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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1

(MARK ONE)  

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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 December 31, 2002

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

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                             TO                              

Commission file number 000-26453


COMMERCE ONE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  94-3392885
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

4440 Rosewood Drive
Pleasanton, CA 94588
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)

(925) 520-6000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value (title of class)

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

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

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

        The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2002 was $86,865,000 based upon the last sales price reported for such date on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market. For purposes of this disclosure, shares of Common Stock held by persons who hold more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and shares held by officers and directors of the registrant, have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination is not necessarily conclusive.

        As of March 3, 2002, there were 29,276,716 shares of the registrant's Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

        The registrant has incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K portions of its proxy statement for the registrant's Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 28, 2003.




EXPLANATORY NOTE

        This Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 is being filed in order to improve our disclosures generally and to provide additional disclosures relating to our revenues and expense and restructuring activities. This Form 10-K/A does not attempt to modify or update any other disclosures set forth in the original filing, except as required to reflect the changes noted above. Additionally, this Form 10-K/A does not purport to provide a general update or discussion of any other developments at the Company subsequent to the original filing. The filing of this Form 10-K/A shall not be deemed an admission that the original filing, when made, included any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make a statement not misleading.



COMMERCE ONE, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

INDEX

Part I.        
Item 1.   Description of Business   3
Item 2.   Description of Property   21
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings   21
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   23
Part II.        
Item 5.   Market for the Registrant's Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters   23
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data   24
Item 7.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   26
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risks   49
Item 8.   Consolidated Financial Statements   51
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure   88
Part III.        
Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant   89
Item 11.   Executive Compensation   89
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters   89
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions   89
Item 14   Controls and Procedures   89
Part IV.        
Item 15   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K   90
Signatures       94
Exhibit Index       96

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PART I

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: the anticipated leadership of Commerce One as a provider of web services solutions; management's belief that our available cash resources will be sufficient to finance our expected operating losses and working capital requirements through the 2003 calendar year; the expected decrease in cash expenditures as a result of, among other things, our expense reduction efforts; our ability to reduce expenses adequately to allow us to have sufficient cash to finance our expected operating losses and working capital requirements through the 2003 calendar year; the expected growth of our business and related matters; the development and expected growth of a market for the Commerce One Conductor™ platform and other new products and solutions; the benefits of our product offering, including but not limited to statements regarding the ability of our products to provide efficiencies and cost savings associated with automating business processes; the ability of our Commerce One Conductor platform to integrate effectively with third party software applications; our ability to compete favorably with our competitors; the necessity of investing in product development for future success; the expectation that product development, sales, marketing, and administrative expenses will decrease in future periods; the potential benefits and/or gains associated with our restructuring efforts and divestitures; the potential benefits associated with outsourcing certain development work related to our products; the expected outcome of certain litigation and other disputes, including without limitation those related to our real estate obligations; the extent and timing of our expected restructuring charges; the expected impact of various accounting rules and pronouncements; whether we file additional patent applications; and the effect of interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate and equity price fluctuations. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" and similar words and phrases as they relate to Commerce One also identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Commerce One and are not guarantees of future performance. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors described in this Form 10-K, including those under the heading "Risk Factors." Commerce One expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in expectations, or any change in events or circumstances on which those statements are based, unless otherwise required by law.

        Commerce One, Inc., together with Commerce One Operations, Inc and their wholly-owed subsidiaries, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as "the Registrant," "the Company," "Commerce One," "we" and "us."


ITEM 1.    DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

OVERVIEW

        Commerce One is a technology company that specializes in software and services that allow companies to conduct business more efficiently through business process automation and web service solutions. The goal of our technology, products, and services is to make business processes and interactions more efficient and to automate business functions. From its inception, Commerce One has focused on providing advanced technologies that help global businesses collaborate with their partners, customers and suppliers over the internet.

        Commerce One's newest product offerings—the Commerce One Conductor™ platform, supporting set of packaged Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) applications, and planned Composite Process Templates—represent our next generation of collaborative solutions designed to help our customers optimize their technology investments and improve the functionality of their existing software applications.

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        Our worldwide headquarters are located at 4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588. We can be reached at 925.520.6000 and info@commerceone.com.

Commerce One Vision

        Using standards-based technology, our goal is to develop and deliver software and services that allow companies to conduct business more efficiently and enable smooth transactions between trading partners. From our inception, we have strived to make business processes more efficient, less expensive, and, ultimately, more profitable through automation.

Commerce One Conductor Platform

        The premise of our new Commerce One Conductor platform is to reduce the technological limitations on business processes. Many companies currently build entire business processes around the capabilities or limitations of their existing software applications. The Commerce One Conductor platform is designed instead to allow software applications to conform to optimal business practices. The Commerce One Conductor platform and supporting suite of SRM applications allow businesses to automate their business processes more broadly, and to tailor new capabilities to their needs more quickly, than other technologies previously have allowed.

        We believe that one of the largest costs in business today, and one of the greatest opportunities for savings, is the connection, composition and creation of relationships between unlinked or poorly linked internal and external software systems. As business networks expand, the complexity of the systems and applications that must work together expands even more rapidly. For many companies, without an infrastructure to manage and automate the connectivity between disparate software components, the effort required to maintain these connections places a tremendous and costly strain on available information technology resources. The Commerce One Conductor platform is designed to enable businesses to effectively connect, compose and collaborate business processes between disparate internal and external applications, systems and enterprises. The platform has broad applicability in a wide variety of industries. Examples of business functions that could be automated using the Commerce One Conductor platform include procurement and supplier sourcing functions, spend analysis and payment and supply chain processes across industries such as automotive, manufacturing, health care and consumer goods. Some specific examples of business functions include the following:

    Demand management: The creation of a process to quickly collect information about inventory needs from a variety of data sources within a manufacturer (such as manual purchase requisitions and various internal software applications) and locate suppliers for such needs, reducing time and minimizing costs;

    Invoice Management: The integration of disparate procurement applications to create a process to provide consistent matching of purchase orders, invoices and receipts for payment authorization within an enterprise, eliminating duplication and reducing overall costs;

    Contract Compliance Management: The aggregation of supplier contract data from disparate software systems within an enterprise, allowing better compliance with pricing and other supplier terms and reducing overall procurement expenses.

        The Commerce One Conductor platform is comprised of the following key elements:

    Conductor Registry™—The Conductor Registry solution stores all of the components that can be used to create applications. These are stored as services that can be used in any combination. The Registry further maintains connectivity relationships, transformation maps, and security requirements.

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    Collaborative Interoperability Engine™ (CIE)—The software-based CIE determines the flow of messaging in and out of the Registry. The Interoperability Engine is a pure services-oriented integration structure, designed to allow virtually any application functionality or protocol to be configured to respond to any variety of services standard.

    Conductor Process Manager™ (CPM)—The CPM contains a run-time engine which orchestrates the processes and functions of applications that run on the Commerce One Conductor platform.

    Graphical Process Builder™ (GPB)—The GPB allows a user to visually construct composite applications from the resources listed and defined in the Registry. Processes can be reused or combined to create new functionality or to leverage different registry resources.

    Design Center™—The Design Center feature provides tools required to extend and manipulate Conductor applications, including the Graphical Process Builder, UI components, Common Object Framework, and XML tools.

    Systems Management—The Systems Management component handles end-to-end message tracking, component monitoring, topology management, installation, configuration, and initial data loading for participating services.

Commerce One Composite Processes

        The Commerce One Conductor platform enables its users to build new functionality from their existing resources and to construct new applications on an as-needed basis. We are developing a series of composite processes for specific industries to complement the Commerce One Conductor platform. These will be designed as software-based processes to allow automation of certain functions common to industry groups.

Commerce One Supplier Resource Management (SRM) Applications

        Commerce One SRM applications, consisting of our Commerce One Buy™ and Commerce One Source™ suites, give procurement organizations visibility and control over enterprise sourcing and procurement processes. They are designed to reduce cycle times, lower transaction costs, and achieve optimal prices for a wide variety of goods and services.

        By working in combination with the Commerce One Conductor platform, these core SRM applications can connect to disparate external systems and draw on existing information technology resources to meet new and existing business needs. The SRM suites include the following applications:

    Sourcing—supports management of requests for proposals and bids from suppliers, negotiations, supplier performance management and activity reports.

    Auction—allows forward and reverse auctions for buying and selling goods and services.

    Contract Management—provides tools for creation, review, negotiation, award and management

    Supplier Self Service—provides order information, product availability, confirmations, notices and payments.

    Contract Labor—tracks usage and expenses on contractors.

    Trading Partner Connectivity—links enterprise applications and trading partners.

    Procurement—Enables enterprises to purchase goods from electronic marketplaces.

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Xpress Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Solutions

        The Commerce One Xpress™ solutions are an integrated suite of implementation tools, training, and business process consulting services that help CPG companies quickly gain entry into the UCCnet GLOBALregistry™ (a not-for-profit organization that provides item registry and data synchronization based on industry-developed standards). Combining content management and syndication applications with training and focused business planning services, Xpress solutions address immediate UCCnet integration needs and provide a platform for full data syndication to marketplaces, electronic procurement, or supplier applications. Through the Xpress Messenger™ and Xpress Conveyor™ modular solutions, the Xpress suite allows an enterprise to manage the processes necessary for full participation in UCCnet.

COMMERCE ONE GLOBAL SERVICES

        Commerce One Global Services provides comprehensive design, planning, analysis, systems integration, implementation, technical support, and operations services to help deliver Commerce One solutions to global organizations. Commerce One Global Services has been integral in deploying the beta form of the Commerce One Conductor platform with certain customers (our "early adopter" customers) to help them automate critical business processes across their enterprises, as well as deploying, implementing and integrating Commerce One's sourcing, procurement and auction applications for our customers. Commerce One Global Services also provides consulting services to help UCCnet build the UCCnet GLOBALregistryTM. These technical consulting resources work with UCCnet to build the item registry and data synchronization to connect retailers and consumer product goods manufacturers. In addition to these deployment services, Commerce One also offers training, known as "Knowledge Services," which leads the development and deployment of technical, functional and end-user education for Commerce One customers and partners. In addition, the Knowledge Services group provides learning solutions on Commerce One products to internal audiences. This training provides the knowledge and tools needed for the implementation and deployment of Commerce One products.

GLOBAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT

        Our technical support group provides day-to-day maintenance and support programs to help our customers and partners identify, manage and resolve their issues. Using on-line access, call tracking and knowledge management systems, technical support provides a comprehensive range of services. We currently have technical support offices located in the USA, France and Japan.

STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS

        We have entered into several strategic relationships that are integral to developing our products. These strategic relationships involve mostly license agreements with third party software vendors from whom we license software that is included in our products. The continued establishment of strategic relationships is a fundamental piece of our strategy as we evolve our products and services and enter new markets, and the continuation of our existing relationships is critical to our ability to continue to deliver our products and services in a cost-effective manner. We view these arrangements as "strategic" due to the nature of the technology involved and/or because such agreements may include terms related to joint marketing efforts. We have strategic development and/or marketing relationships with various technology companies including Contivo, Inc., Actional Corporation, Cognos, jCatalog Software AG, and UCCNet. In addition to these relationships, we continue minor co-development work of joint solutions with SAP AG, and we market those joint solutions primarily to the electronic marketplace sector.

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

        Commerce One continues to invest in researching and developing new products and services. During the year ended December 31, 2002, Commerce One incurred total product development expenses of approximately $76.9 million. Product-development expenses were approximately $118.2 million for 2001 and $102.7 million for 2000. Our product-development team employs the latest software design principles to guide the development of our products. Our methodology allows us to exploit the capabilities of the Java programming language and the J2EE standards to build reusable components and designs. Our design principles and development practices help reduce the risks inherent in developing complex systems, and help us design our solutions to meet the needs of our customers and trading partners.

        Key strategic areas in product development in 2002 focused on:

    The development of our web services-based platform, Commerce One Conductor, which was released for general availability in March 2003.

    The development and release of the first version of our Commerce One Source suite, which includes the Sourcing, Contract Management and Auction products.

    The expansion of our Commerce One Buy suite, which included updated releases of the Procurement, Contract Labor, Supplier Order Management and xCBL Mailbox products.

    The integration of Commerce One Buy and Source, resulting in the SRM 5.0 suite release.

        In January of 2003, we entered into a relationship with Satyam Computer Services Limited ("Satyam") whereby we outsource to Satyam certain development work relating to some of our enterprise applications. Satyam plans to perform much of this development work in India. This relationship is designed to allow us to continue to maintain our enterprise applications while reducing our operating expenses through headcount reductions. If necessary, we believe that we could find replacement outsourcing capabilities should our relationship with Satyam be terminated.

        During 2003, we plan to continue our focus on our Commerce One Conductor platform product and continued support for industry standards and the adoption of xCBL™ technology, our open library of business documents.

SALES AND MARKETING

        We market and sell our products and services to organizations primarily through direct sales forces, which generate substantially all of our license revenues. As of December 31, 2002, we had 149 employees in our sales and marketing departments. Our sales offices are located in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan. Because our products and services touch upon multiple departments within an organization, our sales efforts are directed at multiple decision makers, frequently including the chief financial officer, chief information officer, chief technology officer, chief procurement officer and the vice presidents of lines of business. Our customer base at December 31, 2002 was comprised of international Fortune 1000 companies, as well as electronic marketplace exchange operators. We target our sales efforts at large enterprise companies and their suppliers and have initiated vertical sales strategies targeted at the consumer products goods, retail, manufacturing, automotive, and financial services sectors.

        Our indirect sales force consists of resellers and distributors, primarily in international locations. We also have a royalty-sharing relationship with SAP AG for the sale of our joint solutions targeted at electronic commerce marketplace. In addition, we have agreements with some third party integrators, which require us to pay referral fees to those integrators for their sale of our products and services. Thus far, we have not generated substantial revenues from such referral arrangements.

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        Our marketing activities include seminar programs, trade shows, web-site programs, public relation events and direct mailings. We are also engaged in an on-going effort to maintain relationships with key industry analysts.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

        Our future success depends in part on our proprietary rights and technology. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements and other methods to protect our proprietary rights. To date, we own three U.S. patents and we have approximately 64 patent applications pending in the U.S. We also pursue patents internationally. Two of our issued U.S. patents generally relate to electronic commerce transactions involving the receipt of data and storing of specifications for the input and output of documents electronically. These patents are effective until 2020 and 2021. The third patent relates generally to a computer system to compile source code and is effective until 2019.

        We have fourteen trademark registrations in the United States. Our registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks include: Commerce One, Powering the Business Internet, Commerce One 6.0, Commerce One Conductor, Many Markets. One Source, Commerce One Source, Commerce One 5.0, Commerce One Buy, Commerce One Buy ASP Edition, Commerce One Collaborative Platform, Commerce One Xpress, Commerce One Xpress Start, Commerce One Xpress Conveyor, Community Manager, Process Manager, Web Services Framework, Transaction Manager, Business Intelligence Framework, XML Common Business Library, Global Trading Web, GTW, Commerce One.net, xCBL MailBox, MarketSite, eLink, Net Market Maker, XML Development Kit, xDK, XML Commerce Connector, xCC, BuySite, xCBL, RoundTrip, Commerce Chain, and SupplyOrder. Enterprise Buyer and MarketSet are trademarks of Commerce One and SAP AG. We also pursue trademark registrations internationally.

        It may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy certain portions of our products or reverse engineer or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, we occasionally license the use of source code to certain of our applications to customers under limited conditions. While our agreements with these customers contain various provisions designed to protect our intellectual property rights in such code, such access to source code subjects us further to risks of potential infringement. In addition, some of our agreements with our customers and development partners contain residual clauses regarding confidentiality. These provisions may curtail our ability to limit access to our intellectual property rights in the future. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States.

        We license and will continue to license certain products integral to our products and services from third parties, including products which are integrated with our software code and used with our products to provide key functionality. We substantially rely upon our license agreements with WebGain, Progress Software Corporation and Baltimore Technologies Ltd. for intellectual property that is incorporated into our software products. While we believe these agreements are on commercially reasonable terms today, we cannot be assured that these third party product licenses will continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms or that we will be able to successfully integrate such third party products into our solutions. Such product licenses may expose us to increased risks, including risks associated with the assimilation of new products, claims of infringement resulting from the use of such third party products, the diversion of resources from the development of our products, the inability to generate revenues from new products sufficient to offset associated acquisition costs, and the maintenance of uniform, appealing products. The inability to maintain any of these licenses could result in delays in development or services until equivalent products can be identified, licensed and integrated. Any such delays could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

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COMPETITION

        Our industry remains intensely competitive and is changing rapidly. Our primary source of competition comes from independent vendors of web-services based software solutions, as well as vendors of procurement, sourcing and related software applications and services. We also face indirect competition from the internal development efforts of existing and potential customers. Our current and potential competitors include, without limitation:

    Current B2B enterprise software vendors (i2 Technologies, Ariba, Inc., BroadVision, Inc.), which offer software applications to automate specific business processes. Many of these companies have announced that they have developed or will develop more connectivity features to allow cross-enterprise business processes;

    Enterprise Applications Integrators (EAI), such as Vitria Technology, Inc., Tibco Software, Inc., and SeeBeyond Technology Corporation, along with Applications Servers such as IBM/webShare, webMethods, Inc., and BEA Systems, Inc. These companies link systems using adapters and/or structured rules and are often used by companies looking to integrate internal systems and, in some cases, external systems.

    Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors, such as PeopleSoft, Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corporation, and Microsoft Corporation.

        In addition, several industry analysts are promoting composite applications as a key technology trend. As a result, several major vendors have begun promoting wide varieties of composite applications capabilities.

        Commerce One will face competition from the above vendors, some of which have significantly greater resources, to establish itself in the web services and composite applications market and will need to overcome customers' reluctance to adopt new technology.

        We believe that the principal competitive factors for web services and composite applications solutions are breadth and scope of solution, ease of interoperability with new and existing information technology systems, ease-of-implementation, and total cost of ownership. We believe we compete favorably with our competitors in these areas.

EMPLOYEES

        As of December 31, 2002, we had 779 full-time employees, 302 of whom were engaged in product development, 149 in sales and marketing, 234 in professional services and 94 in general administration. In addition, in January 2003, we announced and implemented a subsequent restructuring that is planned to reduce our total number of employees to approximately 350 by March 31, 2003. Our future success depends, in part, on our continuing ability to attract, train and retain highly qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to recruit and retain sufficient qualified personnel. None of our employees are represented by a labor union, and we are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements. We have not experienced any work stoppages and consider our relations with our employees to be good.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

        Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available on the Securities Exchange Commission website (http://www.sec.gov), at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549, or by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

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RISK FACTORS

        If we are not able to raise additional capital, our revenues do not meet our expectations or we encounter unanticipated expenses, our cash position may not be sufficient to sustain our business operations through the 2003 calendar year

        As of December 31, 2002, we had approximately $112.9 million in cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments. Of this amount, $77.3 million represents unrestricted cash and short-term investments that we can use to fund operations. Because our business operations currently use more cash than is generated, the cash used each quarter substantially reduces the cash available to fund our continuing operations and future capital requirements. During the quarter ended March 31, 2003, we expect to utilize approximately $39 million of our cash reserves. We expect that our cash outflows will decrease thereafter as a result of our reductions in force and our continuing expense reduction efforts. However, if our revenues (particularly our license revenues pertaining to our new Commerce One Conductor platform product) do not meet our expectations, we will be required to adequately reduce our operating expenses or obtain additional financing in order to have sufficient cash to sustain our business through the 2003 calendar year.

        A significant portion of our long-term liabilities consists of real estate lease obligations, many of which we acquired in conjunction with our acquisitions of other companies, which utilize a significant portion of our cash reserves. Much of the office space we now have under lease is no longer needed for our current operations. This remaining unoccupied space is located in areas where the real estate market has been severely weakened, and the space was leased at rates significantly higher than the current real estate market in those locations will support. We have been unsuccessful in subleasing much of this remaining unoccupied space. If we are unable to renegotiate and/or settle our existing lease obligations on favorable terms, our cash position will be severely weakened. In addition, we may face cash outlays as a result of settlement or resolution of real estate obligations that are larger than expected or significantly higher than the rent obligation for a particular period, and which will negatively impact our cash position.

        In addition, the current unfavorable market for equity or debt financing makes it increasingly difficult to raise additional funding, and our ability to secure additional funding may largely depend on our ability to renegotiate our real estate lease obligations. If our revenues do not meet our expectations, we are unable to obtain additional financing, or we encounter expenses or cash outlays that are larger than expected, our remaining cash reserves may not be sufficient to sustain our business operations through the 2003 calendar year. If we do not have sufficient cash to fund our current operations, we may need to explore other alternatives such as further restructuring the business, reducing or discontinuing operations, or filing for bankruptcy protection.

If we are unable to resolve pending and potential real estate litigation on favorable terms, our cash position, and our ability to fund continuing operations, will be severely harmed.

        We currently have contractual commitments to lease approximately 430,000 square feet of office space in North America, of which 60,000 square feet has been subleased. Approximately 143,000 square feet of this leased space is unoccupied and is no longer needed for our current operations. This remaining unoccupied space is located in areas where the real estate market has been severely weakened, and the space was leased at rates significantly higher than the current real estate market in those locations will support. We have been unsuccessful in subleasing much of this remaining unoccupied space. We have stopped paying rent in a number of these locations and are now engaged in litigation with several landlords. See "Pending Litigation." We are presently engaged in discussions with those landlords in an effort to reach amicable settlements, and we are also seeking to reach agreements with other landlords before they file legal claims. In the event these discussions prove unsuccessful, in

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whole or in part, we will likely face legal claims from each of the landlords with whom we have failed to reach agreement.

        As of December 31, 2002, our aggregate real estate obligations through March 2011 were approximately $102 million. These lease obligations are held by a relatively small number of landlords. If some or all of these landlords obtain adverse judgments against the Company through litigation, our cash position, and our ability to fund ongoing operations, will be severely harmed. An adverse judgment could have a material adverse effect on our cash position and our ability to fund our operations. In such event, we may need to explore other alternatives such as further restructuring the business, reducing or discontinuing operations, or filing for bankruptcy protection.

We have a limited operating history and a history of losses.

        We incurred net losses of $589.8 million, $2,584.1 million, and $344.9 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. We will need to generate significant additional revenues to avoid losses in the future. If we do not decrease our losses in the future, our business may suffer in a number of ways, including increased difficulties in obtaining additional capital, selling our products and services (since nearly all customers require future support) and funding our continued operations.

Our continued viability largely depends upon the success of our new Commerce One Conductor platform, which is untested in the marketplace.

        As our business model has moved toward enterprise software solutions (i.e., sales to companies for their own internal use) and away from our historical focus on electronic marketplaces, we have developed a new composite application platform, called Commerce One Conductor. The Commerce One Conductor platform was released for general availability in March of 2003. The Commerce One Conductor platform and related solutions are the primary focus of Commerce One's development and sales efforts, and our continued viability as a company depends upon our ability to release and deliver the products in a timely fashion and to establish a market for this relatively new category of products. Given the ongoing downturn in enterprise technology spending, the complexity and youth of our new technology, and the intense competition among enterprise software providers, our ability to generate a significant and sustainable market demand for our new solutions is uncertain. During the 2002 fiscal year, revenues from sales of the Company's earlier generation of enterprise software applications, Commerce One 5.0, represented a relatively small percentage of our license revenues and we have continued to experience long sales cycles. If we do not sell a significant number of our new Commerce One Conductor platform, our revenues, and hence our business, will be significantly harmed.

        In addition, we depend on strategic relationships with certain technology providers for important functionality in our Commerce One Conductor platform. Some of these technology providers are relatively new and have limited operating histories.    While our agreements with these providers contain various provisions protecting Commerce One's interests, there can be no guarantee that this technology will remain available to us on reasonable terms, if at all, in the long term. If we cannot maintain these relationships on reasonable terms, it may be difficult or costly to replace such technology and our revenues, and hence our business, may be harmed.

The current downturn in general economic conditions and current global conflict may decrease our revenues.

        The current downturn and uncertainty in global economic and market conditions have decreased and may continue to decrease demand for our products and services. If the current economic downturn continues or worsens, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be seriously harmed. In addition, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the subsequent U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and potential future related events may adversely affect our

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business. Primarily as a result of economic conditions, spending on enterprise software has been dramatically reduced across industries. As a result, we have experienced decreased demand and may continue to experience decreased demand for our products and services. In addition, the economic downturn has made it increasingly difficult for companies, in particular technology companies, to raise capital. If general economic conditions do not improve, we may not be able sufficiently increase revenues or raise capital to continue operations, regardless of our operating expense reductions and the introduction of new products.

Delays in development and delivery schedules of Commerce One solutions or products may result in delay or loss of revenue.

        Delays in the development and delivery of Commerce One products and solutions may result in customer dissatisfaction and delay, or loss of product revenues. We cannot be certain of our ability to deliver our products and solutions in a timely manner or to continue shipping them. Delays may result from a number of factors, including extended product-development cycles and product defects. In addition, products as complex as ours often contain unknown and undetected errors or performance problems. These defects are frequently found during the period immediately following the introduction and initial shipment of new products or enhancements to existing products. Although we attempt to resolve all errors that we believe would be considered serious by our customers before shipment to them, our products are not error-free. These errors or performance problems could result in lost revenues or delays in customer acceptance and would be detrimental to our business and reputation. For example, we recently released our new Commerce One Conductor™ platform for general availability in March 2003. If we are unable, for technological or other reasons, to deliver new products or enhancements of existing products in a timely manner, or if new products such as our Commerce One Conductor platform or new versions of existing products do not achieve customer acceptance or are subject to errors or performance problems, our business would be seriously harmed.

We expect little or no future revenues from our relationship with SAP. If we do not significantly increase our revenue from new and other existing customers, our operating results will be significantly harmed in the future.

        In 2000, we entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SAP to jointly develop, market and sell e-commerce software products. A substantial portion of our license revenues in 2000, 2001 and 2002 were derived from this relationship, but such revenues have decreased significantly as our relationship has changed over time. In 2002, $19.7 million of our $28.6 million in license revenues and $6.5 million of our $76.9 million in service revenues came from SAP. In addition, SAP played an important role in selling our products to SAP's relatively large installed customer base. As a result of changes in our relationship with SAP, and changes in the marketplace, we do not expect to receive significant revenues, if any, from SAP in 2003 or thereafter. We cannot assure you that we will receive any other benefits from our relationship with SAP in the future or that our commercial relationship with SAP AG will continue in the future. If we do not increase our revenue from new and other existing customers, our operating results will be significantly harmed in 2003 and the future.

Our revenues are volatile and difficult to predict.

        Our revenues and operating results are difficult to forecast and may fluctuate substantially from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, including the following:

    we expect that most of our license revenues will be derived from the sale of new and unproven products and as a result, the demand for and the price that customers are willing to pay for such products and related services are difficult to predict;

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    our sales cycle is relatively long, sometimes six months or longer, and may result from delays associated with our customers' budgeting and approval process that are difficult to predict;

    customers may unexpectedly postpone or cancel purchases of our products and services;

    a significant portion of our revenues has in the past been derived from a small number of license sales that typically are completed during the last few weeks of the quarter;

    the size of licensing transactions can vary significantly; and

    we have a limited operating history from which to predict our revenues and operating expenses.

        If our revenues fall below our expectations, our business operating results and financial condition are likely to be harmed significantly.

Our restructuring initiatives and divestitures may not achieve our desired results and could result in business distractions that could harm our business.

        We implemented restructuring plans throughout 2002 and have announced and implemented further restructuring plans in early 2003. The primary objectives of our restructuring plans have been to reduce our operating expenses and to focus on new products. We also implemented certain strategic initiatives designed to strengthen our operations. These plans include without limitation, reductions in our workforce and facilities, improved alignment of our organization around our core business objectives and realignment of our sales force, professional services and general and administrative functions. Workforce reductions temporarily impact our remaining employees, including those directly responsible for sales or services, which may affect their productivity and hence, our future revenues. In addition, the failure to retain and effectively manage remaining employees could increase our costs and hurt our development and sales efforts.

        In addition, recently we have divested certain services operations, including Commerceone.net, our hosted services offering. While we believe that such divestitures benefit us by reducing overall costs and allowing us to focus on our core business objectives, such divestitures reduce overall revenue in the short term. For example, during 2002, we recognized a total of $11.8 million from services provided by Commerceone.net. As a result of the divestiture of this division, we will no longer receive revenues from these operations. Additionally, divestitures could cause disruption for our remaining and transitioning employees, reducing overall productivity.

        In addition, workforce reductions, strategy changes and divestitures might affect our ability to close revenue transactions with our customers and prospects. Failure to achieve the desired results of our strategic initiatives could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our strategy of outsourcing development and maintenance of certain products to an offshore partner may not achieve the desired cost reductions or other expected results and could harm our business.

        In the course of restructuring initiatives during 2002 and in early 2003, we reduced our engineering headcount significantly. In early 2003, we entered into an outsourcing agreement with Satyam Computer Services Limited, a software development firm located in India, to perform product development work for certain of our software applications. Although we believe that this partnership will be beneficial to the Company by allowing it to continue development of certain enterprise software applications while reducing overall operating expenses, this partnership is relatively new and untested for the Company and may require significant time and effort in the beginning stages to ensure a productive relationship. As a result, we cannot assure you that this arrangement will produce the desired cost reductions in the short term, if at all.

        In addition, while we have implemented various quality control measures in our outsourcing agreement with Satyam Computer Services Limited, we cannot guarantee the level and quality of

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service provided by such third party. If our outsourcing partner does not provide the expected results, our customers may experience quality problems and we may experience negative customer reaction, adverse publicity, or even legal claims. If such problems are significant, our reputation, financial condition and ultimately our business may be harmed.

        Additionally, providing broad access to our software code and related intellectual property to an offshore entity increases the opportunity for infringement of the patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret rights in our software products. This is particularly true if a significant portion of the development work is performed in India, where intellectual property protections differ from those in the United States and may be difficult to enforce. If our intellectual property rights are infringed, we may need to engage in costly litigation efforts to enforce such rights. As a result, our financial condition and business may be substantially harmed.

Our stock could be de-listed by the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, which could cause a decline in our stock price, hinder our stockholders' ability to trade their shares and undermine our ability to raise capital.

        Our stock price has fallen substantially during the past twenty-four months and traded below one dollar per share for a number of consecutive days during the year. On September 16, 2002, we implemented a one-for-ten reverse split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse split was effective on September 16, 2002 and the Company's stock closed the following day at $2.37 per share.

        As of the date of this filing, our stock is trading significantly below the level at which it traded immediately following the reverse split. It is possible that our stock price will continue to decline and/or trade below one dollar per share in the future. If Commerce One stock were to trade below one dollar for thirty consecutive trading days, and did not trade at or above one dollar per share for ten consecutive trading days during the following 180 calendar days, our stock could be de-listed by the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market. De-listing could make our stock more difficult to trade, reduce the trading volume of our stock, and further depress our stock price. De-listing also could weaken our ability to secure financing in the capital markets, which could materially impact our business operations and financial condition. In addition, should the Company implement another reverse split, the volatility of our stock could increase significantly because a second reverse split would severely reduce the number of Company shares in the market and magnify the effect of large sales or purchases of our stock.

Our services revenue and operating results will suffer if we are not able to maintain our prices and utilization rates for our professional services.

        The rates we are able to charge for our professional services and the utilization, or chargeability, of our professional services organization are a large component of our overall gross margin, and therefore our operating results. Accordingly, if we are not able to maintain the rates we charge for our professional services or an appropriate utilization rate for our professionals, we will not be able to sustain our gross margin and our operating results will suffer. In particular, due to the introduction of our new Commerce One Conductor platform, we have entered into arrangements with a limited number of "early adopter" customers (customers who have agreed to use the beta form of the product) where certain of our services are offered without charge or at significantly reduced fees, reducing our overall gross margins. If we are unable to replace such limited offerings with substantial services projects at our normal rates, then our services revenues, utilization rates and gross margins from services will suffer. The rates we are able to charge for our professional services are affected by a number of factors, including our customers' perceptions of our ability to add value through our professional services, competition, the introduction of new services or products by us or our competitors, the pricing policies of our competitors and general economic conditions. Our utilization

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rates are also affected by a number of factors, including seasonal trends, primarily as a result of our hiring cycle and holiday and summer vacations, our ability to transition employees from completed projects to new engagements, our ability to forecast demand of our professional services and thereby maintain an appropriate headcount, and our ability to manage attrition. If we are unable to maintain our prices and utilization rates for our professional services, our margins and our operating results will be harmed.

Our gross margins may decline.

        In most cases, our license revenues have a higher gross margin percent than our services revenues. Our services revenues represented a significant percentage of total revenues in 2002, representing 73% of total revenues for the year. To the extent that services revenues continue to increase as a percentage of our total revenues, our overall gross margin will continue to decline. If we are not successful in increasing revenues from license fees, or we are not successful in increasing the gross margin of our services fees, our overall gross margins will suffer. For example, we expect that most of our license revenues in 2003 will be derived from the sale of our new Commerce One Conductor platform, which was released for general availability in March of 2003 and is untested in the market. If we are not able to generate significant license fees from our new solutions, our gross margins will suffer. Our expenses related to the cost of licenses sold are relatively fixed in the near term, and if our license revenues continue to decline any further, such a decline would have a disproportionately adverse impact on our gross margins reported in the near term.

Our industry is highly competitive and has low barriers to entry, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively.

        Because the market for business process automation and web services solutions is extremely competitive, we may suffer a loss of business and a reduction in the prices we can charge for our products and services. We have experienced competitive price pressure over the last year and the average license fee for our products has decreased substantially over time due to the economic downturn and the shift of our focus to the highly competitive market of enterprise software applications. We expect competition to intensify as current competitors expand their product offerings and new competitors enter the market. There are relatively low barriers to entry in the business process automation and web services market, and competition from other established and emerging companies may develop in the future. In addition, our customers and partners may become competitors in the future. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, lower average sales prices, reduced margins, longer sales cycles and a decrease or loss of our market share, any of which could harm our business, operating results or financial condition. Our competitors include Ariba, Inc., Freemarkets, Inc., i2 Technologies, Oracle Corporation, PeopleSoft, Inc., SAP AG, Verticalnet Software LLC, and webMethods, Inc., among others. Our Global Services division competes against many consulting companies, including many of our integration partners. Certain of these competitors jointly offer business process automation and web services solutions to potential customers. These joint efforts could intensify the competitive pressure in our market. Many of our competitors, and new potential competitors may have a longer operating history, larger technical staffs, larger customer bases, more established distribution channels and customer relationships, greater brand recognition and greater financial, marketing and other resources than we have. In addition, competitors may be able to develop products and services that are superior to our products and services, that achieve greater customer acceptance or that have significantly improved functionality as compared to our existing and future products and services. The solutions offered by competitors may be perceived by buyers and suppliers as superior to ours.

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Our executive officers and certain key personnel are critical to our business and these officers and key personnel may not remain with us in the future.

        Our future success depends upon the continued service of our executive officers and other key personnel, and none of our current executive officers are bound by an employment agreement for any specific term. Any of our officers may leave our organization in the future. In particular, the services of Mark Hoffman, our Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President would be difficult to replace. If we lose the services of one or more of our executive officers or key employees, or if one or more of them decides to join a competitor or otherwise compete directly or indirectly with us, our business, operating results and financial condition may be seriously harmed.

We face credit risks because of the concentration and nature of some of our customers.

        Some of our customers are small emerging growth companies with limited credit operating histories that are operating at a loss and have limited access to capital. With the significant downturn in the economy and uncertainty relating to the prospects for near-term economic growth, some of these customers may represent a credit risk. In addition, a small number of our customers historically have accounted for a significant amount of our accounts receivable. At December 31, 2002, no customers accounted for more than 10% of the Company's gross accounts receivable balance. At December 31, 2001, two customers accounted for 13% and 12%, respectively, of our gross accounts receivable balance. If our customers experience financial difficulties, we may have difficulty collecting on our accounts receivable and our cash position would suffer.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock by certain of our stockholders could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and make it more difficult for us to raise financing

        A substantial percentage of our outstanding common stock is held by stockholders that are currently subject to contractual provisions that restrict their ability to sell all or a portion of their shares of our common stock. These stockholders are SAP AG, which beneficially owns approximately 20% of our outstanding common stock, and Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, which each own approximately 4.9% of our outstanding common stock. Most of the contractual restrictions on these stockholders' ability to sell their shares will terminate in mid to late 2003. In addition, these stockholders possess certain registration rights that will, in certain circumstances, require us to register these stockholders' resale of their shares. As a result, these stockholders may be able to sell a significant number of shares of our common stock on the open market in a short period of time. These sales, or the perception that these sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and could make it more difficult for us to raise equity financing in the future.

We depend upon creating relationships with third-party systems integrators to support our new solutions.

        Our success depends upon the acceptance and successful integration by customers and their suppliers of our products. Our current and potential customers and their related suppliers often rely on third-party systems integrators such as Accenture, EDS, Computer Sciences Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and others to develop, deploy and manage their business-to-business connectivity platforms and solutions. We and our customers will need to continue to rely on these systems integrators, particularly in light of the recent downsizings of our Global Services division, which competes with these systems integrators to some extent. Thus far, systems integrators are largely unfamiliar with our Commerce One Conductor platform, as it is a new product that was released in March 2003. If we are unable to generate support of our new solutions, particularly our Commerce One Conductor platform, from large systems integrators or if any of our customers or suppliers are not able to successfully integrate our solutions, our business, operating results and financial condition could suffer.

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        In addition, we cannot control the level and quality of service provided by our current and future third-party integrators. While our agreements with those integrators normally include provisions designed to ensure quality, those provisions are often difficult to enforce and cannot guarantee acceptable quality in all cases. If our customers experience quality problems arising from installation of our software by these third parties, we may experience negative customer reactions, adverse publicity, or even legal claims. If such problems are significant, our reputation, financial condition and ultimately our business may be harmed.

Our strategy of reselling our products through our strategic relationships may not be successful.

        We have established strategic relationships with companies that resell and distribute our products to our customers, primarily in international locations. This strategy is unproven and, to date, some of our partners have been unsuccessful in reselling our products. In addition, because many of our resellers are operators of electronic marketplaces, their ability to resell our products will suffer if they are unsuccessful in generating customers for their electronic marketplace's or funding their continued operations. If any of our current or future resellers are not able to successfully resell our products, our business will suffer.

We may not be able to retain and hire qualified personnel.

        Our future performance depends on the continued service and our ability to hire our management, engineering, sales and marketing personnel. Our ability to retain key employees may be harder, given recent adverse changes in our business, and the decline in the market price of our common stock. In addition, new hires may require extensive training before they achieve desired levels of productivity. If we fail to retain our key employees or to attract other highly qualified personnel, our business will suffer.

Managing operations in a changing environment could strain our management and other resources.

        Our ability to successfully offer products and services and implement our business plan in a rapidly evolving market requires an effective planning and management process. Over the past two years, we experienced significant growth in our workforce and expenditures, followed by a significant decline. These changes place a strain on our managerial resources and make planning more difficult. While we manage these rapid changes, we must also compete effectively and manage our operations by maintaining and enhancing our financial and accounting systems and controls, and integrating new and existing personnel. If we cannot effectively manage and plan in this rapidly changing environment, our operations may suffer.

We may not be able to integrate previously acquired entities into our business effectively and prior acquisitions may continue to have negative financial consequences.

        As part of our business strategy, we have made and may in the future make acquisitions of businesses that offer complementary products, services and technologies. We have limited experience with business acquisitions, and may not acquire such businesses on favorable terms or be able to integrate such organizations into our business successfully. For example, in 2001, 2002 and the first quarter of 2003, we engaged in divestures of certain business units acquired in the AppNet acquisition that were not integrated into our overall strategy of developing and implementing our core products. Our acquisitions are subject to the risks commonly encountered in acquisitions of businesses, including, among other things, difficulty in integrating operations and personnel, and the difficulty in integrating technology and services into our product and service offerings.

        Further, our acquisitions and investments may have negative financial consequences. For example, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we conduct an impairment analysis of our

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intangible assets such as goodwill annually or whenever an event or change in circumstances occurs which would indicate potential impairment. Our acquisitions typically have included a significant amount of goodwill. If we discover significant impairment to the value of the goodwill as a result of any of these tests, we would be required to record a corresponding non-cash impairment charge against our earnings that could negatively affect our reported profitability and our stock price. We have recognized impairment related to the value of intangible assets acquired through acquisitions and investments in 2001 and 2002. These impairments have resulted in non-cash charges of $1,712.8 million in 2001 and $373.6 million in 2002. We may recognize additional impairments in the future on the remaining intangible assets and investments.

        In addition, companies acquired by us may not have audited financial statements, detailed financial statements or any degree of internal controls. An audit subsequent to any successful completion of an acquisition may reveal matters of significance, including issues regarding revenues, expenses, liabilities, contingent or otherwise, technology, products, services or intellectual property. We may not be successful in overcoming these or any other significant risks and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Because our business is partially international, we face numerous obstacles in other countries.

        Our business relies heavily on our international operations to manage our international sales. International business involves inherent difficulties and costs that may affect us or adversely affect our business or results of operations, including:

    longer payment cycles and greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection;

    difficulties in staffing and managing foreign offices as a result of, among other things, distance, language, costs and cultural differences;

    the impact of recessions in economies outside the United States;

    the impact of different employment laws in other countries, including without limitation laws providing for significant severance payments and benefits under certain circumstances;

    the global impact of armed or political conflicts;

    political instability;

    price controls or other restrictions on foreign currency;

    potentially harmful tax consequences, including withholding tax issues;

    fluctuating exchange and tariff rates;

    difficulty in protecting intellectual property;

    difficulties in obtaining export and import licenses;

    foreign antitrust regulation; and

    inadequate technical and other infrastructure.

        We also have only limited experience in marketing, selling, implementing and supporting our products and services outside the United States. These difficulties may adversely affect our business.

Product liability claims or other claims regarding the performance of our products or the nature of our services may be harmful to our reputation and business.

        We may be subject to product liability claims or other claims regarding the performance of our products, even though our license agreements typically seek to limit our exposure to such claims,

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because the contract provisions of our license agreements may not be sufficient to preclude all potential claims. Similarly, we design, develop, implement and manage e-commerce solutions that are often crucial to the operation of our customers' businesses. Customers who are not satisfied with these services could bring claims against us for substantial damages. Additionally, our general liability insurance may be inadequate to protect us from all liabilities that we may face. The successful assertion of one or more large claims that are uninsured, exceed insurance coverage or result in changes to insurance policies, including premium increases, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We could be required to spend significant time and money litigating these claims, or where necessary, to pay significant damages. Such claims could also result in lost revenues, adverse publicity and negative customer reaction. As a result, any claim, whether successful or not, could harm our reputation, operating results, financial condition and ultimately our business.

If third parties claim that we infringe upon their intellectual property rights, our ability to use certain technologies and products could be limited and we may incur significant costs to resolve these claims.

        Our business depends upon intellectual property, and litigation regarding intellectual property rights is common in the Internet and software industries. Intellectual property ownership issues may be complicated by the fact that our Global Services division frequently develops intellectual property for its clients and, in order to carry out projects, frequently receives confidential client information. If an intellectual property infringement claim is filed against us, we may be prevented from using certain technologies and may incur significant costs to resolve the claim. In addition, we generally indemnify customers against claims that our products infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. We could incur substantial costs in defending ourselves and our customers against infringement claims. In the event of a claim of infringement, we and our customers may be required to obtain one or more licenses from third parties. We or our customers may not be able to obtain necessary licenses from third parties at a reasonable cost, or at all.

Because the protection of our proprietary technology is limited, our proprietary technology could be used by others.

        Our success depends, in part, upon our proprietary technology and other intellectual property rights. To date, we have relied primarily on a combination of copyright, patent, trade secret, and trademark laws, and nondisclosure and other contractual restrictions on copying and distribution to protect our proprietary technology. We have three issued patents to date. We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately in the United States or abroad. In particular, we sometimes license the use of the source code to certain of our applications to our customers on a limited basis. We also have entered into an outsourcing agreement with Satyam Computer Services Limited, an offshore entity, which allows such entity broad access to certain of our applications. While we have included many contractual provisions in such agreements designed to limit the use of such code and to protect our intellectual property rights, we cannot assure you that such protections are sufficient to prevent infringement. In addition, some countries outside the United States have less stringent protections on intellectual property and our rights may be difficult to enforce in such jurisdictions. Furthermore, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

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Our participation in organizations creating web services standards entails certain risks to our intellectual property.

        We participate in a number of organizations for the purpose of establishing standards in the evolving web services area. While we believe that our participation benefits Commerce One by allowing us to influence standards in a way that is favorable for our technology, our participation also presents certain risks to the intellectual property rights in our technology. These risks include but are not limited to the fact that these organizations generally require participating companies to reveal certain aspects of their intellectual property and to provide a limited grant of intellectual property rights to other participating companies. Such requirements can increase the risk of potential infringement on our intellectual property rights in our technology.

Security risks of the internet may deter future use of our products and services.

        Fundamental to the use of our solutions is the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks. Failure to prevent security breaches relating to the use of our products, or well-publicized security breaches affecting the internet in general, could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography, or other developments may not be sufficient to prevent a compromise or breach of the algorithms we use to protect content and transactions on electronic marketplaces or proprietary information in our databases. In addition to our own security systems, we rely on encryption and authentication technology licenses from third parties. Unauthorized access, computer viruses, or the accidental or intentional acts of internet users, current and former employees or others could jeopardize the security of confidential information and create delays or interruptions in our services or operations, including our hosting services. We have in the past been impacted by global computer viruses, and have incurred costs to resolve such viruses. In the future, we may be required to incur significant costs to protect against security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by breaches. In addition, such disruptions or breaches in security could result in liability and in the loss of existing clients or the deterrence of potential clients or transactions.

We may not have adequate back-up systems, and a disaster could damage our operations.

        We do not have fully redundant systems for service at an alternate site. A disaster could severely harm our business because our service could be interrupted for an indeterminate length of time. Our operations depend upon our ability to maintain and protect our computer systems at our principal facility in Pleasanton, California, which exist on or near known earthquake fault zones. We also depend upon third parties to host most electronic marketplaces and some of these third parties are also located in the same earthquake fault zones. Although these systems are designed to be fault tolerant, they are vulnerable to damage from fire, floods, earthquakes, power loss, acts of terrorism, telecommunications failures and similar events. In addition, our facilities in California could be subject to electrical blackouts if California faces another power shortage similar to that of 2001. Although we do have a backup generator, which would maintain critical operations, this generator could fail. Furthermore, blackouts could disrupt the operations of our affected facilities. Disruptions in our internal business operations could harm our business by resulting in delays, disruption of our customers' business, loss of data, and loss of customer confidence.

We may lose money in other companies we have invested in.

        We have invested in numerous technology companies, usually in connection with license contracts and arrangements. In particular, we have invested in various privately held companies, many of which are still in the start-up or development stage. These investments are inherently risky because the markets for technologies or products they have under development are typically in the early stages and may never develop. We have incurred losses in the past and, in 2002, we recorded investment losses of

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approximately $3.9 million related to investments in these companies. Due to the recent economic and market downturn, particularly in the United States, and difficulties that may be faced by some of these companies, our investment portfolio could be further impaired.

Provisions of our charter documents and Delaware law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us.

        Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions, which could make it harder for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our Board of Directors. Among other things, our Board of Directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan, or "poison pill," which would significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer. In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law limits business combination transactions with 15% stockholders that have not been approved by the Board of Directors. We also have entered into agreements with some of our strategic investors that, to an extent, limit their ability to attempt to acquire us without board approval. All of these provisions make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without negotiation. These provisions may apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by our stockholders.

Changes in accounting standards and in the way we charge for licenses could affect our future operating results.

        In October 1997, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued its Statement of Position 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition," and later amended its position by its Statement of Position 98-4 and Statement of Position 98-9. Based on our interpretation of the AICPA's position, we believe our current revenue recognition policies and practices are consistent with Statement of Position 97-2, Statement of Position 98-4 and Statement of Position 98-9. However, interpretations of these standards continue to be issued. Future interpretations could lead to unanticipated changes in our current revenue recognition practices, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

        The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board are also currently reviewing the accounting standards related to other areas. Any changes to these accounting standards, or the way these standards are interpreted or applied, could require us to change the way we account for any other aspects of our business in a manner that could adversely affect our reported financial results.


ITEM 2.    DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

        We lease office space in approximately 15 cities in North America and 5 cities internationally. Our corporate headquarters is located in Pleasanton, California, where we currently lease approximately 153,000 square feet of office space. We currently have contractual commitments to lease approximately 430,000 square feet of office space in North America, of which 60,000 square feet had been subleased and 143,000 square feet remains unoccupied. We believe our current facilities will be more than adequate to address our space needs through at least the end of 2003. These leases expire at varying dates through 2011.


ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

        We currently are a party to various legal proceedings, including those noted below. While management currently believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings could occur. Depending on the amount and timing, an unfavorable outcome of some or all of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our cash flows, business, results of operations or financial position.

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Securities litigation

        On June 19, 2001, an alleged securities class action, captioned Cameron v. Commerce One, Inc., et al., was filed against Commerce One, several company officers and directors (the "Individual Defendants"), and the three lead underwriters in the Commerce One initial public offering ("IPO") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Various plaintiffs have filed similar actions asserting virtually identical allegations against more than 200 other companies. The lawsuits against Commerce One and other companies have been coordinated for pretrial purposes with these other related lawsuits and have been assigned the collective caption In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation.

        On April 19, 2002, plaintiffs' lawyers for the consolidated lawsuits filed an amended complaint consisting of a set of "Master Allegations" and individual amended complaints against the various defendants, including Commerce One and the Individual Defendants. The amended complaint alleges violations of Section 11 and Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (and Rule 10b-5, promulgated thereunder) as a result of alleged conduct of the underwriters of the IPO to engage in a scheme to underprice the IPO and then artificially inflate our stock price in the aftermarket. The complaint seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of common stock between July 1, 1999 and June 15, 2001. On July 15, 2002, the issuer and individual defendants filed an omnibus motion to dismiss addressing issues generally applicable to the defendants as a group. On October 9, 2002, the district court entered an order dismissing all of the living individual Commerce One officers and directors from the case without prejudice. On February 16, 2003, the district court entered an order denying most of the defenses asserted by the defendants in the omnibus motion to dismiss and allowing most of the case to proceed.

        In February 2003, Commerce One, along with its Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Financial Officer, were named as defendants in a similar class-action matter in Florida, Liu v. Credit Suisse First Boston et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. In that case, the plaintiff alleges that various investment banks, issuer companies, and individuals violated securities laws by engaging in a scheme to under-price initial public offerings and then artificially inflate prices of those stocks in the aftermarket. It is presently unclear whether or not this latest action will be consolidated with the other coordinated actions in federal court in New York. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to these securities lawsuits and will defend itself vigorously.

    Real Estate Litigation

        On November 13, 2002, the Company was named as a defendant in an action for breach of lease, entitled Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. v. Commerce One, Inc., Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The action alleges that Commerce One breached its commercial real estate lease for office space in Santa Clara, California. The Complaint does not quantify the damages it seeks, but instead seeks all unpaid rent owing at the time of trial. If the trial occurs during 2003, we expect the claim for back rent to range between $1.5 and $4.1 million, depending on the date of the trial. As of March 31, 2003, Commerce One's full lease obligation with Marriott Plaza (including back rent and future rent through February 2006) is approximately $11.5 million.

        In addition to the above, we have stopped paying rent with respect to various of our other real estate leases in connection with our attempts to negotiate with the landlords to reduce or eliminate our long-term real estate obligations. The total long-term lease obligations for these locations, including future rent through March 2011, is approximately $50.0 million in the aggregate. In the first quarter of 2003, the landlords for premises that we lease in California, Maryland and Massachusetts filed unlawful detainer actions against the Company to repossess the premises. While none of these unlawful detainer actions has sought monetary damages, it is likely that each landlord in the locations where we have

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stopped paying rent eventually will file a lawsuit to recover past and future rent payments unless we are able to reach settlement agreements in the near future.

        Risks related to our real estate obligations, some of which could also evolve into material litigation matters, are described in more detail in the sections of this Form 10K entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in the section entitled "Risk Factors."


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

        No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2002.


PART II

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

        Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market under the symbol "CMRC." The price per share reflected in the table below represents the range of low and high sale prices for our common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market commencing January 1, 2001 for the quarters indicated.

 
  High
  Low
Fiscal 2001:            
Quarter Ended March 31, 2001   $ 364.70   $ 78.10
Quarter Ended June 30, 2001   $ 139.40   $ 29.90
Quarter Ended September 30, 2001   $ 56.00   $ 20.90
Quarter Ended December 31, 2001   $ 42.40   $ 23.80
Fiscal 2002:            
Quarter Ended March 31, 2002   $ 41.90   $ 15.60
Quarter Ended June 30, 2002   $ 15.80   $ 3.80
Quarter Ended September 30, 2002   $ 7.40   $ 2.08
Quarter Ended December 31, 2002   $ 5.47   $ 2.59

        The information above reflects a one-for-ten reverse stock split on September 16, 2002, effected by issuing one post-split share for every ten pre-split shares to each stockholder of record as of July 22, 2002. All fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split were cashed out.

        We have never paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

        The closing price of Commerce One's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market on March 3, 2003 was $1.62. As of March 3, 2003, we had 1,803 stockholders of record of our common stock and a substantially greater number of beneficial owners of our common stock.

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ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA: (In thousands, except per share data)

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
  1999
  1998
 
Revenues:                                
  License fees   $ 28,597   $ 130,917   $ 223,277   $ 24,571   $ 1,633  
  Services     76,932     277,652     178,519     8,986     930  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues (1)     105,529     408,569     401,796     33,557     2,563  
Costs and expenses:                                
  Cost of license fees (2)     192,406     662,315     14,910     484      
  Cost of services     68,233     228,023     139,746     15,586     4,369  
  Sales and marketing     78,945     183,412     168,647     31,546     13,108  
  Product development     76,922     118,159     102,676     20,496     6,839  
  General and administrative (3)     25,615     116,621     43,236     5,050     1,941  
  Purchased in-process research and development         4,548     5,142     9,374      
  Stock compensation     8,728     98,302     39,820     2,324     1,102  
  Restructuring costs and other     22,947     126,605              
  Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets     11,867     332,789     233,183     11,133      
  Impairment of intangible assets, fixed assets and equity investments     214,082     1,120,464              
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total costs and expenses     699,745     2,991,238     747,360     95,993     27,359  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Loss from operations     (594,216 )   (2,582,669 )   (345,564 )   (62,436 )   (24,796 )
Interest income and other, net     4,681     7,571     7,017     3,302     156  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss before income taxes     (589,535 )   (2,575,098 )   (338,547 )   (59,134 )   (24,640 )
Provision for income taxes     301     9,001     6,400     4,188      
   
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,584,099 ) $ (344,947 ) $ (63,322 ) $ (24,640 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (20.33 ) $ (103.02 ) $ (20.52 ) $ (7.36 ) $ (13.45 )
Shares used in calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share     29,011     25,084     16,807     8,605     1,832  
   
 
 
 
 
 

                               
(1)    Revenues from related parties   $ 32,022   $ 97,741   $ 52,512   $ 2,078   $  
   
 
 
 
 
 
(2)    Includes charges for the impairment and amortization of the Technology Agreement with Covisint (see Notes 4 and 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)   $ 190,396   $ 647,500   $ 5,700   $   $  
   
 
 
 
 
 
(3)    Allowance for doubtful accounts   $ (5,454 ) $ 32,924   $ 2,657   $ 195   $  
   
 
 
 
 
 

    (a)
    Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year balances in order to conform to the current year presentation.

    (b)
    We implemented Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142 on January 1, 2002, which requires that goodwill (including assembled workforce) no longer be amortized,

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      but tested for impairment on at least an annual basis.    For a further discussion of SFAS 142, see Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, "Goodwill, Long Lived Asset and Other Intangible Assets," Part II, Item 8, incorporated here by reference.

BALANCE SHEET: (In thousands)

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
  1999
  1998
 
Cash, restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments   $ 112,893   $ 288,153   $ 341,440   $ 124,606   $ 15,138  
Working capital     24,574     180,411     245,963     77,480     11,777  
Total assets     159,422     828,941     3,070,555     384,610     20,507  
Long term liabilities     46,947     56,005     4,339     262     1,896  
Redeemable convertible preferred stock                     50,432  
Total stockholder's equity (deficit)   $ 47,490   $ 623,815   $ 2,799,411   $ 316,721   $ (37,011 )

    (a)
    Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year balances in order to conform to the current year presentation.

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

OVERVIEW

Background

        Commerce One is a technology company that specializes in software and services that allow companies to conduct business more efficiently through business process automation and web services solutions. Our software provides the technology and infrastructure that enable companies to conduct business processes via the Internet or Intranets and to manage their supplier, partner and customer relationships more effectively. Commerce One's services operations support these software solutions and help companies take maximum advantage of the efficiencies that these solutions can offer. Together, our software and services allow companies to automate business functions that traditionally involved costly and time-consuming phone calls and paperwork.

        In the fourth quarter of 2002, we released the beta version of the Commerce One ConductorTM platform, a web services based platform designed to simplify automation of business processes, which is intended to be our primary product offering. The Commerce One Conductor platform was released for general availability in March of 2003.

        We were founded as Distrivision in 1994, changed our name to Commerce One in 1997, and re-incorporated into Delaware in 1999. On July 11, 2001, we reorganized into a holding company structure. As part of the reorganization, the stockholders of the "old" Commerce One (now our wholly-owned subsidiary Commerce One Operations, Inc.) became stockholders of the "new" Commerce One. The financial results reported in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, as applicable, the historical financial results of new Commerce One after the reorganization and the historical financial results of old Commerce One prior to the reorganization. The reorganization is described more fully in Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Our worldwide headquarters are located at 4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588. We can be reached at 925.520.6000 and info@commerceone.com.

Source of Revenues

        We generate revenues from multiple sources. License fees are generated from licensing our software solutions primarily to end-user organizations through our direct sales force, and, to a lesser extent, to certain third-party product distributors and resellers (primarily in international locations). Services revenues are generated from professional consulting, software maintenance, revenue-sharing arrangements with customers, and other related services. Revenues from revenue-sharing arrangements have not been a significant portion of total services revenues to date and are not expected to be significant in the future.

        In 2001, 2002 and the first quarter of 2003, we downsized our Global Services division, which provides professional services to third parties, through reductions in force and divestitures. Although consulting services remain a substantial portion of our revenues, these actions have contributed to a general decline in the overall revenues received from our consulting services in the past several quarters. We expect this decline in revenue to continue through at least the first quarter of 2003.

        The portion of our license and service revenues attributable to sales outside the United States continues to be a substantial portion of our overall revenues. In 2002, approximately 35% of our license and service revenues were derived from sales outside United States, compared to 34% in 2001.

        For the year ended December 31, 2002, transactions with SAP accounted for approximately 24.8% of our total revenues and transactions with UCCnet accounted for 11.0% of the Company's total revenues compared to the year ended December 31, 2001 where transactions with SAP accounted for

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19.4% of the Company's total revenues. For the years ended 2002 and 2001, no other customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's total revenues. Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2000, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's total revenues.

Significant Trends Affecting Our Business

        Industry Dynamics—Decline in Enterprise Spending.    The enterprise software industry is characterized by several trends that may have a material impact on our strategic planning, results of operations and financial condition. One key trend has been the decline in spending on enterprise software as a result of the weakened global economy and uncertainty due to recent international events. This decline in enterprise spending has had a direct and significant adverse impact on our ability to generate license revenues from new and existing customers. The decline in spending has also been coupled with increased competition in our industry resulting in significant downward pricing pressure on our products. Taken together, these trends have resulted in a significant reduction in new sales and declining average selling prices for the products we do sell. In addition, we have only recently introduced our new product, the Commerce One Conductor platform, and we expect that sales of such product will not generate significant license revenue in the immediate future. In particular, in an effort to gain visibility of the product with our customers, we have provided the product to several "early adopter" customers under a program where the customer tests the product for free or at significantly reduced rates. While we believe that the "early adopter" program will be limited to a select number of customers for a short period of time, it is possible that we may continue to offer the product at reduced rates in order to gain market acceptance. As a result, we do not anticipate that our average selling prices for our products will increase in the near future, and we believe that we will continue to experience downward pricing pressure over the next year.

        New Product Introduction.    We launched the Commerce One Conductor platform, our new product, in March of 2003. However, due to the recent timing of this release and the length of our sales cycle that can take an average of four to six months, it could take several quarters before we receive significant license revenue from this product, if at all. In the interim, it may be difficult to sell our Supplier Relationship Management applications, due to customer concerns over committing to such applications in light of the new Commerce One Conductor release. If we are not successful in selling Commerce One Conductor to current and new customers, our license revenues will be adversely affected.

        Dependence on SAP—Loss of Future SAP Revenues.    We have historically relied for a substantial portion of our license revenue on our relationship with SAP. In 2002, SAP accounted for $19.7 million of our $28.6 million in license revenue. In addition, SAP has been an important source of new customers for us by providing us with an opportunity to sell our products to the relatively large installed base of SAP customers. As discussed in more detail in the section below called "Relationship with SAP," we received no license revenue from SAP in the fourth quarter of 2002 and do not expect to derive any significant revenues from SAP in 2003, or thereafter, or to have direct access through SAP to its installed based of customers.

        Cash Flows From Operations.    We have undertaken and are continuing to pursue a number of measures to reduce cash-related expenses that affect our cash flows from operations. These measures include significant headcount reduction, renegotiating our real estate lease obligations and divesting certain businesses that we believe are not critical to our core product initiatives. While these efforts helped reduce total expenses from cost of sales, sales and marketing, product development, and general and administrative expenses from $1,308.5 million in 2001 to $442.1 million in 2002, our operations are still drawing upon our cash reserves. If we do not significantly decrease our cash expenses, increase cash revenues or obtain additional financing, we will continue to have significant negative cash flows from operations.

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        Liquidity.    We had cash and cash equivalents and investments of approximately $112.9 million at December 31, 2002, of which $77.3 million was unrestricted cash and short-term investments that can be used to fund operations. In the quarter ended March 31, 2003, we expect that our operations will use approximately $39 million of our cash reserves. Based upon our current plans and expectations for revenues and expenses, we believe that our available cash resources will be sufficient to finance our presently anticipated operating losses and working capital expenditure requirements through the 2003 calendar year. However, plans and future events are inherently uncertain. Should our levels of revenue (particularly our license revenues pertaining to our new Commerce One Conductor platform product) and cash, cash equivalents and investments fall short of our expectations, we will take action to further reduce our operating expenses, primarily through reductions of personnel-related costs, and we believe such action, if needed, will allow us to have sufficient cash to finance our expected operating losses and working capital requirements through the 2003 calendar year. The forecasts of the periods of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations and the forecasts regarding our ability to reduce our expenses to allow us to have adequate cash resources through 2003 are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially as a result of various factors, including without limitation our ability to sell and gain acceptance in the market of our new Commerce One Conductor platform product, our ability to significantly reduce our real estate lease obligations, our future revenues and expenses, growth or contraction of operations and general economic pressures and other factors described in the section entitled "Risk Factors." See "Liquidity and Capital Resources."

        Revenue Mix.    Our business model relies on our ability to generate revenue from license fees and, to a lesser extent, from the services we provide. Revenues from license fees, though a lower overall percentage of our revenues, have relatively higher gross margins than revenues from services. Because our revenue from license fees has declined more significantly than service revenue, the percentage of our revenues from the sale of lower margin services increased in 2002. We expect this trend to continue in the short term unless we are able to successfully generate significant sales of our Commerce One Conductor platform product, which was released in March 2003.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

        The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. On an on-going basis, we evaluate estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, software product returns, warranty obligations, uncollectible accounts receivable and long-lived assets. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about amount and timing of revenues and expenses, the carrying values of assets and the recorded amounts of liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates and such estimates may change if the underlying conditions or assumptions change.

        We believe that these significant judgments affect the following critical accounting policies used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue recognition and related accounting policies

        Our revenue recognition policies are consistent with Statement of Position 97-2 "Software Revenue Recognition," as modified by Statement of Position 98-9.

        Revenues from license agreements for our software products are recognized upon delivery of the software if there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, collection is probable and the fee is fixed or determinable. In the limited circumstances where our software is licensed to third parties through indirect sales channels (primarily in international locations), license fees are generally recognized as

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revenue, under the "sell-through method," when the criteria described above have been met and the reseller has sold the software to an end user customer. While generally we do not license software under barter or concurrent arrangements, whenever software has been licensed under such arrangements, we have recognized revenue equal to the net monetary amounts to be received by us.

        We assess whether fees are fixed or determinable when products or services have been delivered. Payment terms offered by us vary based on customer requirements and standard practice in the customer's country of domicile, and are typically within 90 days of delivery of the underlying products or services. Payment terms that extend beyond 90 days are not considered fixed or determinable, and are not recognized as revenue until the contractual payment due date, provided that we determine that collection is probable and all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.

        We reduce license revenue to reflect estimated product returns. While as a matter of contract and general practice, we do not accept the return of software products after the expiration of any acceptance periods, unforeseen contractual disputes with customers may require us to accept the return of a product. Management uses a percentage of trailing license revenue in order to calculate the required reserve balance. The appropriate percentage is determined by analyzing information pertaining to past customer issues or disputes for particular products. Our reserves have decreased significantly over the past twelve months due to lower license revenue. Should our actual product returns be greater than our estimates, revisions to the product return allowance would be required which may lead to a decrease in license revenue.

        We charge estimated product warranty costs to cost of licenses at the time revenue is recognized. While we engage in extensive product quality programs and processes prior to the release of software, unforeseen product errors may exist in our products that may require us to incur costs to correct or replace the affected products. We create the warranty reserve by analyzing actual work performed pursuant to warranty disputes in previous quarters, the mix of our product offerings and the relative amount of time those products have been generally available. Should warranty claims, and therefore our actual costs, be greater than our estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty costs would be required which may lead to an increase in cost of license for the affected period.

        Revenues from professional services contracts are generally recognized on a time and material basis. However, when we perform work on a fixed price basis, revenue is recognized on the percentage-of-completion method, with costs and estimated profits recorded as work is performed. We use labor hours as the input measure to determine progress under the percentage-of completion-method. The Company uses labor hours as the input measure to determine progress under the percentage-of-completion method. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Changes in contract performance and estimated profitability, including final contract settlements, may result in revisions to costs and revenues, which are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined.

        If a customer transaction includes both software license and services elements, or the rights to multiple software products, the total arrangement fee is allocated to each of the elements using the residual method, under which revenue is allocated to undelivered elements based on vendor-specific objective evidence of the fair values of such undelivered elements and the residual amounts of revenue are allocated to the delivered elements.

        Revenue is recognized using contract accounting for arrangements involving significant customization or modifications of the software or where professional services are considered necessary to the functionality of the software. Revenue from these software and services arrangements is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method by utilizing specific milestones in order to assess the progress achieved.

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        We recognize revenue from royalty agreements upon receipt of the royalty report when there is a signed agreement and collection is probable. Prepaid royalties are recorded as deferred revenue until the royalty report is received. For limited-term fixed fee royalty agreements, we recognize the total fee ratably over the term of the royalty agreement.

        Software maintenance revenues and subscription fees are recognized ratably over the term of the related contract, typically one year.

        Network service fees (transaction fees, hosting fees and revenue sharing), have not been significant and are not expected to be material in the future. Revenues related to transaction fees and revenue sharing are recognized as earned based on customer transactions. Revenues related to hosting fees are recognized ratably over the term of the related contracts, typically one year.

        Deferred revenue consists of prepaid licenses fees as well as prepaid fees for services, subscription fees, and maintenance and support agreements.

Allowance for doubtful accounts

        We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. Factors that management considers in determining the allowance for doubtful accounts include the current credit worthiness of the customer, prior payment history and the age of the receivables. We will periodically assess whether our realization differs substantially from our estimates to refine our assumptions.

        In the year ended December 31, 2000 our accounts receivable allowances increased significantly primarily due to our assumption of AppNet's allowance for doubtful accounts in the AppNet acquisition. In the year ended December 31, 2001 we experienced a rapid decline in revenue and the financial condition of our customer base deteriorated with the overall decline of the U.S. financial markets. We increased our reserves based on several factors, including without limitation the aging of our outstanding accounts receivable, the financial condition of our customer base, and the overall decline in the economy. During 2002, we decreased the balance of our allowance for doubtful accounts primarily due to a decrease in our accounts receivable balance related to an overall revenue decline and collection on accounts that were previously reserved. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make such payments, increases in the allowance may be required.

Long-lived assets and Goodwill

        In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long- lived Assets," and SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," we periodically assess the carrying value of our long-lived assets including property and equipment, goodwill, our Technology Agreement with Covisint and other identified intangible assets for impairment. An impairment assessment is performed whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Impairment indicators include, but are not limited to, our net book value as compared to market capitalization, significant negative industry and economic trends, a significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period and significant under performance relative to historical and projected future operating results. In assessing the recoverability of the current carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets, we must make assumptions regarding the estimated future cash flows attributable to these assets. In addition we must make assumptions regarding discount rates to determine the fair value of the respective assets. We have typically relied on valuation experts to assist in the analysis of these factors. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record impairment charges for these assets not previously recorded which could have a significant

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impact on our operating results. In 2002, we recorded impairment charges of $394.0 million related to property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.

Restructuring Accrual

        We have undergone multiple restructuring transactions during 2001 and 2002. In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue (referred to as EITF) No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)," the cost associated with these transactions have been charged to restructuring expense in the period in which we committed to the restructuring plan. The charges relating to the consolidation and closing of facilities and asset dispositions required significant estimates to determine the amount of future payments to be accrued as a part of the restructuring activity. A change in the circumstances related to the plan for closure of the facilities could result in additional charges or the reversal of prior charges taken. Due primarily to negotiated lease terminations for space vacated due to various restructurings, amounts previously charged to restructuring costs of approximately $5.7 million were reversed during the quarter ended December 31, 2002, reducing the net expense for restructuring recorded in the quarter ending December 31, 2002.

        In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS No. 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (referred to as EITF) Issue No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring"). SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, not at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan, as required under EITF Issue No. 94-3. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 146 may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs and the amounts recognized under such costs.

Relationship with Covisint

        On December 8, 2000, Commerce One, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Daimler Chrysler AG, Renault S.A. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. entered into several agreements relating to the formation of Covisint, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Covisint is a business-to-business e-marketplace for the procurement of goods and services by automakers, their suppliers and others. Commerce One owns approximately 2% of Covisint. Pursuant to a technology agreement, Commerce One licenses software and provides software maintenance to Covisint. In exchange, Covisint agreed to pay to Commerce One certain license and support fees and a share of Covisint's electronic marketplace revenue over a ten-year period.

Relationship with SAP

Commercial Relationship

        Commerce One has had a strategic relationship with SAP since 2000. Over the course of the relationship, SAP has accounted for a significant portion of our license revenue. However, the relationship has changed significantly over time. As a result of these changes and changes in the marketplace, the revenues we derive from our relationship with SAP have declined substantially. We do not expect to derive significant revenues, if any, from SAP in 2003 or thereafter. To the extent we do receive any revenues from SAP in the future, we expect that such revenues will relate to ongoing maintenance and support fees as opposed to license fees.

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        Commerce One's strategic relationship with SAP commenced on September 18, 2000, when the Company entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SAP AG to jointly develop, market and sell the MarketSet suite of applications and the Enterprise Buyer procurement applications. These products were primarily targeted at electronic marketplace customers, a market which has since declined substantially. This agreement provided that either party licensing the jointly developed products to its customers would owe a royalty to the other party. The amount of the royalty was generally based on a percentage of the total license fee paid by the customer.

        SAP historically has made non-refundable royalty prepayments to Commerce One, which the Company has recorded as deferred revenue as payments are received. As SAP incurs the obligation to pay royalties to Commerce One, these royalties are credited against this deferred revenue and recognized as revenue by Commerce One. Prepayments received from SAP and included in deferred revenue totaled approximately $10.2 million and $33.8 million as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. When Commerce One licenses one of the jointly developed products to its customers, it pays a royalty to SAP in connection with the sale. These royalty payments are recorded as a reduction of license or support revenue, as appropriate. In 2002, 2001 and 2000, we made royalty payments to SAP of approximately $1.3 million, $16.9 million and $10.5 million, respectively.

        During 2001, Commerce One and SAP amended these agreements to provide for different rights to resell certain technology included in the jointly developed products and for varying royalty rates and maintenance fees depending on the particular product, category of customer and other factors.

        Effective January 1, 2002, the Company amended its strategic alliance agreement with SAP to simplify its royalty payment provisions and to provide SAP with an unlimited right to resell the jointly developed products on a fixed fee basis, as well as a right to resell certain other Commerce One technology on an original equipment manufacturer basis, for the first three quarters of 2002. In exchange, SAP reported to us a total of approximately $20.7 million, primarily attributable to license fees, as well as related support and maintenance. We credited the aggregate fee of approximately $20.7 million against the prior prepayments by SAP, which had been recorded as deferred revenue. Commerce One recognized the license and maintenance revenue ratably over the three-quarter period ending September 30, 2002. The amendment provided that during this three-quarter period, Commerce One would pay SAP a royalty fee based upon a fixed percentage of the total license fee for jointly developed products sold by Commerce One, if any. The amendment further provided that the agreement would default to the historical royalty structure in the event the parties failed to agree on a new payment schedule by September 30, 2002. Commerce One and SAP have not renegotiated the royalty payments, and therefore the parties will revert to the historical royalty structure when payments, if any, are due.

        The parties entered into a subsequent amendment effective December 20, 2002 in which the parties clarified Commerce One's support obligations for prior versions of the Marketset product, granted reciprocal rights to distribute certain connector technology related to the Marketset product on a royalty-free basis, and resolved certain outstanding payment issues relating to services and maintenance fees for certain joint customers.

        SAP's license royalty payments to Commerce One historically have constituted a substantial portion of the Company's revenues, including during 2002 and 2001. Historically, SAP was instrumental in assisting us with selling the jointly developed products, MarketSet and Enterprise Buyer, to SAP's customer base. However, these royalty payments have declined in the past year with the decline of the market for electronic marketplace solutions. In 2002, 2001 and 2000, SAP reported royalties to us of approximately $24.3 million, $79.1 million and $44.6 million, respectively, of which license revenues were approximately $19.7 million, $68.3 million and $44.1 million, respectively.

        Commerce One and SAP have each phased out the jointly developed Enterprise Buyer procurement products and replaced such products with its own successor procurement products. As a

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result, corresponding revenues received from SAP for the sale of such products have ceased, and we do not expect to receive any future revenues from the sale of these products by SAP. Similarly, revenues from the MarketSet product, primarily targeted at the electronic marketplace sector, have declined substantially and we do not expect to receive significant future license revenues, if any, from the sale of this product by SAP. Accordingly, and as a result of the expiration of the fixed fee arrangement referenced above, Commerce One does not anticipate that it will continue to generate significant revenues, if any, from SAP in 2003 or thereafter.

        The Company also has generated revenue from its relationship with SAP by performing professional services as a subcontractor to SAP, primarily on software implementation engagements where the Company has jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer to an SAP customer. SAP also has completed professional services for the Company by acting as a subcontractor, primarily in relation to the jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer products. These revenues and expenses have declined over time and we expect they will continue to decline commensurate with the decline in license sales of the parties' joint solutions.

        The Company also has generated revenue from its relationship with SAP by providing technical customer support and maintenance services to joint customers. In 2002, support of such customers represented a substantial percentage of the Company's total support and maintenance revenue. Amounts received from SAP include payments based on a certain percentage of total support and maintenance fees received by SAP from the customer. In addition, we amended the strategic alliance agreement on January 1, 2002 to provide that SAP would pay us $500,000 per quarter for certain support obligations relating to Marketset. Under the terms of that agreement, the fixed payment is scheduled to cease on September 30, 2003. As a result, and as a result of the decline in license sales of the parties' joint solutions, we expect revenues received from SAP for technical support and maintenance to decline substantially in 2003. If we are unable to replace such revenues with substantial support and maintenance revenue related to the sale of our new products, our overall revenues will be harmed.

Equity Relationship

        At the time we entered into the strategic alliance agreement with SAP in 2000, we sold 505,955 shares of our common stock to SAP for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $250 million.

        Subsequently, in 2001, we sold an additional 4,748,477 shares of our common stock to SAP for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $225 million.

        In connection with our issuance of common stock to SAP, we entered into various agreements that restrict SAP's ability to acquire more than 23% of our outstanding common stock or otherwise attempt to acquire control of Commerce One, restrict its transfer of the shares of common stock that it purchased from us and, in very limited ways, affect SAP's ability to vote its shares of our common stock. We also granted SAP certain rights to require us to register the resale of its shares of our common stock, certain pro rata rights to acquire additional shares of our common stock and the right to have a designee appointed to our board of directors or to send an observer to our board of directors meetings. As of December 31, 2002, SAP has not exercised its right to have such a designee appointed, but has exercised its right to send an observer to our board of directors meetings.

        As of December 31, 2002, through its purchases from us and on the open market, SAP beneficially owned approximately 20% of our outstanding common stock.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

        We had cash and cash equivalents and investments of approximately $112.9 million at December 31, 2002 compared to approximately $288.2 million at December 31, 2001. The amounts as

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of December 31, 2002 included approximately $35.6 million that collateralized certain of our obligations related to operating lease agreements for computer equipment and office facilities, potential workers compensation claims and an outstanding note payable. The amounts as of December 31, 2001 included approximately $14.3 million that collateralized certain of our obligations related to operating lease agreements for office facilities, potential workers compensation claims and the guarantee of a personal home mortgage of an executive officer. As of December 31, 2002, we had $77.3 million in unrestricted cash and short-term investments that could be used to fund our operations.

    Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

        Net cash used in operating activities totaled approximately $217.5 million for 2002, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of approximately $267.0 million and $0.1 million for 2001 and 2000, respectively. Cash used in operating activities for 2002 resulted primarily from the net loss in 2002, excluding non-cash charges for amortization, depreciation, and impairment charges for fixed assets, the equity investment held in Covisint, goodwill and other intangible assets. The payment of outstanding accounts payable, accrued compensation and other current liabilities, along with a decrease in deferred revenue contributed to additional cash used in operations.

    Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities

        Net cash provided by investing activities totaled approximately $92.3 million for 2002, as compared to cash used in investing activities of $10.9 million and $137.1 million in 2001 and 2000, respectively. Cash provided by investing activities related to the maturities of short-term investments, proceeds from divestitures, and the sale of fixed assets. This was partially offset by the purchase of short-term investments and purchases of property and equipment. Our net capital expenditures were approximately $6.5 million for 2002, $39.5 million for 2001 and $79.2 million for 2000. Our capital expenditures have historically consisted of purchases of computer hardware and software, office furniture and equipment and leasehold improvements.

    Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

        Net cash provided by financing activities totaled approximately $7.3 million for 2002, compared to $255.1 million in 2001 and $300.9 million in 2000. The cash provided in 2002 resulted from the exercise of employee stock options, stock purchased through the employee stock purchase plan and cash proceeds drawn from a note payable to Silicon Valley Bank entered into during the fourth quarter of 2002, offset by the payment of the outstanding balance of our loan from Microsoft in the amount of $19 million and the payment of the loan to a former officer that we assumed upon his termination. The cash provided in 2001 resulted primarily from the $219.3 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock to SAP, as well as proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options and cash proceeds drawn from an interest free loan in connection with the alliance agreement entered into with Microsoft Corporation during the first quarter of 2001. The cash from financing in 2000 resulted primarily from the $249.8 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock to SAP and the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options.

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    Contractual Obligations

        The following summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2002, and the effects such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in certain future periods after December 31, 2002 (in thousands):

 
  Total
  Less than
one year

  1 to 3
years

  4 years and
thereafter

Non-cancelable operating lease obligations   $ 102,095   $ 26,005   $ 49,875   $ 26,215
Silicon Valley Bank Note Payable     25,000         25,000    
   
 
 
 
Total   $ 127,095   $ 26,005   $ 74,875   $ 26,215
   
 
 
 

    Real Estate Obligations

        Commerce One presently occupies office space in seven locations throughout the United States, although much of that space is underutilized. In addition, we have lease commitments in seven other locations that we no longer use. We have succeeded in subleasing some of our surplus office space. However, the depressed real estate market has hindered our ability to find subtenants in several other locations, and much of our office space remains fully or partially vacant. In a number of locations, including some which we still occupy, we have stopped paying rent as we attempt to renegotiate and/or settle our lease obligations with various landlords. As a consequence, some landlords have initiated litigation, and it is likely that others will file claims in the near future. The pending litigation is described under Item 3. (Legal Proceedings) of this Form 10-K.

        Collectively, as of December 31, 2002, our long-term non-cancelable obligations for future rents payable through March 2011 were approximately $102.1 million. This amount includes $34.7 million which was accrued as restructuring costs as of December 31, 2002. As of December 31, 2002, we had approximately $112.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Of this amount, $77.3 million represented unrestricted cash and short-term investments. During the quarter ended March 31, 2003, we expect that we will utilize approximately $39.0 million of our cash reserves. Unless we achieve positive cash flow from our operations, we believe that our ability to renegotiate some or all of our lease obligations will materially impact our capability to fund our continuing operations. In addition, if we are able to reach agreements with our various landlords to settle or reduce our real estate obligations, those agreements likely will require us to make significant cash payments to the landlords in the near term, which may have a material effect on our cash position.

        We have no significant capital commitments or obligations other than those described in the analysis above. We do not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. Further, we have not guaranteed any obligations of unconsolidated entities nor have we any commitment or intent to provide additional funding to any such entity.

    Sources of Liquidity and Capital

        We have historically satisfied our cash requirements primarily through the issuances of equity securities and, to a significantly lesser extent, through debt financing.

        On March 15, 2001, we entered into an alliance agreement with Microsoft in connection with the marketing, promotion and optimization of Commerce One products using Microsoft technology. To support the optimization, Microsoft made a two-year, interest free loan of $19.0 million to us. This loan was originally due on March 15, 2003 but would become immediately payable in the event we breached certain provisions of the loan agreement or alliance agreement.

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        On March 22, 2002, Commerce One and Microsoft terminated the alliance agreement and revised the terms of the loan agreement. The note was repaid in full to Microsoft on October 3, 2002.

        On October 23, 2002, we executed an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank for a credit facility of up to $25.0 million. The loan facility is due by November 29, 2005 or upon the earlier default by Commerce One, which is generally defined in the agreement to include the following: failure to pay any obligation to Silicon Valley Bank under the agreement within three (3) days of the due date; failure of the Company to maintain its legal existence and good standing where such failure could materially impact the value of the loan collateral; failure to provide certain financial information to the bank within the time periods prescribed by the contract; failure to pay taxes where such payment obligations are not subject to good faith dispute; the placement of any uncorrected material lien or seizure judgment against the Company's assets; any material change in the value of the assets collateralizing the loan; the filing of an insolvency proceeding; any judgment or accelerated payment obligation exceeding $3,000,000; or a material misstatement or misrepresentation in the loan application. The loan facility bears interest at a rate between one-half and three-quarters of a point below the Silicon Valley Bank's prime rate (3.75% at the time of the filing of this Form 10-K). In the fourth quarter of 2002, Commerce One drew $25.0 million against the credit facility. All amounts drawn by Commerce One are fully secured by a cash collateral account with Silicon Valley Bank and as a result, the loan does not result in any net additional unencumbered cash to Commerce One.

        Based upon our current plans and expectations for revenues and expenses, we believe that our available cash resources will be sufficient to finance our presently anticipated operating losses and working capital requirements through the 2003 calendar year. SAP has historically provided significant revenues to us ($24.3 million, $79.1 million and $44.6 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively). We do not expect significant revenues from SAP, if any, in 2003. We announced a restructuring on January 30, 2003, which will reduce the overall headcount to approximately 350 by March 31, 2003. Furthermore, we expect to use approximately $39 million in cash to fund our operations in the first quarter of 2003. Should our levels of revenue (particularly our license revenues pertaining to our new Commerce One Conductor platform product) and cash, cash equivalents and investments fall short of our expectations, we will take action to further reduce our operating expenses, primarily through reductions of personnel-related costs, and we believe such action, if needed, will allow us to have sufficient cash to finance our expected operating losses and working capital requirements through the 2003 calendar year. Such actions may involve further reductions in force and other operating expense reductions. Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on numerous factors including our ability to sell and gain acceptance in the market of our new Commerce One Conductor platform product, our ability to significantly reduce our real estate lease obligations, our future revenues and expenses, growth or contraction of operations and general economic pressures. We may need to seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or secure a bank line of credit. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities is likely to result in additional dilution to our stockholders. We cannot assure you that any financing arrangements will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The current unfavorable market for equity or debt financing makes it increasingly difficult to raise additional funding. In addition, our ability to secure additional funding may largely depend on our ability to renegotiate our real estate obligations. The forecasts of the periods of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations and the forecasts regarding our ability to reduce our expenses to allow us to have adequate cash resources through 2003 are forward-looking statements that involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially as a result of the factors described in this paragraph and in the section entitled "Risk Factors."

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

        The following table sets forth the results of operations for the Company expressed as a percentage of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000. The Company's historical operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results for any future period.


COMMERCE ONE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Revenues:              
  License fees   27 % 32 % 56 %
  Services   73 % 68 % 44 %
   
 
 
 
Total revenues   100 % 100 % 100 %
Costs and expenses:              
  Cost of license fees   182 % 162 % 4 %
  Cost of services   65 % 56 % 35 %
  Sales and marketing   75 % 45 % 42 %
  Product development   73 % 29 % 25 %
  General and administrative   24 % 29 % 11 %
  Purchased in-process research and development     1 % 1 %
  Stock compensation   8 % 24 % 10 %
  Restructuring costs and other   22 % 31 %  
  Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets   11 % 81 % 58 %
  Impairment of intangible assets, fixed assets and equity investments   203 % 274    
   
 
 
 
Total costs and expenses   663 % 732 % 186 %
Loss from operations   (563 )% (632 )% (86 )%
Interest income and other, net   4 % 2 % 2 %
Provision for income taxes   0 % 2 % 2 %
   
 
 
 
Net loss   (559 )% (632 )% (86 )%
   
 
 
 

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.

Revenue

        Total revenues for 2002 decreased to approximately $105.5 million compared to $408.6 million for 2001 and $401.8 million for 2000.

        License revenues for 2002 decreased to approximately $28.6 million compared to $130.9 million for 2001 and $223.3 million in 2000. In 2002, the decrease in license revenues relative to prior years primarily resulted from significantly fewer opportunities to license electronic marketplaces, the focus of the Company's previous generation of products; a significant slowdown in technology spending coupled with the continued general economic downturn; and intense competition in the market for packaged SRM applications, to which the Company was a relatively new entrant in 2001 and 2002; all of which resulted in fewer customer orders and lower average selling prices. In 2001, the decrease in license revenues primarily resulted from a significant slowdown in technology spending coupled with a general economic downturn, and significantly fewer opportunities to license emarketplaces resulting in fewer and lower priced customer orders. The SRM-related business overall declined from 2001 to 2002. In addition to the decrease in the SRM average sales price declining due to the overall decline in technology spending, sales and market share in the SRM area also shifted to the software providers

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that provide a full suite of enterprise products, such as SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft. We experienced a more significant decline than most during this period due to an intentional change in our focus from SRM and emarketplace software applications to Composite Process Management (CPM) in 2002. While we believe that our SRM products are generally equal to those of our competitors from a feature and function standpoint, we have lost market share in the SRM business and have not been as competitive as we were historically due to this change in our focus and strategy.

        As a result of the above factors, we experienced a decrease in the total number of new customers from approximately 429 customers in 2000 to approximately 141 customers in 2001 and approximately 68 customers in 2002. These numbers reflect the decrease in total number of customer license sales, as well as a decrease in customers resulting from the divestiture of various lines of our services business in 2002. In 2000, as the market for emarketplace software (our prior generation of products) was still relatively strong, most our customers were newly acquired customers during that year. This customer mix shifted to a greater emphasis on our existing customers in 2001 and 2002 as our focus shifted to SRM and then CPM products and as general technology spending declined. As a result, approximately 62% of our customers from whom we generated license revenue were new customers in 2001 and 34% of such customers were new customers in 2002. In addition, as a result of the factors described above, the average license sale was approximately $1,750,000 in 2000 compared to approximately $850,000 in 2001 and approximately $225,000 in 2002.

        In addition, in 2002, a significant portion of the $102.3 million decrease in license revenue was due to a significant drop in SAP license royalties. SAP royalties in 2002 were $19.6 million, a decrease of $48.6 million from 2001. The remaining $53.7 million reduction in license revenue is due to a drop in average recognized license revenue per customer as well as the number of license revenue generating customers. Excluding SAP, the company recognized license revenues on 44 specific customers in 2002, a 44% decrease from the prior year. The average license revenue per customer was $200,000 in 2002, a 75% decrease from 2001. In 2002, 69% of the decrease in direct license business is due to the drop in selling price while 31% was due to a lower deal volume.

        In 2001, license revenue decreased $92.4 million while SAP license revenue royalties increased $24.2 million from 2000. Excluding SAP, license revenue was $116.6 million lower in 2001 due to a drop in average recognized license revenue per customer and the number of license revenue generating customers. In 2001, excluding SAP, the company recognized license revenues on 78 specific customers, a 24% decrease from 2000. The average license revenue per customer was $802,000 in 2000, a 54% decrease from 2000. In 2001, 62% of the decrease in direct license business is due to the drop in selling price while 38% was due to a lower deal volume.

        Approximately $19.7 million of our total $28.6 million in license fees in 2002 was recorded as revenue from SAP pursuant to the fixed fee arrangement with SAP for the first three quarters of 2002. These fees were credited against prior prepayments to Commerce One, which previously were recorded as deferred revenue. As a result, such fees did not provide us with any net additional cash at the time the revenue was recognized. Direct license sales of our products, including our SRM applications, represented a relatively small percentage of the total license fees for the 2002 fiscal year. We expect a substantial decrease in license revenues in 2003 as compared to 2002, as license revenues from SAP are expected to be substantially decreased or eliminated, and sales of our current products are expected to decrease in light of the general release of the new Commerce One Conductor platform, as we introduce and develop the market for the Commerce One Conductor platform.

        Services revenues for 2002 decreased to $76.9 million compared to $277.7 million in 2001 and $178.5 million in 2000. The percentage of our revenues attributable to professional services in 2002 decreased significantly compared to 2001, but professional services remained the largest portion of our overall revenue. The $200.8 million decrease from 2002 to 2001 resulted primarily from the downsizing of the Global services division through reductions in force and divestitures of various Global Services

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divisions which contributed to the decrease by approximately $166.5 million, an approximate $2.8 million reduction in the amounts received from various historical revenue-sharing arrangements, continued termination and reduction of support and maintenance agreements by existing customers, particularly our electronic marketplace customers, amounting to an approximate $9.5 million decrease, and an approximate $22.0 million decrease in revenues from maintenance, hosting services and other services commensurate with the overall decline in license revenues.

        The percentage of our revenues attributable to professional services increased from 44% in 2000 to 68% in 2001. The increase of $99.2 million of services revenue in 2001 was due primarily to the full year impact of the AppNet acquisition, a professional services company, acquired in September 2000, and, to a lesser extent, from an increase in both software maintenance and hosting services revenues resulting primarily from the new customers we acquired in 2000. Of the $99.2 million increase in services revenue, 87% or $86.3 million was due to an increase in consulting revenue. Maintenance revenue also increased significantly in 2001 to $34.2 million, an approximate $17.3 million increase, primarily due to the lagging effect of the license revenue increase in 2000 and 2001. In addition, our marketplace services business revenues increased approximately $12.5 million from 2000 to 2001. Other revenue amounted to an approximate $4.6 million increase, primarily consisting of revenue sharing arrangements with customers and billable expenses. These increases were offset by an approximate $21.5 million decrease in services revenues related to transactions with General Motors. In 2000, approximately $20.5 million of our services revenue related to transactions with General Motors. We expect that services revenues may decline further in the short term primarily as a result of the divestiture of our marketplace service division that took place in January 2003 and the decrease in the number of employees in our professional service division. In addition, our new Commerce One Conductor platform product was released for general availability in March 2003, and we do not expect it to generate significant services engagements or maintenance revenues in the short term until the product is more broadly used by our customers.

        In January 2003, we closed the sale of CommerceOne.net, our marketplace services business, consisting of auction services, subscription services, content services and hosting services, to eScout. During 2002, we recognized a total of approximately $11.8 million in services revenue from CommerceOne.net related services. Subsequent to this sale, Commerce One no longer offers these services and therefore will not receive any future revenues related to these services.

        Payments received from our strategic alliance with SAP constituted a substantial portion of our total revenues during the years 2002, 2001 and 2000. Total revenues received from SAP were approximately $26.1 million, $79.1 million and $44.6 million for the years 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, of which license revenues were approximately $19.7 million, $68.3 million and $44.1 million. We do not expect to receive significant revenues from SAP in 2003 or thereafter.

Cost of Revenues

        Cost of revenues consisting of cost of services and cost of licenses were approximately $260.6 million, or 247% of total revenues, in 2001; $890.3 million, or 218% of total revenues, in 2000; and $154.7 million, or 39% of total revenues, in 2000.

        Cost of license fees was $192.4 million for 2002, compared to $662.3 million for 2001 and $14.9 million for 2000. In 2002, cost of license fees was composed of charges related to the impairment of the Technology Agreement with Covisint of approximately $180.0 million, the amortization of the cost of the Technology Agreement with Covisint of approximately $10.4 million and approximately $2.0 million in other license costs. In 2001, cost of license fees included charges related to the impairment of the Technology Agreement with Covisint of approximately $592.3 million, amortization of the cost of Technology Agreement with Covisint of approximately $55.2 million, a charge to establish the license performance claim reserve of approximately $8.5 million and approximately $6.3 million in

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other license costs. We currently estimate that the amortization of the Technology Agreement with Covisint will be approximately $0.5 million per quarter over the remaining eight-year term of the agreement.

        Cost of services, which primarily consists of consulting, personnel and related cost, software maintenance and training costs, was $68.2 million for 2002, $228.0 million for 2001 and $139.7 million for 2000. The decrease in cost of services in 2002 resulted primarily from the elimination of the AppNet business unit which was consolidated into the Commerce One Global Services division. The total expense reduction of the former AppNet division, which was primarily direct labor, was $89.2 million. The remaining decrease in cost of services in 2002 from 2001 was primarily related to the downsizing of our global services division consisting of a decrease of approximately $46.7 million of personnel-related expenses, $11.5 million in outside consulting and services expenses, $5.5 million in travel related expenses, $2.0 million in IT spending, and $4.9 million in other charges, primarily facilities and telephone charges. The increase in cost of services in 2001 as compared to 2000 resulted primarily from an $34.8 million increase in personnel-related expenses due to the hiring and training of consulting, support and training personnel in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, as well as approximately $53.5 million in additional personnel-related expenses resulting from increased headcount due to the acquisition of AppNet in September 2000.

        As of December 31, 2002, the overall number of employees working in our Global Services division was 234, a significant decrease from 640 as of December 31, 2001. Pursuant to our restructuring announced in January 2003, this number further decreased to approximately 169 at March 1, 2003. Consistent with the decrease in the size of our professional services organization, we expect a decline in professional services costs over the next few quarters.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

        Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel and related cost and commissions, and the costs of seminars, promotional materials, trade shows and other sales and marketing programs. Sales and marketing expenses were approximately $78.9 million for 2002, $183.4 million for 2001 and $168.6 million for 2000. The decrease in 2002 was primarily attributable to an overall decrease in the average number of sales and marketing personnel during the year, resulting in a decrease of approximately $50.0 million in salaries, wages and commissions, as well as an approximate $10.0 million decrease in travel expenses, $19.6 million in marketing-related activities, $9.2 million in connection with expenses incurred in 2001 for the acquisition of AppNet, $3.4 million in depreciation, $4.4 million in facilities and telephone charges, $2.3 million in IT charges, and $5.6 million due to a reduction in allocated and other charges. In 2002, the accounting for the AppNet business was integrated into our main accounting system, making it difficult to isolate expenses specific to AppNet and thereby difficult to compare this segment on a year to year basis. In 2001, the total Sales and Marketing expenses for the AppNet segment were $9.2 million.    The increase in 2001 was primarily attributable to an approximate $10.1 million overall increase in spending on sales and marketing personnel during the year as well as an approximate $4.7 million increase in marketing related activity related to product user conferences held during the year. The number of employees engaged in sales and marketing was approximately149 at December 31, 2002 compared to approximately 395 at December 31, 2001 and 642 at December 31, 2000. Pursuant to our restructuring announced in January 2003, this number further decreased to approximately 84 at March 1, 2003. We expect that sales and marketing expenses will decrease over the next year primarily as a result of a decrease in the number of employees in this area as part of our corporate restructuring efforts.

Product-Development Expenses

        Product-development expenses consist primarily of personnel and related costs associated with our product-development efforts. In 2002, approximately $36.1 million of these expenses related primarily

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to the development of our new Commerce One Conductor platform product, as well as certain expenses pertaining to ongoing development of our SRM applications. Product-development expenses were approximately $76.9 million for 2002, $118.2 million for 2001 and $102.7 million for 2000. The decrease in 2002 in product-development expenses was primarily attributable to an overall decrease in the average number of product development personnel employed during the year, resulting in a decrease in salaries and wages of approximately $25.5 million. There was an approximate $3.6 million decrease in consulting-related expenses to support development of our products, an approximate $5.3 million decrease in depreciation expense, an approximate $2.0 million decrease in rent expense, an approximate $1.4 decrease in IT charges, an approximate $0.9 million decrease in travel and meals expenses and a decrease of $2.6 million of other charges. The increase in 2001 in product-development expenses was primarily attributable to an approximate $29.2 million overall increase in the average number of product-development personnel employed during the year, approximately $7.0 million in depreciation expense and approximately $3.1 million in rent and facility related costs. This was offset by approximately $16.4 million in outside consulting expenses and an approximate $1.4 million decrease in meals and other travel-related expenses.

        The overall number of employees engaged in product-development decreased to 302 at December 31, 2002, compared to 588 at December 31, 2001 and 561 at December 31, 2000. Pursuant to our restructuring announced in January 2003, this number further decreased to approximately 202 at March 1, 2003.

        In January 2003, we entered into an outsourcing arrangement with Satyam Computer Services Limited. Pursuant to this agreement, Satyam will provide certain support, maintenance and product development services with respect to our SRM applications, including our Commerce One Buy and Commerce One Source products.

        Despite additional costs associated with our outsourcing agreement with Satyam, we expect total product development expenses to decrease in 2003 due to the significant reduction in the number of employees engaged in product development.

General and Administrative Expenses

        General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee salaries and related expenses for executive, administrative and finance personnel. General and administrative expenses were approximately $25.6 million for 2002, $116.6 million for 2001 and $43.2 million for 2000. The decrease in 2002 was primarily attributable to a decrease in salaries and compensation of approximately $14.1 million resulting from an overall decrease in the average number of general and administrative personnel employed during the year and an approximate $7.1 million decrease in legal costs associated with operating our business in 2001. In 2002, the accounting for the AppNet business was integrated into our main accounting system, making it difficult to isolate the expenses specific to AppNet and thereby difficult to compare this segment on a year to year basis. In 2001, the total G&A expenses for the AppNet segment were $29.4 million. These charges related primarily to direct labor. In 2001, the provision for bad debt was approximately $33.0 million. In 2002, the bad debt reserve requirement decreased, and the reserve was released primarily as a result of customer collections and reduced sales. The result is a net favorable change of approximately $37.2 million in the provision for bad debts in 2002 as compared to 2001. Other reductions include a decrease of approximately $1.9 million of outside services, a decrease in travel expenses of $1.7 million, a reduction in facilities and telephone charges of $2.7 million, a reduction in depreciation charges of $1.1 million and a reduction in other expenses of $1.6 million. Offsetting these savings were increased IT charges of approximately $4.3 million and a loss on disposition of assets of $1.5 million. The increase in 2001 was primarily attributable to an approximate $17.8 million overall increase in the average number of general and administrative personnel employed during the year. This increase was primarily due to labor-related costs incurred in connection with our acquisition of AppNet in September 2000 amounting to

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approximately $12.7 million, a $4.4 million increase in various accounting and legal costs associated with operating our business, a $32.1 million increase in bad debt expense charged during the year for certain uncollectible customer accounts and approximately $6.3 million in other charges primarily relating to depreciation and rent expenses. The number of employees engaged in general and administrative functions was 94 at December 31, 2002, compared to 273 at December 31, 2001 and 571 at December 31, 2000. Pursuant to our restructuring announced in January 2003, this number further decreased to approximately 56 by March 1, 2003. We expect general and administrative expenses will decrease over the next year due primarily to the decrease in the average number of employees in this area as a result of these restructuring efforts.

Stock Compensation

        Stock compensation expenses result from the grant of stock options, grant of restricted common stock and sales of stock to employees at exercise or sales prices below the deemed fair market value of our common stock.

        Stock compensation expense was approximately $8.7 million in 2002, $98.3 million in 2001 and $39.8 million in 2000. The decrease in stock compensation expense in 2002 was attributable to approximately $89.6 million in cancellations of certain options assumed in the acquisitions of Appnet and Mergent due to the termination of the related employees. The $58.5 million increase in stock compensation expense in 2001 was attributable to the vesting of certain options assumed in the acquisitions of AppNet and Exterprise, and the grant of restricted common stock to employees. The remaining deferred stock compensation for non-cancelled options will continue to be amortized over the original vesting periods of three to four years. The expense related to a restricted stock grant made to our employees in May 2001 is being amortized over a two-year vesting period.

        On January 30, 2003, Commerce One announced that we recently discovered that we had overstated the company's stock compensation expense for the quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002, resulting in a net loss for those periods that was slightly better than previously reported. The stock compensation expense for these periods was less than previously reported by approximately $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2002, $8.8 million in the second quarter of 2002 and $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2002. This overstatement related to non-cash stock compensation expenses for certain employees from prior acquisitions no longer employed with us, but for whom we continued to amortize the expense. After adjusting the results in these quarters to correctly reflect the lower expense, the adjusted net loss on a GAAP basis for the third quarter of 2002 was reduced to $36.3 million or $1.25 per share, for the second quarter of 2002 was reduced to $62.3 million, or $2.15 per share, and for the first quarter of 2002 was reduced to $211.7 million, or $7.36 per share. We also discovered that we had overstated our deferred stock compensation expense for the fiscal years ended 2000 and 2001 by amounts that were immaterial to the financial results for those periods.

Restructuring Costs and Other

        At the beginning of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 the technology market in the United States began a significant decline due in large part to a dramatic decrease in IT-related spending. As a result of both this general decline in spending and a significant decline in the formation of on-line public marketplaces (the focus of our prior generation of software products), our license revenues declined from $89 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2000 to $69 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2001. This decline continued from the second quarter of 2001 (when our license revenues were approximately $30 million) and has generally persisted through the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (when our license revenue was approximately $4.5 million).

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        Due to the rapidly changing environment management felt that it was necessary to reduce the size of the company to match the revenue levels and focus the company on core product initiatives. As a result we implemented a series of restructuring plans which are outlined below. In general, we have experienced a reduction in expenses (as referenced below for each plan) resulting from these plans beginning approximately three months after the initiation of the respective plan.

        Beginning in 2001, we implemented multiple restructuring plans (the "Plans") aimed at significantly reducing our annual operating expenses while realigning our resources around our core product initiatives. The restructuring costs under the Plans were estimated at $126.6 million. Collectively, the Plans included the costs associated with the termination of approximately 2,070 employees. These costs covered such items as separation pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation. Costs also included the termination of certain office leases, the divestiture of certain parts of our Global Services division, the consolidation or closure of certain facilities and the write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by terminated employees.

        In April 2002, management approved and began to implement a corporate restructuring plan (the "First Plan") aimed at streamlining our cost structure. Included in the plan were costs related to severance pay, outplacement services, benefits continuation, write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by employees terminated, office closures and the termination of certain office leases. The plan included staff reductions totaling approximately 500 employees from all areas of the company. The restructuring charges relating to this plan were estimated at $15.9 million and were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002. This restructuring plan was aimed at reducing our annual payroll and facilities related expenses and related cash outflows by approximately $80 million beginning in the third quarter of 2002.

        In October 2002, management approved and began to implement an additional corporate restructuring plan (the "Second Plan") aimed at further reducing operating expenses while focusing our resources on our core product, the Commerce One Conductor platform. The restructuring charges related to the Second Plan were estimated at $12.0 million and were recorded during the quarter ended December 31, 2002. The Second Plan included the costs associated with the termination of approximately 400 employees including severance pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation, the termination of certain office leases, the consolidation or closure of certain facilities and the write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by terminated employees. This restructuring plan was aimed at reducing our annual payroll and facilities related expenses and related cash outflows by approximately $68 million beginning in the first quarter of 2003.

        Subsequently, in January 2003, management approved and began to implement an additional corporate restructuring plan, again focused on reducing operating expenses. Pursuant to this plan, we terminated approximately 430 employees, resulting in approximately 350 employees as of March 31, 2003. The restructuring charges associated with this action were estimated at $11 million and are expected to be recorded in the first quarter of 2003.

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        The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the year ended December 31, 2002, (in thousands):

 
  Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2001

  Amounts
charged to
restructuring
costs and
other

  Amounts
reversed

  Amounts
paid or
written off

  Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2002

 
Lease cancellations and commitments   $ 50,889   $ 4,600   $ (10,452 ) $ (10,293 ) $ 34,744  
Termination payments to employees and related costs     4,515     23,749     (193 )   (26,558 )   1,513  
Write-off on disposal of assets and related costs     440     5,404     (161 )   (5,570 )   113  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total restructure accrual and other   $ 55,844   $ 33,753   $ (10,806 ) $ (42,421 ) $ 36,370  
   
 
 
 
       
Less non-current accrued restructuring charges                           $ (21,947 )
                           
 
Accrued restructuring charges included within other accrued liabilities                           $ 14,423  
                           
 

Lease cancellations and commitments

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2002, we incurred restructuring charges of approximately $0.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively, for facilities consolidated or closed in the United States, Europe and Asia. These offices were responsible for the sale of our software products, professional services or customer support. These restructuring charges reflect the remaining contractual obligations under facility leases net of anticipated sublease income from the date of facility abandonment to the end of the lease term. In addition, the charges include $3.7 million of changes in management assumptions regarding sub-lease income. Amounts reversed are mainly related to early lease settlement negotiations for certain leased properties, resulting in a reversal of $5.7 million, and changes in management assumptions regarding broker fees in connection with assumed sub-lease income, resulting in a reversal of $1.3 million. Certain facilities continued in use during the completion of the restructuring. For those facilities, we continued to record monthly rent expense to operations until the facilities were available for sub-lease or were abandoned. Accrued restructuring costs related to lease cancellations and commitments as of December 31, 2002 were approximately $34.7 million, of which $21.9 million related to non-current obligations.

        In conjunction with our restructuring efforts, in 2002 and the first quarter of 2003, we paid a total of approximately $6.9 million in settlements with landlords to substantially reduce or eliminate various long-term real estate obligations.

Termination payments to employees and related costs

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2002, we incurred restructuring charges of approximately $13.3 million and $8.3 million, respectively, for the termination of approximately 900 employees to cover costs such as separation pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation. The separation payments and termination benefits were accrued and charged to restructuring costs in the period that both the benefit amounts were determined and such amounts were communicated to the affected employees. The employee reductions occurred in all areas of the Company and, as of December 31, 2002, all of the employees had been notified and the majority of these terminations had been completed. We expect that the accrued termination payments of approximately $1.5 million accrued as of December 31, 2002 will be fully paid during 2003.

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Write-off on disposal of assets and related costs

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2002, we incurred restructuring charges of approximately $2.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively, related to the carrying values of equipment and leasehold improvements abandoned in connection with the restructuring. Included in the assets disposed of and charged to restructuring costs are personal computers and equipment used by terminated employees, office equipment and leasehold improvements in connection with closure or consolidation of facilities and subsidiaries in the United States, Asia and Europe. Substantially all identified assets had been taken out of service and were held for disposal at the end of the respective quarter in which the charge was taken. We expect the restructuring costs of approximately $0.1 million accrued as of December 31, 2002 will be fully utilized during 2003.

Costs associated with divestiture of certain businesses

        In October 2001, we executed an asset sale to Beaconfire Consulting Inc., a company composed of former Commerce One employees. In consideration of the assets sold, we received a note receivable with a face value of approximately $0.4 million due on September 30, 2006, that bears an annual interest rate of 8%, receivable on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain criteria, we also have the right to receive a 4% and 4.5% annual share of future revenues of Beaconfire Consulting for the two and succeeding three years, respectively, payable on a quarterly basis and beginning at the end of, and including payment for, the quarter ending December 31, 2001.

        In October 2001, we executed a stock transfer and asset sale with Edgar, Dunn & Company, Inc., a company composed of former Commerce One employees. In connection with this agreement, we received a 10% minority interest in Edgar, Dunn & Company, Inc., and two notes receivable with face values totaling $1.3 million that are due by September 30, 2004. The notes bear an annual interest rate of 7.5%, receivable on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain criteria, we also have the rights to an annual revenue share of 6% of the future revenues of Edgar, Dunn & Company, Inc., for the four-year period following the closing in October 2001.

        On January 9, 2002, we executed an asset sale agreement with Connective Commerce Company LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company composed of former Commerce One employees. In connection with this agreement, we received cash of approximately $2.4 million and a note receivable with a face value of approximately $4.0 million due on December 31, 2004, that bears a quarterly interest rate of 1.75%, receivable on a quarterly basis commencing September 30, 2002. On October 15, 2002, we agreed to modify the note agreement with Connective Commerce to decrease the payments in 2003 and to forgive interest on the principal balance for 2003.

        On February 21, 2002, we executed a stock purchase agreement with Commerce One E-Government Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and eGov Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation composed of former Company employees. In consideration for the sale of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Commerce One E-Government Solutions, Inc to eGov Holdings, Inc., we received cash consideration of approximately $8.4 million and recorded a gain of approximately $2.3 million. The $2.3 million gain was recorded as a reversal of restructuring costs because Commerce One E-Government Solutions, Inc. had been recorded as part of restructuring charges in 2001.

        On January 24, 2003, we executed the sale and license of certain assets and liabilities, including customer commitments, related to CommerceOne.net, the Company's marketplace services business consisting of auction services, subscription services, content services and hosting services, with eScout LLC, a privately held limited liability company. In connection with the closing of this transaction, we received notes receivable with an aggregate face value of approximately $2.0 million, membership interests in eScout and the right to receive a portion of CommerceOne.net revenues over the next four years not to exceed $0.5 million in the aggregate. The note receivable bears a quarterly interest rate of

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1.5% with payments due each quarter with the final payment due on January 24, 2005. Fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate purchase price is held in escrow until January 2004 as security for any claims related to a breach of the Company's representations, warranties and covenants.

        As a result of the business divestitures completed in the fourth quarter of 2001, we recorded a loss on divestiture of $0.8 million that was charged to restructuring costs and other in the fourth quarter of 2001. As a result of the business divestitures completed in the first quarter of 2002, we recorded a gain of approximately

        $2.3 million based on the cash proceeds received from the sale of E-Government Solutions, Inc, which was applied to the restructuring accrual in the first quarter of 2002. We recognized total revenues of approximately $98.7 million in 2001 from our professional services operations within our Global Services division which were disposed of in the fourth quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002. We recognized total revenues of approximately $11.8 million in 2002 from the CommerceOne.net operations, which were divested in January 2003.

        In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS No. 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (referred to as EITF) Issue No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring"). SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, not at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan, as required under EITF Issue No. 94-3. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 146 may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs and the amounts recognized under such costs. We will recognize cost associated with the restructuring that occurred in the first quarter of 2003 in accordance with SFAS No. 146.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

        Amortization of intangible assets totaled approximately $11.9 million in 2002, $332.8 million in 2001 and $233.2 million in 2000. The amortization of intangible assets resulted from the acquisitions of Exterprise in 2001 and Mergent and AppNet during 2000. The approximate $320.9 million decrease in 2002 in amortization is a result of impairments of various intangible assets and also certain intangible assets being subsumed by goodwill as part of the adoption of SFAS No. 141 "Business Combinations". The $99.6 million increase in amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets resulted from the acquisitions of Veo Systems and CommerceBid during 1999, Mergent and AppNet during 2000, and Exterprise in May 2001. Goodwill is no longer amortized in accordance with SFAS No. 142. See Note 4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements incorporated herein by reference.

Impairment of Long Lived and Other Intangible Assets

        Under SFAS No. 142, intangible assets with finite lives that continue to be amortized should be reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144. An impairment assessment is required whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, we identified indicators of possible impairment relating to the Technology Agreement with Covisint. The impairment indicators included, but were not limited to, significant negative industry and economic trends, which resulted in a reduction of forecasted cash flows related to the Technology Agreement.

        In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we performed an impairment test of the carrying value of the Technology Agreement to determine whether any impairment existed. We determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the Technology Agreement was less than its

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carrying value and that an impairment write-down was required. Accordingly, we calculated the estimated fair value of the intangible asset by summing the present value of the expected cash flows over its life. The impairment was calculated by deducting the present value of the expected cash flows from the carrying value. This assessment resulted in an impairment write-down of $145.8 million in relation to the Technology Agreement, which was charged to cost of license fees during the quarter ended March 31, 2002.

        During the quarter ended December 31, 2002, we identified indicators of possible impairment relating to the Covisint equity investment, property and equipment and intangible assets other than goodwill. These indicators included, but were not limited to, a history of negative cash flows and operating losses and significant negative industry and economic trends. We performed an impairment test of the carrying value of these long-lived and intangible assets to determine whether any impairment existed. We determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets was less than the carrying value of the assets and that an impairment existed. We determined fair value for long-lived assets by using market values when available. If no market existed for the asset, we calculated fair value as the sum of the discounted cash flows attributable to the assets. The impairment was calculated by deducting the established fair value from the carrying value. This assessment resulted in an impairment write-down of $20.5 million for property, plant, and equipment, $9.5 million for intangible assets other than goodwill, and $34.2 million for the Covisint Technology agreement during the quarter ended December 31, 2002.

Impairment of Goodwill

        Effective July 1, 2001, we adopted certain provisions of Statement of Financial Standards ("SFAS") No. 141, and effective January 1, 2002, we adopted the full provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the criteria for recording intangible assets apart from goodwill. We evaluated goodwill and other intangible assets acquired prior to June 30, 2001 using the transition criteria of SFAS No. 141, which resulted in $15.7 million of other intangible assets (comprised entirely of assembled workforce) being subsumed into goodwill as of January 1, 2002. SFAS No. 142 requires that purchased goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangible assets no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually.

        SFAS No. 142 prescribes a two-phase process for impairment testing of goodwill. The first phase, required to be completed by June 30, 2002, screens for impairment. The second phase (if necessary), required to be completed by December 31, 2002, measures the impairment. We completed the first phase impairment analysis of goodwill during the first quarter of 2002 and found no instance of impairment of recorded goodwill.

        During the fourth quarter of 2002, we prepared our required SFAS 142 impairment test. Our fair value, established using the market method, was below its carrying value as of December 31, 2002, indicating that a potential impairment to goodwill existed. We were then required to calculate the potential impairment by establishing the fair value of goodwill and subtracting this fair value from the carrying value of goodwill. In accordance with FAS No. 142, the fair value of goodwill is an implied value. The fair value of goodwill is calculated by subtracting the fair value of the net assets of Commerce One (other than goodwill) from the fair value of Commerce One. The fair value of net assets includes determining the fair value of any unrecognized intangible assets. We established fair values for any unrecognized intangible assets. The impairment was then calculated by deducting the fair value of goodwill from the carrying value of goodwill. This calculation resulted in an impairment write-down of $179.8 million.

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Interest Income and Other, net

        Interest income and other, net, decreased by approximately $2.9 million to $4.7 million in 2002 from 2001 and increased by approximately $0.6 million to $7.6 million in 2001 from 2000. The $2.9 million decrease in interest income and other, net, for 2002 was attributable to a lower average cash and investment balance in 2002 compared to 2001, along with the general decline in average interest rates during 2002. The $0.6 million increase in 2001 from 2000 was due mainly to an increase in interest income due to higher average cash and investment balances during 2001 compared to 2000.

Provision for Income Taxes

        The income tax provision for 2002, 2001 and 2000 is the result of withholding and income taxes generated in certain foreign jurisdictions.

        Realization of our net deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of sufficient taxable income in future years in appropriate tax jurisdictions to obtain benefit from the reversal of temporary differences and from net operating loss carryforwards. Due to the uncertainty of the amount and timing of future taxable income, we have provided a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets.

Acquisitions

        In May 2001, we acquired Exterprise, Inc. ("Exterprise") a provider of platform solutions that enable the development and deployment of e-commerce applications for corporations. The acquisition was structured as a common stock for common stock merger and was accounted for as a purchase transaction. The purchase consideration was approximately $66.3 million, consisting of approximately 720,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of approximately $60.7 million, assumption of options to acquire approximately 25,800 shares of common stock with a fair value of $2.5 million and transaction costs of approximately $3.1 million.

        Effective September 13, 2000, we acquired publicly traded AppNet, Inc. ("AppNet"), a provider of end-to-end Internet professional services. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase transaction. The purchase consideration was approximately $1,653.3 million consisting of 2,788,728 shares of common stock with a fair value of approximately $1.266 billion and assumption of option to acquire approximately 0.7 million options of common stock with a fair value of approximately $363.1 million, and transaction costs of approximately $24.0 million.

        During 2001, we issued an additional 85,779 shares of its common stock to certain former stockholders and employees of AppNet. The fair value of these shares was approximately $11.5 million, which amount was charged against related liabilities we assumed in connection with the acquisition.

        Effective January 7, 2000, we acquired Mergent Systems, Inc. ("Mergent"), a company specializing in enabling companies to create, operate, and manage product information systems and aggregated multivendor catalogs for e-commerce, in a transaction accounted for as a purchase. The purchase consideration was approximately $148.4 million consisting of 174,219 shares of common stock with a fair value of $122.6 million, assumption of options to acquire 21,901 options with a fair value of $15.3 million, $238,000 of assumed liabilities, transaction costs of $250,000, and approximately $10.0 million in cash to the Mergent stockholders in this transaction.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

        In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("FASB") No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS No. 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (referred to as EITF) Issue No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition

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for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)." SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, not at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan as required under EITF Issue No. 94-3. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 146 may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs and the amounts recognized under such costs. SFAS No. 146 is not expected to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

        In November 2002, the FASB issued FIN 45, "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others." FIN 45 requires that the Company recognize the fair value for guarantee and indemnification arrangements issued or modified by the Company after December 31, 2002, if these arrangements are within the scope of the interpretation. In addition, the Company must continue to monitor the conditions that are subject to the guarantees and indemnifications, as required under previously existing GAAP principles in order to identify if a loss has occurred. If the Company determines it is probable that a loss has occurred then any such estimable loss would be recognized under those guarantees and indemnifications. For further discussion of FIN 45, see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, "Other Recent Accounting Pronouncements," Part II, Item 8, incorporated here by reference.


ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISKS

        The following discusses our exposure to market risk related to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and equity prices. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could vary materially as a result of a number of factors including those set forth in "Risk Factors" beginning on page 10.

Interest Rate Risk

        As of December 31, 2002, we had total restricted and unrestricted cash, highly liquid investments and short-term investments of approximately $112.9 million. These investments may be subject to interest rate risk and will decrease in value if market interest rates decrease. A hypothetical increase or decrease in market interest rates by 10 percent from the market interest rates at December 31, 2002 would cause the fair market value of our cash and cash equivalents to change by an immaterial amount. Declines in interest rates over time will, however, reduce our interest income.

        As of December 31, 2002, all of the Company's short-term investments have a contractual maturity date that is less than one year from December 31, 2002. The following summarizes the fair value of the Company's short-term investments at December 31, 2002 (amounts in thousands):

 
  Fair Market Value
Government notes and bonds   $ 8,930
Certificates of deposit     26
   
    $ 8,956
   

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

        Substantially all of our revenues recognized to date have been denominated in U.S. dollars, a significant portion of which have been transacted with customers outside the United States. To the extent that we engage in international sales denominated in U.S. dollars, an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies could make our products more expensive in international

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markets. We will continue to monitor our exposure to currency fluctuations and although we have never used financial hedging techniques to date, we may use them in the future to minimize the effect of these fluctuations. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that these fluctuations will not harm our business in the future.

Equity Price Risk

        From time to time, we have made investments in private companies, particularly private companies that are our strategic partners or customers. As of December 31, 2002, our investment in private companies had a carrying value of approximately $5.0 million. If these companies do not complete initial public offerings or are not acquired by publicly traded companies or for cash, we may not be able to liquidate these investments. In addition, even if we are able to sell these investments we cannot assure you that we will recoup our investment or that we will not be required to sell these investments at a loss. We have sold certain investments at a loss over the past year. The recent general decline in the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market and the market prices of publicly traded technology companies, as well as any potential further declines in the future, will continue to adversely affect our ability to realize a return of our capital on most of these investments.

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ITEM 8.    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report of Ernst and Young LLP, Independent Auditors   52
Consolidated Financial Statements;    
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2002 and 2001   53
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000   54
  Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000   55
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000   56
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   57

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REPORT OF ERNST AND YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Commerce One, Inc.

        We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Commerce One, Inc. as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. 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 auditing standards generally accepted in the 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Commerce One, Inc. at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

        As discussed in Notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2002 Commerce One, Inc. changed its method of accounting for goodwill and certain other purchased intangible assets.

    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Walnut Creek, California
January 27, 2003

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COMMERCE ONE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share, and per share data)

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
 
ASSETS              
Current assets:              
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 73,753   $ 192,547  
  Short term investments     3,510     81,346  
  Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $6.0 million at December 31, 2002 and $24.1 million at December 31, 2001(1)     7,373     45,877  
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     4,923     9,762  
   
 
 
Total current assets     89,559     329,532  
   
 
 
Restricted cash, cash equivalents and short term investments     35,630     14,260  
Property and equipment, net     9,761     64,908  
Goodwill, net         164,679  
Other intangible assets, net     18,449     244,855  
Investments and other assets     6,023     10,707  
   
 
 
Total assets   $ 159,422   $ 828,941  
   
 
 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Current liabilities:              
  Accounts payable   $ 3,104   $ 23,773  
  Accrued compensation and related expenses     8,338     17,960  
  Deferred revenue(2)     23,546     57,367  
  Other current liabilities(3)     29,997     50,021  
   
 
 
Total current liabilities     64,985     149,121  

Notes payable

 

 

25,000

 

 

19,000

 
Non-current accrued restructuring charges     21,947     37,005  

Commitment and Contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Stockholders' equity:              
  Common stock, par value $0.0001, 95,000,000 shares authorized; 29,276,716 and 28,752,021 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively     3,674,645     3,723,419  
  Deferred stock compensation     (4,385 )   (66,772 )
  Note receivable from stockholder     (129 )   (129 )
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (1,203 )   (1,101 )
  Accumulated deficit     (3,621,438 )   (3,031,602 )
   
 
 
Total stockholders' equity     47,490     623,815  
   
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 159,422   $ 828,941  
   
 
 

             
Amounts included above from related parties (Note 10):              
  (1) Accounts receivable, net   $ 1,747   $ 1,669  
   
 
 
  (2) Deferred revenue   $ 11,138   $ 35,458  
   
 
 
  (3) Other current liabilities   $ 418   $ 4,114  
   
 
 

See accompanying notes.

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COMMERCE ONE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Revenues:                    
  License fees   $ 28,597   $ 130,917   $ 223,277  
  Services     76,932     277,652     178,519  
   
 
 
 
Total revenues(1)     105,529     408,569     401,796  
Costs and expenses:                    
  Cost of license fees(2)     192,406     662,315     14,910  
  Cost of services     68,233     228,023     139,746  
  Sales and marketing     78,945     183,412     168,647  
  Product development     76,922     118,159     102,676  
  General and administrative (includes ($5.5) million, $32.9 million and $2.7 million in bad debt (recovery) expense, respectively)     25,615     116,621     43,236  
  Purchased in-process research and development         4,548     5,142  
  Stock compensation     8,728     98,302     39,820  
  Restructuring costs and other     22,947     126,605      
  Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets     11,867     332,789     233,183  
  Impairment of intangible assets, fixed assets and equity investments     214,082     1,120,464      
   
 
 
 
Total costs and expenses     699,745     2,991,238     747,360  
   
 
 
 
Loss from operations     (594,216 )   (2,582,669 )   (345,564 )
Interest income and other, net     4,681     7,571     7,017  
   
 
 
 
Net loss before income taxes     (589,535 )   (2,575,098 )   (338,547 )
Provision for income taxes     301     9,001     6,400  
   
 
 
 
Net loss   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,584,099 ) $ (344,947 )
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (20.33 ) $ (103.02 ) $ (20.52 )
   
 
 
 
Shares used in calculation of net loss per share     29,011     25,084     16,807  
   
 
 
 

                   
(1) Revenue from related parties (Note 10)   $ 32,022   $ 97,741   $ 52,512  
   
 
 
 
(2) Includes charges for the impairment and amortization of
      the Technology Agreement with Covisint (Notes 4 and 11)
  $ 190,396   $ 647,500   $ 5,700  
   
 
 
 

See accompanying notes.

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COMMERCE ONE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

(In thousands, except share data)

 
  Common Stock
   
  Note
Receivable
from
Shareholder

  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss

   
   
 
 
  Deferred
Stock
Compensation

  Accumulated
Deficit

   
 
 
  Shares
  Amount
  Total
 
BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 1999   14,993,648   $ 423,839   $ (4,110 ) $   $ (452 ) $ (102,556 ) $ 316,721  
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options   803,304     40,407                     40,407  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan   198,534     11,221                     11,221  
Issuance of shares in connection with business combinations   2,988,970     1,774,339     (169,166 )               1,605,173  
Notes receivable from shareholder assumed in business combination               (133 )           (133 )
Payment of note receivable from stockholder assumed in business combination               4             4  
Sale of common in connection with strategic partnerships, net of issuance cost   505,955     249,783                     249,783  
Contractual obligation to issue common stock in connection with Covisint agreement   2,880,000     880,200                     880,200  
Deferred stock compensation       20,174     (20,174 )                
Amortization of deferred stock compensation           39,820                 39,820  
Issuance of warrants for services       1,524                     1,524  
Net loss                       (344,947 )   (344,947 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment                   (323 )       (323 )
Unrealized loss on investments                   (39 )       (39 )
                                     
 
Comprehensive loss                                       (345,309 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2000   22,370,411     3,401,487     (153,630 )   (129 )   (814 )   (447,503 )   2,799,411  
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options   429,331     6,961                     6,961  
Repurchase of common stock from terminated employees   (17,416 )   (59 )                   (59 )
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan   291,330     11,664                     11,664  
Issuance of common stock and assumption of stock options in connection with business combinations   807,858     74,768     (2,181 )               72,587  
Issuance of restricted common stock to employees   187,915     14,099     (14,099 )                
Forfeiture of restricted common stock by employees upon termination   (65,885 )   (4,836 )   4,836                  
Sale of common stock to SAP, net of issuance cost   4,748,477     219,335                     219,335  
Amortization of deferred stock compensation           98,302                 98,302  
Net Loss                       (2,584,099 )   (2,584,099 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment                   120         120  
Unrealized loss on investments                   (407 )       (407 )
                                     
 
Comprehensive loss                                       (2,584,386 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2001   28,752,021     3,723,419     (66,772 )   (129 )   (1,101 )   (3,031,602 )   623,815  
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options   215,382     3,163                     3,163  
Repurchase of common stock from terminated employees   (9,661 )   (53 )                   (53 )
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan   358,760     2,275                     2,275  
Forfeiture of restricted common stock by employees upon termination   (39,786 )   (2,958 )   2,958                  
Additional issuance cost on sale of common stock to SAP       (500 )                   (500 )
Deferred compensation forfeited       (50,701 )   50,701                  
Amortization of deferred stock compensation           8,728                 8,728  
Net loss                       (589,836 )   (589,836 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment                   (490 )       (490 )
Unrealized gain on investments                   388         388  
                                     
 
Comprehensive loss                                       (589,938 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BALANCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2002   29,276,716   $ 3,674,645   $ (4,385 ) $ (129 ) $ (1,203 ) $ (3,621,438 ) $ 47,490  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes.

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COMMERCE ONE OPERATIONS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Operating activities:                    
Net loss   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,584,099 ) $ (344,947 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:                    
  Depreciation and amortization     30,733     45,375     15,339  
  Purchased in-process research and development         4,548     5,142  
  Amortization of cost of Technology Agreement with Covisint     10,428     55,188     5,689  
  Amortization of deferred stock compensation     8,728     98,302     39,820  
  Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets     11,867     332,789     233,184  
  Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets     189,344     1,098,869      
  Impairment of Technology Agreement with Covisint     179,968     592,334      
  Write down of investment in Covisint     4,255     21,595      
  Loss on other investments     248     2,958     2,994  
  Loss on disposal of property and equipment         26,914      
  Impairment of property and equipment     20,483          
  Other     977          
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                    
    Restricted cash and investments     (30,184 )        
    Accounts receivable, net     29,972     111,366     (91,043 )
    Prepaid and other current assets     7,980     8,221     (8,402 )
    Accounts payable     (20,014 )   (5,075 )   13,654  
    Accrued compensation and related expenses     (9,622 )   (27,390 )   26,612  
    Other current liabilities     (28,981 )   (28,780 )   29,967  
    Deferred revenue     (33,821 )   (57,078 )   71,894  
    Non-current accrued restructuring charges         37,005      
   
 
 
 
Net cash used in operating activities     (217,475 )   (266,958 )   (97 )
Investing activities:                    
Purchase of property and equipment, net     (6,503 )   (39,491 )   (79,158 )
Proceeds from maturities of short term investments     130,550     204,709     82,880  
Purchase of short term investments     (43,964 )   (173,954 )   (136,357 )
Business combinations, net of cash acquired         (2,499 )   8,773  
Additional costs of Technology Agreement with Covisint, net         (2,815 )    
Proceed from divestitures     10,734          
Other investments     1,569     3,191     (13,199 )
   
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     92,386     (10,859 )   (137,061 )
Financing activities:                    
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net     4,885     237,901     301,411  
Proceeds from borrowings on notes payable     25,423     19,000      
Payments on notes payable and capital lease obligations     (23,053 )   (1,846 )   (533 )
   
 
 
 
Net cash provided by financing activities     7,255     255,055     300,878  
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents     (960 )   120     (323 )
   
 
 
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash     (118,794 )   (22,642 )   163,397  
Cash balance at beginning of period     192,547     215,189     51,792  
   
 
 
 
Cash balance at end of period   $ 73,753   $ 192,547   $ 215,189  
   
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosures:                    
Interest paid   $ 946   $ 351   $ 235  
   
 
 
 
Cash paid for income taxes   $ 2,620   $ 4,307   $ 4,590  
   
 
 
 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:                    
Deferred stock compensation   $   $ 9,263   $ 20,174  
   
 
 
 
Unrealized loss on investments   $ 388   $ 407   $ 39  
   
 
 
 
Issuance of preferred stock, common stock and assumption of stock options in connection with business combinations   $   $ 74,768   $ 1,774,339  
   
 
 
 
Deferred stock compensation related to stock option grants and options assumed in business combinations   $   $ 2,181   $ 12,821  
   
 
 
 
Valuation of common stock to be issued in connection with Technology Agreement with Covisint   $   $   $ 849,350  
   
 
 
 
Common stock warrant issued in connection with services provided   $   $   $ 1,524  
   
 
 
 
Common stock issued in connection with equity interest in Covisint   $   $   $ 30,850  
   
 
 
 

See accompanying notes.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY

        The Company was founded as Distrivision in 1994, and changed its name to Commerce One in 1997, and re-incorporated into Delaware in 1999. On July 11, 2001, the Company completed its reorganization into a holding company structure. Commerce One is a technology company that specializes in software and services that allow companies to conduct business more efficiently through business process automation and web services solutions. The Company's software provides the technology and infrastructure that enable companies to conduct business processes via the Internet or Intranets and to manage their supplier, partner and customer relationships more effectively. Commerce One's services operations support these software solutions and help companies take maximum advantage of the efficiencies that these solutions can offer. Together, the Company's software and services allow companies to automate business functions that traditionally involved costly and time-consuming phone calls and paperwork.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

        At December 31, 2002, the Company has $112.9 million cash and cash equivalents and investments, of which $77.3 million is unrestricted and available to fund operations, $24.6 million working capital and $3,621.4 million accumulated deficit. Furthermore, the Company expects to use approximately $39 million in cash to fund its operations in the first quarter of 2003. To date, the Company has funded its operations from revenue and equity financing. The Company plans to fund its current level of operations from a combination of available unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, investments and revenue. However, plans and future events are inherently uncertain. Therefore, should the Company's levels of revenue and cash, cash equivalents and investments fall short of the Company's expectations, the Company will take action to further reduce its operating expenses, primarily through reductions of personnel-related costs, and the Company believes such action, if needed, will allow the Company to have sufficient cash to finance its expected operating losses and working capital requirements through the 2003 calendar year.

        The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation format.

        The functional currency of the Company's foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. The Company translates all assets and liabilities to U.S. dollars at the current exchange rates as of the applicable balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated using the average exchange rate for the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation of the foreign subsidiaries' financial statements are reported as a separate component of accumulated comprehensive other income (loss) in stockholders' equity. Net gains and losses resulting from foreign exchange transactions, which are recorded in the statement of operations, were not significant during any of the periods presented.

USE OF ESTIMATES

        The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates and assumptions made by management involve revenue recognition, the establishment of provisions for bad debts and warranty, the determination of

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the fair value of stock awards to employees for purposes of the pro forma disclosures. the valuation of goodwill, other intangible assets, fixed assets, and equity investments, and the restructuring accruals related to office closures.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

        Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with insignificant interest rate risk and maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase and are stated at amounts that approximate fair value. Cash equivalents consist principally of investments in short-term money market instruments and certificates of deposit.

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

        Short-term investments consist principally of commercial paper, corporate notes and bonds, government notes and bonds and certificates of deposit with maturities greater than 90 days and are stated at amounts that approximate fair value.

        The Company accounts for its short term investments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities." Management determines the appropriate classification of debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date.

        The Company has classified its short-term investments as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale investments are recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices at December 31, 2002 and 2001, with unrealized gains and losses reported as other comprehensive income (loss) and included within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the statement of stockholders' equity. Realized gains and losses, which have been immaterial to date, are included in interest and other income and are derived using the specific identification method for determining the cost of investments sold. Dividend and interest income is recognized when earned.

        As of December 31, 2002, all of the Company's short-term investments have a contractual maturity date that is less than one year from December 31, 2002. The following summarizes the fair value of the Company's short-term investments at December 31, 2002 (amounts in thousands):

 
  Amortized
Cost

  Gross
Unrealized
Gains

  Gross
Unrealized
Losses

  Fair Value
Government notes and bonds   $ 8,928   $ 2   $   $ 8,930
Certificates of deposit     26             26
   
 
 
 
    $ 8,954   $ 2   $   $ 8,956
   
 
 
 

        Short-term investments as of December 31, 2002 included approximately $26,000 and $5.4 million in certificates of deposit and government notes and bonds, respectively, which collateralized certain of the Company's obligations related to operating lease agreements for office facilities.

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        The following summarizes the fair value of the Company's short-term investments at December 31, 2001 (amounts in thousands):

 
  Amortized
Cost

  Gross
Unrealized
Gains

  Gross
Unrealized
Losses

  Fair Value
Commercial paper   $ 30,916   $ 28   $   $ 30,944
Government notes and bonds     32,973     13     (2 )   32,984
Corporate notes and bonds     20,648     27         20,675
Certificates of deposit     11,003             11,003
   
 
 
 
    $ 95,540   $ 68   $ (2 ) $ 95,606
   
 
 
 

        Short-term investments as of December 31, 2001 included approximately $8.0 million and $6.3 million in certificates of deposit and government notes and bonds, respectively, which collateralized certain of the Company's obligations related to operating lease agreements for office facilities, potential workers compensation claims and guarantees of a personal home mortgage for an executive officer.

RESTRICTED CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

        Restricted cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaled $35.6 million and $14.3 million as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. In 2002, these amounts collateralize the Company's obligations related to operating lease agreements for office facilities and a bank note payable. In 2001, these amounts collateralized the Company's obligations related to operating lease agreements for office facilities, potential worker compensation claims, and the guarantee of a personal home mortgage for an executive officer.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

        Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows: computer equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures are depreciated over three years, and leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the remaining term of the related lease or the estimated economic useful life of the improvement. Equipment acquired under capital leases is depreciated over the shorter of the expected useful life or the related lease term.

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

        Goodwill and other intangible assets result from business combinations accounted for under the purchase method and intellectual property that is comprised of the cost incurred filing for original patents. Intangible assets related to acquired technology, trademarks, patents and other intangible assets acquired through business combinations are being amortized on a straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the related asset, generally one to five years, and intellectual property related to original patents is being amortized over an estimated useful life of ten years. Effective July 1, 2001 the Company adopted certain provisions of SFAS 141, "Business Combinations", and on January 1, 2002, the Company adopted the full provisions of SFAS 141 and SFAS 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001, and also specifies the criteria for the recognition of intangible assets separately from goodwill. Under the new rules, goodwill is no longer amortized but is subject to an impairment test at least annually. SFAS 141 specifically identified assembled workforce as an intangible asset that is not to be recognized apart from goodwill and it was subsumed into goodwill on January 1, 2002. Other intangible assets that meet the new criteria continue to be amortized over their useful lives. In 2002, goodwill was evaluated for impairment and deemed to be fully impaired as

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of December 31, 2002. The Company also evaluates potential impairments of its long-lived assets, including intangibles. When the Company determines that the carrying value of long-lived assets may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more indicators of impairment, the Company evaluates the expected undiscounted cash flows related to the assets. If these cash flows are less than the carrying value of the assets, the Company measures the impairment using discounted cash flows.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS

        The Company adopted SFAS 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," on January 1, 2002. SFAS 144 supersedes SFAS 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of." The primary objectives of SFAS 144 are to develop one accounting model based on the framework established in SFAS 121 for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale, and to address significant implementation issues.

        Long-lived assets, other than goodwill, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable. The Company does not perform a periodic assessment of assets for impairment in the absence of such information or indicators. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment assessment include a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, or a significant adverse change that would indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets is not recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value. Long-lived assets held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

        The Company accounts for software development costs in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (referred to as "FASB") No. 86, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed," under which certain software development costs incurred subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility are capitalized and amortized over the estimated lives of the related products. Technological feasibility is established upon completion of a working model. Development costs incurred subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility have not been significant, and all software development costs have been charged to product development expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK AND CREDIT EVALUATIONS

        Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of risk include cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and accounts receivable. The Company's investment policies limit cash equivalents and short-term investments to short-term, low risk investments. Cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments are held with a domestic financial institution with high credit standing. For the year ended December 31, 2002, transactions with SAP AG ("SAP") accounted for approximately 24.8% of the Company's total revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2002, one other customer accounted for more than 11% of the Company's total revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2001, transactions with SAP accounted for approximately 19.4% of the Company's total revenues. For the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, no other customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's total revenues. At December 31, 2002, no customers accounted for more than 10% of the Company's gross accounts receivable balance. At December 31, 2001, two customers accounted for 13% and 12% of the Company's gross accounts receivable balance. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and does not typically require collateral or guarantees. Management maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of the Company's customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of the

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Company's customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make such payments, increases in the allowance may be required.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

        The Company's revenue recognition policies are consistent with Statement of Position 97-2 "Software Revenue Recognition," as modified by Statement of Position 98-9.

        Revenues from license agreements for software products are recognized upon delivery of the software if there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, collection is probable and the fee is fixed or determinable. When software is licensed to third parties through indirect sales channels, generally license fees are recognized as revenue under the sell-through method, when the criteria described above have been met and the reseller has sold the software to an end-user customer. While the Company generally does not license software under barter or concurrent arrangements, whenever software has been licensed under such arrangements the Company has recognized revenue equal to the net monetary amounts to be received by the Company.

        The Company assesses whether fees are fixed or determinable when products or services have been delivered. Payment terms offered by the Company vary based on customer requirements and standard practice in the customer's country of domicile, and are typically within 90 days of delivery of the underlying products or services. Payment terms that extend beyond 90 days are not considered fixed or determinable, and are not recognized as revenue until the contractual payment due date, provided that the Company determines that collection is probable and all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.

        The Company reduces license revenue to reflect estimated product returns. While as a matter of contract and general practice, the Company does not accept the return of software products after the expiration of any acceptance period, unforeseen contractual disputes with customers may require us to accept the return of a product. Should actual product returns differ from estimates, revisions to the product return allowance would be required.

        The Company charges estimated product warranty costs to cost of licenses at the time revenue is recognized. While the Company engages in extensive product quality programs and processes prior to the release of software, unforeseen product errors may exist in our products that may require us to incur costs to correct or replace the affected products. Should actual costs differ from its estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty costs would be required.

        Revenues from professional services contracts are generally recognized on a time and material basis. However, when contracts have a fixed price, revenue is recognized on the percentage-of-completion method, with costs and estimated profits recorded as work is performed. The Company uses labor hours as the input measure to determine progress under the percentage of completion method. The Company uses labor hours as the input measure to determine progress under the percentage-of-completion method. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Changes in contract performance and estimated profitability, including final contract settlements, may result in revisions to costs and revenues, which are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined.

        If a customer transaction includes both software license and services elements or the rights to multiple software products, the total arrangement fee is allocated to each of the elements using the residual method, under which revenue is allocated to undelivered elements based on vendor specific objective evidence of the fair values of such undelivered elements and the residual amounts of revenue are allocated to the delivered elements.

        Revenue is recognized using contract accounting for arrangements involving significant customization or modifications of the software or where professional services are considered necessary

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to the functionality of the software. Revenue from these software and services arrangements is recognized using the percentage -of -completion method by utilizing specific milestones in order to assess the progress achieved.

        The Company recognizes revenue from royalty agreements upon receipt of the royalty report when there is a signed agreement and collection is probable. Prepaid royalties are recorded as deferred revenue until the royalty report is received. For limited term fixed fee royalty agreements, the Company recognizes the total fee ratably over the term of the royalty agreement.

        Software maintenance revenues, subscription and hosting fees are recognized ratably over the term of the related contract, typically one year, in accordance with revenue recognition criteria.

        Network service fees (transaction fees and revenue sharing), which have not been significant, are recognized as earned based on customer transactions.

        Deferred revenue consists of license fees for which revenue recognition criteria have not been met and prepaid fees for royalties, services, subscription fees, and maintenance and support agreements.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

        The Company generally has three categories of employee stock-based awards: restricted stock, stock options and a stock purchase plan, which are more fully described in "Note 11—Stockholders' Equity." The Company accounts for employee stock options using the intrinsic value method in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25") and has adopted the disclosure-only alternative of SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" as amended by SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure." Under the intrinsic value method, the Company has only recorded stock-based compensation resulting from restricted stock issued and options assumed in various prior period acquisitions.

        Restricted stock is measured at fair value on the date of grant based on the number of shares granted and the quoted price of the Company's common stock. Such value is recognized as an expense ratably over the corresponding employee service period. To the extent restricted stock or restricted stock units are forfeited prior to vesting, the corresponding previously recognized expense is reversed as an offset to "Stock-based compensation." Stock-based compensation associated with restricted stock was $2.7 million during 2002.

        The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 as amended by SFAS 148 to stock-based employee compensation (in thousands except per share data):

 
  Years ended December 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Net income—as reported   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,584,099 ) $ (344,947 )
  Add: Stock-based compensation cost, included in the determination of net income as reported     8,728     98,302     39,820  
  Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards     (42,344 )   120,723     (543,710 )
   
 
 
 
Proforma net loss   $ (623,452 ) $ (2,365,074 ) $ (848,837 )
   
 
 
 
Loss per share:                    
  Basic and diluted—as reported     (20.33 )   (103.02 )   (20.52 )
   
 
 
 
  Basic and diluted—pro forma     (21.49 )   (94.29 )   (50.50 )
   
 
 
 

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        The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during 2002, 2001 and 2000 was $4.33, $40.80 and $470.60, respectively. The weighted-average fair value for stock options granted were calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions:

 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Volatility   148 % 146 % 135 %
Weighted-average estimated life   3 years   3 years   3 years  
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate   4.6 % 5.0 % 6.2 %
Dividend yield        

        The weighted average fair value of shares issued under the employee stock purchase plan during 2002, 2001, and 2000 was $5.26, $68.06, and $273.65, respectively. The weighted-average fair value of shares issued under the employee stock purchase plan was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions:

 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Volatility   148 % 146 % 135 %
Weighted-average estimated life   6 months   6 months   6 months  
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate   4.6 % 5.0 % 6.2 %
Dividend yield        

ADVERTISING

        Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was approximately $779,000, $5,981,000 and $9,368,000 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

INCOME TAXES

        The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," which requires the use of the liability method in accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

NET LOSS PER SHARE

        Basic and diluted net loss per share information for all periods is presented under the requirements of SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share." Basic earnings per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, less shares subject to repurchase and forfeiture, and excludes any dilutive effects of options, warrants, and convertible securities. Potentially dilutive securities have also been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as their inclusion would be antidilutive.

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        The calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share is as follows (in thousands, expect per share data):

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Net loss   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,584,099 ) $ (344,947 )
   
 
 
 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding     29,074     25,250     16,964  
Less: weighted average shares subject to repurchase and forfeiture     (63 )   (166 )   (157 )
   
 
 
 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share     29,011     25,084     16,807  
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (20.33 ) $ (103.02 ) $ (20.52 )
   
 
 
 

        If the Company had reported net income, the calculation of diluted earnings per share would have included, approximately, an additional 584,000, 2,327,300, and 2,223,100 common equivalent shares related to outstanding stock options and warrants not included above (determined using the treasury stock method) for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

        Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) includes certain changes in stockholders' equity that are excluded from net loss. Other comprehensive income (loss) includes unrealized gains and losses and currency translation adjustments. At December 31, 2002 and 2001 cumulative unrealized losses totaled $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, and cumulative currency translation adjustments totaled $1.1 million and $0.7 million, respectively. Comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 has been reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity.

EFFECTS OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

        In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS No. 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (referred to as EITF) Issue No. 94-3 "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)". SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, not at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan as required under EITF Issue No. 94-3. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 146 may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs and the amounts recognized under such costs. SFAS No. 146 is not expected to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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        In November 2002, the FASB issued FIN 45, "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others". FIN 45 requires that the Company recognize the fair value for guarantee and indemnification arrangements issued or modified by the Company after December 31, 2002, if these arrangements are within the scope of the Interpretation. In addition, the Company must continue to monitor the conditions that are subject to the guarantees and indemnifications, as required under previously existing generally accepted accounting principles, in order to identify if a loss has occurred. If the Company determines it is probable that a loss has occurred then any such estimable loss would be recognized under those guarantees and indemnifications. Some of the software licenses granted by the Company contain provisions that indemnify licensees of the Company's software from damages and costs resulting from claims alleging that the Company's software infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party. The Company has historically received only a limited number of requests for indemnification under these provisions and has not been required to make material payments pursuant to these provisions. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded a liability related to these indemnification provisions. The Company does not have any guarantees or indemnification arrangements other than the indemnification clause in some of its software licenses. The Company will be required to implement the provisions of FIN 45 as of January 1, 2003 and does not believe that FIN 45 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

        On September 16, 2002, the Company completed a reverse stock split where ten shares of common stock outstanding were converted into one share of common stock. All references in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto with respect to the number of shares, per share amounts and market prices of the Company's common stock have been restated to reflect the effect of the reverse stock split.

2. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

        Accounts receivable consists of the following (in thousands):

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
Accounts receivable   $ 10,347   $ 59,390
Unbilled accounts receivable     3,027     10,564
   
 
      13,374     69,954
Less accounts receivable allowances     6,001     24,077
   
 
    $ 7,373   $ 45,877
   
 

        Unbilled accounts receivable result from professional services provided to customers that have not yet been formally invoiced as of the reporting date. Such amounts are generally invoiced within fifteen business days of the end of the period in which services are provided.

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3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

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

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
Computer and office equipment   $ 7,417   $ 74,825
Furniture and fixtures     2,344     24,635
Leasehold improvements         15,660
Work in process         674
   
 
      9,761     115,794
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization         50,886
   
 
    $ 9,761   $ 64,908
   
 

        Depreciation expense was approximately $30.7 million in 2002, $45.4 million in 2001 and $15.3 million in 2000. In accordance with SFAS 144 (See Note 4), an impairment charge was recorded for all long-lived assets whose carrying value exceeded their estimated fair value. As a result, the Company recorded impairment charges of $20.5 million for property and equipment during the year ended December 31, 2002 to reduce the book value to the estimated fair value.

4. GOODWILL, LONG LIVED ASSETS AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

        Other intangible assets, which result from acquisitions accounted for under the purchase method and the Covisint Technology Agreement entered into in December 2000, consists of the following (in thousands):

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
 
Covisint Technology Agreement   $ 15,943   $ 267,215  
Core and developed technology     1,431     34,742  
Assembled workforce         29,273  
Customer contracts         7,900  
Other     1,075     16,519  
   
 
 
      18,449     355,649  
Less accumulated amortization         (110,794 )
   
 
 
Other intangible assets, net   $ 18,449   $ 244,855  
   
 
 

        Changes in the net carrying amount of goodwill in 2002 are as follows (in thousands):

Balance as of December 31, 2001   $ 164,679  
Reclassification of intangible asset—assembled workforce into goodwill, net     15,700  
Exterprise goodwill adjustment for final purchase accounting     (545 )
Impairment     (179,834 )
   
 
Balance as of December 31, 2002   $  
   
 

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        Changes in the net carrying amount of goodwill in 2001 are as follows (in thousands):

Balance as of December 31, 2000   $ 1,511,035  
Goodwill recorded from the purchase of Exterprise     54,786  
Appnet goodwill adjustment for final purchase accounting     (687 )
Impairment     (1,095,335 )
Goodwill amortization     (305,120 )
   
 
Balance as of December 31, 2001   $ 164,679  
   
 

        Amortization expense of our goodwill and other intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

 
  December 31,
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
Goodwill amortization   $   $ 305,120   $ 212,993
Covisint technology agreement amortization     10,428     55,188     5,689
Acquisition related intangible asset amortization     11,824     27,669     20,190
Intellectual property amortization     43        
   
 
 
Total   $ 22,295   $ 387,977   $ 238,872
   
 
 

        Intangible assets related to acquired technology, trademarks, patents and other intangible assets acquired through business combinations are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the related asset, generally one to five years, and intellectual property related to original patents is being amortized over an estimated useful life of ten years.

        The expected future annual amortization expense of our other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

For the Year Ending December 31,

  Amortization Expense
2003   $ 2,584
2004     2,584
2005     2,584
2006     2,107
Thereafter     8,590
   
Total expected future amortization   $ 18,449
   

        In accordance with SFAS 141 and 142, the Company discontinued the amortization of goodwill and assembled workforce beginning January 1, 2002. A reconciliation of previously reported net income (loss) and earnings per share to the amounts adjusted for the exclusion of goodwill amortization and the amortization of assembled workforce is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 
  For the years ended December 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Net Loss:                    
  Reported net loss   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,584,099 ) $ (344,947 )
  Goodwill amortization         305,120     212,993  
  Assembled workforce amortization         9,959     4,189  
   
 
 
 
    Adjusted net loss   $ (589,836 ) $ (2,269,020 ) $ (127,765 )
   
 
 
 

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  For the years ended December 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
Basic and diluted loss per share:                    
  Reported net loss   $ (20.33 ) $ (103.02 ) $ (20.52 )
  Goodwill amortization         12.16     12.67  
  Assembled workforce amortization         0.40     0.25  
   
 
 
 
    Adjusted basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (20.33 ) $ (90.46 ) $ (7.60 )
   
 
 
 

        Under SFAS No. 142, intangible assets with finite lives that continue to be amortized should be reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144. An impairment assessment is required whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company identified indicators of possible impairment relating to the Technology Agreement with Covisint. The impairment indicators included, but were not limited to, significant negative industry and economic trends, which resulted in a reduction of forecasted cash flows related to the Technology Agreement.

        In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the Company performed an impairment test of the carrying value of the Technology Agreement to determine whether any impairment existed. The Company determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the Technology Agreement was less than its carrying value and that an impairment write-down was required. Accordingly, the Company calculated the estimated fair value of the intangible asset by summing the present value of the expected cash flows over its life. The impairment was calculated by deducting the present value of the expected cash flows from the carrying value. This assessment resulted in an impairment write-down of $145.8 million in relation to the Technology Agreement, which was charged to cost of license fees during the quarter ended March 31, 2002.

        During the quarter ended December 31, 2002, the Company identified indicators of possible impairment relating to property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets other than goodwill. These indicators included but were not limited to a history of negative cash flows and operating losses and significant negative industry and economic trends. The Company performed an impairment test of the carrying value of these long-lived and intangible assets to determine whether any impairment existed. The Company determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets was less than the carrying value of the assets and that an impairment existed. The Company determined fair value for long-lived assets by using market values when available. If no market existed for the asset, the Company calculated fair value as the sum of the discounted cash flows attributable to the assets. The impairment was calculated by deducting the established fair value from the carrying value. As a result, the Company recorded impairment charges of $20.5 million for property and equipment, $9.5 million for intangible assets other than goodwill, and $34.2 million for the Covisint Technology agreement during the year ended December 31, 2002.

        Effective July 1, 2001, the Company adopted certain provisions of Statement of Financial Standards ("SFAS") No. 141, and effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted the full provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the criteria for recording intangible assets apart from goodwill. The Company evaluated its goodwill and other intangible assets acquired prior to June 30, 2001 using the transition criteria of SFAS No. 141, which resulted in $15.7 million of other intangible assets (comprised entirely of assembled workforce) being subsumed into goodwill as of January 1, 2002. SFAS No. 142 requires that purchased goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangible assets no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually.

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        During the fourth quarter of 2002, the Company prepared its required SFAS 142 impairment test. The Company's fair value, established using the market method, was below its carrying value as of December 31, 2002, indicating that a potential impairment to goodwill existed. The Company then calculated the potential impairment by establishing the fair value of goodwill and subtracting this fair value from the carrying value of goodwill. In accordance with FAS No. 142, the fair value of goodwill is an implied value and is calculated by subtracting the fair value of the net assets of the Company (other than goodwill) from the fair value of the Company. The fair value of net assets includes determining the fair value of any unrecognized intangible assets. The Company established fair values for any unrecognized intangible assets. The impairment was then calculated by deducting the fair value of goodwill from the carrying value of goodwill. This calculation resulted in an impairment charge of $179.8 million, which brought the carrying value of goodwill to zero.

        During 2001, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long Lived Assets and for Long Lived Assets to be Disposed of," the Company performed impairment tests to determine whether any impairment existed. The Company determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to certain of its intangible assets was less than the carrying value of those intangible assets. Accordingly, the Company calculated the estimated fair value of the assets by summing the present value of the expected cash flows over the life of the assets. The impairment was calculated by deducting the present value of the expected cash flows from the carrying value of the intangible assets. Based on the results of these tests, the Company determined that the carrying values of goodwill and other intangible assets related to AppNet, the Technology Agreement with Covisint, and CommerceBid were not recoverable and therefore had suffered impairment.

        This assessment resulted in write-downs during the second quarter of 2001 of $1,098.9 million to record the amount by which the carrying amounts of the goodwill and other intangible assets related to AppNet and CommerceBid exceeded their respective fair values. Further, an impairment write-down of $592.3 million was recorded in relation to the Technology Agreement with Covisint, and this amount was charged to cost of license fees.

5. INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS

        Investments and other assets consists of the following (in thousands):

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
Investment in Covisint   $ 5,000   $ 9,255
Non-current prepaid software licenses     308     592
Other     715     860
   
 
    $ 6,023   $ 10,707
   
 

        The Company has made several strategic investments in privately held companies and two publicly traded companies and has an investment in Covisint (Note 11). The Company owns less than a 5% interest in these companies and does not have a significant influence over these companies. Investments in publicly traded companies are carried at fair value, based on quoted market prices, with unrealized gains and losses recorded in equity. Investments in private companies are recorded at cost. These investments are periodically evaluated for declines in value that are considered other than temporary. During 2001 and 2002 Commerce One recognized losses related to its strategic investments. Due to the significant and enduring downturn in the technology sector of the economy the Company felt that the related declines in value were other than temporary and recognized impairments on all of its strategic investments. During the fiscal year 2001, the Company recorded investment losses of approximately $24.5 million of which $21.6 million related to the investment in Covisint, $2.4 million related to investments in other privately held companies and $0.5 million related to investments in publicly traded

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companies. During the fiscal year 2002, the Company recorded an investment loss of $4.3 million related to the investment in Covisint. This loss was partially offset by an approximate $0.4 million gain from the sale of the investments in publicly traded companies. As a result, the Company recorded total investment losses of approximately $3.9 million.

6. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

        Other accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
Accrued restructuring costs   $ 14,423   $ 18,839
Income taxes payable     4,688     10,055
Royalty, referral, and marketing commitment payable     1,821     5,225
Accruals related to business combinations         5,112
Professional fees (legal, tax, and accounting)     1,040     1,189
Customer deposits     157    
Deferred rent     2,578     1,786
Other     5,290     7,815
   
 
Total other current liabilities   $ 29,997   $ 50,021
   
 

ACCRUED RESTRUCTURING COST

        In April 2002, management approved and began to implement a corporate restructuring plan (the "First Plan) aimed at streamlining the Company's cost structure. Included in the plan were costs related to severance pay, outplacement services, benefits continuation, write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by terminated employees, office closures and the termination of certain office leases. The plan included staff reductions totaling approximately 500 employees from all areas of the company. The restructuring charges relating to this plan were estimated at $15.9 million and were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

        In October 2002, management approved and began to implement an additional corporate restructuring plan (the "Second Plan") aimed at further reducing operating expenses while focusing our resources on our core product, the Commerce One Conductor platform. The restructuring charges related to the Second Plan were estimated at $12.0 million and were recorded during the quarter ended December 31, 2002. The Second Plan included the costs associated with the termination of approximately 400 employees including severance pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation, the termination of certain office leases, the consolidation or closure of certain facilities and the write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by terminated employees.

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        The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the year ended December 31, 2002, (in thousands):

 
  Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2001

  Amounts
charged to
restructuring
costs and
other

  Amounts
reversed

  Amounts
paid or
written off

  Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2002

 
Lease cancellations and commitments   $ 50,889   $ 4,600   $ (10,452 ) $ (10,293 ) $ 34,744  
Termination payments to employees and related costs     4,515     23,749     (193 )   (26,558 )   1,513  
Write-off on disposal of assets and related costs     440     5,404     (161 )   (5,570 )   113  
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total restructure accrual and other   $ 55,844   $ 33,753   $ (10,806 ) $ (42,421 ) $ 36,370  
   
 
 
 
       
Less non-current accrued restructuring charges                           $ (21,947 )
                           
 
Accrued restructuring charges included within other accrued liabilities                           $ 14,423  
                           
 

    Lease cancellations and commitments

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2002, the Company incurred restructuring charges of approximately $0.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively, for facilities consolidated or closed in the United States, Europe and Asia. These offices were responsible for the sale of our software products, professional services or customer support. These restructuring charges reflect the remaining contractual obligations under facility leases net of anticipated sublease income from the date of facility abandonment to the end of the lease term. In addition, the charges include $3.7 million of changes in management assumptions regarding sub-lease income. Amounts reversed are mainly related to early lease settlement negotiations for certain leased properties resulting in a reversal of $5.7 million and changes in management assumptions regarding broker fees in connection with assumed sub-lease income resulting in a reversal of $1.3 million. Certain facilities continued in use during the completion of the restructuring. For those facilities, we continued to record monthly rent expense to operations until the facilities were available for sub-lease or were abandoned. Accrued restructuring costs related to lease cancellations and commitments as of December 31, 2002 were approximately $34.7 million of which $21.9 million related to non-current obligations.

Termination payments to employees and related costs

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2002, we incurred restructuring charges of approximately $13.3 million and $8.3 million, respectively, for the termination of approximately 900 employees to cover costs such as separation pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation. The separation payments and termination benefits were accrued and charged to restructuring costs in the period that both the benefit amounts were determined and such amounts were communicated to the affected employees. The employee reductions occurred in all areas of the Company. As of December 31, 2002, all of the employees had been notified and the majority of these terminations had been completed. The Company expects that the accrued termination payments of approximately $1.5 million as of December 31, 2002 will be fully paid during 2003.

        In the first quarter of 2003, the Company terminated approximately 430 employees bringing the total workforce down to approximately 350 employees.

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Write-off on disposal of assets and related costs

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2002, the Company incurred restructuring charges of approximately $2.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively, related to the carrying values of equipment and leasehold improvements abandoned in connection with the restructuring. Included in the assets disposed of and charged to restructuring costs are personal computers and equipment used by terminated employees, office equipment and leasehold improvements in connection with closure or consolidation of facilities and subsidiaries in the United States, Asia and Europe. We expect the restructuring costs of approximately $0.1 million accrued as of December 31, 2002 will be fully utilized during 2003.

        In 2001, the Company implemented multiple restructuring plans (the "2001 Plans") in order to significantly reduce its annual operating expenses while realigning Commerce One's resources around its core product initiatives. The restructuring costs in 2001 were estimated at $126.6 million. Collectively, the 2001 costs were associated with the termination of approximately 2,070 employees to cover costs such as separation pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation and also the termination of certain office leases, the divestiture of certain parts of the Company's Global Services division, the consolidation or closure of certain facilities and the write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by employees terminated.

        The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the year ended December 31, 2001, (in thousands):

 
  Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2000

  Amounts
charged to
restructuring
costs and
other

  Amounts
reversed

  Amounts
paid or
written off

  Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2001

 
Lease cancellations and commitments   $     68,860   $   $ (17,971 ) $ 50,889  
Termination payments to employees and related costs         30,790         (26,275 )   4,515  
Write-off on disposal of assets and related costs         30,418     (4,321 )   (25,657 )   440  
Costs associated with divestiture of certain businesses         858         (858 )    
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total restructure accrual and other   $   $ 130,926   $ (4,321 ) $ (70,761 ) $ 55,844  
   
 
 
 
       
Less non-current accrued restructuring charges                           $ (37,005 )
                           
 
Accrued restructuring charges included within other accrued liabilities                           $ 18,839  
                           
 

Lease cancellations and commitments

        In the first, second and fourth quarters of 2001, the Company incurred total restructuring charges of approximately $9.4 million, $33.6 million and $25.9 million, respectively, for facilities consolidated or closed in the United States, Europe and Asia. These offices were primarily responsible for the sale of our software products, professional services or customer support. These restructuring charges reflect the remaining contractual obligations under facility leases net of anticipated sublease income from the date of facility abandonment to the end of the lease term. Certain facilities continued in use during the completion of the restructuring for which we continued to record monthly rent expense until the facilities were available for sub-lease or were abandoned. Accrued restructuring costs related to lease cancellations and commitments as at December 31, 2001 were approximately $50.9 million of which non-current amounts accrued were approximately $37.0 million.

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Termination payments to employees and related costs

        In the first, second and fourth quarters of 2001, the Company incurred restructuring charges of approximately $4.7 million, $15.9 million and $10.2 million, respectively, for the termination of approximately 2,070 employees to cover costs such as separation pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation. The separation payments and termination benefits were accrued and charged to restructuring costs in the period that both the benefit amounts were determined and such amounts were communicated to the affected employees. The employee reductions came from all areas of the Company and, as of December 31, 2001, all of the employees affected had been notified and the majority of these terminations had been completed.

Write-off on disposal of assets and related costs

        In the second and fourth quarters of 2001, the Company incurred restructuring charges of approximately $12.5 million and $17.9 million, respectively, related to the carrying values of equipment and leasehold improvements abandoned in connection with the restructuring and exit costs associated with the anticipated liabilities for estimated customer claims resulting from the divestiture of certain operations within the Global Services division. Included within the assets disposed of and charged to restructuring costs were personal computers and equipment used by employees terminated, office equipment and leaseholds in connection with closure or consolidation of facilities and subsidiaries in the United States, Asia and Europe.

        Included within the second quarter of 2001 charge of $12.5 million were amounts associated with the anticipated liabilities for estimated customer claims resulting from the divestiture of certain operations within the Company's Global Services division which were no longer core to the Company's business. The amounts accrued were based on the Company's estimation of the likely costs associated with the exit of certain service contracts. In the fourth quarter of 2001, the Company reevaluated this liability based on the actual customer claims received, amounts paid and the successful execution of certain exit activities. The Company reduced the liability by $4.3 million with a corresponding credit to the restructuring charge in the fourth quarter of 2001.

Costs associated with divestiture of certain businesses

        As a result of the business divestitures completed in the fourth quarter of 2001, the Company recorded a loss on divestiture of $0.8 million that was charged to restructuring costs and other in the fourth quarter of 2001. As a result of the business divestitures completed in the first quarter of 2002 the Company recorded a gain of approximately $2.3 million based on the cash proceeds received from the sale of E-Government Solutions, Inc. The Company recognized total revenues of approximately $98.7 million in 2001 from our professional services operations within the Global Services division which were disposed of in the fourth quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002.

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7. NOTES PAYABLE

        In October 2002, the Company repaid its loan from Microsoft Corporation in the principal amount of $19.0 million. The Microsoft loan bore interest at 7% per annum, payable quarterly, and was secured with a $19.0 million cash collateral account. On October 23, 2002, the Company executed a Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank for a credit facility of up to $25.0 million. In the fourth quarter of 2002, Commerce One drew $25 million against the credit facility. The loan facility is due by November 29, 2005, or upon the earlier "default" by the Company, which is generally defined in the agreement to include the following: failure to pay any obligation to Silicon Valley Bank under the agreement within three (3) days of the due date; failure of the Company to maintain its legal existence and good standing where such failure could materially impact the value of the loan collateral; failure to provide certain financial information to the bank within the time periods prescribed by the contract; failure to pay taxes where such payment obligations are not subject to good faith dispute; the placement of any uncorrected material lien or seizure judgment against the Company's assets; any material change in the value of the assets collateralizing the loan; the filing of an insolvency proceeding; any judgment or accelerated payment obligation exceeding $3,000,000; or a material misstatement or misrepresentation in the loan application. The loan facility bears interest at a rate between one-half and three-quarters of a point below the Silicon Valley Bank's prime rate (3.75% at December 31, 2002). All amounts drawn by Commerce One are fully secured by a cash collateral account with Silicon Valley Bank and do not result in any net additional unencumbered cash to the Company.

8. BUSINESS DIVESTITURE AND NOTES RECEIVABLE

        During 2001, 2002 and the first quarter of 2003, the Company completed the divestiture of certain professional services divisions within its Global Services division. These service divisions were initially acquired through the acquisition of AppNet in September 2000, and were divested through management buy-outs of the division.

        In October 2001, the Company executed an asset sale to Beaconfire Consulting Inc., a company composed of former Commerce One employees. In consideration of the assets sold, the Company received a note receivable with a face value of approximately $0.4 million due on September 30, 2006, that bears an annual interest rate of 8%, receivable on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain criteria, the Company also has the right to receive a 4% and 4.5% annual share of future revenues of Beaconfire Consulting for the two and succeeding three years, respectively, payable on a quarterly basis beginning at the end of, and including payment for, the quarter ending December 31, 2001.

        In October 2001, the Company executed a stock transfer and asset sale with Edgar, Dunn & Company, Inc., a company composed of former Commerce One employees. In connection with this agreement the Company received a 10% minority interest in Edgar, Dunn & Company, Inc., and two notes receivable with face values totaling $1.3 million that are due by September 30, 2004. The notes bear an annual interest rate of 7.5%, receivable on a quarterly basis. Subject to certain criteria, the Company also has the rights to an annual revenue share of 6% of the future revenues of Edgar, Dunn & Company, Inc., for the four-year period following the closing in October 2001.

        On January 9, 2002, the Company executed an asset sale agreement with Connective Commerce Company LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company composed of former Commerce One employees. In connection with this agreement, the Company received cash of approximately $2.4 million and a note receivable with a face value of approximately $4.0 million due on December 31, 2004, that bears a quarterly interest rate of 1.75%, receivable on a quarterly basis commencing September 30, 2002. On October 15, 2002, the Company agreed with Connective Commerce to modify the note agreement to decrease the payments in 2003 and to forgive interest on the principal balance for 2003. Due to the renegotiation of the note and Connective Commerce's deteriorating financial

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condition, the Company determined that the value of the asset was significantly impaired and reduced the remaining value of the note to zero during the quarter ended December 31, 2002. The charge was taken as expense in the "General and administrative" section of the consolidated statement of operations.

        On February 21, 2002, the Company executed a stock purchase agreement with Commerce One E-Government Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and eGov Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation composed of former Company employees. In consideration for the sale of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Commerce One E-Government Solutions, Inc to eGov Holdings, Inc., the Company received cash consideration of approximately $8.4 million.

        On January 24, 2003, the Company executed the sale and license of certain assets and liabilities, including customer commitments, related to CommerceOne.net, the Company's marketplace services business consisting of auction services, subscription services, content services and hosting services, with eScout LLC, a privately held limited liability company. In connection with the closing of this transaction, the Company received notes receivable with an aggregate face value of approximately $2.0 million, membership interests in eScout and the right to receive royalty payments over the four years following the closing of no more than $0.5 million in the aggregate. The note receivable bears a quarterly interest rate of 1.5% with payments due each quarter with the final payment due on January 24, 2005. Fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate purchase price is held in escrow until January 2004 as security for any claims related to a breach of the Company's representations, warranties and covenants. During 2002, the Company recognized service revenues totaling approximately $11.8 million from CommerceOne.net related services. Subsequent to this sale, Commerce One will no longer offer these services and therefore will receive no future revenues related to these services.

        At December 31, 2002, the assets and liabilities relating to the Company's marketplace service business were held for sale. The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities that were held for sale (in thousands) at December 31, 2002:

Accounts receivable, net   $ 507  
Fixed assets     653  
Prepaid expenses     30  
Deferred revenue   $ (1,122 )

9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

LEASE OBLIGATIONS

        The Company leases its principal office facilities under non-cancelable operating leases with escalating rent. Rent expense amounted to $16,460,000, $22,856,000 and $14,411,000 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

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        Capital lease payments for computer equipment and future minimum payments under operating leases, net of any contracted third-party sub-lease rental income at December 31, 2002 are as follows (in thousands):

YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31,

  Capital
Leases

  Operating
Leases

  Total
 
2003   $ 351   $ 27,115   $ 27,466  
2004         26,558     26,558  
2005         16,413     16,413  
2006         8,498     8,498  
2007         8,121     8,121  
Thereafter         18,094     18,094  
Contracted third party sublease income         (2,704 )   (2,704 )
   
 
 
 
Total Estimated Cash Flows     351   $ 102,095   $ 102,446  
         
 
 
Less Imputed Interest     (8 )            
   
             
Present Value of net Minimum lease payments     343              
Less current portion     (343 )            
   
             
Long-Term capital lease obligation   $              
   
             

        Assets acquired under capital lease had an original cost of $801,000, however during the quarter ended December 31, 2002 all fixed assets were written down to their fair market value. As a result the assets acquired under capital leases had a book value of $88,000 and no accumulated depreciation. Non-cancelable operating lease obligations include $34.7 million that was accrued as restructuring costs as at December 31, 2002.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

        The Company currently is a party to various legal proceedings, including those noted below. While the Company currently believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings could occur. Depending on the amount and timing, an unfavorable outcome of some or all of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company's cash flows, business, results of operations or financial position.

Securities Litigation

        On June 19, 2001, an alleged securities class action, captioned Cameron v. Commerce One, Inc., et al., was filed against Commerce One, several company officers and directors (the "Individual Defendants"), and the three lead underwriters in the Commerce One initial public offering ("IPO") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Various plaintiffs have filed similar actions asserting virtually identical allegations against more than 200 other companies. The lawsuits against Commerce One and other companies have been coordinated for pretrial purposes with these other related lawsuits and have been assigned the collective caption In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation.

        On April 19, 2002, plaintiffs' lawyers for the consolidated lawsuits filed an amended complaint consisting of a set of "Master Allegations" and individual amended complaints against the various defendants, including Commerce One and the Individual Defendants. The amended complaint alleges violations of Section 11 and Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (and Rule 10b-5, promulgated thereunder) as a result of alleged conduct of the underwriters of the IPO to engage in a

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scheme to underprice the IPO and then artificially inflate our stock price in the aftermarket. The complaint seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of common stock between July 1, 1999 and June 15, 2001. On July 15, 2002, the issuer and individual defendants filed an omnibus motion to dismiss addressing issues generally applicable to the defendants as a group. On October 9, 2002, the district court entered an order dismissing all of the living individual Commerce One officers and directors from the case without prejudice. On February 16, 2003, the district court entered an order denying most of the defenses asserted by the defendants in the omnibus motion to dismiss and allowing most of the case to proceed.

        In February 2003, Commerce One, along with its Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Financial Officer, were named as defendants in a similar class-action matter in Florida, Liu v. Credit Suisse First Boston et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. In that case, the plaintiff alleges that various investment banks, issuer companies, and individuals violated securities laws by engaging in a scheme to under-price initial public offerings and then artificially inflate prices of those stocks in the aftermarket.

Real Estate Litigation

        On November 13, 2002, the Company was named as a defendant in an action for breach of lease, entitled Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. v. Commerce One, Inc., Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara,. The action alleges that Commerce One breached its commercial real estate lease for office space in Santa Clara, California. The Complaint does not quantify the damages it seeks, but instead seeks all unpaid rent owing at the time of trial. If the trial occurs during 2003, the Company expects the claim for back rent to range between $1.5 and $4.1 million, depending on the date of the trial. As of March 31, 2003, Commerce One's full lease obligation with Marriott Plaza (including back and future rent through the lease term of February 2006) is approximately $11.5 million.

        In addition to the above, the Company has stopped paying rent with respect to various other real estate leases in connection with attempts to negotiate with the landlords to reduce or eliminate the Company's long-term real estate obligations. The total long-term lease obligations for these locations, including future rent through March 2011, is approximately $50.0 million in the aggregate. In the first quarter of 2003, the landlords for premises leased by the Company in California, Maryland and Massachusetts filed unlawful detainer actions against the Company to repossess the premises. While none of these unlawful detainer actions has sought monetary damages, it is likely that each landlord in the locations where we have stopped paying rent eventually will file a lawsuit to recover past and future rent payments unless the Company is able to reach settlement agreements in the near future.

10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

        Commerce One's strategic relationship with SAP commenced on September 18, 2000, when the Company entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SAP AG to jointly develop, market and sell the MarketSet suite of applications and the Enterprise Buyer procurement applications. These products were primarily targeted at electronic marketplace customers, a market which has since declined substantially. This agreement provided that either party licensing the jointly developed products to its customers would owe a royalty to the other party. The amount of the royalty was generally based on a percentage of the total license fee paid by the customer.

        SAP historically has made non-refundable royalty prepayments to Commerce One, which the Company has recorded as deferred revenue as payments are received. As SAP incurs the obligation to pay royalties to Commerce One, these royalties are recognized as revenue. Prepayments received from SAP and included in deferred revenue totaled approximately $10.2 million and $33.8 million as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. When Commerce One licenses one of the jointly developed products to its customers, it pays a royalty to SAP in connection with the sale. These royalty payments

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are recorded as a reduction of license or support revenue, as appropriate. In 2002, 2001 and 2000, the Company made royalty payments to SAP of approximately $1.3 million, $16.9 million and $10.5 million, respectively.

        During 2001, Commerce One and SAP amended these agreements to provide for different rights to resell certain technology included in the jointly developed products and for varying royalty rates and maintenance fees depending on the particular product, category of customer and other factors.

        Effective January 1, 2002, the Company amended its strategic alliance agreement with SAP to simplify its royalty payment provisions and to provide SAP with an unlimited right to resell the jointly developed products on a fixed fee basis, as well as a right to resell certain other Commerce One technology on an OEM basis, for the first three quarters of 2002. In exchange, SAP reported to the Company a total of approximately $20.7 million, primarily attributable to license fees, as well as related support and maintenance. Commerce One credited the aggregate fee of approximately $20.7 million against SAP's prior prepayments which were previously recorded as deferred revenue. Commerce One recognized the license and maintenance fees ratably over the three-quarter period ending September 30, 2002. The amendment provided that during this three-quarter period, Commerce One would pay SAP a royalty fee based upon a fixed percentage of the total license fee for jointly developed products sold by Commerce One, if any. The amendment further provided that the agreement would default to the historical royalty structure in the event the parties failed to agree on a new payment schedule by September 30, 2002. Commerce One and SAP have not renegotiated the royalty payments, and therefore the parties will revert to the historical royalty structure when payments are due.

        The parties entered into a subsequent amendment effective December 20, 2002 in which the parties clarified Commerce One's support obligations for prior versions of the Marketset product, granted reciprocal rights to distribute certain connector technology related to the Marketset product on a royalty-free basis, and resolved certain outstanding payment issues relating to services and maintenance fees for certain joint customers.

        SAP's license royalty payments to Commerce One historically have constituted a substantial portion of the Company's revenues, including during 2002 and 2001. Historically, SAP was instrumental in assisting the Company with selling the jointly developed products, MarketSet and Enterprise Buyer, to SAP's customer base. However, these royalty payments have declined in the past year with the decline of the market for electronic marketplace solutions. In 2002, 2001 and 2000, SAP reported royalties to the Company of approximately $24.3 million, $79.1 million and $44.6 million, respectively, of which license revenues were approximately $19.7 million, $68.3 million and $44.1 million, respectively.

        Commerce One and SAP have each phased out the jointly developed Enterprise Buyer procurement products and replaced such products with its own successor procurement products. As a result, corresponding revenues received from SAP for the sale of such products have ceased, and the Company does not expect to receive any future revenues from the sale of these products by SAP. Similarly, revenues from the MarketSet product, primarily targeted at the electronic marketplace sector, have declined substantially and the Company does not expect to receive significant future license revenues, if any, from the sale of this product by SAP.

        The Company also has generated revenue from its relationship with SAP by performing professional services as a subcontractor to SAP, primarily on software implementation engagements where the Company has jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer to an SAP customer. SAP also has completed professional services for the Company by acting as a subcontractor, primarily in relation to the jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer products.

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        The Company also has generated revenue from its relationship with SAP by providing technical customer support and maintenance services to joint customers. In 2002, support of such customers represented a substantial percentage of the Company's total support and maintenance revenue. Amounts received from SAP include payments based on a certain percentage of total support and maintenance fees received by SAP from the customer. In addition, the Company amended the strategic alliance agreement on January 1, 2002 to provide that SAP would pay Commerce One $500,000 per quarter for certain support obligations relating to Marketset. Under the terms of that agreement, the fixed payment is scheduled to cease on September 30, 2003.

        During the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the Company recognized revenues with Covisint, LLC ("Covisint"), a business-to-business electronic marketplace for the procurement of goods and services by automakers, their suppliers and others. The Company holds a two percent equity interest in Covisint and under the terms of a Technology Agreement with Covisint (see Note 11), the Company indirectly licenses software and provides professional services and software maintenance to Covisint in exchange for cash compensation and a share of Covisint's electronic marketplace revenue over a ten-year period.

        During the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the Company recognized revenue from transactions with NTT Corporation ("NTT"). A member of the Company's Board of Directors currently serves as an executive of an NTT subsidiary.

        Amounts included in the consolidated financial statements in connection with the related party transactions described above are as follows (in thousands):

 
  YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
Revenues:                  
  SAP   $ 26,149   $ 79,111   $ 44,602
  Covisint     5,011     12,885     6,036
  NTT     862     5,745     1,874
   
 
 
  Total   $ 32,022   $ 97,741   $ 52,512
   
 
 
Professional consulting costs included within Cost of services:                  
  SAP   $ 2,237   $ 1,367   $
   
 
 
  Total   $ 2,237   $ 1,367   $
   
 
 

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  DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
Accounts receivable:            
  SAP   $ 38   $ 874
  Covisint     1,709 (1)   738
  NTT         57
   
 
  Total   $ 1,747   $ 1,669
   
 
Deferred revenue:            
  SAP   $ 10,204   $ 33,863
  Covisint         72
  NTT     934     1,523
   
 
  Total   $ 11,138   $ 35,458
   
 
Other current liabilities:            
  SAP   $ 418   $ 4,114
   
 
  Total   $ 418   $ 4,114
   
 

(1)
Includes $800,000 of unbilled accounts receivable as of December 31, 2002.

11. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH SAP AG

        On September 18, 2000, the Company entered into agreements with SAP AG to jointly develop and deliver the next generation of e-business marketplace solutions. In connection with those agreements, the Company issued 505,955 shares of common stock to SAP AG for an aggregate purchase price of $250 million.

        On June 28, 2001, Commerce One and SAP AG entered into a further stock purchase agreement and related agreements that resulted in Commerce One's issuance of 4,748,477 shares of its common stock to SAP AG at a purchase price of $47.50 per share, for a total purchase price of approximately $225 million. The transaction was completed on August 6, 2001. SAP AG owned a total of approximately 5.7 million shares of Commerce One common stock as of December 31, 2002.

        SAP AG is generally prohibited from transferring its shares for three years from the date of the closing, although it may sell up to 10% of its shares during the first year after the closing, up to 30% during the second year and up to 50% during the third year, subject to certain limitations on open market sales and transfers to persons who after the transfer will hold in excess of 10% of Commerce One's voting power. These restrictions on transfer terminate on the earliest to occur of a change of control of Commerce One, the termination of the strategic alliance agreement (other than as a result of a material breach of the strategic alliance agreement by SAP AG) and the third anniversary of the agreements. SAP AG is also prohibited from transferring the shares to a competitor of Commerce One for six years from the closing date, except in open market transactions. Commerce One has a right of first refusal on any private sale of shares by SAP AG for 54 months following the closing.

        SAP AG also agreed to certain standstill restrictions that, for three years following the date of share purchase agreement, generally restrict SAP AG's ability to acquire more than 23% of Commerce One's outstanding common stock, seek control of Commerce One, or participate in groups with respect to the holding or voting of Commerce One's stock. The standstill obligations terminate prior to three years from the date of the share purchase agreement upon the occurrence of certain events, such as a change of control of Commerce One or the acquisition of more than 15% of Commerce One by certain named competitors of SAP AG. These obligations are also suspended in the event of an offer for such

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a change of control or acquisition, but will be reinstated if the offer is withdrawn or terminated. SAP AG also remains subject to the operation of Commerce One's shareholder rights plan, or "poison pill", which was amended to permit SAP AG to beneficially own shares of Commerce One common stock up to the 23% standstill limit.

        Until the earlier of three years from the closing or the end of the standstill period, SAP AG has the right to participate to maintain its pro rata ownership of Commerce One's outstanding shares in the event Commerce One issues additional securities in a private transaction. In addition, SAP AG is entitled to certain registration rights, after one year with respect to shares purchased by SAP AG from Commerce One prior to the transaction, and after two years with respect to the other shares it currently owns, shares acquired in the transaction and any shares it acquires from Commerce One in the future. SAP AG also received the right to nominate a director for election to Commerce One's board of directors for as long as SAP AG owns ten percent or more of Commerce One's common stock. If SAP AG is entitled to nominate a director but no director is nominated or available to attend a meeting of Commerce One's board of directors, SAP AG may send an observer to attend. SAP AG also generally agreed to vote its shares in proportion with the other stockholders of Commerce One only with respect to nominees to Commerce One's board of directors and stockholder proposals to amend or rescind Commerce One's rights plan or SAP AG's standstill agreement during the standstill period. There are no other restrictions on SAP AG's voting rights.

STOCKHOLDERS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

        In March 2001, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a Stockholders' Rights Plan. Under the plan, Commerce One issued a dividend of one right for each share of common stock of the Company held by stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 30, 2001. The rights trade with Commerce One's common stock. Each right entitles stockholders to purchase a fractional share of Commerce One's preferred stock for an exercise price of $700. However, the rights are not immediately exercisable and will generally become exercisable if a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15 percent or more of Commerce One's common stock or commences a tender or exchange offer upon consummation of which such person or group would beneficially own 15 percent or more of Commerce One's common stock. The rights will become exercisable by holders, other than the unsolicited third party acquirer, for shares of Commerce One or of the third party acquirer having a value of twice the right's then-current exercise price. The rights are redeemable by Commerce One and will expire on April 30, 2011. The Rights Plan was not adopted in response to any effort to acquire control of the Company.

REORGANIZATION INTO A HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE

        During 2001, the Company completed its reorganization into a holding company structure. As part of the reorganization, the Stockholders of the "old" Commerce One (now the wholly-owned subsidiary Commerce One Operations, Inc.) became stockholders of the "new" Commerce One.

        In December 2000, Commerce One Operations, Commerce One, Ford Motor Company (Ford), General Motors Corporation (GM), DaimlerChrysler AG, Renault S.A. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. entered into several agreements relating to the formation of Covisint, LLC ("Covisint"), a business-to-business electronic marketplace for procurement of goods and services by automakers, their suppliers and others. In connection with the formation of Covisint, under the terms of a Formation Agreement, Commerce One Operations agreed to undergo a corporate restructuring into a holding company. In addition, under the terms of a Technology Agreement, Commerce One indirectly licenses software and provides professional services and support and maintenance services to Covisint in exchange for cash compensation and a share of Covisint's electronic marketplace revenue over a ten-year period.

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        In July 2001, Commerce One Operations completed the reorganization into a holding company structure by means of a merger with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce One, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 25, 2001 by and among Commerce One, New C1 Merger Corporation and Commerce One Operations.

        Upon completion of the reorganization, Commerce One Operations became a wholly owned subsidiary of Commerce One and changed its name to Commerce One Operations, Inc. Holders of Commerce One Operations common stock (and the associated right under Commerce One Operation's stockholder rights plan) received one share of Commerce One common stock for each share of Commerce One Operations common stock (and associated right) held by such stockholder prior to the reorganization.

        Commerce One continued the business of Commerce One Operations as the parent holding company of Commerce One Operations.

        On the completion of the reorganization, Commerce One received an aggregate two percent equity interest in Covisint. Upon the execution of the Formation Agreement, Commerce One issued 1.44 million shares of its common stock to Ford and 1.44 million shares of its common stock to GM. Under the terms of the Formation Agreement, half of each of Ford's and GM's shares were held in escrow and were released to Ford and GM in December 2002. Prior to the reorganization, the board of directors issued a dividend of one right under Commerce One's stockholder rights plan per share of common stock held by Ford and General Motors.

        In addition, pursuant to a Standstill and Stock Restriction Agreement entered into between Commerce One, Commerce One Operations, Ford and GM, all of the shares of stock issued to Ford and GM will generally be subject to transfer restrictions for three years subject to certain exceptions. Ford and GM also agreed to certain "standstill" restrictions that will generally limit their ability to acquire individually more than 9.95%, or collectively more than 19.9%, of Commerce One's outstanding common stock for three years, and individually 12.5% and collectively 25% thereafter. In addition, for a period of three years, Ford and GM generally agreed to vote their shares in accordance with the recommendations of Commerce One's Board of Directors with respect to nominees to the Board of Directors and increases in Commerce One authorized capital stock and amendments to stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans approved by Commerce One's Board of Directors. Under a Registration Rights Agreement entered into between Commerce One, Ford and GM, Ford and GM are entitled to registration rights generally beginning after three years, subject to certain exceptions.

STOCK OPTIONS

        In 1997, the Company adopted the Commerce One 1997 Incentive Stock Option Plan, which plan was amended and restated in 1999 (the "1997 Plan"). In 1999, the Company adopted the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (the "1999 Plan"). In connection with various acquisitions, the Company assumed the VEO and CommerceBid stock option plans in 1999, the Mergent and AppNet stock option plans in 2000 and the Exterprise stock option plan in 2001. The Company terminated all the assumed plans upon the assumption and no further options will be granted under them. As of December 31, 2002, the Company reserved an aggregate of 7,453,207 shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to all of its stock option plans and one standalone nonstatutory stock option agreement.

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        All employees, including without limitation, independent contractors and directors are eligible to receive awards under the 1997 Plan. Options granted under the 1997 Plan may be either incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. The exercise price of incentive stock options granted under the 1997 Plan may not be less than the fair market value of the shares of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. However, the Administrator of the plan shall determine the exercise price of non-qualified stock options. The option holder may exercise unvested options and obtain shares of stock that are subject to a repurchase option by the Company at the original exercise price in the event of the employee's termination. As of December 31, 2002 the Company had issued 2,504 shares of common stock subject to repurchase. The repurchase rights lapse over the period that the underlying options vest.

        Options granted under the 1999 Plan may only be non-qualified stock options and the Administrator shall determine the exercise price.

        Under the Company's 1999 Director Option Plan, 81,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for grants of stock options under such plan. As of December 31, 2002, options to purchase 72,000 shares have been granted. No grants were made pursuant to this plan in 2002.

        A summary of the Company's stock option activity under all plans is set forth below:

 
  NUMBER OF
SHARES

  WEIGHTED-
AVERAGE
EXERCISE
PRICE
PER SHARE

Outstanding at December 31, 1999   2,719,566   $ 104.30
  Granted   2,902,381   $ 501.00
  Exercised   (803,301 ) $ 50.40
  Canceled   (227,524 ) $ 296.30
   
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2000   4,591,122   $ 354.90
  Granted and assumed   4,896,003   $ 44.30
  Exercised   (429,331 ) $ 16.20
  Canceled   (3,684,763 ) $ 404.70
   
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2001   5,373,031   $ 58.90
  Granted and assumed   3,783,592   $ 4.82
  Exercised   (215,382 ) $ 14.68
  Canceled   (2,635,911 ) $ 57.42
   
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2002   6,305,330   $ 28.56
   
 
Exercisable and vested at December 31, 2002   2,018,062   $ 54.76
   
 

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  Options Outstanding
  Options Exercisable
and Vested

Range of
Exercise Prices

  Number of
Outstanding
Option

  Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)

  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

  Number of
Exercisable
Options

  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Per Share

$    0.33 - $       3.32   2,082,886   9.64   $ 3.27   72,241   $ 2.31
$    3.35 - $       7.40   1,460,620   9.52   $ 5.81   317,061   $ 6.88
$    7.50 - $     28.10   1,092,037   7.65   $ 26.18   756,434   $ 26.55
$  31.50 - $     33.60   922,884   8.87   $ 33.57   349,717   $ 33.57
$  34.80 - $   198.33   593,438   7.45   $ 71.59   409,854   $ 74.23
$212.50 - $1,044.38   153,465   7.41   $ 405.62   112,755   $ 407.13
   
 
 
 
 
    6,305,330   8.89   $ 28.56   2,018,062   $ 54.76
   
 
 
 
 

RESTRICTED COMMON STOCK

        In May 2001, the Company issued 172,570 restricted shares of common stock to certain employees. The shares of restricted common stock vest ratably over a two year period and are subject to forfeiture if an employee ceases employment prior to that time. In 2002, 39,786 shares of restricted common stock were forfeited due to the cessation of employment by certain employees. As of December 31, 2002, 11,142 shares of restricted common stock were outstanding and subject to forfeiture.

1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

        Under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, ("ESPP Plan"), the Company issued 358,760 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $6.32 per share, 291,330 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $40.00 per share and 198,534 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $56.50 per share, in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. As of December 31, 2002, 1,419,026 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the ESPP Plan. Eligible employees may purchase common stock at 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the first day of the applicable two-year offering period or the last day of the applicable six month purchase period.

DEFERRED STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

        The Company did not record deferred stock compensation in 2002. During 2002, the deferred stock compensation recorded in relation to the restricted stock awards and options assumed in acquisitions in previous years was reduced by $3.0 million and $50.7 million, respectively, representing the deferred stock compensation recorded that was forfeited by employees upon termination of their employment. In the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company recorded deferred stock compensation of approximately $16.3 million and $189.3 million, respectively, representing the difference between the exercise price and the deemed fair value of restricted stock granted to employees and options assumed in connection with the acquisitions. These amounts are being amortized by charges to operations over the vesting periods of the individual stock options and restricted common stock awards. Such amortization amounted to approximately $8.7 million, $98.3 million and $39.8million for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

STOCK OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM

        On March 5, 2001, the Company announced a voluntary stock option exchange program for its employees. Under the program, employees were given the opportunity to elect to cancel outstanding stock options held by them in exchange for an equal number of replacement options to be granted at a

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future date. The elections to cancel options were effective on April 6, 2001. The exchange resulted in the voluntary cancellation by 2,307 employees of options to purchase 2,458,505 shares of common stock with exercise prices ranging from $10.00 to $1,044.40 in exchange for the same number of replacement options. The replacement options were granted on October 8, 2001 and have the same terms and conditions as each optionee's cancelled options, including the vesting schedule and expiration date of the cancelled options. The replacement options were granted at an exercise price of $28.10 per share of common stock on October 8, 2001. Employees were eligible to participate in the program; Board members, former employees and consultants were ineligible to participate.

WARRANTS

        In November 2000, the Company issued a warrant to a consulting firm, in connection with services provided, to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1,109.20. The warrant is exercisable through March 17, 2005. The fair value of the warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free rate of 5.0%, weighted average contractual life of 4.3 years, 106% volatility and no dividend yield, which resulted in a value of $1,524,000. This amount was charged to operations during the year 2000.

12. INCOME TAXES

        The following is a geographical breakdown of consolidated income (loss) before income taxes by income tax jurisdiction (in thousands):

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
United States   $ (589,572 ) $ (2,626,787 ) $ (308,411 )
Foreign     37     51,689     (30,136 )
   
 
 
 
Total   $ (589,535 ) $ (2,575,098 ) $ (338,547 )
   
 
 
 

        There has been no provision for U.S. federal or state income taxes for any period as the Company has incurred operating losses in all periods. During the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the Company recorded foreign income tax provisions of $301,000, $9,001,000 and $6,400,000, respectively, relating to taxes withheld from customer payments and remitted to foreign taxing jurisdictions on the Company's behalf and income taxes generated in certain foreign jurisdictions.

        A reconciliation of income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate to net income taxes included in the accompanying statements of operations is as follows:

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
 
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
 
US federal taxes (benefit) at statutory rate   (35.0 )% (35.0 )% (35.0 )%
State   (5.2 )% (5.2 )% (5.3 )%
Foreign   0.1 % 0.3 % 1.9 %
Acquisition related charges   30.2 % 30.0 % 24.7 %
Valuation allowance   10.0 % 10.2 % 15.6 %
   
 
 
 
Total   0.1 % 0.3 % 1.9 %
   
 
 
 

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        Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of 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 are as follows (in thousands):

 
  DECEMBER 31,
 
 
  2002
  2001
 
Deferred tax assets:              
  Net operating loss carryforwards   $ 359,687   $ 239,607  
  Capitalized research and development costs     14,838     12,156  
  Deferred revenue     8,972     22,035  
  Tax credit carryforwards     13,155     9,516  
  Accrued costs and expenses     7,609     29,805  
   
 
 
Deferred tax assets     404,261     313,119  
Less: valuation allowance     (400,298 )   (299,851 )
   
 
 
Total deferred tax assets     3,963     13,268  
Deferred tax liabilities:              
  Other identified intangible assets     (3,963 )   (13,268 )
   
 
 
Total deferred tax liabilities     (3,963 )   (13,268 )
   
 
 
Net deferred tax assets   $ 0   $ 0  
   
 
 

        Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future earnings, if any, the timing and amount of which are uncertain. Accordingly, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance. The valuation allowance increased by $100,447,000, $154,008,000 and $102,829,000 during 2002, 2001 and 2000 respectively.

        The tax benefits associated with employee stock options provide a deferred tax benefit of $175 million as of December 31, 2002 which has been fully offset by a valuation allowance and will be credited to additional paid-in capital when realized.

        As of December 31, 2002, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of approximately $986,745,000, which expire in the years 2009 through 2022.

        The Company also had net operating loss carryforwards for state income tax purposes of approximately $403,233,000 expiring in the years 2004 through 2022.

        In addition, the Company had federal and state tax credit carryforwards of approximately $8,687,000 and $6,770,000 respectively, which expire in the years 2012 through 2022.

        Utilization of the Company's net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations provided by the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions. Such an annual limitation could result in the expiration of the net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards before utilization.

13. PROFIT SHARING PLAN

        The Company has a profit sharing plan and trust under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that covers substantially all employees. Eligible employees may contribute amounts to the plan via payroll withholdings, subject to certain limitations. The Company did not match contributions by plan participants during the year ended December 31, 2000. The Company began matching employee contributions on January 1, 2001, but terminated the matching of employee contributions on May 31, 2002.

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14. REVENUE BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

        Revenue was derived from customers in the following geographic areas (in thousands):

 
  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
  2002
  2001
  2000
United States   $ 68,419   $ 270,630   $ 225,994
Europe, Middle East and Africa     30,805     83,361     119,372
Asia Pacific     5,304     28,319     47,419
Other Americas     1,001     26,259     9,011
   
 
 
    $ 105,529   $ 408,569   $ 401,796
   
 
 

15. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

EXTERPRISE, INC.

        Effective May 25, 2001, the Company acquired Exterprise, Inc. ("Exterprise"), a provider of platform solutions that enable the development and deployment of e-commerce applications. The acquisition was structured as a common stock for common stock merger and has been accounted for as a purchase transaction. The purchase consideration was approximately $66.3 million consisting of approximately 720,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of approximately $60.7 million, assumption of option to acquire approximately 25,800 shares of common stock with a fair value of $2.5 million and transaction costs of approximately $3.1 million.

        The Company estimated that approximately $4.5 million of the $66.3 million purchase consideration represented purchased in-process research and development that had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. Accordingly, this amount was charged to operations during the year.

        The total purchase cost for the Exterprise acquisition has been allocated to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based upon estimates of their fair value. The following table depicts the total purchase cost and the allocation thereof (in thousands):

Cash   $ 554  
Accounts receivable     106  
Assumed liabilities     (6,103 )
Deferred compensation     2,181  
Intangible assets:        
  Assembled workforce     3,508  
  Purchase technology     5,187  
  Patents     1,018  
  Goodwill     55,307  
   
 
Total intangible assets     65,020  
   
 
Purchased in-process research and development charged to operations in 2001     4,548  
   
 
Total purchase cost   $ 66,306  
   
 

16. SELECTED QUARTERLY COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

        On January 30, 2003, Commerce One announced that it recently discovered that it had overstated the company's stock compensation expense for the quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and

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September 30, 2002, resulting in a net loss for those periods that was less than previously reported. The stock compensation expense for these periods was lower than previously reported by approximately $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2002, $8.8 million in the second quarter of 2002 and $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2002. This overstatement related to non-cash stock compensation expenses for certain employees from prior acquisitions no longer employed with the company, but for whom the company continued to amortize the expense. After adjusting the results in these quarters to correctly reflect the lower expense, the adjusted net loss on a GAAP basis for the third quarter of 2002 was reduced to $36.3 million or $1.25 per share, for the second quarter of 2002 was reduced to $62.3 million or $2.15 per share and for the first quarter of 2002 was reduced to $211.7 million or $7.36 per share. The Company also discovered that it had overstated its deferred stock compensation expense for the fiscal years ended 2000 and 2001 by amounts that were immaterial to the financial results for those periods.

        A summary of the Company's quarterly financial results follows (in thousands, except per share data).

 
  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002
QUARTER ENDED

 
 
  March 31
  June 30
  September 30
  December 31
 
Total revenues   $ 31,755   $ 27,837   $ 26,423   $ 19,514  
   
 
 
 
 
Total cost of licenses and services     174,476     21,950     17,337     46,876  
   
 
 
 
 
Loss from operations   $ (213,481 )* $ (62,696 )* $ (36,584 )* $ (281,455 )
   
 
 
 
 
Net loss   $ (211,681 )* $ (62,333 )* $ (36,340 )* $ (279,482 )
   
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (7.36 )** $ (2.15 )** $ (1.25 )** $ (9.57 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
QUARTER ENDED

 
 
  March 31
  June 30
  September 30
  December 31
 
Total revenues   $ 170,273   $ 101,251   $ 81,086   $ 55,959  
   
 
 
 
 
Total cost of licenses and services     102,831     682,954     57,941     46,612  
   
 
 
 
 
Loss from operations   $ (228,739 ) $ (2,066,266 ) $ (119,271 ) $ (168,393 )
   
 
 
 
 
Net loss   $ (228,534 ) $ (2,068,258 ) $ (119,020 ) $ (168,287 )
   
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (10.21 ) $ (90.25 ) $ (4.51 ) $ (5.90 )
   
 
 
 
 

*
These amounts differ from amounts previously reported by $10.6 million, $8.8 million and $8.9 million for the third, second and first quarters, respectively, as a result of the above mentioned over statement of stock compensation expense.

**
These amounts differ from amounts previously reported by $0.36, $0.31, and $0.31 for the third, second and first quarters, respectively.


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

        None.

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PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

        The information required by this item with respect to identification of directors and officers is incorporated by reference from Commerce One's definitive Proxy Statement ("Proxy Statement") for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 28, 2003 under the captions "The Board" and "Executive Officers and Key Employees," respectively.

        The information required by this item with respect to the information required under Item 405 of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance."


ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

        The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption "Executive Compensation."


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

        The information required under this Item is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the captions "Security Ownership of Management and Principal Stockholders" and "Equity Compensation Plans."


ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

        The information required under this Item is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the captions "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" and "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation."


ITEM 14. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

        (a)    Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.    Within 90 days prior to the date of this annual report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our current disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to us and our subsidiaries required to be included in our periodic SEC filings.

        (b)    Changes in Internal Controls.    There have been no significant changes in our internal controls or, to our knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date we carried out this evaluation.

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PART IV

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

(a)
DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE REPORT

1.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

        Our consolidated financial statements are set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

2.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

        The following financial statement schedule of Commerce One for each of the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements, and related notes thereto, of Commerce One.

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

        Schedules other than those listed above have been omitted as they are either not required, not applicable, or the information has otherwise been shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereafter.

3.
EXHIBITS

        The exhibits listed on the accompanying index to exhibits immediately following the financial statement schedule are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Form 10-K.

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  DESCRIPTION
3.1 (1) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Commerce One Holding, Inc.

3.2

**

Certificate of Amendment, dated September 16, 2002 to Certificate of Incorporation.

3.3

(10)

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.

4.1

(1)

Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2

(1)

Amended and Restated Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2001, between Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and Fleet National Bank including the form of Rights Certificate and the Rights attached thereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively.

10.1

(2)

Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and officers.

10.2

(2)

Form of 1997 Incentive Stock Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.3

(2)

Form of 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.4

(3)

1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.5

(2)

Form of 1999 Director Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.6

(2)

Master Software License and Services Agreement between the Registrant and NTT Communications, dated April 16, 1999.

10.7

(2)

Stock Purchase and Master Strategic Relationship Agreement between the Registrant and NTT Communications, dated June 1999.
     

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10.8

(4)

Amended and Restated Standstill and Stock Restriction Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and SAP AG dated June 28, 2001.

10.9

(4)

Investor Rights Agreement by and between Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and SAP AG dated June 28, 2001.

10.10

(5)

Formation Agreement dated December 8, 2000 by and among Commerce One, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, New Commerce One Holding, Inc. (solely for the purposes of Section 11.3 thereof) Daimler Chrysler AG and (solely for the purposes of section 2.4, 11.2 and 11.9 thereof) Covisint LLC.

10.11

(5)

Standstill and Stock Restriction Agreement dated December 8, 2000 by and among Commerce One, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and New Commerce One Holding, Inc.

10.12

(5)

Registration Rights Agreement dated December 8, 2000 by and among Commerce One, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and New Commerce One Holding, Inc.

10.13

(6)

Stand-alone Stock Option Agreement between Robert M. Kimmitt and Commerce One, Inc., dated as of April 14, 2000.

10.14

(6)

Relocation Loan Agreement between Robert M. Kimmitt and Commerce One, Inc. dated May 17, 2000.

10.14

.1(7)

First Amended Relocation Loan Agreement between Robert M. Kimmitt and Commerce One, Inc. dated January 31, 2001.

10.15

(8)

Strategic Alliance Agreement dated September 18, 2000 by and between Commerce One, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.

10.16

(10)

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 2, dated April 10, 2001 by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.*

10.17

(10)

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 3, dated June 29, 2001 by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.*

10.18

(12)

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 4, effective as of January 1, 2002 by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.

10.19

**

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 5, effective as of December 20, 2002, by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc. *

10.20

(9)

AppNet Systems, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.

10.21

(9)

AppNet Systems, Inc. 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

10.22

(9)

Century Computing, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan.

10.23

(7)

Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement.

10.24

(7)

Form of Amendment No. 1 to Change of Control Severance Agreement.

10.25

(11)

Employee Loan Agreement between Commerce One, Inc., and Dennis H. Jones, dated August 22, 2001.

10.26

(13)

Separation Agreement by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Dennis H. Jones, dated June 20, 2002.
     

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10.27

**

Rental Lease Agreement between Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Narry Singh, dated September 9, 2002.

10.28

(13)

Severance Agreement by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Charles Boynton, dated July 29, 2002.

10.29

(12)

Promissory Note, dated March 22, 2002, executed by Commerce One, Inc. in favor of Microsoft Capital Corporation.

10.30

(12)

Collateral Account Notification and Acknowledgment between Commerce One, Inc. and Microsoft Capital Corporation.

10.31

(14)

Loan and Security Agreement, effective October 23, 2002, by and between Silicon Valley Bank and Commerce One Operations, Inc.

10.32

**

Office Lease Agreement, signed August 27, 1999, by and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and CommerceBid.com.

10.33

**

Amendment No. 1 to office lease, effective October 20, 2000, by and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and Commerce One, Inc. (successor-in-interest to CommerceBid.com).

10.34

**

Amendment No. 2 to office lease, effective December 7, 2000 by, and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and Commerce One, Inc.

10.35

**

Amendment No. 3 to office lease, effective October 25, 2001, by and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and Commerce One, Inc.

10.36

 

Toplink Software Internal Use, Reproduction and Distribution License Agreement by and among Exterprise, Inc. and WebGain, Inc., dated April 30, 2001.*

10.37

 

Software Development and License Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc. and Progress Software Corporation, dated June 21, 2000.*

10.38

 

License Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc. and Baltimore Technologies Ltd., dated June 30, 2000.*

10.39

 

Maintenance and Support Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc. and Baltimore Technologies Ltd., dated June 30, 2000.*

21.1

**

List of Subsidiaries of Registrant.

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

24.1

**

Power of Attorney

31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of Commerce One pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

31.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Commerce One pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

32.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Commerce One pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

(1)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Form 8-A (File No. 000-32979) filed on July 11, 2001.

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(2)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Registration Statement of Form S-1 (File No. 333-76987), declared effective July 1, 1999.

(3)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Form S-8 (File No. 333-33328), filed on March 27, 2000.

(4)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 333-58558), filed on July 10, 2001.

(5)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26453), filed on December 29, 2000.

(6)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-26453), filed on August 14, 2000.

(7)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-26453), filed on April 2, 2001.

(8)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-26453), filed on November 14, 2000.

(9)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Form S-8 (File No. 333-46254), filed on September 20, 2000.

(10)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on August 14, 2001.

(11)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on November 14, 2001.

(12)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-32979), filed April 1, 2002.

(13)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on August 14, 2002.

(14)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on November 14, 2002.

*
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pending a determination by the Securities and Exchange Commission as to whether these portions should be granted confidential treatment.

**
Previously filed.

(b)
REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

    No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter ended December 31, 2002.

    (c)
    EXHIBITS

    See Item 15(a)(3), above.

    (d)
    FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

    See Item 8, above.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 27, 2004

    COMMERCE ONE, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ MARK B. HOFFMAN

Mark B. Hoffman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/  MARK B. HOFFMAN      
Mark B. Hoffman
  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)   May 27, 2004

/s/  
CHARLES BOYNTON      
Charles Boynton

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

May 27, 2004

/s/  
JOHN V. BALEN*      
John V. Balen

 

Director

 

May 27, 2004

/s/  
KENNETH C. GARDNER*      
Kenneth C. Gardner

 

Director

 

May 27, 2004


Stewart Schuster

 

Director

 

    

/s/  
IRV LICHTENWALD*      
Irv Lichtenwald

 

Director

 

May 27, 2004

/s/  
TOSHIMUNE OKIHARA*      
Toshimune Okihara

 

Director

 

May 27, 2004
         

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/s/  
JACK ACOSTA*      
Jack Acosta

 

Director

 

May 27, 2004

/s/  
ALEX S. VIEUX*      
Alex S. Vieux

 

Director

 

May 27, 2004

*/s/ CHARLES BOYNTON

By: Charles Boynton

 

 

 

 

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Commerce One, Inc.
Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Accounts Receivable Allowances (in thousands)

    Allowance for Bad Debts:


 

 

Balances at Beginning of Period


 

Acquisitions


 

Charged to Costs and Expenses


 

Charged to Revenues and Cost of Revenues


 

Deductions


 

Balances at End of Period

  Year ended December 31, 2000   $ 493   $   $ 2,657   $   $ (410 ) $ 2,740
   
 
 
 
 
 
  Year ended December 31, 2001   $ 2,740   $   $ 32,924   $   $ (21,880 ) $ 13,784
   
 
 
 
 
 
  Year ended December 31, 2002   $ 13,784   $   $ (5,454 ) $   $ (5,862 ) $ 2,468
   
 
 
 
 
 

    Reserve for Product and Service Returns:

 
  Balances at Beginning of Period
  Acquisitions
  Charged to Costs and Expenses
  Charged to Revenues and Cost of Revenues
  Deductions
  Balances at End of Period
  Year ended December 31, 2000   $   $   $   $ 500   $   $ 500
   
 
 
 
 
 
  Year ended December 31, 2001   $ 500   $   $   $ 7,807   $ (5,014 ) $ 3,293
   
 
 
 
 
 
  Year ended December 31, 2002   $ 3,293   $   $   $ 222   $ (2,479 ) $ 1,036
   
 
 
 
 
 

    Allowance for License Warranty Claims:

 
  Balances at Beginning of Period
  Acquisitions
  Charged to Costs and Expenses
  Charged to Revenues and Cost of Revenues
  Deductions
  Balances at End of Period
  Year ended December 31, 2000   $   $   $   $   $   $
   
 
 
 
 
 
  Year ended December 31, 2001   $   $   $   $ 7,000   $   $ 7,000
   
 
 
 
 
 
  Year ended December 31, 2002   $ 7,000   $   $   $ (701 ) $ (3,802 ) $ 2,497
   
 
 
 
 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  DESCRIPTION
3.1 (1) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Commerce One Holding, Inc.

3.2

**

Certificate of Amendment, dated September 16, 2002 to Certificate of Incorporation.

3.3

(10)

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.

4.1

(1)

Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2

(1)

Amended and Restated Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2001, between Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and Fleet National Bank including the form of Rights Certificate and the Rights attached thereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively.

10.1

(2)

Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and officers.

10.2

(2)

Form of 1997 Incentive Stock Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.3

(2)

Form of 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.4

(3)

1999 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.5

(2)

Form of 1999 Director Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.

10.6

(2)

Master Software License and Services Agreement between the Registrant and NTT Communications, dated April 16, 1999.

10.7

(2)

Stock Purchase and Master Strategic Relationship Agreement between the Registrant and NTT Communications, dated June 1999.

10.8

(4)

Amended and Restated Standstill and Stock Restriction Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and SAP AG dated June 28, 2001.

10.9

(4)

Investor Rights Agreement by and between Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and SAP AG dated June 28, 2001.

10.10

(5)

Formation Agreement dated December 8, 2000 by and among Commerce One, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, New Commerce One Holding, Inc. (solely for the purposes of Section 11.3 thereof) Daimler Chrysler AG and (solely for the purposes of section 2.4, 11.2 and 11.9 thereof) Covisint LLC.

10.11

(5)

Standstill and Stock Restriction Agreement dated December 8, 2000 by and among Commerce One, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and New Commerce One Holding, Inc.

10.12

(5)

Registration Rights Agreement dated December 8, 2000 by and among Commerce One, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and New Commerce One Holding, Inc.

10.13

(6)

Stand-alone Stock Option Agreement between Robert M. Kimmitt and Commerce One, Inc., dated as of April 14, 2000.

10.14

(6)

Relocation Loan Agreement between Robert M. Kimmitt and Commerce One, Inc. dated May 17, 2000.
     

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10.14

.1(7)

First Amended Relocation Loan Agreement between Robert M. Kimmitt and Commerce One, Inc. dated January 31, 2001.

10.15

(8)

Strategic Alliance Agreement dated September 18, 2000 by and between Commerce One, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.

10.16

(10)

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 2, dated April 10, 2001 by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.*

10.17

(10)

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 3, dated June 29, 2001 by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.*

10.18

(12)

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 4, effective as of January 1, 2002 by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.

10.19

**

Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment No. 5, effective as of December 20, 2002, by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc., SAP and SAP Markets, Inc.*

10.20

(9)

AppNet Systems, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.

10.21

(9)

AppNet Systems, Inc. 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

10.22

(9)

Century Computing, Incorporated Incentive Stock Option Plan.

10.23

(7)

Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement.

10.24

(7)

Form of Amendment No. 1 to Change of Control Severance Agreement.

10.25

(11)

Employee Loan Agreement between Commerce One, Inc., and Dennis H. Jones, dated August 22, 2001.

10.26

(13)

Separation Agreement by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Dennis H. Jones, dated June 20, 2002.

10.27

**

Rental Lease Agreement between Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Narry Singh, dated September 9, 2002.

10.28

(13)

Severance Agreement by and between Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Charles Boynton, dated July 29, 2002.

10.29

(12)

Promissory Note, dated March 22, 2002, executed by Commerce One, Inc. in favor of Microsoft Capital Corporation.

10.30

(12)

Collateral Account Notification and Acknowledgment between Commerce One, Inc. and Microsoft Capital Corporation.

10.31

(14)

Loan and Security Agreement, effective October 23, 2002, by and between Silicon Valley Bank and Commerce One Operations, Inc.

10.32

**

Office Lease Agreement, signed August 27, 1999, by and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and CommerceBid.com.

10.33

**

Amendment No. 1 to office lease, effective October 20, 2000, by and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and Commerce One, Inc. (successor-in-interest to CommerceBid.com).

10.34

**

Amendment No. 2 to office lease, effective December 7, 2000 by, and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and Commerce One, Inc.
     

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10.35

**

Amendment No. 3 to office lease, effective October 25, 2001, by and between Marriott Plaza Associates L.P. and Commerce One, Inc.

10.36

 

Toplink Software Internal Use, Reproduction and Distribution License Agreement by and among Exterprise, Inc. and WebGain, Inc., dated April 30, 2001.*

10.37

 

Software Development and License Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc. and Progress Software Corporation, dated June 21, 2000.*

10.38

 

License Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc. and Baltimore Technologies Ltd., dated June 30, 2000.*

10.39

 

Maintenance and Support Agreement by and among Commerce One, Inc. and Baltimore Technologies Ltd., dated June 30, 2000.*

21.1

**

List of Subsidiaries of Registrant.

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

24.1

**

Power of Attorney

31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of Commerce One pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

31.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Commerce One pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

32.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Commerce One pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

(1)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Form 8-A (File No. 000-32979) filed on July 11, 2001.

(2)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Registration Statement of Form S-1 (File No. 333-76987), declared effective July 1, 1999.

(3)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Form S-8 (File No. 333-33328), filed on March 27, 2000.

(4)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 333-58558), filed on July 10, 2001.

(5)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26453), filed on December 29, 2000.

(6)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-26453), filed on August 14, 2000.

(7)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-26453), filed on April 2, 2001.

(8)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-26453), filed on November 14, 2000.

(9)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Form S-8 (File No. 333-46254), filed on September 20, 2000.

(10)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on August 14, 2001.

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(11)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on November 14, 2001.

(12)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-32979), filed April 1, 2002.

(13)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on August 14, 2002.

(14)
Incorporated by reference to Commerce One's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-32979), filed on November 14, 2002.

*
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pending a determination by the Securities and Exchange Commission as to whether these portions should be granted confidential treatment.

**
Previously filed.

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