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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________
Form 10-Q
(Mark One)
þQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 For the Quarterly Period Ended MarchDecember 31, 2014
or
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 For the transition period from               to               
Commission file number 000-51539
___________________
VistaprintCimpress N.V.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
____________________
The Netherlands 98-0417483
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) 
Hudsonweg 8
5928 LW Venlo
The Netherlands
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 31-77-850-7700
____________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ     No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes þ     No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "non-accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one):
Large accelerated filer  þ
 
Accelerated filer  o
 
Non-accelerated filer  o
  
Smaller reporting company  o
 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).  Yes o     No þ
As of April 25,January 23, 2014,, there were outstanding 33,285,75232,616,199 of Cimpress N.V. ordinary shares, par value 0.01 per share, of Vistaprint N.V.outstanding.
 



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VISTAPRINTCIMPRESS N.V.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the Three and NineSix Months Ended MarchDecember 31, 2014

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Signatures

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
VISTAPRINTCIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

March 31,
2014
 June 30,
2013
Assets 
  
Current assets: 
  
Cash and cash equivalents$46,545
 $50,065
Marketable securities10,927
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $122 and $104, respectively20,339
 22,026
Inventory7,416
 7,620
Prepaid expenses and other current assets40,813
 20,520
Total current assets126,040
 100,231
Property, plant and equipment, net313,854
 280,022
Software and web site development costs, net12,985
 9,071
Deferred tax assets5,335
 581
Goodwill144,313
 140,893
Intangible assets, net24,840
 30,337
Other assets31,182
 29,184
Investment in equity interests13,457
 11,248
Total assets$672,006
 $601,567
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity 
  
Current liabilities: 
  
Accounts payable$32,830
 $22,597
Accrued expenses100,150
 103,338
Deferred revenue23,776
 18,668
Deferred tax liabilities1,182
 1,466
Current portion of long-term debt16,375
 8,750
Other current liabilities3,127
 207
Total current liabilities177,440
 155,026
Deferred tax liabilities5,410
 12,246
Other liabilities25,442
 14,734
Long-term debt185,578
 230,000
Total liabilities393,870
 412,006
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

 

Noncontrolling interest (Note 12)5,741
 
Shareholders’ equity: 
  
Preferred shares, par value €0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
 
Ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 44,080,627 shares issued, and 33,272,556 and 32,791,338 shares outstanding, respectively615
 615
Treasury shares, at cost, 10,808,071 and 11,289,289 shares, respectively(384,530) (398,301)
Additional paid-in capital309,097
 299,659
Retained earnings341,806
 299,144
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)5,407
 (11,556)
Total shareholders' equity272,395
 189,561
Total liabilities, noncontrolling interest and shareholders’ equity$672,006
 $601,567

December 31,
2014

June 30,
2014
Assets 

 
Current assets: 

 
Cash and cash equivalents$77,881

$62,508
Marketable securities8,557
 13,857
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $286 and $212, respectively30,733

23,515
Inventory15,246

12,138
Prepaid expenses and other current assets46,648

45,923
Total current assets179,065

157,941
Property, plant and equipment, net391,016

352,221
Software and web site development costs, net16,091

14,016
Deferred tax assets12,987

8,762
Goodwill305,013

317,187
Intangible assets, net94,887

110,214
Other assets27,438

28,644
Total assets$1,026,497

$988,985
Liabilities, noncontrolling interests and shareholders’ equity 

 
Current liabilities: 

 
Accounts payable$72,065

$52,770
Accrued expenses181,581

121,177
Deferred revenue25,584

26,913
Deferred tax liabilities1,219

2,178
Short-term debt14,884

37,575
Other current liabilities518

888
Total current liabilities295,851

241,501
Deferred tax liabilities27,031

30,846
Lease financing obligation55,870

18,117
Long-term debt332,065

410,484
Other liabilities48,379

44,420
Total liabilities759,196

745,368
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)




Redeemable noncontrolling interests (Note 13)9,466

11,160
Shareholders’ equity: 

 
Preferred shares, par value €0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding


Ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 44,080,627 shares issued; and 32,603,954 and 32,329,244 shares outstanding, respectively615

615
Treasury shares, at cost, 11,476,673 and 11,751,383 shares, respectively(414,104)
(423,101)
Additional paid-in capital314,954

309,990
Retained earnings430,143

342,840
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income(75,416)
2,113
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to Cimpress N.V.256,192

232,457
Noncontrolling interest1,643
 
Total shareholders' equity257,835
 232,457
Total liabilities, noncontrolling interests and shareholders’ equity$1,026,497

$988,985
See accompanying notes.

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VISTAPRINTCIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unauditedunaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Nine Months Ended
March 31,
Three Months Ended
December 31,

Six Months Ended December 31,
2014 2013 2014 20132014
2013
2014
2013
Revenue$286,185
 $287,684
 $932,081
 $887,412
$439,905

$370,807

$773,837

$645,896
Cost of revenue (1)100,903
 99,107
 317,482
 301,284
156,620

120,789

286,840

216,579
Technology and development expense (1)42,434
 43,004
 127,555
 120,706
46,625

42,874

90,530

85,121
Marketing and selling expense (1)109,118
 109,966
 335,679
 344,327
139,058

124,128

250,885

226,561
General and administrative expense (1)28,491
 25,874
 85,195
 78,087
37,714

30,494

68,835

56,704
Income from operations5,239
 9,733
 66,170
 43,008
59,888

52,522

76,747

60,931
Other income (expense), net(116) 260
 (8,151) (559)9,855

(3,209)
21,991

(8,035)
Interest expense, net(1,725) (1,283) (4,868) (3,709)
Interest income (expense), net(3,031)
(1,566)
(6,377)
(3,143)
Income before income taxes and loss in equity interests3,398
 8,710
 53,151
 38,740
66,712

47,747

92,361

49,753
Income tax provision999
 2,264
 7,819
 10,587
3,850

6,005

6,082

6,820
Loss in equity interests1,058
 580
 2,704
 1,023


867



1,646
Net income1,341
 5,866
 42,628
 27,130
62,862

40,875

86,279

41,287
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest34
 
 34
 
Net income attributable to Vistaprint N.V.$1,375
 $5,866
 $42,662
 $27,130
Basic net income per share attributable to Vistaprint N.V.$0.04
 $0.18
 $1.30
 $0.81
Diluted net income per share attributable to Vistaprint N.V.$0.04
 $0.17
 $1.24
 $0.78
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests747
 
 1,024
 
Net income attributable to Cimpress N.V.$63,609
 $40,875
 $87,303

$41,287
Basic net income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V.$1.96

$1.24

$2.69

$1.26
Diluted net income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V.$1.89

$1.18

$2.62

$1.20
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic33,249,419
 33,267,073
 32,921,016
 33,441,581
32,536,046

32,861,393

32,461,432

32,760,384
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted34,356,990
 34,394,467
 34,425,288
 34,636,650
33,581,100

34,552,194

33,367,767

34,463,006

(1) Share-based compensation is allocated as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended
March 31,
Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
2014
2013 2014 20132014 2013 2014 2013
Cost of revenue$55
 $104
 $193
 $309
$14
 $72
 $45
 $138
Technology and development expense1,022
 2,297
 5,900
 6,903
1,002
 2,418
 1,929
 4,878
Marketing and selling expense876
 1,594
 4,153
 4,733
58
 1,588
 972
 3,277
General and administrative expense3,639
 4,175
 11,604
 12,842
5,310
 3,795
 9,180
 7,965

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VISTAPRINTCIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unauditedunaudited in thousands)

 Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
Net income$1,341
 $5,866
 $42,628
 $27,130
Other comprehensive income:
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation(227) (4,657) 10,764
 3,569
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges(70) 617
 (138) 102
Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities6,283
 
 6,283
 
Comprehensive income7,327
 1,826
 59,537
 30,801
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest88
 
 88
 
Total comprehensive income attributable to Vistaprint N.V.$7,415
 $1,826
 $59,625
 $30,801
 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
Net income$62,862
 $40,875
 $86,279
 $41,287
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)(28,296) 4,865
 (74,553) 10,991
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges(320) 33
 (21) (68)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income on derivative instruments216



429
 
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale-securities(466) 
 (4,720) 
Unrealized gain (loss) on pension benefit obligation38



(65) 
Comprehensive income34,034
 45,773
 7,349
 52,210
Add: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests1,372
 
 2,423
 
Total comprehensive income attributable to Cimpress N.V.$35,406
 $45,773
 $9,772
 $52,210

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VISTAPRINTCIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unauditedunaudited in thousands)
Nine Months Ended March 31,Six Months Ended December 31,
2014 20132014
2013
Operating activities
  
 

 
Net income$42,628
 $27,130
$86,279

$41,287
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
 

 
Depreciation and amortization49,346
 46,993
47,354

32,465
Share-based compensation expense21,850
 24,787
12,126

16,258
Excess tax (benefits) shortfall derived from share-based compensation awards(5,467) 1,808
Excess tax benefits derived from share-based compensation awards(1,342)
(1,987)
Deferred taxes(10,954) (4,130)(8,242)
(7,594)
Loss in equity interests2,704
 1,023


1,646
Non-cash gain on equipment
 (1,414)
Abandonment of long-lived assets
 977
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments included in net income2,655
 
Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative instruments included in net income(3,482)
3,701
Change in fair value of contingent consideration7,378
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on monetary assets and liabilities denominated in non-functional currency983
 23
(18,597)
2,868
Other non-cash items729
 125
1,772

323
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities excluding the effect of business acquisitions: 

 
Accounts receivable2,293
 (1,134)(6,941)
(1,414)
Inventory352
 (1,159)(3,256)
(563)
Prepaid expenses and other assets(9,217) 7,242
14,738

(12,865)
Accounts payable7,979
 (3,278)21,611

4,751
Accrued expenses and other liabilities(7,835) 4,325
41,446

16,028
Net cash provided by operating activities98,046
 103,318
190,844

94,904
Investing activities 
  
 

 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment(53,999) (66,523)(34,952)
(42,169)
Proceeds from sale of assets137
 1,750
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired(22,997) 
Proceeds from sale of intangible assets

137
Purchases of intangible assets(202) (452)(145)
(119)
Purchase of available-for-sale securities(4,629) 
Capitalization of software and website development costs(7,339) (5,579)(7,449)
(4,419)
Investment in equity interests(4,994) (12,753)

(4,994)
Issuance of note receivable
 (512)
Net cash used in investing activities(71,026) (84,069)(65,543)
(51,564)
Financing activities 
  
 

 
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt109,000
 79,712
Payments of long-term debt and debt issuance costs(147,150) (71,714)
Payments of withholding taxes in connection with vesting of restricted share units(8,400) (2,460)
Purchase of ordinary shares
 (36,290)
Excess tax benefits (shortfall) derived from share-based compensation awards5,467
 (1,808)
Proceeds from borrowings of debt139,500

67,000
Payments of debt and debt issuance costs(243,266)
(101,604)
Payments of withholding taxes in connection with share awards(2,764)
(3,941)
Payments of capital lease obligations(2,842) 
Excess tax benefits derived from share-based compensation awards1,342

1,987
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares4,274
 2,024
4,782

4,163
Capital contribution from noncontrolling interest4,821
 
Issuance of dividend to noncontrolling interest(92) 
Net cash used in financing activities(31,988) (30,536)(103,340)
(32,395)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash1,448
 390
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents(3,520) (10,897)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(6,588)
1,300
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents15,373

12,245
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period50,065
 62,203
62,508

50,065
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$46,545
 $51,306
$77,881

$62,310
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VISTAPRINTCIMPRESS N.V.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

1. Description of the Business
The Vistaprint groupWe are a technology and manufacturing-driven company that aggregates, via the Internet, large volumes of companies offers micro businesses the ability to market their businesses with a broad range of brand identity and promotional products, marketing services and digital solutions. Through the use of proprietary Internet-based graphic design software, localized websites, proprietary order receiving and processing technologies and advanced computer integrated production facilities, we offerindividually small, customized orders for a broad spectrum of print, signage, apparel and similar products. We produce those orders in highly automated, capital and technology intensive production facilities in a manner that we believe makes our production techniques significantly more competitive than those of traditional suppliers. We bring our products such asto market via various brands that deliver marketing products and services to the small business cards, website hosting, apparel, signage, promotional gifts, brochures, online marketing and creative services. We focus on serving the marketing, graphic design and printing needs of the micro business market, generally businesses or organizations with fewer than 10 employees and usually 2 or fewer. We also provide personalized products for home and family markets. These brands include Vistaprint, our leading global brand for micro business marketing products and services, as well as several brands we have acquired that serve the needs of various market segments including resellers, small and medium businesses with differentiated service needs, and consumers purchasing products for personal use.
On November 14, 2014, pursuant to our shareholders’ approval, we amended our articles of association to change our name to Cimpress N.V. and began trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the "CMPR" ticker symbol shortly after.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods reported and of our financial condition as of the date of the interim balance sheet have been included.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of VistaprintCimpress N.V., its wholly owned subsidiaries, entities in which we maintain a controlling financial interest, and those entities in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Investments in entities in which we can exercise significant influence, but do not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control, are accounted for using the equity method and are included as investments in equity interests on the consolidated balance sheets.

Operating results for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 20142015 or for any other period. The consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 20132014 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20132014 included in the our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We believe our most significant estimates are associated with the ongoing evaluation of the recoverability of our long-lived assets and goodwill, estimated useful lives of assets, advertising expense and related accruals, share-based compensation, accounting for business combinations, variable interest entities and income taxes and litigation and contingencies,related valuation allowances, among others. By their nature, estimates are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Marketable Securities
5
We have investments


Foreign Currency Translation
Our non-U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries translate their assets and liabilities denominated in marketable equity securities and determine the appropriate classificationtheir functional currency to U.S. dollars at current rates of our investmentsexchange in effect at the date of purchase and reevaluate the classifications as of the balance sheet date. Our marketable securitiesdate, and revenues and expenses are classified as "available-for-sale" and carriedtranslated at fair value, withaverage rates prevailing throughout the unrealizedperiod. The resulting gains and losses net of taxes, reportedfrom translation are included as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), if applicable. We review our investments for other-than-temporary impairment whenever the fair value income. Transaction gains and losses and remeasurement of an investment is less than amortized costassets and evidence indicates that an investment's carrying amount is not recoverable within a reasonable period of time. Any declineliabilities denominated in value that is determined to becurrencies other than temporary is recognized as expensean entity’s functional currency are included in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statementstatements of operationsoperations. The following table summarizes the components of other income (expense), net:
 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments$4,191
 $(1,229) $7,642
 $(6,438)
Currency related gains (losses), net (1)5,664
 (1,980) 14,349
 (1,597)
Total other income (expense), net$9,855
 $(3,209) $21,991
 $(8,035)
_____________________
(1) Changes in our corporate entity operating structure, effective October 1, 2013, required us to alter our intercompany transactional and financing activities. We have significant non-functional currency intercompany financing relationships subject to currency exchange rate volatility and as the periodU.S. dollar strengthened relative to certain currencies during the impairment is identified.three and six months ended December 31, 2014, we recognized significant gains.

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Net Income Per Share Attributable to VistaprintCimpress N.V.
Basic net income per share attributable to VistaprintCimpress N.V. is computed by dividing net income attributable to VistaprintCimpress N.V. by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the respective period. Diluted net income per share attributable to VistaprintCimpress N.V. gives effect to all potentially dilutive securities, including share options, restricted share units (“RSUs”) and restricted share awards ("RSAs"), if the effect of the securities is dilutive using the treasury stock method. Awards with performance or market conditions are included using the treasury stock method only if the conditions would have been met as of the end of the reporting period and their effect is dilutive.

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the weighted-average number of ordinary shares:shares
Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
2014 2013 2014 20132014 2013 2014 2013
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic33,249,419
 33,267,073
 32,921,016
 33,441,581
32,536,046
 32,861,393
 32,461,432
 32,760,384
Weighted average shares issuable upon exercise/vesting of outstanding share options/RSUs/RSAs1,107,571
 1,127,394
 1,504,272
 1,195,069
1,045,054
 1,690,801
 906,335
 1,702,622
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share attributable to Vistaprint N.V.34,356,990
 34,394,467
 34,425,288
 34,636,650
Weighted average anti-dilutive shares excluded from diluted net income per share attributable to Vistaprint N.V.906,850
 1,512,722
 916,209
 1,137,103
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V.33,581,100
 34,552,194
 33,367,767
 34,463,006
Weighted average anti-dilutive shares excluded from diluted net income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V.35,244
 913,562
 550,571
 920,889
Share-Based Compensation
During the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, we recorded share-based compensation expense of $5,592$6,384 and $21,850,$12,126, respectively, and $8,170$7,873 and$24,78716,258 during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2013, respectively. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, there was $41,956$42,677 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements, net of estimated forfeitures. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.862.8 years.
Derivative Financial Instruments

We record all derivatives on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether we have elected to designate a derivative as being a hedging relationship, and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as hedges of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transaction in a cash flow hedge. We also enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of our risks, even though we may not elect to apply hedge accounting or the instrument may not qualify for hedge accounting. The changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated as being in hedging relationships are recorded directly in earnings as a component of other expense, net. In accordance with the fair value measurement guidance, our accounting policy is to measure the credit risk of our derivative financial instruments that are subject to master netting agreements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio. We execute our derivative instruments with financial institutions that we judge to be credit-worthy, defined as institutions that hold an investment grade credit rating.

Restructuring

Restructuring costs are recorded in connection with initiatives designed to improve efficiency or enhance competitiveness. Restructuring initiatives require us to make estimates in several areas, including expenses for severance and other employee separation costs and the ability to generate sublease income to terminate lease obligations at the estimated amounts. One-time termination benefits are expensed at the date we notify the employee, unless the employee must provide future service beyond the statutory minimum retention period, in

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which case the benefits are expensed ratably over the future service period. Liabilities for costs associated with an exit or disposal activity are recognized when the liability is incurred, as opposed to when management commits to an exit plan, and are measured at fair value. Restructuring costs are included as a component of each related operating expense within our consolidated statement of operations.
Leases

We categorize leases at their inception as either operating or capital leases. Costs for operating leases that include incentives such as payment escalations or rent abatements are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Additionally, inducements received are treated as a reduction of our costs over the term of the agreement. Leasehold improvements are capitalized at cost and amortized over the shorter of their expected useful life or the life of the lease, excluding renewal periods. For lease arrangements where we are deemed to be involved in the construction of structural improvements prior to the commencement of the lease or take some level of construction risk, we are considered the owner of the assets during the construction period. Accordingly, as the lessor incurs the construction project costs, the assets and corresponding financial obligation are recorded in our consolidated balance sheet. Once the construction is completed, if the lease meets certain “sale-leaseback” criteria, we will remove the asset and related financial obligation from the balance sheet and treat the building lease as either an operating or capital lease based on our assessment of the guidance. If upon completion of construction, the project does not meet the “sale-leaseback” criteria, the lease will be treated as a financing obligation and we will depreciate the asset over its estimated useful life for financial reporting purposes.
Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09,"Revenue from Contracts with Customers," (ASU 2014-09) which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. This guidance will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2017 and early application is not permitted. The standard permits the

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use of either the retrospective or cumulative catch-up transition method. We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements.
3. Investments and Fair Value Measurements
The following table summarizes our investments in available-for-sale securities:
March 31, 2014December 31, 2014
Amortized Cost Basis Unrealized gain Estimated Fair ValueAmortized Cost Basis Unrealized gain Estimated Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities          
Plaza Create Co. Ltd. common shares (1)$4,644
 $6,283
 $10,927
$4,031
 $4,526
 $8,557
Total investments in available-for-sale securities$4,644
 $6,283
 $10,927
$4,031
 $4,526
 $8,557
 June 30, 2014
 Amortized Cost Basis Unrealized gain Estimated Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities     
Plaza Create Co. Ltd. common shares (1)$4,611
 $9,246
 $13,857
Total investments in available-for-sale securities$4,611
 $9,246
 $13,857

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(1) On February 28, 2014, we purchased shares in our publicly traded Japanese joint venture partner. Refer to Note 1213 for further discussion of the separate joint business arrangement.
We diduse a three-level valuation hierarchy for measuring fair value and include detailed financial statement disclosures about fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2: Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not have any outstanding available-for-sale securitiesactive and inputs that are observable for the year ended June 30, 2013.asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

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The following tables summarize our financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy:
 March 31, 2014
 Total 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets       
Available-for-sale securities$10,927
 $10,927
 $
 $
Interest rate swap contracts124
 
 124
 
Currency forward contracts401
 
 401
 
Total assets recorded at fair value$11,452
 $10,927
 $525
 $
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Interest rate swap contracts$(189) $
 $(189) $
Currency forward contracts(3,056) 
 (3,056) 
Total liabilities recorded at fair value$(3,245) $
 $(3,245) $

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 December 31, 2014
 Total 
Quoted Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets       
Available-for-sale securities$8,557
 $8,557
 $
 $
Currency forward contracts3,276
 
 3,276
 
Interest rate swap contracts5
 
 5
 
Total assets recorded at fair value$11,838
 $8,557
 $3,281
 $
        
Liabilities       
Interest rate swap contracts$(476) $
 $(476) $
Currency forward contracts(219) 
 (219) 
Contingent consideration(21,249) 
 
 (21,249)
Total liabilities recorded at fair value$(21,944) $
 $(695) $(21,249)


June 30, 2013June 30, 2014
Total 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Total 
Quoted Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets              
Interest rate swap contracts$344
 $
 $344
 $
Available-for-sale securities$13,857
 $13,857
 $
 $
Currency forward contracts70
 
 70
 
382
 
 382
 
Total assets recorded at fair value$414
 $
 $414
 $
$14,239
 $13,857
 $382
 $
              
Liabilities              
Interest rate swap contracts$(70) $
 $(70) $
$(745) $
 $(745) $
Currency forward contracts(203) 
 (203) 
(806) 
 (806) 
Contingent consideration(16,072) 
 
 (16,072)
Total liabilities recorded at fair value$(273) $
 $(273) $
$(17,623) $
 $(1,551) $(16,072)
The fair value of our Level 1 financial assets are based on quoted market prices of the identical underlying security. The fair values of our Level 2 financial assets and liabilities are obtained using quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active; and inputs other than quoted prices, e.g., interest rates and yield curves. During the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013the year ended June 30, 2014, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 classifications.     
The valuations of the derivatives intended to mitigate our interest rate and currency risk are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each instrument. This analysis utilizes observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves, interest rate volatility, or spot and forward exchange rates, and reflects the contractual terms of these instruments, including the period to maturity. We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty's nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of our derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, we have considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements.     
Although we have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparties' nonperformance risk in the fair value measurement. However, as of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we have assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our derivative positions and have determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall

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valuation of our derivatives. As a result, we have determined that our derivative valuations in their entirety are classified in Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Our fiscal 2014 acquisitions of Printdeal (formerly known as People & Print Group) and Pixartprinting provided for contingent consideration payable based on the achievement of certain financial results. For Printdeal, the payment is contingent upon the achievement of an initial calendar year 2014 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margin threshold but ultimately payable based on revenue and EBITDA performance for calendar year 2015. The Pixartprinting payment is payable on the achievement of revenue and EBITDA performance for calendar year 2014 and payment is expected to be finalized by the end of fiscal 2015.
The contingent consideration obligations are measured at fair value and are based on significant inputs not observable in the market, which represents a Level 3 measurement within the fair value hierarchy. The valuation of contingent consideration uses assumptions and estimates to forecast a range of outcomes and probabilities for the contingent consideration. We assess these assumptions and estimates on a quarterly basis as additional data impacting the assumptions is obtained. Any changes in the fair value of contingent consideration related to updated assumptions and estimates will be recognized within general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations during the period in which the change occurs.
The following table represents the changes in fair value of Level 3 contingent consideration:
 Current liabilities: contingent consideration Long-term liabilities: contingent consideration Total contingent consideration
Balance at June 30, 2014$6,276
 $9,796
 $16,072
Fair value adjustment6,227
 1,080
 7,307
Foreign currency impact(851) (1,279) (2,130)
Balance at December 31, 2014$11,652
 $9,597
 $21,249
As of MarchDecember 31, 2014 and June 30, 2013,2014, the carrying amounts of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivables, accounts payable, and other current liabilities approximated their estimated fair values. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 the carrying value of our debt was$201,953346,949 and $448,059, respectively, and the fair value was $206,657. As of June 30, 2013, we performed an evaluation of the estimated fair value of our debt$353,206 and determined that the fair value approximates the carrying value of the liability.$460,098, respectively. Our debt is a variable rate debt instrument indexed to LIBOR that resets periodically. The estimated fair value of our debt was determined using available market information based on recent trades or activity of debt instruments with substantially similar risks, terms and maturities, which fall within Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy. The estimated fair value of assets and liabilities disclosed above may not be representative of actual values that could have been or will be realized in the future.
4. Derivative Financial Instruments
Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
We enter into interest rate swap contracts to manage differences in the amount of our known or expected cash payments related to our debt. Our objective in using interest rate derivatives is to add stability to interest expense and to manage our exposure to interest rate movements. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow

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hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for us making fixed-rate payments over the life of the derivative agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (loss) and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. If a derivative is deemed to be ineffective, the ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. During the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and 2013, we did not hold any interest rate derivative instruments that were determined to be ineffective.
Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (loss) related to interest rate swap contracts will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are accrued or made on our variable-rate debt. Assuming these derivative instruments continue to qualify for hedge accounting, as of MarchDecember 31, 2014, we estimate that $539$855 will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (loss) to interest expenseincome during the twelve months ending MarchDecember 31, 2015. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014, we had 8eight outstanding interest rate swap contracts

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indexed to one-month LIBOR. These instruments were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk and have varying start dates and maturity dates from 2014 - 2017. AsJune 2015 through June 2019. Since the start date of certain contracts has not yet commenced, the notional amount of our outstanding contracts is in excess of the variable-rate debt being hedged as of the balance sheet date.
Interest rate swap contracts outstanding: Notional Amounts
Contracts accruing interest as of March 31, 2014 $165,000
Contracts with a future start date (1) 65,000
Total $230,000
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(1) These contracts will replace a portion of our current contracts when they expire.
Interest rate swap contracts outstanding: Notional Amounts
Contracts accruing interest as of December 31, 2014 $230,000
Contracts with a future start date 105,000
Total $335,000
Hedges of Currency Risk
We execute currency forward contracts in order to mitigate our exposure to fluctuations in various currencies against our reporting currency, the U.S. dollar. We use currency derivatives, specifically currency forward contracts, to manage this exposure. During the nine months ended March 31, 2014, we had bothWe did not elect hedge accounting for our current currency forward contract activity, for whichas we elected hedge accounting and activity for which we did not elect hedge accounting. In evaluating our currency hedging program and abilityperformed an analysis to achieve hedge accounting in light of certain changes in our legal entity cash flows, we consideredevaluate the benefits of hedge accounting relative to the additional economic cost of trade execution and administrative burden. Based on this analysis, we decided to not seek hedge accounting for our currency forward contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2014, butHowever, we may elect to apply hedge accounting in future scenarios. As a result, duringDuring the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and 2013, we have experienced increased volatility within other income (expense), net in our consolidated statements of operations from unrealized gains and losses on the mark-to-market of outstanding currency forward contracts. We expect this volatility to continue in future periods for contracts for which we do not apply hedge accounting.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (loss) and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period in which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings as a component of other income (expense), net. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we have no outstanding currency forward contracts that qualify for hedge accounting and, as such, there are no current balances to be reclassified into earnings over the next twelve months.
    As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we had the following outstanding currency forward contracts that were not designated for hedge accounting and were used to hedge fluctuations in the U.S. Dollar value of forecasted transactions denominated in Canadian Dollar, Danish Krone, The Euro, Great British Pound, Indian Rupee, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Krone, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Krona, and Swiss Franc:
Notional Amount Effective Date Maturity Date Number of Instruments Index Hedge Designation Effective Date Maturity Date Number of Instruments Index
$138,531 July 2013 through March 2014 Various through March 2015 157 Various Non-designated
$159,340 March 2014 through December 2014 Various dates through June 2016 291 Various

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Financial Instrument Presentation
The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the balance sheet as of MarchDecember 31, 2014 and June 30, 20132014::
 March 31, 2014
 Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instrumentsBalance Sheet Line Item Gross amounts of recognized assets Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet Net amount Balance Sheet Line Item Gross amounts of recognized liabilities Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet Net amount
Interest rate swapsOther non-current assets $209
 $(85) $124
 Other current liabilities/other liabilities $(189) $
 $(189)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 $209
 $(85) $124
 
 $(189) $
 $(189)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contractsOther current assets $558
 $(157) $401
 Other current liabilities $(3,213) $157
 $(3,056)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 $558
 $(157) $401
 
 $(3,213) $157
 $(3,056)
June 30, 2013December 31, 2014
Asset Derivatives Liability DerivativesAsset Derivatives
Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instrumentsBalance Sheet Line Item Gross amounts of recognized assets Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet Net amount Balance Sheet Line Item Gross amounts of recognized liabilities Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet Net amountBalance Sheet line item
Gross amounts of recognized assets
Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet
Net amount
Balance Sheet line item
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities
Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet
Net amount
Interest rate swapsOther non-current assets $400
 $(56) $344
 Other current liabilities/other liabilities $(81) $11
 $(70)Other non-current assets
$5

$

$5

Other current liabilities/other liabilities
$(492)
$16

$(476)
Currency forward contractsOther current assets 83
 (13) 70
 Other current liabilities (208) 5
 (203)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 $483
 $(69) $414
 
 $(289) $16
 $(273)
$5

$

$5


$(492)
$16

$(476)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 













Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













Currency forward contractsOther current assets $
 $
 $
 Other current liabilities $
 $
 $
Other current assets / other assets
$4,511

$(1,235)
$3,276

Other current liabilities
$(388)
$169

$(219)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 $
 $
 $
 
 $
 $
 $

$4,511

$(1,235)
$3,276


$(388)
$169

$(219)

June 30, 2014

Asset Derivatives
Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instrumentsBalance Sheet line item
Gross amounts of recognized assets
Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet
Net amount
Balance Sheet line item
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities
Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet
Net amount
Interest rate swapsOther non-current assets
$

$

$

Other current liabilities/other liabilities
$(771)
$26

$(745)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

$

$

$



$(771)
$26

$(745)
















Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments














Currency forward contractsOther current assets
$410

$(28)
$382

Other current liabilities
$(1,058)
$252

$(806)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

$410

$(28)
$382



$(1,058)
$252

$(806)

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The following table presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments designated as hedging instruments and their classification within comprehensive income for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and 2013:2013:
Derivatives in Hedging Relationships Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Comprehensive Income on Derivatives (Effective Portion)Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Comprehensive (Loss) Income on Derivatives (Effective Portion)
 Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
In thousands2014 2013 2014
2013
Currency contracts that hedge revenue
$

$1,058

$(107)
$407

 
 
 (107)
Currency contracts that hedge cost of revenue


(137)
59

(55)
 
 
 59
Currency contracts that hedge technology and development expense


(214)
70

(4)
 
 
 70
Currency contracts that hedge general and administrative expense


(39)
12

(24)
 
 
 12
Interest Rate Swaps
(132)
(90)
(456)
(367)
Total loss recognized in comprehensive income during the period
$(132)
$578

$(422)
$(43)
Interest rate swaps(320) (30) (21) (324)
$(320) $(30) $(21) $(290)
The following table presents reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (loss) for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and 2013:2013:
Details about Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Components
 Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Net Income Gain/(Loss) 
Affected line item in the
Statement of Operations
Details about Accumulated Other
Comprehensive (Loss) Income Components
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income to Net Income Gain/(Loss) 
Affected line item in the
Statement of Operations
 Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31, 
Affected line item in the
Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,  
 2014 2013 2014 2013 
In thousands2014 2013 2014
2013 
Currency contracts that hedge revenue $
 $11
 $(120) $8
 Revenue$
 $
 $
 $(120) Revenue
Currency contracts that hedge cost of revenue 
 22
 (112) 11
 Cost of revenue
 
 
 (112) Cost of revenue
Currency contracts that hedge technology and development expense 
 (30) 122
 (39) Technology and development expense
 
 
 122
 Technology and development expense
Currency contracts that hedge general and administrative expense 
 (4) 11
 (6) General and administrative expense
 
 
 11
 General and administrative expense
Interest Rate Swaps (78) (48) (232) (129) Interest expense
Interest rate swaps(288) (79) (572) (154) Interest income (expense), net
Total before income tax (78) (49) (331) (155) Income (loss) before income taxes and loss in equity interests(288) (79) (572) (253) Income (loss) before income taxes and loss in equity interests
Income tax benefit 16
 10
 47
 10
 Income tax provision
Income tax72
 16
 143
 31
 Income tax provision
Total $(62) $(39) $(284) $(145) $(216) $(63) $(429) $(222) 
The following table presents the mark-to-market and settlementadjustment to fair value recorded within the consolidated statements of operations for derivative instruments for which we did not elect hedge accounting, as well as the effect of our de-designated derivative financial instruments for contracts that we did not designate as hedging instruments, as well as those which have been de-designated and no longer qualify as hedging instruments recorded withinin the statement of operations:period:
Derivatives not classified as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
  Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31, 
  2014 2013 2014 2013  
Currency forward contracts $(1,086)
$(164)
$(7,526)
$(112) Other income (expense), net
Derivatives not classified as hedging instrumentsAmount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income (Ineffective Portion)
 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,  
In thousands2014 2013 2014
2013  
Currency contracts$4,191
 $(1,229) $7,642
 $(6,438) Other income (expense), net

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5. Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Loss)
The following table presents a roll forward of amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (loss) by component, net of tax of $13,$72, for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014:2014:

 Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges Gains (losses) on available for sale securities Currency translation adjustments Total
Balance as of June 30, 2013$86
 $
 $(11,642) $(11,556)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications(422) 6,283
 10,818
 16,679
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income284
 
 
 284
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)(138) 6,283
 10,818
 16,963
Balance as of March 31, 2014$(52) $6,283
 $(824) $5,407

Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges Gains (losses) on available for sale securities Losses on pension benefit obligation Currency translation adjustments Total
Balance as of June 30, 2014(803) 9,246
 (2,724) (3,606) 2,113
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications(21) (4,720) (65) (73,152) (77,958)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income to net income429
 
 
 
 429
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income408
 (4,720) (65) (73,152) (77,529)
Balance as of December 31, 2014$(395) $4,526
 $(2,789) $(76,758) $(75,416)
6. Waltham and Lexington Lease Arrangements
In July 2013, we executed a lease agreement to move our Lexington, Massachusetts, USA operations to a yet to be constructed facility in Waltham, Massachusetts.Massachusetts, USA. The Waltham lease will commence upon completion of the building, scheduled for the first quarter of fiscal 2016, and will extend eleven years from the commencement date. The cash expected to be paid ratably over the initial eleven yeareleven-year term of the lease is approximately $119,600$131,769 starting in September 2015.
Concurrent with the Waltham lease negotiations, we amended our current Lexington lease, as both leases are held with the same landlord. The amendment to the Lexington lease contained a contingent feature to shorten the current term of the lease to coincide with the rent commencement date of the Waltham lease, and a second contingent feature to adjust the remaining annual rental amounts. Both of the arrangements were contingent upon the lessor obtaining certain building permits for the Waltham lease. If the lessor did not fulfill this obligation, we had the option to cancel the Waltham lease, without penalty, and return to the terms of our original Lexington lease. During the quarter ended March 31, 2014, the lessor obtained all of the requisite building permits for the Waltham building construction, thus resolving the contingent features.construction.
For accounting purposes, we are deemed to be the owner of the Waltham building during the construction period and, accordingly, as of MarchDecember 31, 2014 we have recorded $8,397$60,060 of construction project costs incurred by the landlord as an asset with a corresponding financing obligation. The asset is included as construction in progress in property, plant and equipment, net andin the liability is included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. Once the construction is completed, we will evaluate the Waltham lease in order to determine whether or not the lease meets the criteria for "sale-leaseback" treatment.
Although we will not begin making cash lease payments until the lease commencement date, a portion of the Waltham lease obligation attributable to the land is treated for accounting purposes as an operating lease that commenced during the second quarter of fiscal 2014. We bifurcate our future lease payments pursuant to the lease into (i) a portion that is allocated to the building and (ii) a portion that is allocated to the land on which the building is being constructed, which will be recorded as rental expense during the construction period. Although this is not currently a cash outlay for us, weWe recognized non-cash rent expense of $375$375 and $500$750 in our consolidated statementstatements of operations for the land operating lease during the three months and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014.
7. Business Combinations
Acquisition of FotoKnudsen
On July 1, 2014, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of FotoKnudsen AS, a Norwegian photo product company focused primarily on the Norwegian markets. At closing, we paid €14,045 ($19,224 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) in cash, subject to certain post-acquisition escrow adjustments. We utilized proceeds from our credit facility to finance the acquisition. In connection with the acquisition, we incurred transaction costs related to investment banking, legal, financial, and other professional services of $394 which were recorded during the year ended June 30, 2014 in general and administrative expenses. No additional transaction costs were recorded during the six months ended December 31, 2014.

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7.The excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of FotoKnudsen’s net assets was recorded as goodwill, which is primarily attributable to cost synergies expected from manufacturing efficiency opportunities and the value of the workforce of FotoKnudsen. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes, and has been attributed to our Albumprinter reporting unit that is part of the All Other Business Units reportable segment. The revenue and earnings included in our consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date are not material. Actual and pro forma results of the operations have not been presented because the effects are not material to the consolidated financial statements. The final fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was:
   Weighted Average
 Amount Useful Life in Years
Tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, net:$(1,748) n/a
Identifiable intangible assets:   
Customer relationships5,615
 6
Trade name2,869
 6
Developed technology734
 2
Goodwill11,754
 n/a
Total purchase price$19,224
  
8. Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The carrying amount of goodwill by segment as of June 30, 20132014 and MarchDecember 31, 2014 is as follows:
 North America Europe Most of World Total
Balance as of June 30, 2013$95,790
 $44,895
 $208
 $140,893
Effect of currency translation adjustments (1)(1,087) 4,507
 
 3,420
Balance as of March 31, 2014$94,703
 $49,402
 $208
 $144,313
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 Vistaprint Business Unit All Other Business Units Total
Balance as of June 30, 2014 (1)$138,007
 $179,180
 $317,187
Acquisitions (2)

18,970

18,970
Adjustments
 (82) (82)
Effect of currency translation adjustments (3)(9,612) (21,450) (31,062)
Balance as of December 31, 2014$128,395
 $176,618
 $305,013
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(1) Our segment reporting has been revised as of July 1, 2014 and, as such, we have re-allocated our goodwill by segment for the period ended June 30, 2014. See Note 14 for additional details.
(2) See notes 7 and 12 for additional details.
(3) Relates to goodwill on non-U.S. Dollarheld by subsidiaries whose functional currency legal entities.is not the U.S. Dollar.
In connection with the July 1, 2014 revision to our reportable segments, the composition of one of our reporting units was divided and realigned to new operating segments. We reassigned the goodwill for this reporting unit using the relative fair value approach and performed a goodwill impairment test immediately before and after the reorganization of the reporting structure in order to determine whether the reorganization did not mask a goodwill impairment charge. We estimated the fair values of our reporting units using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flows are based on our strategic plans and best estimates of revenue growth and operating profit by each reporting unit. Our analysis requires the exercise of significant judgment, including the identification of reporting units and assumptions about appropriate discount rates, perpetual growth rates, and the amount and timing of expected future cash flows. Our analysis concluded that the estimated fair value of each reporting unit sufficiently exceeds its carrying value and thus no further evaluation of impairment is necessary.
Acquired Intangible Assets
Acquired intangible assets amortization expense for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 was $2,228$5,453 and $6,88512,084, respectively, and $2,353 and $4,657 for the three and ninesix months ended March 31, 2014, respectively, and $2,379 and $7,009 for the three and nine months ended MarchDecember 31, 2013, respectively. Amortization expense has increased significantly in fiscal 2015 due to the acquisitions of Printdeal, Pixartprinting and FotoKnudsen.

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9. Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses included the following:
March 31,
2014
 June 30,
2013
December 31, 2014 June 30, 2014
Compensation Costs (1)$32,930
 $43,879
Advertising costs26,191
 24,824
Income and indirect taxes14,438
 12,463
Professional costs (2)5,268
 2,470
Compensation costs$43,682
 $46,375
Income and indirect taxes (1)44,375
 23,190
Advertising costs (2)33,316
 19,299
Shipping costs4,705
 4,632
8,459
 4,104
Purchases of property, plant and equipment3,008
 1,582
7,219
 3,687
Professional costs1,480
 2,224
Other(3)13,610
 13,488
43,050
 22,298
Total accrued expenses$100,150
 $103,338
$181,581
 $121,177
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(1) The decreaseincrease in accrued compensation costsincome and indirect taxes is principally a resultprimarily due to increased sales during the second quarter of the paymentfiscal 2015 which resulted in additional VAT expense across several of our fiscal 2013 annual incentive compensation plans in the three months ended September 30, 2013 offset by compensation costs accrued during fiscal 2014.locations.
(2) The increase in professionaladvertising costs is primarily relateddue to investment banking, legal, financial,holiday marketing campaigns and other professional fees associated with our recently announced acquisitions that will closeadditional TV advertising during the fourth quarter,period ending December 31, 2014.
(3) The increase is primarily due to the increase in the short-term portion of the contingent consideration liability of $5,376 as well as an increase in the short-term portion of our joint venture in Japan.lease financing obligation of $4,190 as of December 31, 2014.
9.10. Debt

December 31, 2014
June 30, 2014
Current portion of long-term debt (1)$9,884

$16,375
Short-term uncommitted credit facility5,000

21,200
Total short-term debt14,884

37,575
Long-term debt (1)332,065
 410,484
Total debt outstanding$346,949

$448,059
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(1) Balances as of December 31, 2014 are inclusive of short-term and long-term debt discounts of $116 and $435, respectively.
JP Morgan Credit Facility
On January 17,September 23, 2014, we entered into an amendment no. 2 to our credit agreement, resulting in an increase towhich increased the aggregate loan commitments of our existing lenders to a total of $850,000 and extended the maturity date of all our borrowings under the credit agreement of $303,750, to a total of $800,000 by adding new lenders and increasing the commitments of several existing lenders. The new loan commitments include revolving loans of $640,000 and term loans of $160,000. The amendment did not result in any material changes to our debt covenants.     
September 23, 2019. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we have a committed credit facility of $797,953$848,000 as follows:
Revolving loans of $640,000$690,000 with a maturity date of February 8, 2018;
September 23, 2019
Term loan of $157,953$158,000 amortizing over the loan period, with a final maturity date of February 8, 2018.
As of March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2013, our debt outstanding was $201,953 and $238,750, respectively.September 23, 2019
Under the terms of our credit agreement, borrowings bear interest at a variable rate of interest based on LIBOR plus 1.50% to 2.00%2.25% depending on our leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total

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indebtedness to our consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA),EBITDA, as defined by the credit agreement. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 2.03%2.24%, inclusive of interest rate swap activity.rates. We must also pay a commitment fee on unused balances of 0.225% to 0.350%0.400% depending on our leverage ratio. We have pledged the assets and/or share capital of several of our subsidiaries as collateral for our outstanding debt as of MarchDecember 31, 2014.2014.
Our credit agreement contains financial and other covenants, including but not limited to limitations on (1) our incurrence of additional indebtedness and liens, (2) the consummation of intercompany activities or certain fundamental organizational changes, or intercompany activities, for example acquisitions, (3) investments and restricted payments including the amount of purchases of our ordinary shares or payments of dividends, and (4) the amount of consolidated

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capital expenditures that we may make in each of our fiscal years through June 30, 2018.2019. The credit agreement also contains financial covenants calculated on a trailing twelve month, or TTM, basis that:
our consolidatedtotal leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total indebtedness (*) to our TTM consolidated EBITDA (*), will not exceed 3.25 during4.50 to 1.00.
our senior secured leverage ratio, which is the period from March 31, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and 3.0 after March 31, 2015; and
ratio of our consolidated senior secured indebtedness (*) to our TTM consolidated EBITDA (*), will not exceed 3.25 to 1.00.
our interest coverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated EBITDA to our consolidated interest expense, will be at least 3.0.
3.00 to 1.00.
(*) The definitions of EBITDA, consolidated total indebtedness, and consolidated senior secured indebtedness are maintained in our credit agreement included as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2013, as amended by amendments no. 1 and no. 2 to the credit agreement included as exhibits to our Forms 8-K filed on January 22, 2014 and September 25, 2014.
Our credit agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and events of default. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the credit agreement.
Additional line of credit
We have an uncommitted line of credit with Santander Bank, N.A, and under the terms of the agreement we may borrow up to $25,000 at any time, with a maturity date of up to 90 days from the loan origination date. Under the terms of our uncommitted line of credit, borrowings bear interest at a variable rate of interest that may change from time to time. As of December 31, 2014 the variable interest rate was determined based on LIBOR plus 1.20%. The LIBOR rate is determined on the date of borrowing and is based on the length of the specific loan. As of December 31, 2014 the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings of $5,000 was 1.34%.
10.11. Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $999$3,850 and $7,819$6,082 for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014,, respectively, as compared to $2,264$6,005 and $10,587$6,820 for the same prior year periods. The decrease is primarily attributable to tax benefits resulting from changes to our corporate entity operating structure that became effective on October 1, 2013 and a lower annual effective tax rate relative to fiscal 2013. We made the changes to our corporate entity operating structure, which included transferring our intellectual property among certain of our subsidiaries, primarily to align our corporate entities with our evolving operations and business model. Additionally, income tax expense for the ninethree months ended March,December 31, 2013 was reduced by2014, we recognized a one-time currency exchange related tax benefit of $1,918 recognized by one ofrelated to a reduction in our Canadian subsidiaries.net liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
On an annual basis, our income tax expense for the majority of our subsidiaries is a function of our operating expenses and cost-based transfer pricing methodologies and not a function of consolidated pre-tax income. As a result, ourOur consolidated annual effective tax rate will typically vary inversely tois primarily impacted by changes in ourthe amount and geographical mix of consolidated pre-tax income. For fiscal 2014,2015, we are forecasting a lower consolidated annual effective tax rate as compared to 2013,fiscal 2014, primarily as a result of highera more favorable geographical mix of consolidated pre-tax earnings as compared to 2013 and changes to our geographic mix of earnings. Additionally, our fiscal 2014 consolidated annual effective tax rate will be further reduced bygreater tax benefits recognized as a result of the changes to our corporate entity operating structure.    structure described above. We expect our cash paid for income taxes for fiscal 2015 to be higher than our income tax expense as a result of non-cash tax benefits relating to tax losses for which the cash benefit is expected to occur in a future period.     
     As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we had a net liability for unrecognized tax benefits included in the balance sheet of approximately $6,099,$4,864, including accrued interest of $250. There have been no significant changes to the net liability during the three months ended March 31, 2014. Of the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, approximately, $2,955 will reduce the effective tax rate if recognized.$82. We recognize interest and, if applicable, penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes.
It is reasonably possible that During the three months ended December 31, 2014, we recognized a further changedecrease in the net liability of $1,346 primarily due to the effective settlement of certain tax audits during the quarter. Of the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, may occur withinapproximately $2,100 will reduce the next twelve months related to the settlement of one or more audits or the lapse of applicable statutes of limitations. However, an estimated range of the impact on the unrecognizedeffective tax benefits cannot be quantified at this time. We believe we have appropriately provided for all tax uncertainties.rate if recognized.
We conduct business in a number of tax jurisdictions and, as such, are required to file income tax returns in multiple jurisdictions globally. The years 20072011 through 20132014 remain open for examination by the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the years 2006 through 20132014 remain open for examination in the various states and non-US tax jurisdictions in which we file tax returns.

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One of our subsidiaries, Vistaprint Limited (domiciled in Bermuda), is currentlyhas been under income tax audit and subsequent administrative appeal by the IRS. In August 2012, we received a Revenue Agent's Report (“RAR”) from the IRS proposing tax assessments for the 2007 to 2009 tax years. The issue in dispute is the imposition ofwas whether U.S.

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federal income tax should be imposed on Vistaprint Limited based on the assertion that it had income effectively connected income associated with the IRS' assertion that Vistaprint Limited has a U.S. Trade or Business. In September 2012,November 2014, we submitted to the IRS Examination team a written protest stating our formal disagreement with the facts and technical conclusions presented in the RAR and requesting the case be heard byreceived Form 870-AD from the IRS Office of Appeals. Our hearingAppeals that presented a finding of no additional tax owed by Vistaprint Limited. Accordingly, this matter is now concluded with no tax adjustments. In addition, one of our U.S. subsidiaries, Vistaprint USA, Incorporated, is currently under audit by the IRS for the 2012 and 2013 tax years. We anticipate this audit will close sometime in IRS Office of Appeals is scheduled to commence in May 2014.fiscal year 2015.
Vistaprint USA, Incorporated has received Notices of Assessment from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue ("DOR") related to the tax years 2006-2008. Additionally, we have received Notices of Intent2006 to Assess for tax years2008 and 2010 andto 2011. The Notices contain proposed adjustments to taxable income for these years. The issue in dispute is whether there was appropriate value received with respectthe DOR has the right to intangible property rights owned byimpute royalty income to Vistaprint USA, Incorporated and licensedin the years at issue associated with the use of certain intangible property by Vistaprint Limited, even though that intangible property was transferred for a lump-sum payment to Vistaprint Limited.Limited in an earlier year that is closed to adjustment by virtue of the governing statute of limitations. The case is currentlymatter was recently under review by the DOR Office of Appeals. However, at this stage,In July 2014, we believe it is unlikely that a mutually agreeable resolution will be reached in the DOR Office of Appeals. As a result, we anticipate the DOR Office of Appeals will issuereceived a Letter of Determination withinfrom the next few monthsOffice of Appeals rejecting our Application for Abatement and upholding the DOR’s original assessments. Upon receipt of the Letter of Determination, it is our intention to fileIn August 2014, we filed a petition to have our case heard by the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board. At this time, the hearing for our case has not yet been set. We continue to believe that the DOR’s position has no merit, and we intend to contest these assessments to the fullest extent possible.
    We believe that our income tax reserves associated with these matters are adequate asand that the positions reported on our tax returns will be sustained on their technical merits. However, the final resolution is uncertain and there is a possibility that the final resolution could have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
11. 12. Variable Interest Entities ("VIE")
VIE of Which We are the Primary Beneficiary
Investment in Equity InterestsPrinti LLC
As of March 31,On August 7, 2014,, the carrying value of our we made a capital investment in Namex Limited,Printi LLC, which includes an indirectoperates in Brazil. This investment provides us access to a new market and the opportunity to drive longer-term growth in Brazil. We paid $5,360 in cash for preferred shares and made a $2,850 capital contribution resulting in a Chinese printing business, was $13,45741.6% equity interest in Printi with call options to increase our consolidated balance sheet. Our proportionate ownership shareincrementally over a 9-year period. The first contingent call option is exercisable in Namex is 45%the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 for approximately $10,000 and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, we recorded losses of $1,058 and $2,704, respectively, attributablewould increase our ownership to Namex in our consolidated statement of operations. We have determined that49.99%.
Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, Printi is considered a variable interest entity. The shareholders share profits and voting control on a pro-rata basis. While we do not sufficientmanage the day to day operations of Printi, we do have the unilateral ability to exercise participating voting rights for specific transactions and as such no one shareholder is considered to be the entity to finance its activitiesprimary beneficiary. However, certain significant shareholders cannot transfer their equity interests without additional financial supportour approval and as a result Namex representsare considered de facto agents on our behalf in accordance with ASC 810-10-25-43.
In aggregating our rights, as well as those of our de facto agents, the group as a variable interest entity. However, through consideration of the most significant activities of the entity in conjunction with the collective shareholders' rights of Namex, we have concluded that we do not havewhole has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance and therefore we do not qualifythe obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the entity. In situations where a de facto agency relationship is present, one party is required to be identified as the primary beneficiary and the evaluation requires significant judgment. The factors considered include the presence of a principal/agent relationship, the relationship and significance of activities to the reporting entity, the variability associated with the VIE's anticipated economics and the design of the VIE. The analysis is qualitative in nature and is based on weighting the relative importance of each of the factors in relation to the specifics of the VIE arrangement. Upon our investment we performed an analysis and concluded that we are the party that is most closely associated with Printi, as we are most exposed to the variability of the economics and therefore considered the primary beneficiary.
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months ended December 31, 2014. We have recognized the assets and liabilities on the basis of their fair values at the date of our investment, with any excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of the net assets recorded as goodwill. Of the total purchase price, $7,469 was allocated to goodwill, $2,465 to noncontrolling interests, $697 to acquired intangible assets and $341 to net liabilities.
We have call options to increase our ownership in the subsidiary incrementally over a 9-year period with certain employee shareholders that are contingent upon their continued employment. As the employees restricted stock units are contingent on post-acquisition employment, share-based compensation will be recognized over the four year vesting period. The awards are considered liability awards and will be marked to fair value each reporting period. In Aprilorder to estimate the fair value of the award as of December 31, 2014, we decided to disposeutilized a lattice model with a Monte Carlo simulation. The total fair value of the award is $5,808 and we have recognized $595 in general and administrative expense for the six months ended December 31, 2014.
VIE of Which We are Not the Primary Beneficiary
Namex Limited
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, we disposed of our investment in Namex Limited and its related companies, as recent discussions with management identified different visions in the execution of the long-term strategic direction of the business. Prior to the sale, our investment was accounted for using the equity method, as the investment was considered a VIE and we were not the primary beneficiary. We expect to sell allrecorded in net income a proportionate share of ourthe earnings or losses of Namex, shares to Namex's majority shareholder and recognizeas well as related amortization, with a loss of up to $14,000corresponding increase or decrease in the fourth fiscal quarter as the carrying value of the investment exceedsinvestment. For the expected proceeds.         three and six months ended December 31, 2013, we recorded a loss of $867 and $1,646, respectively, attributable to Namex in our consolidated statement of operations.
13. Noncontrolling Interests
In additioncertain of our strategic investments we have purchased a controlling equity stake, but there remains a minority portion of the equity that is owned by a third party. The balance sheet and operating activity of these entities are included in our consolidated financial statements and we adjust the net income in our consolidated statement of operations to exclude the noncontrolling interests' proportionate share of results. We present the proportionate share of equity attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interests as temporary equity within our consolidated balance sheet and the proportionate share of noncontrolling interests not subject to a redemption provision that is outside of our control are presented as equity.
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
On April 3, 2014 we acquired 97% of the outstanding corporate capital of Pixartprinting S.p.A. The remaining 3% is considered a redeemable noncontrolling equity investment,interest, as it is redeemable for cash based on future financial results and not solely within our control. The redeemable noncontrolling interest was recorded at its fair value as of Marchthe acquisition date and will be adjusted to its redemption value on a periodic basis, if that amount exceeds its fair value. As of December 31, 2014, we have a contractual loan arrangement with the majority shareholder of Namex, resulting in a loan receivable of $512 thatredemption value is due with 6.5% per annum interest on or before December 31, 2016,less than carrying value and we expect that the majority shareholder will repay this loan in full in our fourth fiscal quarter. In addition, we executed a convertible debt arrangement with Namex in January 2014, but there aretherefore no loans outstanding to Namex under this agreement. We expect to terminate this loan agreement without funding any loans thereunder during our fourth fiscal quarter.    
12. Noncontrolling Interest adjustment has been made.
We own a 51% controlling interest in a joint business arrangement with Plaza Create Co. Ltd., a leading Japanese retailer of photo products, to expand our market presence in Japan. During the three months ended March 31,fiscal 2014, we contributed $4,891 in cash and $1,100 in assets, and Plaza Create made an initial capital contribution of $4,818 in cash and assets valued at $955. The balance sheet and results of the joint business arrangement are included$955 in our consolidated financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2014. Plaza Create’s share of the net loss of the operations is included in net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statement of operation for the period ended March 31, 2014.assets. The 49% noncontrolling equity interest in the business is presented separatelyconsidered a redeemable noncontrolling interest as temporary equity in our consolidated balance sheet for the period ended Marchof December 31, 2014, due to certain default provisions contained in the agreement.
Noncontrolling interest
On August 7, 2014, we made a capital investment in Printi LLC as described in Note 12. The noncontrolling interest was recorded at its estimated fair value as of the investment date. The net income (loss) of the operations allocated to the noncontrolling interest considers our stated liquidation preference in applying the income or loss to each party.

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The following table presents the changes in our redeemable noncontrolling interestinterests for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014:
  Noncontrolling Interest
Balance as of June 30, 2013 $
Capital contribution from noncontrolling interest 5,773
Adjustment to noncontrolling interest 56
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest (34)
Foreign currency translation (54)
Balance as of March 31, 2014 $5,741
  Redeemable noncontrolling Interests Noncontrolling interest
Balance as of June 30, 2014 $11,160
 $
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest 
 2,465
Dividend paid to noncontrolling interest (92) 
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest (212) (812)
Foreign currency translation (1,390) (10)
Balance as of December 31, 2014 $9,466
 $1,643
13.14. Segment Information

OperatingDuring the first quarter of fiscal 2015 we revised our internal management organizational and reporting structure to better align to our strategy of delivering mass customized products to multiple customer segments via various brands. Our operating segments are based upon our internal organization structure, the manner in which our operations are managed and the availability of separate financial information reported internally to the Chief Executive Officer, who constitutesis our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for purposes of making decisiondecisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. We have three geographically based operating segments: North America, Europe, and Most of World, which includes our historical Asia Pacific business and global emerging markets. The CODM measures and evaluates the performance of our operating segments based on revenue and income or loss(loss) from operations. We have identified several operating segments under our new management reporting structure which are reported in the following two reportable segments:
Vistaprint Business Unit - Aggregates the operations of our core Vistaprint branded business in the North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand markets, and our Webs branded business, which is managed with the Vistaprint-branded digital business in the previously listed geographies.
All Other Business Units - Includes the operations of our Albumprinter, Printdeal, Pixartprinting, and Most of World business units. Our Most of World business unit is focused on our emerging market portfolio, including operations in Brazil, India and Japan. These business units have been combined into one reportable segment based on materiality.
Consistent with our historical reporting,the cost of our North America and Europeglobal legal, human resource, andfinance, facilities management, functions are not allocated to the reporting segments and instead reported and disclosed under the caption "Corporate and global functions," which includes expenses related to corporate support functions, software and manufacturing engineering, and the global component of our IT operations functions are generally not allocated to the reporting segments and customer salesare instead reported and design support. Effective March 1, 2014 we revised our Most of World ("MOW") internal reporting structure to align to this modeldisclosed under the caption "Corporate and as such have recast our historical segment operating income to reflect those MOW specific costs as part of theglobal functions." Corporate and global functionfunctions is a cost center and does not meet the definition of an operating loss.segment. We have revised our presentation of all prior periods presented to reflect our revised segment reporting.
WeThere are no internal revenue transactions between our operating segments, and we do not allocate non-operating income to our segment results. There are no internal revenue transactions between our reporting segments and allAll intersegment transfers are recorded at cost for presentation to the CODM, for example, we allocate costs related to products manufactured by our Venlo,global network of production facilities to the Netherlands facility for the MOW segment; therefore, thereapplicable operating segment. There is no intercompany profit or loss recognized on these transactions. At this time, we
The following factors, among others, may limit the comparability of income from operations by segment:
We do not allocate support costs across operating segments or corporate and global functions.
Some of our recently acquired business units are burdened by the costs of their local finance, HR, and other administrative support functions, whereas other business units leverage our global functions and do not receive an allocation for these services.
Our All Other Business Units reporting segment includes our Most of World business unit, which may limithas operating losses as it is in its early stage of investment relative to the comparabilityscale of income from operations by segment. the underlying business.
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Revenue by segment and geography is based on the country-specific websitebusiness unit-specific websites through which the customer’s order was transacted. The following tables set forth revenue and income from operations by operatingreportable segment.
 Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,
 2014 2013 2014
2013
Revenue:     
  
North America$166,118
 $163,029
 $520,339
 $474,778
Europe104,177
 108,255
 359,912
 357,307
Most of World15,890
 16,400
 51,830
 55,327
Total revenue$286,185
 $287,684
 $932,081
 $887,412
 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
Revenue:       
Vistaprint Business Unit$356,259
 $344,865
 $627,944
 $600,645
All Other Business Units83,646
 25,942
 145,893
 45,251
Total revenue$439,905
 $370,807
 $773,837
 $645,896


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Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
2014
2013 2014
20132014 2013 2014 2013
Income (loss) from operations:     
  
       
North America$48,749
 $50,234
 $170,018
 $147,335
Europe26,812
 25,772
 99,999
 82,201
Most of World(652) (1,361) (2,929) (1,189)
Vistaprint Business Unit$115,450
 $108,325
 $192,516
 $173,253
All Other Business Units2,917
 (3,477) (2,855) (9,631)
Corporate and global functions(69,670) (64,912) (200,918) (185,339)(58,479) (52,326) (112,914) (102,691)
Total income from operations$5,239
 $9,733
 $66,170
 $43,008
$59,888
 $52,522
 $76,747
 $60,931
Enterprise Wide Disclosures:
The following tables set forth revenues by geographic area and groups of similar products and services:
Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,2014 2013 2014 2013
2014 2013 2014 2013     
  
United States$155,056
 $153,351
 $485,765
 $446,769
$178,295
 $175,809
 $343,613
 $330,709
Non-United States (1)131,129
 134,333
 446,316
 440,643
261,610
 194,998
 430,224
 315,187
Total revenue$286,185
 $287,684
 $932,081
 $887,412
$439,905
 $370,807
 $773,837
 $645,896
 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
      
  
Physical printed products and other (2)$422,120
 $350,471
 $737,241
 $604,771
Digital products/services17,785
 20,336
 36,596
 41,125
Total revenue$439,905
 $370,807
 $773,837
 $645,896
 Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
Physical printed products and other (2)$266,447
 $267,483
 $871,218
 $826,997
Digital products/services19,738
 20,201
 60,863
 60,415
Total revenue$286,185
 $287,684
 $932,081
 $887,412
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(1) Our non-United States revenue includes the Netherlands, our country of domicile. Revenue earned in any other individual country outsideother than the United States was not greater than 10% of consolidated revenue for the years presented.
(2) Other revenue includes miscellaneous items which account for less than 1% of revenue.

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The following tables set forth long-lived assets by geographic area:
March 31,
2014
 June 30,
2013
December 31,
2014
 June 30,
2014
Long-lived assets (3): 
  
 
  
Netherlands$105,099
 $99,521
$95,627
 $106,918
Canada99,262
 90,807
102,405
 100,369
United States89,106
 49,037
Australia35,566
 36,774
29,265
 35,367
United States40,013
 35,943
Switzerland31,626
 4,522
34,713
 31,201
Jamaica25,905
 26,730
24,629
 25,431
Italy27,019
 20,356
Bermuda7,930
 14,667
7,061
 7,570
India5,624
 4,429
8,994
 6,958
Other6,996
 4,884
15,726
 11,674
Total$358,021
 $318,277
$434,545
 $394,881
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(3) Excludes goodwill of $144,313305,013 and $140,893317,187, intangible assets, net of $24,840$94,887 and $30,337,$110,214 and deferred tax assets of $5,33512,987 and $581 and the investment in equity interests of $13,457 and $11,2488,762 as of MarchDecember 31, 2014 and June 30, 2013,2014, respectively.


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14.15. Commitments and Contingencies
Lease Commitments
We have commitments under operating leases for our facilities that expire on various dates through 2026, inclusive of the Waltham lease arrangement discussed in Note 6. Total lease expense for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 was $4,411 and $8,799, respectively, and $3,363 and $6,395, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013.
We also lease certain machinery and plant equipment under both capital and operating lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2017. The aggregate carrying value of the leased equipment under capital leases included in property, plant and equipment, net in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014, is $18,690, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,834; the present value of lease installments not yet due included in other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 amounts to $16,152.
Purchase Obligations
At MarchDecember 31, 2014, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $16,235,$24,176, which were principally composed of inventory purchase commitments of approximately$6,3651,881,production and computer equipment purchases of approximately$4,318,14,430, and other unrecorded purchase commitments of$5,552.7,865.
Other Obligations
We have an outstanding installment obligation of $17,355$14,941 related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of Webs'the intellectual property of our subsidiary Webs, Inc., which results in tax being paid over a 7.5 year term and has been classified as a deferred tax liability in our consolidated balance sheet as of MarchDecember 31, 2014.
Legal Proceedings
We are not currently party to any material legal proceedings. Although we cannot predict with certainty the results of litigation and claims to which we may be subject from time to time, we do not expect the resolution of any of our current matters to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In all cases, at each reporting period, we evaluate whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under the provisions of the authoritative guidance that addresses accounting for contingencies. We expense the costs relating to our legal proceedings as those costs are incurred.
15. Restructuring

In December 2013 we closed our Singapore location, which provided strategic and administrative support services as part of our Most of World Segment. The following table summarizes the total restructuring costs incurred during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014. There were no such charges during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013.
 Three months ended March 31, Nine months ended March 31,
 2014 2014
Employee termination benefits$
 $2,372
Facility termination costs (1)128
 742
Total restructuring expense$128
 $3,114
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(1) The nine months ended March 31, 2014 include $472 of accelerated depreciation related to property, plant and equipment.

The following table summarizes the restructuring activity for the period ended March 31, 2014:
 Employee Termination Benefits Facility Termination Costs
Accrued restructuring balance as of June 30, 2013$
 $
Restructuring additions2,372
 269
Cash payments(2,293) (186)
Accrued restructuring balance as of March 31, 2014$79
 $83
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we recognized restructuring expense of $114 in general and administrative expense, $11 in technology and development expense and $3 in marketing and selling expense. During the nine months ended March, 31 2014, we recognized restructuring expense of $2,777 in general and administrative, $268 in technology and development expense and $69 in marketing and selling expense. We do not expect to incur any additional costs related to this restructuring activity in future periods, however estimates may change which could result in additional expense.

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16. Subsequent Events

Refer to Note 11 for subsequent event disclosure related to the disposal of our minority equity investment in Namex.

On April 1, 2014, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of People & Print Group B.V., a leading Dutch online printing company. At closing we paid €20,525 ($28,273 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments, and an additional €4,000, subject to warranties and claims made by the seller, is payable in Vistaprint shares in January 2016. In addition to the initial purchase consideration we have agreed to a sliding scale earn-out that is based on calendar year 2015 revenue and EBITDA targets. The earn-out amount is theoretically unlimited and could be significant in relation to the base purchase price. The estimated fair value of the earn-out payment will be included as a component of the purchase price based on an evaluation of the likelihood of achievement of the contractual conditions and weighted probability assumptions of these outcomes and will be recorded in the fourth quarter. We utilized proceeds from our credit facility to finance the acquisition. In connection with the acquisition, we incurred transaction costs related to investment banking, legal, financial, and other professional services of approximately $950 and $1,218during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, which have been recorded in general and administrative expenses.

On April 3, 2014, we acquired 97% of the outstanding shares of Pixartprinting S.p.A., a leading Italian online printing company. At closing we paid €127,850 ($175,896 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments, and we may pay up to an additional €10,000 ($13,758 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) in cash on or after December 31, 2014 based upon the acquired business achieving certain revenue and EBITDA targets for calendar year 2014. The estimated fair value of the earn-out payment will be included as a component of the purchase price based on an evaluation of the likelihood of achievement of the targets and weighted probability assumptions of these outcomes and will be recorded in the fourth quarter. We utilized proceeds from our credit facility to finance the acquisition. In connection with the acquisition, we incurred transaction costs related to investment banking, legal, financial, and other professional services of approximately $2,463 and $2,545 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, which have been recorded in general and administrative expenses.

Due to the recent closing of the transactions, we have not yet completed our initial accounting for the business combinations, and we are unable to provide additional disclosures.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements contained in this Report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including but not limited to our statements about anticipated income and revenue growth rates, future profitability and market share, new and expanded products and services, geographic expansion and planned capital expenditures. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “may,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “designed,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” “seek” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on information available to us up to, and including the date of this document, and we disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain important factors, including those set forth in this “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Report. You should carefully review those factors and also carefully review the risks outlined in other documents that we file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Executive Overview
On November 14, 2014, pursuant to our shareholders’ approval, we amended our articles of association to change our name to Cimpress N.V. and began trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the "CMPR" ticker symbol shortly after. We are a technology and manufacturing-driven company that aggregates, via the Internet, large volumes of individually small, customized orders for a broad spectrum of print, signage, apparel and similar products. We produce those orders in highly automated, capital and technology intensive production facilities in a manner that we believe makes our production techniques significantly more competitive than those of traditional suppliers. We bring our products to market via various brands that deliver marketing products and services to the small business, and home and family markets. These brands include Vistaprint, our leading global brand for micro business marketing products and services, as well as several brands that we have acquired that serve the needs of various market segments, including resellers, small and medium businesses with differentiated service needs, and consumers purchasing products for personal use.
In July 2014 we changed our internal management reporting structure from geographic-based segments to brand-based segments, resulting in the Vistaprint Business Unit and the All Other Business Units reportable segments. The Vistaprint Business Unit represents our core Vistaprint brand focused on the North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand markets, and our Webs branded business, which is managed with the Vistaprint-branded digital business. The All Other Business Unit is an aggregation of the smaller branded businesses in our portfolio - Albumprinter, Printdeal (formerly known as People & Print Group), Pixartprinting, and Most of World business units.
For the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, we reported consolidated revenue of $286.2$439.9 million, and $773.8 million, respectively, representing a decline in both19% and 20% reported and constant-currency revenue of 1%growth over the same period in the prior year. During the quarter we introduced a new pricing strategy in two of our top markets: the U.S. and Germany, negatively impacting ourOur constant-currency revenue growth in those regions. We expect our near-termwas 23% and 22%, respectively, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014. Constant-currency revenue growth, rates to improve as our customer base adapts to these changes; however, we expect our growth will continue to be lower than our historical levels. Diluted

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Tableexcluding the revenue of Contentsbusinesses and brands acquired in the last twelve months, was 7% and 6%, respectively, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014.


Diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 decreasedwas $1.89and $2.62, respectively, increasing from $1.18 and $1.20 in the same prior year periods. This increase was driven by revenue performance, advertising efficiency and significant gains recognized from currency movements in the respective periods principally as a result of changes in the fair value of our currency forward contracts for which we have not elected hedge accounting and currency gains on intercompany loans. We have been successful in improving profitability and expanding our margins while we continue to $0.04,make investments in product quality and software development in our core business, as compared to $0.17 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. This decline was significantly impacted by transaction costs incurredwell as investments such as FotoKnudsen and Printi outside of approximately $3.7 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, related to our recent acquisitions of Pixartprinting and People & Print Group,core markets. We believe investments such as these, as well as our joint business arrangement with Plaza Create in Japan.
For the nine months ended March 31, 2014, we reported revenue of $932.1 million, representing 5% revenue growth in terms of both reportedother key initiatives, will collectively enable us to scale and constant-currency revenue over the same period in the prior year. EPS for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 increased to $1.24, as compared to $0.78 for the nine months ended March 31, 2013. This increase was driven primarily by growth in revenuestrengthen our competitive position and better leverage of our advertising and normal operating expense activities, offset by transaction costs incurred of approximately $5.0 million for our strategic investments. For the full year of fiscal 2014, we continue to expect to deliver increased net income margin as a percentage of revenue and EPS improvement relative to our fiscal 2013 performance, despite the expected fourth quarter impact of the loss on the sale of our Namex investment and the recognition of additional transaction costs. Our profitability improvement and lower revenue growth is partly the result of improvements we are making in our North America and European customer value proposition and marketing execution, as we realize the benefits of our recent investment strategy and operating expense efficiency. The changes create near-term revenue headwinds but we believe these are important to our overall strategy, as well as near andenhance long-term profitability.shareholder value.
Our long-term goalaspiration is to bebecome the leading online provider of micro business marketing solutions for businesses or organizations with fewer than 10 employees. Additionally, we plan to continue to focus on key market adjacencies whereleader in mass customization globally, which we believe we can drive long-term growth by employing our unique business model and customer value proposition. These adjacencies include digital marketing services, new geographic markets, personalized products for home and family usage and the locally focused customer segment.
The strategy for growth in our core micro business marketing opportunity is to make investments and drive success in the followingachieve through three focus areas:
Customer Value Proposition.  We believe our average customer currently spends only a small portion of their annual budget for marketing products and services with us. By shifting our success metrics from transactionally focused profit measures to longer-term customer satisfaction and economic measures, we believe we can deliver improvements to our customer experience and value proposition that will significantly increase customer loyalty and lifetime value. Examples of these programs include improving the customer experience on our site, such as ease of use, less cross selling before customers reach the checkout, expanded customer service, and pricing transparency. While we serve customers across the spectrum of micro businesses with fewer than 10 employees, our strength has traditionally been in the smallest and most price sensitive of these customers rather than those with more sophisticated marketing needs and higher expectations. We believe the customer value proposition investments we are making will be foundational to our ability to support the needs of these higher expectations customers. We believe that a majority of the value of our core market opportunity is in these slightly larger micro businesses, and over the next several years, we hope to unlock the potential of this market segment while continuing to drive value for the price sensitive customers we have historically excelled at serving.
Lifetime Value Based Marketing.  We have traditionally acquired customers by targeting micro businesses who are already shopping online through marketing channels such as search marketing, email marketing, and other online advertising. We believe a significant portion of micro businesses in our core markets do not currently use online providers of marketing services. By investing more deeply into existing marketing channels, as well as opening up new channels such as television broadcast, direct mail and social media, we believe we can drive continued new customer growth and reach offline audiences that are not currently looking to online partners for their marketing needs. Regionally, we have made the most progress executing this strategy in North America, where we have gained significant campaign and channel performance data that are helping us optimize advertising efficiencies. We recently executed a more transparent pricing strategy in select markets in North America and Europe, which has resulted in lower revenue growth during the quarter; however, we believe this will drive long-term customer satisfaction. Given our recent revenue performance in Europe, we have made more modest advertising investments in that region, as the current customer economics do not support these higher levels of investment. If we are successful in improving the European customer economics over time, we believe we could then benefit from enhanced advertising investments as we have done in North America.

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World Class Manufacturing.What we are passionate about: empowering millions of people to make an impression. We believe our manufacturing processes are best-in-class whenstrive to make it comes to the printing industry. However, when compared to the best manufacturing companies in the world, we believe there is significant opportunity to drive further efficiencieseasy and competitive advantages. By focusing additional top engineering talent on key process approaches, we believe we can make a step-function improvement in product quality and reliability, and significantly lower unit manufacturing costs.We have dedicated resources focused on improving our current processes and developing new and better tools for the future. To date, our execution of this strategy element has been strong, and we believe we have many more opportunities for further enhancements.
Our strategy to drive longer-term growth by addressing market adjacencies is to develop our business in the following areas:
Digital Marketing Services.  We estimate that less than 50% of micro businesses have a website today, but digital marketing services, including websites, email marketing, online search marketing and social media marketing, are a fast-growing part of the small business marketing space. We believe there is great value in helping customers understand the powerful ways in which physical and digital marketing can be combined. Our current digital offering includes websites, email marketing, local search visibility, blogs, search engine optimization, and personalized email domain names. In fiscal 2012, we acquired Webs, Inc. to significantly expand our ability to develop and deliver innovative, customer-focused online marketing solutions. During fiscal 2013 we introduced the Webs white-labeled Pagemodo product to Vistaprint customers and began cross-promotional offers of Vistaprint products to Webs customers. During the first quarter of fiscal 2014 we completed the integration of the Webs site builder technology into the Vistaprint website offering, and we expect that it will take several years to realize the full potential of this combination.
Geographies outside North America and Europe.  For each of the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, revenue generated outside of North America and Europe accounted for approximately 6% of our total revenue, respectively. We believe that we have significant opportunities to expand our revenue both in the countries we currently serve and in new markets. We intend to further extend our geographic reach by continuing to introduce localized websites in additional countries and languages, expanding our marketing efforts and customer service capabilities, and offering graphic design content, products, payment methodologies and languages specific to local markets. Developing a business in emerging markets is complex, and often requires local expertise and presence. To support our expansion into global emerging markets, during fiscal 2013 we launched our new website, customer service and manufacturing facility in India (after acquiring the assets and hiring the team of a local company). During the current quarter, we launched our joint venture in Japan with Plaza Create, a well known retailer in that country. We plan to continue to invest in these and potentially additional markets in the near term, as they could drive significant growth in the longer term, but expect that these investments will be dilutive to earnings for multiple years and will not become a material source of revenue for the foreseeable future.
Home and Family.  Although we expect to maintain our primary focus on micro business marketing products and services, we also participate in the market for customized home and family products such as invitations, announcements, calendars, holiday cards, embroidered products, and apparel. We continue to add new products and services targeted at the home and family market. We believe that the economies of scale provided by cross sales of these products to our extensive micro business customer base, our large production order volumes and our integrated design and production software and facilities support and will continue to support our effort to profitably grow our home and family business. We expanded our product offerings in fiscal 2012 through the acquisition of Albumprinter, a leading provider of photo books and other photo products in Europe. In fiscal 2013, we began offering Albumprinter white-labeled photo books to Vistaprint customers in Europe. During fiscal 2014, we continue to focus on enhancements of home and family contentaffordable for our customers by augmenting our already large creative base with more modern offeringsto communicate through customized physical products the thoughts, messages, and upgraded substrates for keysentiments that are important to them. Our products such as invitationshelp enable small businesses to grow, families to share memories, and announcements, as well as improvements for our various photo products. teams and associations to build community.

Locally Focused Customer Segment. Through customer research,Where we have segmented our market opportunity into three major categories within the large market for marketing products and services used by small businesses with fewer than 10 employees. As described above, Vistaprint has historically gained the most tractioncan be best in the partworld: computer-integrated manufacturing. Computer-integrated manufacturing harnesses the power of computers and software to control the market with the highest number of small businesses but the lowest per-customer annual spend (“Price Primary” segment). Additionally, via the Vistaprint brand, we actively seekentire production process to penetrate the second customer segment of customers withmake manufacturing faster, less error-prone, more sophisticated marketing needs whoflexible, and lower cost.

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choose their marketing providers not solely on price,
What drives our economic engine: large scale in small quantities. Traditional production economics are that per-unit production costs are low when items are produced in high quantities, and that per-unit production costs are high when items are produced in low quantities. By centrally aggregating and producing millions of customer orders via our technology and manufacturing scale, we are able to achieve per-unit economics much closer to traditional high-volume applications, but on a blend of value,we deliver to customers an individual customized product quality, customer service and overall experience (“Higher Expectations” segment). While we believein very small volumes. This enables us to achieve higher gross margins than traditional printing companies while at the Vistaprint brand can defend its share in the Price Primary segment and is extensiblesame time offer lower prices to Higher Expectations customers, we believe the right approach to the third segment of “Locally Focused” customers - those who choose to work with local graphic designers, agencies, resellers and print shops to meet their marketing needs - is through differentiated brands like Pixartprinting and People & Print Group. These brands specialize in serving graphically-enabled customers via an upload and print business model, offering a very wide and deep range of products and attributes that extend beyond Vistaprint’s current offerings in categories such as flyers and signage. Though this Locally Focused customer segment is largely composed of offline spend, online companies like Pixartprinting and People & Print Group have been successful penetrating this space in their respective geographic markets. We intend to invest in these companies as distinct brands from Vistaprint, much like we do with the Albumprinter brands today.our customers.
Results of Operations
The following table presents our operating results for the periods indicated as a percentage of revenue:
Three Months Ended March 31, 
Nine Months Ended
March 31,
Three months ended December 31, Six months ended December 31,
2014 2013 2014 20132014 2013 2014 2013
As a percentage of revenue:     
  
     
  
Revenue100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of revenue35.3 % 34.5 % 34.1 % 34.0 %35.6 % 32.6 % 37.1 % 33.5 %
Technology and development expense14.8 % 14.9 % 13.7 % 13.6 %10.6 % 11.5 % 11.7 % 13.2 %
Marketing and selling expense38.1 % 38.2 % 36.0 % 38.8 %31.6 % 33.5 % 32.4 % 35.1 %
General and administrative expense 10.0 % 9.0 % 9.1 % 8.8 %8.6 % 8.2 % 8.9 % 8.8 %
Income from operations1.8 % 3.4 % 7.1 % 4.8 %13.6 % 14.2 % 9.9 % 9.4 %
Other income (expense), net %  % (0.9)%  %2.2 % (0.9)% 2.8 % (1.2)%
Interest expense, net(0.6)% (0.4)% (0.5)% (0.4)%
Interest income (expense), net(0.7)% (0.4)% (0.8)% (0.5)%
Income before income taxes and loss in equity interests1.2 % 3.0 % 5.7 % 4.4 %15.1 % 12.9 % 11.9 % 7.7 %
Income tax provision0.3 %
0.8 %
0.8 %
1.2 %0.9 % 1.6 %
0.8 %
1.1 %
Loss in equity interests0.4 % 0.2 % 0.3 %
0.1 % % 0.2 %  %
0.3 %
Net income0.5 %
2.0 %
4.6 %
3.1 %14.2 % 11.1 % 11.1 %
6.3 %
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest %
 %
 %
 %
Net income attributable to Vistaprint N.V.0.5 %
2.0 %
4.6 %
3.1 %
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests0.2 %  % 0.1 %  %
Net income attributable to Cimpress N.V.14.4 % 11.1 % 11.2 % 6.3 %

In thousands
In thousandsThree Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,
 2014 2013 2014 vs. 2013 2014
2013 2014 vs. 2013
Revenue$286,185

$287,684
 (1)% $932,081
 $887,412
 5%
 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 vs. 2013 2014 2013 2014 vs. 2013
Revenue$439,905
 $370,807
 19% $773,837
 $645,896
 20%
Revenue
We generate revenue primarily from the sale and shipping of customized manufactured products, and the provision ofby providing digital services, website design and hosting, and email marketing services, as well aswith a smallsmaller percentage of revenue coming from order referral fees and other third-party offerings.
We seek to increase our revenue by increasing the number of customers who purchase from us (“unique active customers”), as well as the amount our customers spend on our offerings (“average bookings per unique active customer”). We use the combination of unique active customers and average bookings per unique active customer to describe our revenue performance as this approach is aligned with the way we manage our business and our efforts to increase our revenue. We believe that metrics relating to our unique active customers and average bookings per unique active customer offer shareholders a useful means of assessing our execution against our strategy. Because changes in one of these metrics may be offset by changes in the other metric, no single factor is determinative of our revenue and profitability trends, and we assess them together to understand their

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overall impact on revenue and profitability. A number of factors influence our ability to drive increases in these metrics:
Unique active customers.  The consolidated unique active customer count is the number of individual customers who purchased from us in a given period, with no regard to the frequency of purchase. For example, if a single customer makes two distinct purchases within a twelve-month period or is a distinct customer purchasing from Vistaprint and Albumprinter, that customer is tallied only once in the unique active customer count. We determine the uniqueness of a customer by looking at certain customer data. Unique active customers are driven by both the number of new customers we acquire, as well as our ability to retain customers after their first purchase. During our early growth phase, we focused more resources on the acquisition of new customers through the value of our offering and our broad-based marketing efforts targeted at the mass market for micro business customers. As we have grown larger, our acquisition focus has been supplemented with expanded retention efforts, such as email offers, customer service, and expanding our product offering. Our unique active customer count has grown significantly over the years, and we expect it will continue to grow as we see additional opportunity to drive both new customer acquisitions as well as increased retention rates. A retained customer is any unique customer in a specific period who has also purchased in any prior period.Business Unit
Average bookings per unique active customer.  Average bookings per unique active customer is total bookings, which represents the value of total customer orders received on our websites, for a given period of time divided by the total number of unique active customers, regardless of brand, who purchased during that same period of time. We seek to increase average bookings per unique active customer as a means of increasing revenue. Average bookings per unique active customer are influenced by the frequency that a customer purchases from us, the number of products and feature upgrades a customer purchases in a given period, as well as the mix of tenured customers versus new customers within the unique active customer count, as tenured customers tend to purchase more than new customers. Average bookings per unique active customer have grown over a multi-year period, though they do sometimes fluctuate from one quarter to the next depending upon the type of products we promote during a period and promotional discounts we offer. For example, among other things, seasonal product offerings, such as holiday cards, can cause changes in bookings per customer in our second fiscal quarter ended December 31.
Revenue for the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 decreased by 1%increased 3% and 5% to $286.2$356.3 million and $627.9 million, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2013 due to a declineas the Vistaprint Business Unit experienced growth from the higher expectations market segment, strong repeat customer activity and increases in sales across our productaverage order value. Our reported revenue growth was negatively affected by currency impacts during the three and service offerings. During the third quarter, we rolled out significant pricing changessix months ended December 31, 2014 of 4% and 2%, respectively, resulting in two of our top markets: the U.S. and Germany. These changes are designed to help us improve customer lifetime value and loyalty over time, but created meaningful near-term revenue headwinds in North America and Europe this quarter. The North American business delivered constant-currency revenue growth of 3%7% for each period. This growth was partially offset by a continued year over year decline in orders, particularly from the prior comparable period. Our European business experienced a decline in constant-currency revenue of 7% during the quarter ended March 31, 2014, as compared to the prior comparative period. Additionally, wemost price sensitive customers. We continue to expectexperience improved revenue growth trends in the U.S., U.K. and Germany markets where we made major pricing and channel marketing changes in fiscal 2014. We delivered solid holiday results during this seasonally strong period, which followed the trend of our fiscal 2014 Europeanoverall business of fewer higher-value orders as we strive to improve our customer value proposition. In addition we have seen year over year improvement in our customer Net Promoter Score™ (which polls our customers on their willingness to recommend us to friends and colleagues based on a score of 0 to 10).
We believe our current revenue growth rate to remainremains below our historical trendslevels because we are in the midst of a major transformation of our customer value proposition in our largest business, the Vistaprint brand. This multi-year transformation began in 2011 and is intended over time to improve customer loyalty and long-term returns through improvements to pricing consistency and transparency, site experience, customer communications, product selection, product quality, merchandising, marketing messaging and customer service. Some of these efforts continue to create revenue headwinds in certain markets as we move toward industry-standard marketing and merchandising approaches, reduce certainour use of free and deep discount promotions as tools for customer acquisition and retention, and reduce our advertising expenditures with lower returns to make more focused investmentsspend as a percentage of revenue and in the region. Most of World constant-currency revenue grew by 10% from the prior comparative period.absolute dollars.
All Other Business Units
Revenue for the ninethree and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 increased 5%to $932.1$83.6 million compared and $145.9 million, respectively from $25.9 million and $45.3 million in the prior comparable period, primarily due to the nine months ended March 31, 2013 due to increases in sales across our productaggregate revenues of the recently acquired Printdeal, Pixartprinting and service offerings. The numberFotoknudsen businesses of consolidated unique active customers declined slightly but was offset by a 7% increase in our average order value for the period, contributing positively to our 5% reported revenue growth. The North American business delivered a solid performance with 10% constant-currency revenue growth, leveraging successful programs to drive customer value that we started two years ago. During the nine months ended March 31, 2014, our European business experienced a 3% decline in constant-currency revenue as we continue to execute marketing improvement initiatives. Most of World constant-currency revenue grew 6% as compared to the prior period. We are implementing changes to our global customer value proposition that we believe will generate higher revenues in the long-term but that create pressure on growth in the near term.$54.1 million and $96.0 million, respectively.
We monitor unique active customers and average bookings per unique active customer on a trailing twelve-month, or TTM, basis. We have historically reported these metrics for our Vistaprint-branded business only; however, in fiscal 2014 we began including the Albumprinter and Webs activity since their respective acquisition dates. We have revised the March 31, 2013 information and presented it on a consolidated basis for comparative

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purposes. The following table summarizes our consolidated operational revenue metrics for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
  TTM Ended March 31,
  2014 2013 % Increase/(Decrease)
Unique active customers 16.8 million 16.9 million (1)%
       New customers 9.8 million 10.5 million (7)%
       Retained customers 7.0 million 6.4 million 9 %
       
Average bookings per unique active customer $73
 $68
 7 %
       New customers $53
 $50
 6 %
       Retained customers $101
 $96
 5 %

Total revenue by geographicreportable segment for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and 2013 isare shown in the following table:
In thousands
Three Months Ended
 March 31,
   
Currency
Impact:
 
Constant-
Currency
 2014
2013 
%
Change
 (Favorable)/Unfavorable Revenue Growth (1)
North America $166,118

$163,029

2%
1%
3%
Europe104,177

108,255

(4)%
(3)%
(7)%
Most of World15,890

16,400

(3)%
13%
10%
Total revenue$286,185

$287,684

(1)%
—%
(1)%
In thousands
Nine Months Ended
 March 31,
   
Currency
Impact:
 
Constant-
Currency
 2014
2013 
%
Change
 (Favorable)/Unfavorable Revenue Growth (1)
North America $520,339
 $474,778
 10% —% 10%
Europe359,912
 357,307
 1% (4)% (3)%
Most of World51,830
 55,327
 (6)% 12% 6%
Total revenue$932,081
 $887,412
 5% —% 5%
In thousandsThree months ended December 31,   Currency
Impact:
 Constant-
Currency
 Impact of Acquisitions: Constant- Currency Revenue Growth
 2014 2013 %
Change
 (Favorable)/Unfavorable Revenue Growth (1) (Favorable)/Unfavorable Excluding Acquisitions (1)
Vistaprint Business Unit$356,259
 $344,865
 3% 4% 7%  % 7%
All Other Business Units83,646
 25,942
 222% 7% 229% (222)% 7%
Total revenue$439,905
 $370,807
 19% 4% 23% (16)% 7%
              
In thousandsSix months ended December 31,


Currency
Impact:

Constant-
Currency

Impact of Acquisitions: Constant-Currency Revenue Growth
 2014
2013
%
Change

(Favorable)/Unfavorable
Revenue Growth (1)
(Favorable)/Unfavorable Excluding Acquisitions (1)
Vistaprint Business Unit$627,944

$600,645

5%
2%
7%
 % 7%
All Other Business Units145,893

45,251

222%
4%
226%
(221)% 5%
Total revenue$773,837

$645,896

20%
2%
22%
(16)% 6%
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(1) Constant-currency revenue growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, represents the change in total revenue between current and prior year periods at constant-currency exchange rates by translating all non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue generated in the current period using the prior year period’s average exchange rate for each currency to the U.S. dollar and excludes the impact of gains or losses on effective currency hedges recognized in revenue.dollar. We have provided these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they provide meaningful information regarding our results on a consistent and comparable basis for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, to evaluate our operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to and not a substitute for our reported financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Constant-currency revenue growth excluding acquisitions excludes revenue results for businesses and brands acquired during the last twelve months.

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Operating Expenses
The following table summarizes our comparative operating expenses for the period:
In thousandsIn thousands
Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
In thousands
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Nine Months Ended
March 31,
2014 2013 2014 vs. 2013 2014 2013 2014 vs. 20132014 2013 2014 vs. 2013 2014 2013 2014 vs. 2013
Cost of revenue$100,903
 $99,107
 2% $317,482
 $301,284
 5%$156,620
 $120,789
 30% $286,840
 $216,579
 32%
% of revenue35.3% 34.5% 34.1% 34.0% 35.6% 32.6%   37.1% 33.5%  
Technology and development expense$42,434
 $43,004
 (1)% $127,555
 $120,706
 6%$46,625
 $42,874
 9% $90,530
 $85,121
 6%
% of revenue14.8% 14.9% 13.7% 13.6%  10.6% 11.5%   11.7% 13.2%  
Marketing and selling expense$109,118
 $109,966
 (1)% $335,679
 $344,327
 (3)%$139,058

$124,128
 12% $250,885
 $226,561
 11%
% of revenue38.1% 38.2% 36.0% 38.8%  31.6% 33.5%   32.4% 35.1%  
General and administrative expense$28,491
 $25,874
 10% $85,195
 $78,087
 9%$37,714
 $30,494
 24% $68,835
 $56,704
 21%
% of revenue10.0% 9.0% 9.1% 8.8%  8.6% 8.2%   8.9% 8.8%  
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Cost of revenue includes materials used to manufacture our products, payroll and related expenses for production personnel, depreciation of assets used in the production process and in support of digital marketing service offerings, shipping, handling and processing costs, third-party production costs, costs of free products and other related costs of products sold by us. Cost of revenue as a percent of revenue improvedincreased during the current three and nine monthsix months ended December 31, 2014, as the recently acquired Printdeal and Pixartprinting operations have a lower gross margin profile than our traditional business; however, these companies have lower marketing and selling costs.
Vistaprint Business Unit
The Vistaprint Business Unit cost of revenue increased to $110.9 million and $201.5 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively, as compared to $109.4 million and $195.3 million in the prior year periods. Our cost of revenue increased as we produced more units during the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 as compared to the same periods due to favorablein fiscal 2014. This increase was partially offset by reductions in raw material pricing and manufacturing process efficiencies.shipping costs, as well as other productivity and efficiency gains of $5.5 million and $9.0 million, respectively.
All Other Business Units
The increase in cost of revenue of $1.8to $45.8 million and $85.4 million for the All Other Business Units segment for the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014,, respectively, as compared to $9.6 million and $17.8 million in the comparative prior periodyear periods, was primarily due to an increase in fixed costs. Overhead and other related expenses increased $3.5 million as compared to the prior comparative period as we incurred additional fixedmanufacturing costs to support our manufacturing operations. These increases were partially offset by improved material costing of $1.3$34.2 million and shipping efficiencies of $0.4 million.
The increase in cost of revenue of $16.2$64.5 million, respectively, for the nine months ended March 31, 2014, as compared to the prior period, was primarily due to an increase in volumes produced. We incurred incremental shippingrecently acquired Printdeal, Pixartprinting and temporary labor related costs of $2.8 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The prior year period included a benefit from a non-cash gain related to a free piece of equipment of $1.4 million in our European operations that did not occur in fiscal 2014 and therefore contributed to the $3.1 million increase in overhead and other related expenses during the nine months ended March 31, 2014.FotoKnudsen operations.
Technology and development expense
Technology and development expense consists primarily of payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in software and manufacturing engineering, information technology operations, content development, amortization of capitalized software, website development costs and certain acquired intangible assets, including developed technology, hosting of our websites, asset depreciation, patent amortization, legal settlements in connection with patent-related claims, and other technology infrastructure-related costs. Depreciation expense for information technology equipment that directly supports the delivery of our digital marketing services products is included in cost of revenue.
The declinegrowth in our technology and development expenseexpenses of $3.8 million and $0.65.4 million for the three and six months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, as compared to the prior comparative periodrespectively, was primarily due to increased payroll and facility-related costs of $1.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively, as a decreaseresult of an increase in headcount in our technology development and information technology support organizations. At December 31, 2014, we employed 917 employees in these

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organizations compared to 799 employees at December 31, 2013. Amortization expense increased by $0.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, primarily due to the Printdeal, Pixartprinting and FotoKnudsen acquired businesses. Other technology and development expense increased $3.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively, primarily due to increased consulting fees. These expense increases were partially offset by a decline in share-based compensation expense of $1.3$1.4 million and $2.9 million, respectively, as the restricted share awards granted as part of our fiscal 2012 Webs acquisition were fully vested as of December 31, 2013. Additionally, other technologyAlso during the three and development expenses decreased by $0.3 million. These cost declines were partially offset by an increase in payroll and facility-related expenses of $1.0 million, as we increased headcount in our technology development and information technology support organizations to 814 employees at Marchsix months ended December 31, 2014, compared to 765 employees at March 31, 2013.
The increase in our technology and development expense of $6.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 was due to increased payroll and facility-related costs of $7.7 million, inclusive of restructuring-related expenses of $0.3 million. Additionally, other technology and development expenses increased $1.1 million as compared to the prior comparative periods primarily due to increased recruitment, hosting services and other costs related to continued investment in our infrastructure. These expense increases were partially offset during the nine months ended March 31, 2014 by a decline in share-based compensation expense of $0.9 million andwe had higher net capitalization of software costs of $1.1$0.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively, due to an increase in current costs that qualifyqualified for capitalization during the fiscal year.
Marketing and selling expense
Marketing and selling expense consists primarily of advertising and promotional costs; payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in marketing, sales, customer support and public relations activities; amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, including customer relationships and trade names; and third-party payment processing fees.
The decreaseincrease in our marketing and selling expenses of $14.9 million and $0.824.3 million and $8.6 million for the during three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014,, respectively, as compared to the prior comparative periodsthree and six months ended December 31, 2013 was primarily due to decreasedadditional payroll and facility-related cost increases of $5.3 million and $7.8 million, respectively. We incurred these costs as we expanded our marketing and customer service, sales and design support organization through our recent acquisitions and continued investment in Vistaprint Business Unit customer service resources in order to provide higher value to our customers. At December 31, 2014, we employed 2,295 employees in these organizations compared to 1,839 employees at December 31, 2013. Amortization expense increased by $2.7 million and $6.0 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively, as a result of the customer and trademark related intangible assets acquired with the Printdeal, Pixartprinting, and FotoKnudsen businesses. Our advertising costs of $3.2increased by $3.9 million and $17.5$4.7 million, respectively, as we executed more strategically focused marketing spenddue to the activity of our recently acquired operations, offset by advertising efficiency gains in the given periods, particularlyVistaprint Business Unit. Other marketing and selling expenses also increased by $3.9 million and $7.5 million, respectively, due to increased employee travel, training, and recruitment costs. The increase in Europe. Additionally,marketing and selling expense was partially offset by decreased share-based compensation expense decreasedof $0.9 million and $1.7 million during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, by $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, as the restricted share awards granted as part of our fiscal 2012 Webs acquisition were fully vested at

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December 31, 2013. This reduction in spend was partially offset by increased payroll and facility-related costs of $1.3 million and $6.1 million, respectively, as we continued to expand our marketing organization and our customer service, sales and design support centers. At March 31, 2014, we employed 1,975 employees in these organizations, compared to 1,675 employees at March 31, 2013. In addition, during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014 other marketing and selling expenses increased by $1.8 million and $3.4 million, respectively, due to increased outside service costs, payment processing fees, and other marketing costs.
General and administrative expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of general corporatetransaction costs, including third-party professional fees, insurance and payroll and related expenses of employees involved in executive management, finance, legal, and human resources.
The increase inDuring the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 our general and administrative expenses of $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014,increased as compared to the same prior year period wasin fiscal 2014 by $7.2 million and$12.1 million, respectively, primarily due to an increase of $3.7 million and $7.4 million attributable to the increase in professional feesthe fair value of the contingent consideration liability for costs incurred related to our recent acquisitionsboth Printdeal and Japanese joint venture. These increases were partially offset by a net decrease of $1.1 million primarily related to reduced payroll,Pixartprinting since June 30, 2014. Payroll and share-based compensation expenses increased by $5.2 million, and recruiting costs.$4.3 million during the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively, as compared to the prior periods. At MarchDecember 31, 2014, we employed 398411 employees in these organizations compared to 391396 employees at MarchDecember 31, 2013.
The growth in our general and administrative expenses of $7.1 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2014, as compared to the prior comparative period was primarily due to restructuring expenses of $2.8 million for the closure of our Singapore office in our Most of World operations and increased professional fees of $5.5 million incurred primarily for certain strategic initiatives during the nine months ended March 31, 2014. These amounts were offset by a decrease in share-based compensation of $1.2 million as compared to the prior fiscal 2013 period.
Other income (expense), net
Other income (expense), net generally consists of gains and losses from currency exchange rate fluctuations on transactions or balances denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of our subsidiaries, as well as the realized and unrealized gains and losses on our derivative instruments. We incurred $0.1 million and $8.2 millionThe following table summarizes the components of other expense forincome (expense), net:

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 Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
 2014 2013 2014 2013
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments$4,191
 $(1,229) $7,642
 $(6,438)
Currency related gains (losses), net5,664
 (1,980) 14,349
 (1,597)
Total other income (expense), net$9,855
 $(3,209) $21,991
 $(8,035)
During the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, we recognized $9.9 million and $22.0 million of currency related gains, respectively, as compared to $0.3$3.2 million and $8.0 million of income and $0.6 million of expense, for the prior year periods. The increased expense is primarily due to the net loss of $1.0 million and $7.5 million, respectively, forlosses during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 20142013, respectively. The increase in other income (expense), net is due in part to net gains of $4.2 million and $7.6 million, respectively, recognized on our currency forward contracts for which we did not seekapply hedge accounting, as compared to net losses of $1.2 million and $6.4 million that did not occur in fiscal 2013. The losswere recognized during the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 was partially offset by a net gain of $0.9 million and $0.7 million, respectively, related to foreign exchange rate fluctuations on our operating accounts. In evaluating our currency hedging program and ability to achieve hedge accounting in light of certain changes in our legal entity cash flows, we considered the benefits of hedge accounting relative to the additional economic cost of trade execution and administrative burden. Based on this analysis, we decided to execute currency forward contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting. As a result, during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, we have experienced increased volatility within other expense, net in our consolidated statements of operations from unrealized gains and losses on the mark-to-market of outstanding currency forward contracts.2013. We expect this volatility to continue in future periods for contracts for which we do not apply hedge accounting.
In addition, changes in our corporate entity operating structure, effective on October 1, 2013, impactedrequired us to alter our intercompany transactional and financing activities andactivities. We have resulted in increased unrealizedsignificant non-functional currency intercompany financing relationships subject to currency exchange rate lossesvolatility. As the U.S. dollar strengthened significantly compared to certain currencies, we recognized gains of $1.9$5.7 million and $5.2$14.3 million forduring the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, respectively, partially offset by realizedas compared to $2.0 million and $1.6 million of losses during the three and six months ended December 31, 2013. Although we have recognized currency gains of $1.0 million and $2.3 million fordue to these intercompany financing relationships during the same periods. We may experience increased volatility in exchange rate gains andsix months ended December 31, 2014, we expect to incur currency losses in future periodsour third fiscal quarter that could be significant as a result of these changes.the recent volatility in the currency markets particularly the strengthening of the Swiss Franc. This does not have a U.S. dollar cash impact for the consolidated group.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net whichwas $3.0 million and $6.4 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, respectively, and $1.6 million and $3.1 million, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013, respectively. Interest expense, net primarily consists primarily of interest paid to financial institutions on outstanding balances on our credit facility and amortization of debt issuance costs, was $1.7 millionand $4.9 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, respectively. The increase in interest expense, net asthe current periods compared to the prior year periods is principally thea result of increased borrowingsborrowing levels under our credit facility.

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Income tax provision
In thousandsThree Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended March 31,
Three Months Ended December 31, Six Months Ended December 31,
2014 2013 2014 20132014 2013 2014 2013
Income tax provision$999
 $2,264
 $7,819
 $10,587
$3,850
 $6,005
 $6,082
 $6,820
Effective tax rate29.4% 26.0% 14.7% 27.3%5.8% 12.6% 6.6% 13.7%
IncomeThe decrease in tax expense was $1.0 million and $7.8 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, respectively, as compared to $2.3 million and $10.6 million, respectively, for the same prior year periods. The decrease is primarily attributable to tax benefits resulting from changes to our corporate entity operating structure that became effective on October 1, 2013, andas further described below. Additionally, for the three months ended December 31, 2014 we recognized a lowertax benefit related to a reduction in our net liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
Our consolidated annual effective tax rate relativeis primarily impacted by changes in the amount and geographical mix of consolidated pre-tax income. For fiscal 2015, we are forecasting a lower consolidated annual effective tax rate as compared to fiscal 2013. We made2014, primarily as a result of a more favorable geographical mix of consolidated pre-tax earnings and greater tax benefits recognized as a result of the changes to our corporate entity operating structure described below. We expect our cash paid for income taxes for fiscal 2015 to be higher than our income tax expense as a result of non-cash tax benefits relating to tax losses for which includedthe cash benefit is expected to occur in a future period.
On October 1, 2013, we made changes to our corporate entity operating structure, including transferring our intellectual property among certain of our subsidiaries, primarily to align our corporate entities with our evolving operations and business model. Additionally,The transfer of assets occurred between wholly owned legal entities within the Cimpress group that are based in different tax jurisdictions. The impact of the transfer is recognized for income tax expense for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 was reduced by a one-time currency exchange related tax benefit of $1.9 million recognized by one of our Canadian subsidiaries.

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On an annual basis, our income tax expense for the majority of our subsidiaries is a function of our operating expenses and cost-based transfer pricing methodologies


purposes only and not a function of consolidated pre-tax income. As a result, our consolidated annual effective tax rate will typically vary inversely to changes in our consolidated pre-tax income. For fiscal 2014 we are forecasting a lower consolidated annual effective tax rate as compared to 2013, primarily as afinancial statements. As the impact of the transfer was the result of higheran intra-entity transaction, any resulting gain or loss and immediate tax impact on the transfer is eliminated and not recognized in the consolidated pre-tax earnings as comparedfinancial statements under U.S. GAAP. The transferor entity recognized a gain on the transfer of assets that was not subject to 2013 and changes to our geographic mix of earnings. Additionally, our fiscal 2014 consolidated annual effectiveincome tax rate will be further reduced byin its local jurisdiction. However, the recipient entity receives a tax benefits recognized as a resultbenefit associated with the future amortization of the changes to our corporate entity operating structure.fair market value of the intellectual property received, which for tax purposes will occur over a period of five years in accordance with the applicable tax laws.
We are currently under income tax audits in various jurisdictions. We believe that our income tax reserves associated with these matters are adequate as the positions reported on our tax returns will be sustained on their technical merits. However, final resolution isresolutions are uncertain and there is a possibility that itthey could have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. See Note 1011 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional discussion.
Loss in Equity Interest    
Our share of the loss from our investment in Namex for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014 was $1.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and $0.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the comparative prior periods. In April 2014, we decided to dispose of our investment in Namex, as recent discussions with management identified different visions in the execution of the long-term strategic direction of the business. We expect to sell all of our Namex shares to Namex's majority shareholder and recognize a loss of up to $14.0 million in the fourth fiscal quarter as the carrying value of the investment exceeds the expected proceeds.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:
In thousands
In thousandsNine Months Ended March 31,
Six Months Ended December 31,
2014 20132014 2013
Net cash provided by operating activities$98,046
 $103,318
$190,844
 $94,904
Net cash used in investing activities(71,026) (84,069)(65,543) (51,564)
Net cash used in financing activities(31,988) (30,536)(103,340) (32,395)
At MarchDecember 31, 2014, we had $46.577.9 million of cash and cash equivalents and $202.0346.9 million of outstanding debt. Cash and cash equivalents decreasedincreased by $3.515.4 million during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014.2014. The cash flows during the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 related primarily to the following items:

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Cash inflows:
Net income of $42.786.3 million;
Positive adjustments to accrual based net incomeAdjustments for non-cash items of $61.837.0 million primarily related to positive adjustments for depreciation and amortization of $49.347.4 million and share-based compensation costs of $21.912.1 million; and, offset by negative adjustments for unrealized currency-related gains of $22.1 million;
Proceeds from borrowing of long-term debt of $109.0139.5 million.; and
Changes in working capital balances of $67.6 million primarily driven by improved management of accounts payable and accrued expenses and increased seasonal volume for marketing and shipping costs that have not yet been paid.
Cash outflows:
Capital expenditures of $54.035.0 million of which $29.0$15.7 million were related to the purchase of manufacturing and automation equipment for our production facilities, $7.5$6.6 million were related to the constructionpurchase of facilities,computer equipment, and $17.5$12.7 million were related to purchases of other capital assets, including information technology infrastructurefacility improvements and office equipment;
Repayments of long-term debt and debt issuance costs of $147.2243.3 million;
Payments for our FotoKnudsen acquisition and Printi minority investment, net of cash acquired, of $23.0 million; and
Internal costs for software and website development that we have capitalized of $7.3 million;
Increased equity investment in Namex Limited of $5.0 million; and
Investment in available-for-sale securities of $4.67.4 million.
Additional Liquidity and Capital Resources Information. During the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014,, we financed our operations and strategic investments in capital expenditures through internally generated cash flows from operations and

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our debt financing. We currently plan to invest approximately$70 $85 million to $80$95 millionin total capital expenditures in fiscal 2014.2015. The majority of planned fiscal 2015 capital investments are designed to support the planned long-term growth of the business. In fiscal 2015, we expect to spend approximately $20 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Japan as part of our joint venture. We also expect to invest approximately $20 million to expand our product lines and other new manufacturing capabilities. Due to our investments in recent investments,years, our current liabilities continue to exceed our current assets; however, we believe that our available cash, cash flows generated from operations, and our debt financing capacity will be sufficient to satisfy our working capitalliabilities and planned investments to support our long-term growth strategy, including investments in joint ventures and other strategic initiatives, capital expenditure requirements, and any share purchase activity, for the foreseeable future.
At MarchAs of December 31, 2014, approximately $45.0$75.4 million of our cash and cash equivalents was held by our subsidiaries;subsidiaries, and undistributed earnings of our subsidiaries that are considered to be indefinitely reinvested were $126.6$114.0 million.However, we do not intend to repatriate such funds as the cash and cash equivalent balances are generally used and available, without legal restrictions, to fund ordinary business operations and investments of the respective subsidiaries. If there is a change in the future, the repatriation of undistributed earnings from certain subsidiaries, in the form of dividends or otherwise, could have tax consequences that maycould result in material cash outflows.
Debt. On January 17, 2014, we entered into an amendment to our credit agreement resulting in an increase toWe have aggregate loan commitments under the credit agreement by $303.8 million, toof a total of $800.0$848.0 million by adding new lenders and increasing the commitmentsas of several existing lenders.December 31, 2014. The new loan commitments consist of revolving loans of $640.0$690.0 million and aremaining term loanloans of $160.0$158.0 million. The amendment did not result in any material changes to our debt covenants.     
In the next twelve months we will continue to use, as needed, our revolving credit facility or additional sources of borrowings in order to fund our ongoing operations, support our long-term growth through strategic investments, or purchase our ordinary shares. We have other financial obligations that constitute additional indebtedness based on the definitions within the credit facility. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014,, the amount available for borrowing under our credit facility was as follows, not including the subsequent amendment to our credit agreement described above:

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In thousands
In thousandsMarch 31, 2014
Maximum aggregate available borrowing amounts$797,953
Outstanding borrowings of credit facility201,953
Remaining amount596,000
Limitations to borrowing due to debt covenants and other obligations (1)(294,620)
Amount available for borrowing as of March 31, 2014 (2)$301,380

December 31, 2014
Maximum aggregate available for borrowing$848,000
Outstanding borrowings of credit facilities(342,500)
Remaining amount505,500
Limitations to borrowing due to debt covenants and other obligations (1)(106,430)
Amount available for borrowing as of December 31, 2014 (2)$399,070
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(1) Our borrowing ability can be limited by our debt covenants each quarter. These covenants may limit our borrowing capacity depending on our leverage, other senior secured indebtedness, such as installment obligations andcapital leases, letters of credit, and any other debt secured by a lien, as well as other factors that are outlined in ourthe credit agreement filed as an exhibit in our Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2013 and January 22, 2014.agreement.
(2) The use of available borrowings for share purchases, dividend payments, or corporate acquisitions and dispositions is subject to more restrictive covenants that lower available borrowings for such purposes relative to the general availability described in the above table.

Debt Covenants. Our credit agreement contains financial and other covenants, including but not limited to the following:
(1) The credit agreement contains financial covenants calculated on a trailing twelve month, or TTM, basis that:
our consolidatedtotal leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total indebtedness (*) to our TTM consolidated EBITDA (*), will not exceed 3.25 during4.50 to 1.00.
our senior secured leverage ratio, which is the period from March 31, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and (iii) 3.0 after March 31, 2015; and
ratio of our consolidated senior secured indebtedness (*) to our TTM consolidated EBITDA (*), will not exceed 3.25 to 1.00.
our interest coverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated EBITDA to our consolidated interest expense, will be at least 3.0.3.00 to 1.00.
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proforma basis in certain scenarios. Also, regardless of our leverage ratio, the credit agreement limits the amount of purchases of our ordinary shares, payments of dividends, corporate acquisitions and dispositions, investments in joint ventures or minority interests, and consolidated capital expenditures that we may make. These limitations can include annual limits that vary from year-to-year and aggregate limits over the term of the credit facility. Therefore, our ability to make desired investments may be limited during the term of our revolving credit facility.
(3) The credit agreement also places limitations on additional indebtedness and liens that we may incur, as well as on certain intercompany activities.
(*) The definitions of EBITDA, consolidated total indebtedness, and consolidated senior secured indebtedness are maintainedcontained in theour credit agreement included as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2013, as amended by amendments no. 1 and no. 2 to the credit agreement included as exhibits to our Forms 8-K filed on January 22, 2014 and September 25, 2014.
At March    As of December 31, 2014,, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the credit agreement.
In addition, we have an uncommitted line of credit with Santander Bank, N.A., and under the terms of the agreement in effectwe may borrow up to $25.0 million at any time, with a maturity date of up to 90 days from the loan origination date. Under the terms of our uncommitted line of credit, borrowings bear interest at a variable rate of interest that may change from time to time. As of December 31, 2014 the variable interest rate was determined based on LIBOR plus 1.20%. The LIBOR rate is determined on the date of borrowing and is based on the length of the specific loan. As of December 31, 2014 the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings of $5.0 million was 1.34%.
Contractual Obligations
Contractual obligations at MarchDecember 31, 2014 are as follows:
In thousands
In thousandsPayments Due by Period
Payments Due by Period
Total 
Less
than 1
year
 
1-3
years
 
3-5
years
 
More
than 5
years
Total 
Less
than 1
year
 
1-3
years
 
3-5
years
 
More
than 5
years
Operating leases$154,569
 $12,904
 $27,661
 $26,784
 $87,220
$42,973
 $10,145
 $12,387
 $7,948
 $12,493
Build-to-suit lease131,769
 4,190
 25,139
 25,139
 77,301
Purchase commitments16,235
 16,235
 
 
 
24,176
 24,176
 
 
 
Debt221,899
 22,216
 51,821
 147,862
 
Debt and interest payments387,612
 24,520
 51,534
 311,558
 
Capital leases14,684
 6,097
 6,660
 1,927
 
Other17,355
 3,222
 6,559
 6,724
 850
36,190
 14,903
 16,214
 5,073
 
Total (1)$410,058
 $54,577
 $86,041
 $181,370
 $88,070
$637,404
 $84,031
 $111,934
 $351,645
 $89,794
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(1) We may be required to make cash outlays related to our unrecognizeduncertain tax benefits.positions. However, due to the uncertainty of the timing of future cash flows associated with our unrecognizeduncertain tax benefits,positions, we are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement, if any, with the respective taxing authorities. Accordingly, unrecognizeduncertain tax benefitspositions of $6.1$5.6 million as of MarchDecember 31, 2014 have

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been excluded from the contractual obligations table above. For further information on unrecognizeduncertain tax benefits,positions, see Note 1011 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Operating Leases. We rent office space under operating leases expiring on various dates through 2024. Future minimum rental payments required under our leases are an aggregate of approximately $154.6 million.$43.0 million. The terms of certain lease agreements require security deposits in the form of bank guarantees and a letter of credit in the amountsamount of $1.4$1.7 million and $0.4$1.0 million, respectively.
Build-to-suit lease. In July 2013, we executed a lease for an eleven-year term to move our Lexington, Massachusetts, USA operations to a new facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, that is expected to commence in the second halffirst quarter of calendar 2015. The table above includesfiscal 2016. Please refer to Note 6 in the lease payments associated with our current lease through June 2015, with the Waltham facility payments beginning in September 2015 through the initial eleven-year term of the lease.accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Purchase Obligations.Commitments. At MarchDecember 31, 2014, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $16.2$24.2 million,, which were principally composed of inventory purchase commitments of approximately $6.4$1.9 million,, production and

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computer equipment purchases of approximately $4.3$14.4 million,, and other unrecorded purchase commitments of approximately $5.5$7.9 million.
Debt. The term loanloans outstanding under our credit facility hasagreement have repayments due on various dates through February 8, 2018,September 23, 2019, with the revolving loans due on February 8, 2018.September 23, 2019. Interest payable included in this table is based on the interest rate as of MarchDecember 31, 2014 and assumes all revolving loan amounts outstanding will not be paid until maturity, but that the term loan amortization payments will be made according to our defined schedule.
Capital leases. We lease certain machinery and plant equipment under capital lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2017. The aggregate carrying value of the leased equipment under capital leases included in property, plant and equipment, net in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014, is $18.7 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $2.8 million. The present value of lease installments not yet due included in other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 amounts to $16.2 million.
Other Obligations. Included above isOther obligationsinclude an installment obligation of $17.4$14.9 million related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of Webs'the intellectual property of our subsidiary Webs, Inc., which resultsresulted in tax being paid over a 7.5 7.5 year term and has been classified as a deferred tax liability in our consolidated balance sheet as of MarchDecember 31, 2014. Other obligations also include the fair value of the contingent consideration payments related to our fiscal 2014 acquisitions of Printdeal and Pixartprinting of $21.2 million. The Pixartprinting liability is based on calendar 2014 revenue and EBITDA targets and is payable in the third quarter of fiscal 2015. The Printdeal liability is payable during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and is contingent upon the achievement of an initial 2014 EBITDA margin threshold but ultimately payable based on achieving certain revenue and EBITDA results for calendar year 2015. Please refer to Note 3 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details
Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
None..
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to our cash, cash equivalents and long-term debt. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014, our cash and cash equivalents consisted of standard depository accounts which are held for working capital purposes. Due to the nature of our cash and cash equivalents, we do not believe we have a material exposure to interest rate fluctuations.
As of MarchDecember 31, 2014, we have $202.0had $346.9 million of total U.S. dollar denominated variable rate debt and a $17.414.9 million of variable rate installment obligation related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of Webs' intellectual property. As a result, we have exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates related to these obligations. In order to mitigate our exposure to interest rate changes related to our variable rate debt, we execute interest rate swap contracts to fix the interest rate on a portion of our outstanding long-term debt with varying maturities. As of MarchDecember 31, 2014, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in rates, inclusive of our outstanding interest rate swaps, would result in an increase of interest expense of approximately $0.5$1.3 million over the next 12 months.
Currency Exchange Rate Risk. We conduct business in multiple currencies through our worldwide operations but report our financial results in U.S. dollars. Our international revenues, as well as costs and expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, expose us to the risk of fluctuations in exchange rates of such currencies versus the U.S. dollar. Our most significant net currency exposures are the British pound, Canadian dollarDollar and Swiss Franc, although our exposures to these and other currencies fluctuate, particularly in our fiscal second quarter. A summary of our currency risk is as follows:
Translation of our non-U.S. dollar revenues and expenses: Revenue and related expenses generated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar could result in higher or lower net income and cash flows when, upon consolidation, those transactions are translated to U.S. dollars. When the value or timing of revenue and expenses in a given currency are materially different, we may be exposed to significant impacts on our net income and cash flows.income.
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eliminate, the impact of adverse currency exchange rate movements. We have executedelected to execute currency forward contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting. As a result, we may experience volatility in our consolidated statements of operations due to (i) the impact of unrealized gains and losses reported in other expense,income (expense), net on the mark-to-market of outstanding contracts and (ii) realized gains and losses

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recognized in other expense,income (expense), net, whereas the offsetting gains and losses are reported in the line item of the underlying cash flow, for example, revenue.
Translation of our non-U.S. dollar assets and liabilities: Each of our subsidiaries translates its assets and liabilities to U.S. dollars at current rates of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting gains and losses from translation are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)loss on the consolidated balance sheet. Fluctuations in exchange rates can materially impact the carrying value of our assets and liabilities.
Remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities: Transaction gains and losses generated from remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of a subsidiary are included in other expense,income (expense), net on the consolidated statements of operations. OurCertain of our subsidiaries havehold intercompany accounts that are eliminated in consolidation and cash and cash equivalentsloans denominated in various currencies that expose usU.S. dollars with another group company, which may be different from the functional currency of one of the subsidiary loan parties. Due to fluctuationsthe significance of these balances, the revaluation of intercompany loans can have a material impact on other income (expense), net. We expect these impacts may be volatile in currency exchange rates.the future, although do not have a U.S. dollar cash impact for the consolidated group. A hypothetical 10% change in currency exchange rates was applied to total net monetary assets denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies at the balance sheet dates to compute the impact these changes would have had on our income before taxes in the near term. A hypothetical decrease in exchange rates of 10% against the functional currency of our subsidiaries would have resulted in an increase of $5.8 $20.9million and $2.8$6.7 millionon our income before taxes for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Changes in our corporate entity operating structure, effective on October 1, 2013, resulted in changes in our intercompany transactional and financing activities that may cause increased volatility in exchange rate gains and losses in future periods. Additionally, some of our subsidiaries prepare tax returns in currencies other than their functional currency.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of MarchDecember 31, 2014. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act, of 1934, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of MarchDecember 31, 2014, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no othersignificant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quartersix months ended Marchended December 31, 2014 that materially affect, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A. Risk Factors
We caution that ourOur future results may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking statements that we make in this Report and other filings with the SEC, press releases, communications with investors, and oral statements due to the following important factors, among others. Our forward-looking statements in this Report and in any other public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. These statements can be affected by, among other things, inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties or risks we currently deem immaterial. Many factors mentioned in the discussion below will be important in determining future results. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Risks Related to Our Business
If our long-term growth strategy is not successful or if our financial projections relating to the effects of our strategy turn out to be incorrect, our business and financial results could be harmed.

We may not achieve the objectives of our long-term investment and financial strategy, our financial projections relating to the growth and development of our business may turn out to be incorrect, and our investments in our business may fail to positively impact our results and growth as anticipated. Some of the factors that could cause our investment strategy and our overall business strategy to fail to achieve our objectives include, among others:

our failure to adequately execute our operational strategy or anticipate and overcome obstacles to achieving our strategic goals;

our failure to make our intended investments because the investments are more costly than we expected or because we are unable to devote the necessary operational and financial resources;

our inability to purchase or develop technologies and production platforms to increase our efficiency, enhance our competitive advantage and scale our operations;

the failure of our current supply chain to provide the resources we need and our inability to develop new or enhanced supply chains;

our failure to acquire new customers and enter new markets, retain our current customers, and sell more products to current and new customers;

our failure to identify and address the causes of our revenue weakness in selected markets, in particular Europe;some markets;

our failure to sustain growth in relatively mature markets;

our failure to promote, strengthen, and protect our brands;

the failure of our current and new marketing channels to attract customers;

our failure to manage the growth and complexity of our business and expand our operations;

our failure to realize our net income goals due to lower revenue or higher than expected costs;

our failure to acquire businesses that enhance the growth and development of our business or to effectively integrate the businesses we do acquire into our business;

unanticipated changes in our business, current and anticipated markets, industry, or competitive landscape; and

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In addition, projections are inherently uncertain and are based on assumptions and judgments by management that may be flawed or based on information about our business and markets that may change in the future in ways that may be beyond our control. Our actual results may differ materially from our projections due to various factors, including but not limited to the factors listed immediately above and in the risk factor below entitled "Our quarterly financial results will often fluctuate," which is also applicable to longer termlonger-term results.
If our strategy is not successful, or if there is a market perception that our strategy is not successful, then our revenue and earnings may not grow as anticipated or may decline, we may not be profitable, our reputation and brand may be damaged, and the price of our shares may decline. In addition, we may change our financial strategy or other components of our overall business strategy if we believe our current strategy is not effective, if our business or markets change, or for other reasons,from time to time, which maycan cause fluctuations in our financial results and volatility in our share price.
If we are unable to attract visitors to our websites and convert those visitors to customers, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
Our success depends on our ability to attract new and repeat customers in a cost-effective manner. We rely on a variety of methods to draw visitors to our websites and promote our products and services, such as purchased search results from online search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, e-mail, direct mail, advertising banners and other online links, broadcast media, and word-of-mouth customer referrals. If the search engines on which we rely modify their algorithms, terminate their relationships with us, or increase the prices at which we may purchase listings, our costs could increase, and fewer customers may click through to our websites. If we are not effective at reaching new and repeat customers, if fewer customers click through to our websites, or if the costs of attracting customers using our current methods significantly increase, or if we are unable to develop new cost-effective means to obtain customers, then traffic to our websites would be reduced, our revenue and net income could decline, and our business and results of operations would be harmed.
In addition, our internal research shows that an increasing number of current and potential customers access our websites using smart phones or tablet computing devices and that our website visits using traditional desktop computers may be declining. Designing and purchasing custom designed products on a smart phone, tablet, or other mobile device is more difficult than doing so with a traditional computer due to limited screen sizes and bandwidth constraints. Beyond these generic difficulties with a mobile device, our technology is not currently optimized for mobile devices, and the development of mobile-oriented user interfaces and other technologies is complex. Although we are investing to update our technology to be more effective on mobile devices and have made some mobile functionality available to our customers, we cannot predict the success of those investments. We also rely heavily on email to contact and market to our customers, and we believe we may be losing potential sales to customers who use mobile devices to skim and then delete emails without opening them. If we fail to make changes to our websites, technologies, and marketing methods to facilitate the design and purchase of our products with mobile devices, or if the market shift to mobile devices accelerates faster than we are able to make the necessary changes, then we could find it increasingly difficult to attract new and repeat visitors to our websites and convert these visitors to customers, and our revenue could decline.
Purchasers of micro business marketing products and services, including graphic design and customized printing, may not choose to shop online, which would prevent us from acquiring new customers that are necessary to the success of our business.

The online market for micro business marketing products and services is less developed than the online market for other business and home and family products, and our success depends in part on our ability to attract customers who have historically purchased products and services we offer through offline channels. Specific factors that could prevent prospective customers from purchasing from us as an online retailer include:

concerns about buying graphic design services and marketing products without face-to-face interaction with sales personnel;

the inability to physically handle and examine product samples;

delivery time associated with Internet orders;

concerns about the security of online transactions and the privacy of personal information;

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limited access to the Internet; and

the inconvenience associated with returning or exchanging purchased items.

In addition, our internal research shows that an increasing number of current and potential customers access our websites using smart phones or tablet computing devices and that our website visits using traditional desktop computers may be declining. Designing and purchasing custom designed products on a smart phone, tablet, or other mobile device is more difficult than doing so with a traditional computer due to limited screen sizes and bandwidth constraints. If our customers and potential customers have difficulty accessing and using our websites and technologies, then our revenue could decline.


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We may not succeed in promoting and strengthening our brands, which could prevent us from acquiring new customers and increasing revenues.     

A primary component of our business strategy is to promote and strengthen our brands to attract new and repeat customers to our websites, and we face significant competition from other companies in our markets who also seek to establish strong brands. To promote and strengthen our brands, we must incur substantial marketing expenses and establish a relationship of trust with our customers by providing a high-quality customer experience. Providing a high-quality customer experience requires us to invest substantial amounts of resources in our website development, design and technology, graphic design operations, production operations, and customer service operations. Our ability to provide a high-quality customer experience is also dependent on external factors over which we may have little or no control, including the reliability and performance of our suppliers, third-party carriers, and communication infrastructure providers. If we are unable to promote our brands or provide customers with a high-quality customer experience, we may fail to attract new customers, maintain customer relationships, and sustain or increase our revenues.
Our quarterly financial results will often fluctuate, which may lead to volatility in our share price.

Our revenues and operating results often vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, some of which are inherent in our business strategies but many of which are outside of our control. We target annual, rather than quarterly, financial objectives which can lead to fluctuations in our quarterly results. Other factors that could cause our quarterly revenue and operating results to fluctuate include among others:
 
seasonality-driven or other variations in the demand for our products and services;services, in particular during our second fiscal quarter;

currency and interest rate fluctuations, which affect our revenues and costs;

hedgehedging activity that does not qualify for, or for which we do not elect, hedge accounting;

our ability to attract visitors to our websites and convert those visitors into customers;

our ability to retain customers and generate repeat purchases;

shifts in product mix toward less profitable products;

our ability to manage our production, fulfillment, and support operations;

costs to produce and deliver our products and provide our services, including the effects of inflation;

our pricing and marketing strategies and those of our competitors;

investments in our business in the current period intended to generate or support revenues and operations in future periods, such as incurring marketing, engineering, or consulting expenses in a current period for revenue growth or support in future periods;

expenses and charges related to our compensation agreements with our executives and employees;

costs and charges resulting from litigation;

significant increases in credits, beyond our estimated allowances, for customers who are not satisfied with our products;

changes in our income tax rate;

costs to acquire businesses or integrate our acquired businesses;

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impairments of our tangible and intangible assets including goodwill; and

the results of our minority investments.investments and joint ventures.
 

We base our operating expense budgets in part on expected revenue trends.
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Some of our expenses, such as office leases, depreciation related to previously acquired property and equipment, and personnel costs, are relatively fixed, and we may be unable to adjust spendingoperating expenses quickly enough to offset any revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any shortfall in revenue may cause significant variation in operating results in any quarter. Based on the above factors, among others, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our operating results may not be a good indication of our future performance. Our operating results may sometimes be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors, in which case the price of our ordinary shares will likely decline.
Our global operations and expansion place a significant strain on our management, employees, facilities and other resources and subject us to additional risks.

Our operations and businesses are growing rapidly. We currently operate production facilities or offices in 1517 countries and have approximately 30many localized websites across our 14 customer-facing brands to serve various geographic markets. We expect to establish operations and sell our products and services in additional geographic regions, including emerging markets, where we may have limited or no experience. We may not be successful in all regions in which we invest or where we establish operations, which may be costly to us. We are subject to a number of risks and challenges that relate to our global operations and expansion, including, among others:

difficulty managing operations in, and communications among, multiple locations and time zones;

difficulty complying with multiple tax laws, treaties, and regulations and limiting our exposure to onerous or unanticipated taxes, duties, and other costs;

local regulations that may restrict or impair our ability to conduct our business as planned;

protectionist laws and business practices that favor local producers and service providers;

our inexperience in marketing and selling our products and services within unfamiliar countries and cultures;

challenges of working with local business partners in some regions, such as Japan and China;Brazil;

our failure to properly understand and develop graphic design content and product formats appropriate for local tastes;

disruptions caused by political and social instability that may occur in some countries;

corrupt business practices, such as bribery, that may be common in some countries;

difficulty expatriating our earnings from some countries;

difficulty importing and exporting our products across country borders and difficulty complying with customs regulations in the many countries where we sell products;

disruptions or cessation of important components of our international supply chain;

the challenge of complying with disparate laws in multiple countries;

restrictions imposed by local labor practices and laws on our business and operations; and

failure of local laws to provide a sufficient degree of protection against infringement of our intellectual property.

To manage our operations and anticipated growth, we must continue to refine our operational, financial, and management controls, human resource policies, reporting systems, and procedures in the locations in which we operate. If we are unable to implement improvements to these systems and controls in an efficient or timely manner or if we discover deficiencies in our existing systems and controls, then our ability to provide a high-quality customer

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Acquisitions and strategic investments may be disruptive to our business.

A component of our strategy is to selectively pursue acquisitions of businesses, technologies, or services and invest in businesses and joint ventures. The time and expense associated with finding suitable businesses, technologies, or services to acquire or invest in can be disruptive to our ongoing business and divert our management's attention. In addition, we have needed in the past, and may need in the future, to seek financing for acquisitions and investments, which may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, and can cause dilution to our shareholders, cause us to incur additional debt, or subject us to covenants restricting the activities we may undertake.

In addition, integratingIntegrating newly acquired businesses, technologies, and services and monitoring and managing our investments and joint ventures are complex, expensive, time consuming, and subject to many risks, including the following:

We may not be able to retain customers and key employees of the acquired businesses, and we and the businesses we acquire or invest in may not be able to cross sell products and services to each other's customers.

In some cases, our acquisitions and investments are dilutive for a period of time, leading to reduced earnings. For example, both the Albumprinter and Webs acquisitions have resulted in additional amortization and share-based compensation expense, and the Namex investment has been dilutive to our earnings.

An acquisition or investment may fail to achieve our goals and expectations because we fail to integrate the acquired business, technologies, services, or servicesinternal systems effectively, the integration is more expensive or takes more time than we anticipated, the management of our investment is more expensive or takes more resources than we expected, or the business we acquired or invested in does not perform as well as we expected.

In some cases, our acquisitions and investments are dilutive for a period of time, leading to reduced earnings.

Acquisitions and investments can result in large write-offsincreased expenses including impairments of goodwill and intangible assets if financial goals are not achieved, assumptions of contingent or unanticipated liabilities, or increased tax costs.
The accounting for our acquisitions requires us to make significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions that can change from period to period, based in part on factors outside of our control, and can create volatility in our financial results. For example, we often pay a portion of the purchase price for our acquisitions in the form of an earn-out based on performance targets for the acquired companies, which can be difficult to forecast. We accrue liabilities for estimated future contingent earn-out payments based on an evaluation of the likelihood of achievement of the contractual conditions underlying the earn-out and weighted probability assumptions of the required outcomes. If in the future our assumptions change and we determine that higher levels of achievement are likely under our earn-outs, we will need to pay and record additional amounts to reflect the increased purchase price. These additional amounts could be significant and could adversely impact our results of operations. In addition, earn-out provisions can lead to disputes with the sellers about the achievement of the earn-out performance targets, and earn-out performance targets can sometimes create inadvertent incentives for the acquired company's management to take actions designed to maximize the earn-out instead of benefiting the business.
Seasonal fluctuations in our business place a strain on our operations and resources.
Our business is highly seasonal. Our second fiscal quarter includes the majority of the holiday shopping season and accounts for a disproportionately high portion of our revenue and earnings for the year, primarily due to higher sales of home and family products such as holiday cards, calendars, photo books, and personalized gifts. Revenue during the second fiscal quarter represented 30%, 30%, and 29% of annual revenue in the years ended June 30, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively, and operating income during the second fiscal quarter represented 61%, 72%, and 59% of annual operating income in the years ended June 30, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. In anticipation of increased sales activity during our second fiscal quarter holiday season, we typically incur significant additional capacity related expenses each year to meet our seasonal needs, including facility expansions, equipment purchases, and increases in the number of temporary and permanent employees. Lower than expected sales during the second quarter would likely have a disproportionately large impact on our operating results and financial condition for the full fiscal year. In addition, if our manufacturing and other operations are unable to keep up with the high volume of orders during our second fiscal quarter, we and our customers can experience delays in

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order fulfillment and delivery and other disruptions. If we are unable to accurately forecast and respond to seasonality in our business, our business and results of operations may be materially harmed.
A significant portion of our revenues and expenses are transacted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our reporting currency. We therefore have currency exchange risk, despite our efforts to mitigate such risk through our currency hedging program.

We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates that may impact items such as the translation of our revenues and expenses, remeasurement of our intercompany balances, and the value of our cash and cash equivalents and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. For example, when currency exchange movements are unfavorable to our business, the U.S. dollar equivalent values of our revenue and operating incomeresults and net assets recorded in other currencies is diminished, particularly in certain currencies where we have disproportionate revenues or expenses. While we engage in hedging activities to try to partially mitigate the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations, our revenue and results of operations and financial condition may differ materially from expectations as a result of such fluctuations. As we expand our revenues and operations throughout the world, andour exposure to additional currencies

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our exposure to currency and exchange rate fluctuations is increasing. Additionally, our income tax rate may be impacted by fluctuations in currency exchange rates in jurisdictions where our tax returns are prepared in a currency other than the functional currency.

Our hedging activity could negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows.

We have entered into interest rate swap and currency forward contracts to manage differences in the amount of our known or expected cash payments or receipts related to our long-term debt and operating cash flows. Our objective in using these derivatives is to manage our exposure to interest rate and currency movements. If we do not accurately forecast our future long-term debt, revenue or expenditure levels, execute contracts that do not effectively mitigate our economic exposure to variable interest and currency rates, elect to not apply hedge accounting, or fail to comply with the complex accounting requirements for hedging, our results of operations and cash flows could be volatile, as well as negatively impacted.

We face risks related to interruption of our operations and lack of redundancy.

Our production facilities, websites, infrastructure, supply chain, customer service centers, and operations may be vulnerable to interruptions, and we do not have redundancies or alternatives in all cases to carry on these operations in the event of an interruption. In addition, because we are dependent in part on third parties for the implementation and maintenance of certain aspects of our communications and production systems, we may not be able to remedy interruptions to these systems in a timely manner or at all due to factors outside of our control. Some of the events that could cause interruptions in our operations or systems are, among others:

fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster or extreme weather;weather, especially in Bermuda, where the computer hardware for our websites is located, and Jamaica, where our largest customer service center is located, both of which locations are subject to the risk of hurricanes;

labor strike, work stoppage, or other issue with our workforce;

political instability or acts of terrorism or war;

power loss or telecommunication failure;

attacks on our external websites or internal network by hackers or other malicious parties;

undetected errors or design faults in our technology, infrastructure, and processes that may cause our websites to fail;

inadequate capacity in our systems and infrastructure to cope with periods of high volume and demand; and

human error, including but not limited to poor managerial judgment or oversight.


In particular, both Bermuda, where substantially all of the computer hardware necessary to operate our websites is located in a single facility, and Jamaica, our largest customer service, sales, and design support operation, are subject to a high degree of hurricane risk and extreme weather conditions.
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We have not identified alternatives to all of our facilities, systems, supply chains, production operations, and infrastructure to serve us in the event of an interruption, and if we were to find alternatives, they may not be able to meet our requirements on commercially acceptable terms or at all. In addition, because we are dependent in part on third parties for the implementation and maintenance of certain aspects of our communications and production systems, we may not be able to remedy interruptions to these systems in a timely manner or at all due to factors outside of our control.

Any interruptions into our systems or operations could result in lost revenue, increased costs, negative publicity, damage to our reputation and brand, and an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Building redundancies into our infrastructure, systems and supply chain to mitigate these risks may require us to commit substantial financial, operational, and technical resources, in some cases before the volume of our business increases with no assurance that our revenues will increase.

We face intense competition, and we expect our competition to continue to increase.

The markets for small business marketing products and services and home and family custom products, including the printing and graphic design market, are intensely competitive, highly fragmented, and geographically dispersed. The competitive landscape for e-commerce companies continues to change as new e-commerce businesses are introduced and traditional “bricks and mortar” businesses establish an online presence. The increased use of the Internet for commerce and other technological advances have allowed traditional providers of these products and services to improve the quality of their offerings, produce and deliver those products and services more efficiently, and reach a broader purchasing public. Competition may result in price pressure, reduced profit margins and loss of market share and brand recognition, any of which could substantially harm our business and results of operations. Current and potential competitors include:

traditional storefront printingoffline printers and graphic design companies;

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office superstores and other retailers targeting small business and home and family markets;

companies offering small business or consumer websites and other digital products, including website design and hosting companies;

wholesale printers;providers;

online printing and graphic design companies, many of which provide printed products and services similar to ours;

office superstores, drug store chains, food retailers and other major retailers targeting small business and consumer markets;

wholesale printers;

self-service desktop design and publishing using personal computer software with a laser or inkjet printer and specialty paper;

email marketing services companies;

website design and hosting companies;

suppliers of customcustomized apparel, promotional products and customized gifts;

online photo product companies;

Internet firms and retailers; and

other digital marketing such as social media, local search directories and other providers.

Many of our current and potential competitors have advantages over us, including longer operating histories, greater brand recognition or loyalty, more focus on a given subset of our business, or significantly greater financial, marketing, and other resources. Many of our competitors currently work together, and additional competitors may do so in the future through strategic business agreements or acquisitions. Competitors may also develop new or enhanced products, technologies or capabilities that could render many of the products, services and content we offer obsolete or less competitive, which could harm our business and results of operations.
In addition, we have in the past and may in the future choose to collaborate with some of our existing and potential competitors in strategic partnerships that we believe will improve our competitive position and results of operations, such as through a retail in-store or web-based collaborative offering. It is possible, however, that such ventures will be unsuccessful and that our competitive position and results of operations will be adversely affected as a result of such collaboration.


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Failure to meet our customers' price expectations would adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Demand for our products and services, in particular in the Price Primary Market Segment where we generate most of our business, is sensitive to price, and changes in our pricing strategies have a significant impact on our revenues and results of operations. For example, recent changes to our pricing and marketing strategies have adversely affected our revenue growth in some regions. Many factors can significantly impact our pricing and marketing strategies, including the costs of running our business, our competitors' pricing and marketing strategies, and the effects of inflation. We offer some free or discounted products and services as a means of attracting customers and encouraging repeat purchases, but these free offers and discounts reduce our profit margins and may not result in repeat business to increase our revenues. As we continue our strategy of reducing the frequency of free and deep discount promotions as a customer acquisition and retention tool, we have seen resulting declines in both the number of new customers that purchase from us and short-term repeat orders, despite a consistent trend of higher average order value. There can be no assurance that this trend can be reversed or that the higher average order value that we recently experienced will continue. If we fail to meet our customers' price expectations, our business and results of operations will suffer.

Failure to protect our networks and the confidential information of our customers, employees, and business partners against security breaches could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

We may need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches or to address problems caused by breaches. Any compromise or breach of our network or the technology that we use to protect our network, our employee personal data, and our customer transaction data, including credit and debit card information, could damage our reputation and brand; expose us to losses, litigation, and possible liability; result in a failure to comply with legal and industry privacy regulations and standards; lead to the misappropriation of our and our customers' proprietary information; or cause interruptions in our operations. In addition, some of our partners also collect information from transactions with our customers, and we may be liable or our reputation may be harmed if our partners fail to protect our customers' information or use it in a manner that is inconsistent with legal and industry privacy regulations or our practices.


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If we fail to address risks associated with payment fraud, our reputation and brands could be damaged, and our business and results of operations could be harmed.

We may be liable for fraudulent transactions conducted on our websites, such as through the use of stolen credit card numbers. To date, quarterly losses from payment fraud have not exceeded 1% of total revenues in any quarter, but we continue to face the risk of significant losses from this type of fraud.

We depend on search engines to attract a substantial portion of the customers who visit our websites, and losing these customers would adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Many customers access our websites by clicking through on search results displayed by search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo!. If the search engines on which we rely modify their algorithms, terminate their relationships with us, or increase the prices at which we may purchase listings, our costs could increase, and fewer customers may click through to our websites. If fewer customers click through to our websites, we could be required to resort to other more costly resources to replace this traffic, which could adversely affect our revenues and operating and net income and could harm our business.

In addition, some of our competitors purchase the term “Vistaprint” and other terms incorporating our proprietary trademarks from Google and other search engines as part of their search listing advertising. Courts do not always side with the trademark owners in cases involving search engines, and Google has refused to prevent companies from purchasing search results that use the trademark “Vistaprint.” As a result, we may not be able to prevent our competitors from advertising to, and directly competing for, customers who search for the term “Vistaprint” on search engines.

We rely heavily on email to market to and communicate with customers, and email communications are subject to regulatory and reputation risks.

Various private entities attempt to regulate the use of commercial email solicitation by blacklisting companies that the entities believe do not meet their standards, which results in those companies' emails being blocked from some Internet domains and addresses. Although we believe that our commercial email solicitations comply with all applicable laws, from time to time some of our Internet protocol addresses appear on some of these blacklists. The blacklisting sometimes interferes with our ability to send operational or advertising emails to our current and potential customers and to send and receive emails to and from our corporate email accounts, which can interfere with our ability to market our products and services, communicate with our customers, and operate and manage our websites and corporate email accounts. In addition, as a result of being blacklisted, we have had disputes with, or concerns raised by, various service providers who perform services for us, including co-location and hosting services, Internet service providers and electronic mail distribution services.

Further, we have contractual relationships with partners that market our products and services on our behalf, and some of our marketing partners engage third-party email marketers with which we do not have any contractual or other relationship. Although we believe we comply with all applicable laws relating to email solicitations and our contracts with our partners require that they do the same, we do not always have control over the third-party email marketers that our partners engage. If such a third party were to send emails marketing our products and services in violation of applicable anti-spam or other laws, then our reputation could be harmed and we could potentially be liable for their actions.

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We are subject to safety, health, and environmental laws and regulations, which could result in
liabilities, cost increases or restrictions on our operations.

We are subject to a variety of safety, health and environmental (“SHE”) laws and regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. These laws and regulations govern, among other things, air emissions, wastewater discharges, the storage, handling and disposal of hazardous and other regulated substances and wastes, soil and groundwater contamination and employee health and safety. We use regulated substances such as inks and solvents, and generate air emissions and other discharges at our manufacturing facilities, and some of our facilities are required to hold environmental permits. If we fail to comply with existing SHE requirements, or new, more stringent SHE requirements applicable to us are imposed, we may be subject to monetary fines, civil or criminal sanctions, third-party claims or the limitation or suspension of our operations. In addition, if we are found to be responsible for hazardous substances at any location (including, for example, offsite waste disposal facilities or facilities at which we formerly operated), we may be responsible for the cost of cleaning up contamination, regardless of fault, as well as to claims for harm to health or property or for natural resource damages arising out of contamination or exposure to hazardous substances.

Our customers create products that incorporate images, illustrations and fonts that we license from third parties, and any loss of the right to use these licensed materials may substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Many of the images, illustrations, and fonts incorporated in the design products and services we offer are the copyrighted property of other parties that we use under license agreements. If one or more of our licenses covering a significant amount of content were terminated, the amount and variety of content available on our websites would be significantly reduced, and we may not be able to find, license, and introduce substitute content in a timely manner, on acceptable terms, or at all.

The loss of key personnel or an inability to attract and retain additional personnel could affect our ability to successfully grow our business.


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We are highly dependent upon the continued service and performance of our senior management team and key technical, marketing, and production personnel, any of whom may cease their employment with us at any time with minimal advance notice. We face intense competition for qualified individuals from many other companies in diverse industries. The loss of one or more of our key employees may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives, and our failure to attract and retain suitably qualified individuals could have an adverse effect on our ability to implement our business plan.

Our credit facility contains financial and operating restrictions and covenants that may limit our ability to take certain actions and our access to additional credit and could negatively impact our liquidity.

Our credit facility imposes limitations on our ability to, among other things:

incur additional indebtedness and liens outside of the credit facility;

make certain investments, payments, or changes in our corporate structure; and

make capital expenditures or purchase our ordinary shares in excess of certain limits.

In addition, we are required to meet certain financial and other covenants that are customary withfor this type of credit facility, and our inability to comply with these covenants could result in a default under the credit facility, which could cause us to be unable to borrow under the credit facility and may result in the acceleration of the maturity of our outstanding indebtedness under the facility. If we were unable to borrow further under the facility, we may not be able to make investments in our business to support our strategy. If the maturities were accelerated, we may not have sufficient funds available for repayment, and we could end up in bankruptcy proceedings or other similar processes or may have to refinance at unfavorable terms. In addition, our shareholders would be detrimentally impacted as shareholder value could decrease to a point of limited return. Each scenario would result in significant negative implications to our business, liquidity, and results of operations.


Our hedging activity could negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows.
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We have entered into interest rate swap and currency forward contracts to manage differences in the amount of our known or expected cash payments or receipts related to our long-term debt and operating cash flows. Our objective in using these derivatives is to manage our exposure to interest rate and currency movements. If we do not accurately forecast our future long-term debt, revenue or expenditure levels, execute contracts that do not effectively mitigate our economic exposure to variable interest and currency rates, elect to not apply hedge accounting, or fail to comply with the complex accounting requirements for hedging, our results of operations and cash flows could be volatile, as well as negatively impacted.

Our business and results of operations may be negatively impacted by general economic and financial market conditions, and these conditions may increase the other risks that affect our business.

Many of the markets in which we operate are still experiencing economic uncertainty that we believe could have a negative impact on our business. Turmoil in the world's financial markets has materially and adversely impacted the availability of financing to a wide variety of businesses, including micro businesses, and the resulting uncertainty led to reductions in capital investments, marketing expenditures, overall spending levels, future product plans, and sales projections across industries and markets. These trends could have a material and adverse impact on the demand for our products and services, our financial results from operations, and our ability to attract and retain employees in jurisdictions where we have significant operations.


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The United States government may further increase border controls and impose duties or restrictions on cross-border commerce that may substantially harm our business by impeding our shipments into the United States from our Canadian manufacturing facility.

For the fiscal years ended June 30, 20132014 and June 30, 20122013 we derived 52%51% and 51%52% of our revenue, respectively, from sales to customers made through Vistaprint.com, ourin the United States-focused website.States. We produce substantially all physical products for our United States customers at our facility in Ontario, Canada, and the United States imposes restrictions on shipping goods into the United States from Canada. The United States also imposesCanada, as well as protectionist measures such as customs duties and tariffs that limit free trade, some of which may apply directly to product categories that comprisecomprising a material portion of our revenues. The customs laws, rules and regulations that we are required to comply with are complex and subject to unpredictable enforcement and modification. We have from time to time experienced delays in shipping our manufactured products into the United States as a result of these restrictions which have, in some instances, resulted in delayed delivery of orders.restrictions.

In the future, the United States could impose further border controls, tariffs and restrictions, interpret or apply regulations in a manner unfavorable to the importation of products from outside of the U.S.,United States, or take other actions that have the effect of restricting the flow of goods from Canada and other countries tointo the United States, up to and including shutting down the U.S.-CanadianUnited States-Canada border for an extended period of time. If we experiencedexperience greater difficulty or delays shipping products into the United States or wereare foreclosed from doing so, or if our costs and expenses materially increased, our business and results of operations could be harmed.

If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our reputation and brands could be damaged, and others may be able to practiceuse our technology, which could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

We rely on a combination of patent, trademark,patents, trademarks, trade secretsecrets and copyright lawcopyrights and contractual restrictions to protect our intellectual property, but these protective measures afford only limited protection. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may be able to copy or use technology or information that we consider proprietary. There can be no guarantee that any of our pending patent applications or continuation patent applications will be granted, and from time to time we face infringement, invalidity, intellectual property ownership, or similar claims brought by third parties with respect to our patents. In addition, despite our trademark registrations throughout the world, our competitors or other entities may adopt names, marks, or marksdomain names similar to ours, thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to customer confusion. Any patent,For example, some of our competitors purchase the term “Vistaprint” and other terms incorporating our proprietary trademarks from Google and other search engines as part of their search listing advertising, and courts do not always side with the trademark or otherowners in cases involving search engines. Enforcing our intellectual property claims or any customer confusion related to our trademarks couldrights can be extremely costly, and a failure to protect or enforce these rights could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Intellectual property disputes and litigation are costly and could cause us to lose our exclusive rights, subject us to liability, or require us to stop some of our business activities.

From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits or disputes in whichreceive claims from third parties claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights, that we are required to enter into patent licenses covering aspects of the technology we use in our business, or that we improperly obtained or used their confidential or proprietary information. In addition, from time to time we receive letters from third parties who claim to have patent rights that cover aspects of the technology that we use in our business and that the third parties believe we mustAny litigation, settlement, license, in order to continue to use such technology.

The cost to us of any litigation or other proceeding relating to intellectual property rights, even if we settle it or it is resolved in our favor, could be substantial. Litigation divertscostly, divert our management's efforts from managing and growing our business, and can create uncertainties that may make it more difficult to run our operations. If any parties successfully claim that our sale, use, manufacturing or importation of technologies infringes uponwe infringe their intellectual property rights, we might be forced to pay significant damages and attorney's fees, and a courtwe could enjoin usbe restricted from performing the infringing activity, which could restrict our ability to useusing certain technologies important to the operation of our business.

Alternatively, we may be required to, or decide to, enter into a license with a third party that claims infringement by us. Any such license may not be made available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, such licenses are likely to be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. If we fail to obtain a required license and are unable to design around a third party's patent, we may be unable to effectively conduct some of our business activities, which could limit our ability to generate revenues, grow our business or maintain profitability.

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In addition, from time to time, we initiate lawsuits, proceedings or claims to enforce our patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights or to determine the scope and validity of third-party proprietary rights. Our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights is subject to general litigation risks, as well as uncertainty as to the enforceability of our intellectual property rights in various countries. In response to our actions to enforce our rights, a third party may seek to have a court or government authority determine that our intellectual property rights are invalid or unenforceable or may seek to assert alleged intellectual property rights of its own against us, either of which may adversely impact our business. Our inability to enforce our intellectual property rights may negatively impact our competitive position and business.

Our business is dependent on the Internet, and unfavorable changes in government regulation of the Internet, e-commerce, and email marketing could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Due to our dependence on the Internet for our sales, laws specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce and email marketing may have a greater impact on our operations than other more traditional businesses. Existing and future laws, such as laws covering pricing, customs, privacy, consumer protection, or commercial email, may impede the growth of e-commerce and our ability to compete with traditional “bricks and mortar” retailers. It is not always clear how existing laws governing these and other issues apply to the Internet and e-commerce, as the vast

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majority of applicable laws were adopted before the advent of the Internet and do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by the Internet or e-commerce. Those laws that do reference the Internet, such as the Bermuda Electronic Transactions Act 1999, the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the U.S. CAN SPAM Act of 2003, are only beginning to be interpreted by the courts, and their applicability and reach are therefore uncertain. Those current and future laws and regulations or unfavorable resolution of these issues may substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Our suppliers' failure to use legal and ethical business practices could negatively impact our business.

We source the raw materials for the products we sell from a wide variety of suppliers worldwide, and we require our suppliers to operate in compliance with all applicable laws, including those regarding working conditions, employment practices, safety and health, and environmental compliance. However, we cannot control our suppliers' business practices. If any of our suppliers violates labor, environmental, or other laws or implements business practices that are regarded as unethical, our reputation could be severely damaged, and our supply chain could be interrupted, which could harm our sales and results of operations.

We face judicial and regulatory challenges to our practice of offering free products and services, which, if successful, could hinder our ability to attract customers and generate revenue.

At times we offer free products and services as an inducement for customers to try our products and services. Although we believe that we conspicuously and clearly communicate all details and conditions of these offers, such as the shipping and processing charges associated with these offers, from time to time we face claims, complaints, and inquiries from our customers, competitors, governmental regulators, standards bodies, and others that our free offers are misleading or do not comply with applicable legislation or regulation. If we are compelled or determine to curtail or eliminate our use of free offers as the result of any such actions, our business prospects and results of operations could be materially harmed.

If we were required to review the content that our customers incorporate into our products and interdict the shipment of products that violate copyright protections or other laws, our costs would significantly increase, which would harm our results of operations.

Because of our focus on automation and high volumes, the vast majority of our sales do not involve any human-based review of content. Although our websites' terms of use specifically require customers to represent thatmake representations about the legality and ownership of the content they upload for production, complies with all laws and that they have the right to use and reproduce that content, we do not have the ability to determine the accuracy of these representations on a case-by-case basis. Therethere is a risk that a customer may supply an image or other content for a productan order that we produce that is the property of another party used without permission, that infringes the copyright or trademark of another party, or that would be considered to be defamatory, hateful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or illegal under the laws of the jurisdiction(s) where that customer lives or where we operate. If we were to become legally obligated in the future to perform manual screening and review for allof customer orders, destined for a jurisdiction, we will encounter increased productionour costs or may cease accepting orders for shipment to that jurisdiction, which could substantially harm our businesswould increase significantly, and results of operations. In addition, if we were held liable for actions of our customers, we could be required to pay substantial penalties fines, or monetary damages.damages for any failure in our screening process.


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We are subject to customer payment-related risks.

We accept payments for our products and services on our websites by a variety of methods, including credit or debit card, PayPal, check, wire transfer or other methods. In some geographic regions, we rely on one or two third party companies to provide payment processing services. If any of the payment processing or other companies with which we have contractual arrangements became unwilling or unable to provide these services to us or they or we are unable to comply with our contractual requirements under such arrangements, then we would need to find and engage replacement providers, which we may not be able to do on terms that are acceptable to us or at all, or to process the payments ourselves. Any of these scenarios could be disruptive to our business as they could be costly and time consuming and may unfavorably impact our customers.

As we offer new payment options to our customers, we may be subject to additional regulations, compliance requirements and fraud risk. For some payment methods, including credit and debit cards, we pay interchange and other fees, which may increase over time and raise our operating costs and lower our profit margins or require that we charge our customers more for our products. We are also subject to payment card association and similar operating rules and requirements, which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply. If we fail to comply with these rules and requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees and lose our ability to accept credit and debit card payments from our customers or

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facilitate other types of online payments, and our business and operating results could be materially adversely affected.

We may be subject to product liability claims if people or property are harmed by the products we sell.

Some of the products we sell may expose us to product liability claims relating to personal injury, death, or property damage, and may require product recalls or other actions. Any claims, litigation, or recalls relating to product liability could be costly to us and damage our brands and reputation.

Our inability to acquire or maintain domain names in each country or region where we currently or intend to do business could negatively impact our brands and our ability to sell our products and services in that country or region.

We sell our products and services primarily through our websites and fromFrom time to time we have difficulty obtaining a domain name using Vistaprint or our other trademarks in a particular country or region. The requirements for obtaining domain names vary from region to region, and are subject to change, and the relationship between the regulations governing domain names and the laws protecting trademarks and similar proprietary rights is unclear. Wewe may not be able to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that infringe or otherwise decrease the value of our trademarks and other proprietary rights. If we are unable to use a domain name in a particular country, then we could be forced to purchase the domain name from an entity that owns or controls it, which we may not be able to do on commercially acceptable terms or at all; we may incur significant additional expenses to develop a new brand to market our products within that country; or we may elect not to sell products in that country.

Our results of operations may be negatively affected if we are requiredWe do not collect indirect taxes in all jurisdictions, which could expose us to charge sales, value added, or other taxes on Internet sales in additional jurisdictions.tax liabilities.

In some of the jurisdictions where we sell products and services, we do not collect or have imposed upon us sales, value added or other consumption taxes, which we refer to as indirect taxes. The application of indirect taxes to e-commerce businesses such as VistaprintCimpress is a complex and evolving issue. Many of the fundamental statutes and regulations that impose these taxes were established before the growth of the Internet and e-commerce,issue, and in many cases, it is not clear how existing tax statutes apply to the Internet or e-commerce. For example, some state governments in the United States have imposed or are seeking to impose indirect taxes on Internet sales. The imposition by national, state or local governments, whether within or outside the United States, of additional taxes upon Internet commerce could discourage customers from purchasing products from us, decrease our ability to compete with traditional retailers, or otherwise negatively impact our results of operations. Additionally, aA successful assertion by one or more governments in jurisdictions where we are not currently collecting sales or value added taxes that we should be, or should have been, collecting indirect taxes on the sale of our products could result in substantial tax liabilities for past sales.


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If we are unable to retain security authentication certificates, which are supplied by a limited number of third party providers over which we exercise little or no control, our business could be harmed.

We are dependent on a limited number of third party providers of website security authentication certificates that are necessary for conducting secure transactions over the Internet. Despite any contractual protections we may have, these third party providers can disable or revoke, and in the past have disabled or revoked, our security certificates without our consent, which would render our websites inaccessible to some of our customers and could discourage other customers from accessing our sites. Any interruption in our customers' ability or willingness to access our websites if we do not have adequate security certificates could result in a material loss of revenue and profits and damage to our brands.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

Challenges by various tax authorities to our international structure could, if successful, increase our effective tax rate and adversely affect our earnings.

We are a Dutch limited liability company that operates through various subsidiaries in a number of countries throughout the world. Consequently, we are subject to tax laws, treaties and regulations in the countries in which we operate, and these laws and treaties are subject to interpretation. From time to time, we are subject to tax audits, and the tax authorities in these countries could claim that a greater portion of the income of the VistaprintCimpress N.V. group should be subject to income or other tax in their respective jurisdictions, which could result in an increase to our effective tax rate and adversely affect our results of operations. For more information about audits to which we are currently subject refer to Note 1011 “Income Taxes” in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.

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and cash flow from operations. We continue to assess the impact of various international tax proposals and modifications to existing tax treaties between the Netherlands and other countries that could result in a material impact on our income taxes. We cannot predict whether any specific legislation will be enacted or the terms of any such legislation. However, if such proposals were enacted, or if modifications were to be made to certain existing treaties, the consequences could have a materially adverse impact on us, including increasing our tax burden, increasing costs of our tax compliance or otherwise adversely affecting our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our intercompany arrangements may be challenged, which could result in higher taxes or penalties and an adverse effect on our earnings.

We operate pursuant to written intercompany service and related agreements, which we also refer to as transfer pricing agreements, among VistaprintCimpress N.V. and its subsidiaries. These agreements establish transfer prices for production, marketing, management, technology development and other services performed by these subsidiaries for other group companies. Transfer prices are prices that one company in a group of related companies charges to another member of the group for goods, services or the use of property. If two or more affiliated companies are located in different countries, the tax laws or regulations of each country generally will require that transfer prices be consistent with those between unrelated companies dealing at arm's length. With the exception of certain jurisdictions where we have obtained rulings or advance pricing agreements, our transfer pricing arrangements are not binding on applicable tax authorities, and no official authority in any other country has made a determination as to whether or not we are operating in compliance with its transfer pricing laws. If tax authorities in any country were successful in challenging our transfer prices as not reflecting arm's length transactions, they could require us to adjust our transfer prices and thereby reallocate our income to reflect these revised transfer prices. A reallocation of taxable income from a lower tax jurisdiction to a higher tax jurisdiction would result in a higher tax liability to us. In addition, if the country from which the income is reallocated does not agree with the reallocation, both countries could tax the same income, resulting in double taxation.


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Our Articles of Association, Dutch law and the independent foundation, Stichting Continuïteit VistaprintCimpress, may make it difficult to replace or remove management, may inhibit or delay a change of control or may dilute your voting power.

Our Articles of Association, or Articles, as governed by Dutch law, limit our shareholders' ability to suspend or dismiss the members of our management board and supervisory board or to overrule our supervisory board's nominees to our management board and supervisory board by requiring a supermajority vote to do so under most circumstances. As a result, there may be circumstances in which shareholders may not be able to remove members of our management board or supervisory board even if holders of a majority of our ordinary shares favor doing so.

In addition, we have established an independent foundation, Stichting Continuïteit VistaprintCimpress, or the Foundation, exists to safeguard the interests of VistaprintCimpress N.V. and its stakeholders, which include but are not limited to our shareholders, and to assist in maintaining Vistaprint'sCimpress' continuity and independence. To this end, we have granted the Foundation a call option pursuant to which the Foundation may acquire a number of preferred shares equal to the same number of ordinary shares then outstanding, which is designed to provide a protective measure against unsolicited take-over bids for VistaprintCimpress and other hostile threats. If the Foundation were to exercise the call option, it may prevent a change of control or delay or prevent a takeover attempt, including a takeover attempt that might result in a premium over the market price for our ordinary shares. Exercise of the preferred share option would also effectively dilute the voting power of our outstanding ordinary shares by one half.

We have limited flexibility with respect to certain aspects of capital management.management and certain corporate transactions.

Dutch law requires shareholder approval for the issuance of shares and grants preemptive rights to existing shareholders to subscribe for new issuances of shares. In November 2011, our shareholders granted our supervisory board and management board the authority to issue ordinary shares as the boards determine appropriate, without obtaining specific shareholder approval for each issuance, and to limit or exclude shareholders' preemptive rights. However, this authorization expires in November 2016. Although we plan to seek re-approval from our shareholders from time to time in the future, we may not succeed in obtaining future re-approvals. In addition, subject to specified exceptions, Dutch law requires shareholder approval for many corporate actions, such as the approval of dividends, and authorization to purchase outstanding shares.shares, and corporate acquisitions of a certain size. Situations may arise where the flexibility to issue shares, pay dividends, purchase shares, acquire other

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companies, or take other corporate actions without a shareholder vote would be beneficial to us, but is not available under Dutch law.

Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to pursue legal remedies against the members of our supervisory board or management board.

Our Articles and our internal corporate affairs are governed by Dutch law, and the rights of our shareholders and the responsibilities of our supervisory board and management board are different from those established under United States laws. For example, under Dutch law derivative lawsuits are generally not available, and our supervisory board and management board are responsible for acting in the best interests of the company, its business and all of its stakeholders generally (including employees, customers and creditors), not just shareholders. As a result, our shareholders may find it more difficult to protect their interests against actions by members of our supervisory board or management board than they would if we were a U.S. corporation.

Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to enforce claims based on United States federal or state laws, including securities liabilities, against us or our management team.

We are incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, and the vast majority of our assets are located outside of the United States. In addition, some of our officers and management board members reside outside of the United States. In most cases, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by a U.S. federal or state court would not be directly enforceable in the Netherlands. Although there is a process under Dutch law for petitioning a Dutch court to enforce a judgment rendered in the United States, there can be no assurance that a Dutch court would impose civil liability on us or our management team in any lawsuit predicated solely upon U.S. securities or other laws. In addition, because most of our assets are located outside of the United States, it could be difficult for investors to place a lien on our assets in connection with a claim of liability under U.S. laws. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to enforce U.S. court judgments or rights predicated upon U.S. laws against us or our management team outside of the U.S.United States.


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We may not be able to make distributions or purchase shares without subjecting our shareholders to Dutch withholding tax.

A Dutch withholding tax may be levied on dividends and similar distributions made by VistaprintCimpress N.V. to its shareholders at the statutory rate of 15% if we cannot structure such distributions as being made to shareholders in relation to a reduction of par value, which would be non-taxable for Dutch withholding tax purposes. We have purchased our shares and may seek to purchase additional shares in the future. Under our Dutch Advanced Tax Ruling, a purchase of shares should not result in any Dutch withholding tax if we hold the purchased shares in treasury for the purpose of issuing shares pursuant to some employee share awards or for the funding of acquisitions. However, if the shares cannot be used for these purposes, or the Dutch tax authorities challenge the use of the shares for these purposes, such a purchase of shares for the purposes of capital reduction may be treated as a partial liquidation subject to the 15% Dutch withholding tax to be levied on the difference between our recognized paid in capital per share for Dutch tax purposes and the redemption price per share. Our recognized paid in capital per share for Dutch tax purposes is €28.99 per share translated as of the date of our reincorporation to the Netherlands on August 28, 2009.
 
We may be treated as a passive foreign investment company for United States tax purposes, which may subject United States shareholders to adverse tax consequences.

If our passive income, or our assets that produce passive income, exceed levels provided by law for any taxable year, we may be characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or a PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes. If we are treated as a PFIC, U.S. holders of our ordinary shares would be subject to a disadvantageous United States federal income tax regime with respect to the distributions they receive and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their ordinary shares.

We believe that we were not a PFIC for the tax year ended June 30, 20132014 and we expect that we will not become a PFIC in the foreseeable future. However, whether we are treated as a PFIC depends on questions of fact as to our assets and revenues that can only be determined at the end of each tax year. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a PFIC for our current tax year or for any subsequent year.


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If a United States shareholder acquires 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States taxation under the “controlled foreign corporation” rules. Additionally, this may negatively impact the demand for our ordinary shares.

If a United States shareholder owns 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States federal income taxation (and possibly state income taxation) under the “controlled foreign corporation” rules. In general, each U.S. person who owns (or is deemed to own) at least 10% of the voting power of a non-U.S. corporation, “10% U.S. Shareholder,” and if such non-U.S. corporation is a “controlled foreign corporation”, or “CFC,” for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during a taxable year, then a 10% U.S. shareholder who owns (or is deemed to own) shares in the CFC on the last day of the CFC's taxable year, must include in its gross income for United States federal income tax (and possibly state income tax) purposes its pro rata share of the CFC's “subpart F income”, even if the subpart"subpart F incomeincome" is not distributed. In general, a non-U.S. corporation is considered a CFC if one or more 10% U.S. Shareholders together own more than 50% of the voting power or value of the corporation on any day during the taxable year of the corporation. “Subpart F income” consists of, among other things, certain types of dividends, interest, rents, royalties, gains, and certain types of income from services and personal property sales.
The rules for determining ownership for purposes of determining 10% U.S. Shareholder and CFC status are complicated, depend on the particular facts relating to each investor, and are not necessarily the same as the rules for determining beneficial ownership for SEC reporting purposes. For taxable years in which we are a CFC for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more, each of our 10% U.S. Shareholders will be required to include in its gross income for United States federal income tax purposes its pro rata share of our subpart"subpart F income,income", even if the subpart F income is not distributed by us. We currently do not believe we are a CFC. However, whether we are treated as a CFC can be affected by, among other things, facts as to our share ownership that may change. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a CFC for our current tax year or any subsequent tax year.
The risk of being subject to increased taxation as a CFC may deter our current shareholders from acquiring additional ordinary shares or new shareholders from establishing a position in our ordinary shares. Either of these scenarios could impact the demand for, and value of, our ordinary shares.

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Our tax rate may increase during periods when our profitability declines. Additionally, weWe will pay taxes even if we are not profitable on a consolidated basis, which would harm our results of operations.
 
The intercompany service and related agreements among VistaprintCimpress N.V. and ourits direct and indirect subsidiaries ensure that mostmany of the subsidiaries realize profits based on their operating expenses. As a result, if the VistaprintCimpress group is less profitable, or even not profitable on a consolidated basis, the majoritymany of our subsidiaries will be profitable and incur income taxes in their respective jurisdictions. In periods of declining operating profitability or losses on a consolidated basis this structure will increase our effective tax rate or our consolidated losses and further harm our results of operations.



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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On February 13, 2013, we announced thatDecember 11, 2014, in order to provide us with flexibility to repurchase our ordinary shares at times when our management believes it may be beneficial for our business, our Supervisory Board authorized the purchaserepurchase of up to 6,800,0006,400,000 of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares on the open market (including block trades that satisfy the safe harbor provisions of Rule 10b-18 pursuant to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act)Act of 1934), through privately negotiated transactions, or in one or more self tenderself-tender offers. This share purchaserepurchase authorization expires on May 8, 2014,12, 2016, and we may suspend or discontinue the purchaserepurchase program at any time. Our Supervisory Board approved this repurchase program pursuant to the authorization we received from our shareholders in November 2014. This new repurchase program replaced the previous program that our Supervisory Board approved in May 2014.
We did not purchaserepurchase any shares during the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2014, and 6,152,2756,400,000 shares remain available for purchaserepurchase under this program, subject to certain limitations imposed by our credit agreement.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
We are filing the exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Report.



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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
AprilJanuary 30, 2014                                                            Vistaprint2015                                                            Cimpress N.V.
 By: /s/ Ernst J. Teunissen
  Ernst J. Teunissen
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
   
 By:/s/ Michael C. GreinerSean E. Quinn
  Michael C. GreinerSean E. Quinn
  Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)


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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit    
No. Description
2.13.1 Sale and Purchase Agreement dated April 1, 2014 among VistaprintArticles of Association of Cimpress N.V., Vistaprint Italy S.r.l., Alcedo SGR S.p.A (on behalf of the close-ended investment fund “Alcedo III”), Cap2 S.r.l., and Alessandro Tenderini is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2014
2.2Put and Call Option Agreement dated April 3, 2014 among Vistaprint N.V., Vistaprint Italy S.r.l., Cap2 S.r.l., and Matteo Rigamonti is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2014
2.3Put and Call Option Agreement dated April 3, 2014 among Vistaprint N.V., Vistaprint Italy S.r.l., and Alessandro Tenderini is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2014as amended
31.1 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), by Chief Executive Officer
31.2 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a), by Chief Financial Officer
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
101.INS XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*
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* Submitted electronically herewith.

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following materials from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.



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