As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 2005

Registration No. 333-115522

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 3

Form S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Sybari Software, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	7372	11-3264224
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary standard industrial classification code number)	(I.R.S. employer identification number)

353 Larkfield Road

East Northport, New York 11731

(631) 630-8500

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Robert G. Wallace

Chief Executive Officer

Sybari Software, Inc.

353 Larkfield Road

East Northport, New York 11731

(631) 630-8500

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:


Julie M. Allen, Esq. Brian B. Margolis, Esq. Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 (212) 969-3000		Mark G. Borden, Esq. Stuart R. Nayman, Esq. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 937-7200

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. o

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE





		Proposed Maximum	Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of	Amount to be	Offering Price	Aggregate Offering	Amount of
Securities to be Registered	Registered(1)	Per Share(2)	Price(2)	Registration Fee(3)


Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	3,852,500	$16.00	$61,640,000	$7,255.03



(1)	Includes 502,500 shares that may be sold pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.


(2)	Estimated solely for purpose of calculating the registration fee for this offering in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


(3)	Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(a) based on an estimate of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. $7,285.25 has been paid previously, as calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) based on an estimate of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and at the Section 6(b) fee rate then in effect of $126.70 per million. An additional $487.28 is being paid herewith at the Section 6(b) fee rate of $117.70 per million.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PROSPECTUS (Subject to Completion)

Dated January 12, 2005

3,350,000 Shares

(Sybari LOGO)

Common Stock

We are selling 3,350,000 shares of common stock. This is an initial public offering of shares of our common stock. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the common stock of Sybari Software, Inc. We currently estimate that the initial public offering price of our common stock will be between $14.00 and $16.00 per share. See “Underwriting” for a discussion of the factors to be considered in determining the initial public offering price. We have applied for the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “SYBS.”

Our business and an investment in our common stock involve significant risks. These risks are described under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


	Per Share	Total

Public offering price	$	$
Underwriting discounts and commissions	$	$
Proceeds, before expenses, to Sybari Software	$	$

The underwriters may also purchase up to 502,500 shares from the selling stockholder identified elsewhere in this prospectus at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholder.

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares in New York, New York on , 2005.

SG Cowen & Co.

Wachovia Securities

Raymond James

, 2005

Enterprise protection for mission-critical messaging and collaboration servers

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	Page

Prospectus Summary		1
Risk Factors		5
Forward-Looking Statements		18
Use of Proceeds		19
Dividend Policy		19
Capitalization		20
Dilution		22
Selected Consolidated Financial Data		23
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		25
Business		43
Management		55
Related Party Transactions		64
Principal Stockholders and Selling Stockholder		67
Description of Capital Stock		69
Shares Eligible for Future Sale		73
Underwriting		75
Legal Matters		77
Experts		77
Where You Can Find Additional Information		77
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-1
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
FORM OF BYLAWS
SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE
OPINION OF PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
FORM OF DIRECTOR AND OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
2003 INCENTIVE AND NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL LEASES
CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION AGREEMENT

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. We are offering to sell and seeking offers to buy shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights the information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary may not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in our common stock discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus.

Company Overview

We are a global provider of antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering security software products. Our server-based products are used in electronic messaging and collaboration environments to protect organizations from viruses, spam and the transmission of other forms of inappropriate content. These threats compromise the integrity of networks, endanger mission-critical applications and information, absorb network and human resources and expose organizations to increased expenses and other liabilities. Our products integrate multiple third-party antivirus and anti-spam technologies with content filtering and policy enablement tools to strengthen the security of complex electronic messaging and collaboration systems.

We sell our products primarily to enterprises and governmental entities, either directly or through third-party resellers. We have established reseller relationships with leading systems integrators. As of September 30, 2004, we had approximately 10,000 customers, representing over 10,000,000 end-user mailboxes. Our customers typically purchase 24-month subscription license and maintenance agreements for our products. As a result, we benefit from a recurring revenue stream.

We commenced operations in 1995 and released our first product, Antigen for Lotus Notes, in October of that year. We released our second product, Antigen for Microsoft Exchange, in late 1998. We have historically derived substantially all of our revenues from sales of these products, which protect email servers from viruses. During 2003 and 2004, we released seven new products that defend organizations against spam, guard additional points of network vulnerability and protect other types of electronic messaging and collaboration environments. We currently offer the following nine products:


	•	Antigen for Microsoft Exchange;

	•	Antigen for Lotus Domino;

	•	Antigen for Microsoft SharePoint;

	•	Antigen for SMTP Gateway;

	•	Antigen for Instant Messaging;

	•	Sybari Spam Manager;

	•	Advanced Spam Manager;

	•	Advanced Spam Defense; and

	•	Sybari Enterprise Manager.

Industry Overview

Electronic messaging has become ubiquitous because it facilitates communication and the exchange of information in a timely and cost-effective manner. Although electronic messaging and other collaboration applications provide significant efficiencies, they also expose enterprises to viruses, spam, the transmission of malicious or inappropriate content and the unauthorized distribution of confidential information. Organizations must effectively manage these threats in order to continue to realize the benefits of electronic messaging and collaboration applications. We believe that these considerations are driving the

market for antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering products. Based on our research, we estimate that the global market for antivirus products that protect Internet gateways and email servers will grow from approximately $665 million in 2003 to approximately $1.7 billion by 2008. In addition, based on our research, we estimate that the global market for messaging security applications, which includes anti-spam and content filtering products but excludes antivirus products, will grow from approximately $397 million in 2003 to approximately $1.7 billion by 2008.

Our Solution

We believe that the following features distinguish our products from competing products:

Multiple Scanning Technologies. Our antivirus products combine the benefits of multiple scanning engines provided through our license agreements with leading scanning engine developers. We believe that integrating multiple scanning engines in one product reduces the risk that a virus will infect our customers’ networks and provides our customers with a more reliable and flexible product.

Real-Time Scanning Technology. Our products scan electronic messages in real time without storing them to a temporary folder. By avoiding this interim storage step typically required by traditional antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering products, our products decrease email delays and reduce demand on network resources.

Adaptability to Migrating Network Environments. Our Antigen products can be applied uniformly to different versions of Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino, unlike traditional products that typically require network administrators to deploy and manage different products for each server version in their networks.

Scalability. Antigen combines enterprise-level scalability and simplified administration, making it deployable in single-server offices as well as in global organizations running hundreds of servers.

Superior Customer Service. We believe that our customer service model, in which our highly trained customer service engineers work closely with our development staff, allows us to provide more timely and effective technical support to our customers.

Our Strategy

Our objective is to be a leading provider of security software products focused on electronic messaging and collaboration environments. To achieve this goal, we are pursuing the following strategies:


	•	continue to acquire new customers through a growing distribution infrastructure;

	•	renew existing subscriptions and cross-sell new products to our existing customers;

	•	maintain our focus on electronic messaging and collaboration environments;

	•	leverage our strategic reseller relationships with systems integrators; and

	•	capitalize on our focus on Microsoft technology.

Company Information

We were originally incorporated in the State of New York in March 1995 under the name Sybari Software Incorporated and changed our name to Sybari Software Inc. in September 2000. We reincorporated in the State of Delaware in April 2004 under the name Sybari Software, Inc. Our principal executive offices are located at 353 Larkfield Road, East Northport, New York 11731. Our telephone number is (631) 630-8500. The address of our website is www.sybari.com. Information contained on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.

The Offering



Common stock offered by us		3,350,000 shares



Common stock offered by the selling stockholder		502,500 shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full



Common stock to be outstanding after this offering		11,651,908 shares



Use of proceeds		We will use approximately $25 million of the net proceeds of this offering to repay our subordinated debt, to redeem our series A redeemable preferred stock and to pay accrued dividends on our series A redeemable preferred stock and our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock. These proceeds will be paid to affiliates of one of our principal stockholders.


		We intend to use the balance of the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and potential strategic acquisitions and investments. See “Use of Proceeds.”

Proposed Nasdaq National Market symbol		SYBS

The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 8,301,908 shares of common stock outstanding as of January 1, 2005. Except as otherwise stated, the common stock information we present in this prospectus:



	•	gives effect to a 0.415-for-one reverse split of our common stock effected on January 12, 2005;



	•	excludes 214,301 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of January 1, 2005 at a weighted average exercise price of $8.91 per share;



	•	excludes an additional 1,725,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our stock option plan and employee stock purchase plan adopted in connection with this offering;



	•	gives effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of our common stock upon completion of this offering;



	•	assumes no exercise of stock options after January 1, 2005; and



	•	assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

Summary Consolidated Financial Data

We present our summary consolidated financial data in the following table to aid you in your analysis of a potential investment in our common stock. You should read this data in conjunction with the “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of this prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period and interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for any future interim period or for a full year. The pro forma as adjusted basic and diluted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share gives effect to the repayment of our subordinated notes, the redemption of our series A redeemable preferred stock, the automatic conversion of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock and the issuance of shares of our common stock in this offering, as if each had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. Accordingly, pro forma as adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share excludes interest expense on our subordinated notes, the accretion of dividends on our series A redeemable preferred stock and series B redeemable convertible preferred stock and the discount, issuance costs and beneficial conversion feature of the series A redeemable preferred stock and series B redeemable convertible preferred stock. The pro forma balance sheet data in the table below reflects our capitalization as of September 30, 2004 with adjustments for the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of our common stock upon the completion of this offering. The pro forma as adjusted balance sheet data in the table below further reflects our sale of 3,350,000 shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and our estimated offering expenses and our application of a portion of the estimated net proceeds to:



	•	repay the $15.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of our subordinated notes, which had a carrying value of $13.9 million as of September 30, 2004;



	•	redeem for $5.0 million all outstanding shares of our series A redeemable preferred stock, which had a carrying value of $5.7 million as of September 30, 2004; and



	•	pay the approximately $4.7 million of dividends accrued as of September 30, 2004 on our series A redeemable preferred stock and our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock.



											Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

		2001			2002			2003			2003			2004


		(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
License and maintenance revenues		$	15,880		$	30,916		$	38,263		$	27,850		$	34,083
Cost of revenues		$	3,469		$	5,746		$	5,779		$	4,319		$	4,672
Total operating expenses		$	20,177		$	25,923		$	30,792		$	21,040		$	28,779
Income (loss) from operations		$	(7,766	)	$	(753	)	$	1,692		$	2,491		$	632
Net income (loss)		$	(3,322	)	$	(2,470	)	$	(445	)	$	217		$	(1,028	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders		$	(4,617	)	$	(4,215	)	$	(2,464	)	$	(1,271	)	$	(2,644	)
Basic and diluted net loss attributable to common stockholders per common share		$	(0.69	)	$	(0.68	)	$	(0.40	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(0.42	)

Weighted average shares used to compute net loss attributable to common stockholders per common share — basic and diluted			6,725,274			6,225,000			6,225,438			6,225,239			6,226,334

Pro forma as adjusted basic and diluted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share								$	0.10					$	0.01

Weighted average shares used to compute pro forma as adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share:
	Basic								11,650,438						11,651,334

	Diluted								11,692,009						11,723,995



	As of September 30, 2004

							Pro Forma
	Actual			Pro Forma			As Adjusted


	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	12,942		$	12,942		$	33,969
Total assets	$	46,370		$	46,370		$	65,940
Subordinated notes payable, net	$	13,875		$	13,875		$	—
Series A redeemable preferred stock, net	$	5,707		$	5,707		$	—
Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, net	$	15,702		$	—		$	—
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	(52,226	)	$	(36,524	)	$	2,628

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the material risks associated with this offering of our common stock described below, together with all of the other information included in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could materially suffer. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business


	We derive substantially all of our revenues from subscriptions for our Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for Lotus Domino products, and our operating results would be seriously impaired if our revenues from these products were to decline.

We have historically derived substantially all of our revenues from subscriptions for Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for Lotus Domino products, which we consider to be our core products. We expect to continue to derive a substantial portion of our revenues from these core products for the foreseeable future. As a result, if for any reason our revenues from these core products decline or do not increase as rapidly as we anticipate, our operating results and our prospects for growth will be significantly impaired. If our core products fail to meet the needs of our existing and target customers, or if they do not compare favorably in price and performance to competing products, our business will suffer.


	Most of our products are designed to protect Microsoft servers. Accordingly, we are dependent on Microsoft, which exposes us to risks, particularly if Microsoft chooses to compete with us in the future.

During the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we derived in excess of 95% of our revenues from invoices that included at least one product designed to protect Microsoft electronic messaging and collaboration server environments. As a result, we depend heavily on customers that deploy Microsoft products within their organizations. Microsoft could make changes to its servers that render our products incompatible or otherwise less effective in protecting its servers. Furthermore, other industry participants could develop products that challenge Microsoft’s market share in the electronic messaging and collaboration server market, and our products may not be compatible with or otherwise effective in protecting those products. If our products become incompatible with or otherwise ineffective at protecting one or more electronic messaging and collaboration server products with significant market share, we could incur substantial costs and expend significant capital and other resources to adapt our products. Any failure by us to adapt our products could result in significant harm to our business. Furthermore, Microsoft may choose to compete with us in the future. For example, in June 2004, Microsoft deployed spam-filtering technology in its electronic messaging servers, including Exchange Server. In January 2005, Microsoft announced that it is releasing a standalone antivirus product for its Windows operating system. Microsoft’s introduction of its own anti-spam technology or antivirus products for its Exchange Server could harm our business by reducing demand for our products.


	Our future success depends on our existing customers renewing and purchasing additional subscriptions for Antigen and our new products. If we do not succeed in selling renewal subscriptions or our new products, our business may suffer.

Our future success depends in part on achieving substantial revenues from customer renewals for subscriptions for our Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for Lotus Domino products. Subscriptions for our products typically have a 24-month term. Our customers have no obligation to renew their subscriptions upon expiration. Furthermore, the rate we charge customers for renewal subscriptions typically is less than the rate paid by our customers for original subscriptions.

Our future success also depends on our ability to sell incremental subscriptions for our core products and to cross-sell new products to existing customers. Our up-selling and cross-selling strategy could lengthen our sales cycle and may require increasingly costly sales efforts targeting senior and other personnel responsible for our customers’ technology infrastructure. If we are not successful in selling renewal subscriptions, selling incremental subscriptions and cross-selling our new products, we may be unable to increase or maintain our revenues.


	*We have a history of losses, and we cannot assure you that we will achieve or sustain profitability. If we fail to do so, our stock price may decline.*

We incurred net losses of $3.3 million for 2001, $2.5 million for 2002, $0.4 million for 2003 and $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. We expect that our operating expenses will increase substantially in the future as we expand our selling and marketing activities, increase our new product development efforts and hire additional personnel, as well as comply with the requirements related to being a public company. While we recognize most of our revenues ratably over the term of subscription license and maintenance agreements with our customers, which is typically 24 months, we recognize many of our expenses as they are incurred. Consequently, increased operating expenses may result in net losses and decreases in our working capital even as subscription revenues increase. Furthermore, we may not be able to reduce our operating expenses immediately following a decline in the booking of new subscriptions or following a decline in our revenues, if either were to occur. For these reasons, we may not be able to achieve profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. If we are not able to achieve and sustain profitability, our stock price may decline.


	Sales to customers outside the United States and Canada have accounted for an increasingly significant portion of our revenues, and we expect this trend to continue, which exposes us to risks inherent in international sales, particularly foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Sales to customers outside the United States and Canada accounted for approximately 27% of our revenues in 2001, approximately 36% of our revenues in 2002, approximately 48% of our revenues in 2003 and approximately 52% of our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Furthermore, sales to customers in the United Kingdom accounted for approximately 7% of our revenues in 2001, approximately 9% of our revenues in 2002 and approximately 12% of our revenues in 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

As a key component of our business strategy, we intend to continue to expand our international sales efforts. However, we may not be successful in these efforts. Our international operations and sales subject us to risks and challenges that we would otherwise not face if we conducted our business only in the United States. The risks and challenges associated with international operations and sales to international customers include:


	•	dependence on third parties to market our products through foreign sales channels;

	•	localization of our products;

	•	difficulties related to entering new and unfamiliar markets;

	•	laws and business practices favoring local competitors;

	•	compliance with multiple, conflicting and changing foreign laws and regulations, including tax, privacy and data protection laws and regulations;

	•	doing business in jurisdictions where third parties are not subject to laws that protect our intellectual property rights, or where enforcement or infringement of intellectual property rights is not common or effective;


	•	difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;

	•	different pricing environments; and

	•	regional economic and political conditions.

Any reduction in international sales, or our failure to further develop our international distribution channels, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition and our prospects for growth.

In addition, our international subscriptions are generally denominated in the local currencies of our customers. As we recognize the revenues from these subscriptions over their terms, we translate these revenues into U.S. dollars at the then-prevailing foreign exchange rates. As a result, decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to these local currencies may result in an increase in our revenues that is higher than the true growth rate of our international sales. In addition, increases in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to these local currencies may result in substantially decreased revenues. We do not currently engage in currency hedging activities to limit the risk of exchange rate fluctuations.


	Our internal controls over financial reporting may be insufficient to detect in a timely manner misstatements that could occur in our financial statements in amounts that may be material.

In connection with their audit of our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2002, our independent auditors reported a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting. A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation of one or more internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud, in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited, may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions.

The material weakness reported for 2001 and 2002 related to the communication between our sales and accounting departments. We have taken steps to improve the controls in this area, including our hiring of a Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer in December 2003 to monitor and evaluate internal compliance with our newly established procedures. Our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer became our Chief Financial Officer in July 2004. In connection with their audits of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004, our independent registered public accounting firm did not report any material weaknesses in our internal controls. However, we may experience reportable conditions and material weaknesses in the future, which, if not remediated, may render us unable to detect in a timely manner misstatements that could occur in our financial statements in amounts that may be material.


	*A decline in prices for antivirus and anti-spam software products could force us to lower the subscription fees we charge our customers.*

The market for enterprise antivirus and anti-spam software products is intensely competitive, which has and may continue to result in declining prices for these products. Many of our competitors provide broad suites of security software products and historically have offered antivirus and anti-spam features as components of broader product suites. In the context of broader product suites, our competitors have the capacity to reduce prices below the point at which they would make a profit on the antivirus and anti-spam components. If competitive pressures force us to reduce our subscription prices and increases in sales volume do not occur or are otherwise inadequate to offset any price declines, our revenues would decline. Accordingly, our future success will depend in part on our ability to offer a functionally superior product for which our customers are willing to pay a premium and to introduce new products that are less sensitive to price pressure than our competitors’ products.


	Competition in our industry is intense and is likely to continue to increase, which could result in price reductions, decreased customer orders, reduced product margins and loss of market share, any of which could harm our business.

The markets for our products are intensely competitive and rapidly changing. Our competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of the products and services they offer. We encounter competition for our current products from a number of sources, all of which offer security software products and many of which offer a broader range of products than we do. We also expect that competition will increase as a result of software industry consolidation, particularly the acquisition of any of our competitors by larger enterprises. Our competitors include McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and other vendors. We also compete on occasion with the vendors of our scanning engines, some of which also offer antivirus solutions for electronic messaging and collaboration environments. Many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, engineering, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. As a result, these companies may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer demands or to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can.

Furthermore, current competitors have established, or potential competitors or current partners such as Microsoft may establish, cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase their market share. Accordingly, it is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors may be formed and acquire significant market share. We expect that the security software market will continue to attract new competitors and new technologies, possibly involving alternative technologies that are more sophisticated and cost-effective than our technology. In addition, some of our customers and potential customers may buy security software products from our competitors and, to the extent that they prefer to purchase all of their security software from one vendor, may choose not to renew or enter into new subscriptions with us. We may not be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors. If we do not adequately respond to competitive pressures, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be harmed.


	*Because we recognize revenues from subscriptions for our products ratably over the term of the subscriptions, downturns in sales may not be immediately reflected in our revenues.*

We expect that most of our revenues for the foreseeable future will be derived from subscriptions for our products. Upon execution of a subscription license and maintenance agreement, we generally invoice our customers in full for the term of the agreement. We then recognize the associated revenues ratably over the term of the agreement, which is typically 24 months. As a result, a majority of the revenues that we report in each quarter reflects the recognition of deferred revenues from subscription license and maintenance agreements entered into and paid for during previous quarters. Because of this revenue recognition policy, the revenues that we report in any quarter or series of quarters may not reflect significant downturns in subscription sales that we may have already experienced in these quarters.


	*Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly, and these fluctuations may cause our stock price to fall.*

Our quarterly operating results have varied significantly in the past, and will likely vary in the future, primarily as a result of fluctuations in our revenues and operating expenses. We may not be able to curtail our spending quickly enough if our revenues fall short of our expectations. We expect that our operating expenses will increase substantially in the future as we expand our selling and marketing activities, increase our new product development efforts and hire additional personnel, as well as comply with the requirements related to being a public company. In addition, our operating results historically have

fluctuated, and may continue to fluctuate in the future, as the result of the factors described below and elsewhere in this prospectus:


	•	our ability to renew and increase subscriptions sold to existing customers, attract new customers, cross-sell our products and satisfy our customers’ requirements;

	•	changes in our pricing policies;

	•	fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

	•	the introduction of new features to our products;

	•	the rate of expansion and effectiveness of our sales force;

	•	the length of the sales cycle for our products;

	•	new product and service introductions by our competitors;

	•	concentration of marketing expenses for activities, such as trade shows and advertising campaigns;

	•	concentration of general and administrative expenses, such as recruiting expenses and professional services fees;

	•	concentration of research and development costs;

	•	concentration of expenses associated with commissions earned on sales of subscriptions for our products; and

	•	concentration of royalties paid to third-party technology vendors.

We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not necessarily meaningful as our future revenues and results of operations may vary substantially. It is also possible that in future quarters our results of operations will be below the expectations of securities market analysts and investors. In either case, the price of our common stock could decline, possibly materially.


	Our success depends in part upon our ability to develop new products and enhance our existing products. Failure to successfully introduce new or enhanced products to the market may adversely affect our business.

We may not be successful in achieving market acceptance of our recently released products, any other new products that we develop or any enhanced versions of our existing products that we introduce. Any failure or delay in diversifying our existing product offerings could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our future success depends in part on our ability to develop enhancements to our existing products and to introduce new products that keep pace with rapid technological developments. Although our products are designed to operate on a variety of network hardware and software platforms, we must continue to modify and enhance our products to keep pace with changes in electronic messaging and collaboration hardware, software, communication, browser and database technologies, and changing customer demands. We may not be successful in developing these modifications and enhancements or in bringing them to market in a timely manner. In addition, uncertainties about the timing and nature of new messaging and collaboration platforms or technologies, or modifications to existing platforms or technologies, could increase our research and development expenses. Any failure of our products to operate effectively with future network platforms and technologies could reduce the demand for our products, result in customer dissatisfaction and harm our business.

Accelerated product introductions and short product life cycles require high levels of expenditures for research and development that could adversely affect our operating results. In addition, our products

incorporate virus scanning and other technologies that we license from third parties. We may be unable to replace those technologies if they become obsolete or incompatible with our products. Furthermore, any new products that we develop may not be released in a timely manner and may not achieve the market acceptance necessary to generate significant revenues. If we are unable to successfully develop new products or enhance and improve our existing products or if we fail to position or price our products to meet market demand, our business and operating results will be adversely affected.


	The failure of our products to recognize and stop viruses, spam or malicious content could harm our customers’ networks and expose us to liability, which may adversely affect our operating results.

No product is completely effective at recognizing and stopping viruses, spam or malicious content. Any failure of our products to do so could result in harm or damage to our customers. Our subscription license and maintenance agreements typically contain limitations and disclaimers that seek to limit our liability for damages. However, these limitations and disclaimers may not be enforced by a court or otherwise effectively protect us from such claims.


	Errors in our products could adversely affect our reputation, result in significant costs to us and impair our ability to market our products, which may adversely affect our operating results.

Our products are complex. Accordingly, they may contain errors, commonly referred to as bugs. Errors in our products could materially and adversely affect our reputation, result in significant costs to us and impair our ability to market our products in the future. The costs incurred in correcting any product errors may be substantial and could adversely affect our operating margins. We have from time to time found defects in our products and new errors may be found in the future.

Because our customers depend on our software to protect some of their critical business functions, any interruptions could result in:


	•	lost or delayed market acceptance and sales of our products;

	•	product liability suits against us;

	•	lost revenues;

	•	diversion of development resources;

	•	injury to our reputation; and

	•	increased service costs.

Our subscription license and maintenance agreements typically contain limitations and disclaimers that seek to limit our liability for damages for errors in our software. However, these limitations and disclaimers may not be enforced by a court or otherwise effectively protect us from such claims.


	Our business may be harmed, and we may lose sales opportunities, if we do not successfully develop and maintain the various contractual and strategic relationships that we currently have.

We have relationships with third-party systems integrators and value-added resellers that market our products. Although we do have agreements governing our ongoing relationship with most of these third parties, the agreements generally do not include obligations with respect to generating any minimum revenues or cooperating on future business opportunities. Should any of these third parties go out of business or choose not to continue to work with us, we may be forced to increase our sales and marketing capabilities internally, incurring significant expense and adversely affecting our operating margins. Any of our third-party systems integrators and value-added resellers may offer products of other companies, including products that compete with our products.

We currently integrate up to seven scanning engines that we license from six independent developers. These agreements are generally terminable on 60 days’ notice. If any one or more of these engines become unavailable to us for any reason, we may not be able to replace the functionality provided by these engines immediately or on substantially similar terms. The absence of, or any significant delay in the replacement of, any functionality could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.


	*Computer hackers may damage our products and systems, which could cause interruptions in our service and harm to our business.*

From time to time we and our customers may be targets of computer hackers who, among other things, create viruses to sabotage or otherwise attack companies’ products and services. For example, there was recently a spread of viruses that intentionally deleted antivirus and firewall software. Also, a number of websites and systems have been subject to denial of service attacks, where a website is bombarded with information requests eventually causing the website and system to overload, resulting in a delay or disruption of services. Our website, systems and products, as well as our customers’ websites and systems, may be the subject of attacks by hackers. If successful, any of these events could damage our computer systems or those of our customers and interrupt the functionality of our products, force us to incur substantial costs to fix technical problems or result in hackers gaining access to our technical and other proprietary information, which could harm our business and operating results.


	*Acquisitions and investments present many risks, and we may not realize the anticipated financial and strategic goals for any of these transactions.*

In the future, we may acquire or make investments in complementary companies, products, services and technologies. These acquisitions and investments involve a number of risks, including:


	•	we do not have experience acquiring or making investments in complementary companies, products, services and technologies;

	•	we may find that the acquired company or assets do not further our business strategy, or that we overpaid for the company or assets, or that industry or economic conditions change, all of which may generate a future impairment charge;

	•	we may have difficulty integrating the operations and personnel of the acquired business and may have difficulty retaining the key personnel of the acquired business;

	•	we may have difficulty incorporating the acquired technologies or products with our existing product lines;

	•	there may be customer confusion where our products overlap with those that we acquire;

	•	our ongoing business and management’s attention may be disrupted or diverted by transition or integration issues and the complexity of managing geographically and culturally diverse locations;

	•	we may have difficulty maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies across locations;

	•	the acquisition may result in litigation from terminated employees or third parties; and

	•	we may experience significant problems or liabilities associated with product quality, technology and legal contingencies.

These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition or cash flows, particularly in the case of a larger acquisition or multiple acquisitions in a short period of time. From time to time, we may enter into negotiations for acquisitions or investments that are

not ultimately consummated. These negotiations could result in significant diversion of management time, as well as out-of-pocket costs.

The consideration paid for an investment or acquisition may also affect our financial results. If we were to proceed with one or more significant acquisitions in which the consideration included cash, we could be required to use a substantial portion of our available cash, including a portion of the net proceeds of this offering. To the extent we issue shares of our capital stock or other rights to purchase shares of our capital stock, including options or other rights, our existing stockholders may be diluted, and our earnings per share may decrease. In addition, acquisitions may result in the incurrence of debt, large one-time write-offs, including write-offs of acquired in-process research and development costs, and restructuring charges. They may also result in goodwill and other intangible assets that are subject to impairment tests, which could result in future impairment charges.


	*If we do not retain our senior management and other key employees, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy.*

We have grown significantly in recent years, and our management remains concentrated in a small number of key employees. Our future success depends to a significant extent on our executive officers and key employees, including our software engineers and other senior technical personnel. The loss of the services of any of these individuals or group of individuals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Other than our Chief Financial Officer, none of our executive officers or key employees has an employment agreement. Competition for qualified personnel in the software industry is intense, and we compete for personnel with other software companies that have greater financial and other resources than we do. Our future success will depend in large part on our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified personnel, and we may not be able to do so. Any difficulty in hiring additional personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


	*We will not be able to maintain our sales growth if we do not attract, train or retain qualified sales personnel.*

We depend on our direct sales force for a portion of our revenues and have made significant expenditures in recent years to expand our sales force. Our future success will depend in part upon the continued expansion and increased productivity of our sales force. To the extent we experience attrition in our direct sales force, we will need to hire replacements. We face intense competition for sales personnel in the software industry, and we may not be successful in hiring, training or retaining our sales personnel in accordance with our plans. Even if we hire and train a sufficient number of sales personnel, we may not generate enough additional revenues to exceed the expenses of hiring and training the new personnel. If we fail to successfully maintain and expand our sales force, our future sales and profitability will be adversely affected.


	*Our limited ability to protect our proprietary technology and other intellectual property rights may adversely affect our ability to compete.*

We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as license agreements, third-party nondisclosure agreements and other contractual provisions and technical measures to protect our intellectual property rights. However, these protections may not be adequate to prevent our competitors from copying or reverse-engineering our products. In addition, our competitors may independently develop technologies that are substantially similar or superior to our technology. To protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information, we generally require employees, consultants, advisors and collaborators to enter into written nondisclosure agreements. These agreements may not provide meaningful protection to prevent any unauthorized use, misappropriation or disclosure of our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information. We do not include in our products any technology-based

mechanism to prevent unauthorized copying, and unauthorized copying could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We have no patents, and existing copyright and other intellectual property laws afford only limited protection for our intellectual property rights and may not protect our rights in the event competitors independently develop products similar to ours. The laws of certain jurisdictions in which we operate or where subscriptions for our products are or may be sold do not protect our products and intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws the United States. In addition, because we operate our business in many jurisdictions, our products or technology may be obtained by parties in jurisdictions where these parties are not subject to laws that protect our intellectual property rights, or where enforcement of intellectual property rights is not common or effective.

If third parties infringe our intellectual property rights, we may be forced to assert infringement claims against such parties. In such event, any of these claims could:


	•	be expensive and time consuming to defend and result in litigation;

	•	divert management’s attention and resources; and

	•	not be successful.


	If we or our third-party licensors are found to infringe the proprietary rights of others, we could be required to redesign our products, pay royalties or enter into license agreements with third parties, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

From time to time, third parties assert that our products or the technology that we license from others violates their intellectual property rights. As the number of software products in our target market increases and the functionality of these products further overlaps, we believe that technology owners, users and other parties may become increasingly subject to infringement claims. Any of these claims, whether with or without merit, could:


	•	be expensive and time consuming to defend and result in litigation;

	•	cause us to cease making, marketing, using or licensing our products that incorporate the challenged intellectual property;

	•	require us to redesign our products;

	•	divert software developers’ attention and resources;

	•	divert management’s attention and resources; and

	•	require us to enter into royalty or license agreements, which may be costly, in order to obtain the right to use necessary technologies.

There is no guarantee that we will be able to enter into royalty or license arrangements, if required to do so. Our inability to enter into required arrangements could prohibit us from making, marketing, using or licensing our products.


	*Our inability to manage our growth could adversely affect our business and harm our ability to achieve or sustain profitability.*

We have expanded our operations rapidly in recent years. To support our growth plans, we need to expand our existing management, operational, financial, human resources, customer service and management information systems and controls. This expansion will require significant capital expenditures and may divert our financial resources from other projects, such as the development of new products or product upgrades. As we grow, we must also continue to hire, train, supervise and manage new employees.

We may not be able to hire, train, supervise and manage sufficient personnel or develop management and operating systems to manage our expansion effectively. Our failure to expand our operations in an efficient manner and to manage our growth successfully could cause our expenses to increase, our revenues to decline or grow more slowly than expected and could otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.


	*The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and distract our management.*

As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Nasdaq rules promulgated in response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These requirements may place a strain on our systems and resources. The Securities Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting. In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, significant resources and management oversight will be required. As a result, our management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, we will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge, and we may not be able to do so in a timely fashion. Nasdaq rules require that a majority of our board of directors be comprised of independent directors and certain committees of our board of directors be comprised solely of independent directors. Although we currently satisfy these rules, resignations or other changes in the composition of our board could make it difficult for us to continue to comply with these rules in a timely manner, which could result in the delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq National Market.


	*If we become subject to burdensome government regulations and legal uncertainties, our revenues could decline and our business and prospects could suffer.*

Laws and regulations directly applicable to computer software and Internet communications are prevalent. United States federal laws and regulations have recently been adopted and new federal or state laws and regulations may be adopted covering issues such as viruses, spam, user privacy, content and quality of products and services. Any new legislation could hinder the growth in use of electronic messaging and collaboration environments. Federal and state governments and jurisdictions outside the United States might attempt to regulate our products or levy sales or other taxes relating to our activities. The laws governing Internet and other online communications remain largely unsettled, even in areas where legislation has been enacted. It may take years to determine whether and how existing laws such as those governing spam, intellectual property, privacy and taxation apply to electronic messaging services. The adoption or modification of laws or regulations relating to the Internet and other online communications could cause our revenues to decline and our business and prospects to suffer.


	*We might require additional capital to support our business growth, and this capital might not be available.*

We intend to continue to make investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new products or enhance our existing products, enhance our operating infrastructure, acquire complementary businesses and technologies, and respond to competitive pressures. Accordingly, we may need to engage in private or public equity offerings or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our common stock, including the shares of common stock sold in this offering. Any debt financing may subject us to restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising activities and other financial

and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. In addition, we may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.

Risks Related to this Offering


	*We cannot assure you that a market will develop for our common stock or what the market price of our common stock will be.*

Before this offering, there was no public trading market for our common stock, and we cannot assure you that one will develop or be sustained after this offering. If a market does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult for you to sell your shares of common stock at an attractive price or at all. We cannot predict the prices at which our common stock will trade. The initial public offering price for our common stock will be determined through our negotiations with the underwriters and may not bear any relationship to the market price at which our common stock will trade after this offering or to any other established criteria of the value of our business. It is possible that, in future quarters, our operating results may be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. As a result of these and other factors, the price of our common stock may decline, possibly materially.


	*The price of our common stock may be volatile.*

In the past several years, technology stocks have experienced high levels of volatility and significant declines in value from their historic highs. The trading price of our common stock following this offering may fluctuate substantially. The price of our common stock that will prevail in the market after this offering may be higher or lower than the price you pay, depending on many factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be related to our operating performance. These fluctuations could cause you to lose all or part of your investment in our common stock. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the trading price of our common stock include the following:


	•	price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;

	•	significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of software companies in general and security software companies in particular;

	•	actual or anticipated changes in our earnings or fluctuations in our operating results;

	•	actual or anticipated changes in the expectations of securities analysts;

	•	general economic conditions and trends;

	•	major catastrophic events;

	•	sales of large blocks of our stock; or

	•	departures of key personnel.

In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. If our stock price is volatile, we may become the target of securities litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention and resources from our business.


	*Sales of outstanding shares of our common stock into the market in the future could cause the market price of our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.*

After this offering, we will have outstanding 11,651,908 shares of our common stock. Of these shares, the 3,350,000 shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable except for any shares purchased by our “affiliates” as that term is used in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. The remaining 8,301,908 shares will become available for resale in the public market in compliance with the requirements of the federal securities laws 181 days after the date of this prospectus due to lock-up agreements holders of these shares have with the underwriters. However, the underwriters can waive these restrictions and allow these stockholders to sell their shares at any time without prior notice.

In addition, 214,301 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options will become eligible for sale in the public market once permitted by provisions of the lock-up agreements and Rule 144 or Rule 701 under the Securities Act, as applicable.

If these remaining 214,301 shares are sold, or if it is perceived that they will be sold in the public market, the trading price of our common stock could drop significantly. For additional information, see “Shares Eligible for Future Sale.”


	*If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will experience immediate dilution.*

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will experience immediate dilution of $14.77 per share, assuming an initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, because the price that you pay will be substantially greater than the net tangible book value per share of the common stock that you acquire. This dilution is due in large part to the fact that our earlier investors paid substantially less than the initial public offering price when they purchased their shares of our capital stock. You will experience additional dilution upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock under our equity incentive plans or if we issue restricted stock to our employees under these plans.


	*We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds of this offering.*

We will use approximately $25 million of the net proceeds of this offering to repay our subordinated debt, to redeem our series A redeemable preferred stock and to pay accrued dividends on our series A redeemable preferred stock and series B redeemable convertible preferred stock outstanding prior to this offering. We intend to use the remainder of the net proceeds of this offering, as determined by our management in its sole discretion, for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and potential strategic acquisitions and investments. However, we have not determined the specific allocation of the remaining net proceeds among these additional uses. Our management will have broad discretion over the use and investment of the net proceeds of this offering. Accordingly, investors in this offering will need to rely upon the judgment of our management with respect to the use of proceeds, with only limited information concerning management’s specific intentions.


	Insiders will continue to have substantial control over us after this offering, which could limit your ability to influence the outcome of key transactions, including a change of control.

Our stockholders who each own greater than five percent of the outstanding common stock and their affiliates, and our executive officers and directors, in the aggregate, will beneficially own approximately 61.4% of the outstanding shares of our common stock after this offering. As a result, these stockholders, if acting together, would be able to influence or control matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers, acquisitions or other extraordinary transactions. They may also have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change of control of our company, could deprive our stockholders of

an opportunity to receive a premium for their common stock as part of a sale of our company and might ultimately affect the market price of our common stock.


	*Some provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to change our management and hinder third parties from acquiring us.*

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of our company more difficult without the approval of our board of directors, including the following:



	•	only our board of directors, the chairperson of our board of directors, our chief executive officer or our president may call special meetings of our stockholders;


	•	we have authorized undesignated preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval, and which may be used for a stockholder rights plan, or poison pill, that would work to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer, effectively preventing acquisitions that have not been approved by our board; and

	•	our stockholders have only limited rights to amend our bylaws, and we require advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals.

These anti-takeover defenses could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to replace or remove members of our management, elect directors of your choosing or cause us to take other corporate actions you desire.


	*Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control that our stockholders might consider to be in their best interests.*

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits business combinations between a publicly held Delaware corporation and an interested stockholder, which is generally defined as a stockholder who becomes a beneficial owner of 15% or more of a Delaware corporation’s voting stock, for a three-year period following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder. Section 203 could have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company that our stockholders might consider to be in their best interests.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements, which are usually accompanied by words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “intends,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects” and similar expressions, relate to, without limitation, statements about our market opportunities, our strategy, our competition, our projected revenues and expense levels and the adequacy of our available cash resources. You should not place undue reliance on any of the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the various risks described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock in this offering of approximately $44.2 million, assuming an initial public offering price of $15.00 per share and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares being sold by the selling stockholder if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option.

We will use a portion of the estimated net proceeds of this offering as follows:



	•	$15.0 million to repay the aggregate outstanding principal of our subordinated notes due 2006 and currently accruing interest at an annual rate of 12%, held by affiliates of Summit Partners, one of our principal stockholders;


	•	$5.0 million to redeem all outstanding shares of our series A redeemable preferred stock held by affiliates of Summit Partners; and


	•	approximately $4.7 million to pay the dividends accrued as of September 30, 2004 on our series A redeemable preferred stock and our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock to affiliates of Summit Partners.

We will also use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering to pay the dividends that accrue on our series A redeemable preferred stock and our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock from September 30, 2004 to the date of completion of this offering. These dividends accrue at a rate of approximately $0.1 million per month.

We intend to use the balance of the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital. We believe that opportunities may exist to expand our current business through strategic acquisitions and investments, and we may use a portion of the proceeds for these purposes. We are not currently a party to any contracts or letters of intent, nor do we have any arrangements or understandings, with respect to any strategic acquisitions or investments.

Pending the uses described above, we intend to invest the net proceeds of this offering in short-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade securities.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock since we became a C corporation for income tax reporting purposes on March 30, 2001. We intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, stockholders will need to sell shares of our common stock to realize a return on their investment, if any.

CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of September 30, 2004:


	•	on an actual basis;


	•	on a pro forma basis to give effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of our common stock; and



	•	on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give further effect to our sale of 3,350,000 shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and our estimated offering expenses, and our application of a portion of the estimated net proceeds to:



	•	repay the $15.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of our subordinated notes, which had a carrying value of $13.9 million as of September 30, 2004;



	•	redeem for $5.0 million all outstanding shares of our series A redeemable preferred stock, which had a carrying value of $5.7 million as of September 30, 2004; and



	•	pay the approximately $4.7 million of dividends accrued as of September 30, 2004 on our series A redeemable preferred stock and our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock.

Our repayment of the indebtedness will result in our recognition in the quarter in which this offering occurs of a non-cash charge equal to the total unamortized discount and deferred financing cost balances related to such indebtedness at repayment. These balances totaled $1.1 million as of September 30, 2004.

You should read the following table in conjunction with the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of this prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus.



			September 30, 2004

									Pro Forma
			Actual			Pro Forma			As Adjusted


			(in thousands, except share and
			per share data)
Cash and cash equivalents			$	12,942		$	12,942		$	33,969

Subordinated notes payable, net			$	13,875		$	13,875		$	—
Redeemable preferred stock:
	Series A redeemable preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 actual shares authorized, issued and outstanding; 1,000,000 pro forma shares authorized, issued and outstanding; aggregate liquidation preference of $6,554; no pro forma as adjusted shares authorized, issued and outstanding			5,707			5,707			—
	Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 50 actual shares authorized, issued and outstanding; 50 pro forma shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding; aggregate liquidation preference of $13,109; no pro forma as adjusted shares authorized, issued and outstanding			15,702			—			—
Stockholders’ deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; no actual shares authorized, issued and outstanding; no pro forma shares authorized, issued and outstanding; 5,000,000 pro forma as adjusted shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding				—			—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; actual — 40,000,000 shares authorized, 8,301,908 shares issued and 6,226,908 shares outstanding; pro forma — 40,000,000 shares authorized, 8,301,908 shares issued and outstanding; pro forma as adjusted — 40,000,000 shares authorized, 11,651,908 shares issued and outstanding				83			83			117
Additional paid-in capital				—			—			40,140
Accumulated deficit				(33,672	)		(33,775	)		(34,797	)
Treasury stock at cost, 2,075,000 actual shares; no pro forma shares				(15,805	)		—			—
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net				(2,832	)		(2,832	)		(2,832	)

	Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)			(52,226	)		(36,524	)		2,628

		Total capitalization	$	(16,942	)	$	(16,942	)	$	2,628

The number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering is based on the pro forma number of shares outstanding as of September 30, 2004, after giving effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of common stock. This table excludes:



	•	219,696 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of September 30, 2004 at a weighted average exercise price of $8.87 per share; and



	•	an additional 1,725,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our stock option plan and employee stock purchase plan adopted in connection with this offering.

DILUTION

Our pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2004 was approximately $(36.5) million, or approximately $(4.40) per share. Pro forma net tangible book value per share is determined by dividing the amount of our tangible net worth, or total tangible assets less total liabilities, by the pro forma number of shares of our common stock outstanding after giving effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of our common stock upon completion of this offering. Dilution to new investors represents the difference between the amount per share paid by investors in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after the completion of this offering. After giving effect to our sale of the shares offered hereby at an assumed initial public offering price of $15.00 per share and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses and the application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2004 would have been $2.6 million, or $0.23 per share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of $4.63 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of $14.77 per share to new investors. The following table illustrates this per share dilution:


Assumed initial public offering price per share					$	15.00
	Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2004	$	(4.40	)
	Increase per share attributable to new investors		4.63

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering						0.23

Dilution per share to new investors					$	14.77

The following table sets forth, on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2004, after giving effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of our common stock upon completion of this offering, the total number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total cash consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid to us by existing stockholders and by new investors who purchase shares of common stock in this offering, before deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, assuming an initial public offering price of $15.00 per share:



	Shares Purchased					Total Consideration
											Average Price
	Number		Percent			Amount		Percent			Per Share

Existing stockholders		8,301,908		71.2	%	$	10,023,800		16.63	%	$	1.21
New investors		3,350,000		28.8			50,250,000		83.37		$	15.00

Total		11,651,908		100.0	%	$	60,273,800		100.0	%

The foregoing tables and calculations assume no exercise of any stock options outstanding as of September 30, 2004. Specifically, these tables and calculations exclude:



	•	219,696 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of September 30, 2004 at a weighted average exercise price of $8.87 per share; and



	•	an additional 1,725,000 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our stock option plan and employee stock purchase plan adopted in connection with this offering.

New investors will experience additional dilution upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock or if we issue restricted stock to our employees under these plans.

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

We have derived the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2002 and 2003 and September 30, 2004, and the selected consolidated statement of operations data for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003 and each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2004, from our audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements appearing at the end of this prospectus. We have derived the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, and the selected consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000, from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this prospectus. The unaudited information has been prepared on a basis consistent with our audited consolidated financial statements and includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for the fair presentation of the information presented in those financial statements. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period and interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for any future interim period or for a full year. You should read the selected consolidated financial data in conjunction with the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of this prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus.



																		Nine Months Ended
			Year Ended December 31,															September 30,

			1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2003			2004


			(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
License and maintenance revenues			$	1,524		$	8,346		$	15,880		$	30,916		$	38,263		$	27,850		$	34,083
Cost of revenues				216			1,364			3,469			5,746			5,779			4,319			4,672

	Gross profit			1,308			6,982			12,411			25,170			32,484			23,531			29,411

Operating expenses:
	Selling and marketing			1,331			5,513			11,418			14,992			16,902			11,715			15,828
	Product development			1,374			2,625			5,090			5,207			7,573			5,192			7,730
	General and administrative			1,475			2,200			3,529			4,861			6,227			4,133			5,221
	Non-cash stock-based compensation(1)			—			—			140			863			90			—			—

		Total operating expenses		4,180			10,338			20,177			25,923			30,792			21,040			28,779

Income (loss) from operations				(2,872	)		(3,356	)		(7,766	)		(753	)		1,692			2,491			632

Other expense (income), net:
	Interest expense			11			5			1,661			2,585			2,700			2,092			1,900
	Other expense (income), net			—			(146	)		103			(183	)		(128	)		(29	)		(214	)

		Total other expense (income), net		11			(141	)		1,764			2,402			2,572			2,063			1,686

Income (loss) before income taxes				(2,883	)		(3,215	)		(9,530	)		(3,155	)		(880	)		428			(1,054	)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes				—			(225	)		6,208	(2)		685			435			(211	)		26

Net income (loss)				(2,883	)		(3,440	)		(3,322	)		(2,470	)		(445	)		217			(1,028	)
Accretion and accrued dividends on preferred stock(3)				—			—			(1,295	)		(1,745	)		(2,019	)		(1,488	)		(1,616	)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders			$	(2,883	)	$	(3,440	)	$	(4,617	)	$	(4,215	)	$	(2,464	)		(1,271	)		(2,644	)

Basic and diluted net loss attributable to common stockholders per common share			$	(0.35	)	$	(0.41	)	$	(0.69	)	$	(0.68	)	$	(0.40	)		(0.20	)		(0.42	)

Weighted average shares used to compute net loss attributable to common stockholders per common share — basic and diluted				8,258,500			8,300,000			6,725,274			6,225,000			6,225,438			6,225,239			6,226,334


(1)	Non-cash stock-based compensation consists of:



												Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,										September 30,

		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2003		2004


		(in thousands)
Selling and marketing		$	—	$	—	$	—	$	739	$	—	$	—	$	—
Product development			—		—		140		—		—		—		—
General and administrative			—		—		—		124		90		—		—

	Total non-cash stock-based compensation	$	—	$	—	$	140	$	863	$	90	$	—	$	—


(2)	Amount includes a $4.3 million non-recurring tax benefit as a result of our conversion from a S corporation to a C corporation in 2001.

(3)	In 2001, we issued $5 million of series A redeemable preferred stock and $10 million of series B redeemable convertible preferred stock. See Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements.



	As of December 31,															As of
																September 30,
	1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2004


	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	83		$	367		$	2,708		$	5,371		$	10,236		$	12,942
Total assets	$	4,043		$	10,029		$	23,950		$	28,317		$	40,352		$	46,370
Subordinated notes payable, net	$	—		$	—		$	12,507		$	12,811		$	13,345		$	13,875
Series A redeemable preferred stock, net	$	—		$	—		$	3,501		$	4,226		$	5,054		$	5,707
Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, net	$	—		$	—		$	12,528		$	13,548		$	15,365		$	15,702
Total stockholders’ deficit	$	(3,702	)	$	(12,462	)	$	(40,943	)	$	(45,589	)	$	(49,829	)	$	(52,226	)

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and consolidated results of operations in conjunction with the “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” section of this prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this prospectus.

Overview

We have historically derived substantially all of our revenues from sales of our Antigen products, which protect email servers from viruses. During 2003 and 2004, we released seven new products that defend organizations from spam, guard additional points of network vulnerability and protect other types of electronic messaging and collaboration environments.

Our customers typically enter into 24-month subscription license and maintenance agreements. Upon entering into these agreements, we typically invoice customers for the full amounts due under the agreements. We typically recognize license and maintenance revenues on a straight-line basis over the term of the related agreement.

Our revenues increased from $15.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, to $30.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $38.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. Our revenues increased from $27.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $34.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increases in our revenues were directly caused by our sale of a higher number of licenses. The list prices for our products did not materially change during the periods reported. The rise in the number of security threats from viruses increased demand for our antivirus products and resulted in our sale of a higher number of licenses. In response to the increased demand for our products, we expanded our international sales force, which has further contributed to our sale of a higher number of licenses and the increases in our revenues since 2001.

We derived approximately 27% of our revenues from customers outside the United States and Canada for the year ended December 31, 2001, approximately 36% for the year ended December 31, 2002, approximately 48% for the year ended December 31, 2003 and approximately 52% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. We believe that international markets represent a significant growth opportunity, particularly in the European and Asia-Pacific markets.

The majority of our international subscription license and maintenance agreements are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the euro. Additionally, 34% of our costs and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2001, 29% for the year ended December 31, 2002, 33% for the year ended December 31, 2003 and 37% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 were denominated in foreign currencies. Approximately 25% of our assets as of December 31, 2002, 34% as of December 31, 2003 and 37% as of September 30, 2004 were recorded in foreign currencies. Approximately 35% of our liabilities as of December 31, 2002, 42% as of December 31, 2003 and 44% as of September 30, 2004 were recorded in foreign currencies. Accordingly, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates affect the value in U.S. dollars of our revenues, costs and expenses, assets and liabilities and, consequently, significantly impact our earnings and stockholders’ equity.

While we recognize license and maintenance revenues primarily over the term of the related agreement, and third-party royalty costs ratably over the term of the license and maintenance agreement, we recognize operating expenses as they are incurred.

We were founded in March 1995. As of September 30, 2004, we had approximately 10,000 customers, representing over 10,000,000 end-user mailboxes. No customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenues during any of the past three years.

March 2001 Private Placement

In March 2001, we issued and sold the following securities to affiliates of Summit Partners in a private placement:


	•	our 12% senior subordinated notes in the aggregate principal amount of $15.0 million;

	•	an aggregate of $5.0 million of our series A redeemable preferred stock; and

	•	an aggregate of $10.0 million of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock.

We used $25.0 million of the proceeds from this private placement to redeem common stock owned by our directors and executive officers, and received net proceeds of approximately $3.7 million after this redemption and offering expenses. We will redeem our series A redeemable preferred stock upon the completion of this offering, using a portion of the net proceeds. Shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock will convert automatically into shares of our common stock upon the completion of this offering. The aggregate $15.0 million principal amount of the notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable upon the completion of this offering, which we will pay using a portion of the net proceeds. The notes, as amended, have a stated interest rate of 12% for 2001, 15% for the period from January 2002 to September 2003 and 12% thereafter until the March 2006 maturity date.

We allocated the proceeds from our March 2001 private placement based on the relative fair market value of these securities. We estimated the fair market value of these securities based on several factors, including trends in the broad market for technology stocks and prevailing market interest rates. The $12.7 million relative fair market value of the debt resulted in a $2.3 million discount to the $15.0 million face value of the notes. We are amortizing the debt discount and the issuance costs using the effective interest method over the life of the notes.

In the quarter in which the closing of this offering occurs, we expect to record a non-cash charge for early extinguishment of debt as a result of our repayment of the indebtedness. The amount of the charge will be the remaining unamortized discount and deferred financing cost balances related to the indebtedness at repayment. As of September 30, 2004, this amount was approximately $1.1 million.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and consolidated results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, and income taxes. We base these estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Our actual results may differ from these estimates.

We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:


	*Revenue Recognition*

We generate revenues from the sale of software licenses and maintenance services. We recognize revenues when the following criteria are met:


	•	there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement with a customer;

	•	we deliver the products or services;

	•	fees are fixed or determinable; and

	•	collection is probable.

Our customers typically enter into license and maintenance agreements, which are generally 24 months in duration and for a fixed number of users. Upon entering into these agreements, we typically invoice customers for the full amounts due under the agreements. Generally, payments are due for the full term of the agreement within 30 days of invoicing. We assess whether collection is probable based on a number of factors, including past transaction history with the customer and the creditworthiness of the customer. If, in our judgment, collection of a fee is not probable, we will not begin to recognize revenues from the agreement until the uncertainty is removed, which is generally upon receipt of payment in full. We bundle maintenance, which includes the right to unspecified upgrades, on a when-and-if available basis, and ongoing technical support, for the entire term of the license and maintenance agreement. In connection with these license and maintenance agreements, we recognize revenues ratably on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement if the four recognition criteria noted above have been met. Upon expiration of the license and maintenance agreements, customers who wish to renew typically do so at a discount to their original subscription price or the then-current list price.

License and maintenance revenues that we recognized on a ratable basis over the term of the customer agreements totaled $15.7 million, or 99% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2001, $30.4 million, or 98% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $37.0 million, or 97% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2003. These revenues totaled $27.2 million, or 98% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and $33.9 million, or 99% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Our remaining license and maintenance revenues consisted of immediately recognized perpetual license revenues.

Our license and maintenance agreements generally do not include acceptance provisions. An acceptance provision generally allows a customer to test the software for a defined period of time before committing to the agreement. If an agreement includes an acceptance provision, we do not record deferred revenues or recognize revenues until the earlier of customer acceptance or the expiration of the acceptance period. On a limited basis, certain agreements with customers include cancellation clauses that provide for a ratable refund of fees based on the percentage of time remaining under the term of the agreement. For these agreements, we recognize revenues ratably over the license and maintenance period as the amount of the ratable refund right decreases, such that we do not recognize any revenue that remains subject to refund.

We record revenues from sales to third-party resellers, value-added resellers and distributors when all four of the revenue recognition criteria noted above are met and when these entities sell our products to the end users. This is commonly referred to as the sell-through method. For these types of arrangements, we only assess the creditworthiness of the resellers and distributors, not the end users, and we recognize revenue only to the extent that collection is considered probable. Certain distributors have limited rights of return for products purchased. We recognize revenues for the returnable amounts sold to these distributors after the return period has expired because we cannot reasonably estimate the amount of future returns. To the extent a referral fee is paid to a third party when we sell directly to the end user, we recognize the referral fee as a selling expense upon entering into the arrangement with the customer.


	*Stock-Based Compensation*

Our stock-based compensation plans are described more fully in the “Management” section of this prospectus and in the notes to our consolidated financial statements appearing at the end of this prospectus.

In September 2001, one of our founding stockholders purchased 62,250 shares of our common stock from an employee at a price of $12.05 per share. Because the stockholder who purchased these shares was a significant affiliated stockholder, we recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million at the time of the purchase. This amount represents the difference between the estimated fair market value of our common stock on the date of purchase and the purchase price of the common stock. We determined the estimated fair market value of our common stock based upon several factors, including trends in the broad market for technology stocks.

In March 2002, one of our founding stockholders granted to some of our employees and a member of our board of directors options to purchase an aggregate of 347,770 shares of our common stock held by that stockholder at an exercise price of $2.29 per share. All of these options were vested as of the date of the grant. Because the stockholder who granted these options was a significant affiliated stockholder, we recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.9 million as of the time of the option grants. This amount represents the difference between the estimated fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and the exercise price of these options, multiplied by the number of shares underlying the options granted. We determined the estimated fair market value of our common stock based upon several factors, including trends in the broad market for technology stocks.

In December 2003, our board of directors approved the grant to an officer of an option to purchase 12,450 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.23 per share. This option vested in December 2003. We recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million as of the time of the board’s approval. This amount represents the difference between the estimated fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and the exercise price of this option. We determined the estimated fair market value of our common stock based upon several factors, including trends in the broad market for technology stocks, our performance and the possibility of an initial public offering of our common stock.


	*Income Taxes*

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process requires us to estimate our actual current tax liability and to assess temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as deferred revenues, for tax and accounting purposes. These temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheets. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or increase this allowance in a period, we must include an expense within the tax provision in our consolidated statements of operations.

Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. We have recorded a valuation allowance of $4.0 million as of September 30, 2004, due to uncertainties related to our ability to use certain of our deferred tax assets, consisting of certain foreign net operating losses carried forward, before they expire. The valuation allowance is based on our estimates of taxable income by jurisdiction and the period over which our deferred tax assets will be recoverable. If actual results differ from these estimates or we adjust these estimates in future periods, we may need to adjust our valuation allowance which could materially impact our financial position and consolidated results of operations.

The net deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2002 was $7.9 million, net of a valuation allowance of $2.7 million. The net deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2003 was $11.0 million, net of a valuation allowance of $2.5 million. The net deferred tax asset as of September 30, 2004 was $9.3 million, net of a valuation allowance of $4.0 million.

Consolidated Results of Operations, Geographic Information and Key Performance Indicators


	*Consolidated Results of Operations*

The following table presents our consolidated results of operations, expressed as a percentage of license and maintenance revenues, for each of the periods shown.



												Nine Months Ended
			Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

			2001			2002			2003			2003			2004

License and maintenance revenues				100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of revenues				21.8	%		18.6	%		15.1	%		15.5	%		13.7	%

		Gross profit		78.2	%		81.4	%		84.9	%		84.5	%		86.3	%

Operating expenses:
	Selling and marketing			71.9	%		48.5	%		44.2	%		42.1	%		46.4	%
	Product development			32.1	%		16.8	%		19.8	%		18.6	%		22.7	%
	General and administrative			22.2	%		15.7	%		16.3	%		14.8	%		15.3	%
	Non-cash stock-based compensation(1)			0.9	%		2.8	%		0.2	%		—			—

		Total operating expenses		127.1	%		83.8	%		80.5	%		75.5	%		84.4	%

Income (loss) from operations				(48.9	)%		(2.4	)%		4.4	%		9.0	%		1.9	%

Other expense (income), net:
	Interest expense			10.5	%		8.4	%		7.0	%		7.5	%		5.6	%
	Other expense (income), net			0.6	%		(0.6	)%		(0.3	)%		(0.1	)%		(0.6	)%

		Total other expense (income), net		11.1	%		7.8	%		6.7	%		7.4	%		5.0	%

Income (loss) before income taxes				(60.0	)%		(10.2	)%		(2.3	)%		1.6	%		(3.1	)%
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes				39.1	%(2)		2.2	%		1.1	%		(0.8	)%		0.1	%

Net income (loss)				(20.9	)%		(8.0	)%		(1.2	)%		0.8	%		(3.0	)%


	(1)	Non-cash stock-based compensation consists of:



								Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,						September 30,

		2001		2002		2003		2003		2004

Selling and marketing			—		2.4%		—		—		—
Product development			0.9%		—		—		—		—
General and administrative			—		0.4%		0.2%		—		—

	Total non-cash stock-based compensation		0.9%		2.8%		0.2%		—		—


	(2)	Amount includes a 26.9% non-recurring tax benefit as a result of our conversion from a S corporation to a C corporation in 2001.


	*Geographic Information*

We operate in one business segment. The following table summarizes our license and maintenance revenues by geographic region for each of the periods shown.



								Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,						September 30,

		2001		2002		2003		2003		2004


		(in thousands)
United States and Canada		$	11,525	$	19,881	$	19,793	$	15,005	$	16,263
Europe, Middle East and Africa			4,347		10,869		17,992		12,500		17,431
Asia-Pacific and other			8		166		478		345		389

	Total license and maintenance revenues	$	15,880	$	30,916	$	38,263	$	27,850	$	34,083

The following table summarizes the percentage of our license and maintenance revenues recognized by geographic region for each of the periods shown.



											Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

		2001			2002			2003			2003			2004

United States and Canada			72.5	%		64.3	%		51.7	%		53.9	%		47.7	%
Europe, Middle East and Africa			27.4	%		35.2	%		47.0	%		44.9	%		51.1	%
Asia-Pacific and other			0.1	%		0.5	%		1.3	%		1.2	%		1.2	%

	Total license and maintenance revenues		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%


	*Key Performance Indicators*

The following tables summarize the key performance indicators that we consider material in managing our business.



										Nine Months Ended
	Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

	2001			2002			2003			2003			2004


	(in thousands, except for percentages)
License and maintenance revenues	$	15,880		$	30,916		$	38,263		$	27,850		$	34,083
Percentage of license and maintenance revenues recognized on a ratable basis		99	%		98	%		97	%		98	%		99	%
Sales arrangements	$	29,984		$	34,159		$	44,239		$	27,727		$	41,902
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	1,215		$	3,727		$	5,589		$	509		$	3,390



	As of December 31,						As of
							September 30,
	2001		2002		2003		2004


	(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,708	$	5,371	$	10,236	$	12,942
Accounts receivable, net	$	7,768	$	7,821	$	11,595	$	12,350
Total deferred revenues	$	31,055	$	36,851	$	46,476	$	53,659

The following is a discussion of some of the terms used in the tables above.

Sales arrangements. Sales arrangements represent the total amount of new and renewed license and maintenance agreements entered into in a given period. We believe that this is an important indicator of our performance because this measurement provides a basis for understanding our current sales activities as compared to our revenues and deferred revenues, both of which include sales arrangements entered into

during prior periods. In addition, because we typically invoice customers in full upon entering into new and renewed license and maintenance agreements and payment is generally due within 30 days, we believe that sales arrangements are an important indicator of the amount of cash that we expect to collect from our customers.

We generally recognize revenues from our sales arrangements on a straight-line basis over the term of the applicable license and maintenance agreement, which is generally 24 months. Therefore, the majority of sales arrangements entered into in any given period are not recognized as revenues during that period, but instead are recorded as deferred revenues.

Sales arrangements for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 were favorably impacted by $1.9 million due to foreign currency exchange fluctuations. Sales arrangements for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the year ended December 31, 2002 were favorably impacted by $3.8 million due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Sales arrangements for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to the year ended December 31, 2001 were favorably impacted by $0.9 million due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

We expect the dollar amount of sales arrangements to continue to increase in the future. However, the increase in sales arrangements may be negatively impacted by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

The use of sales arrangements as a measure of our performance is subject to limitations, including the risks associated with customers defaulting on their payment, requesting a concession prior to payment or canceling their license and maintenance agreement. Historically, we have had a minor amount of bad debt expense, we have not offered concessions to our customers and cancellations have been insignificant. However, we can make no assurances that these trends will continue in the future.

Net cash provided by operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities is taken from our consolidated statements of cash flows. We believe that this is an important performance indicator because it represents the amount of cash generated in our operations, which is then available for investing and financing activities.

Deferred revenues. Deferred revenues, which are included in our consolidated balance sheets, represent the amounts of our sales arrangements in excess of the amounts recognized as revenues. We believe that deferred revenues are a key performance indicator because deferred revenues represent the amounts that we will record as revenues in our consolidated statements of operations in future periods. Our deferred revenues in the future may fluctuate based on foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations between the euro and the U.S. dollar.

The following table reconciles beginning and ending deferred revenues for each of the periods shown.



										Nine Months Ended
	Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

	2001			2002			2003			2003			2004


	(in thousands)
Deferred revenues at beginning of period	$	17,242		$	31,055		$	36,851		$	36,851		$	46,476
Sales arrangements entered into during period		29,984			34,159			44,239			27,727			41,902
License and maintenance revenues recognized during period		(15,880	)		(30,916	)		(38,263	)		(27,850	)		(34,083	)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and other adjustments		(291	)		2,553			3,649			1,842			(636	)

Deferred revenues at end of period	$	31,055		$	36,851		$	46,476		$	38,570		$	53,659

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003


	*License and Maintenance Revenues*

License and maintenance revenues increased by 22.4% to $34.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from $27.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. The $6.2 million increase in license and maintenance revenues was principally a result of an increase in revenues from new license and maintenance agreements entered into during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 of $2.5 million, an increase in recognized revenues from prior period license and maintenance agreements for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 of $2.1 million and favorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations of $1.6 million.


	*Cost of Revenues*

Cost of revenues primarily consists of amortization of third-party royalty costs, technical support personnel costs and allocated overhead. We allocate overhead, such as depreciation expense and rent and occupancy charges, to all departments based on headcount.

Cost of revenues increased by 8.2% to $4.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues decreased to 13.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from 15.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. The 1.8% decrease as a percentage of revenues was primarily due to decreased royalty rates charged to us by third parties for technology we license and include in most of our products, as well as the leveraging of our technical support costs over a larger revenue base. The royalty rates charged by certain of our antivirus scanning engine vendors were reduced in June 2002 in exchange for including their technology in every customer license and maintenance agreement for our antivirus products. We expect cost of revenues in dollars and as a percentage of license and maintenance revenues to increase in the future due to the global expansion of our technical support department and an anticipated increase in revenues from new products with higher third-party royalty rates.

Many factors affect our gross profit margins, including changes in our mix of products sold, pricing trends, changes in royalty amounts, fluctuations in user volumes and changes in our mix of distribution channels. Our gross profit margins vary among products in large part because of differing royalty rates that we must pay for third-party licensed software included in most of our products.


	*Selling and Marketing*

Selling and marketing expenses primarily consist of personnel and related costs for employees engaged in sales and marketing, including salaries, commissions and other variable compensation, travel expenses, and costs associated with trade shows, advertising and other marketing efforts and allocated overhead. Sales commissions are primarily based on the total amount of sales arrangements in a given period. We typically record the entire amount of the sales commission as an expense upon entering into the related sales arrangement with the customer.

Selling and marketing expenses increased by 35.1% to $15.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from $11.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. The $4.1 million increase in selling and marketing expenses was principally due to an increase in personnel and travel costs of $2.8 million as a result of increased headcount, an increase of $0.5 million in advertising and related trade show costs and unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations of $0.8 million. We intend to continue to invest in sales and marketing to pursue new customers and expand relationships with existing customers.


	*Product Development*

Product development expenses primarily consist of personnel and related costs for software engineers, quality assurance engineers, product managers, technical sales engineers, management information systems and allocated overhead. We have devoted our development efforts primarily to new product offerings and incidental enhancements and upgrades to our existing products, which are provided to customers on a when-and-if available basis.

Product development expenses increased by 48.9% to $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. The $2.5 million increase in product development expenses was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $2.1 million as a result of increased headcount to develop and support our new products. We expect product development expenses to increase in the future, as we employ more personnel to support enhancements of our products and new product offerings.


	*General and Administrative*

General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel and related costs for our executive, finance, human resources and administrative personnel, professional fees, other corporate expenses and allocated overhead.

General and administrative expenses increased by 26.3% to $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from $4.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. The $1.1 million increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs as a result of increased headcount and an increase in outside professional fees to support our growth in infrastructure. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in future periods, reflecting growth in our operations, corporate governance and regulatory compliance costs associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and our listing on Nasdaq, corporate insurance premiums and other expenses associated with being a public company.


	*Interest Expense*

Interest expense decreased by 9.2% to $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from $2.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. The $0.2 million decrease in interest expense was primarily due to the decrease in the interest rate on our subordinated notes from 15% to 12%, which occurred in October 2003, which was partially offset by an increase in the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs.

We will repay the aggregate outstanding $15.0 million principal amount of our subordinated notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, with a portion of the net proceeds of this offering. After our indebtedness is repaid, we do not expect to have significant interest expense.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2003 and 2002


	*License and Maintenance Revenues*

License and maintenance revenues increased by 23.8% to $38.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $30.9 million for 2002. The $7.4 million increase in license and maintenance revenues was principally a result of an increase in revenues from new license and maintenance agreements entered into in 2003 compared to 2002 of $1.4 million, an increase in recognized revenues from prior

period license and maintenance agreements in 2003 compared to 2002 of $3.1 million, and favorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations of $2.9 million.


	*Cost of Revenues*

Cost of revenues increased by 1% to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $5.7 million for 2002. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues decreased to 15.1% for the year ended December 31, 2003 from 18.6% for 2002. The 3.5% decrease as a percentage of revenues was primarily due to decreased royalty rates charged to us by third parties for technology we license and include in most of our products as well as the leveraging of our technical support costs over a larger revenue base.


	*Selling and Marketing*

Selling and marketing expenses increased by 7.0% to $16.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $15.7 million for 2002. Selling and marketing expenses in 2002 included $0.7 million of non-cash stock-based compensation. There was no non-cash stock-based compensation included in selling and marketing expenses in 2003. The $1.2 million increase in selling and marketing expenses was principally due to an increase in personnel costs of $0.7 million as a result of increased headcount and unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations of $1.3 million, both of which were partially offset by the $0.7 million decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation.


	*Product Development*

Product development expenses increased by 45.4% to $7.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $5.2 million for 2002. The $2.4 million increase in product development expenses was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $2.0 million as a result of increased headcount to develop and support our new products.


	*General and Administrative*

General and administrative expenses increased by 26.7% to $6.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $5.0 million for 2002. General and administrative expenses included non-cash stock-based compensation of $0.1 million in 2003 and $0.1 million in 2002. The $1.3 million increase in general and administrative expenses was principally due to an increase in personnel and travel costs of $0.8 million as a result of increased headcount to support our growth in infrastructure and unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations of $0.5 million.


	*Interest Expense*

Interest expense increased by 4.4% to $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $2.6 million for 2002. The $0.1 million increase in interest expense was primarily attributable to an increase in the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, which was partially offset by the decrease in the interest rate on our subordinated notes from 15% to 12%, which occurred in October 2003.


	*Benefit from Income Taxes*

Benefit from income taxes decreased by 36.5% to $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from $0.7 million for 2002. The $0.3 million decrease in benefit from income taxes was primarily attributable to a decrease in pre-tax losses.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001


	*License and Maintenance Revenues*

License and maintenance revenues increased by 94.7% to $30.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $15.9 million for 2001. The $15.0 million increase in license and maintenance revenues was principally a result of an increase in revenues from new license and maintenance agreements entered into in 2002 compared to 2001 of $5.5 million, an increase in recognized revenues from prior period license and maintenance agreements in 2002 compared to 2001 of $8.8 million and $0.7 million of favorable foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.


	*Cost of Revenues*

Cost of revenues increased by 65.6% to $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $3.5 million for 2001. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues decreased to 18.6% for the year ended December 31, 2002 from 21.8% for 2001. The 3.2% decrease as a percentage of revenues was primarily due to decreased royalty rates charged to us by third parties for technology we license and include in most of our products as well as the leveraging of our technical support costs over a larger revenue base.


	*Selling and Marketing*

Selling and marketing expenses increased by 37.8% to $15.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $11.4 million for 2001. Selling and marketing expenses in 2002 included $0.7 million of non-cash stock-based compensation. There was no non-cash stock-based compensation included in selling and marketing expenses in 2001. The $4.3 million increase in selling and marketing expenses was principally due to an increase in personnel and travel costs of $3.1 million as a result of increased headcount and a $0.7 million increase in non-cash stock-based compensation.


	*Product Development*

Product development expenses remained relatively constant for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001. Product development expenses in 2002 included $0.1 million of non-cash stock-based compensation. There was no non-cash stock-based compensation included in product development expenses in 2002.


	*General and Administrative*

General and administrative expenses increased by 41.3% to $5.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $3.5 million for 2001. General and administrative expenses in 2002 included $0.1 million of non-cash stock-based compensation. There was no non-cash stock-based compensation included in general and administrative expenses in 2001. The $1.5 million increase in general and administrative expenses was principally due to an increase in personnel related costs of $1.3 million as a result of increased headcount to support our growth in infrastructure.


	*Interest Expense*

Interest expense increased by 55.6% to $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $1.7 million for 2001. The $0.9 million increase in interest expense was primarily due to the fact that our two subordinated promissory notes issued in March 2001 were outstanding for twelve months in 2002 compared to nine months in 2001. In addition, in January 2002, the stated interest rate of our notes increased to 15% from 12%.


	*Benefit from Income Taxes*

Benefit from income taxes decreased by 89.0% to $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $6.2 million for 2001. Prior to March 30, 2001, we elected to be taxed as an S corporation. As a result, instead of our payment of corporate income taxes, our stockholders reported their pro rata share of our items of income, deductions, losses and credits on their personal income tax returns. In connection with our March 2001 private placement, we became a C corporation for income tax reporting purposes and recorded a deferred tax benefit of $4.3 million.

Unaudited Quarterly Results of Operations

The following tables present our unaudited quarterly results of operations for each of the seven quarters in the period ended September 30, 2004 and our unaudited quarterly results of operations expressed as a percentage of our license and maintenance revenues for the same periods. You should read the following tables in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus. We have prepared the unaudited information on a basis consistent with our audited consolidated financial statements and have included all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for the fair presentation of our operating results for the quarters presented. Our historical unaudited quarterly results of operations are not necessarily indicative of results for any future quarter or for a full year.



				Three Months Ended

				March 31,			June 30,			September 30,			December 31,			March 31,			June 30,			September 30,
				2003			2003			2003			2003			2004			2004			2004


				(in thousands)
License and maintenance revenues				$	8,820		$	9,468		$	9,562		$	10,413		$	10,540		$	11,237		$	12,306
Cost of revenues					1,483			1,453			1,383			1,460			1,417			1,541			1,714

		Gross profit			7,337			8,015			8,179			8,953			9,123			9,696			10,592

Operating expenses:
	Selling and marketing				3,531			4,460			3,724			5,187			5,010			5,718			5,100
	Product development				1,554			1,800			1,838			2,381			2,432			2,647			2,651
	General and administrative				1,254			1,457			1,422			2,094			1,500			1,999			1,722
	Non-cash stock-based compensation(1)				—			—			—			90			—			—			—

			Total operating expenses		6,339			7,717			6,984			9,752			8,942			10,364			9,473

Income (loss) from operations					998			298			1,195			(799	)		181			(668	)		1,119

Other expense (income), net:
	Interest expense				665			704			723			608			606			673			621
	Other expense (income), net				33			(81	)		19			(99	)		(280	)		128			(62	)

			Total other expense (income), net		698			623			742			509			326			801			559

Income (loss) before income taxes					300			(325	)		453			(1,308	)		(145	)		(1,469	)		560
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes					(148	)		161			(224	)		646			53			457			(484	)

Net income (loss)				$	152		$	(164	)	$	229		$	(662	)	$	(92	)	$	(1,012	)	$	76


(1)	Non-cash stock-based compensation for the three months ended December 31, 2003 consists solely of general and administrative expenses.



			Three Months Ended

			March 31,			June 30,			September 30,			December 31,			March 31,			June 30,			September 30,
			2003			2003			2003			2003			2004			2004			2004

Percentage of Total Revenues
License and maintenance revenues				100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of revenues				16.8	%		15.3	%		14.5	%		14.0	%		13.4	%		13.7	%		13.9	%

		Gross profit		83.2	%		84.7	%		85.5	%		86.0	%		86.6	%		86.3	%		86.1	%

Operating expenses:
	Selling and marketing			40.0	%		47.1	%		38.9	%		49.8	%		47.5	%		50.9	%		41.4	%
	Product development			17.7	%		19.0	%		19.2	%		22.9	%		23.1	%		23.6	%		21.6	%
	General and administrative			14.2	%		15.4	%		14.9	%		20.1	%		14.2	%		17.8	%		14.0	%
	Non-cash stock-based compensation(2)			—			—			—			0.9	%		—			—			—

		Total operating expenses		71.9	%		81.5	%		73.0	%		93.7	%		84.8	%		92.3	%		77.0	%

Income (loss) from operations				11.3	%		3.2	%		12.5	%		(7.7	)%		1.7	%		(6.0	)%		9.1	%

Other expense (income), net:
	Interest expense			7.5	%		7.5	%		7.6	%		5.8	%		5.8	%		6.0	%		5.0	%
	Other expense (income), net			0.4	%		(0.9	)%		0.2	%		(1.0	)%		(2.7	)%		1.1	%		(0.5	)%

		Total other expense (income), net		7.9	%		6.6	%		7.8	%		4.8	%		3.1	%		7.1	%		4.5	%

Income (loss) before income taxes				3.4	%		(3.4	)%		4.7	%		(12.5	)%		(1.4	)%		(13.1	)%		4.6	%
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes				(1.7	)%		1.7	%		(2.3	)%		6.1	%		0.5	%		4.1	%		(4.0	)%

Net income (loss)				1.7	%		(1.7	)%		2.4	%		(6.4	)%		(0.9	)%		(9.0	)%		0.6	%


(2)	Non-cash stock-based compensation for the three months ended December 31, 2003 consists solely of general and administrative expenses.

License and Maintenance Revenues

License and maintenance revenues for the quarters presented have increased each quarter primarily due to our sale of a higher number of licenses. The rise in the number of security threats from viruses increased demand for our antivirus products and, together with the impact our international sales force, resulted in our sale of a higher number of licenses. In addition, for the quarters presented, our revenues have been favorably impacted by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for the quarters presented has remained relatively constant, but has generally decreased as a percentage of sales. The decrease as a percentage of sales was primarily due to decreased royalty rates charged to us by third parties for technology we license and include in most of our products, as well as the leveraging of our technical support costs over a larger revenue base.

Selling and Marketing

Selling and marketing expenses increased by 26% in the quarter ended June 30, 2003 from the quarter ended March 31, 2003, by 39% in the quarter ended December 31, 2003 from the quarter ended September 30, 2003 and by 14% in the quarter ended June 30, 2004 from the quarter ended March 31, 2004 due to increased marketing and variable compensation costs. In addition, our selling and marketing expenses have generally been unfavorably impacted by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Product Development

Product development expenses for the quarters presented have generally increased each quarter due to our commitment to developing new product offerings and incidental enhancements and upgrades to our existing products. Product development expenses increased by 30% in the quarter ended December 31, 2003 from the quarter ended September 30, 2003 primarily due to an increase in personnel costs. In addition, our product development expenses have generally been unfavorably impacted by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses for the quarters presented have generally increased each quarter due to increased headcount and professional fees to support our growth. General and administrative expenses increased by 47% in the quarter ended December 31, 2003 from the quarter ended September 30, 2003 primarily due to increased variable compensation costs. General and administrative expenses increased by 33% in the quarter ended June 30, 2004 from the quarter ended March 31, 2004 due to increased professional fees and other administrative expenses. In addition, our general and administrative expenses have generally been unfavorably impacted by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since our inception in March 1995, we have financed our operations primarily through internally generated cash flows as well as from a portion of the net proceeds from our March 2001 private placement. As of September 30, 2004, we had raised gross proceeds of $30.0 million from the sale of preferred equity and subordinated debt securities in our March 2001 private placement, of which we used $25.0 million to redeem common stock owned by our executive officers and directors at that time and the remainder for working capital and other corporate purposes. As of September 30, 2004, we had cash and cash equivalents of $12.9 million and accounts receivable of $12.4 million.


	*Operating Activities*

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. Net cash provided by operating activities was $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and $3.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2001 primarily resulted from an increase of $14.1 million in deferred revenues due to an increase in sales arrangements and an increase of $3.3 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses to support the growth in our operations, both of which were partially offset by an increase of $7.3 million in net deferred income tax assets due to an increase in deferred revenues, an increase of $4.2 million in accounts receivable and $2.1 million in deferred royalty costs due to an increase in sales arrangements, and a net loss of $3.3 million that included non-cash expenses of $0.9 million primarily related to depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation. Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2002 primarily resulted from an increase of $3.5 million in deferred revenues due to an increase in sales arrangements and a decrease of $0.5 million in deferred royalty costs due to a decrease in royalty rates charged by third parties for technologies we license, both of which were partially offset by a net loss of $2.5 million that included non-cash expenses of $1.8 million primarily related to depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation. Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2003 primarily resulted from an increase

of $5.9 million in deferred revenues due to an increase in sales arrangements, an increase of $3.7 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses to support the growth in our operations and a decrease of $0.3 million in deferred royalty costs due to a decrease in royalty rates charged by third parties for technology we license, all of which were partially offset by an increase of $3.2 million in accounts receivable due to an increase in sales arrangements, an increase of $2.0 million in net deferred income tax assets due to an increase in deferred revenues and a net loss of $0.4 million that included non-cash expenses of $1.7 million primarily related to depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation. Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 primarily resulted from a decrease in deferred royalty costs of $0.8 million due to a decrease in royalty rates charged by third parties for technology we license, and net income of $0.2 million that included non-cash expenses of $1.1 million primarily related to depreciation and amortization, both of which were partially offset by an increase of $0.6 million in net deferred income tax assets due to an increase in deferred revenues and an increase in accounts receivable of $0.4 million due to an increase in sales arrangements. Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 primarily resulted from an increase in deferred revenues of $7.6 million due to an increase in sales arrangements and a decrease in net deferred income tax assets of $1.5 million due to a change in tax law related to deferred revenues, both of which were partially offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $3.0 million due to the payment of costs associated with this offering and income taxes receivable which were recorded due to a change in tax law related to deferred revenues, an increase in deferred royalty costs of $1.2 million and accounts receivable of $0.9 million due to an increase in sales arrangements, a decrease in accounts payable of $0.9 million due to a decrease in income taxes payable and a net loss of $1.0 million that included non-cash expenses of $1.3 million primarily related to depreciation and amortization.


	*Investing Activities*

Net cash provided by investing activities was $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. Net cash used in investing activities was $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. Net cash used in investing activities was $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. For the year ended December 31, 2001, net cash provided by investing activities was related to the repayment of short-term advances to stockholders, which was partially offset by purchases of property and equipment to support our growth. For the years ended December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003, and the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2004, net cash used in investing activities was solely related to the purchase of property and equipment to support our growth.


	*Financing Activities*

Net cash provided by financing activities was $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, primarily due to a portion of the net proceeds received from our March 2001 private placement, offset by distributions paid to some of our stockholders and our redemption of common stock owned by these stockholders. There were no significant financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2004.


	*Funding Requirements*

We believe that our cash and cash equivalents, including the net proceeds of this offering, and cash flows from operations will be sufficient to satisfy our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months. We will use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repay all of our outstanding subordinated promissory notes, redeem all outstanding shares of our series A redeemable preferred stock and pay accrued dividends on our series A redeemable preferred stock and series B redeemable convertible preferred stock. See the “Use of Proceeds” section of this prospectus. We intend to use the balance of the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital. Given our current cash and cash equivalents, including the net proceeds of this offering, and our expectation of continued annual positive cash flow from operations, we believe that we will have

sufficient liquidity to fund our business and meet our contractual obligations over a period beyond the next twelve months.

We believe that opportunities may exist to expand our current business through strategic acquisitions and investments, and we may use a portion of the proceeds for these purposes. We are not currently a party to any contracts or letters of intent, nor do we have any arrangements or understandings, with respect to any strategic acquisitions or investments.

We intend to continue to invest our cash in excess of current operating requirements in short-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade securities. Changes in our operating plans, lower than anticipated revenues, increased expenses or other events, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus, may cause us to seek additional debt or equity financing on an accelerated basis. Financing may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all, and our failure to raise capital when needed could negatively impact our growth plans and our financial condition and consolidated results of operations. Additional equity financing would be dilutive to the holders of our common stock and debt financing, if available, may involve significant cash payment obligations and covenants or financial ratios that restrict our ability to operate our business.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

We do not have any special purpose entities, and other than operating leases, which are listed in the table below, we do not engage in off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

The following table summarizes our contractual arrangements at December 31, 2003, and the timing and effect that such commitments are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.



		Payments Due by Period

				Less Than						More Than
		Total		1 Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		5 Years


		(in thousands)
Contractual Obligations
Employment agreements		$	300	$	160	$	140	$	—	$	—
Operating leases			3,972		985		1,799		1,188		—
Subordinated notes payable			15,000		—		15,000		—		—

	Total	$	19,272	$	1,145	$	16,939	$	1,188	$	—

The amounts listed for subordinated notes payable represent the principal amounts we owe under our promissory notes with affiliates of Summit Partners, one of our principal stockholders. We will use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repay all of our outstanding subordinated notes payable.

We are obligated to pay royalties on the antivirus scanning engines and anti-spam technology that we have licensed from independent developers and include in most of our products. The royalty rates differ among products, and the total royalty payments are based on the software license fees that we bill our customers. The table above does not include any potential payments under these royalty agreements.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.


	*Foreign Currency Exchange Risk*

In 2003, we derived approximately 48% of our revenues from customers outside the United States and Canada. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we derived approximately 52% of our revenues from customers outside the United States and Canada. Therefore, our results could be negatively affected by such factors as changes in foreign currency exchange rates, trade protection measures, longer accounts receivable collection patterns and changes in regional or worldwide economic or political conditions. We manage our level of exposure by denominating the majority of international sales and payments of related expenses in the local currencies of our subsidiaries. A 10% change in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to each of the local currencies of our non-U.S. subsidiaries would have resulted in a change to our net loss before income taxes of approximately $0.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2003 and $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 as a result of translating the statements of operations of our foreign subsidiaries from their local currencies to the U.S. dollar.

We have not historically tried to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations by engaging in hedging activities.


	*Interest Rate Risk*

The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while maximizing the income without significantly increasing risk. Some of the securities in which we invest may be subject to market risk. This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the investment to fluctuate. To minimize this risk in the future, we intend to maintain our portfolio of short-term investments in interest-bearing, investment-grade securities. Our cash equivalents, which consist solely of money market funds, are not subject to market risk because the interest paid on these funds fluctuates with the prevailing interest rate. We do not believe that a 10% change in interest rates would have a significant effect on our interest income.

Our interest expense is generally not sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates because all of our indebtedness is at a fixed rate.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” The interpretation defines variable interest entities as those in which equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or entities in which equity investors lack certain essential characteristics of a controlling financial interest. The primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity is the party that absorbs a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receives a majority of its expected residual returns, or both, as a result of holding variable interests, which are the ownership, contractual, or other pecuniary interests in an entity. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the financial position and results of operations of the variable interest entity. In December 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued revisions to FASB Interpretation No. 46, resulting in multiple effective dates based on the characteristics as well as the creation dates of the variable interest entities, but in no case was an effective date later than our first quarter of 2004. The adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 46 did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.” SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS No. 150 requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). The requirements of this statement apply to issuers’ classification and measurement of freestanding financial instruments, including those that comprise more than one option or forward contract. SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after

May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 150 did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition,” which updates and summarizes the Commission’s views on the application of generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements. We believe that our revenue recognition policies conform to the requirements of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment,” which requires recognition of compensation cost for stock options and other stock-based awards based on their fair value, generally measured at the date of grant. Compensation cost will be recorded over the period that an employee provides service in exchange for the award. For pre-existing awards, compensation cost is recognized on or after the effective date of SFAS No. 123(R) for the portion of outstanding awards where service has not yet been rendered, based on the grant date fair value of those awards as previously determined under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” We are required to adopt SFAS No. 123(R) in the first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2005.

BUSINESS

Company Overview

We commenced operations in 1995 and released our first product, Antigen for Lotus Notes, in October of that year. We released our Antigen for Microsoft Exchange product in late 1998. We have historically derived substantially all of our revenues from sales of these products, which protect email servers from viruses. During 2003 and 2004, we released seven new products that defend organizations against spam, guard additional points of network vulnerability and protect other types of electronic messaging and collaboration environments. We plan to grow our business by cross-selling new products to our large and growing customer base, expanding our domestic and international distribution channels, maintaining our focus on products for electronic messaging and collaboration environments and continuing to work closely with our reseller partners.

Industry Overview

Electronic messaging has become ubiquitous because it facilitates communication and the exchange of information between organizations and their employees, customers, suppliers and strategic partners in a timely and cost-effective manner. In fact, based on our research, we estimate that the worldwide volume of business email traffic increased at a compound annual growth rate of over 50% from 1.8 billion messages per day in 1998 to 15.4 billion messages per day in 2003. While electronic messaging and collaboration applications provide significant functionality and efficiencies, they also expose enterprises to viruses, spam, the transmission of malicious or inappropriate content and the unauthorized distribution of confidential information.

Organizations must effectively manage these risks in order to continue to realize the benefits of electronic messaging and collaboration applications.


	*The Virus Threat*

Viruses have become a common network security threat. A virus is a software program that is designed to replicate itself and spread from file to file, usually by attaching itself to computer applications, such as email. Viruses generally require a user action to be activated, although users are usually not aware that such action will activate the virus, and typically are spread by copying files to and from file servers. Viruses pose an array of serious threats to organizations, including crippling mission critical applications, degrading system performance and damaging valuable business information. The financial impact of viruses generally includes labor efforts, lost revenues from denial of service issues and costs associated with cleaning and restoring lost data and applications.

For example, the so-called Slammer virus was unleashed in early 2003 and targeted Microsoft SQL Server 2000 systems. The Slammer virus disrupted hundreds of thousands of computer systems around the world, slowing Internet traffic and creating denial of service issues for many corporate networks. Viruses,

such as Slammer, are often difficult to detect and can cause significant financial damage. Based on our research, we estimate that the financial impact of the Slammer virus alone was $1.25 billion, and that the worldwide impact of major viruses was approximately $12.5 billion for 2003.

The virus problem is further complicated by the ongoing cycle of virus creation and eradication. Virus developers continually react to new antivirus products by creating more sophisticated viruses designed to avoid them. Furthermore, as network environments continue to become more complex, virus developers have begun to exploit new delivery mechanisms, including instant messaging, peer-to-peer and real-time collaboration networks. Based on our research, we estimate that the global market for antivirus products that protect Internet gateways and email servers will grow from approximately $665 million in 2003 to approximately $1.7 billion by 2008.


	*Spam and Other Potential Liabilities*

Other electronic communications, including spam, the unauthorized transmission of confidential information and other forms of inappropriate content, also expose organizations to increased expenses and liabilities. Spam is unsolicited email that can take many forms, such as a direct marketing message offering legitimate products or services, or a message offering illicit, offensive or nonexistent products and services. Spam reduces employee productivity by diverting attention from work-related communication and also encumbers network resources by creating a significant burden on bandwidth and storage capacity. Based on our research, we estimate that on an average day in 2004, 38% of all email, including internal email, sent in North America was spam, up from 24% in 2002. In addition, based on our research, we estimate that spam costs more than $10 billion annually.

In addition to spam, organizations face an increasing risk of confidential information being leaked, either intentionally or inadvertently, through electronic communications. New regulations require organizations to be more vigilant with respect to such confidential information and electronic communications. For example, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 requires organizations engaged in the processing of patient records to implement systems to ensure the confidentiality of such information. More generally, organizations are becoming increasingly sensitive to the electronic transmission by employees of inappropriate content, such as communications containing racist, sexist or discriminatory, or pornographic materials.

As a result of the increase in the transmission of spam and other inappropriate content, we believe that organizations are increasingly seeking to monitor and regulate internal and external electronic communications. Based on our research, we estimate that the global market for messaging security applications, which includes anti-spam and content filtering products, but excludes antivirus products, will grow from approximately $397 million in 2003 to approximately $1.7 billion by 2008.


	*Electronic Messaging and Collaboration Systems*

Electronic messaging and collaboration systems are complex server-based networks that enable end-user applications, such as email, instant messaging and real-time collaboration. These networks are enabled by the following types of dedicated computers, referred to as servers, which typically reside within an organization’s information technology network:


	•	SMTP Servers. SMTP, or simple mail transport protocol, servers convert the sender’s outgoing email messages to the format required for transmission over the Internet and manage the transmission of the messages to the recipients’ SMTP servers.

	•	Email Servers. Email servers collect email messages from SMTP servers for review by the recipient and allow the recipient to sort, store and search for email messages on the server.

	•	Routing Servers. Routing servers direct email messages to their intended recipients without burdening unrelated network devices.


	•	Instant Messaging Servers. Instant messaging servers determine whether a potential message recipient is online and the applications he or she is using. Based on that information, these servers enable users to exchange messages or file attachments in real time.

	•	Collaboration Servers. Collaboration servers facilitate the creation of intranets that provide employees with the ability to search for, download and upload content.

By enabling the transfer of data between or within organizations and by connecting to the Internet, these network devices expose organizations to viruses, spam and the transmission of other forms of inappropriate content that can reside in electronic messages or files. To mitigate these threats, organizations must protect their network devices.


	*Antivirus, Anti-Spam and Content Filtering*

Server-level antivirus products reside on SMTP, email, routing, instant messaging and collaboration servers. These products examine inbound and outbound electronic messages and files for viruses by automatically routing these messages through a filter commonly referred to as a scanning engine. Traditional antivirus products typically store the electronic message or file to a temporary folder on a hard disk prior to performing the scanning process and typically use a single scanning engine.

Virus scanning engines generally employ the following two techniques to identify potential viruses:


	•	The signature approach scans the electronic message or file for specific software code that is consistent with known viruses. This code is commonly referred to as a virus signature and is generally unique to the particular virus.

	•	The heuristic method scans the electronic message or file for characteristics and patterns that are consistent with viruses in order to identify new viruses whose signatures have not yet been determined.

When a new virus outbreak occurs, each scanning engine vendor seeks to determine the signature of the virus. If the vendor finds the signature, it disseminates to its customers a software update, commonly referred to as a virus signature file. When implemented, the virus signature file stops the specific virus. If a scanning engine vendor fails to disseminate a virus signature file in a timely manner and the scanning engine’s heuristic analysis does not identify the virus, organizations relying on that single scanning engine will not be protected from that virus. As a result, networks that become infected by the virus may suffer significant damage or downtime. In order to ensure optimal performance, organizations are advised to update their virus scanning engines daily or even hourly to obtain the most recently developed virus signature files and heuristic tools. Because scanning engines cannot continue to operate during the update process, the network administrator of an organization that relies on a single scanning engine must either choose to disable the servers on which the virus scanning engine resides or allow the servers to operate without the antivirus protection of that scanning engine. An organization may choose to install multiple antivirus products from different vendors. However, this process can be costly, and these products may not work well together.

Server-level content filtering products reside on SMTP, email and instant messaging servers. These products check inbound and outbound messages for spam and other forms of inappropriate content by comparing the source of the message to known sources of spam and other forms of inappropriate content, scanning for suspicious types of files and performing keyword searches on message headers and content.

Our Solution

Our security software products integrate multiple, third-party proprietary antivirus and anti-spam technologies with content filtering and policy enablement tools to strengthen the security of electronic messaging and collaboration systems. Having focused on this market since 1995, we believe that we have gained a thorough understanding of the nuances of complex messaging and collaboration environments. As a result, all of our products are designed to complement the strengths and address many of the security

weaknesses of complex messaging and collaboration systems. Additionally, unlike most of our competitors, we are focused solely at the server level, which demands superior performance, security and reliability.

We believe that the following features distinguish our solution from competing products:

Multiple Scanning Engines. Our antivirus products combine the benefits of multiple scanning engines that we have licensed from leading scanning engine developers. We currently integrate up to seven scanning engines that are licensed from six independent developers. We believe that the integration of multiple scanning engines provides the following benefits for our customers:


	•	Effectiveness. The use of multiple scanning engines reduces the risk that a virus will infect our customers’ networks. First, when a virus outbreak occurs, our customers benefit from the efforts of multiple independent antivirus laboratories working throughout the world to determine the signature of the virus and to develop and disseminate an effective virus signature file. We believe that this significantly increases the likelihood that an effective and timely virus signature file will be developed and available to our customers. Second, our customers benefit from multiple sets of heuristic methods. We believe that this increases the likelihood that our solution will stop a virus even in the absence of a functioning virus signature file.

	•	Reliability. Integrating multiple scanning engines provides network administrators with redundant network protection. Traditional single scanning engine antivirus products typically require the network administrator to choose between disabling the servers on which the product resides or leaving the network unprotected during scanning engine updates. Our multiple scanning engine approach relieves network administrators from this choice because the remaining scanning engines can continue to operate during the period when another is being updated. The use of multiple scanning engines also protects our customers should one of the engines crash, malfunction or otherwise become inoperable.

	•	Flexibility. Our multiple engine manager allows our customers to leverage different scanning engine bias settings to achieve a desired balance between performance and effectiveness. As a result, our customers benefit from the advantages of multiple scanning engines without the material impact on network performance that would otherwise result from the use of multiple scanning engines, rather than a single scanning engine.

Real-Time Scanning Technology. We believe that our real-time scanning technology allows our customers to scan electronic messages and files more quickly than with traditional products. Traditional antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering products store electronic messages in temporary folders on a hard disk prior to performing the scanning process. We believe that this has significant drawbacks. First, it takes time to store each message, resulting in a delay between the time an organization receives an electronic message and the time the message reaches the ultimate recipient’s electronic mailbox. Second, storing each message absorbs server resources, resulting in a less efficient network. In order to avoid these drawbacks, network administrators often disable necessary functionality, thereby exposing the organization to the very threats that the product was designed to protect against. Our real-time scanning technology scans electronic messages without first storing them to a temporary folder. As a result, we believe that we provide a fast scanning product that reduces the impact on system resources.

Adaptability to Migrating Network Environments. All of our products can be applied uniformly to migrating electronic messaging and collaboration environments. Organizations are constantly evolving their networks through different releases and versions of electronic messaging and collaboration servers. For example, it is not uncommon to find multiple versions of Microsoft’s electronic messaging servers, such as Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003, within a single organization. In these situations, traditional antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering products require the network administrator to deploy and manage multiple products with different features for each component of the network. This can absorb valuable resources and add unnecessary complexity to the network. Network administrators who use our products need to deploy and manage only a single solution, which functions across multiple versions and environments. Furthermore, our products can be installed and administered remotely from one server.

Therefore, we believe that our products reduce the amount of deployment time and reduce the risk of human error.

Scalability. We originally designed our Antigen products for enterprise-level electronic messaging environments. As we developed newer versions of Antigen, we have simplified the administration of the product, which allows it to run in smaller environments while still maintaining its robust feature set and functionality. This allows Antigen to scale from single-server offices to global organizations running hundreds of servers.

Superior Customer Service. We believe that our customer service model is one of our competitive advantages. Our customer service engineers work closely with our development staff and are specifically trained to address problems arising in complex electronic messaging and collaboration environments. As a result, our customers receive timely assistance from a trained technical support professional, rather than navigating through various tiers of customer service prior to reaching a qualified software engineer capable of efficiently determining the cause of the customer’s problem.

Our Strategy

Our objective is to be a leading provider of security software products focused on electronic messaging and collaboration environments. To achieve this goal, we are pursuing the following strategies:

Continue to Acquire New Customers Through a Growing Distribution Infrastructure. We believe that our global distribution infrastructure provides us with a competitive advantage in adding new customers. We have offices in 14 cities in 13 countries and a network of large global systems integrators and value-added resellers. We derived approximately 48% of our revenues from customers outside the United States and Canada in the year ended December 31, 2003. We derived approximately 52% of our revenues from customers outside the United States and Canada in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. We believe that this distribution infrastructure gives us the capacity to capitalize on market demand in North America and Europe. In the future, we intend to broaden our network of channel partners in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and leverage our experience in establishing successful international distribution systems to take advantage of market demand in the Latin America and the Asia-Pacific regions.

Renew Existing Subscriptions and Cross-Sell New Products to Our Existing Customers. We have grown to a current base of approximately 10,000 customers, including many leading enterprises and governmental organizations, primarily through sales of our first two products, Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for Lotus Domino. We believe that our strong customer relationships provide us with the opportunity to obtain subscription renewals and cross-sell our new products. To that end, we have recently released seven new products that enhance our solution to protect organizations from additional threats, such as spam, protect additional points of network vulnerability, such as SMTP servers, and protect other types of environments, such as instant messaging servers and collaboration servers.

Maintain Our Focus on Electronic Messaging and Collaboration Environments. We believe that our focus on messaging and collaboration environments allows us to develop superior software applications for our customers that complement the strengths and minimize the weaknesses of these complex environments. We believe that this focus provides us with an advantage over our competitors that provide numerous products to address a broad range of network environments. In the future, we intend to maintain our focus on software applications for electronic messaging and collaboration environments.

Leverage Strategic Reseller Relationships with Systems Integrators. We have developed strategic relationships with leading systems integrators. These systems integrators have contributed to the growth of our customer base by reselling and broadening market awareness of our products. We intend to continue to identify opportunities for these systems integrators to generate services revenues from the implementation of our products. We also intend to establish relationships with additional systems integrators.

Capitalize on Our Focus on Microsoft Technology. We have designed the majority of our products for the protection of electronic messaging and collaboration servers that run Microsoft software. We have

chosen to focus on Microsoft products due to the leading market share position of the Microsoft Exchange server software in the electronic messaging market. Over time, we expect Microsoft to establish a similar leadership position in the market for collaboration and instant messaging servers with its SharePoint and Live Communications server software products.

Products

Currently, we sell five antivirus and content filtering products based on our core Antigen technology, three anti-spam products and an enterprise management application. Our products are:


	•	Antigen for Microsoft Exchange;

	•	Antigen for Lotus Domino;

	•	Antigen for Microsoft SharePoint;

	•	Antigen for SMTP Gateway;

	•	Antigen for Instant Messaging;

	•	Sybari Spam Manager;

	•	Advanced Spam Manager;

	•	Advanced Spam Defense; and

	•	Sybari Enterprise Manager.

Antigen

Antigen is our core antivirus and content filtering technology. Antigen currently incorporates up to seven different scanning engines that we have licensed from six scanning engine developers. We designed Antigen to work in multiple electronic messaging and collaboration environments by basing it on a common technology architecture. This architecture provides a standard interface between a particular electronic messaging or collaboration product and the common components of Antigen, such as virus scanning, message filtering, quarantining, reporting and deployment. As a result, we maintain a consistent user experience across all Antigen products. We believe that this approach reduces the costs of testing and maintaining the product family, enables us to quickly develop prototypes for new products and facilitates the integration of third-party technologies.

We have developed different Antigen antivirus and content filtering products for each of the following environments:


				Latest Version
		Initial Version		Release Date
Product Name	Protected Environments	Release Date		(quarter/ year)

Antigen for Lotus Domino	Lotus Domino R4.6.7, R5.07+, Domino 6 and 6.5		1995		Q2/2003
Antigen for Microsoft Exchange	Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2003		1998		Q3/2004
Antigen for Microsoft SharePoint	Microsoft SharePoint 2003		2003		Q4/2004
Antigen for SMTP Gateway	SMTP Gateway		2003		Q3/2004
Antigen for Instant Messaging	Microsoft Live Communication 2003/2005 or IMlogic IM Manager		2003		Q4/2004

All of our Antigen products share the following features and components:

Multiple Engine Manager. Our multiple engine manager allows our customers to establish different scanning engine bias settings to achieve a desired balance between performance and effectiveness. As a result, our customers benefit from the advantages of multiple third-party scanning engines without the

material impact on network performance that would otherwise result from using multiple scanning engines, rather than a single scanning engine.

Customers benefit from the following key features of our multiple engine manager:


	•	automatic disabling of scanning engines that require an update, administrator notification and continued protection of the environment using other virus scanning engines;

	•	automatic roll-back to the prior version of a scanning engine if an update to that scanning engine fails; and

	•	management of scanning engine usage through scanning engine ranking and round robin selection.

Under the ranking process, our multiple engine manager ranks each scanning engine based on past performance and the time of its last update and gives priority to the most up to date and best performing scanning engines. If two or more scanning engines are ranked equally, our multiple engine manager will implement them in a round robin sequence to properly balance their use.

Message and File Filtering. Our message and file filtering technology enables network administrators to proactively filter electronic messages based on several criteria set by the network administrator, such as the sender of the electronic message, the subject line or textual content of the electronic message, or the file type, size or name of an electronic message attachment.

Antigen Central Manager. Our Antigen Central Manager allows network administrators to deploy Antigen, gather information and change Antigen settings across their network. Major benefits of our Antigen Central Manager include its ability to:


	•	facilitate initial deployment of Antigen and deployment of new versions and upgrades;

	•	schedule virus scanning engine and signature file updates in a centralized manner;

	•	generate management reports relating to virus outbreaks; and

	•	facilitate changes to the Antigen settings through pre-configured templates.

Real-Time Scanning. Antigen scans electronic messages without first storing them to a temporary folder. We believe that this facilitates faster scanning than traditional products and decreases the burden of our security products on our customers’ messaging and collaboration environments.

Multiple Scanning Locations. Antigen provides additional protection to our customers by scanning with a single product at the email server, as well as at the gateway and routing servers. Traditional antivirus products require a different product to scan at each location, which increases the administrative burden of deploying a more complete solution.

Worm Purge. Our Worm Purge technology detects electronic messages containing known worm viruses using a regularly updated list of worms. A worm is a type of virus that automatically spreads to other computers and is often used as a method of disseminating and proliferating other viruses. If Worm Purge detects a worm, it automatically deletes the entire electronic message. By deleting the entire electronic message, Worm Purge reduces unwanted network traffic and helps minimize unnecessary help desk calls that can be triggered when the remainder of an electronic message reaches the recipient and causes the recipient to believe erroneously that he or she has received a virus.


	*Sybari Spam Manager*

We offer Sybari Spam Manager as an entry-level product for organizations that have minor spam problems or limited budgets and resources. Major benefits of Sybari Spam Manager include:


	•	rules-based filtering, which provides administrators with the ability to block an electronic message based on defined target words or phrases that are contained within the body of the message;


	•	real-time third-party blacklist lookup, which enables administrators to block messages based on one or more publicly available lists of known spammers, which are commonly referred to as blacklists;

	•	ability to function on Microsoft Small Business Server, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SMTP gateway servers; and

	•	easy-to-use administrator interface and quarantine database for configuring and monitoring spam detection.

We first released Sybari Spam Manager in the second quarter of 2003. We released our latest version in the third quarter of 2004.


	*Advanced Spam Manager*

Our Advanced Spam Manager provides organizations with sophisticated message scanning for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SMTP gateway servers. The product is based on the Spam Manager and combines anti-spam and content filtering technology with an integrated anti-spam engine that we have licensed from a third party. Major benefits of our Advanced Spam Manager include:


	•	rules-based filtering:

	•	real-time third-party blacklist lookup;

	•	whitelist lookup, which allows administrators to override spam settings to allow messages to be received by end users from a select list of senders that would otherwise be blocked by blacklists;

	•	sender and domain filtering, which enables the administrator to block a message based on its origin, thereby creating an internal blacklist;

	•	subject-line filtering, which enables administrators to block messages based on the subject line of the message; and

	•	integration with Microsoft Exchange 2003 spam management features.

We first released Advanced Spam Manager in the fourth quarter of 2003. We released our latest version in the third quarter of 2004.


	*Advanced Spam Defense*

We resell an anti-spam product using anti-spam technology licensed from a third party. We market this product as Advanced Spam Defense, or ASD. ASD can be tailored to support a customer’s Microsoft Exchange environment and allows spam detection with minimal administrative effort by eliminating the need to adjust sensitivity settings or write new detection rules. ASD Enterprise Gateway is software that can be installed directly on the messaging server or on a dedicated machine, which communicates with the messaging server. By providing signature look-ups in real time, ASD avoids the vulnerability of products that rely on periodic database or filter-rule updates. Final spam decision-making can be delegated to end users via a junk mail folder that is automatically integrated into the Microsoft Outlook client, or a centralized quarantine can be implemented. We complement ASD with the ASD Service Center software, which provides real-time spam detection services to enterprise customers by maintaining constant communication with anti-spam servers installed on-site at customer locations. We first released ASD in the fourth quarter of 2003. We released our latest version in the fourth quarter of 2004.


	*Sybari Enterprise Manager*

Our Sybari Enterprise Manager is a stand-alone, centralized management tool designed to provide network administrators with a powerful way to manage certain of our software products on all of the servers in their organization. Through a web-based management user interface, Sybari Enterprise Manager provides administrators with centralized deployment, monitoring, reporting and configuration management.

Sybari Enterprise Manager also automates scanning engine updates for multiple remote servers. Major benefits of Sybari Enterprise Manager include:


	•	central deployment, which allows administrators to easily deploy certain of our Antigen products, virus scanning updates and product updates to servers across their organizations;

	•	management reports, which provide robust reporting capabilities for certain of our Antigen products that are deployed within the organization; and

	•	outbreak alerts, which allow administrators to configure virus, spam and filtering thresholds to proactively provide notification about possible malicious events that are occurring within their organizations.

We first released Sybari Enterprise Manager in the second quarter of 2004.

Customers

Our antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering security software products are used in the electronic messaging and collaboration environments of approximately 10,000 customers around the world, including more than 20 Fortune 100 companies, and representing over 10,000,000 end-user mailboxes. Leading financial, government, healthcare, service provider and educational organizations, with some of the largest and most complex messaging and collaboration environments, use our products. No customer accounted for 10% or more of our revenues during any of the past three years.

Customer Support

We have established a customer service model that we believe provides us with a competitive advantage. Our customer service engineers work closely with our development staff and are specifically trained to address problems arising in complex electronic messaging and collaboration environments. As a result, rather than navigating their way through various tiers of customer service prior to reaching a trained software engineer, our customers receive timely assistance from a qualified technical support professional. Customer problems are typically resolved quickly and effectively, without the need to interact with multiple levels of customer service representatives. We maintain a global customer support presence in North America, Europe and Asia. As of September 30, 2004, we had 35 customer support technicians.

Sales and Marketing

Sales. We sell the majority of our products through an indirect sales channel working closely with our account managers, channel managers and sales engineers. Customers that buy directly from us are typically large or strategic organizations that prefer a direct relationship. In the United States, we have sales offices in East Northport, New York and San Jose, California. Outside the United States, we have sales offices in Australia, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

As of September 30, 2004, our sales force consisted of 94 employees, 37 of whom were located in the United States. Account managers lead our sales efforts and are responsible for cultivating new business opportunities either directly or in conjunction with a channel partner, as well as maintaining and growing current customer relationships. Our channel managers focus on identifying, selecting and developing channel partners in addition to assisting these partners with the sales process.

In addition, we had 26 sales engineers as of September 30, 2004. Sales engineers assist our account managers with technical presentations, customer requirement analysis and initial product designs. Sales engineers also assist our channel managers through pre-sales support, technical training and seminars with our partners.

Marketing. Our marketing strategy is to increase our corporate and brand awareness as a global provider of security software products for use in electronic messaging and collaboration environments. We seek to achieve this awareness through a mix of niche print campaigns, online advertising, direct print and

email marketing to target audiences, and attendance and speaking engagements at industry events, as well as through education and incentive offerings such as co-operative marketing with our strategic alliance and reseller partners.

We target our marketing efforts towards two primary groups, network administrators and company officers such as chief financial officers and chief information officers. Network administrators play a key role within large organizations, and are ultimately responsible for managing messaging and collaboration environments and selecting product tools. Chief financial officers and chief information officers are increasingly becoming key decision makers in the selection of information technology products.

Strategic Relationships

Our strategic relationships with leading systems integrators and technology vendors are an important part of our sales and marketing strategy and our product development strategy. Many organizations retain systems integrators to help evaluate and integrate their information technology systems. As a result, we believe that systems integrators are well positioned to expand our contacts with potential customers by increasing awareness of our products, providing customer referrals and contributing to joint marketing activities.

We have established a technology relationship with Microsoft, which includes the following components:


Virus Information Alliance Member		We were selected by Microsoft along with only four other vendors for inclusion in Microsoft’s Virus Information Alliance program. Microsoft released this program in 2003 to help customers obtain timely and relevant information about the latest virus threats affecting Microsoft technology.

Gold Certified Partner		We have been identified as a Microsoft Certified Partner, which is a partner that focuses on, and has proven its commitment and expertise in delivering, security and software solutions based on Microsoft technologies.

We have entered into multi-year agreements to license virus scanning engines from a variety of developers, rather than seeking to develop scanning engines ourselves. We currently license scanning engines from Sophos, Computer Associates, Kaspersky Labs, VirusBuster, Norman Data Defense and Authentium and an anti-spam technology from MailFilters. We also license a proprietary anti-spam technology from Commtouch and resell this technology as our Advanced Spam Defense product. These are typically two-year agreements, terminable upon 60 days’ notice. If our relationship with any one or more scanning engine vendors is terminated, we believe that there are a number of suitable replacements that would be available on acceptable terms.

Research and Development

Our research and development organization consists of experienced software engineers, quality assurance engineers and technical writers. We organize our development staff along product lines, with an engineering services group providing centralized support for technical documentation and advanced support. We employ advanced software development tools including automated testing, performance monitoring, source code control and defect tracking systems. As of September 30, 2004, we had 49 research and development professionals.

Intellectual Property Rights

Our intellectual property rights are important to our business. We rely on a combination of trademark, copyright, trade secret and other common laws in the United States and other jurisdictions, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary technology, processes and

other intellectual property. We have registered or applied for registration for our trademarks Sybari and Antigen in multiple jurisdictions. We have no issued patents or pending patent applications.

Although we rely on copyright, trade secret and trademark law, written agreements and common law, we believe that the following factors are more essential to establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage:


	•	the technological and creative skills of our personnel;

	•	new product developments;

	•	frequent product enhancements; and

	•	reliable maintenance.

Others may develop products that are similar to our technology. We generally enter into confidentiality and other written agreements with our employees, consultants and strategic partners, and through these and other written agreements, we attempt to control access to and distribution of our software, documentation and other proprietary technology and other information. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, third parties may, in an unauthorized manner, attempt to use, copy or otherwise obtain and market or distribute our intellectual property rights or technology or otherwise develop a product with the same functionality as our products. Policing unauthorized use of our products and intellectual property rights is difficult, and nearly impossible on a worldwide basis. Therefore, we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken or will take in the future will prevent misappropriation of our technology or intellectual property rights, particularly in foreign countries where we do business or where our products are sold or used, where the laws may not protect proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States or where enforcement of such laws is not common or effective.

Substantial litigation regarding intellectual property rights exists in the software industry. From time to time, in the ordinary course of our business, we are subject to claims relating to our intellectual property rights or those of others, and we expect that third parties may commence legal proceedings or otherwise assert intellectual property claims against us in the future, particularly as we expand the complexity and scope of our business, the number of similar products increases and the functionality of these products further overlap. These claims and any resulting litigation could subject us to significant liability for damages. In addition, even if we prevail, litigation could be time consuming and expensive to defend and could affect our business materially and adversely. Any claims or litigation from third parties may also limit our ability to use various business processes, software and hardware, other systems, technologies or intellectual property subject to these claims or litigation, unless we enter into license agreements with the third parties. However, these agreements may be unavailable on commercially reasonable terms, or not available at all.

Competition

The markets in which we compete are intensely competitive and rapidly changing. Our principal competitors are companies that offer antivirus, anti-spam, content filtering and instant messaging security products. Companies that sell products that compete with some of the features within our products include McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and other vendors.

The principal competitive factors in our industry include:


	•	product functionality and effectiveness;

	•	product integration;

	•	price;

	•	platform coverage and ability to scale;


	•	worldwide sales infrastructure; and

	•	global technical support.

Some of our competitors have greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources than we do, as well as greater name recognition and a larger installed customer base. Additionally, some of these competitors have research and development capabilities that may allow them to develop new or improved products that may compete with our products. Furthermore, some of our scanning engine partners are also our competitors. In addition, in November 2003, Microsoft announced that it will deploy spam-filtering technology in its electronic messaging servers, including Exchange Server. In June 2004, Microsoft announced that it is developing a standalone antivirus product for its Windows operating system. Microsoft could also introduce antivirus products for its Exchange Server. We expect that the market for our products, which has been fragmented historically, will become more consolidated with larger companies being better positioned to compete in this environment in the long term. As this market continues to develop, a number of companies with greater resources than ours could attempt to increase their presence in this market by acquiring or forming strategic alliances with our competitors or business partners.

Our success will depend on our ability to adapt to these competing forces, to develop more advanced products more rapidly and less expensively than our competitors and to educate potential customers as to the benefits of using our products rather than developing their own products or using our competitors’ products. Our competitors could introduce products with superior features, scalability and functionality at lower prices than our products and could also bundle existing or new products with other more established products that discourage users from purchasing our products. In addition, some of our customers and potential customers may buy other security software products from our competitors and, to the extent that they prefer to purchase all of their security software from one vendor, may choose not to renew or enter into new subscriptions with us.

We expect additional competition from other established and emerging companies. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share, any of which could harm our business.

Employees

As of September 30, 2004, we had 278 employees. None of our employees is represented by a union. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good and have not experienced any interruptions of our operations as a result of labor disagreements.

Facilities

We lease our headquarters in East Northport, New York, which consists of approximately 19,325 square feet in two adjacent buildings. The lease for the majority of our headquarters expires in September 2010 and the lease for the remainder expires in June 2006. We also lease facilities in San Jose, California, and in Australia, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, to support our field sales and operations staff.

We believe that our facilities are in good operating condition and will adequately serve our needs for at least the next 12 months. We also anticipate that, if required, suitable additional or alternative space will be available on commercially reasonable terms to accommodate expansion of our operations.

Legal Proceedings

We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.

MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers, Key Employees and Directors

Our executive officers, key employees and directors, and their ages and positions as of January 1, 2005, are:


Name	Age		Position

Robert G. Wallace		67	Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gregory A. Tetrault		39	Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and Director
Patrick A. FitzMaurice		43	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Director
Anthony L. Pane		38	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Marc A. Olson		39	President of Europe, Vice President of Sales/Europe and Vice President of Sales/Asia
Thomas A. Buoniello		41	Vice President of Product Management
Kenneth D. Toole		37	Vice President of Technology
Edwin A. Bescherer, Jr.(1)		71	Director
John R. Carroll(2)		36	Director
Anthony J. (Tony) Redmond(1)(2)		45	Director
Thomas S. Roberts		41	Director
Richard J. Sullivan(1)(2)		60	Director


(1)	Member of the Audit Committee
(2)	Member of the Compensation Committee

Robert G. Wallace has served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer since co-founding Sybari in 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Wallace was President and Chief Executive Officer of Drug Screening Systems, Inc., a public drug screening company, from 1990 to 1993. From 1978 to 1990, Mr. Wallace was the Director of Security and Administrative Services for The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Mr. Wallace is the father-in-law of Gregory A. Tetrault and Patrick A. FitzMaurice.

Gregory A. Tetrault has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since January 2005 and as a director since co-founding Sybari in 1995. Mr. Tetrault served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer from 1999 through 2004 and as our Vice President of Technology from 1995 through 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Tetrault was Director of Groupware Systems for Sony Music from May 1995 to September 1995. Mr. Tetrault is the son-in-law of Robert G. Wallace.

Patrick A. FitzMaurice has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2005 and as a director since co-founding Sybari in 1995. Mr. FitzMaurice served as our Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing from 1995 through 2004. Mr. FitzMaurice is the son-in-law of Robert G. Wallace.

Anthony L. Pane, a certified public accountant, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2004 and our Treasurer since January 2005. Mr. Pane served as our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer between December 2003 and July 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Pane was Senior Vice President of Finance of Viewpoint Corporation, an interactive visualization distribution company, from August 2003 to November 2003, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2001 to August 2003 and Vice President and Controller from August 2000 to November 2001. Before that, Mr. Pane was Controller of

Computer Generated Solutions, Inc., an information technology services company, from May 1999 to August 2000.

Marc A. Olson has served as our President of Europe, Vice President of Sales/Europe and Vice President of Sales/Asia since November 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Olson held various positions in Europe and the United States with McAfee, Inc. and its predecessor, Network Associates Inc., from 1997 to 1999, most recently as Vice President, Southern Europe.

Thomas A. Buoniello has served as our Vice President of Product Management since joining Sybari in 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Buoniello was a Senior Product Manager for the Remote Productivity Group at Symantec Corporation from April 1995 to November 1996.

Kenneth D. Toole has served as our Vice President of Technology since January 1999 and as Director of Development since 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Toole was a Software Engineer for the Remote Productivity Group at Symantec Corporation from February 1995 to November 1996.

Edwin A. Bescherer, Jr., who has served as a director since January 2004, has been a financial consultant and served on the boards of public, private and non-profit organizations since 1995. Mr. Bescherer was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation from 1987 to 1995, and held various other positions there between 1978 and 1987. Mr. Bescherer also serves as a director of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

John R. Carroll, who has served as a director since March 2001, has been a general partner with Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm, since January 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Carroll was a Principal of Summit Partners from 2002 to 2004 and a Vice President of Summit Partners from 1998 to 2001.

Anthony J. (Tony) Redmond, who has served as a director since January 2004, has been the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the services division at Hewlett-Packard Company since September 2003. He served in a similar capacity for the consulting practice at Hewlett-Packard between May 2002 and September 2003, the services division of Compaq Computer Corporation between April 2001 and May 2002, and the professional services division of Compaq between March 2000 and April 2001. Between September 1998 and March 2000, Mr. Redmond was Director of the Microsoft Technologies Group at Compaq.

Thomas S. Roberts, who has served as a director since March 2001, is a managing partner and managing member of various entities affiliated with Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm, where he has been employed since 1989. Prior to that, he worked for Booz, Allen and Hamilton, a consulting firm, from August 1985 to July 1987. Mr. Roberts is also the President of the New England Venture Capital Association.

Richard J. Sullivan, who has served as a director since March 2001, has been a principal with Infinity View Associates, a consulting practice focusing on assisting companies with their business, technology and marketing strategies and execution, since September 2003. Between December 2001 and September 2003, Mr. Sullivan was Chief Executive Officer of PreCache, Inc., a networking software company. Until July 2001, Mr. Sullivan was a Vice President for Marketing at IBM Corporation, and he held a variety of other positions at IBM beginning in 1967.

Composition of the Board

All of our current directors serve as directors under a voting agreement that will automatically terminate upon the closing of this offering. Each director will hold office until his successor is elected and qualified at our next annual meeting of stockholders or until the director’s resignation or removal. Five of our current directors — Messrs. Bescherer, Carroll, Redmond, Roberts and Sullivan — are independent directors as defined by the applicable listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Mr. Wallace is the father-in-law of both Mr. Tetrault and Mr. FitzMaurice. There are no other family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

Board Committees

Our board of directors has an audit committee and a compensation committee, each of which satisfies the applicable standards of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market. The board of directors may also establish other committees to assist in the discharge of its responsibilities.

Audit Committee. Our audit committee consists of Messrs. Bescherer, Redmond and Sullivan, each of whom is an independent director, as defined by the Nasdaq listing standards and Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Mr. Bescherer chairs the audit committee. We believe that each of the members of the audit committee is financially sophisticated and is able to read and understand our consolidated financial statements, as required by Nasdaq. We believe that Mr. Bescherer is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under Securities and Exchange Commission rules. In addition, we believe that Mr. Bescherer satisfies the Nasdaq rule requiring that at least one member of our audit committee have past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting or any other comparable experience or background which results in the member’s financial sophistication, including being, or having been, a chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities. Our audit committee, among other things, selects our independent auditor, reviews the independence of such auditor, reviews the results and scope of the audit and other services provided by our independent auditor, determines the professional fees payable to our independent auditor and reviews and evaluates management’s internal accounting procedures and controls. Deloitte & Touche LLP currently serves as our independent registered public accounting firm.

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee consists of Messrs. Carroll, Redmond and Sullivan, each of whom is an independent director, as defined by the Nasdaq listing standards. Mr. Carroll chairs the compensation committee. Our compensation committee, among other things, determines the compensation and benefits of our executive officers and senior management, establishes and generally reviews policies relating to compensation and benefits applicable to our employees and consultants and administers our equity-based compensation and benefit plans.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our executive officers currently serves or served during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity which has one or more of its executive officers serving as a member of our board or compensation committee.

Director Compensation

Effective July 2004, we compensate our directors as described below. In addition, Mr. Bescherer received an option to purchase 22,825 shares of our common stock and Mr. Redmond received an option to purchase 20,750 shares of our common stock on the same terms as described below upon their appointment to the board in January 2004.

Meeting Fee. We pay each independent director a fee of $2,000 for each board or committee meeting attended in person or via telephone conference call.

Stock Options. We grant each independent director who is not the direct or indirect beneficial owner of more than five percent of our common stock, or the affiliate of any such five percent holder, an option to purchase 20,750 shares of our common stock upon election or appointment to the board at exercise prices determined by our compensation committee. We grant the chair of the audit committee an additional option to purchase 2,075 shares, upon election or appointment as chair. These options will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date. All of our directors will be eligible to receive awards under our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan at the discretion of our compensation committee.

Reimbursement of Expenses. We reimburse all of our directors for out-of-pocket expenses incurred on our behalf.

Executive Compensation

The following table summarizes the compensation paid to or earned for all services rendered to us in all capacities during 2003 and 2004 by our Chief Executive Officer and our other executive officers. We refer to the officers listed in the following table in this prospectus as our named executive officers.

Summary Compensation Table


								Long-Term Compensation
								Awards
				Annual Compensation
								Securities Underlying
Name and Principal Position		Year		Salary ($)		Bonus ($)(4)		Options (#)

Robert G. Wallace			2004		250,000		100,000		—
	President and Chief Executive Officer		2003		250,000		100,000		—
Gregory A. Tetrault			2004		250,000		100,000		—
	Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer		2003		250,000		100,000		—
Patrick A. FitzMaurice			2004		250,000		100,000		—
	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer		2003		250,000		100,000		—
Anthony L. Pane (1)			2004		177,083		130,000		4,150	(2)
	Chief Financial Officer		2003		9,250		—		—
James Shanahan (3)			2004		192,500		130,000		—
	Former Chief Financial Officer		2003		160,000		150,000		12,450



(1)	Mr. Pane became our Chief Financial Officer in July 2004. He was our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer between December 2003 and July 2004. Mr. Pane’s salary on an annualized basis was $150,000 from December 2003 to May 2004, $175,000 from May 2004 to August 2004 and $200,000 from August 2004 to December 2004.



(2)	In May 2004, the board approved a stock option grant to Mr. Pane to purchase 16,600 shares of our common stock contingent upon the consummation of this offering, at an exercise price per share equal to the initial public offering price. This option is not listed in the table.



(3)	Mr. Shanahan served as our Chief Financial Officer until July 2004 and currently serves as our Vice President of Operations.



(4)	Bonuses listed for 2004 reflect amounts that we expect the compensation committee to approve in January 2005.

Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year

The following table sets forth information regarding stock options granted to each of our named executive officers in the last fiscal year. We did not grant any stock appreciation rights to the named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2004. Potential realizable values are computed by (1) multiplying the number of shares of common stock subject to a given option by the estimated fair market value per share on the date of grant, (2) assuming that the total stock value derived from that calculation compounds annually for the entire term of the option and (3) subtracting from that result the total option exercise price.



	Individual Grants
									Potential Realizable
				% of Total					Value at Assumed
	Number of			Options					Annual Rates of Stock
	Securities			Granted to		Exercise			Price Appreciation for
	Underlying			Employees		or Base			Option Term(1)
	Options			in Fiscal		Price
Name	Granted (#)			Year (%)		($/Sh)		Expiration Date	5% ($)		10% ($)

Robert G. Wallace		—			—		—	—		—		—
Gregory A. Tetrault		—			—		—	—		—		—
Patrick A. FitzMaurice		—			—		—	—		—		—
Anthony L. Pane (2)		4,150	(3)		66.7		14.46	January 15, 2014		37,739		95,639
James Shanahan (4)		—			—		—	—		—		—



(1)	Amounts represent hypothetical gains that could be achieved for the options if exercised at the end of the option term. We present the 5% and 10% assumed annual rates of compounded stock price appreciation based on the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These rates of appreciation do not represent our estimate or projection of our future common stock prices. These amounts represent assumed rates of appreciation in the value of our common stock from the estimated fair market value per share on the date of grant. The fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant of Mr. Pane’s option was $14.46 per share, as estimated by our board. Actual gains, if any, on stock option exercises are dependent on the future performance of our common stock. The amounts reflected in the table may not necessarily be achieved.


(2)	Mr. Pane became our Chief Financial Officer in July 2004. He was our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer between December 2003 and July 2004.


(3)	In May 2004, the board approved a stock option grant to Mr. Pane to purchase 16,600 shares of our common stock contingent upon the consummation of this offering, at an exercise price per share equal to the initial public offering price. This option is not listed in the table. Mr. Pane’s option for 4,150 shares has a term of ten years and will vest in full in January 2005.



(4)	Mr. Shanahan served as our Chief Financial Officer until July 2004 and currently serves as our Vice President of Operations.

Aggregated Option Exercises in the Year Ended December 31, 2004 and Year-End Option Values

The following table provides certain summary information concerning stock options held as of December 31, 2004 by each of our named executive officers. There was no public trading market for our common stock as of December 31, 2004. Accordingly, as permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have calculated the value of the unexercised in-the-money options on the basis of an assumed initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, less the exercise price of the options, multiplied by the number of shares underlying the options. None of our named executive officers exercised stock options in the year ended December 31, 2004.



	Number of Securities
	Underlying Unexercised					Value of Unexercised
	Options at					In-the-Money Options at
	December 31, 2004 (#)					December 31, 2004 ($)

Name	Exercisable		Unexercisable			Exercisable		Unexercisable

Robert G. Wallace		—		—			—		—
Gregory A. Tetrault		—		—			—		—
Patrick A. FitzMaurice		—		—			—		—
Anthony L. Pane(1)		—		4,150	(2)		—		2,241
James Shanahan(3)		12,450		—			96,737		—


(1)	Mr. Pane became our Chief Financial Officer in July 2004. He was our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer between December 2003 and July 2004.


(2)	In May 2004, the board approved a stock option grant to Mr. Pane to purchase 16,600 shares of our common stock contingent upon the consummation of this offering, at an exercise price per share equal to the initial public offering price. This option is not listed in the table.



(3)	Mr. Shanahan served as our Chief Financial Officer until July 2004 and currently serves as our Vice President of Operations.

Employment Agreement

We entered into an employment agreement with Anthony L. Pane on December 9, 2003. Under the agreement, we employed Mr. Pane as our Vice President of Finance. Mr. Pane became our Chief Financial Officer in July 2004. If Mr. Pane’s employment is terminated by us without cause or if he terminates the agreement for good reason, in each case, as defined in the agreement, we will pay him severance pay equal to one-half of his annual base salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination, payable in a lump sum, and allow Mr. Pane to participate in our benefit plans for a period of six months following the date of termination. In addition, all of Mr. Pane’s outstanding unvested options to purchase shares of our common stock will vest and remain exercisable for a period of three months following the date of termination. The agreement initially set Mr. Pane’s annual base salary at $150,000. His annual salary, as periodically adjusted, may not be decreased during the term of the agreement without Mr. Pane’s and our mutual consent. We increased Mr. Pane’s annual salary to $175,000 in May 2004 and to $200,000 in August 2004. Mr. Pane is also eligible to participate in our annual bonus incentive compensation program, with the potential awards to be based on Mr. Pane’s individual performance as well as our performance. The agreement provided that on the date of our next stock option grant to employees after the date of the agreement, we would grant to Mr. Pane an option to purchase shares of our common stock, with the number of shares granted to be consistent with the number of shares granted to other employees and executives with similar roles and tenure with us. In January 2004, we granted Mr. Pane an option to purchase 4,150 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $14.46 per share. The option vests in full in January 2005.

2002 Stock Option Plan

In March 2002, we created our 2002 Stock Option Plan, under which eligible employees and directors could be granted options to purchase shares of our common stock from Tobias Berman, one of our founding stockholders, who, until December 31, 2003, was our General Counsel, Secretary and Treasurer, and a member of our board of directors. In 2002 and 2003, upon the recommendation of the compensation committee of our board, Mr. Berman granted options to purchase an aggregate of 415,000 shares of common stock to employees and a member of our board of directors. No more options may be granted pursuant to the 2002 Stock Option Plan. We have not received and will not receive any of the proceeds from the exercise of options under the 2002 Stock Option Plan.

2003 Stock Option Plan

We adopted the 2003 Sybari Software Inc. Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan in June 2003. We refer to this plan as our 2003 Stock Option Plan. The 2003 Stock Option Plan was approved by our board of directors and ratified by our stockholders. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2003 Stock Option Plan is 415,000 shares. We have amended the 2003 Stock Option Plan so that no additional options may be issued under it.

The 2003 Stock Option Plan authorizes us to grant incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, each within the meaning of the federal tax laws, to any designated member of our board of directors, or any designated employee of ours or any corporation that is then a subsidiary of ours.

The compensation committee of our board of directors administers the 2003 Stock Option Plan and designates those directors and employees who shall be granted options. Among other things, and subject to the provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan, the compensation committee has the authority to determine the number of shares subject to each option, the exercise price of each option, the option term and the manner in and times at which each option shall vest, as set forth in an option agreement between us and an optionee.

Upon a change in control, as defined in the 2003 Stock Option Plan, any unvested options will automatically accelerate and become vested.

The compensation committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding option with the optionee’s consent at any time prior to payment or exercise in any manner not inconsistent with the terms of the 2003 Stock Option Plan, including to change the date or dates as of when an option becomes exercisable or shares become vested, or to cancel and reissue an option under such different terms and conditions as it determines appropriate.

Our board of directors may amend or modify the 2003 Stock Option Plan at any time, subject to any required stockholder approval. The 2003 Stock Option Plan will terminate not later than June 16, 2013.

2005 Stock Incentive Plan

We adopted the 2005 Sybari Software, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan in January 2005. We refer to this plan as our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2005 Stock Incentive Plan was approved by our board of directors and ratified by our stockholders.

1,500,000 shares of common stock are authorized for issuance under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. No more than 1,125,000 shares will be subject to restricted stock awards. In no event may any one participant in the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan receive option grants or other stock awards for more than 750,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate per fiscal year.

Eligible individuals in our employ or service, including officers, non-employee members of our board of directors and consultants, may receive awards under the following programs of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan:


	•	the stock option program under which these individuals may be granted options to purchase shares of our common stock;

	•	the restricted stock program under which these individuals may be issued shares of our common stock directly, through the purchase of these shares or as a bonus tied to the performance of services, which may not be transferred for a period set forth in the award;


	•	the stock appreciation right program under which these individuals may be granted the right to receive an appreciation distribution from us in cash or shares equal to the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date such right is exercised less the aggregate exercise price of such right; and



	•	the other stock-based award program under which these individuals may be granted awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are payable in or otherwise based on, common stock.

The compensation committee of our board of directors will administer the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan with respect to eligible employees and consultants. Our entire board of directors will administer the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan with respect to non-employee directors. Among other things, the compensation committee or the board of directors, as appropriate, will determine which eligible individuals are to receive awards, the time or times when these awards are to be made, the number of shares subject to each of these awards, the exercise or purchase price for each of these awards, which may be less than, equal to or greater than the fair market value of the shares, the status of any granted stock option as either an incentive stock option or a non-statutory stock option under the federal tax laws, the vesting schedule or other restrictions to be in effect for these awards, the maximum term for which any award is to remain outstanding, and whether awards are to operate on a tandem basis with other types of awards.

Tandem stock appreciation rights may be issued under the stock appreciation right program which will provide the holder with the election to surrender all or a portion of an outstanding stock option for an appreciation distribution from us in cash or shares equal to the fair market value of the vested shares subject to the surrendered option on the date of surrender less the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Both tandem and non-tandem stock appreciation rights may be issued under the stock appreciation right program as limited stock appreciation rights which may be exercised only upon the occurrence of a change in control or another event that the compensation committee or board of directors, as appropriate, may designate at the time of grant or later.

Upon a change in control, as defined in the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, the compensation committee or the board of directors, as appropriate, will have the authority to determine if (1) all unvested awards will accelerate so as to become vested and the restrictions on awards will lapse, (2) awards, whether or not then vested, will be continued, assumed or have new rights substituted in their place by a successor entity, or (3) awards will be purchased by us or an affiliate of ours for cash in an amount equal to the highest price per share of our common stock paid in the change of control transaction less the aggregate exercise price of the awards.

Outstanding awards may be canceled with the consent of the holder, in return for the grant of a new award for the same or different number of shares with an exercise price per share based upon the fair market value of our common stock on the new grant date.

Our board of directors may amend or modify the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan at any time, subject to any required stockholder approval. The 2005 Stock Incentive Plan will terminate no later than January 5, 2015.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We adopted the Employee Stock Purchase Plan in January 2005. We refer to this plan as the ESPP. The ESPP was approved by our board of directors and ratified by our stockholders.

The ESPP is designed to allow our eligible employees and eligible employees of our participating subsidiaries, if any, to purchase shares of our common stock, at quarterly intervals, through periodic payroll deductions. 225,000 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance under the ESPP.

The first purchase date will occur upon the determination of the compensation committee.

Individuals who are eligible employees on the start date of any offering period may enter the ESPP on that start date or on any subsequent entry date. Individuals who become eligible employees after the start date of the offering period may join the ESPP on any subsequent entry date within that period.

A participant may contribute up to 10% of his or her cash compensation through payroll deductions and the accumulated payroll deductions will be applied to the purchase of shares on the participant’s behalf on each purchase date. The purchase price per share will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value of our common stock on the participant’s entry date into the offering period or the fair market value on the purchase date.

The board may at any time amend, modify or terminate the ESPP.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that our directors and officers shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with their service for us or on our behalf. We intend to enter into agreements with our directors and officers prior to the completion of this offering that also provide for such indemnification and expenses and liability reimbursement. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, unless they violate their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, act in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violate the law, authorize illegal dividends or redemptions or derive an improper personal benefit from their action as directors. We intend to obtain insurance that insures our directors and officers against certain losses and that insures us against our obligations to indemnify the directors and officers.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Other than compensation agreements and other arrangements which are described in the “Management” section of this prospectus and the transactions described below, since January 1, 2001, there has not been, and there is not currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we were or will be a party in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $60,000 and in which any of our directors, executive officers, holders of more than five percent of any class of our voting securities or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

We believe that we have executed all of the transactions set forth below on terms no less favorable to us than we could have obtained from unaffiliated third parties. It is our intention to ensure that all future transactions between us and our officers, directors and principal stockholders and their affiliates are approved by a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of the independent and disinterested members of the board of directors, and are on terms no less favorable to us than those that we could obtain from unaffiliated third parties.

Summit Partners Investment

In March 2001, we issued and sold the following securities to affiliates of Summit Partners:


	•	our 12% senior subordinated debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $15.0 million;

	•	an aggregate of $5.0 million of our series A redeemable preferred stock; and

	•	an aggregate of $10.0 million of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock.

The affiliates of Summit Partners together hold all of the outstanding securities of each type listed above. Of those securities, our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock is the only class of voting securities.

Indebtedness of Directors and Executive Officers

Prior to the March 2001 Summit Partners transaction, the persons listed in the table below, all of whom were our directors and executive officers at the time and each of whom currently owns more than five percent of our common stock, were indebted to us in the amounts listed. The loans to Mr. Tetrault and Mr. FitzMaurice, and a portion of the loans to Mr. Wallace and Mr. Berman, were repaid by their foregoing S corporation dividends owed to them in the first quarter of 2001. Mr. Wallace and Mr. Berman repaid the remaining portions of these loans in full at the closing of the Summit Partners transaction. Mr. Berman was our General Counsel, Secretary and Treasurer, and a member of our board of directors, until December 31, 2003.


	Maximum Amount of
Name	Loan Outstanding		Interest Rate

Robert G. Wallace	$	1,645,052		6.11% compounded monthly
Tobias Berman	$	1,550,937		5.80% compounded monthly
Gregory A. Tetrault	$	309,463		6.11% compounded monthly
Patrick A. FitzMaurice	$	287,181		6.36% compounded monthly

Director and Executive Officer Common Stock Redemption

Immediately following the closing of the March 2001 Summit Partners transaction, we used an aggregate of $25.0 million of the proceeds to redeem common stock owned by the persons listed in the

table below, all of whom were our directors and executive officers at the time and each of whom currently owns more than five percent of our common stock.


	Value of Common
Name	Stock Redeemed

Robert G. Wallace	$	6,500,000
Tobias Berman	$	9,000,000
Gregory A. Tetrault	$	6,500,000
Patrick A. FitzMaurice	$	3,000,000

Registration Rights

In connection with the March 2001 Summit Partners transaction, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the Summit Partners affiliates with respect to the shares of common stock into which their series B redeemable convertible preferred stock is convertible. For more information regarding this agreement, see “Description of Capital Stock — Registration Rights.”

Lease Guarantees

In June 2000, Messrs. Wallace and Berman each guaranteed one of the two leases for our headquarters in East Northport, New York. The rent obligations under the lease are described in the following table and do not include required tax payments to the landlord.


Period	Monthly Rent

October 1, 2000 to March 31, 2004	$	18,750
April 1, 2004 to September 30, 2007	$	20,834
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2010	$	22,917

2002 Stock Option Plan

In March 2002, we created our 2002 Stock Option Plan, under which eligible employees and directors could be granted options to purchase shares of our common stock from Mr. Berman. In 2002 and 2003, upon the recommendation of the compensation committee of our board of directors, Mr. Berman granted options to purchase an aggregate of 415,000 shares of our common stock to employees and a member of our board. No more options may be granted pursuant to the 2002 Stock Option Plan. The following table provides information with respect to the number of options granted by Mr. Berman, the exercise prices of the options and the potential proceeds to Mr. Berman assuming all of the options are exercised in full prior to their termination or expiration.


					Potential Aggregate
	Number of		Purchase Price		Proceeds to
Year	Options Granted		Per Share		Mr. Berman

2002		347,770	$	2.29	$	796,393
2003		67,230	$	7.23		486,073

		415,000			$	1,282,466

In 2002, employees exercised options under the 2002 Stock Option Plan to purchase an aggregate of 29,465 shares from Mr. Berman, with aggregate proceeds to Mr. Berman of approximately $67,000. As of January 1, 2005, no other options have been exercised. We have not received and will not receive any of the proceeds from the exercise of options under the 2002 Stock Option Plan.

Consulting Arrangement

We have paid Mr. Berman $15,000 each month from April 2004 through January 2005 in exchange for consulting services. We do not have a written agreement with Mr. Berman with respect to his consulting services. These consulting services relate to strategic planning, financing, human resources and regulatory matters. The consulting arrangement does not have a fixed time commitment. Instead, Mr. Berman provides these services as requested from time to time by our chief executive officer. Mr. Berman spends an average of three days per week in our offices providing these services. We expect to terminate this consulting arrangement upon the closing of this offering.

PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND SELLING STOCKHOLDER

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of January 1, 2005 by:


	•	each person or group of affiliated persons whom we know to beneficially own more than five percent of our common stock;

	•	each of our directors;

	•	each named executive officer; and

	•	all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed below is c/o Sybari Software, Inc., 353 Larkfield Road, East Northport, New York 11731.

In the table, the number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned before the offering assumes our redemption of all outstanding shares of our series A redeemable preferred stock, and the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock into 2,075,000 shares of our common stock. Except as noted in footnote 2 to the table, none of the persons named in the table is selling shares in this offering.

The percentage of shares beneficially owned before the offering is based on 8,301,908 shares of our common stock outstanding as of January 1, 2005, after giving effect to the automatic conversion of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock. Percentage of shares beneficially owned after the offering reflects the 3,350,000 shares of our common stock to be issued and sold by us in this offering. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The following table includes shares of our common stock issuable within 60 days of January 1, 2005 upon the exercise of all options and other rights beneficially owned by the indicated person on that date. Unless otherwise indicated, the persons named in the table have sole voting power and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned.



	Number of Shares		Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned
	Beneficially Owned
Name of Beneficial Owner	Before the Offering		Before the Offering			After the Offering

5% Stockholders:
Summit Partners affiliates(1)		2,075,000		25.0	%		17.8	%
Tobias Berman(2)		1,609,785		19.4	%		13.8	%
Directors and Executive Officers:
Robert G. Wallace		1,245,000		15.0	%		10.7	%
Gregory A. Tetrault		1,618,500		19.5	%		13.9	%
Patrick A. FitzMaurice		581,000		7.0	%		5.0	%
Anthony L. Pane(3)		4,150		*			*
James Shanahan(4)		41,500		*			*
Edwin A. Bescherer, Jr.(5)		22,825		*			*
John R. Carroll(1)		2,075,000		25.0	%		17.8	%
Anthony J. Redmond(6)		20,750		*			*
Thomas S. Roberts(1)		2,075,000		25.0	%		17.8	%
Richard J. Sullivan(7)		20,750		*			*
Directors and Executive Officers as a group (10 persons)(8)		5,629,475		67.2	%		48.0	%


	*	Less than 1%.



(1)	Consists of: 1,389,856 shares owned by Summit Ventures V, L.P.; 232,408 shares owned by Summit V Companion Fund, L.P.; 28,407 shares owned by Summit V Advisors Fund, L.P.; 92,960 shares owned by Summit V Advisors Fund (QP), L.P.; 318,512 shares owned by Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II, L.P.; and 12,857 shares owned by Summit Investors III, L.P. (such entities collectively referred to as “Summit Partners”). Summit Partners, LLC is the general partner of Summit Partners V, L.P. Summit Partners V, L.P. is the general partner of Summit Ventures V, L.P., Summit V Companion Fund, L.P., Summit V Advisors Fund (QP), L.P. and Summit V Advisors Fund, L.P. Stamps, Woodsum & Co. IV is the managing member of Summit Partners SD II, LLC. Summit Partners SD II, LLC is the general partner of Summit Subordinated Debt Fund II, L.P. Summit Partners, LLC and Stamps, Woodsum & Co. IV, through a five-person investment committee composed of certain of their members, has voting and dispositive authority over the shares held by each of these entities and Summit Investors III, L.P. and, therefore, beneficially owns such shares. Decisions of the investment committee are made by a majority vote of its members and, as a result, no single member of the investment committee has voting or dispositive authority over the shares. Thomas S. Roberts and John R. Carroll, who are our directors, and E. Roe Stamps, Stephen G. Woodsum, Gregory M. Avis, Walter G. Kortschak, Martin J. Mannion, Bruce R. Evans, Joseph F. Trustey, Kevin P. Mohan, C. J. Fitzgerald, Peter Y. Chung, Scott C. Collins and Robert V. Walsh are the members of Summit Partners, LLC, and each disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Summit Partners, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Thomas S. Roberts and John R. Carroll, who are our directors, and E. Roe Stamps, Stephen G. Woodsum, Gregory M. Avis, Walter G. Kortschak, Martin J. Mannion, Bruce R. Evans, Joseph F. Trustey, Kevin P. Mohan, C. J. Fitzgerald and Peter Y. Chung are general partners of Stamps, Woodsum & Co. IV, and each disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Summit Partners, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The principal address of Summit Partners is 222 Berkeley Street, 18th Floor, Boston, MA 02114.


(2)	Includes 385,535 shares which are purchasable from Mr. Berman pursuant to options granted under the 2002 Stock Option Plan. See “Related Party Transactions — 2002 Stock Option Plan.” Mr. Berman was our General Counsel, Secretary and Treasurer, and a member of our board of directors, until December 31, 2003. Mr. Berman has granted the underwriters of this offering an option to purchase up to 502,500 shares, exercisable not later than 30 days after the date of this prospectus, only to cover over- allotments. See the “Underwriting” section of this prospectus. If the underwriters exercise this option in full, Mr. Berman will beneficially own 1,107,285 shares after this offering, or 9.5% of the shares of common stock outstanding.


(3)	Mr. Pane became our Chief Financial Officer in July 2004. He was our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer between December 2003 and July 2004. Consists of 4,150 shares first issuable within 60 days of January 1, 2005 upon the exercise of a stock option. Does not include 16,600 shares issuable upon the exercise of a stock option that is contingent upon the consummation of an initial public offering at an exercise price per share equal to our initial public offering price.


(4)	Mr. Shanahan served as our Chief Financial Officer until July 2004 and currently serves as our Vice President of Operations. Includes 12,450 shares issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable stock options.


(5)	Consists of 22,825 shares first issuable within 60 days of January 1, 2005 upon the exercise of a stock option.


(6)	Consists of 20,750 shares first issuable within 60 days of January 1, 2005 upon the exercise of a stock option.


(7)	Consists of 20,750 shares issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable stock options.


(8)	Includes 80,925 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of January 1, 2005.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

The following description of our common stock and preferred stock and the relevant provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws to be in effect upon the closing of this offering are summaries and are qualified by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, copies of which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to our registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

Upon the closing of this offering, our authorized capital stock will consist of 40,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of our preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

As of January 1, 2005, we had outstanding:



	•	6,226,908 shares of common stock, held of record by 18 stockholders;


	•	1,000,000 shares of series A redeemable preferred stock; and

	•	50 shares of series B redeemable convertible preferred stock.

Upon the completion of this offering, we will redeem all outstanding shares of series A redeemable preferred stock and all outstanding shares of series B redeemable convertible preferred stock will automatically convert into an aggregate of 2,075,000 shares of common stock.

Common Stock

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and do not have cumulative voting rights. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors may elect all of the directors standing for election. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably those dividends, if any, as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for dividends, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any outstanding preferred stock. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, our common stockholders are entitled to receive ratably our net assets available, if any, after the payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any outstanding preferred stock. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock which we may designate and issue in the future.

Preferred Stock

Upon the closing of this offering, there will be no shares of preferred stock outstanding. Our board of directors will be authorized, without further stockholder approval, to issue from time to time up to an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the designations, preferences, rights and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each series of preferred stock, including the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, including sinking fund provisions, redemption price or prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any series or designation of series. The issuance of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of common stock or adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the holders of common stock. Any such issuance could also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company. For more information, see “Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.”

Options

As of January 1, 2005, there were outstanding options to purchase a total of 214,301 shares of our common stock, of which options to purchase 164,501 shares were exercisable. We have an additional 1,500,000 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. Because we intend to file a registration statement on Form S-8 as soon as practicable following the closing of this offering, any shares issued upon exercise of these options will be immediately available for sale in the public market, subject to the terms of any lock-up agreements entered into with the underwriters. For more information, see “Management” and “Shares Eligible for Future Sale.”

Registration Rights

Pursuant to the terms of a registration rights agreement, the holders of 8,300,000 shares of our common stock, after giving effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of our series B redeemable convertible preferred stock upon the completion of this offering, will be entitled to certain rights with respect to the registration of those shares under the Securities Act. The registration rights agreement provides that if we determine to register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our own account or for the account of a security holder or holders, the holders of registration rights are entitled to written notice of the registration and are entitled to include their shares of our common stock in the registration. In addition, certain of the holders of registration rights may demand us to use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of their shares of our common stock. We are not required to effect more than two of these demand registrations. We are required to use our best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3, and if we so qualify, the holders of registration rights shall each have unlimited rights to request registrations on Form S-3. All of these registration rights are subject to certain conditions and limitations, including the right of underwriters to limit the number of shares included in an offering. We are required to pay all registration expenses except any underwriting discounts and applicable selling commissions.

Limitations on Liability

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation limits or eliminates the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that our amended and restated certificate of incorporation may not limit or eliminate the liability of our directors:


	•	for any breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

	•	for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

	•	for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are prohibited by Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and

	•	for any transaction resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation also contains provisions indemnifying our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. We intend to obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to provide our directors and officers with insurance coverage for losses arising from claims based on breaches of duty, negligence, errors and other wrongful acts.

We also intend to enter into agreements to indemnify our directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. We believe that these agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

Upon the completion of this offering, we will be subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to some exceptions, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:


	•	prior to such date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

	•	upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding certain shares; or

	•	on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of a least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

A business combination includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Except as otherwise specified in Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an interested stockholder is defined to include (1) any person that owns or, within the prior three years, did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the date of determination and (2) the affiliates and associates of any such person. This statute could prohibit or delay the accomplishment of mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts with respect to us and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us.

In addition, various provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, which provisions will be in effect upon the closing of the offering and are summarized in the following paragraphs, may have an anti-takeover effect and may discourage, delay or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares held by stockholders.

Board Of Directors Vacancies. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to fill vacant directorships or increase the size of the board of directors. This may deter a stockholder from removing incumbent directors and simultaneously gaining control of our board of directors by filling the vacancies created by this removal with its own nominees.

Advance Notice Requirements For Stockholder Proposals And Directors’ Nominations. Our amended and restated bylaws provide that stockholders seeking to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders, or to nominate candidates for election as directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, must provide us timely notice thereof in writing. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s notice of annual meeting provided with respect to the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. However, if no annual meeting of stockholders was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting of stockholders has been changed to be more than 30 calendar days earlier than or 70 calendar days after this anniversary, notice by the stockholder, to be timely, must be so received not more than 120 days prior to the annual meeting of stockholders nor later than the later of:


	•	90 days prior to the annual meeting of stockholders; and


	•	the close of business on the 10th day following the date on which notice of the date of the meeting is given to stockholders or made public, whichever occurs first.

Our amended and restated bylaws also specify certain requirements as to the form and content of a stockholders’ notice. These provisions may preclude stockholders from bringing matters before an annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at an annual meeting of stockholders.

Authorized But Unissued Shares. The authorized but unissued shares of our common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval, subject to various limitations imposed by the Nasdaq Stock Market. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could make it more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy context, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as a single class) cast at a meeting of our stockholders called for that purpose, to repeal, alter, amend or rescind the provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation relating to:


	•	directors;

	•	stockholder meetings;

	•	limitations on director liability;


	•	indemnification; or



	•	amendment of our bylaws.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the affirmative vote as specified in the Delaware General Corporation Law to amend any other provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

To repeal, alter, amend or rescind our amended and restated bylaws, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws require the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as a single class) cast at a meeting of our stockholders called for that purpose, or the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our board of directors. This provision may have the effect of making it difficult for a third party to acquire us.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock. Furthermore, sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market after the lapse of certain contractual and legal restrictions on resale described below could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock and our ability to raise equity capital in the future.

Upon the closing of this offering, we will have outstanding an aggregate of 11,651,908 shares of our common stock, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and no exercise of outstanding options. Of these shares, all shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act unless such shares are purchased by “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The remaining 8,301,908 shares of our common stock held by existing stockholders are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144. Restricted securities may be sold in the public market only if registered or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under Rule 144, Rule 144(k) or Rule 701 under the Securities Act, which rules are summarized below. The following table illustrates the shares of our common stock eligible for sale in the public market:


Number of
Shares		Date

	3,350,000	After the date of this prospectus, freely tradable shares sold in this offering and shares saleable under Rule 144(k) that are not subject to the 180-day lock-up

	8,301,908	After 180 days from the date of this prospectus, the 180-day lock-up is released and these shares are saleable under Rule 144 (subject, in some cases, to volume limitations), Rule 144(k) or Rule 701

Lock-up Agreements

All of our directors, officers and stockholders, holding in the aggregate 8,301,908 shares, and holders of substantially all of our outstanding options, have signed lock-up agreements under which they have agreed with the underwriters that, subject to certain exceptions, for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus, they will not offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or hedge any shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of our common stock without the prior written consent of SG Cowen & Co., LLC. In considering any request to release shares subject to a lock-up agreement, SG Cowen & Co., LLC will consider the facts and circumstances relating to a request at the time of the request, which may include, among other factors, the stockholder’s reason for requesting the release, the number of shares for which the release is being requested and market conditions at that time.

Rule 144

In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a person who has beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least one year would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of (1) 1% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding, which will equal approximately 116,519 shares immediately after the offering, and (2) the average weekly trading volume of our common stock on the Nasdaq National Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to such sale. Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to certain manner-of-sale provisions, notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us.

Rule 144(k)

Under Rule 144(k), a person who is not one of our affiliates at any time during the 90 days preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least two years, including the holding period of any prior owner other than an affiliate, is entitled to sell such shares without complying

with the manner of sale, public information, volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144. Therefore, unless otherwise contractually restricted, “144(k)” shares may be sold immediately upon completion of this offering.

Rule 701

In general, under Rule 701 of the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our employees, consultants or advisors who purchases shares from us in connection with a compensatory stock plan or other written agreement is eligible to resell such shares 90 days after the effective date of this offering in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with certain restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144.

Registration Rights

After this offering, and subject to the lock-up agreements, the holders of 8,300,000 shares of our common stock will be entitled to certain rights with respect to the registration of those shares under the Securities Act. For more information, see “Description of Capital Stock — Registration Rights.” After such registration, these shares of our common stock will become freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act. These sales could have a material adverse effect on the prevailing market price of our common stock.

Stock Plans

Immediately after this offering, we intend to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the 2,324,836 shares of common stock that may be purchased under our 2002 Stock Option Plan, 2003 Stock Option Plan, 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We expect this registration statement to be filed and to become effective as soon as practicable after the effective date of this offering.

As of January 1, 2005, options to purchase 599,836 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding under our 2002 Stock Option Plan and 2003 Stock Option Plan, of which options to purchase 550,036 shares are currently exercisable. Upon exercise, the shares underlying these options will be eligible for sale in the public market from time to time, subject to vesting provisions, Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to our affiliates and, in the case of some options, the expiration of lock-up agreements.

UNDERWRITING

We, the selling stockholder and the underwriters named below have entered into an underwriting agreement with respect to the shares being offered. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the underwriters named below have severally agreed to purchase from us the number of shares of our common stock set forth opposite their names in the table below at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus as follows:


Name		Number of Shares

SG Cowen & Co., LLC
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

	Total		3,350,000

The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the shares of our common stock offered hereby on a firm commitment basis may be terminated in the event of a material adverse change in economic, political or financial conditions. The obligations of the underwriters may also be terminated upon the occurrence of other events specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriters are severally committed to purchase all of the shares of common stock being offered by us if any shares are purchased.

The underwriters propose to offer the shares of common stock to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. The underwriters may offer the common stock to securities dealers at the price to the public less a concession not in excess of $ per share. Securities dealers may reallow a concession not in excess of $ per share to other dealers. After the shares of common stock are released for sale to the public, the underwriters may vary the offering price and other selling terms from time to time.

The selling stockholder has granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable not later than 30 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an aggregate of 502,500 additional shares of our common stock at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters may exercise this option only to cover over-allotments, if any, made in connection with the sale of our common stock offered hereby. If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, the underwriters will purchase additional shares from the selling stockholder in approximately the same proportion as shown in the table above.

The following table summarizes the compensation to be paid to the underwriters by us and the selling stockholder and the proceeds, before expenses, payable to us and the selling stockholder.

Total

Without

With

Per Share

Over-Allotment

Public offering price

Underwriting discount

Proceeds, before expenses, to us

Proceeds, before expenses, to the selling stockholder

—

We estimate that the total expenses of this offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $2.5 million.

We and the selling stockholder have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and liabilities arising from breaches of

representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, and to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of any such liabilities.

Other than with respect to 502,500 shares to be sold by the selling stockholder if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, our directors, executive officers and stockholders and holders of substantially all of our outstanding options have agreed with the underwriters that, subject to certain exceptions, for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus, they will not offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or hedge any shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock. SG Cowen & Co., LLC, on behalf of the underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, at any time without prior notice, release all or any portion of the shares from the restrictions in any such agreement. We have entered into a similar agreement with the underwriters. There are no agreements between the underwriters and any of our stockholders, optionholders or affiliates releasing them from these lock-up agreements prior to the expiration of the 180-day period. In considering any request to release shares subject to a lock-up agreement, SG Cowen & Co., LLC will consider the facts and circumstances relating to a request at the time of the request, which may include, among other factors, the stockholder’s reason for requesting the release, the number of shares for which the release is being requested and market conditions at that time.

The underwriters may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a syndicate short position. Covered short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the number of shares available for purchase by the underwriters under the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out a covered short sale by exercising their over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. Naked short sales are sales made in an amount in excess of the number of shares available under the over-allotment option. The underwriters must close out any naked short sale by purchasing shares in the open market. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the shares of common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the representatives to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the shares of common stock originally sold by such syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids may have the effect of deterring syndicate members from selling to people who have a history of quickly selling their shares. These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the shares of common stock to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. These transactions may be commenced and discontinued at any time.

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for shares of our common stock. Consequently, the initial public offering price will be determined by negotiations between us and the underwriters. The various factors to be considered in these negotiations include prevailing market conditions, the market capitalizations and the states of development of other companies that we and the underwriters believed to be comparable to us, estimates of our business potential, our results of operations in recent periods, the present state of our development and other factors deemed relevant.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, New York.

EXPERTS

Our consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus and the related consolidated financial statement schedule included elsewhere in the registration statement have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon the report of such firm and upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 (including exhibits and schedules thereto) under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the common stock to be sold in this offering. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. For further information about us and the shares of common stock to be sold in the offering, please refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. Statements contained in this prospectus about the contents of any contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are not necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. To have a complete understanding of any such document, you should read the entire document filed as an exhibit.

You may read and copy all or any portion of the registration statement or any other document we file at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20549. You can request copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference rooms. Our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the registration statement, will also be available to you on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

As a result of this offering, we will become subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We intend to furnish our stockholders with annual reports containing audited consolidated financial statements and make available quarterly reports for the first three quarters of each year containing unaudited consolidated financial information.

SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2002 and 2003 and September 30, 2004		F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2003 (unaudited) and 2004		F-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004		F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2003 (unaudited) and 2004		F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-7

F-1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Sybari Software, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sybari Software, Inc. (the “Company”) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2003, and as of September 30, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Our audits included the consolidated financial statement schedule listed in Item 16(b). These consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated 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, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2003, and as of September 30, 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such consolidated 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.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Jericho, New York

January 12, 2005

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SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)


												Unaudited
												Pro Forma
												Redeemable
			December 31,									Securities and
									September 30,			Stockholders’ Deficit
			2002			2003			2004			September 30, 2004

												(See Note 2)
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	5,371		$	10,236		$	12,942
	Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $115, $342, and $327			7,821			11,595			12,350
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets			577			1,188			4,195
	Deferred royalty costs			2,919			2,541			3,197
	Deferred income taxes, net			5,661			6,541			3,668

		Total current assets		22,349			32,101			36,352
Property and equipment, net				2,431			2,587			2,580
Deferred royalty costs				931			1,021			1,521
Deferred income taxes, net				2,240			4,410			5,673
Other assets				366			233			244

		Total assets	$	28,317		$	40,352		$	46,370


LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE SECURITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	6,470		$	10,567		$	9,653
	Current portion of deferred revenues			26,764			32,196			36,672

		Total current liabilities		33,234			42,763			46,325
Long-term portion of deferred revenues				10,087			14,280			16,987
Subordinated notes payable, net				12,811			13,345			13,875

		Total liabilities		56,132			70,388			77,187

Redeemable securities:
	Series A redeemable preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding; 1,000,000 pro forma shares authorized, issued and outstanding (aggregate liquidation preference of $6,554)			4,226			5,054			5,707			5,707
	Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 50 shares authorized, issued and outstanding; no pro forma shares authorized, issued and outstanding (aggregate liquation preference of $13,109)			13,548			14,739			15,702			—

		Total redeemable securities		17,774			19,793			21,409			5,707

Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ deficit:
	Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; no shares authorized, issued and outstanding; no pro forma shares authorized, issued and outstanding			—			—			—			—
	Common stock, $0.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized; 8,300,000 shares issued and 6,225,000 shares outstanding at December 31, 2002, 8,301,037 shares issued and 6,226,037 shares outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 8,301,908 issued and 6,226,908 outstanding at September 30, 2004; 40,000,000 pro forma shares authorized; 8,301,908 pro forma shares issued and outstanding			83			83			83			83
	Accumulated deficit			(28,668	)		(31,034	)		(33,672	)		(33,775	)
	Treasury stock at cost, 2,075,000 shares at December 31, 2002 and 2003 and September 30, 2004; no pro forma shares			(15,805	)		(15,805	)		(15,805	)		—
	Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net			(1,199	)		(3,073	)		(2,832	)		(2,832	)

		Total stockholders’ deficit		(45,589	)		(49,829	)		(52,226	)		(36,524	)

		Total liabilities, redeemable securities and stockholders’ deficit	$	28,317		$	40,352		$	46,370

See notes to consolidated financial statements

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SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)



												Nine Months Ended
			Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

			2001			2002			2003			2003			2004

												(unaudited)
License and maintenance revenues			$	15,880		$	30,916		$	38,263		$	27,850		$	34,083
Cost of revenues				3,469			5,746			5,779			4,319			4,672

		Gross profit		12,411			25,170			32,484			23,531			29,411

Operating expenses:
	Selling and marketing			11,418			14,992			16,902			11,715			15,828
	Product development			5,090			5,207			7,573			5,192			7,730
	General and administrative			3,529			4,861			6,227			4,133			5,221
	Non-cash stock-based compensation(1)			140			863			90			—			—

		Total operating expenses		20,177			25,923			30,792			21,040			28,779

Income (loss) from operations				(7,766	)		(753	)		1,692			2,491			632

Other expense (income), net:
	Interest expense			1,661			2,585			2,700			2,092			1,900
	Other expense (income), net			103			(183	)		(128	)		(29	)		(214	)

		Total other expense (income), net		1,764			2,402			2,572			2,063			1,686

Income (loss) before income taxes				(9,530	)		(3,155	)		(880	)		428			(1,054	)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes				6,208			685			435			(211	)		26

Net income (loss)				(3,322	)		(2,470	)		(445	)		217			(1,028	)
Accretion and accrued dividends on preferred stock				(1,295	)		(1,745	)		(2,019	)		(1,488	)		(1,616	)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders			$	(4,617	)	$	(4,215	)	$	(2,464	)	$	(1,271	)	$	(2,644	)

Basic and diluted net loss attributable to common stockholders per common share			$	(0.69	)	$	(0.68	)	$	(0.40	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(0.42	)

Weighted average shares used to compute net loss attributable to common stockholders per common share — basic and diluted				6,725,274			6,225,000			6,225,438			6,225,239			6,226,334

Unaudited pro forma as adjusted basic and diluted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share									$	0.10					$	0.01

Weighted average shares used to compute unaudited pro forma as adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders per common share:
		Basic								11,650,438						11,651,334

		Diluted								11,692,009						11,723,995


(1)	Non-cash stock-based compensation consists of:



								Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,						September 30,

		2001		2002		2003		2003		2004

								(unaudited)
Selling and marketing		$	—	$	739	$	—	$	—	$	—
Product development			140		—		—		—		—
General and administrative			—		124		90		—		—

	Total non-cash stock-based compensation	$	140	$	863	$	90	$	—	$	—

See notes to consolidated financial statements

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SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(in thousands, except share amounts)



			Common Stock																Accumulated
																			Other
							Additional						Treasury Stock						Comprehensive			Total			Comprehensive
			Shares				Paid in			Accumulated									Income			Stockholders’			Income
			Issued		Amount		Capital			Deficit			Shares			Amount			(Loss)			Deficit			(Loss)

BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2001				8,300,000	$	10	$	—		$	(12,452	)		—		$	—		$	(20	)	$	(12,462	)
Change in par value of common stock				—		73		(190	)		117			—			—			—			—
Value of preferred stock beneficial conversion feature				—		—		1,765			—			—			—			—			1,765
Accrual of preferred stock dividends				—		—		(609	)		(302	)		—			—			—			(911	)
Accretion of discounts, issuance costs and beneficial conversion feature relating to preferred stock				—		—		(222	)		(162	)		—			—			—			(384	)
Stock based compensation				—		—		140			—			—			—			—			140
Deferred tax effect of discount on debt issued to preferred stockholders				—		—		(884	)		—			—			—			—			(884	)
Redemption of common stock				—		—		—			—			(2,075,000	)		(15,805	)		—			(15,805	)
Dividend distributions				—		—		—			(9,195	)		—			—			—			(9,195	)
Comprehensive loss:
		Foreign currency translation income, net of income tax expense of $63		—		—		—			—			—			—			115			115		$	115
		Net loss		—		—		—			(3,322	)		—			—			—			(3,322	)		(3,322	)

	Total comprehensive loss																								$	(3,207	)

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2001				8,300,000		83		—			(25,316	)		(2,075,000	)		(15,805	)		95			(40,943	)
Accrual of preferred stock dividends				—		—		(610	)		(597	)		—			—			—			(1,207	)
Accretion of discounts, issuance costs and beneficial conversion feature relating to preferred stock				—		—		(253	)		(285	)		—			—			—			(538	)
Stock based compensation				—		—		863			—			—			—			—			863
Comprehensive loss:
		Foreign currency translation loss, net of income tax benefit of $697		—		—		—			—			—			—			(1,294	)		(1,294	)	$	(1,294	)
		Net loss		—		—		—			(2,470	)		—			—			—			(2,470	)		(2,470	)

	Total comprehensive loss																								$	(3,764	)

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2002				8,300,000		83		—			(28,668	)		(2,075,000	)		(15,805	)		(1,199	)		(45,589	)
Accrual of preferred stock dividends				—		—		(98	)		(1,343	)		—			—			—			(1,441	)
Accretion of discounts, issuance costs and beneficial conversion feature relating to preferred stock				—		—		—			(578	)		—			—			—			(578	)
Exercise of stock options				1,037		—		8			—			—			—			—			8
Stock based compensation				—		—		90			—			—			—			—			90
Comprehensive loss:
		Foreign currency translation loss, net of income tax benefit of $1,009		—		—		—			—			—			—			(1,874	)		(1,874	)	$	(1,874	)
		Net loss		—		—		—			(445	)		—			—			—			(445	)		(445	)

	Total comprehensive loss																								$	(2,319	)

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2003				8,301,037		83		—			(31,034	)		(2,075,000	)		(15,805	)		(3,073	)		(49,829	)
Accrual of preferred stock dividends				—		—		(6	)		(1,098	)		—			—			—			(1,104	)
Accretion of discounts, issuance costs and beneficial conversion feature relating to preferred stock				—		—		—			(512	)		—			—			—			(512	)
Exercise of stock options				871		—		6			—			—			—			—			6
Comprehensive loss:
		Foreign currency translation income, net of income tax expense of $131		—		—		—			—			—			—			241			241		$	241
		Net loss		—		—		—			(1,028	)		—			—			—			(1,028	)		(1,028	)

	Total comprehensive loss																								$	(787	)

BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2004				8,301,908	$	83	$	—		$	(33,672	)		(2,075,000	)	$	(15,805	)	$	(2,832	)	$	(52,226	)

See notes to consolidated financial statements

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SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)



														Nine Months Ended
					Year Ended December 31,									September 30,

					2001			2002			2003			2003			2004

														(unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
	Net loss				$	(3,322	)	$	(2,470	)	$	(445	)	$	217		$	(1,028	)
	Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
		Amortization of deferred royalty costs				2,595			4,119			3,677			2,792			2,904
		Depreciation and amortization				399			600			822			605			708
		Deferred income taxes, net				(7,319	)		(832	)		(2,041	)		(572	)		1,480
		Non-cash stock-based compensation				140			863			90			—			—
		Provision for doubtful accounts				90			78			294			82			28
		Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs				281			304			534			385			530
		Loss on disposal of property and equipment				—			—			8			8			9
		Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
			Deferred revenues			14,096			3,470			5,857			(167	)		7,634
			Deferred royalty costs			(4,669	)		(3,613	)		(3,389	)		(2,025	)		(4,060	)
			Accounts receivable			(4,169	)		257			(3,241	)		(424	)		(906	)
			Prepaid expenses and other assets			(219	)		117			(301	)		6			(3,040	)
			Accounts payable and accrued expenses			3,331			834			3,724			(398	)		(869	)
			Other liabilities			(19	)		—			—			—			—

				Net cash provided by operating activities		1,215			3,727			5,589			509			3,390

Cash flows from investing activities:
	Purchase of property and equipment					(1,287	)		(1,070	)		(807	)		(465	)		(730	)
	Proceeds from sale of property and equipment					—			—			2			2			—
	Due from stockholders					1,941			—			—			—			—

				Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		654			(1,070	)		(805	)		(463	)		(730	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
	Proceeds from issuance of long term debt, net of issuance costs of $468					12,226			—			—			—			—
	Proceeds from issuance of Series A redeemable preferred stock, net of issuance costs of $114					2,977			—			—			—			—
	Proceeds from issuance of Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs of $518					13,522			—			—			—			—
	Purchase of treasury stock					(15,805	)		—			—			—			—
	Distributions paid to stockholders					(12,446	)		—			—			—			—
	Proceeds from exercise of stock options					—			—			8			8			6

				Net cash provided by financing activities		474			—			8			8			6

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash						(2	)		6			73			(90	)		40

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents						2,341			2,663			4,865			(36	)		2,706
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period						367			2,708			5,371			5,371			10,236

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period					$	2,708		$	5,371		$	10,236		$	5,335		$	12,942

	Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
	Cash paid for:
		Income taxes			$	225		$	870		$	819		$	164		$	679

		Interest			$	923		$	2,166		$	2,281		$	1,706		$	1,370

See notes to consolidated financial statements

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SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Information as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine months ended

September 30, 2003 is unaudited)


1.	Business and Organization

Sybari Software, Inc. (the “Company”) and subsidiaries is a global provider of antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering security software products. The Company’s server-based products are used in electronic messaging and collaboration environments to protect organizations from viruses, spam and the transmission of other forms of inappropriate content. The Company’s products integrate multiple third-party antivirus and anti-spam technologies with content filtering and policy enablement tools to strengthen the security of complex electronic messaging and collaboration systems.

In April 2004, the Company, which had previously been incorporated in New York, reincorporated in Delaware.


2.	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


	*Principles of Consolidation*

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.


	*Pervasiveness of Estimates*

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of consolidated assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of consolidated revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.


	*Interim Financial Information*

The interim financial information as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 is unaudited but has been prepared on a basis consistent with the audited consolidated financial statements and includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position at such date and its results of operations and cash flows for those periods. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any future interim period or for a full year.


	*Cash and Cash Equivalents*

Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with insignificant interest rate risk and original maturities of three months or less at the date of acquisition.


	*Property and Equipment*

Property and equipment are stated at cost and depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, which range from 1 to 10 years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Improvements are capitalized while expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.

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SYBARI SOFTWARE, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(Information as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine months ended

September 30, 2003 is unaudited)


	*Software Development Costs*

In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 86, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed,” the Company capitalizes certain software development costs once technological feasibility is established. To date, the establishment of technological feasibility of the Company’s products and general release have substantially coincided. As a result, the Company has not capitalized any internal software development costs since costs qualifying for such capitalization have not been significant.


	*Software Developed for Internal Use*

In accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use,” the Company capitalizes costs of software, consulting services, hardware and payroll related costs incurred to purchase or develop internal-use software, when technological feasibility has been established, completion of the project is probable and the software will be used as intended. The Company expenses costs incurred during preliminary project assessment, research and development, re-engineering, training and application maintenance.

Capitalized internal use software costs, which totaled $0, $481,000 and $98,000 during the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively, are amortized over a period of three years, which is the estimated useful life of the software. There were no additions to capitalized internal use software costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.


	*Revenue Recognition*

The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with SOP No. 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended by SOP No. 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions.” These statements provide guidance for recognizing revenues related to sales by software vendors.

The Company generates revenues from the sale of software licenses and maintenance services. The Company recognizes revenues when the following criteria are met:


	•	there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement with a customer;

	•	the Company delivers the products or services;

	•	fees are fixed or determinable; and

	•	collection is probable.

The Company’s customers typically enter into license and maintenance agreements, which are generally 24 months in duration and for a fixed number of users. Upon entering into these agreements, the Company typically invoices customers for the full amounts due under the agreements. Generally, payments are due for the full term of the agreement within 30 days of invoicing. The Company assesses whether collection is probable based on a number of factors, including past transaction history with the customer and the creditworthiness of the customer. If, in the Company’s judgment, collection of a fee is not probable, the Company will not begin to recognize revenues from the agreement until the uncertainty is removed, which is generally upon receipt of payment in full. Maintenance, which includes the right to unspecified upgrades, on a when-and-if available basis, and ongoing technical support, is generally bundled for the entire term of the license and maintenance agreement. In connection with these license and

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(Information as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine months ended

September 30, 2003 is unaudited)

maintenance agreements, the Company recognizes revenues ratably on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement if the four recognition criteria noted above have been met. Upon expiration of the license and maintenance agreements, customers who wish to renew typically do so at a discount to their original subscription price or the then-current list price.

A limited number of the Company’s customers have entered into perpetual license agreements, generally with 12 to 24 month maintenance terms. In such cases, the Company generally allocates revenues to each component of the perpetual arrangement using the residual value method. Under the residual method, revenues are recognized when vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all of the undelivered elements in the arrangement, such as maintenance, but does not exist for one or more of the delivered elements in the arrangement, such as the software product. Each arrangement requires careful analysis to ensure that all of the individual elements in the transaction have been identified, along with the fair value of each undelivered element. The Company allocates revenues to the undelivered maintenance element based upon its fair value. The fair value of the maintenance portion of the Company’s arrangement is generally based on substantive renewal rates included in the sales arrangements. If evidence of fair value cannot be established for the undelivered maintenance element of a perpetual agreement, the entire amount of revenues from the arrangement is deferred and recognized ratably over the maintenance term, consistent with the ratable recognition of license and maintenance revenues described above.

License and maintenance revenues that the Company recognized on a ratable basis over the term of the customer agreements totaled $15,700,000, or 99% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2001, $30,389,000, or 98% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $37,027,000, or 97% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2003. These revenues totaled $27,193,000, or 98% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and $33,896,000, or 99% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

Immediately recognized perpetual license revenues totaled $180,000, or 1% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2001, $527,000, or 2% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2002, and $1,236,000, or 3% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2003. These revenues totaled $657,000, or 2% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and $187,000, or 1% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

The Company’s license and maintenance agreements generally do not include acceptance provisions. An acceptance provision generally allows a customer to test the software for a defined period of time before committing to the agreement. If an agreement includes an acceptance provision, the Company does not record deferred revenues or recognize revenues until the earlier of customer acceptance or the expiration of the acceptance period. On a limited basis, certain agreements with customers include cancellation clauses that provide for a ratable refund of fees based on the percentage of time remaining under the term of the agreement. For these agreements, the Company recognizes revenues ratably over the license and maintenance period as the amount of the ratable refund right decreases, such that the Company does not recognize any revenue that remains subject to refund.

The Company records revenues from sales to third-party resellers, value-added resellers and distributors when all four of the revenue recognition criteria noted above are met and when these entities sell the Company’s products to the end users. This is commonly referred to as the sell-through method. For these types of arrangements, the Company only assesses the creditworthiness of the resellers and distributors, not the end users, and the Company recognizes revenue only to the extent that collection is considered probable. Certain distributors have limited rights of return for products purchased. The Company recognizes revenues for the returnable amounts sold to these distributors after the return period

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(Information as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine months ended

September 30, 2003 is unaudited)

has expired because the Company cannot reasonably estimate the amount of future returns. To the extent a referral fee is paid to a third party when the Company sells directly to the end user, the Company recognizes the referral fee as a selling expense upon entering into the arrangement with the customer.

Deferred revenues, which are included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, represent the amounts of the Company’s sales arrangements in excess of the amounts recognized as revenues. The Company defines its sales arrangements as the total amount of recognized revenues and deferred revenues associated with new and renewed license and maintenance agreements in a given period.


	*Cost of Revenues*

Cost of revenues primarily consists of amortization of third-party royalty costs, technical support personnel costs and allocated overhead. The Company allocates overhead, such as rent and occupancy charges and depreciation expense to all departments based on headcount.


	*Deferred Royalty Costs*

Deferred royalty costs, which are included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, represent royalty costs paid to third-party technology partners for software that the Company licenses, in excess of the amounts recognized as expenses. Royalty costs, which are included in cost of revenues in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, are amortized to expense as license revenues are recognized.


	*Sales Commissions*

Sales commissions, which are included in selling and marketing in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, are primarily based on the total amount of sales arrangements in a given period. The Company typically records the entire amount of the sales commissions as an expense upon entering into the related sales arrangements with the customer.


	*Advertising Costs*

Advertising costs, which are included in selling and marketing in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, are expensed as incurred and totaled $1,275,000, $660,000 and $473,000 for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively, and $369,000 and $361,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2004, respectively.


	*Research and Development*

Research and development expenditures, which are included in product development in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, primarily consist of development personnel costs and allocated overhead. Research and development expenditures totaled $3,368,000, $3,111,000, and $4,588,000 for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively, and $3,291,000 and $4,229,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2004, respectively.


	*Foreign Currency*

The functional currency of the majority of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is their local currency, primarily the euro. Accordingly, all assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate at the applicable balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate prevailing during the period. The effects of these translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of stockholders’ deficit.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(Information as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine months ended

September 30, 2003 is unaudited)

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses, which to date have not been significant, are included in the consolidated statements of operations.


	*Non-Cash Stock-Based Compensation*

The Company accounts for stock option grants in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and complies with the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation,” as amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure.” Under APB Opinion No. 25, compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period based on the difference, if any, at the date of grant between the fair value of the Company’s common stock and the exercise price.

Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share has been determined as if the Company has accounted for its stock option plans under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123. The fair value of options issued under the plans was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

Year Ended

Nine Months Ended

December 31,

September 30,

2002

2003

2004

(unaudited)

Risk-free interest rate:

2002 Stock Option Plan

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