
    $    61,128  
Other non-current liabilities, primarily consisting of restructuring reserve
    8,744  
 
   
Total liabilities acquired
    $    69,872  
 
   
 
       
Net assets acquired
    $    107,409  
 
The following table details the amounts recorded to each major intangible asset class:
         
    At January 25, 2005  
 
Non-compete agreements
    $    342  
Backlog
    3,930  
Customer relationships and contracts
    11,699  
 
   
Total intangible assets
    $    15,971  
 
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The transaction resulted in $58,741 of goodwill, none of which is deductible for tax purposes. The Company paid a premium for Norstan in order to further expand its operational footprint in the voice and data technology markets. In addition, the purchase increased the Company’s solutions offerings and customer market, providing for a stronger worldwide technical services partner for its collective clients.
The Company paid a total of $77,717 for all outstanding shares through the cash tender offer and subsequent merger. The Company also paid $5,764 for all vested and unvested options and warrants outstanding at the date of the merger. In addition, the Company repaid Norstan’s credit facility outstanding at the date of the merger of $17,500 and incurred transaction costs of $6,428 directly related to the acquisition (consisting primarily of banking, key-employee change of control payments and other professional fees), bringing the total acquisition cost to approximately $102,553, net of cash acquired of $4,859. The cost of the Norstan acquisition was funded with borrowings under the Credit Agreement.
After consummation of the acquisition, the Company began to integrate Norstan’s products, employees and facilities with its own. In connection with these integration actions, the Company incurred severance costs of $2,887 for the separation of approximately 150 employees. In addition, the Company incurred integration costs for facility consolidations of $11,874. The majority of the severance costs were paid in Fiscal 2006 with certain facility costs extending through Fiscal 2012.
The following unaudited pro forma summary presents the Company’s results of operations as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the period indicated and does not purport to represent what the Company’s results of operations would have been had the acquisition occurred on such date or at the beginning of the period indicated, or to project the Company’s results of operations for any future date or period. The pro forma results of operations include adjustments to give effect to amortization of intangibles and other adjustments, together with related income tax effects. These pro forma results of operations do not include the effects of cost synergies and one-time nonrecurring transactions associated with the acquisition.
                 
    Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
    2005     2004  
 
Revenue (Pro-forma)
    $    716,853       $    746,261  
Net Income from continuing operations (Pro-forma), net of tax
    $    22,451       $    32,732  
Earnings per common share (Pro-forma)
               
Basic
    $    1.29       $    1.80  
Diluted
    $    1.26       $    1.74  
 
Norstan had an April fiscal year-end, which differed from the Company’s March year-end. However, as the difference was less than 93 days, the pro forma information compiled for Fiscal 2004 was not required to be adjusted to account for the different year-ends. For Fiscal 2005 pro forma information, the Company’s audited income statement for Fiscal 2005 (which included Norstan’s results of operations effective January 25, 2005) was combined with Norstan’s unaudited income statement for the period April 1, 2004 through January 24, 2005.
Note 11: Restructuring and Other Charges
Fiscal 2007
In connection with the acquisition of NextiraOne during the first quarter of Fiscal 2007, the Company committed to a plan of reorganization of NextiraOne’s operations. In so doing, the Company incurred $15,760 of costs related to facility consolidations and $10,766 of severance costs for the separation of approximately 300 employees. In accordance with SFAS 141, these costs were properly included in the purchase price allocation for NextiraOne. The Company paid $14,574 during Fiscal 2007 relating to such obligations, with the balance for certain facility cost payments extending through Fiscal 2014. See Note 10 for additional information.
Fiscal 2006
During the first quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $5,290 related to staffing level adjustments and real estate consolidation in Europe and North America. This charge was in connection with the restructuring initiated during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005 and discussed below. The majority of restructuring costs have now been recognized with the exception of certain facility costs, which will extend through Fiscal 2012.
Fiscal 2005
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005, the Company committed to a plan to right-size the organization and align the expense structure with anticipated revenues and changing market demand for its solutions and services and, as a result, recorded restructuring and other charges of $3,019. This amount was comprised of $2,406 related to real estate consolidations, such as idle facility rent obligations and the write-off of leasehold improvements and $613 relating to staffing level adjustments, including the involuntary termination of approximately 28 employees in its Europe segment. In aggregate, $2,016 and $1,003 related to North America and Europe, respectively.

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Also, during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005, the Company recorded “Other Charges” of $2,040 related to the satisfaction of a previously disclosed litigation judgment where the Company had appealed an adverse arbitration award. By opinion filed March 9, 2005, the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the District Court confirming the award. This charge was comprised of $1,778 awarded to the plaintiff, which included interest, fees and costs as well as $262 of legal fees incurred by the Company previously capitalized in Goodwill. The Company accrued the award of $1,800 within Other liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. On May 6, 2005, the Company paid the award of $1,800 in satisfaction of this judgment in full.
In connection with the acquisition of Norstan during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005, the Company committed to a plan of reorganization of the Norstan operations. In so doing, the Company incurred severance costs of $2,887 for the separation of approximately 150 employees. In addition, the Company incurred integration costs for facility consolidations of $11,874. The majority of the severance costs were paid in Fiscal 2006 with certain facility costs extending through Fiscal 2012.
The following table summarizes the changes to the restructuring reserve during the period:
                         
    Employee              
    Severance     Facility Closures     Total  
 
Balance at March 31, 2005
     $ 2,789        $ 13,809        $ 16,598  
Restructuring charge
    3,473       1,817       5,290  
Acquisition adjustments (see Note 10)
    66       298       364  
Asset write-downs
    --       (636)       (636)  
Cash expenditures
    (6,068)       (4,850)       (10,918)  
 
           
Balance at March 31, 2006
     $ 260        $ 10,438        $ 10,698  
Acquisition adjustments (see Note 10)
    10,766       16,268       27,034  
Asset write-downs
    --       (391)       (391)  
Cash expenditures
    (8,020)       (9,893)       (17,913)  
 
           
Balance at March 31, 2007
     $ 3,006        $ 16,422        $ 19,428  
 
Of the $19,428 above, $9,788 is classified as a current liability under Other liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets for the period ended March 31, 2007.
Note 12: Operating Leases
The Company leases offices, facilities, equipment and vehicles throughout the world. While most of the leases are operating leases that expire over the next 8 years, certain vehicles and equipment are leased under capital leases that expire over the next 5 years. As leases expire, it can be expected that, in the normal course of business, certain leases will be renewed or replaced.
Certain lease agreements include renewal options and escalating rents over the lease terms. Generally, the Company expenses rent on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease which commences on the date the Company has the right to control the property. The cumulative expense recognized on a straight-line basis in excess of the cumulative payments is included in Accrued Expenses and Other liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Rent expense was $23,381, $16,059 and $12,484 for Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively.
The future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable capital and operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more as of March 31, 2007 are as follows:
         
Years Ending March 31,
       
 
2008
     $ 30,511  
2009
    22,969  
2010
    13,660  
2011
    9,125  
2012
    6,041  
Thereafter through 2015
    3,561  
 
   
 
       
Total minimum lease payments
     $ 85,867  
 
In connection with the NextiraOne acquisition, the Company obtained various contractual obligations in the form of operating leases for facilities and vehicles of approximately $35,120 at the acquisition date. The remaining balance for those contractual obligations is included within the total minimum lease payments provided above.
Of the total minimum lease payments provided above, $16,268 relates to future payments for facility consolidations that have been previously recognized within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income or were derived from the Company’s acquisitions, the amount of which is included in the opening balance sheet for that acquisition.

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Note 13: Income Taxes
The domestic and foreign components of pre-tax income from continuing operations for the years ended March 31 are as follows:
                         
    March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
 
Domestic
     $ 27,523        $ 29,186        $ 30,595  
Foreign
    27,377       16,805       9,893  
 
           
Consolidated
     $ 54,900        $ 45,991        $ 40,488  
 
The provision / (benefit) for income tax charged to continuing operations for the years ended March 31 are as follows:
                         
    March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
 
Current:
                       
Federal
     $ 12,598        $ 11,506        $ 12,784  
State
    1,363       1,230       1,118  
Foreign
    4,384       5,038       3,449  
 
           
Total current
    18,345       17,774       17,351  
Deferred
    946       (2,553)       (3,909)  
 
           
Total provision for income taxes
     $ 19,291        $ 15,221        $ 13,442  
 
Reconciliations between income taxes from continuing operations computed using the federal statutory income tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended March 31 are as follows:
                         
    March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
 
Federal statutory tax rate
    35.0%       35.0%       35.0%  
Foreign taxes, net of foreign tax credits
    (1.3)       --       0.7  
Effect of permanent book / tax differences
    (0.1)       2.7       1.1  
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
    1.8       (0.2)       (1.5)  
Valuation allowance
    0.9       (3.1)       (3.0)  
Other, net
    (1.2)       (1.3)       0.9  
 
           
Effective tax rate
    35.1%       33.1%       33.2%  
 

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The components of current and long-term deferred tax liabilities/assets at March 31 are as follows:
                 
    March 31,
            (As Restated)  
    2007     2006  
 
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
               
Tradename and trademarks
     $ 10,035        $ 9,684  
Amortization of intangibles
    11,244       8,940  
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries
    3,080       2,109  
Basis of fixed assets
    2       4,586  
Other prepaid items
    341       22  
 
       
Gross deferred tax liabilities
    24,702       25,341  
 
               
Deferred Tax Assets:
               
Net operating losses
    17,172       16,519  
Restructuring reserves
    13,533       6,462  
Outsourced leases
    22       6,403  
Basis of finished goods inventory
    9,515       3,166  
Reserve for bad debts
    5,452       2,796  
Miscellaneous accrued expenses
    3,452       230  
Foreign tax credit carry-forwards
    2,569       2,109  
Accrued employee costs
    767       1,093  
Foreign exchange
    438       719  
Unexercised stock options
    17,285       15,678  
 
       
Gross deferred tax assets
    70,205       55,175  
Valuation allowance
    (1,460)       (952)  
 
       
Net deferred tax assets
    68,745       54,223  
 
       
 
               
Net deferred tax assets/(liabilities)
     $ 44,043        $ 28,882  
 
At March 31, 2007, the Company had $4,861, $75,008 and $30,993 of federal, state and foreign gross net operating loss carry-forwards, respectively. As a result of the Company’s reorganization in 1992 and concurrent ownership change and the Company’s acquisition of Norstan, Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) limits the amount of net operating losses available to the Company to approximately $3,565 per year. The federal net operating loss carry-forwards expire in Fiscal 2021. The state net operating loss carry-forwards expire at various times through Fiscal 2027 and the foreign net operating loss carry-forwards expire at various times through Fiscal 2017, with the exception of $274 for Austria, $138 for Belgium, $3,341 for Brazil, $110 for Denmark and $1,675 for France, which have no expirations.
A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company has recorded a valuation allowance of $1,460 for certain state and foreign net operating loss carry-forwards anticipated to produce no tax benefit. The valuation allowance was increased in Fiscal 2007 by $508 in order to reflect the inability to use certain state net operating loss carry-forwards.
In connection with the acquisitions of NextiraOne, NUVT, NTI and ADS, the Company acquired approximately $96,000 of goodwill. The Company believes that $65,549 will be recognized as a tax deduction over the next 15 years. In addition, the Company recorded approximately $19,197 of deferred tax assets related to purchase accounting.
In general, except for certain earnings in Japan and earnings associated with inter-company loan balances, it is the Company’s intention to reinvest all undistributed earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries for an indefinite period of time. Therefore, except for the exceptions noted above, no deferred U.S. income taxes have been provided on undistributed earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries, which aggregate approximately $13,796 based on exchange rates at March 31, 2007. However, additional taxes could be necessary if future foreign earnings were loaned to the parent, if the foreign subsidiaries declare dividends to the U.S. parent or the Company should sell its stock in the subsidiaries.
During Fiscal 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) commenced examination of the Company’s U.S. federal income tax return for Fiscal 2004 and Fiscal 2005. The IRS has not yet proposed an adjustment to the Company’s filing position in connection with this examination. Upon completion of this examination, it is reasonably possible that the total amount of recognized and unrecognized benefits may change. Any change would impact the effective rate. However, an estimate of the tax impact on the effective tax rate for any potential adjustment cannot be made at this time.
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Note 14: Incentive Compensation Plans
Performance Bonus
The Company has variable compensation plans covering certain team members. These plans provide a bonus contingent on the attainment of certain annual or quarterly performance targets. The Company recorded expense of $4,562, $5,431 and $1,123 under their variable compensation plans for Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively.
Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (“the plans”)
The Company has multiple profit sharing and savings plans which qualify as deferred salary arrangements under Section 401(k) of the Code. Participants may elect to contribute a portion of their eligible compensation, subject to limits imposed by the plans, which are partially matched by the Company. The Company recorded expense of $3,569, $3,532 and $2,243 for these plans during Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has two stock option plans, the 1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Employee Plan”), and the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Director Plan”). As of March 31, 2007, the Employee Plan is authorized to issue stock options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) for up to 9,200,000 shares of common stock. The Employee Plan provides that options are to be granted by a committee appointed by the Board to key employees of the Company; such stock options generally become exercisable in equal amounts over a three-year period. As of March 31, 2007, the Director Plan is authorized to issue stock options and SARs for up to 270,000 shares of common stock. The Director Plan provides that options are to be granted by the Board or a committee appointed by the Board; such options generally become exercisable in equal amounts over a three-year period. No SARs have been issued under either plan.
Stock-based compensation expense includes (i) compensation expense for share-based awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of March 31, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the pro-forma provisions of SFAS 123 and (ii) compensation expense for the share-based payment awards granted subsequent to March 31, 2006 based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123(R). During Fiscal 2007, the Company recognized compensation expense of $9,308 ($6,050 net of tax) or $0.34 per diluted share which is recorded in Selling, general & administrative expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
As a result of the Restatement, the Company has restated its stock-based compensation expense recognized under the intrinsic value method (APB 25) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005. The following table reconciles the Company’s stock-based compensation expense from the previously-reported results to the restated results for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005.
                         
    Stock-Based Compensation Expense, Pre-Tax
    (As Previously              
For the fiscal years ended March 31,   Reported)     Adjustment     (As Restated)  
 
2006
     $ --        $ 11,045        $ 11,045  
2005
    680       5,178       5,858  
 
As noted above, the restated stock-based compensation expense for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $11,045 ($7,234 net of tax), or approximately $0.41 per diluted share, and $5,858 ($3,834 net of tax), or approximately $0.21 per diluted share, respectively.
The following table summarizes the activity of the Company’s stock options as of and for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
                                                 
    2007     2006     2005  
            Weighted-             Weighted-                
            Average             Average             Weighted-  
            Exercise             Exercise             Average  
            Price (per             Price (per             Exercise Price  
Shares in thousands
  Shares     share)     Shares     share)     Shares     (per share)  
 
Outstanding at beginning of period
    5,055        $ 38.28       4,780        $ 37.14       4,414        $ 36.40  
Granted
    70       39.12       1,256       38.51       924       34.86  
Exercised
    (435)       34.42       (753)       30.95       (381)       20.78  
Forfeited or expired
    (69)       38.71       (228)       39.84       (177)       42.01  
 
                       
Outstanding at end of period
    4,621        $ 38.66       5,055        $ 38.28       4,780        $ 37.14  
Exercisable at end of period
    4,130        $ 39.12       4,247        $ 39.07       3,143        $ 37.33  
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period using Black-Scholes option pricing model
             $ 17.88                $ 22.79                $ 21.03  
 

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The total intrinsic value of options exercised during Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, was $3,597, $10,931, and $8,870, respectively. See Note 20 for subsequent events and the related impact on the Company’s outstanding stock options.
The following table summarizes certain information regarding the Company’s non-vested shares as of and for the period ending March 31, 2007.
                 
    Number of     Weighted-  
    Shares (in     Average Grant-  
    000’s)     Date Fair Value  
 
Non-vested as of 4/1/06
    808        $ 19.59  
Granted
    65       17.82  
Forfeited
    (366)       19.69  
Vested
    (17)       20.87  
 
       
Non-vested as of 3/31/07
    490       19.29  
 
The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the period and the stock-based compensation expense recognized during Fiscal 2007 were based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following weighted average assumptions.
         
    Fiscal 2007  
 
Expected life (in years)
    5.7  
Risk free interest rate
    4.18%  
Annual forfeiture rate
    1.53%  
Volatility
    45.47%  
Dividend yield
    0.60%  
 
The following table summarizes certain information regarding the Company’s outstanding stock options at March 31, 2007:
                                                                 
    Options Outstanding     Options Exercisable  
            Weighted                             Weighted              
    Shares     Average     Weighted     Average     Shares     Average     Weighted     Average  
Range of   Out-     Remaining     Average     Intrinsic     Exer-     Remaining     Average     Intrinsic  
Exercise   standing     Contractual     Exercise     Value     cisable     Contractual     Exercise     Value  
Prices   (000’s)     Life (Years)     Price     (000’s)     (000’s)     Life (Years)     Price     (000’s)  
 
$19.95 - $26.60
    257       1.3     $ 21.85     $ 3,715       257       1.3     $ 21.85     $ 3,715  
$26.60 - $33.25
    315       1.9       30.14       1,936       314       1.9       30.14       1,936  
$33.25 - $39.90
    1,777       8.0       37.18       1,678       1,287       8.2       38.10       754  
$39.90 - $46.55
    2,114       4.6       42.40             2,114       4.6       42.40        
$46.55 - $53.20
    154       2.6       49.39             154       2.6       49.39        
$53.20 - $59.85
    2       2.8       55.88             2       2.8       55.88        
$59.85 - $66.50
    2       2.7       63.22             2       2.7       63.22        
         
$19.95 - $66.50
    4,621       5.5     $ 38.66     $ 7,329       4,130       5.2     $ 39.12     $ 6,405  
 
The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based on the Company’s average stock price (i.e., average of the open and close of the common stock) on March 31, 2007 of $36.29, which would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options as of that date. As of March 31, 2007, there was approximately $4,281 of total unrecognized pre-tax compensation expense related to non-vested stock options granted under the plans which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.5 years.
Pro forma Information
The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method. The modified prospective transition method requires the Company to provide pro forma disclosure of specific income statement line items for periods prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R) as if the fair-value-based method had been applied to all awards. The following table illustrates the pro forma effect on Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) per share prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R). This table only shows pro forma amounts for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005 since the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123(R) on April 1, 2006 and, therefore, compensation expenses are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, March 31, 2006. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.

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    Years Ended March 31,
    (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2006     2005  
 
Net income (Loss) - As reported
     $ 30,770        $ 27,046  
Plus: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related tax
    11,045       5,623  
Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined by the fair value method for all awards, net of related tax
    (43,420)       (21,724)  
 
       
Net Income (Loss) - Pro-forma
     $ (1,605)        $ 10,945  
 
               
Earnings per common share
               
Basic — as reported
     $ 1.79        $ 1.55  
Basic — pro-forma
     $ (0.09)        $ 0.63  
 
               
Diluted — as reported
     $ 1.75        $ 1.52  
Diluted — pro-forma
     $ (0.09)        $ 0.61  
 
On October 31, 2005, in response to the issuance of SFAS 123(R), the Compensation Committee authorized the acceleration of the vesting of all of the Company’s outstanding out-of-the-money unvested stock options held by current employees, including officers and directors. Approximately 405,224 options that would otherwise have vested from time to time over the next three years became immediately exercisable. Such stock options had an exercise price greater than $39.77, the approximate fair market value of the common stock on October 31, 2005. The accelerated vesting of these options increased the pro-forma compensation expense for the three months ended December 31, 2005 by approximately $4,217, net of tax.
The Company issued options, with a stated grant date of October 31, 2005, to purchase approximately 989,700 shares of common stock which were granted fully vested, the effect of which increased the pro-forma compensation expense for Fiscal 2006 by approximately $14,656, net of tax.
The following tables reconcile the pro-forma information required by SFAS 123(R) from the previously reported results to the restated results for Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005. All dollar amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.
                         
    Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2006
    As              
    previously              
    reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Net income (Loss) - As reported
     $ 37,358        $ (6,588)        $ 30,770  
Plus: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related tax
    --       11,045       11,045  
Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined by the fair value method for all awards, net of related tax
    (23,972)       (19,448)       (43,420)  
 
           
Net Income (Loss) - Pro-forma
     $ 13,386        $ (14,991)        $ (1,605)  
 
                       
Earnings per common share
                       
Basic – as reported
     $ 2.18        $ (0.39)        $ 1.79  
Basic – pro-forma
     $ 0.78        $ (0.87)        $ (0.09)  
 
                       
Diluted – as reported
     $ 2.13        $ (0.38)        $ 1.75  
Diluted – pro-forma
     $ 0.76        $ (0.85)        $ (0.09)  
 

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    Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2005  
    As              
    previously              
    reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Net income (Loss) - As reported
     $ 29,912        $ (2,866)        $ 27,046  
Plus: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related tax
    445       5,178       5,623  
Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined by the fair value method for all awards, net of related tax
    (9,492)       (12,232)       (21,724)  
 
           
Net Income (Loss) - Pro-forma
     $ 20,865        $ (9,920)        $ 10,945  
 
                       
Earnings per common share
                       
Basic – as reported
     $ 1.72        $ (0.17)        $ 1.55  
Basic – pro-forma
     $ 1.20        $ (0.57)        $ 0.63  
 
                       
Diluted – as reported
     $ 1.68        $ (0.16)        $ 1.52  
Diluted – pro-forma
     $ 1.17        $ (0.56)        $ 0.61  
 
During the second quarter of Fiscal 2005, the Company recorded compensation expense as a result of a modification to a retiring director’s stock option agreements. The Company recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $680 ($445 net of tax) that was recorded as a component of Selling, general & administrative expense.
The pro forma impacts computed above were based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following weighted average assumptions.
                 
    Year Ended March 31,
    2006     2005  
 
Expected life (in years)
    5.6       5.1  
Risk free interest rate
    4.2%       3.5%  
Volatility
    49.0%       60.0%  
Dividend yield
    0.6%       0.6%  
 
Note 15: Earnings Per Share
The following table details the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations:
                         
    March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
 
Net income, as reported
     $ 35,609        $ 30,770        $ 27,046  
 
                       
Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic)
    17,512       17,164       17,411  
Effect of dilutive securities from employee stock options
    296       380       434  
 
           
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted)
    17,808       17,544       17,845  
 
                       
Basic earnings per common share
     $ 2.03        $ 1.79        $ 1.55  
Dilutive earnings per common share
     $ 2.00        $ 1.75        $ 1.52  
 
The Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (diluted) computation is not impacted during any period where the exercise price of a stock option is greater than the average market price. There were 1,246,215, 1,287,219 and 875,060 non-dilutive stock options outstanding during Fiscal 2007, Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2005, respectively that are not included in the corresponding period Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (diluted) computation.
Note 16: Repurchase of Common Stock
Fiscal 2007 - During Fiscal 2007, the Company repurchased 500,712 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $20,209, or an average purchase price per share of $40.36.
Fiscal 2006 - During Fiscal 2006, the Company repurchased 565 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $27, or an average purchase price per share of $47.45.
Fiscal 2005 - During Fiscal 2005, the Company repurchased 1,400,486 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $56,912, or an average purchase price per share of $40.64.

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Since the inception of the repurchase program in April 1999 through March 31, 2007, the Company has repurchased 7,436,111 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $317,033, or an average purchase price per share of $42.63. As of March 31, 2007, 1,063,889 shares were available under repurchase programs approved by the Board. Additional repurchases of common stock may occur from time to time depending upon factors such as the Company’s cash flows and general market conditions. While the Company expects to continue to repurchase shares of common stock for the foreseeable future, there can be no assurance as to the timing or amount of such repurchases. Under the Company’s Credit Agreement, the Company is permitted to repurchase its common stock as long as no Event of Default or Potential Default (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) occurs or is continuing.
Note 17: Commitments and Contingencies
Regulatory Matters
As previously disclosed, on November 13, 2006, the Company received a letter of informal inquiry from the Enforcement Division of the SEC relating to the Company’s stock option practices from January 1, 1997 to present. On May 24, 2007, the SEC issued a formal order of investigation in connection with this matter, and, on May 29, 2007, the Company received a document subpoena from the SEC acting pursuant to such order. The Company has cooperated with the SEC in this matter and intends to continue to do so.
As previously disclosed, the Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, is conducting an independent review of the Company’s historical stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants. See the “Explanatory Note” preceding Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-K for more information regarding this and related matters.
On September 20, 2006, the Company received formal notice from the IRS regarding its intent to begin an audit of the Company’s tax years 2004 and 2005. In connection with this normal recurring audit, the IRS has requested certain documentation with respect to stock options for the Company’s 2004 and 2005 tax years. The Company has produced various documents requested by the IRS and is currently in the process of responding to additional documentation requests.
At the conclusion of these regulatory matters, the Company could be subject to additional taxes, fines, penalties or other costs which could be material.
Litigation Matters
In November 2006, two stockholder derivative lawsuits were filed against the Company itself, as a nominal defendant, and several of the Company’s current and former officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The two substantially identical stockholder derivative complaints allege that the individual defendants improperly backdated grants of stock options to several officers and directors in violation of the Company’s stockholder-approved stock option plans during the period 1996-2002, improperly recorded and accounted for backdated stock options in violation of generally accepted accounting principles, improperly took tax deductions based on backdated stock options in violation of the Code, produced and disseminated false financial statements and SEC filings to the Company’s stockholders and to the market that improperly recorded and accounted for the backdated option grants, concealed the alleged improper backdating of stock options and obtained substantial benefits from sales of Company stock while in the possession of material inside information. The complaints seek damages on behalf of the Company against certain current and former officers and directors and allege breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, securities law violations and other claims. The two lawsuits have been consolidated into a single action as In re Black Box Corporation Derivative Litigation, Master File No. 2:06-CV-1531-TMH, and plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint on January 29, 2007. The parties have stipulated that responses by the defendants, including the Company, are due on or before September 4, 2007. The Company may have indemnification obligations arising out of this matter to its current and former directors and officers named in this litigation. The Company has made a claim for such costs under an insurance policy.
As previously disclosed, the Company received a subpoena, dated December 8, 2004, from the United States General Services Administration (“GSA”), Office of Inspector General. The subpoena requires production of documents and information. The Company understands that the materials are being sought in connection with an investigation regarding potential violations of the terms of a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract. The Company has not received any communication on this matter from the GSA since June 2005.
The Company is, as a normal part of its business operations, a party to legal proceedings in addition to those described in current and previous filings. Based on the facts currently available to the Company, management believes the matters described under this caption “Litigation Matters” are adequately provided for, covered by insurance, without merit or not probable that an unfavorable outcome will result.
Product Warranties
Estimated future warranty costs related to certain products are charged to operations in the period the related revenue is recognized. The product warranty liability reflects the Company’s best estimate of probable liability under those warranties. As of March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company has recorded a warranty reserve of $4,214 and $1,383, respectively.

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There has been no significant or unusual activity during Fiscal 2007 other than the acquisitions as discussed in Note 10.
Note 18: Segment Reporting
Management reviews financial information for the consolidated Company accompanied by disaggregated information on net revenues, operating income and assets by geographic region for the purpose of making operational decisions and assessing financial performance. Additionally, Management is presented with and reviews net revenues and gross profit by service type. The accounting policies of the individual operating segments are the same as those of the Company.
The following table presents financial information about the Company’s reportable segments by geographic region:
                         
    March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
 
North America
                       
Revenues
     $ 850,088        $ 564,700        $ 355,013  
Operating income
    49,481       42,505       21,620  
Depreciation
    11,742       8,012       5,144  
Amortization
    10,156       4,472       878  
Segment assets (as of March 31)
    1,007,695       761,424       719,936  
 
                       
Europe
                       
Revenues
     $ 129,278        $ 120,051        $ 142,838  
Operating income
    16,442       5,518       13,639  
Depreciation
    498       671       1,213  
Amortization
    91       491       398  
Segment assets (as of March 31)
    139,531       116,717       134,982  
 
                       
All Other
                       
Revenues
     $ 36,944        $ 36,584        $ 37,225  
Operating income
    7,426       7,127       8,099  
Depreciation
    85       248       266  
Amortization
    38       36       56  
Segment assets (as of March 31)
    17,318       16,416       15,357  
 
The sum of the segment revenues, operating income, depreciation and amortization equals the consolidated revenues, operating income, depreciation and amortization. The following reconciles segment assets to total consolidated assets for the periods referenced below:
                         
    March 31,
            (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    2007     2006     2005  
 
Segment assets for North America, Europe and All Other
     $ 1,164,544        $ 894,557        $ 870,275  
Corporate eliminations
    (74,453)       (79,145)       (83,211)  
 
           
Total consolidated assets
     $ 1,090,091        $ 815,412        $ 787,064  
 
The following table presents financial information about the Company by service type:
                         
    March 31,
    2007     2006     2005  
 
Data Services
                       
Revenues
     $ 182,129        $ 196,585        $ 200,935  
Gross Profit
    55,598       57,068       59,354  
 
                       
Voice Services
                       
Revenues
     $ 611,278        $ 310,804        $ 106,540  
Gross Profit
    209,268       119,556       36,255  
 
                       
Hotline Services
                       
Revenues
     $ 222,903        $ 213,946        $ 227,601  
Gross Profit
    109,123       105,726       119,320  
 
The sum of service type revenues and gross profit equals consolidated revenues and gross profit.

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Note 19: Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
The following tables represent summary Quarterly (Unaudited) Consolidated Statements of Income for Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006. All dollar amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts. Earnings per share data may not compute due to rounding.
                                         
    Fiscal Year 2007 (Unaudited)
    (As Restated)     (As Restated)                    
    1Q07     2Q07     3Q07     4Q07     FY07  
 
Revenues
                                       
Hotline products
     $ 52,225        $ 55,063        $ 57,770        $ 57,845        $ 222,903  
On-Site services
    178,170       216,262       207,036       191,939       793,407  
 
                   
Total
    230,395       271,325       264,806       249,784       1,016,310  
 
                                       
Cost of sales
                                       
Hotline products
    25,461       27,847       29,887       30,585       113,780  
On-Site services
    119,090       144,442       138,234       126,775       528,541  
 
                   
Total
    144,551       172,289       168,121       157,360       642,321  
 
                                       
Gross profit
    85,844       99,036       96,685       92,424       373,989  
 
                                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    70,202       73,599       73,940       72,614       290,355  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --       --       --  
Intangibles Amortization
    1,506       1,931       2,677       4,171       10,285  
 
                   
 
                                       
Operating income
    14,136       23,506       20,068       15,639       73,349  
 
                                       
Interest expense (income), net
    3,640       5,521       4,061       5,185       18,407  
Other expenses (income), net
    115       72       (122)       (23)       42  
 
                   
 
                                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    10,381       17,913       16,129       10,477       54,900  
 
                                       
Provision for income taxes
    3,568       6,238       5,636       3,849       19,291  
 
                   
Net income
     $ 6,813        $ 11,675        $ 10,493        $ 6,628        $ 35,609  
 
                                       
Earnings per common share:
                                       
Basic
     $ 0.39        $ 0.67        $ 0.60        $ 0.38        $ 2.03  
Diluted
     $ 0.37        $ 0.66        $ 0.59        $ 0.37        $ 2.00  
 

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    Fiscal Year 2006 (Unaudited)
    (As Restated)     (As Restated)     (As Restated)     (As Restated)     (As Restated)  
    1Q06     2Q06     3Q06     4Q06     FY06  
 
Revenues
                                       
Hotline products
     $ 53,452        $ 54,056        $ 52,771        $ 53,667        $ 213,946  
On-Site services
    125,830       130,994       129,364       121,201       507,389  
 
                   
Total
    179,282       185,050       182,135       174,868       721,335  
 
                                       
Cost of sales
                                       
Hotline products
    25,874       26,829       26,308       29,209       108,220  
On-Site services
    82,468       84,339       82,425       81,533       330,765  
 
                   
Total
    108,342       111,168       108,733       110,742       438,985  
 
                                       
Gross profit
    70,940       73,882       73,402       64,126       282,350  
 
                                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    52,040       51,773       52,872       60,226       216,911  
Restructuring and other charges
    5,290       --       --       --       5,290  
Intangibles Amortization
    1,558       1,328       1,349       764       4,999  
 
                   
 
                                       
Operating income
    12,052       20,781       19,181       3,136       55,150  
 
                                       
Interest expense (income), net
    1,959       2,330       2,397       2,437       9,123  
Other expenses (income), net
    (75)       40       114       (43)       36  
 
                   
 
                                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    10,168       18,411       16,670       742       45,991  
 
                                       
Provision for income taxes
    3,452       6,296       5,631       (158)       15,221  
 
                   
 
                                       
Net income
     $ 6,716        $ 12,115        $ 11,039        $ 900        $ 30,770  
 
                                       
Earnings per common share:
                                       
Basic
     $ 0.40        $ 0.71        $ 0.64        $ 0.05        $ 1.79  
Diluted
     $ 0.39        $ 0.70        $ 0.62        $ 0.05        $ 1.75  
 
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2006, the Company incurred a pre-tax charge of $7.1 million related to an adjustment of earnings over multiple years, from Fiscal 2003 through Fiscal 2006, from the Company’s Italian Operations (“Italian Operations Adjustment”). The Italian Operations Adjustment resulted from intentional misconduct by certain local operational and financial managers of the Company’s Italian Operations acting in collusion with one another for the purpose of overstating local financial results.
The Company’s management concluded, with the concurrence of the Audit Committee, that the impact of the Italian Operations Adjustment was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for any interim or annual period between Fiscal 2003 through Fiscal 2006. In reaching this conclusion, the Company reviewed and analyzed the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, “Materiality,” in order to determine that the impact was not material on a quantitative or qualitative basis to any one period. As a result, the Company recorded a cumulative adjustment in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2006.

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Restatement Impact on the Quarterly (Unaudited) Consolidated Statements of Income
The following tables reconcile the Company’s Quarterly (Unaudited) Consolidated Statements of Income from the previously reported results to the restated results for Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. All dollar amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts. Per share amounts may not total due to rounding.
                         
    Three Month Period Ended September 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
  $ 55,063     $ --     $ 55,063  
On-Site services
    216,262       --       216,262  
 
           
Total
    271,325       --       271,325  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    27,847       --       27,847  
On-Site services
    144,442       --       144,442  
 
           
Total
    172,289       --       172,289  
 
                       
Gross profit
    99,036       --       99,036  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    72,784       815       73,599  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --  
Intangibles amortization
    1,931       --       1,931  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    24,321       (815 )     23,506  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    4,126       1,395       5,521  
Other expenses (income), net
    72       --       72  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    20,123       (2,210 )     17,913  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    7,044       (806 )     6,238  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
  $ 13,079     $ (1,404 )   $ 11,675  
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
  $ 0.75     $ (0.08 )   $ 0.67  
Diluted
  $ 0.74     $ (0.08 )   $ 0.66  
 

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    Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
  $ 52,225     $ --     $ 52,225  
On-Site services
    178,170       --       178,170  
 
           
Total
    230,395       --       230,395  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    25,461       --       25,461  
On-Site services
    119,090       --       119,090  
 
           
Total
    144,551       --       144,551  
 
                       
Gross profit
    85,844       --       85,844  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    68,573       1,629       70,202  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --  
Intangibles amortization
    1,506       --       1,506  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    15,765       (1,629 )     14,136  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    3,640       --       3,640  
Other expenses (income), net
    115       --       115  
 
           
 
Income before provision for income taxes
    12,010       (1,629 )     10,381  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    4,203       (635 )     3,568  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
  $ 7,807     $ (994 )    $ 6,813  
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
  $ 0.44     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.39  
Diluted
  $ 0.43     $ (0.06 )   $ 0.37  
 

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    Three Month Period Ended March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
  $ 53,667     $ --     $ 53,667  
On-Site services
    121,201       --       121,201  
 
           
Total
    174,868       --       174,868  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    29,209       --       29,209  
On-Site services
    81,533       --       81,533  
 
           
Total
    110,742       --       110,742  
 
                       
Gross profit
    64,126       --       64,126  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    53,858       6,368       60,226  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --  
Intangibles amortization
    764       --       764  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    9,504       (6,368 )     3,136  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    2,437       --       2,437  
Other expenses (income), net
    (43 )     --       (43 )
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    7,110       (6,368 )     742  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    2,454       (2,612 )     (158 )
 
           
 
                       
Net income
  $ 4,656     $ (3,756 )   $ 900  
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
  $ 0.26     $ (0.21 )   $ 0.05  
Diluted
  $ 0.26     $ (0.21 )   $ 0.05  
 

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    Three Month Period Ended December 31, 2005 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
  $ 52,771     $ --     $ 52,771  
On-Site services
    129,364       --       129,364  
 
           
Total
    182,135       --       182,135  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    26,308       --       26,308  
On-Site services
    82,425       --       82,425  
 
           
Total
    108,733       --       108,733  
 
                       
Gross profit
    73,402       --       73,402  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    50,441       2,431       52,872  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --  
Intangibles amortization
    1,349       --       1,349  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    21,612       (2,431 )     19,181  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    2,397       --       2,397  
Other expenses (income), net
    114       --       114  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    19,101       (2,431 )     16,670  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    6,590       (959 )     5,631  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
  $ 12,511     $ (1,472 )   $ 11,039  
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
  $ 0.72     $ (0.08 )   $ 0.64  
Diluted
  $ 0.70     $ (0.08 )   $ 0.62  
 

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    Three Month Period Ended October 1, 2005 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
  $ 54,056     $ --     $ 54,056  
On-Site services
    130,994       --       130,994  
 
           
Total
    185,050       --       185,050  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    26,829       --       26,829  
On-Site services
    84,339       --       84,339  
 
           
Total
    111,168       --       111,168  
 
                       
Gross profit
    73,882       --       73,882  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    50,647       1,126       51,773  
Restructuring and other charges
    --       --       --  
Intangibles amortization
    1,328       --       1,328  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    21,907       (1,126 )     20,781  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    2,330       --       2,330  
Other expenses (income), net
    40       --       40  
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    19,537       (1,126 )     18,411  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    6,740       (444 )     6,296  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
  $ 12,797     $ (682 )    $ 12,115  
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
  $ 0.75     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.71  
Diluted
  $ 0.74     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.70  
 

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    Three Month Period Ended July 2, 2005 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
In thousands, except per share amounts
  Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Revenues
                       
Hotline products
  $ 53,452     $ --     $ 53,452  
On-Site services
    125,830       --       125,830  
 
           
Total
    179,282       --       179,282  
 
                       
Cost of sales
                       
Hotline products
    25,874       --       25,874  
On-Site services
    82,468       --       82,468  
 
           
Total
    108,342       --       108,342  
 
                       
Gross profit
    70,940       --       70,940  
 
                       
Selling, general & administrative expenses
    50,920       1,120       52,040  
Restructuring and other charges
    5,290       --       5,290  
Intangibles amortization
    1,558       --       1,558  
 
           
 
                       
Operating income
    13,172       (1,120 )     12,052  
 
                       
Interest expense (income), net
    1,959       --       1,959  
Other expenses (income), net
    (75 )     --       (75 )
 
           
 
                       
Income before provision for income taxes
    11,288       (1,120 )     10,168  
 
                       
Provision for income taxes
    3,894       (442 )     3,452  
 
           
 
                       
Net income
  $ 7,394     $ (678 )    $ 6,716  
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
  $ 0.44     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.40  
Diluted
  $ 0.43     $ (0.04 )   $ 0.39  
 

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The following tables represent summary Quarterly (Unaudited) Consolidated Balance Sheets for Fiscal 2007 and Fiscal 2006. All dollar amounts are in thousands.
                                 
    (As Restated)     (As Restated)              
    June 30, 2006     September 30, 2006     December 30, 2006     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     2007  
 
Assets
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 14,360     $ 15,758     $ 15,362     $ 17,157  
Accounts receivable, net
    172,315       185,333       184,403       161,733  
Inventories, net
    68,243       71,877       74,077       72,807  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    55,400       56,553       59,200       61,001  
Deferred tax asset
    8,873       9,489       10,456       10,562  
Prepaid and other current assets
    28,662       27,606       26,045       20,495  
 
               
Total current assets
    347,853       366,616       369,543       343,755  
 
                               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    39,029       41,595       39,252       39,051  
Goodwill, net
    593,188       586,273       588,556       568,647  
Intangibles:
                               
Customer relationships, net
    54,036       53,996       55,962       68,016  
Other intangibles, net
    35,471       34,799       36,493       33,258  
Deferred tax asset
    19,065       18,526       17,920       33,481  
Other assets
    4,969       4,343       4,192       3,883  
 
               
Total assets
  $ 1,093,611     $ 1,106,148     $ 1,111,918     $ 1,090,091  
 
               
 
                               
Liabilities
                               
Accounts payable
  $ 73,753     $ 87,127     $ 75,982     $ 74,727  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    25,644       20,656       23,443       21,811  
Deferred revenue
    53,365       51,120       48,998       35,630  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    15,483       20,571       21,444       19,027  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    704       608       587       686  
Income taxes
    9,887       11,818       60,428       13,430  
Other liabilities
    68,344       64,780       11,782       61,385  
 
               
Total current liabilities
    247,180       256,680       242,664       226,696  
 
                               
Long-term debt
    243,886       251,945       253,938       239,928  
Other liabilities
    31,509       27,708       26,754       23,771  
 
               
Total liabilities
    522,575       536,333       523,356       490,395  
 
                               
Stockholders’ equity
                               
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --       --  
Common Stock
    25       25       25       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    424,141       430,061       437,096       441,283  
Treasury stock
    (296,824 )     (314,411 )     (317,030 )     (317,033 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    19,329       19,141       24,025       25,399  
Retained earnings
    424,365       434,999       444,446       450,022  
 
               
Total stockholders’ equity
    571,036       569,815       588,562       599,696  
 
               
 
                               
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,093,611     $ 1,106,148     $ 1,111,918     $ 1,090,091  
 
               
 
                               
 

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    (As Restated)     (As Restated)     (As Restated)        
    July 2, 2005     October 1, 2005     December 31, 2005     (As Restated)  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     March 31, 2006  
 
Assets
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 11,008     $ 11,925     $ 12,143     $ 11,207  
Accounts receivable, net
    115,141       131,757       125,632       116,713  
Inventories, net
    52,454       53,154       53,448       53,926  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    29,770       24,052       28,093       23,803  
Deferred tax asset
    10,031       10,496       11,084       8,973  
Prepaid and other current assets
    17,877       19,228       18,483       16,502  
 
               
Total current assets
    236,281       250,612       248,883       231,124  
 
                               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    36,173       36,330       36,117       35,124  
Goodwill, net
    448,993       457,362       468,871       468,724  
Intangibles:
                               
Customer relationships, net
    14,257       19,807       24,333       24,657  
Other intangibles, net
    32,572       31,596       31,240       30,783  
Deferred tax asset
    18,382       18,642       17,719       19,909  
Other assets
    4,728       4,548       4,480       5,091  
 
               
Total assets
  $ 791,386     $ 818,897     $ 831,643     $ 815,412  
 
               
 
                               
Liabilities
                               
Accounts payable
  $ 32,647     $ 38,301     $ 39,487     $ 44,943  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    13,833       11,382       12,650       13,954  
Deferred revenue
    22,401       21,931       21,473       22,211  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    10,821       11,472       11,604       8,648  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    981       576       716       1,049  
Income taxes
    11,763       13,331       12,600       9,511  
Other liabilities
    40,472       44,018       44,933       31,139  
 
               
Total current liabilities
    132,918       141,011       143,463       131,455  
 
                               
Long-term debt
    150,903       149,308       141,304       122,673  
Other liabilities
    9,107       8,629       8,142       8,293  
 
               
Total liabilities
    292,928       298,948       292,909       262,421  
 
                               
Stockholders’ equity
                               
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --       --  
Common Stock
    24       24       24       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    384,598       394,219       405,618       418,141  
Treasury stock
    (296,797 )     (296,807 )     (296,811 )     (296,824 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    12,946       13,739       11,135       13,036  
Retained earnings
    397,687       408,774       418,768       418,613  
 
               
Total stockholders’ equity
    498,458       519,949       538,734       552,991  
 
               
 
                               
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 791,386     $ 818,897     $ 831,643     $ 815,412  
 
               
 
                               
 

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Restatement Impact on the Quarterly (Unaudited) Consolidated Balance Sheets
The following tables reconcile the Company’s Quarterly (Unaudited) Consolidated Balance Sheets from the previously reported results to the restated results for the periods ended September 30 and June 30 of 2006 and December 31, October 1 and July 2 of 2005. See Note 3 for reference to the reconciliation from the previously reported results to the restated results for the period ended March 31, 2006. All dollar amounts are in thousands.
                         
    September 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 15,758     $ --     $ 15,758  
Accounts receivable, net
    185,333       --       185,333  
Inventories, net
    71,877       --       71,877  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    56,553       --       56,553  
Deferred tax asset
    9,489       --       9,489  
Prepaid and other current assets
    27,606       --       27,606  
 
           
Total current assets
    366,616       --       366,616  
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
    41,595       --       41,595  
Goodwill, net
    586,273       --       586,273  
Intangibles:
                       
Customer relationships, net
    53,996       --       53,996  
Other intangibles, net
    34,799       --       34,799  
Deferred tax asset
    2,654       15,872       18,526  
Other assets
    4,343       --       4,343  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 1,090,276     $ 15,872     $ 1,106,148  
 
           
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
  $ 87,127     $ --     $ 87,127  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    20,656       --       20,656  
Deferred revenue
    51,120       --       51,120  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    20,571       --       20,571  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    608       --       608  
Income taxes
    8,719       3,099       11,818  
Other liabilities
    64,780       --       64,780  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    253,581       3,099       256,680  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    251,945       --       251,945  
Other liabilities
    27,708       --       27,708  
 
           
Total liabilities
    533,234       3,099       536,333  
 
                       
Stockholders’ equity
                       
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --  
Common Stock
    25       --       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    373,045       57,016       430,061  
Treasury stock
    (314,411 )     --       (314,411 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    17,746       1,395       19,141  
Retained earnings
    480,637       (45,638 )     434,999  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    557,042       12,773       569,815  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,090,276     $ 15,872     $ 1,106,148  
 
           
 
                       
 

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    June 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 14,360     $ --     $ 14,360  
Accounts receivable, net
    172,315       --       172,315  
Inventories, net
    68,243       --       68,243  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    55,400       --       55,400  
Deferred tax asset
    8,873       --       8,873  
Prepaid and other current assets
    28,662       --       28,662  
 
           
Total current assets
    347,853       --       347,853  
 
                       
Property, plant and equipment, net
    39,029       --       39,029  
Goodwill, net
    593,188       --       593,188  
Intangibles:
                       
Customer relationships, net
    54,036       --       54,036  
Other intangibles, net
    35,471       --       35,471  
Deferred tax asset
    3,189       15,876       19,065  
Other assets
    4,969       --       4,969  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 1,077,735     $ 15,876     $ 1,093,611  
 
           
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
  $ 73,753     $ --     $ 73,753  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    25,644       --       25,644  
Deferred revenue
    53,365       --       53,365  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    15,483       --       15,483  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    704       --       704  
Income taxes
    6,300       3,587       9,887  
Other liabilities
    68,344       --       68,344  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    243,593       3,587       247,180  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    243,886       --       243,886  
Other liabilities
    31,509       --       31,509  
 
           
Total liabilities
    518,988       3,587       522,575  
 
                       
Stockholders’ equity
                       
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --  
Common Stock
    25       --       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    367,618       56,523       424,141  
Treasury stock
    (296,824 )     --       (296,824 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    19,329       --       19,329  
Retained earnings
    468,599       (44,234 )     424,365  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    558,747       12,289       571,036  
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,077,735     $ 15,876     $ 1,093,611  
 
           
 
                       
 

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    December 31, 2005 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 12,143     $ --     $ 12,143  
Accounts receivable, net
    125,632       --       125,632  
Inventories, net
    53,448       --       53,448  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    28,093       --       28,093  
Deferred tax asset
    11,084       --       11,084  
Prepaid and other current assets
    18,483       --       18,483  
 
           
Total current assets
    248,883       --       248,883  
 
                       
Property, plant and equipment, net
    36,117       --       36,117  
Goodwill, net
    468,871       --       468,871  
Intangibles:
                       
Customer relationships, net
    24,333       --       24,333  
Other intangibles, net
    31,240       --       31,240  
Deferred tax asset
    3,979       13,740       17,719  
Other assets
    4,480       --       4,480  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 817,903     $ 13,740     $ 831,643  
 
           
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
  $ 39,487     $ --     $ 39,487  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    12,650       --       12,650  
Deferred revenue
    21,473       --       21,473  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    11,604       --       11,604  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    716       --       716  
Income taxes
    9,013       3,587       12,600  
Other liabilities
    44,933       --       44,933  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    139,876       3,587       143,463  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    141,304       --       141,304  
Other liabilities
    8,142       --       8,142  
 
           
Total liabilities
    289,322       3,587       292,909  
 
                       
Stockholders’ equity
                       
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --  
Common Stock
    24       --       24  
Additional paid-in capital
    355,981       49,637       405,618  
Treasury stock
    (296,811 )     --       (296,811 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    11,135       --       11,135  
Retained earnings
    458,252       (39,484 )     418,768  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    528,581       10,153       538,734  
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 817,903     $ 13,740     $ 831,643  
 
           
 
                       
 

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    October 1, 2005 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 11,925     $ --     $ 11,925  
Accounts receivable, net
    131,757       --       131,757  
Inventories, net
    53,154       --       53,154  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    24,052       --       24,052  
Deferred tax asset
    10,496       --       10,496  
Prepaid and other current assets
    19,228       --       19,228  
 
           
Total current assets
    250,612       --       250,612  
 
                       
Property, plant and equipment, net
    36,330       --       36,330  
Goodwill, net
    457,362       --       457,362  
Intangibles:
                       
Customer relationships, net
    19,807       --       19,807  
Other intangibles, net
    31,596       --       31,596  
Deferred tax asset
    4,561       14,081       18,642  
Other assets
    4,548       --       4,548  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 804,816     $ 14,081     $ 818,897  
 
           
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
  $ 38,301     $ --     $ 38,301  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    11,382       --       11,382  
Deferred revenue
    21,931       --       21,931  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    11,472       --       11,472  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    576       --       576  
Income taxes
    9,744       3,587       13,331  
Other liabilities
    44,018       --       44,018  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    137,424       3,587       141,011  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    149,308       --       149,308  
Other liabilities
    8,629       --       8,629  
 
           
Total liabilities
    295,361       3,587       298,948  
 
                       
Stockholders’ equity
                       
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --  
Common Stock
    24       --       24  
Additional paid-in capital
    345,713       48,506       394,219  
Treasury stock
    (296,807 )     --       (296,807 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    13,739       --       13,739  
Retained earnings
    446,786       (38,012 )     408,774  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    509,455       10,494       519,949  
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 804,816     $ 14,081     $ 818,897  
 
           
 
                       
 

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    July 2, 2005 (Unaudited)
    As Previously              
    Reported     Adjustment     As Restated  
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 11,008     $ --     $ 11,008  
Accounts receivable, net
    115,141       --       115,141  
Inventories, net
    52,454       --       52,454  
Costs / estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
    29,770       --       29,770  
Deferred tax asset
    10,031       --       10,031  
Prepaid and other current assets
    17,877       --       17,877  
 
           
Total current assets
    236,281       --       236,281  
 
                       
Property, plant and equipment, net
    36,173       --       36,173  
Goodwill, net
    448,993       --       448,993  
Intangibles:
                       
Customer relationships, net
    14,257       --       14,257  
Other intangibles, net
    32,572       --       32,572  
Deferred tax asset
    3,984       14,398       18,382  
Other assets
    4,728       --       4,728  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 776,988     $ 14,398     $ 791,386  
 
           
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
  $ 32,647     $ --     $ 32,647  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    13,833       --       13,833  
Deferred revenue
    22,401       --       22,401  
Billings in excess of costs / estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
    10,821       --       10,821  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    981       --       981  
Income taxes
    8,176       3,587       11,763  
Other liabilities
    40,472       --       40,472  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    129,331       3,587       132,918  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    150,903       --       150,903  
Other liabilities
    9,107       --       9,107  
 
           
Total liabilities
    289,341       3,587       292,928  
 
                       
Stockholders’ equity
                       
Preferred Stock
    --       --       --  
Common Stock
    24       --       24  
Additional paid-in capital
    336,457       48,141       384,598  
Treasury stock
    (296,797 )     --       (296,797 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    12,946       --       12,946  
Retained earnings
    435,017       (37,330 )     397,687  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    487,647       10,811       498,458  
 
                       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 776,988     $ 14,398     $ 791,386  
 
           
 
                       
 
Note 20: Subsequent Events
As discussed in Note 3, the Audit Committee’s ongoing review includes an evaluation of the role of and possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have had responsibility for identified problems during the Review Period. Accordingly, the Audit Committee has begun to address and is addressing and expects to continue to address issues of individual conduct or responsibility, including those of the Board, CEOs and CFOs serving during the Review Period. In connection therewith, based on the findings of the Audit Committee as to Fred C. Young, the Company’s former CEO who resigned on May 20, 2007, the Audit Committee concluded and recommended to the Board, and the Board determined, that Mr. Young could have been terminated due to Cause for Termination (as defined in his agreement dated May 11, 2004) at the time Mr. Young resigned as a director and officer of the Company on May 20, 2007. In light of that determination and the terms of the agreements with Mr. Young, all outstanding stock options held by Mr. Young (1,455,402 shares) terminated as of the date of his resignation.
This event occurred during the first quarter of Fiscal 2008 and the Company has determined that it should be considered a first quarter of Fiscal 2008 event for accounting purposes. This event will have the following impacts on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes for Fiscal 2008: (1) decrease the Company’s outstanding stock options by 1,455,402, (2) immaterial impact on the Diluted earnings per common share computation, (3) a decrease in our deferred tax assets of $4,637 with the offsetting entry of $3,899 to Additional paid-in capital and (4) additional tax expense impact of approximately $738.
The Audit Committee may recommend additional remedial measures that appropriately address the issues raised by its findings. Such potential remedial measures may include possible claims or other remedial actions against current and former Company personnel who may be found to have been responsible for identified problems during the Review Period.

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), that are designed to ensure that required information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required timeframe, as specified in the rules set forth by the SEC. Our disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including the CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
As a result of the findings of the Audit Committee, as more fully described in the “Explanatory Note” within this Form 10-K, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, have determined that there was a material weakness in the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2007, as more fully described below in “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting”.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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.
Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
Management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007 based on the framework established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.
Based on the conclusions of the Board, related to the findings of the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s historical stock option practices, a material weakness existed in internal controls over financial reporting relating to the potential for management override of controls. The potential for management override of controls existed due to the employment of a certain member of the Company’s management as of March 31, 2007. Accordingly, management has determined this control deficiency constituted a material weakness as of March 31, 2007.
Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
Company management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007 has been audited by BDO Seidman, LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its report which appears below.
Remediation of Material Weakness
As of March 31, 2007, based on the conclusions of the Board, related to the findings of the Audit Committee’s review of the Company’s historical stock option practices, a material weakness existed due to the potential for management override of controls. The material weakness no longer exists as of the date of this filing since the referenced member of the Company’s management is no longer employed by the Company. Management has and will continue to adopt all recommendations from the Board and Audit Committee related to this matter.

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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In connection with the preparation of its amended Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the quarters ended July 1, 2006 and September 30, 2006 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 30, 2006 which were filed with the SEC on July 23, 2007, an evaluation was performed, under the supervision and with the participation of Company management, including the CEO and the CFO, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of July 1, 2006, September 30, 2006 and December 30, 2006. Based on those evaluations, management, including the CEO and the CFO, concluded that, as of July 1, 2006, September 30, 2006 and December 30, 2006, the Company had a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting with respect to the Company’s stock option grant practices and related accounting for stock option grants and that, as a result of this material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, its disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of July 1, 2006, September 30, 2006 and December 30, 2006.
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2007, management has made significant revisions to the Company’s internal control structure surrounding the Company’s stock option grant practices, including the formalization of documentation with respect to appropriate approvals for stock option grants and additional levels of review with respect to stock option grant terms, which management believes should facilitate the prevention and/or detection of material errors in future periods.
There have been no other significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors which could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date the Company’s management carried out its evaluation.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Board of Directors
Black Box Corporation
Lawrence, Pennsylvania
We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, that Black Box Corporation did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007, because of the effect of the material weakness identified in management’s assessment, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The following material weakness has been identified and included in management’s assessment: There existed a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting due to a certain member of management’s override of the historical stock option grant process prior to 2002. This member of the Company’s management remained employed through March 31, 2007, and the Company did not have sufficient safeguards in place to monitor its control practices in this area or prevent other opportunities for management override.
This material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2007 financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated August 10, 2007, on those financial statements.
In our opinion, management’s assessment that Black Box Corporation did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also in our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described above on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, Black Box Corporation has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007, based on the COSO criteria. We do not express or take any other form of assurance on management’s statements referring to any remediation of the material weakness that are included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
August 10, 2007

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Item 9B. Other Information.
None.

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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Certain of the information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption “Business – Other Information” in Item 1 and under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant.”
The other information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the captions “Annual Meeting Matters,” “Board of Directors and Certain Board Committees” and “Litigation Involving Directors and Officers” in the Proxy Statement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information under the captions “Compensation of Directors” and “Executive Compensation and Other Information” in the Proxy Statement.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management And Related Stockholder Matters.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the captions “Equity Plan Compensation Information,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Security Ownership of Management” in the Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the captions “Annual Meeting Matters” and “Board of Directors and Certain Board Committees” in the Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the caption “Independent Public Accountants” in the Proxy Statement.

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
Financial statements, financial statement schedules and exhibits not listed below have been omitted where the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto, or is not applicable or required.
(a)   Documents filed as part of this report
 
(1)  
Financial Statements — no financial statements have been filed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K other than those in Item 8
 
(2)   Financial Statement Schedule
 
    Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 
(3)   Exhibits
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
2.1
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and among the Company, SF Acquisition Co. and Norstan, Inc. (1)
 
   
2.2
 
Tender and Voting Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and among the Company, SF Acquisition Co. and Norstan, Inc. (1)
 
   
2.3
 
Stock Option Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and among the Company, SF Acquisition Co. and Norstan, Inc. (1)
 
   
2.4
 
Interest Purchase Agreement by and between Platinum Equity, LLC and the Company dated as of April 10, 2006 (2)
 
   
2.5
 
Amendment to the Interest Purchase Agreement by and between Platinum Equity, LLC and the Company dated as of April 30, 2006 (3)
 
   
3(i)
 
Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (4)
 
   
3(ii)
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, as amended (5)
 
   
10.1
 
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005, by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and SF Acquisition Co., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (6)
 
   
10.2
 
Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005, by and among the Company, the Lenders and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (7)
 
   
10.3
 
Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005, by and among the Guarantors, the Lenders and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (7)
 
   
10.4
 
First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2005, by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (8)
 
   
10.5
 
Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 28, 2006 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (3)
 
   
10.6
 
Waiver Letter dated February 28, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (9)
 
   
10.7
 
Waiver Letter dated May 28, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (9)

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
10.8
 
Waiver Letter dated June 11, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (9)
 
 
 
10.9
 
Waiver Letter dated July 25, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (14)
 
 
 
10.10
 
Agreement between the Company and Fred C. Young (5)
 
 
 
10.11
 
Agreement between the Company and Roger E. M. Croft (10)
 
 
 
10.12
 
Agreement between the Company and Francis W. Wertheimber (10)
 
 
 
10.13
 
Agreement between the Company and Michael McAndrew (11)
 
 
 
10.14
 
Agreement between the Company and R. Terry Blakemore (11)
 
 
 
10.15
 
1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended through August 9, 2005 (12)
 
 
 
10.16
 
1992 Director Stock Option Plan, as amended through August 8, 2006 (13)
 
 
 
10.17
 
Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect prior to August 10, 2004) (10)
 
 
 
10.18
 
Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect as of August 10, 2004) (10)
 
 
 
10.19
 
Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect as of October 31, 2005) (12)
 
 
 
10.20
 
Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Stock Option Plan) (10)
 
 
 
10.21
 
Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect as of October 31, 2005) (12)
 
 
 
10.22
 
Description of Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Plan for Fiscal 2006 (12)
 
 
 
10.23
 
Description of Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Plan for Fiscal 2008 (9)
 
   
10.24
  Summary of Director Compensation (14)
 
   
21.1
  Subsidiaries of the Registrant (9)
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (14)
 
   
31.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (14)
 
   
31.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (14)
 
   
32.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (14)
 
   
99.1
 
Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (14)
 
(1)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on December 23, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2)  
Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on April 13, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.

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(3)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(4)  
Filed as Exhibit 3(i) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(5)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on June 14, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(6)  
Filed as Exhibit (b)(2) to Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule TO filed by the Company and SF Acquisition Co. on January 26, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(7)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(8)  
Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(9)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on July 23, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(10)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(11)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(12)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(13)  
Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(14)   Filed herewith.
(b) The Company hereby files as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K the exhibits set forth in Item 15 (a)(3) hereof which are not incorporated by reference.
(c) The Company hereby files as a financial statement schedule to this Annual Report on Form 10-K the financial statement schedule which is set forth in Item 15 (a)(2) hereof.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BLACK BOX CORPORATION
Dated: August 13, 2007
         
     
  /s/ Michael McAndrew    
  Michael McAndrew, Vice President, Chief    
  Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and
Principal Accounting Officer 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signatures   Capacity   Date
 
       
/s/ WILLIAM F. ANDREWS
 
William F. Andrews
  Director    August 13, 2007
 
       
/s/ RICHARD L. CROUCH
 
Richard L. Crouch
  Director    August 13, 2007
 
       
/s/ THOMAS W. GOLONSKI
 
Thomas W. Golonski
  Director    August 13, 2007
 
       
/s/ THOMAS G. GREIG
 
Thomas G. Greig
  Director and Chairman
of the Board
  August 13, 2007
 
       
/s/ EDWARD A. NICHOLSON
 
Edward A. Nicholson
  Director    August 13, 2007
 
       
/s/ TERRY BLAKEMORE
 
Terry Blakemore
  Interim President and
Chief Executive Officer
  August 13, 2007
 
       
/s/ MICHAEL MCANDREW
 
Michael McAndrew
  Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary, Treasurer and
Principal Accounting Officer
  August 13, 2007

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SCHEDULE II
BLACK BOX CORPORATION
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(Dollars in thousands)
                                         
    Balance at     Additions
    Additions     Reductions     Balance  
    Beginning of     Charged to     from     from     at End of  
Description   Period     Expenses     Acquisitions     Reserves     Period  
 
Year Ended March 31, 2007
                                       
Inventory reserves
  $ 14,287     $ 3,036     $ 12,735     $ (7,297 )   $ 22,761  
Allowance for doubtful accounts/sales returns
    9,517       8,710       5,423       (9,397 )     14,253  
Restructuring reserve
    10,698       --       27,034       (18,304 )     19,428  
 
                                       
Year Ended March 31, 2006
                                       
Inventory reserves
  $ 12,546     $ 4,136     $ 43     $ (2,438 )   $ 14,287
Allowance for doubtful accounts/sales returns
    7,342       9,182       49       (7,056 )     9,517
Restructuring reserve
    16,598       5,290       364       (11,554 )     10,698
 
                                       
Year Ended March 31, 2005
                                       
Inventory reserves
  $ 4,840     $ 2,106     $ 9,335     $ (3,735 )   $ 12,546
Allowance for doubtful accounts/sales returns
    10,426       7,097       1,042       (11,223 )     7,342
Restructuring reserve
    593       3,019       14,761       (1,775 )     16,598
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
2.1
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and among the Company, SF Acquisition Co. and Norstan, Inc. (1)
 
   
2.2
  Tender and Voting Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and among the Company, SF Acquisition Co. and Norstan, Inc. (1)
 
   
2.3
  Stock Option Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and among the Company, SF Acquisition Co. and Norstan, Inc. (1)
 
   
2.4
  Interest Purchase Agreement by and between Platinum Equity, LLC and the Company dated as of April 10, 2006 (2)
 
   
2.5
  Amendment to the Interest Purchase Agreement by and between Platinum Equity, LLC and the Company dated as of April 30, 2006 (3)
 
   
3(i)
  Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (4)
 
   
3(ii)
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, as amended (5)
 
   
10.1
  Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005, by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and SF Acquisition Co., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (6)
 
   
10.2
  Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005, by and among the Company, the Lenders and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (7)
 
   
10.3
  Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005, by and among the Guarantors, the Lenders and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (7)
 
   
10.4
  First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2005, by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (8)
 
   
10.5
  Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 28, 2006 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (3)
 
   
10.6
  Waiver Letter dated February 28, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (9)
 
   
10.7
  Waiver Letter dated May 28, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (9)
 
   
10.8
  Waiver Letter dated June 11, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (9)

 


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10.9
  Waiver Letter dated July 25, 2007 by and among Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania and Norstan, Inc., as Borrowers, the Company, the Guarantors parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (14)
 
   
10.10
  Agreement between the Company and Fred C. Young (5)
 
   
10.11
  Agreement between the Company and Roger E. M. Croft (10)
 
   
10.12
  Agreement between the Company and Francis W. Wertheimber (10)
 
   
10.13
  Agreement between the Company and Michael McAndrew (11)
 
   
10.14
  Agreement between the Company and R. Terry Blakemore (11)
 
   
10.15
  1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended through August 9, 2005 (12)
 
   
10.16
  1992 Director Stock Option Plan, as amended through August 8, 2006 (13)
 
   
10.17
  Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect prior to August 10, 2004) (10)
 
   
10.18
  Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect as of August 10, 2004) (10)
 
   
10.19
  Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect as of October 31, 2005) (12)
 
   
10.20
  Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Stock Option Plan) (10)
 
   
10.21
  Form of Black Box Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (pursuant to the 1992 Stock Option Plan; form of agreement in effect as of October 31, 2005) (12)
 
   
10.22
  Description of Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Plan for Fiscal 2006 (12)
 
   
10.23
  Description of Executive Officer Incentive Bonus Plan for Fiscal 2008 (9)
 
   
10.24
  Summary of Director Compensation (14)
 
   
21.1
  Subsidiaries of the Registrant (9)
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (14)
 
   
31.1
  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (14)
 
   
31.2
  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (14)
 
   
32.1
  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (14)
 
   
99.1
  Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (14)

 


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(1)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on December 23, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2)  
Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on April 13, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(4)  
Filed as Exhibit 3(i) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(5)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on June 14, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(6)  
Filed as Exhibit (b)(2) to Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule TO filed by the Company and SF Acquisition Co. on January 26, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(7)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(8)  
Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(9)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on July 23, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(10)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(11)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(12)  
Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(13)  
Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company, file number 0-18706, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(14)  
Filed herewith.