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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K

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

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012

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

Commission File Number: 0-22823
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QAD Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
77-0105228
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100 Innovation Place
Santa Barbara, California 93108
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As of July 31, 2011, the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, there were 12,970,085 shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock outstanding and 3,202,092 shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock outstanding, and the aggregate market value of such shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (based on the closing sale price of such shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on July 31, 2011) was approximately $67.6 million. Shares of the Registrant’s common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each entity that owns 5% or more of the Registrant’s outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

As of March 30, 2012, there were 12,686,817 shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock outstanding and 3,165,664 shares of the Registrant’s Class B common stock outstanding.

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Items 10 through 14 of Part III incorporate information by reference from the Definitive Proxy Statement for the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 12, 2012.
 


 
 

 
 
QAD INC.
FISCAL YEAR 2012 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

 
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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

In addition to historical information, this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact should be construed as forward looking statements, including statements that are preceded or accompanied by such words as “may,” “believe,” “could,” “anticipate,” “would,” “might,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend” and words of similar meaning or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” which are incorporated herein by reference, and as may be updated in filings we make from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s opinions, expectations and projections only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our business. We undertake no obligation to revise or update or publicly release the results of any revision or update to these forward-looking statements except as required by applicable securities laws. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and other information described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q to be filed by QAD in fiscal year 2013.

PART I

ITEM 1.

ABOUT QAD

QAD Inc. (“QAD”, the “Company”, “we” or “us”) is a global provider of enterprise software applications, and related services and support. QAD provides enterprise software applications to global manufacturing companies primarily in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries. Over 2,500 global manufacturing companies use QAD software and we employ approximately 1,500 people worldwide. QAD was founded in 1979, incorporated in California in 1986 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1997.

QAD’s enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) suite is QAD Enterprise Applications, which is also known as MFG/PRO. QAD Enterprise Applications supports the core business processes of our global manufacturing customers and includes the following functional areas: financials, customer management, manufacturing, supply chain, service and support, enterprise asset management, transportation management and analytics.

QAD offers two deployment models: On Premise and On Demand.  With the On Premise model, QAD sells a perpetual license for the software and our customers then deploy the software on their own computer servers.   Under the perpetual licensing model, customers may separately purchase contracts for maintenance and additional services.  With QAD’s On Demand deployment model, customers subscribe to a service and QAD provides access to the software as well as ongoing support services and management of the environment.  The majority of QAD’s customers use the On Premise model, although On Demand is increasing in acceptance and, as a result, it is a deployment model we are focusing on.

Industries we serve:

Automotive: QAD solutions address the needs of global automotive parts manufacturers. Our solutions support emerging industry practices such as the Materials Management Operational Guidelines/Logistics Evaluation (“MMOG/LE”), a set of guidelines for materials management used as the framework for supplier certification by many automotive original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”).  We support companies throughout the global automotive markets, which include customers in the supply chains of most of the leading automotive OEMs worldwide. We deliver unique capabilities to support the collaboration requirements of the automotive OEM suppliers.  QAD actively participates in key automotive industry associations around the world. QAD solutions are in use at most of the market-leading automotive parts companies throughout the world that manufacture a broad range of components including car seats, engine components, axles, drivetrain and body parts.

Consumer Products: QAD delivers solutions for consumer products companies worldwide. QAD solutions address the complex demand management and replenishment requirements of companies supplying the retail supply chain, including promotional pricing and quality compliance. Our customers in this market sell their products through many of the world’s major retailers. Our customers in this market segment manufacture a diverse range of products from sports equipment to domestic appliances.

 
Food and Beverage: QAD solutions address many sectors of the food and beverage industry. Our solutions support regulatory and quality initiatives such as cold chain and hazard analysis and critical control point analysis (“HACCP”). QAD solutions are used to control the entire supply chain and manufacturing process from the primary produce end of the value chain to the supermarket shelf.  QAD provides solutions for food and beverage companies who manufacture a broad range of products and manage many of the world’s most well known brands. Our customers include global leaders in baking, daily fresh production, beverage and full process producers.

High Technology (including Electronics): QAD solutions are used by many high technology companies which manufacture a diverse range of products including semi-conductors, smart cards, telecommunications equipment and test and measurement equipment. QAD solutions are used to support key business processes, including after-sales service and support, and the management of field engineers.

Industrial Products: QAD solutions address the needs of companies which make industrial products for many different markets. Our solutions support multiple manufacturing methodologies in parallel, including lean manufacturing. Our customers manufacture products as diverse as machine tools, specialist ceramic materials used in aerospace and defense, and equipment used in the oil and gas industries.

Life Sciences: QAD solutions support life sciences manufacturers, particularly those manufacturing medical devices and biotechnology products. Our solutions support regulatory compliance as defined in Current Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMP”) and specified by most global regulatory authorities. QAD provides solutions for life sciences companies worldwide covering a variety of segments including medical device, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology manufacturers. Our customers’ products include artificial joints, surgical instruments and prescription medications.

THE QAD STRATEGY

QAD has a vision for a future in which all of our customers operate as an Effective Enterprise. We define an Effective Enterprise as one where every business process is working at peak efficiency, and is perfectly aligned to achievement of their strategic goals. In support of our vision we focus on providing systems and expertise that enable our customers to improve effectiveness of their business processes in areas such as quality, manufacturing, supply chain, service and support, compliance and financial reporting.  In addition, our software is designed to support industry best practices, and to provide real-time visibility and measurement to allow for business process improvement.

We focus on building solutions in specific industry segments within manufacturing in order to provide our customers the capabilities they need to run their enterprises effectively.  We then focus in those areas where we see potential for increased growth due to industry or economic trends, such as the recent recovery in the automotive supplier business, the growth in the life sciences markets, and the increased level of manufacturing in developing economies such as Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
 
We have a number of key strategies that support the achievement of QAD’s Vision:

Focus on Global Manufacturing Companies. QAD’s strategy is to focus on delivering the best solutions possible for global manufacturers. We develop solutions and internal capabilities to address the needs of global companies, including the unique information requirements that cross multiple geographies and the capability of deploying a single solution in multiple locations with the required local language and local compliance functionality.

Deliver Efficient Solutions that are Simple to Implement. We focus on delivering solutions that are efficient to implement and use, making it easier for our customers to deploy or change their solutions as their businesses change. QAD Transition Services and our Easy On Boarding deployment methodology facilitate an efficient implementation process by providing  pre-defined processes and functionality. The QAD Easy On Boarding contents and tools are used to facilitate data definitions, data migration, solution validation and user training. In addition, QAD has invested heavily over the last several years in usability. Using Microsoft's .Net User Interface framework, users have the ability to configure their own screens, drill down from summary levels to the transaction level and create custom browses. We aim to provide a complete product that addresses the needs of companies operating in our target markets.

 
Promote QAD On Demand Deployment. QAD continues to embrace new technologies that deliver value to our customers and support their ever-changing technological, financial and business requirements. In fiscal year 2012, we continued to develop our Cloud ERP offering, QAD On Demand. QAD On Demand delivers QAD Enterprise Applications in a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) model. QAD On Demand continues to grow in popularity and we expect this trend will continue in the future. We believe QAD On Demand is an intelligent investment because of the many benefits it delivers to our customers, including low initial and predictable ongoing costs, high reliability and reduced IT complexity and risk.

Enhance Customer Engagement to Deliver Continuous Value. QAD focuses heavily on close engagement with our customers. We have developed a comprehensive customer engagement process to help assess our customers’ business performance, identify options for improvement, provide counsel and help deploy our solutions. We strive to engage with every customer on a continuous basis, frequently conducting reviews of their business processes and presenting opportunities for improvement.

Invest in Research and Development.  QAD continues to commit significant investment in research and development (“R&D”). Our goal is to bring the right products to market at the right time to meet our customers’ needs. We have expanded the capabilities of QAD Enterprise Applications to enhance its value to customers and to improve our competitive position. In support of our R&D strategy, we acquire businesses and technologies that complement our core capabilities, or form partnerships to deliver that capability by resale and other products. Additionally, we address customers’ requirements through joint development initiatives, which help us develop new capabilities that appeal to many customers.

Leverage QAD Expertise in Key Industries. QAD employs staff with specific knowledge and experience in the industries in which our customers operate. We actively participate in several leading industry associations and pride ourselves in the deep expertise of our staff. Our industry knowledge is often guided and enhanced by regular interaction with customers in the industries we serve. This collective experience and customer interaction allows QAD to develop solutions with specific capabilities that address our customers’ needs.

Leverage the QAD Brand in Emerging Markets. Many QAD customers are global manufacturing companies. They rely on us to deliver products and services when and where they need them. These customers often seek to establish operations in emerging markets, or countries with low labor costs. To support our customers’ strategies, we too have established operations in many emerging markets. Our local market presence and global partner network help us to develop products that support local business practices as well as local language translation.

Leverage Our Global Partner Network. QAD’s network of strategic partnerships, alliances and consultants extends the functionality of QAD solutions and supports our customers’ needs around the world. Our network ensures QAD customers receive a consistent level of high quality sales, support, solutions and services delivery across the globe, from major territories to remote geographies. This QAD partner network allows us to augment our direct sales organization with distributors and sales agents, and our services organizations with additional consulting and implementation services.

QAD SOLUTIONS

QAD products and services support common business processes of global manufacturing companies. We continually monitor emerging business requirements and practices and incorporate them into our product and solutions strategies. Our ERP suite, QAD Enterprise Applications, incorporates pre-defined business processes that reflect best practices for customers in our target markets. In addition, QAD Applications has a user-friendly interface design and over the last several years we have invested significant research and development in the areas of usability to enhance the user experience.

In support of our focus on business process efficiency, we have integrated process maps for common business processes into our software and developed the QAD Process Editor tool. This tool simplifies implementation, maps common business processes, and facilitates navigation throughout the entire product suite. In addition to the business process visualization provided by process maps, in fiscal year 2012, we commenced work on embedding enhanced workflow via Business Process Management (“BPM”) capabilities into the core of QAD Enterprise Applications. Business Process Management allows for tailoring and configuration of business processes to precisely meet a company’s requirements as well as measurement of the efficiency of the processes.

QAD customers often integrate QAD solutions with other systems they use within their organizations. QAD solutions have been developed to facilitate integration. For example, we enable seamless integration between QAD Enterprise Applications and common browser applications and spreadsheets. QAD solutions also integrate easily with other Web applications and Web services. Using our QXtend toolset, customers can connect to different software, even when remote, and use industry standard middleware products such as the IBM MQ™ series or the Progress Software Sonic™ Enterprise Service Bus.

 
QAD Enterprise Applications

QAD Enterprise Applications is an integrated suite of software applications, which supports the core business processes of global manufacturing companies. The suite provides specific functionality for global manufacturing companies in targeted industries. QAD Enterprise Applications allows customers to monitor, control and support their operations, whether operating a single plant or multiple sites, wherever they are located around the world.

QAD Enterprise Applications is available in two editions, Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition provides supplementary capabilities to the Standard Edition, primarily related to an advanced Enterprise Financials suite, which has additional capabilities to assist companies with global complexities in their business models, such as compliance with local accounting practices and legislation, as well as global reporting and performance.

QAD Enterprise Applications supports multiple deployment methods including: On Premise (the system is installed support on a customer’s computer with the environment maintained by the customer) and On Demand (the system is delivered in a SaaS/Cloud application model where QAD hosts the environment and provides support services), or a hybrid of these options. Blended deployment allows customers to choose how they deploy their business solutions based on their unique business needs.

QAD Enterprise Applications is comprised of the software suites detailed below.

QAD Financials

QAD Financials provides advanced capabilities to manage and control fiscal business processes at a local, regional and global level. It supports multi-company, multi-currency, multi-language and multi-tax jurisdictions, as well as consolidated reporting and budgeting controls. These capabilities give cross-functional stakeholders instant access to their company’s entire financial position enabling faster, more informed decision-making. QAD Financials covers both transactional accounting and corporate finance accounting and reporting requirements.

QAD Customer Management

QAD Customer Management enables global manufacturers to acquire new customers efficiently, grow revenue through multiple channels and retain customers through superior service and support. QAD Customer Management helps customers measure the efficacy of marketing campaigns, manage the sales opportunity lifecycle, and optimize order and fulfillment processes. Additionally, QAD Customer Management helps customers anticipate their customer demand and ensure retention though multiple service channels and the Customer Self Service module.

QAD Manufacturing

QAD Manufacturing delivers comprehensive capabilities in the areas of planning and scheduling, cost management, material control, shop floor control and reporting in various mixed-mode manufacturing environments. The manufacturing models supported include Discrete, Repetitive, Kanban (token-based visual control particularly relevant when embracing lean manufacturing practices), Flow, Batch/Formula, Process, Co-products/By-products, and configured products manufacturing environments.

QAD Manufacturing enables companies to deploy business processes in line with their industry’s best practices. The integration between scheduling, planning, execution and materials allows tight control and simple management of processes.

QAD Supply Chain

QAD Supply Chain is a comprehensive group of applications that fulfills the diverse materials planning and logistics requirements of global companies. This solution set delivers functionality and capabilities that help manufacturers optimize their business efficiency thus enhancing customer satisfaction and complying with regulatory requirements. Manufacturers can align supply and demand to support the delivery of the right product, to the right place, at the right time, at the most efficient cost.

QAD Supply Chain addresses simple or complex networks with enhanced functionality available as the enterprise grows. Collaborative portals are available for both demand and supply side needs.

 
QAD Service and Support

QAD Service and Support enables exceptional customer service and support after the sale, providing a key opportunity for businesses to differentiate themselves from competitors. QAD Service and Support handles service calls, manages service queues and organizes mobile field resources to promote customer satisfaction. It also provides extensive project management support, helping organizations track materials and labor against warranty and service work, compare actual costs to budget, and generate appropriate invoicing.

QAD Enterprise Asset Management

QAD Enterprise Asset Management delivers capabilities focused on maintaining plant and equipment as well as managing capital projects such as refits or building and commissioning of new plants. QAD Enterprise Asset Management enables companies to operate global manufacturing plants smoothly and keep equipment running at the lowest cost. The QAD Enterprise Asset Management suite manages assets from inception through operations and replacement.

QAD Transportation Management

QAD Transportation Management streamlines transportation processes, ensures shipping costs are at the most efficient pricing and ensures global compliance. QAD Transportation Management addresses the needs of distributors and manufacturers in the key areas of global trade management, freight management and trade compliance. QAD markets QAD Transportation Management directly to existing manufacturing customers and to companies outside of the manufacturing industry, under the Precision Software brand.

QAD Analytics

QAD Enterprise Applications provides decision makers and company stakeholders with key data. QAD Analytics helps customers perform complex analyses, make informed decisions, and improve performance management overall. The QAD Analytics suite consists of multiple analysis and data extraction tools all working in harmony to provide user defined variations of analysis such as consolidated reporting or reporting by geography, product line or cost center.

    The suite consists of QAD Reporting Framework, which provides powerful yet simple reporting and real time visibility into ad hoc inquiries; Operational Metrics, which enables key performance indicators to be defined and monitored across data tracked within the system; and QAD Business Intelligence, which allows for more sophisticated dynamic analysis and reporting of trends across multiple data sources.  In fiscal year 2012, we launched a mobile version of our QAD Business Intelligence suite, allowing customers to access QAD Business Intelligence using the Apple iPad™. We also extended the number of underlying pre-defined analyses across more business processes.

QAD Interoperability

QAD Enterprise Applications is built on a services-oriented architecture (“SOA”). This allows customers to integrate QAD Enterprise Applications with other non-QAD core business applications. Through our QAD QXtend toolset, we promote open interoperability and offer QAD customers a choice of technologies in their software environments. This ease of integration lowers the total cost of ownership for our customers.

QAD On Demand and Other Products offered on a Subscription Basis

QAD products sold on a subscription basis include QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand (“QAD On Demand”), QAD Supply Chain Portal and QAD Transportation Management System Content (“TMS Content”).

QAD On Demand

QAD delivers the capabilities of QAD Enterprise Applications in a SaaS model with its QAD On Demand offering.  QAD On Demand leverages a common infrastructure across our customers who benefit from access to the most current release of an application, periodic upgrades, more rapid innovation and the economies of a shared infrastructure. Application users can gain access to QAD On Demand via an Internet browser on an as-needed basis, and are able to take advantage of a robust, secure, scalable and highly available application without the risk and complexity of managing the hardware or software infrastructure in-house, in addition to receiving ongoing support services.

 
QAD Supply Chain Portal

QAD Supply Chain Portal is a hosted Internet application that provides a customer’s authorized suppliers real-time visibility into the customer’s inventory, schedule and order data for the supplier’s product.  The application improves supplier efficiency and reduces operating and inventory costs through real-time supply chain collaboration.

QAD TMS Content

QAD TMS Content is a hosted Internet application, which obtains real time parcel carrier routing information and rates and ensures that content data is both accurate and compliant.  This subscription service includes automatic carrier updates for routes, published rates, surcharges, and changes to service offerings.

Our subscription offerings provide our customers flexibility in how they manage their IT environments.  These products provide many benefits, including low initial and predictable ongoing costs, reduced cost of ownership, high reliability and reduced IT complexity.  Subscription revenues represented less than 5% of our total revenues in each of fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010.

QAD Customer Support and License Updates

We offer customer support services and product enhancements and upgrades. QAD Customer Support includes Internet and telephone access to technical support personnel located in our global support centers.  Through our support offering, QAD provides the resources, tools and expertise needed to maximize the use of QAD Enterprise Applications. We offer access to an extensive knowledge base, online training materials, a virtual training environment, remote diagnostics, a software download center and live chat. Our global support professionals focus on quickly resolving customers’ issues, maintaining optimal system performance, and providing uninterrupted service for complete customer satisfaction.  In addition, we provide other products as part of our maintenance offering including operational metrics, workbenches and monitoring tools. Customers may subscribe to these products for no fee, provided they have a current maintenance agreement in place with QAD.

License updates provide customers with rights to unspecified software product upgrades during the term of the support period. Customer support services and license updates are provided as part of our maintenance contracts. Generally, our customers purchase maintenance when they acquire new licenses and more than 90% of our customers renew their maintenance contracts annually. Our maintenance and other revenue represented 56%, 59% and 60% of our total revenues in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

QAD Global Services

QAD Global Services offers a broad range of consulting and professional services aimed at assisting customers in deploying QAD solutions and maximizing the value from using them. QAD Global Services has approximately 400 consultants throughout the world, and, in addition, manages a larger network of QAD Services partners around the globe. For global customers, QAD Global Services not only offers expertise and methodologies for managing global implementations, but QAD Global Services often takes on a program management role to ensure consistency throughout the world, and acts as coordinator of QAD and partner organizations in securing project goals.

QAD Global Services’ implementation philosophy is centered around enhancing and optimizing business processes. We focus our solutions design on an effective model based on standards, in order to implement our solutions as efficiently as possible.  In support of this, we have developed, and continue to enhance, an implementation methodology that is based on repeatable processes and best practices by industry, that we call QAD Easy On Boarding. QAD Easy On Boarding offers a predefined project scope and predictable costs. Customers map their specific business processes to predefined process maps and attach operating procedures and other relevant information to each process step which assists in training users in addition to providing further documentation for the process. This information is then easily accessed when the system is in production, which reduces the need to document business processes and operating procedures, and accelerates implementation. We will continue to invest in the advancement of QAD Easy On Boarding.
 
 
The QAD range of professional services includes:
 
 
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Program Management: Overseeing complex programs or clusters of projects to ensure consistency and outcome
 
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Project Management: Managing step-by-step elements of projects to completion
 
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Business Process Consulting: Reviewing business processes and defining optimum ways to deploy QAD solutions to achieve efficiency goals
 
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Technical Consulting: Consulting provided for infrastructure and customization projects
 
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Application Consulting and Training: Deploying specific solutions and training personnel
 
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Migration and Upgrade: Migration of QAD solutions, On Demand or On Premise; or upgrading to the latest version of QAD software
 
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Applications Management Services: Fixed fee consulting services available to those customers who have an On Premise model but would like QAD to develop or maintain ongoing customizations, interfaces and/or perform other recurring services
 
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Education and Training: Training and use of QAD products ranging from online certification and skills courses to personalized classroom training
 
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Q-Scans: A predefined review and measure of business process efficiency against QAD’s Key Performance Indicator framework
 
QAD Education

QAD Education delivers an extensive course curriculum in a variety of convenient formats. QAD Education includes instructor-led training (either in classroom or via distance learning such as live webcasts or online training). We also offer independent, online learning modules, self-study training guides and direct access to a training environment for hands-on practice. QAD also offers customized courses taught on-site to meet specific company needs.

QAD Enterprise Applications course offerings are available to end users, IT professionals and department managers, partners and consultants. QAD Education also provides industry-recognized certification for most courses.

QAD Store

QAD has launched a new way of delivering software and support to customers through the QAD Store. The primary role of the QAD Store is to simplify the ongoing support and operations of QAD Enterprise Applications, and to make it even easier to work with QAD. The QAD Store operates as an online store where customers can access QAD products and items specific to their version of QAD Enterprise Applications. The QAD Store offers QAD products, product updates and patches, process maps, customizations, training materials, mobile applications and partner products.

QAD GLOBAL PARTNER NETWORK

QAD’s Global Partner Network is an ecosystem of strategic partnerships and alliances with solution sellers, consultants, software and database developers, technology providers, independent software vendors, system integrators and service organizations worldwide. QAD has more than 150 partnerships of varying size and complexity, delivering sales support, solutions and services. From major territories to remote geographies, QAD cultivates long-term relationships with partners that deliver value to our customers through their industry knowledge and expertise.
 
COMPETITION

QAD Enterprise Applications are sold in either a traditional On-Premise licensing model or in a SaaS model to global manufacturing companies in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences markets.  We face significant competition from companies with broad product suites and greater name recognition and resources than we have, as well as from smaller companies focused on specialized solutions or niche offerings related to a specific functionality or product area.   Our markets are constantly evolving as new companies emerge, expand or are acquired; and as technology evolves and customer demands change.

 
Larger ERP competitors, such as SAP, Oracle, Infor and Microsoft Dynamics, hold the largest market share of the broad ERP marketplace. These companies have broad market footprints developing applications targeted at many industries, not just manufacturing, and very often focus heavily on positioning their size as an advantage. We typically differentiate against these companies based on the specific industry focus of our solutions.  Internationally, we face competition from local companies as well as the large ERP competitors, many of which have products tailored for those local markets.  We also compete in the emerging space of Cloud ERP solutions delivered in a SaaS model with our QAD On Demand offering.  The number of Cloud ERP competitors and the increased functionality of their offerings is growing.  This includes not only companies that have traditionally offered on-premise solutions in the past, but also emerging competitors.

QAD believes the key competitive factors in our markets are total cost of ownership; performance and reliability; security; service breadth and functionality; technological innovation; usability; ability to tailor and customize services for a specific company, vertical or industry; speed and ease of deployment; sales and marketing approach; and financial resources and reputation of the vendor.

We believe that we compete effectively with our competitors on the basis of each of the factors listed above except that certain of our competitors have greater sales, marketing and financial resources, more extensive geographic presence and greater name recognition than we do.  We may face further competition in our own markets from other larger, established companies as well as from emerging companies.

TECHNOLOGY

QAD Enterprise Applications was designed to accommodate customer requirements and integrate simply with other systems. We embrace ‘openness’ as a core principle of our designs, aiming to allow customers freedom of choice with regard to operating systems, hardware platforms and underlying databases when deploying their software applications. The core of QAD Enterprise Applications, is built on a services-oriented architecture, which allows QAD Enterprise Applications’ components to communicate with one another through industry-standard messaging techniques. We also allow our customers the flexibility to use other Web services to deliver the full benefit of QAD’s open architecture to their businesses.

QAD Enterprise Applications has been written in a programming language marketed by Progress Software Corporation that works with relational databases provided by Progress and Oracle Corporation.  We also use Microsoft's .NET framework, Java (originally created by Sun Microsystems) and the Progress Savvion BPM suite. QAD Enterprise Applications supports most commercial operating systems, including LINUX-derived operating systems, Windows Server System and most proprietary versions of UNIX including Hewlett Packard’s HP/UX and IBM’s AIX. Where practical, QAD uses open industry standards to collaborate and integrate QAD Enterprise Applications with other systems.

QAD’s enterprise architecture provides great flexibility for global companies in deploying QAD Enterprise Applications. Our enterprise architecture allows companies to separate the legal structure of their business from physical operating locations or to separate both of these from the software instances and computer hardware that support them. With QAD enterprise architecture, customers can choose which sites are a part of which companies, which of these are supported on any instance of the application, or which operate as one instance. Customers can also choose centralized, decentralized or hybrid computing architectures with parts of their enterprise running from both central resources and local resources.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

QAD develops and enhances its products primarily through its own internal network of QAD research and development personnel. This autonomy enables QAD to maintain design and technical control of its software and technology to meet the distinct and evolving needs of our customers. Our goal is to bring the right products to market at the right time to meet our customers’ needs. QAD makes new product releases generally available each year in March and September.

QAD’s R&D organization develops new products and enhances existing products that are focused on the underlying functional areas of our application suite including financials, supply chain, manufacturing, customer management and analytics. We also focus on the foundation and technology of our applications, such as user interface and usability.

QAD develops new and enhanced product features based on extensive customer feedback. Periodically, QAD R&D teams will work jointly with customers to develop functionality that meets precise industry needs and introduces innovative capabilities to our product suite. This customer-driven development validates market requirements and accelerates product development.

Additionally, QAD supplements its R&D organization with a number of technology partners that support our underlying architecture or embedded technologies. We may purchase or license intellectual property as necessary. These agreements extend QAD’s R&D capabilities to deliver rich, broad functionality and allow QAD and its partners to focus on their respective core competencies.

 
QAD operates as a global R&D organization, comprised of 340 R&D employees located in QAD offices in the United States, India, China, Ireland, Australia and Belgium. Our R&D expenses totaled $35.7 million, $34.6 million and $37.3 million in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

SALES AND MARKETING

QAD sells its products and services through direct and indirect sales channels located throughout the regions of North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), and Asia Pacific. Each region leverages global standards and systems to enhance consistency when interacting with global customers. Additionally, we have a global strategic accounts team, which is responsible for managing QAD’s largest global customers.

Our direct sales organization includes approximately 70 commissioned sales people. We continually align our sales organization and business strategies with market conditions to maintain an effective sales process. We cultivate the industries we serve within each territory through marketing, local product development and sales training.

Our indirect sales channel consists of over 40 distributors and sales agents worldwide. We do not grant exclusive rights to any of our distributors or sales agents. Our distributors and sales agents primarily sell independently to companies within their geographic territory, but may also work in conjunction with our direct sales organization. We also identify global sales opportunities through our relationships with implementation service providers, hardware vendors and other third parties.

Our marketing strategy is to build the QAD brand and develop demand for our products. Our main objectives are to shape and strengthen our valuable business relationships and increase awareness and revenue-driving leads. We do this by openly and consistently communicating with QAD customers, prospects, partners, investors and other key audiences. We reach these audiences through many channels, including globally integrated marketing campaigns, which are frequently executed at the regional and local levels; media and analyst relations; customer events; Web-based communications; and sales tool development and field support.

EMPLOYEES

As of January 31, 2012, we had 1,460 full-time employees, including 630 in support, subscription and professional services, 340 in research and development, 270 in sales and marketing and 220 in administration. Generally, our employees are not represented by collective bargaining agreements. However, certain employees of our Netherlands and French subsidiaries are represented by statutory works councils as required under local law. Employees of our Brazilian subsidiary are represented by a collective bargaining agreement with the Data Processing Union.

SEGMENT REPORTING

We operate in a single reporting segment. Geographical financial information for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 is presented in Note 12 within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge on our website at www.qad.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports have been electronically filed or otherwise furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. We are not including the information contained on our website as part of, or incorporating it by reference into, this annual report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS

Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described below, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our Class A or Class B common stock.

 
THE ECONOMY WILL IMPACT OUR BUSINESS, OPERATING RESULTS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

The Company’s operations and performance are impacted by worldwide economic conditions, which are themselves impacted by other events, such as financial crises, natural disasters and political turmoil. In particular, the negative impact of economic conditions on manufacturers could have a substantial adverse effect on our sales, because our products are focused on supporting global manufacturing companies. Ongoing uncertainty about current global economic conditions may negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition as consumers and global manufacturing companies may continue to postpone spending in response to tight credit, high unemployment, natural disasters, political unrest and negative financial news. Uncertainty about current global economic conditions could also increase the volatility of the Company’s stock price.

RISK OF FLUCTUATIONS IN REVENUE AND EXPENSE

Because of significant fluctuations in our revenue, period-to-period comparisons of our revenue or profit may not be meaningful. Our quarterly and annual operating results have fluctuated in the past and may do so in the future. Such fluctuations have resulted from the seasonality of our customers’ manufacturing businesses and budget cycles and other factors. Fluctuations in all categories of our revenue may also result from the application of United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). For example, under U.S. GAAP, we may be required to defer revenue recognition for license fees in certain situations. As a result, period-to-period comparisons should not be relied upon as indications of future performance. Moreover, there can be no assurance that our revenue will grow in future periods or that we will be profitable on a quarterly or annual basis.

A significant portion of our revenue in any quarter may be derived from a limited number of large, non-recurring license sales. We may experience large individual license sales, which may cause significant variations in license fees. We also believe that the purchase of our products is discretionary and may involve a significant commitment of a customer’s capital resources. Therefore, a downturn in any significant customer’s business could have a significant adverse impact on our revenue and profit.  Further, we have historically recognized a substantial portion of our revenue from sales booked and shipped in the last month of a quarter and, as a result, the magnitude of quarterly fluctuations in license fees may not become evident until the end of a particular quarter. Our revenue from license fees in any quarter is substantially dependent on orders booked and shipped in that quarter. We are unlikely to be able to generate revenue from alternative sources if we discover a shortfall near the end of a quarter.

The margins in the services business and On Demand offerings may fluctuate. Services revenue is dependent upon the timing and size of customer orders to provide the services, as well as upon our related license sales. In addition, continuous engagement services, such as our On Demand offerings, may involve fixed price arrangements, fixed costs and significant staffing which require us to make estimates and assumptions at the time we enter into these contracts. Variances between these estimates and assumptions and actual results could have an adverse effect on our profit margin and/or generate negative cash flow. To the extent that we are not successful in securing orders from customers to provide services, or to the extent we are not successful in achieving the expected margin on such services, our results may be negatively affected.

A significant portion of our revenue is derived from maintenance renewals with our existing installed base of customers. Significant portions of our maintenance revenues are generated from the Company’s installed base of customers. Maintenance and support agreements with these customers are traditionally renewed on an annual basis at the customer’s discretion, and there is normally no requirement that a customer renew or that a customer pay new license or service fees to QAD following the initial purchase. If our existing customers do not renew their maintenance agreements or fail to purchase new user licenses or product enhancements or additional services at historical levels, our revenues and results of operations could be materially impacted.

Our maintenance renewal rate is dependent upon a number of factors such as our ability to continue to develop and maintain our products, our ability to continue to recruit and retain qualified personnel to assist our customers, and our ability to promote the value of maintenance for our products to our customers. Maintenance renewals are also dependent upon factors beyond our control such as technology changes and their adoption by our customers, budgeting decisions by our customers, changes in our customers’ strategy or ownership and plans by our customers to replace our products with competing products. If our maintenance renewal rate were to decrease, our revenue would be adversely affected.

We may have exposure to additional tax liabilities. As a multinational organization, we are subject to income taxes as well as non-income taxes in the United States and in various foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide income tax provision and other tax liabilities. In the ordinary course of a global business, there are many intercompany transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe that our tax estimates are reasonable, the final determination of tax audits or tax disputes may differ from what is reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals.

 
Our tax rate could be adversely affected by several factors, many of which are outside of our control, including:

 
Changes in the relative proportions of revenues and income before taxes in various jurisdictions;

 
Changing tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof;

 
Changes in tax rates;

 
Tax effects of purchase accounting for acquisitions and restructuring charges that may cause fluctuations between reporting periods;

 
Changes to the valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets;

 
Assessments and any related tax interest or penalties; and

 
Discrete items which are not related to income.

We report our results of operations based on our determinations of the amount of taxes owed in the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate. Periodically, we may receive notices that a tax authority to which we are subject has determined that we owe a greater amount of tax than we have reported to such authority, in which case, we may engage in discussions or possible disputes with these tax authorities. If the ultimate determination of our taxes owed in any of these jurisdictions is for an amount in excess of the tax provision we have recorded or reserved for, our operating results, cash flows, and financial condition could be adversely affected. We are also subject to non-income taxes, such as payroll, sales, use, value-added, net worth, property and goods and services taxes, in the United States and in various foreign jurisdictions.  Audits or disputes relating to non-income taxes may result in additional liabilities that could negatively affect our operating results, cash flows and financial condition.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SALES CYCLE

Our products involve a long sales cycle and the timing of sales is difficult to predict. Because the licensing of our primary products generally involves a significant commitment of capital or a long-term commitment by our customers, the sales cycle associated with a customer’s purchase of our products is generally lengthy. This cycle varies from customer to customer and is subject to a number of significant risks over which we have little or no control. The evaluation process that our customers follow generally involves many of their personnel and requires complex demonstrations and presentations to satisfy their needs. Significant effort is required from QAD to support this approach, whether we are ultimately successful or not. If sales forecasted for a particular quarter are not realized in that quarter, then we are unlikely to be able to generate revenue from alternative sources in time to compensate for the shortfall. As a result, a lost or delayed sale could have an adverse effect on our quarterly and/or annual operating results.
 
SOLUTIONS
 
We may experience defects in our software products and services.    Software products frequently contain defects (including security flaws), especially when first introduced or when new versions are released. The detection and correction of errors and security flaws can be time consuming and costly. Defects in our software products, or in the software of third parties, could affect the ability of our products to work with other hardware or software products. Our software product errors could delay the development or release of new products or new versions of products and could adversely affect market acceptance of our products. Errors and security flaws may also adversely affect our ability to conduct our On Demand operations. Such defects, together with third-party products, software customizations and other factors outside our control, may also impair our ability to complete services implementations on time and within budget. Customers who rely on our software products and services for applications that are critical to their businesses may have a greater sensitivity to product errors and security vulnerabilities than customers for software products generally. Software product errors and security flaws in our products or services could expose us to product liability, performance and/or warranty claims as well as harm our reputation, which could impact our future sales of products and services.

 
DEPENDENCE ON THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS

We are dependent on Progress Software Corporation. The majority of QAD Enterprise Applications are written in a programming language that is proprietary to Progress Software Corporation (“Progress”). These QAD Enterprise Applications do not run within programming environments other than Progress and therefore our customers must acquire rights to Progress software in order to use these QAD Enterprise Applications. We have an agreement with Progress under which Progress licenses us to distribute and use Progress software related to our products. This agreement remains in effect unless terminated either by a written three-year advance notice or due to a material breach that is not remedied.

Our success is dependent upon our continuing relationship with Progress. It is also dependent upon Progress continuing to develop, support and enhance its programming language, its toolset and its database, as well as the continued market acceptance of Progress products. A change in Progress’ control, management or direction may adversely impact our relationship with Progress and our ability to rely on Progress products in our business. We have in the past, and may in the future, experience product release delays because of delays in the release of Progress products or product enhancements. Any of these delays could have an adverse effect on our business.

We are dependent on other third-party suppliers. We resell certain software which we license from third parties other than Progress. There can be no assurance that these third-party software arrangements and licenses will continue to be available to us on terms that provide us with the third-party software we require, provide adequate functionality in our products on terms that adequately protect our proprietary rights or are commercially favorable to us.

Certain QAD Enterprise Applications are developed using embedded programming tools from Microsoft and Sun Microsystems (owned by our competitor Oracle) for the Microsoft .NET framework and Java Programming environments, respectively. We rely on these environments’ continued compatibility with customers’ desktop and server operating systems. In the event that this compatibility is limited, some of our customers may not be able to easily upgrade their QAD software. If the present method of licensing the .NET framework as part of Microsoft’s Desktop Operating systems is changed and a separate price were applied to the .NET framework, our expenses could increase substantially. Similarly, if Oracle decided to charge fees or otherwise change the historical licensing terms for Java technology, our expenses could increase substantially. For both of the .Net and Java elements, we rely on market acceptance and maintenance of these environments and we may be adversely affected if these were withdrawn or superseded in the market.

We also maintain development, product, and supplier services alliances with third-parties. These alliances include software developed to be sold in conjunction with QAD Enterprise Applications, technology developed to be included in or encapsulated within QAD Enterprise Applications, joint development efforts with partners or customers, and third-party software programs that generally are not sold with QAD Enterprise Applications, but interoperate directly with QAD Enterprise Applications. We also have a service provider agreement for the provision of certain infrastructure related to our On Demand offerings. Our strategy may include additional investment in research and development efforts involving third parties, as well as a greater focus on potential acquisitions to aid in expanding the breadth of the product line.

Our partner agreements, including development, product acquisition and reseller agreements, contain appropriate confidentiality, indemnity and non-disclosure provisions for the third-party and end-user. Failure to establish or maintain successful relationships with these third parties or failure of these parties to develop and support their software, provide appropriate services and fulfill confidentiality, indemnity and non-disclosure obligations could have an adverse effect on us. We have been in the past, and expect to be in the future, party to disputes about ownership, license scope and royalty or fee terms with respect to intellectual property.

RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

The market for QAD Enterprise Applications is characterized by rapid technological change. Customer requirements for products can change rapidly as a result of innovation or change within the computer hardware and software industries, the introduction of new products and technologies and the emergence of, adoption of, or changes to, industry standards. Our future success will depend upon our ability to continue to enhance our current product line and to develop and introduce new products that keep pace with technological developments, satisfy increasingly sophisticated customer requirements, keep pace with industry and compliance standards and achieve market acceptance. Our failure to successfully develop or acquire and market product enhancements or new products could have an adverse effect on us.

New software releases and enhancements may adversely affect our software sales. The actual or anticipated introduction of new products, technologies and industry standards can render existing products obsolete or unmarketable or result in delays in the purchase of those products. Significant delays in launching new products may also jeopardize our ability to compete. Failure by us to anticipate or respond to developments in technology or customer requirements, significant delays in the introduction of new products or failure by us to maintain overall customer satisfaction could have an adverse effect.

 
Evolution of the On Demand model. It is uncertain whether our cloud computing application services will achieve and sustain high levels of demand and market acceptance. Customers may be unwilling to adopt our services due to concerns about security, international transfers of data, other governmental regulation, outsourcing critical systems to outside vendors, and potential abandonment of past infrastructure investments.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND CUSTOMER CONTRACTS

Our success is dependent upon our proprietary technology and other intellectual property. We rely on a combination of protections provided by applicable copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, as well as on confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements, to establish and protect our rights in our software and related materials and information. We enter into licensing agreements with each of our customers and these agreements provide for the non-exclusive use of QAD Enterprise Applications. Our license contracts contain confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions, a limited warranty covering our applications and indemnification for the customer from infringement actions related to our applications.

We license our source code to our customers, which makes it possible for others to copy or modify our software for impermissible purposes. We generally license our software to end-users in both object code (machine-readable) and source code (human-readable) formats. While this practice facilitates customization, making software available in source code also makes it possible for others to copy or modify our software for impermissible purposes. Our license agreements generally allow for the use and customization of our software solely by the customer for internal purposes without the right to sublicense or transfer the software to third-parties.

We believe that the measures we take to protect our intellectual property afford only limited protection. Despite our efforts, it may be possible for others to copy portions of our products, reverse engineer them or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary, all of which could adversely affect our competitive position. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that our competitors will not independently develop technology similar to ours. In addition, the laws of certain countries do not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States.

The success of our business is highly dependent on maintenance of intellectual property rights. The unauthorized use of our intellectual property rights may increase the cost of protecting these rights or reduce our revenues. We may initiate, or be subject to, claims or litigation for infringement of proprietary rights or to establish the validity of our proprietary rights, which could result in significant expense to us, cause product shipment delays, require us to enter royalty or licensing agreements and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel from productive tasks, whether or not such litigation were determined in our favor.

We may be exposed to claims for infringement or misuse of intellectual property rights and/or breach of license agreement provisions.   Third parties may initiate proceedings against us claiming infringement or other misuse of their intellectual property rights and/or breach of our agreements with them. The likelihood of such claims may increase as new patents continue to be issued and the use of open source and other third-party code becomes more prevalent, and may also increase if we acquire businesses or expand into new markets in the future. Any such claims, regardless of validity, may:
 
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Cause us to pay license fees or monetary damages;
 
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Cause us to alter or stop selling our products;
 
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Cause us to satisfy indemnification obligations to our customers;
 
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Cause us to release source code to third parties, possibly under open source license terms; and
 
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Divert management’s time and attention from operating our business.

We may be exposed to product liability claims and other liability. While our customer agreements typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to product liability claims and other liability, we may still be exposed to liability in the event such provisions may not apply.

We have an errors and omissions insurance policy. However, this insurance may not continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all. We may be subject to product liability claims or errors or omissions claims that could have an adverse effect on us. Moreover, defending a suit, regardless of its merits, could entail substantial expense and require the time and attention of key management personnel.

 
ON DEMAND OFFERINGS

Our revenue, profitability and reputation could suffer if we do not properly manage the risks associated with our On Demand offerings. The risks that accompany our On Demand offerings differ from those of our other offerings and include the following:
 
 
The pricing and other terms of some of our On Demand agreements require us to make estimates and assumptions at the time we enter into these contracts that could differ from actual results. Early termination, increased costs or unanticipated delays could have an adverse affect on our profit margin and/or generate negative cash flow.

 
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If we experience delays in implementing new On Demand customers (whether due to product defects, system complexities or other factors) then customers may delay the deployment of additional users and sites, which could adversely affect our revenue growth.
 
 
We rely on third-party hosting and other service providers. These services may not continue to be available at reasonable prices or on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Any loss or interruption of these services could significantly increase our expenses and/or result in errors or a failure of our service which could harm our business.

 
Our service involves the storage and transmission of customers' proprietary information, and security breaches could expose us to a risk of loss of this information, litigation and possible liability. These security measures may be breached as a result of third-party action, including intentional misconduct by computer hackers, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, during transfer of data to additional data centers or at any time, and result in unauthorized access to our customers' data or our data, including our intellectual property and other confidential business information, or our information technology systems. Additionally, third parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees or customers into disclosing sensitive information such as user names, passwords or other information in order to gain access to our customers' data or our data, including our intellectual property and other confidential business information, or our information technology systems. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, or to sabotage systems, change frequently and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. Any security breach could result in a loss of confidence in the security of our service, damage our reputation, disrupt our business, lead to legal liability and negatively impact our future sales.

 
The laws and regulations applicable to hosted service providers are unsettled, particularly in the areas of privacy and security and export compliance. Changes in these laws could affect our ability to provide services from or to some locations and could increase both the costs and risks associated with providing the services.

 
The market for enterprise cloud computing application services is not as mature as the market for traditional enterprise software, and it is uncertain whether these services will achieve and sustain high levels of demand and market acceptance. Our success will depend on the willingness of customers to increase their use of enterprise cloud computing application services in general, and for ERP applications in particular. Many customers have invested substantial resources to integrate traditional enterprise software into their businesses and therefore may be unwilling to migrate to an enterprise cloud computing application service. Furthermore, some enterprises may be unwilling to use enterprise cloud computing application services because they have concerns regarding security risks, international transfers of data, government or other third-party access to data, and/or use of outsourced services providers.

 
We have focused our sales force, management team and other personnel toward growing our On Demand business. This redirection of resources could potentially result in the loss of sales opportunities in our traditional license, maintenance and services businesses. If our On Demand business does not grow in accordance with our expectations and we are not able to cover the shortfall with other sales opportunities, then our business could be harmed.
 
If any of these events were to occur, our business could be harmed. For example, customers may lose confidence in our On Demand offerings and be induced not to purchase our On Demand services, and/or our profit margin may be adversely affected, and/or we may incur liability.

 
MARKET CONCENTRATION

We are dependent upon achieving success in certain concentrated markets. We have made a strategic decision to concentrate our product development, as well as our sales and marketing efforts, in certain vertical manufacturing industry segments: automotive, consumer products, high technology, food and beverage, industrial products and life sciences. An important element of our strategy is the achievement of technological and market leadership recognition for our software products in these segments. The failure of our products to achieve or maintain substantial market acceptance in one or more of these segments could have an adverse effect on us. If any of these targeted industry segments experience a material slowdown or reduced growth, that could adversely affect the demand for our products.

DEPENDENCE UPON THIRD-PARTY RELATIONSHIPS TO PROVIDE SALES, SERVICES AND MARKETING FUNCTIONS

We are dependent upon the development and maintenance of sales, services and marketing channels. We sell and support our products through direct and indirect sales, services and support organizations throughout the world. We also maintain relationships with a number of consulting and systems integration organizations that we believe are important to our worldwide sales, marketing, service and support activities and to the implementation of our products. We believe this strategy allows for additional flexibility in ensuring our customers’ needs for services are met in a cost effective, timely and high quality manner. Our services providers generally do not receive fees for the sale of our software products unless they participate actively in a sale as a sales agent or a distributor. We are aware that these third-party relationships do not work exclusively with our products and in many instances these firms have similar, and often more established, relationships with our principal competitors. If these third parties exclusively pursue products or technology other than QAD software products or technology, or if these third parties fail to adequately support QAD software products and technology or increase support for competitive products or technology, we could be adversely affected.

ACQUISITIONS AND INTEGRATION OF ACQUIRED BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We may make acquisitions or investments in new businesses, products or technologies that involve additional risks. As part of our business strategy, we have made, and expect to continue to make, acquisitions of businesses or investments in companies that offer complementary products, services and technologies. Such acquisitions or investments involve a number of risks, including the risks of assimilating the operations and personnel of acquired companies, realizing the value of the acquired assets relative to the price paid, distraction of management from our ongoing businesses and potential disruptions associated with the sale of the acquired companies’ products. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. Consideration paid for any future acquisitions could include our stock. As a result, future acquisitions could cause dilution to existing shareholders and to earnings per share, though the likelihood of voting dilution is limited by the ability of the Company to use low-vote Class A common stock. Furthermore, we may incur significant debt to pay for future acquisitions or investments.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

Our operations are international in scope, exposing us to additional risk. We derive over half of our total revenue from sales outside the United States. A significant aspect of our strategy is to focus on developing business in emerging markets. Our operating results could be negatively impacted by a variety of factors affecting our foreign operations, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include currency fluctuations, economic, political or regulatory conditions in a specific country or region, trade protection measures and other regulatory requirements. Additional risks inherent in international business activities generally include, among others:

 
Longer accounts receivable collection cycles;

 
Costs and difficulties of managing international operations and alliances;

 
Greater difficulty enforcing intellectual property rights;

 
Import or export requirements;

 
Natural disasters;

 
Changes in political or economic conditions; and

 
Changes in regulatory requirements or tax law.

 
We may experience foreign currency gains and losses. We conduct a portion of our business in currencies other than the United States dollar. Our revenues and operating results may be negatively affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Changes in the value of major foreign currencies, including the euro, Australian dollar, British pound, Japanese yen, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and the South Africa rand relative to the United States dollar can significantly affect our revenues and operating results.

THE MARKET FOR OUR STOCK IS VOLATILE

Our stock price could become more volatile and investments could lose value. The market price of our common stock and the number of shares traded each day has experienced significant fluctuations and may continue to fluctuate significantly. The market price for our common stock may be affected by a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

 
Shortfalls in our expected net revenue, earnings or key performance metrics;

 
Changes in recommendations or estimates by securities analysts;

 
The announcement of new products by us or our competitors;

 
Quarterly variations in our or our competitors’ results of operations;

 
A change in our dividend or stock repurchase activities;

 
Developments in our industry or changes in the market for technology stocks;

 
A change in our dividend or stock repurchase activities;

 
Changes in rules or regulations applicable to our business; and

 
Other factors, including economic instability and changes in political or market conditions.

A significant drop in our stock price could expose us to costly and time consuming litigation, which could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources, resulting in an adverse effect on our business.

Our dual-class stock structure could adversely impact the market for our stock. The liquidity of the Company’s common stock may be adversely impacted by our dual-class structure because the total number of shares outstanding immediately after the Recapitalization was reduced by approximately half. In addition, there are fewer Class B shares than Class A shares and Class B shares may be less desirable to the public due to the 20% higher dividend on Class A shares. Additionally, the holding of lower voting Class A common stock may not be permitted by the investment policies of certain institutional investors or may be less attractive to managers of certain institutional investors.

OWNERSHIP OF OUR COMMON STOCK AND DEPENDENCE UPON KEY PERSONNEL

We are controlled by our principal stockholders. As of March 30, 2012, Karl Lopker and Pamela Lopker jointly and beneficially owned approximately 60% of the voting power of our outstanding Class A and Class B common stock and we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of NASDAQ rules. Currently they have sufficient voting control to determine the outcome of a stockholder vote concerning:

 
The election and removal of all members of our board of directors, who determine our management and policies;

 
The merger, consolidation or sale of the Company or all of its assets; and

 
All other matters requiring stockholder approval, regardless of how our other stockholders vote their shares.
 
This concentrated control limits the ability of our other stockholders to influence corporate matters.  Karl Lopker’s and Pamela Lopker’s concentrated control could discourage others from initiating potential merger, takeover or other change of control transactions and transactions could be pursued that our other stockholders do not view as beneficial. As a result, the market price of our Class A and Class B common stock could be adversely affected.

 
We are not required to comply with certain corporate governance rules of NASDAQ that would otherwise apply to us as a company listed on NASDAQ because we are a controlled company. Specifically, we are not required to have a majority of independent directors on our board of directors and we are not required to have nominating and compensation committees composed of independent directors. Should the interests of Karl Lopker and Pamela Lopker differ from those of other shareholders, the other shareholders may not be afforded the protections of having a majority of directors on the board who are independent from our principal shareholders or our management.

Provisions in the Company's charter documents or Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation contains certain other provisions that may have an "anti-takeover" effect. The Certificate of Incorporation contains authority for the Board to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock without stockholder approval. Although the Company has no present intention to issue any such shares, the Company could issue such shares in a manner that deters or seeks to prevent an unsolicited bid for the Company. The Certificate of Incorporation also does not provide for cumulative voting and, accordingly, a significant minority stockholder could not necessarily elect any designee to the Board of Directors. In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware Corporation Law may discourage, delay, or prevent a change in control of the Company by imposing certain restrictions on various business combinations.  As a result of these provisions in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Delaware law, stockholders of the Company may be deprived of an opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices and it would be more difficult to replace the directors and management of the Company.

We are dependent upon highly skilled personnel. Our performance depends on the talents and efforts of highly skilled employees, including the continued service of a relatively small number of key technical and senior management personnel.  In particular, our Chairman of the Board and President, Pamela Lopker, and Chief Executive Officer, Karl Lopker, are critical to overall management of QAD, maintenance of our culture and setting our strategic direction. All of our executive officers and key employees are at-will employees and we do not have key-person insurance covering any of our employees. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel in all areas of our organization. Competition for such personnel is intense and many of our competitors are larger and have greater financial resources for attracting skilled personnel. The loss of key technical and senior management personnel or the inability to attract and retain additional qualified personnel could have an adverse effect on our continued ability to compete effectively.

IMPACT OF REGULATION

Our business is subject to changing regulations regarding corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both our costs and the risk of noncompliance. As a public company, we are subject to laws, rules and regulations by various governing bodies, including the U.S. Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASDAQ and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. These laws, rules and regulations may increase the scope of applicable disclosure and governance-related requirements, resulting in additional management time and costs spent satisfying the compliance requirements associated with being a public company.  These laws, rules and regulations may also increase the scope, complexity and cost of our corporate governance, reporting and disclosure practices. If we do not adequately comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, we could be subject to liability, increased compliance costs, regulatory inquiries and litigation.
 
 
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ITEM 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2.

QAD’s corporate headquarters are located in Santa Barbara, California. The corporate headquarters are owned by QAD and consist of approximately 120,000 square feet situated on 28 acres of land.

In addition to the corporate headquarters, QAD owns a facility in Dublin, Ireland and leases over 25 offices throughout the world with lease commitment expirations occurring on various dates through fiscal year 2020. QAD’s leased properties include offices in the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico. QAD will seek to review lease commitments in the future as may be required. QAD anticipates that its current domestic and international facilities are substantially sufficient to meet its needs for at least the next twelve months.

ITEM 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are not party to any material legal proceedings. We are from time to time party, either as plaintiff or defendant, subject to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.
 
 
PART II

ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

QAD common stock has been traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (“NASDAQ”) since our initial public offering in August 1997 (under the symbol QADI through December 14, 2010).
 
On December 14, 2010, QAD shareholders approved a Recapitalization plan (the “Recapitalization”) pursuant to which the Company (i) established two classes of common stock, consisting of a new class of common stock with one-twentieth (1/20th) of a vote per share, designated as Class A common stock $0.001 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock") and a new class of common stock with one vote per share, designated as Class B common stock $0.001 par value per share (the "Class B Common Stock"); (ii) reclassified each issued and outstanding whole share of the Company's existing $0.001 par value per share common stock (the "Existing Stock") as 0.1 shares of Class B Common Stock; and (iii) issued a dividend of four shares of Class A Common Stock for each share of Class B Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to the foregoing reclassification.  The reclassification of Existing Stock into Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, together, reflects the effect of a two-to-one reverse stock split.

Our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol “QADA” and “QADB”, respectively. Prior to December 15, 2010, our Common Stock was traded under the symbol “QADI.” The following table reflects the range of high and low sale prices of our Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ. QADI share prices have been restated to reflect the effect of the two-to-one reverse stock split for all periods presented:
 
   
QADA
   
QADB
 
Fiscal 2012:
 
Low Price
   
High Price
   
Low Price
   
High Price
 
Fourth quarter
  $ 10.40     $ 13.20     $ 10.08     $ 13.00  
Third quarter
    9.84       12.27       9.12       12.27  
Second quarter
    9.00       11.09       8.88       10.44  
First quarter
    8.58       11.21       8.11       10.70  

   
QADA
   
QADB
 
Fiscal year 2011:
 
Low Price
   
High Price
   
Low Price
   
High Price
 
Fourth quarter
  $ 8.44     $ 12.00     $ 8.44     $ 11.16  

   
QADI
 
Fiscal year 2011:
 
Low Price
   
High Price
 
Third quarter
  $ 7.92     $ 9.14  
Second quarter
    8.12       11.42  
First quarter
    9.90       11.60  
 
Holders
 
As of March 30, 2012, there were approximately ­280 shareholders of record of our Class A common stock and approximately 230 shareholders of record of our Class B common stock. Because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers or other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by the record holders.

Dividends

In fiscal 2012, we declared quarterly dividends of $0.06 and $0.05 per share of Class A and Class B stock, respectively, for the first and second quarters. In the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2012 we declared quarterly dividends of $0.072 and $0.06 per share of Class A and Class B stock, respectively. Our dividend program gives investors the choice of receiving a stock dividend or electing a cash dividend payment. Continuing quarterly cash dividends are subject to profitability measures, liquidity requirements of QAD and Board discretion.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

In September 2011, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan.  A total of one million shares may be repurchased under the plan and repurchases may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Stock repurchases may be effected from time to time through open market purchases or pursuant to the Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Below is a summary of stock repurchases for the three months ended January 31, 2012.  See Note 8 within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our stock repurchase program.

Period
 
Shares
Repurchased
Class A
   
Average
Price
per Share
Class A
   
Shares
Repurchased
Class B
   
Average
Price
per Share
Class B
   
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plan
   
Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plan (1)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
November 1 through November 30, 2011
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Shares repurchased
    104,229     $ 11.94       6,757     $ 11.87       110,986       839,329  
December 1 through December 31, 2011
                                               
Shares repurchased
    120,426     $ 11.00       10,501     $ 10.86       130,927       708,402  
January 1 through January 31, 2012
                                               
Shares repurchased
    64,498     $ 11.52       20,455     $ 11.87       84,953       623,449  
Total
    289,153               37,713               326,866          
 

 
(1)
On September 22, 2011, the Company announced a share repurchase plan. A total of one million shares may be repurchased under the plan. The plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
 
 
STOCKHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The line graph below compares the annual percentage change in the cumulative total stockholder return on QAD’s common stock with the cumulative total return of the NASDAQ Composite Total Return Index and the NASDAQ Computer Index, on an annual basis, for the period beginning January 31, 2007 and ending January 31, 2012.

The graph assumes that $100 was invested in QAD common stock on January 31, 2007 and that all dividends were reinvested. Historic stock price performance has been restated to reflect the effect of the Recapitalization for all periods presented. Historic stock price performance should not be considered indicative of future stock price performance.

The following Share Performance Graph shall not be deemed to be “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference into such filing.

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG QAD INC., THE NASDAQ COMPOSITE TOTAL RETURN INDEX,
AND THE NASDAQ COMPUTER INDEX

Graphic
 
Measurement Periods
(Annually from Fiscal
Year 2007 through
Fiscal Year 2012) 
 
 
 
 
QADA
   
 
 
 
QADB
   
 
 
NASDAQ Composite
Total Return Index
   
 
 
 
NASDAQ Computer Index
 
01/31/07(a)
    100.00       100.00       100.00       100.00  
01/31/08(a)
    110.71       110.71       96.99       101.04  
01/31/09(a)
    32.49       32.49       59.92       60.89  
01/31/10(a)
    71.39       71.39       87.15       99.46  
01/31/11
    57.14       58.71       109.58       131.48  
01/31/12
    88.10       88.27       114.20       139.55  
 

 
(a) 
Stock price performance has been restated to reflect the effect of the Recapitalization.


ITEM 6.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

   
Years Ended January 31,(1)
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
   
2009(2)
   
2008
 
   
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
                             
Revenues:
                             
License fees
  $ 33,166     $ 29,821     $ 25,927     $ 43,892     $ 59,602  
Maintenance and other
    137,659       130,104       129,658       132,354       127,881  
Subscription fees
    9,787       5,773       4,009       3,507       2,191  
Professional services
    66,646       54,314       55,637       82,990       73,073  
Total revenue
    247,258       220,012       215,231       262,743       262,747  
Operating income (loss)
    17,892       6,591       2,871       (23,863 )     5,588  
Net income (loss)
  $ 10,784     $ 2,711     $ 1,349     $ (23,720 )   $ 5,416  
Basic net income (loss) per share:
                                       
Class A
  $ 0.69     $ 0.18     $ 0.09     $ (1.60 )   $ 0.35  
Class B
  $ 0.58     $ 0.15     $ 0.08     $ (1.33 )   $ 0.30  
Diluted net income (loss) per share:
                                       
Class A
  $ 0.67     $ 0.17     $ 0.09     $ (1.60 )   $ 0.35  
Class B
  $ 0.56     $ 0.14     $ 0.07     $ (1.33 )   $ 0.29  
Dividends declared per common share:
                                       
Class A
  $ 0.26     $ 0.21     $ 0.20     $ 0.20     $ 0.20  
Class B
  $ 0.22     $ 0.20     $ 0.20     $ 0.20     $ 0.20  
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
                                       
Cash and equivalents
    76,927       67,276       44,678       31,467       45,613  
Working capital (deficit)
    22,877       13,752       4,178       (3,648 )     8,846  
Total assets
    218,145       213,094       191,174       193,745       235,893  
Current portion of long-term debt
    321       304       285       266       274  
Long-term debt
    15,813       16,138       16,443       16,717       16,998  
Total stockholders’ equity
    62,015       56,091       49,551       47,471       72,595  
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(1)
Historical results of operations are not necessarily indicative of future results. Refer to Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” for discussion of factors that may impact future results.

(2)
Fiscal year 2009 includes a goodwill impairment charge of $14.4 million.
 
 
ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

OVERVIEW

QAD Inc. (“QAD”, the “Company”, “we” or “us”) is a global provider of enterprise software applications, and related services and support. QAD provides enterprise software applications to global manufacturing companies primarily in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries. Over 2,500 global manufacturing companies use QAD software and we employ approximately 1,500 people worldwide. QAD was founded in 1979, incorporated in California in 1986 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1997.

QAD’s enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) suite is QAD Enterprise Applications, which is also known as MFG/PRO. QAD Enterprise Applications supports the core business processes of our global manufacturing customers and includes the following functional areas: financials, customer management, manufacturing, supply chain, service and support, enterprise asset management, transportation management and analytics.

QAD offers two deployment models: On Premise and On Demand.  With the On Premise model, QAD sells a perpetual license for the software and our customers then deploy the software on their own computer servers. Under the perpetual licensing model, customers may separately purchase contracts for maintenance and additional services. With QAD’s On Demand deployment model, customers subscribe to a service and QAD provides access to the software as well as ongoing support services and management of the environment.  The majority of QAD’s customers use the On Premise model, although On Demand is increasing in acceptance and, as a result, it is a deployment model we are focusing on.

Although overall concerns about the global financial system and geopolitical issues remain, we have seen improvement over the last year in the industries in which we operate.  Our revenue has grown in all categories and our overall revenue has increased by 12% when compared to fiscal 2011.  In addition, our overall headcount has increased by approximately 115 employees, or 8%, when comparing January 31, 2012 to January 31, 2011.  We experienced large increases in headcount in our professional services and subscription businesses to support customer upgrades, new implementations and our growing On Demand product offering. As companies continue to shift toward our On Demand product we expect continued growth in our subscription business, though the increase may be partially offset by modest declines in license revenues when our customers choose an On Demand model versus an upfront license purchase under a perpetual licensing model.

Our strategy remains focused on the development and delivery of best-in-class enterprise resource planning software applications for the manufacturing industry in our six key industry segments. We believe our financial results confirm the strength and stability of our business and the attractiveness of our products to our customers. Our revenue continues to recover to pre-recession levels and our operating cash flow has been strong, which has supported our increase in headcount. We have remained cautious in our spending, which has allowed us to grow our cash on hand. In addition, our strong cash balance has enabled us to return value to our shareholders through a stock repurchase program and increased quarterly dividend payments.
 
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

We consider certain accounting policies related to revenue, accounts receivable allowances for doubtful accounts, valuation of deferred tax assets and tax contingency reserves and stock-based compensation to be critical policies due to the significance of these items to our operating results and the estimation processes and management judgment involved in each. Historically, estimates described in our critical accounting policies that have required significant judgment and estimation on the part of management have been reasonably accurate.

Revenue. We primarily offer our software using two models. Our traditional model involves the sale or license of software on a perpetual basis to customers who take possession of the software and install and maintain the software on their own equipment; we sometimes refer to this as the “on-premise licensing model”. More recently, we deliver our software on a hosted basis as a service and our customers generally do not have the contractual right to take possession of the software; we sometimes refer to this as a “SaaS model”. We sell a majority of our software through our on-premise licensing model and recognize revenue associated with these offerings in accordance with the accounting guidance contained in ASC 985-605, Software Revenue. Additionally, delivery of software under our SaaS model is typically over a contractual term of 12 to 36 months and we recognize revenue associated with these offerings, which we call subscription revenue in our consolidated statements of income, in accordance with the accounting guidance contained in ASC 605-25, Revenue Recognition- Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. Whether sales are made via an on-premise model or a SaaS model, the arrangement typically consists of multiple elements, including revenue from one or more of the following elements: license of software products, support services, hosting, consulting, development, training, or other professional services.

 
Software Revenue Recognition (On-Premise Model)

The majority of our software is sold or licensed in multiple-element arrangements that include support services and often consulting services or other elements. For software license arrangements that do not require significant modification or customization of the underlying software, we recognize revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable. Revenue is presented net of sales, use and value-added taxes collected from our customers.

Our typical payment terms vary by region. Occasionally, payment terms of up to one year may be granted for software license fees to customers with an established history of collections without concessions. Should we grant payment terms greater than one year or terms that are not in accordance with established history for similar arrangements, revenue would be recognized as payments become due and payable assuming all other criteria for software revenue recognition have been met.

Provided all other revenue recognition criteria have been met, we recognize license revenue on delivery using the residual method when vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (“VSOE”) exists for all of the undelivered elements (for example, support services, consulting, or other services) in the arrangement. We allocate revenue to each undelivered element based on VSOE, which is the price charged when that element is sold separately or, for elements not yet sold separately, the price established by our management if it is probable that the price will not change before the element is sold separately. We allocate revenue to undelivered support services based on rates charged to renew the support services annually after an initial period. We allocate revenue to undelivered consulting services based on time and materials rates of stand-alone services engagements by role and by country. We review VSOE at least annually. If we were to be unable to establish or maintain VSOE for one or more undelivered elements within a multiple-element software arrangement, it could adversely impact revenues, results of operations and financial position because we may have to defer all or a portion of the revenue or recognize revenue ratably from multiple-element software arrangements.

Multiple-element software arrangements for which VSOE does not exist for all undelivered elements typically occur when we introduce a new product or product bundles for which we have not established VSOE for support services or consulting or other services under our VSOE policy. In these instances, revenue is deferred and recognized ratably over the longer of the support services (maintenance period) or consulting services engagement, assuming there are no specified future deliverables. In the instances in which it has been determined that revenue on these bundled arrangements will be recognized ratably due to lack of VSOE, at the time of recognition, we allocate revenue from these bundled arrangement fees to all of the non-license revenue categories based on VSOE of similar support services or consulting services. The remaining arrangement fees, if any, are then allocated to software license fee revenues. The associated costs primarily consist of payroll and related costs to perform both the consulting services and provide support services and royalty expense related to the license and maintenance revenue. These costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of maintenance, subscription and other revenue, cost of professional services and cost of license fees.
 
Revenue from support services and product updates, referred to as maintenance revenue, is recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance period, which in most instances is one year. Software license updates provide customers with rights to unspecified software product upgrades, maintenance releases and patches released during the term of the support period on a when-and-if available basis. Product support includes Internet access to technical content, as well as Internet and telephone access to technical support personnel. Our customers generally purchase both product support and license updates when they acquire new software licenses. In addition, a majority of our customers renew their support services contracts annually.

Revenues from consulting services, which we call professional services in our consolidated statements of income, are typically comprised of implementation, development, training or other consulting services. Consulting services are generally sold on a time-and-materials basis and can include services ranging from software installation to data conversion and building non-complex interfaces to allow the software to operate in integrated environments. Consulting engagements can range anywhere from one day to several months and are based strictly on the customer’s requirements and complexities and are independent of the functionality of our software. Our software, as delivered, can generally be used by the customer for the customer’s purpose upon installation. Further, implementation and integration services provided are generally not essential to the functionality of the software, as delivered, and do not result in any material changes to the underlying software code. On occasion, we enter into fixed fee arrangements in which customer payments are tied to achievement of specific milestones. In fixed fee arrangements, revenue is recognized as services are performed as measured by costs incurred to date, as compared to total estimated costs to be incurred to complete the work. In milestone achievement arrangements, we recognize revenue as the respective milestones are achieved.

 
We occasionally resell third party systems as part of an end-to-end solution requested by our customers.  Hardware revenue is recognized on a gross basis in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 605-45, Revenue Recognition – Principal Agent Considerations and when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collection is considered reasonably assured.  We consider delivery to occur when the product is shipped and title and risk of loss have passed to the customer.

Although infrequent, when an arrangement does not qualify for separate accounting of the software license and consulting transactions, the software license revenue is recognized together with the consulting services based on contract accounting using either the percentage-of-completion or completed-contract method. Arrangements that do not qualify for separate accounting of the software license fee and consulting services typically occur when we are requested to customize software or when we view the installation of our software as high risk in the customer’s environment. This requires us to make estimates about the total cost to complete the project and the stage of completion. The assumptions, estimates, and uncertainties inherent in determining the stage of completion affect the timing and amounts of revenues and expenses reported. Changes in estimates of progress toward completion and of contract revenues and contract costs are accounted for using the cumulative catch up approach. In certain arrangements, we do not have a sufficient basis to estimate the costs of providing support services. As a result, revenue is typically recognized on a percent completion basis up to the amount of costs incurred (zero margin). Once the consulting services are complete and support services are the only undelivered item, the remaining revenue is recognized evenly over the remaining support period. If we do not have a sufficient basis to measure the progress of completion or to estimate the total contract revenues and costs, revenue is recognized when the project is complete and, if applicable, final acceptance is received from the customer. We allocate these bundled arrangement fees to support services and consulting services revenues based on VSOE. The remaining arrangement fees are then allocated to software license fee revenues. The associated costs primarily consist of payroll and related costs to perform the consulting and support services and royalty expense. These costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of maintenance, subscription and other revenue, cost of professional services and cost of license fees.

We execute arrangements through indirect sales channels via sales agents and distributors in which the indirect sales channels are authorized to market our software products to end users. In arrangements with sales agents, revenue is recognized on a sell-through basis once an order is received from the end user, collectability from the end user is probable, a signed license agreement from the end user has been received, delivery has been made to the end user and all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied. Sales agents are compensated on a commission basis. Distributor arrangements are those in which the resellers are authorized to market and distribute our software products to end users in specified territories and the distributor bears the risk of collection from the end user customer. We recognize revenue from transactions with distributors when the distributor submits a written purchase commitment, collectability from the distributor is probable, a signed license agreement is received from the distributor and delivery has occurred to the distributor, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied. Revenue from distributor transactions is recorded on a net basis (the amount actually received by us from the distributor). We do not offer rights of return, product rotation or price protection to any of our distributors.

Subscription Revenue Recognition
 
We recognize the following fees in subscription revenue from our SaaS model: i) subscription fees from customers accessing our On Demand and our other subscription offerings, ii) providing consulting services such as set up, process mapping, configuration, database conversion and migration, and iii) support fees on hosted products. Our subscription arrangements do not provide customers with the right to take possession of the subscribed software at any time.
 
We commence revenue recognition when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, the service is being provided to the customer, the collection of the fees is reasonably assured and the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable.
 
Subscription revenue is recognized ratably over the initial subscription period committed to by the customer commencing when the customers environment has been migrated to our hosted environment.  The initial subscription period is typically 12 to 36 months.  Our subscription services are non-cancelable, though customers typically have the right to terminate their contracts if we materially fail to perform.  We generally invoice our customers in advance in quarterly installments and typical payment terms provide that our customers pay us within 30 days of invoice.

 
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Other consulting services are typically sold on a time-and-materials basis and consist of fees from consultation services such as configuration of features, implementing at various customer sites, testing and training. These services are considered to have stand-alone value to the customer because we have sold consulting services separately and there are several third-party vendors that routinely provide similar professional services to our customers on a stand-alone basis. Accordingly, consulting services are a separate unit of accounting and the associated services revenue is recognized as the services are performed and earned.

We may enter into multiple-element arrangements that may include a combination of our subscription offering and other consulting services. Prior to February 1, 2011, the deliverables in multiple element arrangements were accounted for separately if the delivered items had stand-alone value and VSOE was available for the undelivered items.  If the multiple-element arrangement could not be accounted for separately, the total arrangement fee was recognized ratably over the initial subscription period.
 
In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (ASU 2009-13), which amended the previous multiple-deliverable arrangements accounting guidance. Pursuant to the updated guidance, VSOE of the deliverables to be delivered is no longer required in order to account for deliverables in a multiple-element arrangement separately. Instead, arrangement consideration is allocated to deliverables based on their relative selling price.

We adopted the accounting guidance in ASU 2009-13 for applicable arrangements entered into after February 1, 2011 (the beginning of our fiscal year). As a result of the adoption of ASU 2009-13, we allocate revenue to each element in an arrangement based on a selling price hierarchy.  The selling price for a deliverable is based on its VSOE, if available, Third Party Evidence (“TPE”), if VSOE is not available, or Estimated Selling Price (“ESP”), if neither VSOE nor TPE is available.  The determination for ESP is made through consultation with and approval by management taking into consideration the go-to-market strategy.  As our go-to-market strategies evolve, we may modify our pricing practices in the future, which could result in changes in both VSOE and ESP.

For multiple-element arrangements that may include a combination of our subscription offerings and other consulting services, the total arrangement fee is allocated to each element based on the VSOE / ESP value of each element. After allocation, the revenue associated with the subscription offering and other consulting services are recognized as described above.

Allowance for Bad Debt. Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. We review the collectability of our accounts receivable each period by analyzing balances based on age and record specific allowances for any balances that we determine may not be fully collectible due to inability of the customers to pay. We also provide for a general reserve based on historical data including analysis of write-offs and other known factors. Provisions to the allowance for bad debt are included as bad debt expense in general and administrative expense. Significant judgment is required in adjusting our receivables to amounts we believe are realizable, especially when a customer is experiencing financial difficulty or is in bankruptcy. Although we use the best information available in making our estimates, we may incur additional bad debt expense in future periods which could have a material effect on earnings in any given quarter should additional allowances for doubtful accounts be necessary.  The determination to write-off specific accounts receivable balances is made based on likelihood of collection and past due status.  Past due status is based on invoice date and terms specific to each customer.

Allowance for Sales Returns. We do not generally provide a contractual right of return; however, in the course of business we have allowed sales returns and allowances.  We record a provision against revenue for estimated sales returns and allowances in the same period the related revenues are recorded or when current information indicates additional amounts are required. These estimates are based on historical experience, specifically identified customers and other known factors. Although we use the best information available in making our estimates, we may incur additional provisions against revenue in future periods which could have a material effect on earnings in any given quarter should additional allowances for sales returns be necessary.

The accounts receivable allowance for doubtful accounts is comprised of both the allowance for bad debts and the allowance for sales returns.

 
Valuation of Deferred Tax Assets and Tax Contingency Reserves. The carrying value of our deferred tax assets reflects an amount that is more likely than not to be realized. At January 31, 2012, we had $25.7 million of deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances, consisting of $36.7 million of gross deferred tax assets offset by valuation allowances of $11.0 million. In assessing the likelihood of realizing tax benefits associated with deferred tax assets and the need for a valuation allowance, we consider the weight of all available evidence, both positive and negative, including expected future taxable income and tax planning strategies that are both prudent and feasible. There was a net increase of valuation allowances recorded in fiscal 2012 of $0.4 million.
 
We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and in various foreign jurisdictions.  Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide income tax position.  In the ordinary course of a global business, there are transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain.  Our estimate of the potential outcome for any uncertain tax position requires judgment.  For tax related contingencies, we account for uncertain tax positions based on a two-step approach: recognition and measurement.  We recognize a tax position when we determine that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.  For those positions that do not meet the recognition threshold, no tax benefit is recognized in the financial statements.  For those tax positions that meet the recognition threshold, we measure the tax position as the largest amount of benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement.  We record interest and penalties related to income tax liabilities as income tax expense.  We have reserves to address tax positions that could be challenged by taxing authorities, even though we believe that the positions taken are appropriate.  Our tax reserves are reviewed on a quarterly basis and adjusted as events occur that could affect our liability.
 
Stock-Based Compensation. We account for share-based payments (“equity awards”) to employees in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires that share-based payments (to the extent they are compensatory) be recognized in our consolidated statements of income based on their fair values as measured at the grant date.  The fair value of an equity award is recognized as stock-based compensation expense ratably over the vesting period of the equity award.   Determining the fair value of stock-based awards at the grant date requires judgment and the fair value per share of historical grants of equity awards may not be indicative of the fair value per share for future grants of equity awards.

Fair Value of SARs

The fair value of stock-settled stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) is determined on the grant date of the award using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model.   One of the inputs to the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model is the fair market value on the date of the grant.  As our stock price fluctuates, so does the fair value of our future SAR grants.  Judgment is required in determining the remaining inputs to the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model.  Furthermore, the values underlying these inputs fluctuate, which impacts the fair value of our future SAR grants.  These inputs include the expected life, volatility, the risk-free interest rate and the dividend rate.  The following describes our policies with respect to determining these valuation inputs:

Expected Life
The expected life valuation input includes a computation that is based on historical vested option and SAR exercises and post-vest expiration patterns and an estimate of the expected life for options and SARs that were fully vested and outstanding. Furthermore, based on our historical pattern of option and SAR exercises and post-vest expiration patterns we determined that there are two discernable populations, which include QAD’s directors and officers and all other QAD employees. The estimate of the expected life for options and SARs that were fully vested and outstanding was determined as the midpoint of a range as follows: the low end of the range assumes the fully vested and outstanding options and SARs are exercised or expire unexercised on the evaluation date and the high end of the range assumes that these options and SARs are exercised or expire unexercised upon contractual term.

Volatility
The volatility valuation input is based on the historical volatility of our common stock, which we believe is representative of the expected volatility over the expected life of options and SARs.

Risk-Free Interest Rate
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturities in effect at the time of grant for the expected term of the option or SAR.

Dividend Rate
The dividend rate is based on our historical dividend payments per share.  Historically, we paid quarterly dividends at a rate of $0.060 per share of Class A common stock and $0.050 per share of Class B common stock.  On September 22, 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a 20 percent increase in our quarterly dividend to $0.072 per share of Class A common stock and $0.060 per share of Class B common stock.

 
Fair Value of RSUs

The fair value of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) is determined on the grant date of the award as the market price of our common stock on the date of grant, reduced by the present value of estimated dividends foregone during the vesting period.   As our stock price fluctuates, so does the fair value of our future RSU grants.  Judgment is required in determining the present value of estimated dividends foregone during the vesting period.  We estimate the dividends for purposes of this calculation based on our historical dividend payments per share.  See above for discussion of dividend rate.

While we recognize as stock-based compensation expense the entire amount of the fair value of a vested equity award once it has vested, during the periods in which our equity awards are vesting, we are required to estimate equity awards that we expect will cancel prior to vesting (“forfeitures”) and reduce the stock-based compensation expense recognized in a given period for the effects of estimated forfeitures over the expense recognition period (“forfeiture rate”).  To determine the forfeiture rate, we examine the historical pattern of forfeitures, which we believe is indicative of future forfeitures, in an effort to determine if there were any discernable forfeiture patterns based on certain employee populations.  From this analysis, we identified two employee populations that have different historical forfeiture rates.  One population includes QAD directors and officers and the other population includes all other QAD employees.  The impact of actual forfeitures, if significantly different from our estimated forfeitures, could materially affect our operating results.  We evaluate the forfeiture rate annually or more frequently when there have been any significant changes in forfeiture activity.

We record deferred tax assets for equity awards that result in deductions on our income tax returns, based on the amount of stock-based compensation recognized and the fair values attributable to the vested portion of those equity awards.  Because the deferred tax assets we record are based upon the stock-based compensation expenses in a particular jurisdiction, the aforementioned inputs that affect the fair values of our equity awards may also indirectly affect our income tax expense. In addition, differences between the deferred tax assets recognized for financial reporting purposes and the actual tax deduction reported on our income tax returns are recorded in additional paid-in capital. If the tax deduction is less than the deferred tax asset, the calculated shortfall reduces our pool of excess tax benefits. If the pool of excess tax benefits is reduced to zero, then subsequent shortfalls would increase our income tax expense. Our pool of excess tax benefits is computed in accordance with the alternative transition method pursuant to ASC 718.

To the extent we change the terms of our employee stock-based compensation programs, experience fluctuations in the underlying criteria used to determine our equity award valuations and experience fluctuations in our patterns of forfeitures that differ from our current estimates, amongst other potential impacts, the stock-based compensation expense that we record in future periods and the tax benefits that we realize may differ significantly from what we have recorded in previous reporting periods.
 
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

For a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on results of operations and financial condition, see Note 1 “Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies” within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

We operate in several geographical regions as described in Note 12 “Business Segment Information” within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In order to present our results of operations without the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, we provide certain financial information on a “constant currency basis”, which is in addition to the actual financial information presented in the following tables. In order to calculate our constant currency results, we apply the foreign currency exchange rates that were in effect during the prior year to the current year results.

 
Revenue

   
 
Year Ended
   
Increase Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
    $     %    
January 31, 2011
    $     %    
January 31, 2010
 
Revenue:
                                             
License fees
  $ 33,166     $ 3,345       11 %   $ 29,821     $ 3,894       15 %   $ 25,927  
Percentage of total revenue
    13 %                     14 %                     12 %
Maintenance and other
    137,659       7,555       6 %     130,104       446       0 %     129,658  
Percentage of total revenue
    56 %                     59 %                     60 %
Subscription fees
    9,787       4,014       70 %     5,773       1,764       44 %     4,009  
Percentage of total revenue
    4 %                     3 %                     2 %
Professional services
    66,646       12,332       23 %     54,314       (1,323 )     -2 %     55,637  
Percentage of total revenue
    27 %                     24 %                     26 %
Total revenue
  $ 247,258     $ 27,246       12 %   $ 220,012     $ 4,781       2 %   $ 215,231  

Total Revenue. Total revenue was $247.3 million, $220.0 million and $215.2 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Our customers are widely dispersed and no single customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenue in any of the last three fiscal years. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, total revenue for fiscal 2012 would have been approximately $242.3 million, representing a $22.3 million, or 10%, increase from the prior year. When comparing categories within total revenue at constant rates, our fiscal 2012 results included increases across all revenue categories. Revenue outside the North America region as a percentage of total revenue was 58% for fiscal 2012, as compared to 57% for fiscal 2011.  Total revenue increased across all geographic regions in which we operate during fiscal 2012 when compared to fiscal 2011.  Our products are sold to manufacturing companies that operate mainly in the following six industries: automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences. Given the similarities between consumer products and food and beverage as well as between high technology and industrial products, we aggregate them for management review. Revenue by industry for fiscal 2012 was approximately 28% in automotive, 24% in consumer products and food and beverage, 36% in high technology and industrial products and 12% in life sciences. In comparison, revenue by industry for fiscal 2011 was approximately 24% in automotive, 23% in consumer products and food and beverage, 39% in high technology and industrial products and 14% in life sciences.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, total revenue for fiscal 2011 would have been approximately $218.3 million, representing a $3.1 million, or 1%, increase from fiscal 2010. When comparing categories within total revenue at constant rates, our fiscal 2011 results included increases in the license and subscription revenue categories and decreases in the maintenance and other and professional services revenue categories. Revenue outside the North America region as a percentage of total revenue was consistent at 57% for fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010.  Total revenue increased in our North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific regions offset by a slight decrease in our EMEA region in fiscal 2011 when compared to fiscal 2010. Revenue by industry for fiscal 2011 was approximately 24% in automotive, 23% in consumer products and food and beverage, 39% in high technology and industrial products and 14% in life sciences. In comparison, revenue by industry for fiscal 2010 was approximately 26% in automotive, 24% in consumer products and food and beverage, 37% in high technology and industrial products and 13% in life sciences.

License Revenue.  License revenue was $33.2 million, $29.8 million and $25.9 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, license revenue for fiscal 2012 would have been approximately $32.7 million, representing a $2.9 million, or 10%, increase from the prior year. License revenue increased across all geographic regions in which we operated during fiscal 2012 when compared to fiscal 2011. One of the metrics that management uses to measure license revenue performance is the number of customers that have placed sizable license orders in the period.  During fiscal 2012, 21 customers placed license orders totaling more than $0.3 million and no orders exceeded $1.0 million. This compared to fiscal 2011 in which 12 customers placed license orders totaling more than $0.3 million, including two orders which exceeded $1.0 million.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, license revenue for fiscal 2011 would have been unchanged at $29.8 million, representing a $3.9 million, or 15%, increase from fiscal 2010. When comparing fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2010, license revenue increased in our North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific regions, and decreased in our EMEA region. During fiscal 2011, 12 customers placed license orders totaling more than $0.3 million, two of which exceeded $1.0 million. In comparison, during fiscal 2010, 13 customers placed license orders totaling more than $0.3 million, two of which exceeded $1.0 million.  Although there were a relatively consistent number of orders totaling more than $0.3 million during fiscal 2011 and 2010, our total license revenue increased year over year due to higher revenue deferrals in fiscal 2010 on orders greater than $0.3 million.  In addition, we generated more license revenue from orders less than $0.3 million in fiscal 2011 than in fiscal 2010.

 
Maintenance and Other Revenue. Maintenance and other revenue was $137.7 million, $130.1 million and $129.7 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, maintenance and other revenue for fiscal 2012 would have been approximately $135.1 million, representing a $5.0 million, or 4%, increase from the prior year. Maintenance and other revenue increased across all geographic regions in which we operated during fiscal 2012 when compared to fiscal 2011. The increase in maintenance and other revenue was related to price increases, new customers, new users and new modules in excess of cancellations.
 
Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, maintenance and other revenue for fiscal 2011 would have been approximately $129.0 million, representing a $0.7 million, or 1%, decrease from fiscal 2010. When comparing fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2010, maintenance and other revenue decreased in our North America, EMEA and Latin America regions offset by an increase in our Asia Pacific region.
 
We track our rate of contract renewals by determining the number of customer sites with active contracts as of the end of the previous reporting period and compare this to the number of customers that renewed, or are in the process of renewing, their maintenance contracts as of the current period end. Our maintenance contract renewal rate has remained in excess of 90% for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010.
 
Subscription Revenue. Subscription revenue was $9.8 million, $5.8 million and $4.0 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, subscription revenue for fiscal 2012 would have been $9.7 million, representing a $3.9 million, or 67%, increase from the prior year.  Subscription revenue increased in our North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions and decreased in our Latin America region during fiscal 2012 when compared to fiscal 2011. The increase in subscription revenue was due to additional revenue related to our On Demand product offering. Currently, a majority of our On Demand sales are in the North America region. We expect the growth rate of subscription revenue in the future to be primarily attributable to growth in sales of our On Demand product offering.
 
Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, subscription revenue for fiscal 2011 would have been unchanged at $5.8 million, representing a $1.8 million, or 45%, increase from fiscal 2010. When comparing fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2010, subscription revenue increased in our North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific regions and was relatively flat in the EMEA region. The increase in subscription revenue was due to additional revenue related to our On Demand product offering.

Products are generally shipped as orders are received or within a short period thereafter and our subscription revenue is currently less than 5% of total revenue. Accordingly, we have historically operated with little backlog. Because of the generally short cycle between order and shipment and the relatively low amount of subscription sales, we believe that our backlog as of any particular date is not currently significant or meaningful. Our total short-term deferred revenue as of January 31, 2012 was $93.9 million, of which $83.4 million was related to deferred maintenance and will be recognized over the period of the maintenance support. Of the remaining short-term deferred revenue balance as of January 31, 2012, $3.7 million was related to deferred subscriptions, $3.5 million was related to deferred services, $1.8 million was related to deferred licenses and $1.5 million was related to deferred research and development funding. All of the remaining short-term deferred revenue balances, with the exception of deferred subscriptions, relate to products already shipped or services already provided but were deferred primarily due to software revenue recognition rules and will generally be recognized within the next twelve months. Deferred subscription primarily relates to hosting and On Demand services we will provide over periods up to the next twelve months.

Professional Services Revenue.  Professional services revenue was $66.6 million, $54.3 million and $55.6 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, professional services revenue for fiscal 2012 would have been $64.8 million, representing a $10.5 million, or 19%, increase from the prior year. Professional services revenue increased across all geographic regions in which we operated during fiscal 2012 when compared to fiscal 2011.  The increase in professional services revenue period over period can be attributed to engagements in which we recognized a higher amount of professional services revenue per customer per quarter, which we believe was a result of increased license sales which has resulted in larger implementation or upgrade projects over recent quarters.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, professional services revenue for fiscal 2011 would have been $53.7 million, representing a $1.9 million, or 3%, decrease from fiscal 2010. When comparing fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2010, we experienced decreases in our North America and EMEA regions offset by increases in our Asia Pacific and Latin America regions.


Total Cost of Revenue

   
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
    $      %    
January 31, 2011
    $     %    
January 31, 2010
 
Cost of revenue
                                             
Cost of license fees
  $ 4,585     $ (1,039 )     -18 %   $ 5,624     $ (882 )     -14 %   $ 6,506  
Cost of maintenance, subscription and other
    36,077       2,947       9 %     33,130       1,461       5 %     31,669  
Cost of professional services
    64,677       9,483       17 %     55,194       1,742       3 %     53,452  
Total cost revenue
  $ 105,339     $ 11,391       12 %   $ 93,948     $ 2,321       3 %   $ 91,627  
Percentage of revenue
    43 %                     43 %                     43 %

Cost of license fees includes license royalties, amortization of capitalized software costs and shipping. Cost of maintenance, subscription and other includes personnel costs of fulfilling maintenance and subscription contracts, stock-based compensation for those employees, travel expense, professional fees, hosting costs, royalties, direct material and an allocation of information technology and facilities costs. Direct material charges include the cost of fulfilling maintenance and subscription contracts, hardware, costs associated with transferring our software to electronic media, printing of user manuals and packaging materials. Cost of professional services includes personnel costs of fulfilling service contracts, stock-based compensation for those employees, third-party contractor expense, travel expense for services employees and an allocation of information technology and facilities costs.

Total Cost of Revenue. Total cost of revenue (combined cost of license fees, cost of maintenance, subscription and other and cost of professional services) was $105.3 million for fiscal 2012, $93.9 million for fiscal 2011 and $91.6 million for fiscal 2010, and as a percentage of total revenue was 43% for all three years. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, total cost of revenue for fiscal 2012 would have been approximately $103.2 million and as a percentage of total revenue would have been unchanged at 43%.  The non-currency related increase in cost of revenue of $9.3 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was primarily due to higher personnel costs, higher third-party contractor costs and higher travel costs associated with higher professional services revenues and higher personnel and hosting costs associated with higher subscription revenue.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, total cost of revenue for fiscal 2011 would have been approximately $93.3 million and as a percentage of total revenue would have been unchanged at 43%.  The non-currency related increase in total cost of revenue was $1.7 million in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010.  The increase was primarily due to higher services third-party contractor costs, higher services bonuses, higher travel costs and higher hosting costs partially offset by lower information technology and facilities allocated costs and lower severance.

Cost of License Fees.  Cost of license fees was $4.6 million, $5.6 million and $6.5 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, cost of license fees for fiscal 2012 would have been unchanged at $4.6 million, representing a decrease of $1.0 million, or 18%. The non-currency related decrease in cost of license fees of $1.0 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was due to lower amortization of capitalized software costs partially offset by higher royalties.  The majority of our acquired software technology was fully amortized as of September 2010.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, cost of license fees for fiscal 2011 would have been unchanged at $5.6 million. The non-currency related decrease in cost of license fees was $0.9 million, or 14%, in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010.  The decrease was primarily a result of lower amortization of acquired software.

Cost of Maintenance, Subscription and Other.  Cost of maintenance, subscription and other was $36.1 million, $33.1 million and $31.7 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Cost of maintenance, subscription and other as a percentage of maintenance and other and subscription fees revenues were consistent at 24% in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, cost of maintenance, subscription and other in fiscal 2012 would have been $35.6 million, representing an increase of $2.5 million, or 8%. The non-currency increase in cost of maintenance, subscription and other of $2.5 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was primarily due to higher subscription costs, which included higher salaries and related costs of $1.0 million as a result of higher headcount of approximately 30 people in support of our growing On Demand business, higher hosting costs of $0.5 million, higher information technology, facilities allocated costs of $0.4 million and higher travel costs of $0.2 million.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, cost of maintenance, subscription and other for fiscal 2011 would have been approximately $33.0 million, representing an increase of $1.3 million, or 4%, from fiscal 2010. The non-currency related increase in cost of maintenance, subscription and other of $1.3 million in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 was primarily due to higher hosting costs of $1.0 million related to our growing On Demand business and higher hardware costs of $0.3 million.

 
Cost of Professional Services.  Cost of professional services was $64.7 million, $55.2 million and $53.5 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Cost of professional services as a percentage of professional services revenues was 97%, 102% and 96% for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, cost of professional services in fiscal 2012 would have been $63.0 million, representing an increase of $7.8 million, or 14%. The non-currency increase in cost of professional services of $7.8 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was due primarily to higher salaries and related costs of $3.5 million as a result of higher headcount of approximately 30 people, higher third-party contractor costs of $3.2 million and higher travel costs of $1.3 million.  The increase in services costs was to support the increased professional services revenue.  
 
Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, cost of professional services for fiscal 2011 would have been approximately $54.8 million, representing an increase of $1.3 million, or 2%, from fiscal 2010. The non-currency related increase in cost of professional services of $1.3 million in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 was primarily due to higher third-party contractor costs of $1.8 million, higher bonuses of $1.4 million and higher travel costs of $0.6 million partially offset by lower salaries and related costs of $1.3 million, lower information technology and facilities allocated costs of $1.0 million and lower severance of $0.5 million.
 
Sales and Marketing

   
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
    $     %    
January 31, 2011
    $     %    
January 31, 2010
 
Sales and marketing
  $ 58,336     $ 4,130       8 %   $ 54,206     $ 2,227       4 %   $ 51,979  
Percentage of revenue
    24 %                     25 %                     24 %

Sales and marketing expense includes salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation and travel expense for our sales and marketing employees in addition to costs of programs aimed at increasing revenue, such as trade shows, user group events, advertising and various sales and promotional programs. Sales and marketing expense also includes personnel costs of order processing, sales agent fees and an allocation of information technology and facilities costs.

Sales and marketing expense was $58.3 million, $54.2 million and $52.0 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, fiscal 2012 sales and marketing expense would have been approximately $57.1 million, representing an increase of $2.9 million, or 5%. The non-currency related increase in sales and marketing expense of $2.9 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was primarily due to higher salaries and related costs of $1.5 million as a result of higher headcount of approximately 20 people, primarily in the pre-sales and marketing areas, higher commissions of $1.3 million, higher travel costs of $0.5 million and higher professional fees of $0.3 million related to web design services and customer events. These increases in sales and marketing expense were partially offset by lower information technology and facilities allocated costs of $0.3 million and lower stock-based compensation expense of $0.3 million.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, fiscal 2011 sales and marketing expense would have been approximately $53.7 million, representing an increase of $1.7 million, or 3%, from fiscal 2010. The non-currency related increase in sales and marketing expense of $1.7 million in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 was primarily due to higher bonuses of $1.1 million, higher travel costs of $0.6 million, higher commissions of $0.5 million and higher marketing expense of $0.3 million. These increases in sales and marketing expense were partially offset by lower severance of $0.9 million.

Research and Development

   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
 Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
    $     %    
January 31, 2011
        %    
January 31, 2010
 
Research and development
  $ 35,708     $ 1,133       3 %   $ 34,575     $ (2,728 )     -7 %   $ 37,303  
Percentage of revenue
    14 %                     16 %                     17 %

 
Research and development expense is expensed as incurred and consists primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation and travel expense for research and development employees, professional services, such as fees paid to software development firms and independent contractors, and training for such personnel. Research and development expense also includes an allocation of information technology and facilities costs, and is reduced by income from joint development projects.

Research and development expense was $35.7 million, $34.6 million and $37.3 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, fiscal 2012 research and development expense would have been approximately $34.9 million, representing an increase of $0.3 million, or 1%. The non-currency related increase in research and development expense of $0.3 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was primarily due to higher salaries and related costs of $0.7 million as a result of higher headcount of approximately 40 people hired in our China research and development center and throughout the world to support internationalizations. In addition, travel costs increased by $0.2 million. These increases in research and development expense were partially offset by lower consulting fees of $0.4 million related to our QAD Business Intelligence project which was completed in the prior year and lower information technology and facilities allocated costs of $0.4 million. Included in research and development expense for fiscal 2012 is joint development income of $0.5 million per quarter related to one project which will conclude in September 2012.  As part of our vertical focus we regularly seek to engage in joint development arrangements with our customers in order to enhance specific functionality and industry experience, although the number and size of joint development arrangements may fluctuate.

 Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, fiscal 2011 research and development expense would have been approximately $34.4 million, representing a decrease of $2.9 million, or 8%, from fiscal 2010. The non-currency related decrease in research and development expense of $2.9 million in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 was primarily due to higher joint development income of $2.0 million, lower consulting fees of $0.7 million, lower information technology and facilities allocated costs of $0.6 million and lower severance of $0.5 million. These decreases in research and development expense were partially offset by higher bonuses of $0.6 million.

General and Administrative

   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
 Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
 Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
     $     %    
January 31, 2011
      $    
%
   
January 31, 2010
 
General and administrative
  $ 29,969     $ (668 )     -2 %   $ 30,637     $ (332 )     -1 %   $ 30,969  
Percentage of revenue
    12 %                     14 %                     14 %

General and administrative expense includes salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation and travel expense for our finance, human resources, legal and executive personnel, as well as professional fees for accounting and legal services, bad debt expense and an allocation of information technology and facilities costs.

General and administrative expense was $30.0 million, $30.6 million and $31.0 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2011, fiscal 2012 general and administrative expense would have been approximately $29.4 million, representing a decrease of $1.2 million, or 4%. The non-currency related decrease in general and administrative expense of $1.2 million in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 was primarily due to lower professional fees of $1.4 million as fiscal year 2011 included professional fees related to our Recapitalization, lower information technology and facilities allocated costs of $0.3 million, lower stock-based compensation expense of $0.2 million, lower bonuses of $0.2 million and lower severance of $0.2 million.  These decreases in general and administrative expense were partially offset by higher salaries and related costs of $0.6 million and higher bad debt expense of $0.3 million.

Holding foreign currency exchange rates constant to fiscal 2010, fiscal 2011 general and administrative expense would have been approximately $30.4 million, representing a decrease of $0.6 million, or 2%, from fiscal 2010. The non-currency related decrease in general and administrative expense of $0.6 million in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 was primarily due to lower bad debt of $1.5 million partially offset by higher bonuses of $0.9 million.

Total Other (Income) Expense

   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease)
Compared
to Prior Period
   
 
 
Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
     $     %    
January 31, 2011
     $     %    
January 31, 2010
 
Other (income) expense
                                             
Interest income
  $ (630 )   $ (115 )     -22 %   $ (515 )   $ 55       10 %   $ (570 )
Interest expense
    1,174       (74 )     -6 %     1,248       (25 )     -2 %     1,273  
Other (income) expense, net
    548       244       80 %     304       593       205 %     (289 )
Total other expense, net
  $ 1,092     $ 55       5 %   $ 1,037     $ 623       150 %   $  414  
Percentage of revenue
    0 %                     0 %                     0 %

 
Total other expense, net was $1.1 million, $1.0 million and $0.4 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. When comparing fiscal 2012 to fiscal 2011 all categories within other (income) expense were relatively consistent. When comparing fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2010, other (income) expense increased by $0.6 million primarily due to lower exchange gains and higher miscellaneous expenses due primarily to the dissolution of an inactive entity.

Income Tax Expense
 
 
 
Year Ended
 
 
Increase (Decrease)
Compared to Prior Period
 
 
Year Ended
 
 
Increase (Decrease)
Compared to Prior Period
 
 
Year Ended
 
(in thousands)
 
January 31, 2012
 
 
$
 
 
%
 
 
January 31, 2011
 
 
$
 
 
%
 
 
January 31, 2010
 
Income tax expense
 
$
6,016
 
 
$
3,173
 
 
 
112
%
 
$
2,843
 
 
$
1,735
 
 
 
157
%
 
$
1,108
 
Percentage of revenue
 
 
2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
%
Effective tax rate
 
 
36
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
51
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
45
%
 
We recorded income tax expense of $6.0 million, $2.8 million and $1.1 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. QAD’s effective tax rate was 36%, 51%, and 45% for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Our effective tax rate decreased in fiscal 2012 compared to fiscal 2011 primarily due to a significant increase in income before income taxes as well as the release of a foreign subsidiary’s valuation allowance due to the entity’s growth expectations and utilization of net operating losses. In addition, our effective tax rate was higher in fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2012 due to non-deductible professional fees related to the Recapitalization. Our effective tax rate increased in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 primarily from the benefit recognized in fiscal 2010 due to the release of a tax contingency reserve after the conclusion of a foreign tax audit and the non-deductible professional fees related to the Recapitalization.
 
For further information regarding income taxes, see Note 7 “Income Taxes” within the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our primary source of cash is from the sale of software licenses, maintenance, subscription and professional services to our customers. Our primary use of cash is payment of our operating expenses which mainly consist of employee-related expenses, such as compensation and benefits, as well as general operating expenses for facilities and overhead costs. In addition to operating expenses, we also use cash for capital expenditures and to invest in our growth initiatives, which could include acquisitions of products, technology and businesses, as well as payments of dividends and stock repurchases.

Toward the end of the last fiscal year and continuing throughout the current fiscal year we have seen some improvement in the industries in which we operate. We continue to monitor economic conditions as our performance is heavily influenced by our customers’ outlook and production.  We have remained focused on conserving cash and as a result our cash balance increased from $67.3 million at January 31, 2011, to $76.9 million at January 31, 2012.

At January 31, 2012, our principal sources of liquidity were cash and equivalents totaling $76.9 million and net accounts receivable of $64.8 million. Our cash and equivalents consisted of current bank accounts, registered money market funds and time delineated deposits. Approximately 80% of our cash and equivalents were held in U.S. dollar denominated accounts as of January 31, 2012 and 2011. We have a U.S. line of credit facility that permits unsecured short-term borrowings of up to $20 million. Our line of credit agreement contains customary covenants that could restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness.  Our line of credit is available for working capital or other business needs. We have not drawn down on our line of credit during any of the last three fiscal years nor do we expect to draw down on the line of credit during fiscal 2013.

 
Our primary commercial banking relationship is with Bank of America and its global affiliates. Our cash and equivalents are held by diversified financial institutions globally, and as of January 31, 2012 the portion of our cash and equivalents held by Bank of America was approximately 80%.

The amount of cash and equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries was $58.9 million and $46.8 million as of January 31, 2012 and January 31, 2011, respectively.  If these funds are needed for our operations in the U.S., and if U.S. tax has not been previously provided, we would be required to accrue and pay taxes in the U.S. to repatriate these funds.  However, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside the U.S. and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate them to fund our operations in the U.S.

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 
(in thousands)
 
Year Ended
January 31, 2012
   
Year Ended
January 31, 2011
   
Year Ended
January 31, 2010
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 21,448     $ 25,902     $ 17,696  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (4,147 )     (1,922 )     (1,357 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (7,725 )     (2,131 )     (4,507 )
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and equivalents
    75       749       1,379  
Net increase in cash and equivalents
  $ 9,651     $ 22,598     $ 13,211  

Net cash flows provided by operating activities was $21.4 million for fiscal 2012 compared to $25.9 million for fiscal 2011. The $4.5 million decrease in net cash flows provided by operating activities was due primarily to the negative cashflow effect of changes in accounts payable, deferred revenue and other liabilities of $15.3 million partially offset by the positive cashflow effect of changes in accounts receivable of $4.4 million.  The negative impact of changes in deferred revenues was primarily caused by professional services revenue and R&D joint development income recognized during the current fiscal year for which we received payment in the previous fiscal years.  The negative impact of changes in other liabilities was primarily driven by higher bonus and commission payments in the current fiscal year.
 
Capital expenditures were $3.8 million for fiscal 2012, primarily relating to purchases of computer equipment and leasehold improvements, compared to $1.4 million for fiscal 2011. We expect capital expenditures in fiscal 2013 to remain fairly consistent with our capital expenditures during fiscal 2012.

Dividend-related payments for fiscal 2012 totaled $2.4 million compared to $2.2 million in fiscal 2011. Our dividend program allows shareholders the choice of stock or cash, which has enabled us to conserve cash. The number of shares issued to holders of record as a stock dividend is calculated based on the average closing price of QAD’s Class A common stock for the three trading days immediately following the election deadline. On September 22, 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a 20 percent increase in our quarterly dividend to $0.072 per share of Class A common stock and $0.060 per share of Class B common stock. The Board of Directors evaluates our ability to continue to pay dividends and the structure of any dividends on a quarterly basis.
 
On September 22, 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program which authorizes management to purchase up to one million shares of the Company's Class A and/or Class B shares of common stock through open market transactions. The plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During fiscal 2012, we repurchased 335,000 and 41,000 shares of Class A and Class B common stock, respectively, for total consideration of $4.3 million. There was no stock repurchase-related activity during fiscal 2011 or 2010.

We have historically calculated accounts receivable days’ sales outstanding (“DSO”), using the countback, or last-in first-out, method. This method calculates the number of days of billed revenue represented by the accounts receivable balance as of period end. When reviewing the performance of our entities, DSO under the countback method is used by management. It is management’s belief that the countback method best reflects the relative health of our accounts receivable as of a given quarter-end or year-end because of the cyclical nature of our billings. Our billing cycle includes high annual maintenance renewal billings at year-end that will not be recognized as earned revenue until future periods.

DSO under the countback method was consistent at 52 days for both January 31, 2012 and 2011. DSO using the average method, which is calculated utilizing the accounts receivable balance and earned revenue for the most recent quarter, was 89 days and 95 days at January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The decrease in DSO using the average method was primarily related to higher earned revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 compared to the same period last year. We believe our reserve methodology is adequate and our reserves are properly stated as of January 31, 2012 and the quality of our receivables remains good.

 
There have been no material changes in our contractual obligations or commercial commitments outside the ordinary course of business. Cash requirements for items other than normal operating expenses are anticipated for capital expenditures, dividend payments and stock repurchases. We may require cash for acquisitions of new businesses, software products or technologies complementary to our business.

We believe that our cash on hand, net cash provided by operating activities and the available borrowings under our existing credit facility will provide us with sufficient resources to meet our current and long-term working capital requirements, debt service, dividend payments, share repurchase payments and other cash needs for at least the next twelve months.
 
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations at January 31, 2012 and the effect these contractual obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.
 
      Year Ended January 31,                  
     
2013
     
2014
     
2015
     
2016
     
2017
     
Thereafter
     
Total
 
     
(In millions)
 
Notes payable
  $ 0.3     $ 0.3     $ 15.5     $ ¾     $ ¾     $ ¾     $ 16.1  
Notes payable interest payments
    1.1       1.0       0.5       ¾       ¾       ¾       2.6  
Lease obligations
    6.0       4.4       3.1       1.9       1.6       2.9       19.9  
Purchase obligations
    1.4       0.8       0.2       ¾       ¾       ¾       2.4  
Total
  $ 8.8     $ 6.5     $ 19.3     $ 1.9     $ 1.6     $ 2.9     $ 41.0  
 
Purchase obligations are contractual obligations for purchase of goods or services. They are defined as agreements that are enforceable and legally binding on QAD and that specify all significant terms, including: fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction. Purchase obligations relate primarily to information technology infrastructure costs and hosting services agreements.

We have omitted unrecognized tax benefits from this table due to the inherent uncertainty regarding the timing of potential issue resolution. Specifically, either (a) the underlying positions have not been fully enough developed under audit to quantify at this time, or (b) the years relating to the issues for certain jurisdictions are not currently under audit. As of January 31, 2012, we had $2.6 million of unrecognized tax benefits. For further information regarding the unrecognized tax benefits see Note 7 “Income Taxes” within Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Purchase orders or contracts for the purchase of supplies and other goods and services are not included in the table above. We are not able to determine the aggregate amount of such purchase orders that represent contractual obligations, as purchase orders may represent authorizations to purchase rather than binding agreements. Our purchase orders are based on our current procurement or development needs and are fulfilled by our vendors within short time frames. We do not have significant agreements for the purchase of supplies or other goods specifying minimum quantities or set prices that exceed our expected requirements for three months. In addition, we have certain royalty commitments associated with the shipment and licensing of certain products. Royalty expense is generally based on the number of units shipped or a percentage of the underlying revenue. Royalty expense, included in cost of license fees, maintenance, subscription and other revenue, was $15.7 million, $15.0 million and $14.3 million in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Credit Facility

On July 8, 2011, we entered into an unsecured credit agreement with Rabobank, N.A. (the “Facility”). The Facility provides a one-year commitment for a $20 million line of credit for working capital or other business needs. We will pay a commitment fee of 0.25% per annum of the daily average of the unused portion of the $20 million Facility. Borrowings under the Facility bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.75%.

The Facility provides that we maintain certain financial and operating ratios which include, among other provisions, minimum liquidity on a consolidated basis of $25 million in cash and cash equivalents at all times, a current ratio (calculated using current liabilities excluding deferred revenue) of not less than 1.3 to 1.0 determined at the end of each fiscal quarter, a leverage ratio of not more than 1.5 to 1.0 determined at the end of each fiscal quarter, and a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.5 to 1.0 determined at the end of each fiscal year.  The Facility also contains customary covenants that could restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness. At January 31, 2012, the effective borrowing rate would have been 1.03%.

 
As of January 31, 2012, there were no borrowings under the Facility and we were in compliance with the financial covenants.  We expect to renew this facility upon its expiration in July 2012, under competitive terms based on existing market conditions.

Notes Payable

In July 2004, we entered into a loan agreement with Mid-State Bank & Trust, a bank which was subsequently purchased by Rabobank, N.A. The loan had an original principal amount of $18.0 million and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.5%. This loan is secured by our headquarters located in Santa Barbara, California. The terms of the loan provide that we will make 119 monthly payments of $115,000 consisting of principal and interest and one final principal payment of $15.4 million. The loan matures in July 2014. The balance of the note payable at January 31, 2012 was $16.1 million.

Lease Obligations

We lease certain office facilities, office equipment and automobiles under operating lease agreements. Future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable operating lease commitments with terms of more than one year are included in the above table of contractual obligations. For further discussion of our leased office facilities, see Item 2 entitled “Properties” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of January 31, 2012, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

ITEM 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Foreign Exchange Rates. We have operations in foreign locations around the world and we are exposed to risk resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The foreign currencies for which we currently have the most significant exposure are the euro, Australian dollar, British pound, Japanese yen, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and South African rand. These foreign currency exchange rate movements could create a foreign currency gain or loss that could be realized or unrealized for us. Unfavorable movements in foreign currency exchange rates between the U. S. dollar and other foreign currencies may have an adverse impact on our operations. We did not have any foreign currency forward or option contracts or other material foreign currency denominated derivatives or other financial instruments open as of January 31, 2012.

We face two risks related to foreign currency exchange rates—translation risk and transaction risk. Amounts invested in our foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using period-end exchange rates. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated balance sheets. Revenues and expenses in foreign currencies translate into higher or lower revenues and expenses in U.S. dollars as the U.S. dollar weakens or strengthens against other currencies. Our international subsidiaries hold U.S. dollar and euro-based net monetary accounts subject to revaluation that results in realized or unrealized foreign currency gains or losses. Furthermore, we have exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations arising from the remeasurement of non-functional currency assets, liabilities and intercompany balances into U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes.

For fiscal 2012 and 2011, approximately 40% of our revenue was denominated in foreign currencies compared to 35% for fiscal 2010. We also incurred a significant portion of our expenses in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, approximately 45% for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010. Based on a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in all foreign currency exchange rates, our operating income would be adversely affected by less than 2% (our expenses would be adversely affected by approximately 5%, partially offset by a positive effect on our revenue of approximately 4%).

For fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, foreign currency transaction and remeasurement (gains) losses totaled $0.8 million, $0.1 million and $(0.1) million, respectively, and are included in “Other (income) expense, net” in our Consolidated Statements of Income. We performed a sensitivity analysis on the net U.S. dollar and euro-based monetary accounts subject to revaluation that are held by our international subsidiaries and on the non-functional currency assets, liabilities and intercompany balances that are remeasured into U.S. dollars. A hypothetical 10% adverse movement in all foreign currency exchange rates would result in foreign currency transaction and remeasurement losses of approximately $0.8 million and our income before taxes would be adversely affected by less than 5%.

 
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These estimates assume an adverse shift in all foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar, which do not always move in the same direction or in the same degrees, and actual results may differ materially from the hypothetical analysis.

Interest Rates. We invest our surplus cash in a variety of financial instruments, consisting principally of short-term marketable securities with maturities of less than 90 days at the date of purchase. Our investment securities are held for purposes other than trading. Cash balances held by subsidiaries are invested primarily in registered money market funds with local operating banks. Our debt is comprised of a loan agreement, secured by real property, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.5%. Additionally we have an unsecured loan agreement which bears interest at variable rates. As of January 31, 2012, there were no borrowings under our unsecured loan agreement.

We prepared sensitivity analyses of our interest rate exposure and our exposure from anticipated investment and borrowing levels for fiscal 2012 to assess the impact of hypothetical changes in interest rates. Based upon the results of these analyses, a 10% adverse change in interest rates from the 2012 fiscal year-end rates would not have a material adverse effect on the fair value of investments and would not materially impact our results of operations or financial condition for the next fiscal year.

ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The response to this item is included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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

None.


ITEM 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

QAD maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. QAD’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of QAD’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, QAD’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that QAD’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective.

(b) Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

QAD’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. QAD’s system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. QAD’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of QAD’s assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that QAD’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of QAD’s management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of QAD’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Management has assessed the effectiveness of QAD’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2012 based on the criteria described in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on management’s assessment, management has concluded that QAD’s internal control over financial reporting was effective at the reasonable assurance level as of January 31, 2012.  We reviewed the results of management’s assessment with our Audit Committee.

Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, has audited our internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2012, as stated in their report included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.

(d) Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

QAD’s management does not expect that its disclosure controls and procedures or its internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within QAD have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
QAD Inc.:

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of QAD Inc. as of January 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Management of QAD Inc. is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying report entitled Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting included in Item 9A.(b). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the internal control over financial reporting of QAD Inc. 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, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included 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.
 
In our opinion, QAD Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
 
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of QAD Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2012, and our report dated April 4, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
April 4, 2012
 
 
ITEM 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

ITEM 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Information regarding QAD directors is set forth in the section entitled “Election of Directors” appearing in our Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Proxy Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended January 31, 2012, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

In addition, the other information required by Item 10 is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

Set forth below is certain information concerning our executive officers. All ages are as of March 31, 2011.

NAME
 
AGE
 
POSITION(S)                                                       
Pamela M. Lopker
  57  
Chairman of the Board and President
Karl F. Lopker
  60  
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Lender
  45  
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Gordon Fleming
  48  
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Kara Bellamy
  36  
Sr. Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Pamela M. Lopker founded QAD in 1979 and has been Chairman of the Board and President since QAD’s incorporation in 1981. Previously, Ms. Lopker served as Senior Systems Analyst for Comtek Research from 1977 to 1979. She is certified in production and inventory management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society. Ms. Lopker earned a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is married to Karl F. Lopker, Chief Executive Officer of QAD.

Karl F. Lopker has served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of QAD since joining QAD in 1981. Previously, he was President of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a company that he founded in 1973. Mr. Lopker is certified in production and inventory management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Lopker is married to Pamela M. Lopker, Chairman of the Board and President of QAD.

Daniel Lender was first appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2003. Previously, he served as QAD’s Vice President of Global Sales Operations and Vice President of Latin America. Mr. Lender joined QAD in 1998 as Treasurer following a nine-year tenure with the former Republic National Bank of New York, last serving as Vice President and Treasurer of the Bank’s Delaware subsidiary. He earned a master of business administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor of science degree in applied economics and business management from Cornell University.

Gordon Fleming has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since December 2006. Previously he served in a number of roles including Vice President of Vertical Marketing and Managing Director of QAD Australia Pty. Ltd. Mr. Fleming joined QAD as a Sales Manager in July 1995, working in the Australian subsidiary. Mr. Fleming began his career as a telecommunications engineer working in both the United Kingdom and Nigeria. Later Mr. Fleming moved into corporate finance holding sales and marketing roles with Barclays plc and Schroders plc. Mr. Fleming is a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and studied at Worthing College of Technology, UK.

Kara Bellamy has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2008. Previously, she served as QAD’s Corporate Controller beginning December 2006. She joined QAD as Assistant Corporate Controller in July 2004 after working for Somera Communications, Inc. as its Corporate Controller from 2002 through 2004. Ms. Bellamy worked at the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young from 1997 to 2002. She is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and received a bachelor of arts degree in business economics with an accounting emphasis from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
 
 
ITEM 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Information regarding executive compensation is set forth under the caption “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is set forth under the caption “Stock Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Certain Beneficial Owners” in the Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions is set forth under the caption “Certain Transactions with Related Persons” in the Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Information regarding services performed by, and fees paid to, our independent auditors is set forth under the caption “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” in the Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 
PART IV

ITEM 15.
EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

1. INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
Page 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
46
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 31, 2012 and 2011
47
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
48
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
49
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
50
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
51

2. INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

The following financial statement schedule is filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

 
Page 
SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
75

All other schedules are omitted because they are not required or the required information is presented in the financial statements or notes thereto.

3. INDEX TO EXHIBITS

See the Index of Exhibits at page 76.
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
QAD Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of QAD Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of January 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2012. In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the related financial statement schedule. These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of QAD Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
 
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the internal control over financial reporting of QAD Inc. as of January 31, 2012, 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 April 4, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting of QAD Inc.
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
April 4, 2012
 
 
QAD INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)
 
   
January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
Assets
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and equivalents
  $ 76,927     $ 67,276  
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $2,467 and $2,661 at January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
    64,757       65,620  
Deferred tax assets, net
    4,355       3,954  
Other current assets
    11,853       12,553  
Total current assets
    157,892       149,403  
Property and equipment, net
    33,139       33,795  
Capitalized software costs, net
    583       841  
Goodwill
    6,412       6,457  
Deferred tax assets, net
    17,285       20,080  
Other assets, net
    2,834       2,518  
Total assets
  $ 218,145     $ 213,094  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 321     $ 304  
Accounts payable
    9,724       10,003  
Deferred revenue
    93,871       94,453  
Other current liabilities
    31,099       30,891  
Total current liabilities
    135,015       135,651  
Long-term debt
    15,813       16,138  
Other liabilities
    5,302       5,214  
Commitments and contingencies
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 5,000,000 shares; none issued or outstanding
           
Common stock:
               
Class A, $0.001 par value. Authorized 71,000,000 shares; issued 14,146,418 shares and 14,146,416 shares at January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
    14       14  
Class B, $0.001 par value. Authorized 4,000,000 shares; issued 3,536,609 shares and 3,536,604 shares at January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
    4       4  
Additional paid-in capital
    148,993       146,898  
Treasury stock, at cost (1,804,137 shares and 1,721,601 shares at January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)
    (27,968 )     (28,070 )
Accumulated deficit
    (48,974 )     (54,438 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (10,054 )     (8,317 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    62,015       56,091  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 218,145     $ 213,094  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 

QAD INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
Revenue:
                 
License fees
  $ 33,166     $ 29,821     $ 25,927  
Maintenance and other
    137,659       130,104       129,658  
Subscription fees
    9,787       5,773       4,009  
Professional services
    66,646       54,314       55,637  
Total revenue
    247,258       220,012       215,231  
                         
Costs of revenue:
                       
License fees
    4,585       5,624       6,506  
Maintenance, subscription and other revenue
    36,077       33,130       31,669  
Professional services
    64,677       55,194       53,452  
Total cost of revenue
    105,339       93,948       91,627  
                         
Gross profit
    141,919       126,064       123,604  
                         
Operating expenses
                       
Sales and marketing
    58,336       54,206       51,979  
Research and development
    35,708       34,575       37,303  
General and administrative
    29,969       30,637       30,969  
Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions
    14       55       482  
Total operating expenses
    124,027       119,473       120,733  
                         
Operating income
    17,892       6,591       2,871  
                         
Other (income) expense:
                       
Interest income
    (630 )     (515 )     (570 )
Interest expense
    1,174       1,248       1,273  
Other (income) expense, net
    548       304       (289 )
Total other expense, net
    1,092       1,037       414  
                         
Income before income taxes
    16,800       5,554       2,457  
Income tax expense
    6,016       2,843       1,108  
                         
Net income
  $ 10,784     $ 2,711     $ 1,349  
                         
Basic net income per share:
                       
Class A
  $ 0.69     $ 0.18     $ 0.09  
Class B
  $ 0.58     $ 0.15     $ 0.08  
Diluted net income per share:
                       
Class A
  $ 0.67     $ 0.17     $ 0.09  
Class B
  $ 0.56     $ 0.14     $ 0.07  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 

QAD INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(in thousands)
 
   
Number of Shares
   
Amount
   
Additional
Paid-in
   
Treasury
   
Accumulated
   
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
   
Total
Stockholders’
   
Comprehensive
 
   
Class A
   
Class B
   
Treasury
   
Class A
   
Class B
   
Capital
   
Stock
   
Deficit
   
Loss
   
Equity
   
Income (Loss)
 
Balance, January 31, 2009
   
14,145
     
3,536
     
(2,298
)
 
$
14
   
$
4
   
$
139,947
   
$
(36,614
)
 
$
(49,103
)
 
$
(6,777
)
 
$
47,471
       
Comprehensive loss:
                                                                                     
Net income
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
1,349
     
     
1,349
   
$
1,349
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
(2,073
)
   
(2,073
)
   
(2,073
)
Total comprehensive loss
                                                                                 
$
(724
)
Stock award exercises
   
1
     
     
45
     
     
     
(6
)
   
670
     
(392
)
   
     
272
         
Stock compensation expense
   
     
     
     
     
     
4,592
     
     
     
     
4,592
         
Dividends declared ($0.20 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
(3,110
)
   
     
(3,110
)
       
Dividends paid in stock
   
     
     
160
     
     
     
     
2,374
     
(1,149
)
   
     
1,225
         
Restricted stock
   
     
   
87
     
     
   
(1,395)
     
1,295
     
(75
)
   
     
(175
)
       
Balance, January 31, 2010
   
14,146
     
3,536
     
(2,006
)
   
14
     
4
     
143,138
     
(32,275
)
   
(52,480
)
   
(8,850
)
   
49,551
         
Comprehensive income:
                                                                                       
Net income
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
2,711
     
     
2,711
   
$
2,711
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
533
     
533
   
533
 
Total comprehensive income
                                                                                 
$
3,244
 
Stock award exercises
 
__
   
__
     
74
     
     
     
(25
)
   
1,097
     
(633
)
   
     
439
         
Stock-based compensation income tax benefits
   
     
     
     
     
     
367
     
     
     
     
367
         
Stock compensation expense
 
__
     
   
__
     
     
     
5,303
   
__
   
__
     
     
5,303
         
Dividends declared ($0.21 and $0.20 per Class A and Class B share, respectively)
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
(3,296
)
   
     
(3,296
)
       
Dividends paid in stock
   
     
     
98
     
     
     
     
1,457
     
(511
)
   
     
946
         
Restricted stock
   
     
1
   
112
     
     
   
(1,885)
     
1,651
     
(229
)
   
     
(463
)
       
Balance, January 31, 2011
   
14,146
     
3,537
     
(1,722
)
   
14
     
4
     
146,898
     
(28,070
)
   
(54,438
)
   
(8,317
)
   
56,091
         
Comprehensive income:
                                                                                       
Net income
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
10,784
     
     
10,784
   
$
10,784
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
(1,737
)
   
(1,737
)
 
(1,737)
 
Total comprehensive income
                                                                                 
$
9,047
 
Stock award exercises
 
__
   
__
     
33
     
     
     
(436
)
   
487
     
(156
)
   
     
(105
)
       
Stock-based compensation income tax deficiencies
   
     
     
     
     
     
(7
)
   
     
     
     
(7
)
       
Stock compensation expense
 
__
     
   
__
     
     
     
4,507
   
__
   
__
     
     
4,507
         
Dividends declared ($0.26 and $0.22 per Class A and Class B share, respectively)
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
(4,095
)
   
     
(4,095
)
       
Dividends paid in stock
   
     
     
141
     
     
     
     
2,132
     
(619
)
   
     
1,513
         
Restricted stock
   
     
     
120
     
     
     
(1,969
)
   
1,802
     
(450
)
   
     
(617
)
       
Repurchase of common stock
   
     
   
(376)
     
     
     
     
(4,319
)
   
     
     
(4,319
)
       
Balance, January 31, 2012
   
14,146
     
3,537
     
(1,804
)
 
$
14
   
$
4
   
$
148,993
   
$
(27,968
)
 
$
(48,974
)
 
$
(10,054
)
 
$
62,015
         

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


QAD INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net income
  $ 10,784     $ 2,711     $ 1,349  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
Depreciation and amortization
    4,721       6,960       9,992  
Provision for doubtful accounts and sales adjustments
    1,160       468       2,025  
Tax benefit from reversal of deferred tax valuation allowance
    (954 )     (148 )     (1,194 )
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
    33       65       130  
Deferred income taxes
    735       (1,488 )     (1,344 )
Exit costs
                217  
Stock compensation expense
    4,507       5,303       4,592  
Excess tax benefits from stock awards
    (33 )     (384 )      
Other, net
    (308 )     (320 )     (554 )
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
                       
Accounts receivable
    (428 )     (4,792 )     10,447  
Other assets
    1,567       2,591       (153 )
Accounts payable
    (229 )     2,069       (2,457 )
Deferred revenue
    (1,681 )     7,548       2,872  
Other liabilities
    1,574       5,319       (8,226 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    21,448       25,902       17,696  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
Purchase of property and equipment
    (3,781 )     (1,432 )     (963 )
Capitalized software costs
    (285 )     (484 )     (426 )
Other, net
    (81 )     (6 )     32  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (4,147 )     (1,922 )     (1,357 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
Repayments of debt
    (308 )     (287 )     (255 )
Dividends paid
    (2,409 )     (2,204 )     (1,873 )
Tax payments, net of proceeds, related to stock awards
    (722 )     (24 )     97  
Excess tax benefits from stock awards
    33       384        
Repurchase of common stock
    (4,319 )            
Changes in cash overdraft
                (2,476 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (7,725 )     (2,131 )     (4,507 )
Effect of exchange rates on cash and equivalents
    75       749       1,379  
Net increase in cash and equivalents
    9,651       22,598       13,211  
Cash and equivalents at beginning of year
    67,276       44,678       31,467  
Cash and equivalents at end of year
  $ 76,927     $ 67,276     $ 44,678  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                       
Cash paid during the period for:
                       
Interest
  $ 1,123     $ 1,184     $ 1,230  
Income taxes, net of refunds
    3,913       1,490       3,980  
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities:
                       
Obligations associated with dividend declaration
    1,099       926       780  
Dividends paid in stock
    1,513       946       1,225  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
QAD INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. SUMMARY OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BUSINESS

QAD is a global provider of enterprise software applications, and related services and support. QAD’s enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) product suite is QAD Enterprise Applications, which is also known as MFG/PRO. The QAD Enterprise Applications suite provides a set of capabilities designed to support core business operations and enable most common business processes. The Company is principally focused on addressing the needs of global manufacturing companies. Its solutions are configured to address the requirements of the following specific manufacturing industries: automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences.
 
On December 14, 2010, QAD shareholders approved a Recapitalization plan (the “Recapitalization”) pursuant to which the Company (i) established two classes of common stock, consisting of a new class of common stock with one-twentieth (1/20th) of a vote per share, designated as Class A common stock $0.001 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock") and a new class of common stock with one vote per share, designated as Class B common stock $0.001 par value per share (the "Class B Common Stock"); (ii) reclassified each issued and outstanding whole share of the Company's existing $0.001 par value per share common stock (the "Existing Stock") as 0.1 share of Class B Common Stock; and (iii) issued a dividend of four shares of Class A Common Stock for each whole share of Class B Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to the foregoing reclassification.  The reclassification of Existing Stock into Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, together, reflects the effect of a two-to-one reverse stock split. Fractional shares were paid in cash and were not material.

All references in the financial statements to the number of shares, stock options, restricted shares, stock appreciation rights and related per-share amounts of the Company’s common stock have been retroactively recast to reflect the effect of the Recapitalization for all periods presented.
 
Beginning in the quarter ended April 30, 2011, the Company began presenting subscription revenue as a separate caption within revenue. Subscription revenue includes hosting arrangements and software as a service arrangements.  In addition, the Company began presenting costs of professional services as a separate caption within costs of revenue.  Prior period data has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.  These reclassifications had no effect on reported net income, gross profit or total revenue.

REVENUE

The Company primarily offers its software using two models. The traditional model involves the sale or license of software on a perpetual basis to customers who take possession of the software and install and maintain the software on their own equipment; the Company sometimes refers to this as the “on-premise licensing model”. More recently, the Company delivers its software on a hosted basis as a service and customers generally do not have the contractual right to take possession of the software; the Company sometimes refers to this as a “SaaS model”. The Company sells a majority of its software through its on-premise licensing model and recognizes revenue associated with these offerings in accordance with the accounting guidance contained in ASC 985-605, Software Revenue. Additionally, delivery of software under the SaaS model is typically over a contractual term of 12 to 36 months and the Company recognizes revenue associated with these offerings, which it calls subscription revenue in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, in accordance with the accounting guidance contained in ASC 605-25, Revenue Recognition - Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. Whether sales are made via an on-premise model or a SaaS model, the arrangement typically consists of multiple elements, including revenue from one or more of the following elements: license of software products, support services, hosting, consulting, development, training, or other professional services.

Software Revenue Recognition (On-Premise Model)

The majority of the Company’s software is sold or licensed in multiple-element arrangements that include support services and often consulting services or other elements. For software license arrangements that do not require significant modification or customization of the underlying software, the Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable. Revenue is presented net of sales, use and value-added taxes collected from its customers.
 

The Company’s typical payment terms vary by region. Occasionally, payment terms of up to one year may be granted for software license fees to customers with an established history of collections without concessions. Should the Company grant payment terms greater than one year or terms that are not in accordance with established history for similar arrangements, revenue would be recognized as payments become due and payable assuming all other criteria for software revenue recognition have been met.

Provided all other revenue recognition criteria have been met, the Company recognizes license revenue on delivery using the residual method when vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (“VSOE”) exists for all of the undelivered elements (for example, support services, consulting, or other services) in the arrangement. The Company allocates revenue to each undelivered element based on VSOE, which is the price charged when that element is sold separately or, for elements not yet sold separately, the price established by the Company’s management if it is probable that the price will not change before the element is sold separately. The Company allocates revenue to undelivered support services based on rates charged to renew the support services annually after an initial period. The Company allocates revenue to undelivered consulting services based on time and materials rates of stand-alone services engagements by role and by country. The Company reviews VSOE at least annually. If the Company were to be unable to establish or maintain VSOE for one or more undelivered elements within a multiple-element software arrangement, it could adversely impact revenues, results of operations and financial position because the Company may have to defer all or a portion of the revenue or recognize revenue ratably from multiple-element software arrangements.

Multiple-element software arrangements for which VSOE does not exist for all undelivered elements typically occur when the Company introduces a new product or product bundles for which it has not established VSOE for support services or consulting or other services under its VSOE policy. In these instances, revenue is deferred and recognized ratably over the longer of the support services (maintenance period) or consulting services engagement, assuming there are no specified future deliverables. In the instances in which it has been determined that revenue on these bundled arrangements will be recognized ratably due to lack of VSOE, at the time of recognition, the Company allocates revenue from these bundled arrangement fees to all of the non-license revenue categories based on VSOE of similar support services or consulting services. The remaining arrangement fees, if any, are then allocated to software license fee revenues. The associated costs primarily consist of payroll and related costs to perform both the consulting services and provide support services and royalty expense related to the license and maintenance revenue. These costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of maintenance, subscription and other revenue, cost of professional services and cost of license fees.

Revenue from support services and product updates, referred to as maintenance revenue, is recognized ratably over the term of the maintenance period, which in most instances is one year. Software license updates provide customers with rights to unspecified software product upgrades, maintenance releases and patches released during the term of the support period on a when-and-if available basis. Product support includes Internet access to technical content, as well as Internet and telephone access to technical support personnel. The Company’s customers generally purchase both product support and license updates when they acquire new software licenses. In addition, a majority of customers renew their support services contracts annually.

Revenue from consulting services, which we call professional services in the consolidated statements of income, are typically comprised of implementation, development, training or other consulting services. Consulting services are generally sold on a time-and-materials basis and can include services ranging from software installation to data conversion and building non-complex interfaces to allow the software to operate in integrated environments. Consulting engagements can range anywhere from one day to several months and are based strictly on the customer’s requirements and complexities and are independent of the functionality of the Company’s software. The Company’s software, as delivered, can generally be used by the customer for the customer’s purpose upon installation. Further, implementation and integration services provided are generally not essential to the functionality of the software, as delivered, and do not result in any material changes to the underlying software code. On occasion, the Company enters into fixed fee arrangements in which customer payments are tied to achievement of specific milestones. In fixed fee arrangements, revenue is recognized as services are performed as measured by costs incurred to date, as compared to total estimated costs to be incurred to complete the work. In milestone achievement arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue as the respective milestones are achieved.

The Company occasionally resells third party systems as part of an end-to-end solution requested by its customers.  Hardware revenue is recognized on a gross basis in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 605-45, Revenue Recognition – Principal Agent Considerations and when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collection is considered reasonably assured.  The Company considers delivery to occur when the product is shipped and title and risk of loss have passed to the customer.
 

Although infrequent, when an arrangement does not qualify for separate accounting of the software license and consulting transactions, the software license revenue is recognized together with the consulting services based on contract accounting using either the percentage-of-completion or completed-contract method. Arrangements that do not qualify for separate accounting of the software license fee and consulting services typically occur when the Company is requested to customize software or when the Company views the installation of its software as high risk in the customer’s environment. This requires the Company to make estimates about the total cost to complete the project and the stage of completion. The assumptions, estimates, and uncertainties inherent in determining the stage of completion affect the timing and amounts of revenues and expenses reported. Changes in estimates of progress toward completion and of contract revenues and contract costs are accounted for using the cumulative catch up approach. In certain arrangements, the Company does not have a sufficient basis to estimate the costs of providing support services. As a result, revenue is typically recognized on a percent completion basis up to the amount of costs incurred (zero margin). Once the consulting services are complete and support services are the only undelivered item, the remaining revenue is recognized evenly over the remaining support period. If the Company does not have a sufficient basis to measure the progress of completion or to estimate the total contract revenues and costs, revenue is recognized when the project is complete and, if applicable, final acceptance is received from the customer. The Company allocates these bundled arrangement fees to support services and consulting services revenues based on VSOE. The remaining arrangement fees are then allocated to software license fee revenues. The associated costs primarily consist of payroll and related costs to perform the consulting and support services and royalty expense. These costs are expensed as incurred and are included in cost of maintenance, subscription and other revenue, cost of professional services and cost of license fees.

The Company executes arrangements through indirect sales channels via sales agents and distributors in which the indirect sales channels are authorized to market its software products to end users. In arrangements with sales agents, revenue is recognized on a sell-through basis once an order is received from the end user, collectability from the end user is probable, a signed license agreement from the end user has been received by the Company, delivery has been made to the end user and all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied. Sales agents are compensated on a commission basis. Distributor arrangements are those in which the resellers are authorized to market and distribute the Company’s software products to end users in specified territories and the distributor bears the risk of collection from the end user customer. The Company recognizes revenue from transactions with distributors when the distributor submits a written purchase commitment, collectability from the distributor is probable, a signed license agreement is received from the distributor and delivery has occurred to the distributor, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied. Revenue from distributor transactions is recorded on a net basis (the amount actually received by the Company from the distributor). The Company does not offer rights of return, product rotation or price protection to any of its distributors.

Subscription Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes the following fees in subscription revenue from the SaaS model: i) subscription fees from customers accessing our On Demand and our other subscription offerings, ii) providing consulting services such as set up, process mapping, configuration, database conversion and migration, and iii) support fees on hosted products. The Company’s subscription arrangements do not provide customers with the right to take possession of the subscribed software at any time.

The Company commences revenue recognition when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, the service is being provided to the customer, the collection of the fees is reasonably assured and the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable.

Subscription revenue is recognized ratably over the initial subscription period committed to by the customer commencing when the customers environment has been migrated to the Companys hosted environment.  The initial subscription period is typically 12 to 36 months.  The Company’s subscription services are non-cancelable, though customers typically have the right to terminate their contracts if the Company materially fails to perform.  The Company generally invoices its customers in advance in quarterly installments and typical payment terms provide that customers pay the Company within 30 days of invoice.

Other consulting services are typically sold on a time-and-materials basis and consist of fees from consultation services such as configuration of features, implementing at various customer sites, testing and training. These services are considered to have stand-alone value to the customer because the Company has sold consulting services separately and there are several third-party vendors that routinely provide similar professional services to the Company’s customers on a stand-alone basis. Accordingly, consulting services  are a separate unit of accounting and the associated services revenue is recognized as the services are performed and earned.

The Company may enter into multiple-element arrangements that may include a combination of our subscription offering and other consulting services. Prior to February 1, 2011, the deliverables in multiple element arrangements were accounted for separately if the delivered items had stand-alone value and VSOE was available for the undelivered items.  If the multiple-element arrangement could not be accounted for separately, the total arrangement fee was recognized ratably over the initial subscription period.
 
 
In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (ASU 2009-13), which amended the previous multiple-deliverable arrangements accounting guidance. Pursuant to the updated guidance, VSOE of the deliverables to be delivered is no longer required in order to account for deliverables in a multiple-element arrangement separately. Instead, arrangement consideration is allocated to deliverables based on their relative selling price.
 
The Company adopted the accounting guidance in ASU 2009-13 for applicable arrangements entered into after February 1, 2011 (the beginning of the Company’s fiscal year). As a result of the adoption of ASU 2009-13, the Company allocates revenue to each element in an arrangement based on a selling price hierarchy.  The selling price for a deliverable is based on its VSOE, if available, Third Party Evidence (“TPE”), if VSOE is not available, or Estimated Selling Price (“ESP”), if neither VSOE nor TPE is available.  The determination for ESP is made through consultation with and approval by management taking into consideration the go-to-market strategy.  As the Company’s go-to-market strategies evolve, there may be modifications of pricing practices in the future, which could result in changes in both VSOE and ESP.
   
For multiple-element arrangements that may include a combination of our subscription offerings and other consulting services, the total arrangement fee is allocated to each element based on the VSOE / ESP value of each element. After allocation, the revenue associated with the subscription offering and other consulting services are recognized as described above.
 
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ALLOWANCES

Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The collectability of accounts receivable is reviewed each period by analyzing balances based on age. Specific allowances are recorded for any balances that the Company determines may not be fully collectible due to inability of the customers to pay. The Company also provides a general reserve based on historical data including analysis of write-offs and other known factors. Provisions to the allowance for bad debts are included as bad debt expense in general and administrative expense.  The determination to write-off specific accounts receivable balances is made based on likelihood of collection and past due status.  Past due status is based on invoice date and terms specific to each customer.

The Company does not generally provide a contractual right of return; however, in the course of business sales returns and allowances may occur.  A provision is recorded against revenue for estimated sales returns and allowances in the same period the related revenues are recorded or when current information indicates additional amounts are required.  These estimates are based on historical experience, specifically identified customers and other known factors.

The accounts receivable allowance for doubtful accounts is comprised of both the allowance for bad debts and the allowance for sales returns.

INCOME TAXES

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of its assets and liabilities and expected benefits of utilizing net operating loss and credit carryforwards. In assessing whether there is a need for a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, the Company determines whether it is more likely than not that it will realize tax benefits associated with deferred tax assets. In making this determination, the Company considers future taxable income and tax planning strategies that are both prudent and feasible. For deferred tax assets that cannot be recognized under the more-likely-than-not standard, the Company has established a valuation allowance. The impact on deferred taxes of changes in tax rates and laws, if any, are reflected in the financial statements in the period of enactment. No provision is made for taxes on unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries because they are considered to be reinvested indefinitely in such operations.
 
The Company records a liability for taxes to address potential exposures involving uncertain tax positions that could be challenged by taxing authorities, even though the Company believes that the positions taken are appropriate. The tax reserves are reviewed on a quarterly basis and adjusted as events occur that affect the Company’s potential liability for additional taxes. The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. and in various foreign jurisdictions, and in the ordinary course of business there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company recognizes the largest amount of the benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement in the financial statements. For tax positions that do not meet the more-likely-than-not standard the entire balance is reserved. 
 

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company accounts for share-based payments (“equity awards”) to employees in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires that share-based payments (to the extent they are compensatory) be recognized in the consolidated statements of income based on the fair values of the equity awards as  measured at the grant date.  The fair value of an equity award is recognized as stock-based compensation expense ratably over the vesting period of the equity award.  Determining the fair value of equity awards at the grant date requires judgment.

Fair Value of SARs

The fair value of stock-settled stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) is determined on the grant date of the award using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model.   One of the inputs to the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model is the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the date of the grant.  Judgment is required in determining the remaining inputs to the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model.  These inputs include the expected life, volatility, the risk-free interest rate and the dividend rate.  The following describes the Company’s policies with respect to determining these valuation inputs:

Expected Life
The expected life valuation input includes a computation that is based on historical vested option and SAR exercises and post-vest expiration patterns and an estimate of the expected life for options and SARs that were fully vested and outstanding. Furthermore, based on the Company’s historical pattern of option and SAR exercises and post-vest expiration patterns the Company determined that there are two discernable populations which include the Company’s directors and officers (“D&O”) and all other QAD employees. The estimate of the expected life for options and SARs that were fully vested and outstanding is determined as the midpoint of a range as follows: the low end of the range assumes the fully vested and outstanding options and SARs are exercised or expire unexercised on the evaluation date and the high end of the range assumes that these options and SARs are exercised or expire unexercised upon contractual term.

Volatility
The volatility valuation input is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock, which the Company believes is representative of the expected volatility over the expected life of SARs.

Risk-Free Interest Rate
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturities in effect at the time of grant for the expected term of the option or share.

Dividend Rate
The dividend rate is based on the Company’s historical dividend payments per share.

Fair Value of RSUs

The fair value of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) is determined on the grant date of the award as the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, reduced by the present value of estimated dividends foregone during the vesting period.   Judgment is required in determining the present value of estimated dividends foregone during the vesting period.  The Company estimates the dividends for purposes of this calculation based on the Company’s historical dividend payments per share.

While the Company recognizes as stock-based compensation expense the entire amount of the fair value of a vested equity award once it has vested, during the periods in which the equity awards are vesting, the Company is required to estimate equity awards that are expected to cancel prior to vesting (“forfeitures”) and reduce the stock-based compensation expense recognized in a given period for the effects of estimated forfeitures over the expense recognition period (“forfeiture rate”).  To determine the forfeiture rate, the Company examines the historical pattern of forfeitures which it believes is indicative of future forfeitures in an effort to determine if there were any discernable forfeiture patterns based on certain employee populations.  From this analysis, the Company identified two employee populations that have different historical forfeiture rates.  One population includes D&O and the other population includes all other QAD employees.  The Company evaluates the forfeiture rate annually or more frequently when there have been any significant changes in forfeiture activity.
 

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of QAD Inc. and all of its subsidiaries. All subsidiaries are wholly-owned and all significant balances and transactions among the entities have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and, accordingly, include amounts based on informed estimates and judgments of management that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Company’s financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates resulting from continuing changes in the economic environment will be reflected in the financial statements in future periods.

The Company considers certain accounting policies related to revenue, accounts receivable allowances, valuation of deferred tax assets and tax contingency reserves and accounting for stock-based compensation to be critical policies due to the significance of these items to its operating results and the estimation processes and management judgment involved in each.

CASH AND EQUIVALENTS

Cash and equivalents consist of cash and short-term marketable securities with maturities of less than 90 days at the date of purchase. The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents. At January 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company’s cash equivalents consisted of money market funds and the Company has no investments in securities with an underlying exposure to sub-prime mortgages. Additionally, the Company has no holdings in auction rate notes or similar securities.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS

Long-lived assets generally consist of property and equipment and intangible assets other than goodwill. Property and equipment are stated at cost. Additions and significant improvements to property and equipment are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. For financial reporting purposes, depreciation is generally expensed via the straight-line method over the useful life of three years for computer equipment and software, five years for furniture and office equipment, 10 years for building improvements, and 39 years for buildings. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of five years.

Certain costs associated with software developed for internal use, including direct costs of materials, services and payroll costs for employees for time devoted to the software projects, are capitalized once the project has reached the application development stage and are included in property and equipment classified as software. These costs are amortized using the straight-line method over the expected useful life of the software, beginning when the asset is substantially ready for use. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage, maintenance, training and research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Intangible assets, other than goodwill, arise from business combinations and generally consist of customer relationships, restrictive covenants related to employment agreements, trade names and intellectual property that are amortized, on a straight-line basis, generally over periods of up to five years. Finite-lived intangible assets are required to be amortized over their useful lives and are subject to impairment evaluation. The Company assesses the realizability of its long-lived assets including intangible assets, other than goodwill, whenever changes in circumstances indicate the carrying values of such assets may not be recoverable. The Company considers the following factors important in determining when to perform an impairment review: significant under-performance of a product relative to budget; shifts in business strategies which affect the continued uses of the assets; significant negative industry or economic trends; and the results of past impairment reviews.
 

In assessing the recoverability of these long-lived assets, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value of the assets or asset groups is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and independent third party appraisals, as considered necessary. In addition to recoverability assessments, the Company routinely reviews the remaining estimated useful lives of its long-lived assets. Any reduction in the useful life assumption will result in increased depreciation and amortization expense in the quarter when such determinations are made, as well as in subsequent quarters.

GOODWILL

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net assets of purchased businesses. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is subject to impairment tests on at least an annual basis and whenever circumstances suggest that goodwill may be impaired. The Company tests goodwill for impairment in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. The Company performs a two-step impairment test. Under the first step of the goodwill impairment test, the Company is required to compare the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered impaired and the second step is not performed. If the results of the first step of the impairment test indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit does not exceed its carrying amount, then the second step of the goodwill impairment test is required. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. The impairment loss is measured by the excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill over the implied fair value of that goodwill.

Management evaluates the Company as a single reporting unit for business and operating purposes as almost all of the Company’s revenue streams are generated by the same underlying technology whether acquired, purchased or developed. In addition, the majority of QAD’s costs are, by their nature, shared costs that are not specifically identifiable to a geography or product line but relate to almost all products. As a result, there is a high degree of interdependency among the Company’s revenues and cash flows for levels below the consolidated entity and identifiable cash flows for a reporting unit separate from the consolidated entity are not meaningful. Therefore, the Company’s impairment test considered the consolidated entity as a single reporting unit.

CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE COSTS

The Company capitalizes software development costs incurred in connection with the localization and translation of its products once technological feasibility has been achieved based on a working model. A working model is defined as an operative version of the computer software product that is completed in the same software language as the product to be ultimately marketed, performs all the major functions planned for the product and is ready for initial customer testing (usually identified as beta testing). In addition, the Company capitalizes software purchased from third parties or through business combinations as acquired software technology, if the related software under development has reached technological feasibility.

The amortization of capitalized software costs is the greater of the straight-line basis over three years, the expected useful life, or computed using a ratio of current revenue for a product compared to the estimated total of current and future revenues for that product. The Company periodically compares the unamortized capitalized software costs to the estimated net realizable value of the associated product. The amount by which the unamortized capitalized software costs of a particular software product exceeds the estimated net realizable value of that asset would be reported as a charge to the Consolidated Statement of Income.

COMPUTATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

In connection with the Recapitalization, each existing share of common stock was reclassified as 0.1 share Class B common stock and each whole share thereof was issued a dividend of four shares of Class A common stock. The Recapitalization had the effect of a two-to-one reverse stock split, where, for example, the holder of 10 shares of existing stock received in exchange one share of Class B common stock and four shares of Class A common stock. Net income per share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock is computed using the two-class method.  Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to cash or stock dividends equal to 120% of the amount of such dividend payable with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock. As a result of the Recapitalization, prior period basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding have been recast in order to reflect the two classes of common stock that now exist.


The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share:

   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
Net income
  $ 10,784     $ 2,711     $ 1,349  
Less: dividends declared
    (4,095 )     (3,296 )     (3,110 )
Undistributed net income (loss)
  $ 6,689     $ (585 )   $ (1,761 )
                         
Net income per share – Class A Common Stock
                       
Dividends declared
  $ 3,393     $ 2,728     $ 2,574  
Allocation of undistributed net income (loss)
    5,542       (484 )      (1,458 )
Net income attributable to Class A common stock
  $ 8,935     $ 2,244     $ 1,116  
                         
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding—basic
    12,873       12,621       12,407  
Weighted average potential shares of Class A common stock
     414       429       500  
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock and potential common shares outstanding—diluted
    13,287       13,050       12,907  
                         
Basic net income per Class A common share
  $ 0.69     $ 0.18     $ 0.09  
Diluted net income per Class A common share
  $ 0.67     $ 0.17     $ 0.09  
 
Net income per share – Class B Common Stock
                 
Dividends declared
  $ 702     $ 568     $ 536  
Allocation of undistributed net income (loss)
    1,147       (101 )     (303 )
Net income attributable to Class B common stock
  $ 1,849     $ 467     $ 233  
                         
Weighted average shares of Class B common stock outstanding—basic
    3,193       3,155       3,102  
Weighted average potential shares of Class B common stock
    100       107       125  
Weighted average shares of Class B common stock and potential common shares outstanding—diluted
    3,293       3,262       3,227  
                         
Basic net income per Class B common share
  $ 0.58     $ 0.15     $ 0.08  
Diluted net income per Class B common share
  $ 0.56     $ 0.14     $ 0.07  

Potential common shares consist of the shares issuable upon the release of restricted stock units (RSUs) and the exercise of stock options and stock appreciation rights (SARs). The Company’s unvested RSUs, stock options and SARs are not considered participating securities as they do not have rights to dividends or dividend equivalents prior to release or exercise. Class A common stock equivalents of approximately 2.2 million, 1.9 million and 1.6 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were not included in the diluted calculation because their effects were anti-dilutive. Class B common stock equivalents of approximately 0.5 million, 0.5 million and 0.4 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were not included in the diluted calculation because their effects were anti-dilutive.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The financial position and results of operations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are generally determined using the country’s local currency as the functional currency. Assets and liabilities recorded in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rates on the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated at average rates of exchange prevailing during the year. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are charged or credited to other comprehensive income (loss), which is included in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” within the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions and remeasurement adjustments of monetary assets and liabilities not held in an entity’s functional currency are included in earnings. Foreign currency transaction and remeasurement (gains) losses for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 totaled $0.8 million, $0.1 million and $(0.1) million, respectively, and are included in “Other (income) expense, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.


FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

The carrying amounts of cash and equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. The Company’s line of credit bears a variable market interest rate, subject to certain minimum interest rates. Therefore, should the Company have any amounts outstanding under the line of credit, the carrying value of the line of credit would reasonably approximate fair value. The Company’s note payable bears a fixed rate of 6.5%. The estimated fair value of the note payable was approximately $17.2 million at January 31, 2012 and the carrying value was $16.1 million. The estimated fair value of the note payable is based primarily on expected market prices for bank loans with similar terms and maturities.

Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited due to the large number of customers comprising our customer base, and their dispersion across many different industries and locations throughout the world. No single customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue in any of the last three fiscal years. In addition, no single customer accounted for 10% or more of accounts receivable at January 31, 2012 or January 31, 2011.

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes changes in the balances of items that are reported directly as a separate component of Stockholders’ Equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The components of comprehensive income (loss) are net income (loss) and foreign currency translation adjustments. The Company does not provide for income taxes on foreign currency translation adjustments since it does not provide for taxes on the unremitted earnings of its foreign subsidiaries. The changes in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

All costs incurred to establish the technological feasibility of the Company’s software products are expensed to research and development as incurred.

RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11 regarding ASC Topic 210 "Balance Sheet: Disclosure about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities." This ASU requires that entities disclose additional information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of the financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on the financial position. This ASU will be effective for the Company's fiscal year beginning February 1, 2013. The Company believes that the adoption of this ASU may impact future disclosures but will not impact its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment” to simplify how entities test goodwill for impairment. The amendments in this standard will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value as a basis for determining whether it needs to perform the quantitative two-step goodwill impairment test.  Only if an entity determines, based on qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value will it be required to calculate the fair value of the reporting unit.  This ASU is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2012.  The Company does not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, or related disclosures.
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05 regarding ASC Topic 220 “Comprehensive Income.” This ASU eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity and requires the presentation of the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. This ASU is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2012.  While this new accounting pronouncement will impact the presentation of other comprehensive income, it will not impact the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flow.
 

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04 “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.” These amendments were issued to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. ASU 2011-04 changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements, particularly for level 3 fair value measurements. This ASU is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning February 1, 2012. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on its consolidated statements of financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

When determining fair value the Company uses a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.  Whenever possible, the Company uses observable market data and relies on unobservable inputs only when observable market data is not available.  Classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The following table sets forth the Company’s financial assets, measured at fair value, as of January 31, 2012 and 2011:

 
 
Fair value measurement at reporting date using
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
 
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Money market mutual funds as of January 31, 2012
  $ 48,242     $     $  
Money market mutual funds as of January 31, 2011
    48,390              

Money market mutual funds are classified as part of “Cash and equivalents” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices. As of January 31, 2012 and 2011, the amount of cash and cash equivalents included cash deposited with commercial banks of $28.7 million and $18.9 million, respectively.

There have been no transfers between fair value measurement levels during the year ended January 31, 2012.
 

3. CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE COSTS

Capitalized software costs and accumulated amortization at January 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

   
January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Capitalized software costs:
           
Capitalized software development costs
  $ 1,194     $ 1,924  
Acquired software technology
           954  
      1,194       2,878  
Less accumulated amortization
    (611 )     (2,037 )
Capitalized software costs, net
  $ 583     $ 841  

Capitalized software development costs relate to translations and localizations of QAD Enterprise Applications. Acquired software technology costs relate to technology purchased from the Company’s fiscal 2007 acquisition of Bisgen and fiscal 2009 acquisition of FullTilt.

It is the Company’s policy to write-off capitalized software development costs once fully amortized. Accordingly, during fiscal 2012, approximately $2.0 million of costs and accumulated amortization was removed from the balance sheet.

Amortization of capitalized software costs for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $0.5 million, $2.1 million and $3.8 million, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software costs is included in “Cost of license fees” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income. The estimated remaining amortization expense related to capitalized software costs for the years ended January 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 is $0.3 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
 
4. GOODWILL

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

   
Gross Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Impairment
   
Goodwill, Net
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Balance at January 31, 2010
  $ 21,956     $ (15,608 )   $ 6,348  
Impact of foreign currency translation
    109             109  
Balance at January 31, 2011
  $ 22,065     $ (15,608 )   $ 6,457  
Impact of foreign currency translation
    (45 )           (45 )
Balance at January 31, 2012
  $ 22,020     $ (15,608 )   $ 6,412  

There were no additions to goodwill in fiscal 2012 and 2011.

During each of the fourth quarters of fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, an impairment analysis was performed at the enterprise level which compared the Company’s market capitalization to its net assets as of the test date, November 30th. As the market capitalization substantially exceeded the Company’s net assets, there was no indication of goodwill impairment for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010.

 
5. COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL STATEMENT CAPTIONS

   
January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Accounts receivable, net
           
Accounts receivable
  $ 67,224     $ 68,281  
Less allowance for:
               
Doubtful accounts
    (1,283 )     (1,165 )
Sales adjustments
    (1,184 )     (1,496 )
    $ 64,757     $ 65,620  
Other current assets
               
Deferred cost of revenues
  $ 7,770     $ 7,255  
Prepaid expenses
    3,330       3,859  
Other
    753       1,439  
    $  11,853     $  12,553  
Property and equipment, net
               
Buildings and building improvements
  $ 32,108     $ 32,194  
Computer equipment and software
    22,201       23,821  
Furniture and office equipment
    12,345       13,043  
Leasehold improvements
    6,104       5,666  
Land
    3,850       3,850  
Automobiles
    260       297  
      76,868       78,871  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (43,729 )     (45,076 )
    $ 33,139     $ 33,795  
Accounts payable
               
Trade payables
  $ 6,399     $ 5,912  
VAT payable
    3,325       4,091  
    $ 9,724     $ 10,003  
Deferred revenue
               
Deferred maintenance revenue
  $ 83,400     $ 81,034  
Deferred subscription revenue
    3,696       2,318  
Deferred services revenue
    3,507       4,744  
Deferred license revenue
    1,806       3,061  
Deferred research and development funding
    1,462       3,296  
    $ 93,871     $ 94,453  
Other current liabilities
               
Accrued commissions and bonus
  $ 10,562     $ 12,053  
Accrued compensated absences
    7,255       7,086  
Other accrued payroll
    2,794       3,030  
Income tax payable
    1,855       694  
Accrued professional fees
    1,519       1,766  
Accrued travel
    1,297       995  
Dividends payable
    1,099       926  
Other current liabilities
    4,718       4,341  
    $ 31,099     $ 30,891  
Other liabilities
               
Long-term tax contingency reserve
  $ 2,312     $ 2,155  
Long-term deferred revenue
    1,280       2,359  
Other
    1,710       700  
    $ 5,302     $ 5,214  

 
6. DEBT

   
January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Total debt
           
Note payable
  $ 16,134     $ 16,442  
Less current maturities
    (321 )     (304 )
Long-term debt
  $ 15,813     $ 16,138  

The aggregate maturities of the note payable, for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows: $0.3 million in fiscal 2013; $0.3 million in fiscal 2014 and $15.5 million in fiscal 2015.

Notes Payable

In July 2004, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Mid-State Bank & Trust, a bank which was subsequently purchased by Rabobank, N.A. The loan had an original principal amount of $18.0 million and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.5%. This loan is secured by real property located in Santa Barbara, California. The terms of the loan provide for the Company to make 119 monthly payments consisting of principal and interest totaling $115,000 and one final principal payment of $15.4 million. The loan matures in July 2014. The unpaid balance as of January 31, 2012 was $16.1 million.

Credit Facility

On July 8, 2011, the Company entered into an unsecured credit agreement with Rabobank, N.A. (the “Facility”). The Facility provides a one-year commitment for a $20 million line of credit for working capital or other business needs. The Company will pay a commitment fee of 0.25% per annum of the daily average of the unused portion of the $20 million Facility. Borrowings under the Facility bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.75%.

The Facility provides that the Company maintain certain financial and operating ratios which include, among other provisions, minimum liquidity on a consolidated basis of $25 million in cash and equivalents at all times, a current ratio (calculated using current liabilities excluding deferred revenue) of not less than 1.3 to 1.0 determined at the end of each fiscal quarter, a leverage ratio of not more than 1.5 to 1.0 determined at the end of each fiscal quarter, and a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.5 to 1.0 determined at the end of each fiscal year. The Facility also contains customary covenants that could restrict the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness. At January 31, 2012, the effective borrowing rate would have been 1.03%.

As of January 31, 2012, there were no borrowings under the Facility and the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants.
 

7. INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense (benefit) is summarized as follows:
 
   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Current:
                 
Federal
 
$
1,669
   
$
679
   
$
598
 
State
   
376
     
268
     
658
 
Foreign
   
3,231
     
2,663
     
1,196
 
Subtotal
   
5,276
     
3,610
     
2,452
 
Deferred:
                       
Federal
   
889
     
(1,206
)
   
(49
)
State
   
21
     
35
     
(829
)
Foreign
   
(175
)
   
(317
)
   
(466
)
Subtotal
   
735
     
(1,488
)
   
(1,344
)
Equity
   
5
     
721
     
¾
 
Total
 
$
6,016
   
$
2,843
   
$
1,108
 
 
Actual income tax expense (benefit) differs from that obtained by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% to income before income taxes as follows:
 
   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Computed expected tax expense
 
$
5,712
   
$
1,888
   
$
836
 
State income taxes, net of federal income tax expense
   
580
     
491
     
804
 
Incremental tax benefit from foreign operations
   
(1,945
)
   
(1,474
)
   
(1,611
)
Non-deductible equity compensation
   
898
     
335
     
795
 
Foreign withholding taxes
   
981
     
776
     
891
 
Net change in valuation allowance
   
(336
)
   
99
     
(679
)
Net change in contingency reserve
   
147
     
91
     
(433
)
Non-deductible expenses
   
354
     
969
     
79
 
Benefit of tax credits
   
(1,437
)
   
(456
)
   
(702
)
Subpart F Income
   
784
     
383
     
312
 
Rate change impact
   
(61
)
   
20
     
(9
)
Dividend income
   
¾
     
¾
     
848
 
Other
   
339
     
(279
)
   
(23
)
   
$
6,016
   
$
2,843
   
$
1,108
 
 
Consolidated U.S. income (loss) before income taxes was $4.4 million, $(2.8) million, and $(2.6) million for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The corresponding income before income taxes for foreign operations was $12.4 million, $8.4 million and $5.1 million for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
The Company files U.S. federal, state, and foreign tax returns that are subject to audit by various tax authorities. The Company is currently under audit in India for fiscal years ended March 31, 1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, and 2010, South Africa for fiscal year 2010 and in California for fiscal years ended 2004 and 2005. 
 
U.S. income and foreign withholding taxes have not been recorded on permanently reinvested earnings of our foreign subsidiaries. These permanently reinvested earnings are approximately $49.1 million at January 31, 2012. It is not practicable for the Company to determine the amount of the related unrecognized deferred income tax liability. Such earnings would become taxable upon the sale or liquidation of these subsidiaries or upon the remittance of dividends.
 
 
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effects of the temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.
 
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
 
   
January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Deferred tax assets:
           
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales adjustments
 
$
713
   
$
559
 
Accrued vacation
   
1,850
     
1,570
 
Tax credits
   
7,455
     
7,749
 
Deferred revenue
   
5,607
     
6,063
 
Net operating loss carry forwards
   
12,066
     
13,703
 
Accrued expenses - other
   
1,751
     
1,569
 
Section 263(a) interest capitalization
   
395
     
406
 
Equity compensation
   
5,338
     
5,376
 
Other
   
1,517
     
1,464
 
Total deferred tax assets
   
36,692
     
38,459
 
Less valuation allowance
   
(11,008
)
   
(10,571
)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
 
$
25,684
   
$
27,888
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
Unrecognized capital gain
   
914
     
947
 
Other comprehensive income
   
2,823
     
2,559
 
Other
   
307
     
348
 
Total deferred tax liabilities
   
4,044
     
3,854
 
Total net deferred tax asset
 
$
21,640
   
$
24,034
 
Current portion of deferred tax asset, net
   
4,355
     
3,954
 
Non-current portion of deferred tax asset, net
   
17,285
     
20,080
 
Total net deferred tax asset
 
$
21,640
   
$
24,034
 
 
The Company reviews its net deferred tax assets by jurisdiction on a quarterly basis to determine whether a valuation allowance is necessary based on the more-likely-than-not standard. If and when the Company’s operating performance improves on a sustained basis, the conclusion regarding the need for a valuation allowance could change, resulting in the reversal of some or all of the valuation allowance in the future. At January 31, 2012 and 2011, the valuation allowance attributable to deferred tax assets was $11.0 million and $10.6 million, respectively.
 
Deferred tax assets at January 31, 2012 and 2011 do not include $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, of excess tax benefits from employee stock exercises. Prior to fiscal 2011, the U.S. Consolidated Group was utilizing net operating loss carryforwards to offset its tax liability and therefore was unable to recognize the excess tax benefits from employee stock exercises. During fiscal 2012, the Company was able to recognize $5,000 of excess tax benefits. Equity will be increased by an additional $1.0 million when such excess tax benefits are ultimately realized.
 
The Company has net operating loss carryforwards of $45.9 million and tax credit carryforwards of $9.3 million as of January 31, 2012. The majority of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards do not expire, the remaining begin to expire in fiscal year 2013. The majority of the Company’s tax credit carryforwards do not expire, the remaining begin to expire in fiscal year 2018.
 
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012, the Company increased its reserves for uncertain tax positions by $0.1 million. Interest and penalties on accrued but unpaid taxes are classified in the Consolidated Statements of Income as income tax expense. The liability for unrecognized tax benefits that may be recognized in the next twelve months is classified as short-term in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet while the remainder is classified as long-term.
 
 
The following table reconciles the gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period:
 
   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year
 
$
2,502
   
$
2,411
 
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in a prior period
   
258
     
115
 
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in the current period
   
69
     
¾
 
Reduction as a result of a lapse of the statute of limitations
   
(180
)
   
(11
)
Decreases as a result of tax settlements
   
¾
     
(13
)
Unrecognized tax benefit at end of year
 
$
2,649
   
$
2,502
 
 
All of the unrecognized tax benefits included in the balance sheet at January 31, 2012 would impact the effective tax rate on income from continuing operations, if recognized.
 
The total amount of interest expense recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Income for unpaid taxes was zero for the year ended January 31, 2012. The total amount of interest and penalties recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at January 31, 2012 is $0.2 million.
 
In the next twelve months, due to a potential tax credit settlement and a statute expiration an estimated $0.3 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits may be recognized.
 
The Company files U.S. federal, state, and foreign income tax returns in jurisdictions with varying statute of limitations. The years that may be subject to examination will vary by jurisdiction. Below is a list of our material jurisdictions and the years open for audit as of fiscal 2012:
 
Jurisdiction
Years Open for Audit
U.S. Federal
FY09 and beyond
California
FY08 and beyond
Michigan
FY08 and beyond
New Jersey
FY08 and beyond
Texas
FY07 and beyond
Australia
FY08 and beyond
France
FY09 and beyond
Germany
FY06 and beyond
Ireland
FY08 and beyond
Netherlands
FY06 and beyond
United Kingdom
FY09 and beyond
 
8.  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

The Company has two classes of common stock (See Note 1).  Each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote and each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to 1/20th of one vote.  On all matters, the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock will vote as a single class, except as otherwise required by applicable law.  Neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class B Common Stock will be convertible into the other, and there will be no restrictions on the transferability of either class.
 

The amount of any dividend payable in cash or non-cash property of the Company (other than a dividend payable solely in the Company’s capital stock) with respect to each share of Class A Common Stock is equal to 120% of the value of any such dividend payable with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock, except for dividends declared for the purpose of distributing all or some of the proceeds received by the Company from any transaction determined by the Board to be a material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or for the purpose of effecting a spin-off of a subsidiary of the Company (in either case, such dividend will be paid ratably, on a per share basis, to all holders of Common Stock).

Dividends

The following table sets forth the dividends declared and paid by the Company during fiscal 2012:

Declaration
 Date
Record Date
Payable
 
Dividend
 Class A
   
Dividend
 Class B
   
Amount Paid
 in Cash
   
Class A
 Shares Issued
   
Fair Value of Class
 A Shares Issued
 
12/14/2011
3/13/2012
4/23/2012
  $ 0.072     $ 0.060                    
9/20/2011
11/29/2011
1/9/2012
  $ 0.072     $ 0.060     $ 978,000       13,000     $ 144,000  
6/7/2011
8/30/2011
10/10/2011
  $ 0.060     $ 0.050     $ 786,000       14,000     $ 145,000  
4/6/2011
6/1/2011
7/12/2011
  $ 0.060     $ 0.050     $ 315,000       59,000     $ 628,000  
12/14/2010
3/15/2011
4/25/2011
  $ 0.060     $ 0.050     $ 330,000       55,000     $ 596,000  

Shares issued in payment of these dividends were issued out of treasury stock.

 Stock Repurchase Activity
 
In September 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan.  A total of one million shares may be repurchased under the plan and it may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Repurchases may be effected from time to time through open market purchases or pursuant to the Rule 10b5-1 plan.

In fiscal 2012, the Company repurchased 335,000 shares and 41,000 shares, respectively, of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock.  The average share price was $11.45 and $11.59 for Class A and Class B stock, respectively, for total cash consideration of $4.3 million including fees. A total of 624,000 shares remain available for purchase under the plan as of January 31, 2012.

In fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, the Company did not make any stock repurchases.

9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Stock Plans Summary

On June 7, 2006, the shareholders approved the QAD Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Program (“2006 Program”). The 2006 Program replaced the QAD 1997 Stock Incentive Program (“1997 Program”). The 2006 Program allows for equity awards in the form of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, restricted shares, rights to purchase stock, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and other stock rights. In connection with the Recapitalization and pursuant to the terms of the 2006 Program, the maximum number of authorized shares of stock to be issued or granted as equity awards under the 2006 Program was proportionately reduced by 50% to account for the effective reverse stock split ratio, of which 80% consisted of Class A Common Stock and 20% consisted of Class B Common Stock. All references to the number of shares, stock options, restricted shares, stock appreciation rights and related per-share amounts of the Company’s common stock have been restated to reflect the effect of the Recapitalization for all periods presented.  The shareholders authorized a maximum of 4,150,000 shares to be issued under the 2006 Program, of which 3,320,000 are reserved for issuance as Class A Common Stock and 830,000 are reserved for issuance as Class B Common Stock.  As of January 31, 2012, 598,000 Class A Common Shares and 305,000 Class B Common Shares were available for issuance.

 
After the 2006 Program was adopted, the Company began issuing the majority of equity awards in the form of stock-settled SARs. A SAR is a contractual right to receive value tied to the post-grant appreciation of the underlying stock. Although the Company has the ability to grant stock-settled or cash-settled SARs, the Company has only granted stock-settled SARs. Upon vesting, a holder of a stock-settled SAR receives shares in the Company’s common stock equal to the intrinsic value of the SAR at time of exercise. Economically, a stock-settled SAR provides the same compensation value as a stock option, but the employee is not required to pay an exercise price upon exercise of the SAR. Stock compensation expense, as required under ASC 718, is the same for stock-settled SARs and stock options. The Company also issues restricted stock units (“RSUs”) beginning in fiscal 2008.

Under the 1997 Program and the 2006 Program, non-statutory stock options and SARs have generally been granted for a term of eight years, they generally vest 25% after each year of service for four years and are contingent upon employment with the Company on the vesting date. Since February 1, 2006, there have been no grants of non-statutory stock options. RSUs granted to employees under the 2006 Program are generally released 25% after each year of service for four years and are contingent upon employment with the Company on the release date. Under the 2006 Program and 1997 Program, non-statutory stock options, SARs and RSUs granted to non-employee directors generally vest over one to four years and are contingent upon providing services to the Company.  Stock based compensation is typically issued out of treasury shares.

Under both programs, officers, directors, employees, consultants and other independent contractors or agents of the Company or subsidiaries of the Company who are responsible for or contribute to the management, growth or profitability of its business are eligible for selection by the program administrators to participate. However, incentive stock options granted under the programs may only be granted to a person who is an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries.

Impact of Recapitalization

In connection with the Recapitalization, the Company's outstanding stock options, RSUs and SARs were adjusted to conform their terms to the Company's capital structure following implementation of the Recapitalization as follows: (i) each ten shares of stock covered by an outstanding option agreement, RSU or SAR agreement was converted, as nearly as possible, into equivalent rights to receive one share of Class B Common Stock and four shares of Class A Common Stock; and (ii) the exercise price per share of stock covered by an outstanding option agreement, RSU and SAR agreement shall be proportionately increased by 100% to account for the effective reverse stock split ratio of the Recapitalization. At January 31, 2012, outstanding under the 1997 Program, there were 340,000 non-statutory stock options to purchase Class A Common Stock and 85,000 non-statutory stock options to purchase Class B Common Stock. Effective with the adoption of the 2006 Program, no further awards were granted using the 1997 Program. At January 31, 2012, outstanding under the 2006 Program, there were 2,049,000 SARs to purchase Class A Common Stock and 397,000 SARs to purchase Class B Common Stock.  In addition, at January 31, 2012, outstanding under the 2006 Program, there were 364,000 RSUs of Class A Common Stock and 50,000 RSUs of Class B Common Stock.

Exchange Program

On August 12, 2009, the Company completed a one-time Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Right Exchange Program (the “Program”). Pursuant to the terms of the Program, eligible participants were able to exchange outstanding stock options and SARs granted under QAD’s 1997 and 2006 Stock Incentive Programs for a reduced number of new SARs. The stock options and SARs that were eligible for the Program had a per share exercise price above the fair market value of QAD common stock as of the first business day following the close of the exchange offer period. The eligible stock options and SARs were exchanged for a reduced number of SARs based on predefined exchange ratios. The new SARs were issued at a per share exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on August 13, 2009, the date of issuance.

Stock options and SARs to purchase 1,689,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were tendered and accepted in the exchange offer, which expired August 12, 2009. These surrendered equity awards represent 79% of the total shares subject to equity awards eligible for exchange in the exchange offer at the beginning of the offer period or 85% of the total shares subject to equity awards eligible for exchange in the exchange offer at the close of the offer period. The surrendered equity awards were cancelled as of August 13, 2009. In exchange for these surrendered equity awards, the Company issued 770,000 new SARs at an exercise price of $7.82 (“New SARs”). A total of 343,000 shares were returned to the pool of shares available for issuance. The Company did not incur any incremental stock-based compensation expense nor will it incur any incremental stock-based compensation expense in the future as a result of the Program.
 

The exchange ratios (the “Exchange Ratios”) under the Program were determined at the commencement of the exchange period. The Exchange Ratios were intended to result in the issuance of New SARs with a fair value approximately equal to the fair value of the eligible stock options and SARs surrendered. The Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model was used to determine the fair value of the eligible stock options and SARs and the New SARs for purposes of determining the Exchange Ratios. Because the closing price of the Company’s common stock increased over the course of the exchange period, the Exchange Ratios resulted in the issuance of New SARs with a fair value less than the fair value of the surrendered stock options and SARs. For purposes of the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, the expected life of the surrendered stock options and SARs was estimated to be the full remaining contractual term. The risk-free interest rate was based on the U.S. Treasury yield for a term consistent with the expected life. The volatility was based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock for a period equal to the expected life. The dividend rate was based on the assumption of paying quarterly dividends at the same historical rate.

Stock- Based Compensation

The following table sets forth reported stock compensation expense included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Stock-based compensation expense:
                 
Cost of maintenance, subscription and other revenue
  $ 221     $ 276     $ 217  
Cost of professional services
    526       664       589  
Sales and marketing
    813       1,076       829  
Research and development
    667       846       622  
General and administrative
    2,280       2,441       2,335  
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 4,507     $ 5,303     $ 4,592  

The Company presents any benefits of realized tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation expense as cash flow from financing activities in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. There were $33,000, $384,000 and zero excess tax benefits recorded for equity awards exercised in the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Option/SAR Information

The weighted average assumptions used to value SARs are shown in the following table.

   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010 (5)
 
Expected life in years (1)
    4.52       5.79       5.17  
Risk free interest rate (2)
    0.98 %     2.27 %     2.06 %
Volatility (3)
    67 %     61 %     66 %
Dividend rate (4)
    2.59 %     2.23 %     2.40 %
__________________________
(1)
The expected life of the New SARs was estimated to be the full remaining contractual term. Excluding the effect of the New SARs granted as a result of the Program, the weighted average expected life in years in fiscal 2010 was 4.78.

(2)
Excluding the effect of the New SARs granted as a result of the Program, the weighted average risk free rate in fiscal 2010 was 1.17%.

(3)
Excluding the effect of the New SARs granted as a result of the Program, the weighted average volatility in fiscal 2010 was 69%.

(4)
Excluding the effect of the New SARs granted as a result of the Program, the weighted average dividend rate in fiscal 2010 was 2.16%.

(5)
The valuation of the New SARs granted as a result of the Program is included in the calculations above.

 
The following table summarizes the activity for outstanding options and SARs for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:

   
 
 
Options/
SARs
(in thousands)
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price per
Share
    Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)        Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)   
Outstanding at January 31, 2009
    2,984     $ 15.98                  
Granted (1)
    1,293       8.52                  
Exercised
    (45 )     5.96                  
Expired
    (172 )     15.60                  
Forfeited
    (157 )     13.88                  
Cancelled (2)
    (1,689 )     16.30                  
Outstanding at January 31, 2010
    2,214     $ 11.76                  
Granted
    683       8.95                  
Exercised
    (88 )     6.44                  
Expired
    (58 )     10.42                  
Forfeited
    (98 )     8.93                  
Outstanding at January 31, 2011
    2,653     $ 11.33                  
Granted
    502       10.28                  
Exercised
    (164 )     8.08                  
Expired
    (46 )     14.28                  
Forfeited
    (74 )     9.26                  
Outstanding at January 31, 2012
    2,871     $ 11.34      
4.6
    $
854
 
Vested and expected to vest at January 31, 2012 (3)
    2,794     $ 11.39      
4.6
    $
7,780
 
Vested and exercisable at January 31, 2012
    1,519     $ 12.97      
3.0
    $
3,360
 
____________
(1)
As a result of the Program a total of 770,000 SARs were granted during the third quarter of fiscal 2010 with an exercise price of $7.82.

(2)
Options and SARs cancelled during the third quarter of fiscal 2010 as a part of the Program.

(3)
The expected-to-vest options and SARs are the result of applying the pre-vesting forfeiture rate assumptions to total outstanding options and SARs.

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value (the aggregate difference between the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock based on the last trading day as of January 31, 2012 and the exercise price for in-the-money stock options and SARs) that would have been received by the holders if all stock options and SARs had been exercised on January 31, 2012. The total intrinsic value of stock options or SARs exercised in the years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $0.5 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value per share of SARs granted in the years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $4.51, $4.10 and $5.42, respectively. Excluding the effect of the New SARs granted as a result of the Exchange Program, the weighted average grant date fair value per share of SARs granted in the year ended January 31, 2010 was $4.62.

The number of SARs exercised includes shares withheld on behalf of employees to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.  During the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company withheld 13,000 shares, 1,000 shares and zero shares  for payment of these taxes.  The value of the withheld shares for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $144,000, $10,000 and zero, respectively.

At January 31, 2012, there was approximately $5.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested SARs. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.6 years.

 
RSU Information

The following table summarizes the activity for RSUs for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:

   
 
 
 
RSUs
   
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
   
(in thousands)
       
Restricted stock at January 31, 2009
    374     $ 12.78  
Granted
    208       8.40  
Released (1)
    (102 )     13.30  
Forfeited
    (5 )     13.48  
Restricted stock at January 31, 2010
    475     $ 10.74  
Granted
    128       8.81  
Released (1)
    (165 )     11.37  
Forfeited
     (3 )     8.75  
Restricted stock at January 31, 2011
    435     $ 10.02  
Granted
    174       9.32  
Released (1)
    (178 )     11.02  
Forfeited
    (17 )     9.35  
Restricted stock at January 31, 2012
    414     $ 9.32  
____________
(1)
The number of RSUs released includes shares withheld on behalf of employees to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.  During the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company withheld 58,000 shares, 53,000 shares and 15,000 shares, respectively, for payment of these taxes.  The value of the withheld shares for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $0.6 million, $0.5 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

Total unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs was approximately $2.6 million as of January 31, 2012. This cost is expected to be recognized over a period of approximately 2.3 years.
 
 
10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company has a defined contribution 401(k) plan which is available to U.S. employees after 30 days of employment. Employees may contribute up to the maximum allowable by the Internal Revenue Code. The Company voluntarily matches 75% of the employees’ contributions up to the first four percent of the employee’s eligible contribution. In addition, the Company can make additional contributions at the discretion of the board of directors. Participants are immediately vested in their employee contributions. Employer contributions vest over a five-year period. The Company’s contributions for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $1.4 million, $1.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively.

Various QAD foreign subsidiaries also contribute to what can be considered defined contribution pension plans. Employer contributions in these plans are generally based on employee salary and range from 3% to 22%. These plans are funded at various times throughout the year according to plan provisions, with aggregate employer contributions of $3.8 million, $3.3 million and $3.5 million during fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Lease Obligations

The Company leases certain office facilities, office equipment and automobiles under operating lease agreements. The leases generally provide that QAD pays taxes, insurance and maintenance expenses related to the leased assets. Total rent expense for fiscal years 2012, 2011and 2010 was $6.5 million, $7.1 million and $7.5 million, respectively. Future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable operating lease commitments with terms of more than one year as of January 31, 2012 are as follows (in millions):

2013
  $ 6.0  
2014
    4.4  
2015
    3.1  
2016
    1.9  
2017
    1.6  
Thereafter
    2.9  
    $ 19.9  

Indemnifications

The Company sells software licenses and services to its customers under written agreements. Each agreement contains the relevant terms of the contractual arrangement with the customer, and generally includes certain provisions for indemnifying the customer against losses, expenses and liabilities from damages that may be awarded against the customer in the event the Company’s software is found to infringe upon certain intellectual property rights of a third party. The agreements generally limit the scope of and remedies for such indemnification obligations in a variety of industry-standard respects.

The Company believes its internal development processes and other policies and practices limit its exposure related to the indemnification provisions of the agreements. For several reasons, including the lack of prior indemnification claims and the lack of a monetary liability limit for certain infringement cases under the agreements, the Company cannot determine the maximum amount of potential future payments, if any, related to such indemnification provisions.

Legal Actions

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
 

12. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company markets its products and services worldwide, primarily to companies in the manufacturing industry, including automotive, industrial, high technology, food and beverage, consumer products and life sciences. The Company sells and licenses its products through its direct sales force in four geographic regions: North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America and through distributors where third parties can extend sales reach more effectively or efficiently. The North America region includes the United States and Canada. The EMEA region includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Asia Pacific region includes Asia and Australia. The Latin America region includes South America, Central America and Mexico. The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer, reviews the consolidated results within one operating segment.

License and subscription revenues are assigned to the geographic regions based on the proportion of commissions earned by each region. Maintenance revenue is allocated to the region where the end user customer is located. Services revenue is assigned based on the region where the services are performed.

Capital expenditures and property and equipment, net are assigned by geographic region based on the location of each legal entity.

   
Years Ended January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Revenue:
                 
North America (1)
  $ 103,272     $ 93,145     $ 92,597  
EMEA
    75,965       66,646       67,847  
Asia Pacific
    47,707       44,475       40,248  
Latin America
    20,314       15,746       14,539  
    $ 247,258     $ 220,012     $ 215,231  
                         
Capital expenditures:
                       
North America
  $ 1,724     $ 873     $ 441  
EMEA
    935       216       254  
Asia Pacific
    1,004       309       262  
Latin America
    118       34       6  
    $ 3,781     $ 1,432     $  963  

   
January 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Property and equipment, net:
           
North America
  $ 27,854     $ 28,943  
EMEA
    3,904       3,835  
Asia Pacific
    1,146       785  
Latin America
    235       232  
    $ 33,139     $ 33,795  
____________
(1)
Sales into Canada accounted for 3% of North America total revenue in fiscal 2012 and 4% of North America total revenue in fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 
13. QUARTERLY INFORMATION (Unaudited)
 
   
Quarter Ended
 
   
April 30
   
July 31
   
Oct. 31
   
Jan. 31
 
   
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
Fiscal 2012
                       
Total revenue
  $ 59,403     $ 61,957     $ 60,733     $ 65,165  
Total costs and expenses
    56,779       57,310       56,435       58,842  
Gross margin
    33,309       35,145       34,578       38,887  
Operating  income
    2,624       4,647       4,298       6,323  
Net income
    1,020       3,070       3,010       3,684  
Basic net income per share
                               
Class A
  $ 0.07     $ 0.20     $ 0.19     $ 0.24  
Class B
    0.06       0.16       0.16       0.20  
Diluted net income per share
                               
Class A
    0.06       0.19       0.19       0.23  
Class B
    0.05       0.16       0.15       0.19  
Fiscal 2011
                               
Total revenue
  $ 50,841     $ 51,305     $ 55,409     $ 62,457  
Total costs and expenses
    52,926       50,217       51,565       58,713  
Gross margin
    28,189       29,817       32,488       35,570  
Operating (loss) income
    (2,085 )     1,088       3,844       3,744  
Net (loss) income
    (1,220 )     315       1,673       1,943  
Basic net (loss) income per share
                               
Class A
  $ (0.08 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.11     $ 0.13  
Class B
    (0.07 )     0.02       0.09       0.11  
Diluted net (loss) income per share
                               
Class A
    (0.08 )     0.02       0.10       0.12  
Class B
    (0.07 )     0.02       0.09       0.10  


  SCHEDULE II

SCHEDULE OF VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

(in thousands)

   
 
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
   
Charged
(Credited) to
Statements of
Income
   
 
Write-Offs
Net of,
Recoveries
   
Impact of
Foreign
Currency
Translation
   
 
Balance at
End of
Period
 
Year ended January 31, 2010
                             
Allowance for bad debt
    1,305       1,413       (1,123 )     62       1,657  
Allowance for sales returns
    2,268       612       (1,164 )     69       1,785  
Total allowance for doubtful accounts
  $ 3,573     $  2,025     $ (2,287 )   $  131     $ 3,442  
Year ended January 31, 2011
                                       
Allowance for bad debt
    1,657       (186 )     (328 )     22       1,165  
Allowance for sales returns
    1,785       654       (968 )     25       1,496  
Total allowance for doubtful accounts
  $ 3,442     $ 468     $ (1,296 )   $  47     $ 2,661  
Year ended January 31, 2012
                                       
Allowance for bad debt
    1,165       171       (32 )     (21 )     1,283  
Allowance for sales returns
    1,496       989       (1,303 )     2       1,184  
Total allowance for doubtful accounts
  $ 2,661     $  1,160     $ (1,335 )   $ (19 )   $ 2,467  

See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.
 
 

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, on April 4, 2012.
 
 
QAD Inc.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Daniel Lender
 
   
Daniel Lender
 
   
Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature                                              
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Pamela M. Lopker                                              
 
Chairman of the Board, President
 
April 4, 2012
Pamela M. Lopker        
         
/s/ Karl F. Lopker                                              
 
Director, Chief Executive Officer
 
April 4, 2012
Karl F. Lopker   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Daniel Lender                                              
 
Executive Vice President,
 
April 4, 2012
Daniel Lender   Chief Financial Officer    
    (Principal Financial Officer)    
         
/s/ Kara Bellamy                                              
 
Sr. Vice President, Corporate Controller
 
April 4, 2012
Kara Bellamy   (Chief Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Scott Adelson                                              
 
Director
 
April 4, 2012
Scott Adelson        
         
/s/ Peter R. van Cuylenburg 
 
Director
 
April 4, 2012
Peter R. van Cuylenburg        
         
/s/ Tom O’Malia                                              
 
Director
 
April 4, 2012
Tom O’Malia        
         
/s/ Lee Roberts                                              
 
Director
 
April 4, 2012
Lee Roberts        

 
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
 
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
 
EXHIBIT TITLE
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 15, 2010 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011)
     
3.2
 
Revised Bylaws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011)
     
4.1
 
Specimen Class A and Class B Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011)
     
10.1
 
QAD Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Program (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333- 28441))
     
10.1(a)
 
Forms of Agreement for QAD Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Program (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1(a) of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009)
     
10.2
 
QAD Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Program (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-137417))
     
10.2(a)
 
Forms of Agreement for QAD Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Program (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(a) of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009)
     
10.3
 
Form of Indemnification Agreement with Directors and Executive Officers (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333- 28441))†
     
10.4
 
Executive Termination Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2011)†
     
10.5
 
Change in Control Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2011)†
     
10.5(a)
 
Change in Control Agreement for Karl Lopker (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009)†
     
10.5(b)
 
Change in Control Agreement for Pam Lopker (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009)†
     
10.5(c)
 
Change in Control Agreement for Daniel Lender (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(a) of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009)†
     
10.5(d)
 
Change in Control Agreement for Gordon Fleming (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010)†
     
10.6
 
Offer letter between the Registrant and Daniel Lender dated October 10, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.72 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2008)†
     
10.7
 
Acknowledgement between the Registrant and Daniel Lender dated October 10, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2011)†
     
10.8
 
Promissory Note between the Registrant and Mid-State Bank & Trust effective as of July 28, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2004)
     
10.9
 
Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Bank of America, N.A. effective as of April 10, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.71 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008) (superseded by Exhibit 10.10)
     
10.9(a)
 
Amendment and Waiver to the Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Bank of America, N.A. effective as of April 10, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9(a) of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009) (superseded by Exhibit 10.10)
     
10.9(b)
 
Second Amendment to Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Bank of America, N.A. effective as of April 11, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9(b) of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011) (superseded by Exhibit 10.10)
     
10.9(c)
 
Third Amendment to Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Bank of America, N.A. effective as of June 9, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2011) (superseded by Exhibit 10.10)
     
10.10
 
Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Rabobank, N.A. effective as of July 8, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on July 14, 2011)
     
10.10(a)
 
Promissory Note between the Registrant and Rabobank, N.A. effective as of July 8, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on July 14, 2011)
 
 
10.10(b)
 
Disbursement Request and Authorization between the Registrant and Rabobank, N.A. effective as of July 8, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on July 14, 2011)
     
 
Subsidiaries of the Registrant*
     
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*
     
 
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
     
 
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
     
 
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
     
 
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
     
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
____________

(*)
Indicates the document is filed herewith.

(†)
Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit.
 

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