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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission File Number: 0-12456
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AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia 58-1098795
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.AtlantaGeorgia 30305
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(404) 261-4381
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock AMSWANASDAQ Global Select Market 




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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  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, an emerging growth company or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “emerging growth company” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer   Accelerated Filer 
Non-accelerated filer   Smaller reporting company 
   Emerging growth company 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the exchange act.  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Classes  Outstanding at March 2,December 1, 2022
Class A Common Stock, $.10 par value  31,736,063 31,918,863 Shares
Class B Common Stock, $.10 par value  1,821,587 Shares



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AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Form 10-Q
Quarter ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.     Financial Statements
American Software, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share data)
January 31,
2022
April 30,
2021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$98,355 $88,658 
Investments16,463 16,006 
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $443 at January 31, 2022 and $430 at April 30, 2021:
Billed24,164 24,438 
Unbilled3,255 2,201 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets6,474 5,320 
Total current assets148,711 136,623 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $31,040 at January 31, 2022 and $30,581 at April 30, 20213,720 3,428 
Capitalized software, net of accumulated amortization of $41,293 at January 31, 2022 and $38,826 at April 30, 20212,301 4,767 
Goodwill25,888 25,888 
Other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $13,175 at January 31, 2022 and $13,015 at April 30, 2021201 360 
Lease right of use assets1,093 1,454 
Deferred sales commissions—noncurrent2,122 2,474 
Other assets2,014 2,163 
Total assets$186,050 $177,157 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$3,158 $1,732 
Accrued compensation and related costs5,242 6,129 
Dividends payable3,689 3,615 
Operating lease obligations604 739 
Other current liabilities1,123 1,307 
Deferred revenue38,095 37,142 
Total current liabilities51,911 50,664 
Deferred income taxes2,460 2,627 
Long-term operating lease obligations566 821 
Other long-term liabilities234 654 
Total liabilities55,171 54,766 
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock:
Class A, $.10 par value. Authorized 50,000,000 shares: 36,307,695 (31,719,063, net) shares issued and outstanding respectively at January 31, 2022 and 35,629,566 (31,040,934, net) shares issued and outstanding respectively at April 30, 20213,630 3,563 
Class B, $.10 par value. Authorized 10,000,000 shares: 1,821,587 shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2022 and April 30, 2021; convertible into Class A Common Shares on a 1-for-one basis182 182 
Additional paid-in capital169,740 159,492 
Retained deficit(17,114)(15,287)
Class A treasury stock, 4,588,632 shares at January 31, 2022 and April 30, 2021, at cost(25,559)(25,559)
Total shareholders’ equity130,879 122,391 
Commitments and contingencies00
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$186,050 $177,157 
October 31,
2022
April 30,
2022
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$83,962 $110,690 
Investments22,805 16,826 
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $354 at October 31, 2022 and $423 at April 30, 2022:
Billed24,127 20,619 
Unbilled2,690 2,989 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets5,384 5,067 
Total current assets138,968 156,191 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $31,755 at October 31, 2022 and $31,242 at April 30, 20225,847 3,654 
Capitalized software, net of accumulated amortization of $42,726 at October 31, 2022 and $42,007 at April 30, 2022867 1,586 
Goodwill29,558 25,888 
Other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $13,597 at October 31, 2022 and $13,228 at April 30, 20222,609 147 
Lease right of use assets646 935 
Deferred sales commissions—noncurrent1,702 2,050 
Deferred income taxes227 — 
Other assets2,588 2,384 
Total assets$183,012 $192,835 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$2,485 $2,506 
Accrued compensation and related costs3,723 6,918 
Dividends payable3,711 3,700 
Operating lease obligations441 541 
Other current liabilities2,361 1,871 
Deferred revenue36,008 41,953 
Total current liabilities48,729 57,489 
Deferred income taxes— 1,772 
Long-term operating lease obligations250 461 
Other long-term liabilities465 137 
Total liabilities49,444 59,859 
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock:
Class A, $.10 par value. Authorized 50,000,000 shares: 36,503,495 (31,914,863, net) shares issued and outstanding at October 31, 2022 and 36,405,695 (31,817,063, net) shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 20223,650 3,641 
Class B, $.10 par value. Authorized 10,000,000 shares: 1,821,587 shares issued and outstanding at October 31, 2022 and April 30, 2022; convertible into Class A Common Shares on a one-for-one basis182 182 
Additional paid-in capital175,733 171,948 
Retained deficit(20,438)(17,236)
Class A treasury stock, 4,588,632 shares at October 31, 2022 and April 30, 2022, at cost(25,559)(25,559)
Total shareholders’ equity133,568 132,976 
Commitments and contingencies
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$183,012 $192,835 
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements—unaudited.
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American Software, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended January 31,Nine Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,Six Months Ended October 31,
2022202120222021 2022202120222021
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
Subscription feesSubscription fees$10,856 $7,486 31,005 20,815 Subscription fees$12,326 $10,361 $24,388 $20,149 
LicenseLicense992 530 $2,289 $1,767 License688 805 1,008 1,297 
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other11,443 9,495 31,751 29,551 Professional services and other9,594 10,779 19,603 20,308 
MaintenanceMaintenance9,131 10,172 27,859 30,709 Maintenance8,830 9,266 17,735 18,728 
Total revenueTotal revenue32,422 27,683 92,904 82,842 Total revenue31,438 31,211 62,734 60,482 
Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:
Subscription feesSubscription fees3,431 3,062 10,059 8,767 Subscription fees4,059 3,404 7,677 6,628 
LicenseLicense240 288 597 1,516 License94 198 183 357 
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other8,012 7,178 22,499 22,632 Professional services and other6,847 7,477 14,151 14,487 
MaintenanceMaintenance1,789 1,894 5,509 5,608 Maintenance1,577 1,746 3,150 3,720 
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue13,472 12,422 38,664 38,523 Total cost of revenue12,577 12,825 25,161 25,192 
Gross marginGross margin18,950 15,261 54,240 44,319 Gross margin18,861 18,386 37,573 35,290 
Research and developmentResearch and development4,602 4,242 13,304 12,674 Research and development4,364 4,278 8,818 8,702 
Sales and marketingSales and marketing5,222 5,029 17,234 15,202 Sales and marketing5,697 5,892 11,609 12,012 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative5,834 5,002 15,844 13,833 General and administrative6,001 5,476 11,766 10,010 
Amortization of acquisition-related intangiblesAmortization of acquisition-related intangibles53 53 159 159 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles32 53 56 106 
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses15,711 14,326 46,541 41,868 Total operating expenses16,094 15,699 32,249 30,830 
Operating incomeOperating income3,239 935 7,699 2,451 Operating income2,767 2,687 5,324 4,460 
Other income\(loss):
Other income (loss):Other income (loss):
Interest incomeInterest income97 90 287 313 Interest income364 97 573 190 
Other, netOther, net(5)1,342 1,172 2,409 Other, net(509)833 (599)1,177 
Earnings before income taxesEarnings before income taxes3,331 2,367 9,158 5,173 Earnings before income taxes2,622 3,617 5,298 5,827 
Income tax expense\(benefit)391 56 (43)136 
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)541 303 1,084 (434)
Net earningsNet earnings$2,940 $2,311 $9,201 $5,037 Net earnings$2,081 $3,314 $4,214 $6,261 
Earnings per common share (a):
Earnings per common share (a):
Earnings per common share (a):
BasicBasic$0.09 $0.07 $0.28 $0.16 Basic$0.06 $0.10 $0.12 $0.19 
DilutedDiluted$0.09 $0.07 $0.27 $0.15 Diluted$0.06 $0.10 $0.12 $0.18 
Cash dividends declared per common shareCash dividends declared per common share$0.11 $0.11 $0.33 $0.33 Cash dividends declared per common share$0.11 $0.11 $0.22 $0.22 
Shares used in the calculation of earnings per common share:Shares used in the calculation of earnings per common share:Shares used in the calculation of earnings per common share:
BasicBasic33,490 32,628 33,293 32,485 Basic33,720 33,337 33,688 33,195 
DilutedDiluted34,578 33,293 34,325 33,107 Diluted34,071 34,685 34,040 34,448 
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(a)Basic per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class B shares. Diluted per share amounts for Class A shares are shown above. Diluted earnings per share for Class B shares under the two-class method are $0.09$0.06 and $0.07$0.10 for the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021 and $0.28$0.12 and $0.16$0.19 for the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021. See Note D to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements—unaudited.

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American Software, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share data)
Common stockAdditional
paid-in
capital
Retained deficitTreasury
stock
Total
shareholders’
equity
Common stockAdditional
paid-in
capital
Retained deficitTreasury
stock
Total
shareholders’
equity
Class AClass B Class AClass B
For the Three Months Ended January 31, 2021SharesAmountSharesAmount
For the Three Months Ended October 31, 2021For the Three Months Ended October 31, 2021SharesAmountSharesAmountAdditional
paid-in
capital
Retained deficitTreasury
stock
Total
shareholders’
equity
Balance at October 31, 202035,277,846 3,528 1,821,587 182 154,335(13,433)(25,559)119,053 
Balance at July 31, 2021Balance at July 31, 202136,028,566 $3,603 1,821,587 $182 $164,299 $(15,991)$(25,559)$126,534 
Proceeds from stock options exercisedProceeds from stock options exercised185,124 18— — 1,864 — — 1,882Proceeds from stock options exercised146,242 14— — 1,628— — 1,642,000 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — — — 703 — — 703Stock-based compensation— — — — 1,042 — — 1,042 
Net earningsNet earnings— — — — — 2,311 — 2,311Net earnings— — — — — 3,314 — 3,314 
Dividends declared*Dividends declared*— — — — — (3,599)— (3,599)Dividends declared*— — — — — (3,685)— (3,685)
Balance at January 31, 202135,462,9703,5461,821,587182156,902(14,721)(25,559)120,350
For the Three Months Ended January 31, 2022
Balance at October 31, 2021Balance at October 31, 202136,174,808 3,617 1,821,587 182 166,969(16,362)(25,559)128,847 Balance at October 31, 202136,174,808$3,617 1,821,587$182 $166,969 $(16,362)$(25,559)$128,847 
For the Three Months Ended October 31, 2022For the Three Months Ended October 31, 2022
Balance at July 31, 2022Balance at July 31, 202236,448,695 $3,645 1,821,587 $182 $173,721 $(18,808)$(25,559)$133,181 
Proceeds from stock options exercised*Proceeds from stock options exercised*132,887 13— — 1,678— — 1,691 Proceeds from stock options exercised*54,800 5— — 669— — 674,000 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — — — 1,093— — 1,093 Stock-based compensation— — — — 1,343 — — 1,343 
Net earningsNet earnings— — — — — 2,940— 2,940 Net earnings— — — — 2,081 — 2,081 
Dividends declared*— — — — — (3,692)— (3,692)
Balance at January 31, 202236,307,695 3,630 1,821,587 182 169,740 (17,114)(25,559)130,879 
Dividends declaredDividends declared— — — — — (3,711)— (3,711)
Balance at October 31, 2022Balance at October 31, 202236,503,495 $3,650 1,821,587$182 $175,733 $(20,438)$(25,559)$133,568 
*Amounts adjusted for rounding

Common stockAdditional
paid-in
capital
Retained deficitTreasury
stock
Total
shareholders’
equity
Common stockAdditional
paid-in
capital
Retained deficitTreasury
stock
Total
shareholders’
equity
Class AClass B Class AClass B
For the Nine Months Ended January 31, 2021SharesAmountSharesAmount
For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2021For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2021SharesAmountSharesAmountAdditional
paid-in
capital
Retained deficitTreasury
stock
Total
shareholders’
equity
Balance at April 30, 202035,000,649 3,500 1,821,587 182 150,312(9,013)(25,559)119,422 
Balance at April 30, 2021Balance at April 30, 202135,629,566 3,563 1,821,587 182 159,492(15,287)(25,559)122,391 
Proceeds from stock options exercisedProceeds from stock options exercised462,321 46— — 4,689 — — 4,735Proceeds from stock options exercised545,242 54— — 5,660 — — 5,714
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — — — 1,901 — — 1,901Stock-based compensation— — — — 1,817 — — 1,817
Net earningsNet earnings— — — — — 5,037 — 5,037Net earnings— — — — — 6,261 — 6,261
Dividends declared*Dividends declared*— — — — — (10,745)— (10,745)Dividends declared*— — — — — (7,336)— (7,336)
Balance at January 31, 202135,462,9703,5461,821,587182156,902(14,721)(25,559)120,350
For the Nine Months Ended January 31, 2022
Balance at April 30, 202135,629,566 3,563 1,821,587 182 159,492(15,287)(25,559)122,391 
Balance at October 31, 2021Balance at October 31, 202136,174,8083,6171,821,587182166,969(16,362)(25,559)128,847
For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2022For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2022
Balance at April 30, 2022Balance at April 30, 202236,405,695 3,641 1,821,587 182 171,948(17,236)(25,559)132,976 
Proceeds from stock options exercised*Proceeds from stock options exercised*678,129 67— — 7,338— — 7,405 Proceeds from stock options exercised*97,800 9— — 1,136— 1,145 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — — — 2,910— — 2,910 Stock-based compensation— — — — 2,649— 2,649 
Net earningsNet earnings— — — — — 9,201— 9,201 Net earnings— — — — — 4,214— 4,214 
Dividends declared*Dividends declared*— — — — — (11,028)— (11,028)Dividends declared*— — — — — (7,416)— (7,416)
Balance at January 31, 202236,307,695 3,630 1,821,587 182 169,740 (17,114)(25,559)130,879 
Balance at October 31, 2022Balance at October 31, 202236,503,495 3,650 1,821,587 182 175,733 (20,438)(25,559)133,568 
*Amounts adjusted for rounding
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American Software, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
20222021 20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:Cash flows from operating activities:Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earningsNet earnings$9,201 $5,037 Net earnings$4,214 $6,261 
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization3,170 4,441 Depreciation and amortization1,601 2,170 
(Gain) on sale of fixed assets(36)— 
Stock-based compensation expenseStock-based compensation expense2,910 1,901 Stock-based compensation expense2,649 1,817 
Net gain on investmentsNet gain on investments(1,073)(1,945)Net gain on investments331 (1,193)
Deferred income taxesDeferred income taxes(167)(325)Deferred income taxes(1,999)(99)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:Changes in operating assets and liabilities:Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Purchases of trading securitiesPurchases of trading securities(215)(779)Purchases of trading securities(7,094)(174)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of trading securitiesProceeds from maturities and sales of trading securities831 3,534 Proceeds from maturities and sales of trading securities784 210 
Accounts receivable, netAccounts receivable, net(780)5,248 Accounts receivable, net(3,209)4,502 
Prepaid expenses and other assetsPrepaid expenses and other assets(653)922 Prepaid expenses and other assets(173)(2,013)
Accounts payable and other liabilitiesAccounts payable and other liabilities(91)(1,897)Accounts payable and other liabilities(2,420)(2,595)
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue953 (2,204)Deferred revenue(5,945)(1,174)
Net cash provided by operating activities14,050 13,933 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activitiesNet cash (used in) provided by operating activities(11,261)7,712 
Cash flows from investing activities:Cash flows from investing activities:Cash flows from investing activities:
Capitalized computer software development costs— (604)
Purchases of property and equipment, net of disposalsPurchases of property and equipment, net of disposals(801)(461)Purchases of property and equipment, net of disposals(2,706)(615)
Net cash used in investing activities(801)(1,065)
Purchases of businessPurchases of business(6,500)— 
Net cash (used in) investing activitiesNet cash (used in) investing activities(9,206)(615)
Cash flows from financing activities:Cash flows from financing activities:Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of stock optionsProceeds from exercise of stock options7,405 4,735 Proceeds from exercise of stock options1,145 5,714 
Dividends paidDividends paid(10,957)(10,696)Dividends paid(7,406)(7,268)
Net cash used in financing activities(3,552)(5,961)
Net cash (used in) financing activitiesNet cash (used in) financing activities(6,261)(1,554)
Net change in cash and cash equivalentsNet change in cash and cash equivalents9,697 6,907 Net change in cash and cash equivalents(26,728)5,543 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of periodCash and cash equivalents at beginning of period88,658 79,814 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period110,690 88,658 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of periodCash and cash equivalents at end of period$98,355 $86,721 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$83,962 $94,201 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:Cash paid during the period for:Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refundsIncome taxes, net of refunds$180 $485 Income taxes, net of refunds$2,997 $176 
Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing and financing activities:Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing and financing activities:Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing and financing activities:
Accrual of dividends payableAccrual of dividends payable$3,689 $3,597 Accrual of dividends payable$3,711 $3,676 
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements—unaudited.

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AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Unaudited
JanuaryOctober 31, 2022
A. Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of our management, these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position at JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, results of operations for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021 and cash flows for the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021. The Company’s results for the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year. You should read these statements in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis and results of operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021.2022. The terms “fiscal 2022”2023” and “fiscal 2021”2022” refer to our fiscal years ending April 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, respectively.
The preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities, at the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Note 1 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for fiscal 20212022 contained in the Annual Report describes the significant accounting policies that we have used in preparing our consolidated financial statements.Consolidated Financial Statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including, but not limited to, those related to revenue/reserves and allowances. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Our actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of American Software, Inc. (“American Software”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements.
Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2021-08 In December 2019,October 2021, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2019-12,2021-08, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers." Under current GAAP, an acquirer generally recognizes assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, including contract assets and contract liabilities arising from revenue contracts with customers and other similar contracts that are accounted for in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"), at fair value on the acquisition date. ASU 2021-08 requires that an entity recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606. At the acquisition date, an acquirer should account for the related revenue contracts in accordance with Topic 606 as if it had originated the contracts, which should generally result in an acquirer recognizing and measuring the acquired contract assets and contract liabilities consistent with how they were recognized and measured in the acquiree’s financial statements. This update also provides certain practical expedients for acquirers when recognizing and measuring acquired contract assets and contract liabilities from revenue contracts in a business combination. The new guidance eliminates certain exceptions relatedamendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years and should be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating taxes for each quarter and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. This guidance also simplifies aspectseffective date of the accountingamendments. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. Adoption during an interim period requires retrospective application to all business combinations for franchise taxes and changes in tax lawswhich the acquisition date occurs on or rates, as well as clarifiesafter the accounting for transactionsbeginning of the fiscal year that result in a step-up inincludes the tax basisinterim period of goodwill. ASU 2019-12 was effective forearly application. We are evaluating the Company beginning May 1, 2021 and would require us to recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of reinvested earnings, if applicable. The adoptionpotential effects of ASU 2019-12 did not have a material impact2021-08 on the Company's condensedour consolidated financial statements.

B. Revenue Recognition
    We    In accordance with the ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), we recognize revenue when we transfer control of the promised goods or services to our customers,clients, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive, in exchange for those goods or services. We derive our revenue from software licenses;licenses, maintenance services; services,
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consulting, implementation and training services;services, and Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”), which includes a subscription to our software, as well as maintenance,support, hosting and managed services.
The Company determinesrecognizes revenue recognition throughin accordance with the following steps:
Step 1 - Identification of the Contract with the Customer
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Step 2 - Identification of Promised Goods and Services and Evaluation of Whether the Promised Goods and Services are Distinct Performance Obligations
Step 3 - Determination of the Transaction Price
Step 4 - Allocation of the Transaction Price to Distinct Performance Obligations
Step 5 - Attribution of Revenue for Each Distinct Performance Obligation
Nature of Products and Services.Services
    Subscription FeesSubscription. . Subscription fees include SaaS revenue for the right to use the software for a limited period of time in an environment hosted by the Company in eitheror by a public or privately managed data center.third party. The customerclient accesses and uses the software on an as-neededas needed basis over the Internet or via a dedicated line; however, the customerclient has no right to take delivery of the software without incurring a significant penalty.software. The underlying arrangements typically include a single fee for the service that is billed monthly, quarterly or annually. The Company’s SaaS solutions represent a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.client. Revenue from a SaaS solution is generally recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement.
    LicensesLicense.. Our perpetual software licenses provide the customerclient with a right to use the software as it exists at the time of purchase. We recognize revenue for distinct software licenses once the license period has begun and we have made the software available to the customer.
client. Our perpetual software licenses are sold with maintenance under which services are described below inwe provide clients with telephone consulting, product updates on a when available basis, and releases of new versions of products previously purchased by the Maintenance section.client, as well as error reporting and correction services.
    Professional Services and Other. Our services revenue consists of fees generated from consulting, implementation and training services, including reimbursements of out-pocket expenses in connection with our services. Services are typically optional to our customers,clients, and are distinct from our software. Fees for our services are separately priced and are generally billed on an hourly basis, and revenue is recognized over time as the services are performed. We believe the output method of hours worked provides the best depiction of the transfer of our services since the customerclient is receiving the benefit from our services as the work is performed. The total amount of expense reimbursement included in professional services and other revenue was approximately $28,000 and $69,000immaterial for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and $0 and $16,000 for the three and nine months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021, respectively.2021.
    Maintenance. Revenue is derived from maintenance under which we provide customersclients with telephone consulting, product updates and releases of new versions of products previously purchased by the customerclient on a when and if available basis, as well as error reporting and correction services. Maintenance for perpetual licenses is renewable, generally on an annual basis, at the option of the customer.client. Maintenance terms typically range from one to three years. Revenue related to maintenance is generally paid in advance and recognized ratably over the term of the agreement since the Company is standing ready to provide a series of maintenance services that are substantially the same each period over the term; therefore, time is the best measure of progress. Support services for subscriptions are included in the subscription fees and are recognized as a component of such fees.
    Indirect Channel Revenue. We record revenue from sales made through the indirect sales channels on a gross basis, because we control the goods or services and act as the principal in the transaction. In reaching this determination, we evaluated sales through our indirect channel on a case-by-case basis and considered a number of factors including indicators of control such as the party having the primary responsibility to provide specified goods or services and the party having discretion in establishing prices.
    Sales Taxes. We account for sales taxes collected from customersclients on a net basis.
Significant Judgments. Many of our contracts include multiple performance obligations. Our products and services generally do not require a significant amount of integration or interdependency; therefore, our products and services are generally not combined. We allocate the transaction price for each contract to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price (SSP) for each performance obligation within each contract.
We use judgment in determining the SSP for products and services. For substantially all performance obligations, other than on-premise licenses, we are able to establish SSP based on the observable prices of products or services sold separately in comparable circumstances to similar customers. We typically establish an SSP range for our products and services which is reassessed on a periodic basis or when facts and circumstances change. Historically our on-premise licenses have not been sold on a standalone basis, as the vast majority of all customers elect to purchase on-premise license maintenance and support contracts at the time of an on-premise license purchase. We are unable to establish the SSP for our on-premise licenses based on observable prices, as the same products are sold for a broad range of prices (that is, the selling price is highly variable) and a
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representative SSP is not discernible from past transactions or other observable evidence. As a result, the SSP for an on-premise license included in a contract with multiple performance obligations is determined by applying a residual approach whereby all other performance obligations within a contract are first allocated a portion of the transaction price based upon their respective SSPs, with any residual amount of transaction price allocated to on-premise license revenue. Maintenance and support contracts are generally priced as a percentage of the net fees paid by the customer to access the on-premise license.
Contract Balances. Timing of invoicing to customersclients may differ from timing of revenue recognition and these timing differences result in unbilled accounts receivables or contract liabilities (deferred revenue) on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Fees for our software licenses are generally due within 30 days of contract execution. We have an established history of collecting under the terms of our software license contracts without providing refunds or concessions to our customers.clients. SaaS solutions and maintenance are typically billed in advance on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. Services are typically billed as performed. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of invoicing, we have determined that our contracts generally do not include significant financing component. The primary purpose of our
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invoicing terms is to provide customersclients with predictable ways to purchase our software and services, not to provide or receive financing. Additionally, we are applying the practical expedient to exclude any financing component from consideration for any contracts with payment terms of one year or less since we rarely offer terms extending beyond one year. The consideration in our customerclient contracts is fixed.
We have an unconditional right to consideration for all goods and services transferred to our customers.clients. That unconditional right to consideration is reflected in billed and unbilled accounts receivable in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheetsCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in accordance with ASC Topic 606.

Deferred revenue consists of amounts collected prior to having completed the performance of maintenance, SaaS, hosting, and managed services. We typically invoice customersclients for cloud subscription and support fees in advance on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis, with payment due at the start of the cloud subscription or support term. During the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we recognized $17.5$17.6 million of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of OctoberJuly 31, 2021.2022. During the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we recognized $34.4$29.6 million of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of April 30, 2021.2022.
January 31,
2022
April 30,
2021
October 31,
2022
April 30,
2022
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Deferred revenue, currentDeferred revenue, current38,095 37,142 Deferred revenue, current36,008 41,953 
Deferred revenue, long-term*105 540 
Deferred revenue, long-termDeferred revenue, long-term— — 
Total deferred revenueTotal deferred revenue$38,200 $37,682 Total deferred revenue$36,008 $41,953 
*included in other long-term liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
    Remaining Performance Obligations. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customerclient and is the unit of account under Topic 606. The transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the promised good or service to the customer.client. The Company identifies and tracks the performance obligations at contract inception so that the Company can monitor and account for the performance obligations over the life of the contract. Remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of orders for which products have not been delivered or services have not been performed. As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $129$122.7 million. The Company expects to recognize revenue on approximately 46%50% of the remaining performance obligations over the next 12 months, with the remainder recognized thereafter.
    Disaggregated Revenue. The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customersclients by geography, as it believes it best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.
The Company’s revenue by geography is as follows:
    
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Three Months Ended
January 31,
Nine Months Ended
January 31,
Three Months Ended
October 31,
Six Months Ended
October 31,
20222021202220212022202120222021
(in thousands)(in thousands)(in thousands)(in thousands)
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
DomesticDomestic$27,334 $23,668 $77,958 $70,467 Domestic$25,570 $26,197 $51,229 $50,624 
InternationalInternational5,088 4,015 14,946 12,375 International5,868 5,014 11,505 9,858 
$32,422 $27,683 $92,904 $82,842 $31,438 $31,211 $62,734 $60,482 
    Contract Costs. The Company capitalizes the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customerclient if the Company expects to recover those costs. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract are those that the Company incurs to obtain a contract with a customerclient that it would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained (for example, a sales commission). The Company capitalizes the costs incurred to fulfill a contract only if those costs meet all of the following criteria:
a.    The costs relate directly to a contract or to an anticipated contract that the Company can specifically identify.
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The costs generate or enhance resources of the Company that will be used in satisfying (or in continuing to satisfy) performance obligations in the future.
c.    The costs are expected to be recovered.
    Certain sales commissions incurred by the Company were determined to be incremental costs to obtain the related contracts, which are deferred and amortized ratably over the economic benefit period. These deferred commission costs are classified as current or non-current based on the timing of when the Company expects to recognize the expense. The current and non-current portions of deferred commissions are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and deferred sales commissions—noncurrent, respectively, in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Total deferred commissions at JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and April 30, 20212022 were $3.5$3.1 million and $3.9$3.4 million, respectively. Amortization of sales commissions was $0.5$0.4 million and $1.5$0.8 million for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.4$1.0 million for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021, respectively, which is included in "Sales and marketing" expense in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. No impairment losses were recognized during the periods.
C. Declaration of Dividend Payable
On NovemberAugust 17, 2021,2022, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share of our Class A and Class B common stock. The cash dividend was paidis payable on February 18,December 2, 2022 to Class A and Class B shareholders of record at the close of business on February 4,November 18, 2022.
D. Earnings Per Common Share
The Company has two classes of common stock. Class B common shares are convertible into Class A common shares at any time, on a 1-for-oneone-for-one basis. Under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, if dividends are declared, holders of Class A common shares shall receive a $0.05 dividend per share prior to the Class B common shares receiving any dividend and holders of Class A common shares shall receive a dividend at least equal to Class B common shares dividends on a per share basis. As a result, the Company has computed the earnings per share in compliance with the Earnings Per Share Topic of the FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, which requires companies that have multiple classes of equity securities to use the “two-class” method in computing earnings per share.

For the Company’s basic earnings per share calculation, the Company uses the “two-class” method. Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing net earnings attributable to each class of common stock by the weighted average number of shares outstanding. All undistributed earnings are allocated evenly between Class A and B common shares in the earnings per share calculation to the extent that earnings equal or exceed $0.05 per share. This allocation is based on management’s judgment after considering the dividend rights of the two-classes of common stock, the control of the Class B shareholders and the convertibility rights of the Class B shares to Class A shares. If Class B shares convert to Class A shares during the period, the distributed net earnings for Class B shares is calculated using the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period.

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Diluted earnings per share is calculated similarly to basic earnings per share, except that the calculation includes the dilutive effect of the assumed exercise of options issuable under the Company’s stock incentive plans. For the Company’s diluted earnings per share calculation for Class A shares, the Company uses the “if-converted” method. This calculation assumes that all Class B common shares are converted into Class A common shares and, as a result, assumes there are no holders of Class B common shares to participate in undistributed earnings.

For the Company’s diluted earnings per share calculation for Class B shares, the Company uses the “two-class” method. This calculation does not assume that all Class B common shares are converted into Class A common shares. In addition, this method assumes the dilutive effect of Class A stock options were converted to Class A shares and the undistributed earnings are allocated evenly to both Class A and B shares including Class A shares issued pursuant to those converted stock options. This allocation is based on management’s judgment after considering the dividend rights of the two-classes of common stock, the control of the Class B shareholders and the convertibility rights of the Class B shares into Class A shares.
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Basic earnings per common share:
Three Months Ended
January 31, 2022
Nine Months Ended
January 31, 2022
Three Months Ended
October 31, 2022
Six Months Ended
October 31, 2022
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Distributed earningsDistributed earnings$0.11 $0.11 $0.33 $0.33 Distributed earnings$0.11 $0.11 $0.22 $0.22 
Undistributed lossesUndistributed losses(0.02)(0.02)(0.05)(0.05)Undistributed losses(0.05)(0.05)(0.10)(0.10)
TotalTotal$0.09 $0.09 $0.28 $0.28 Total$0.06 $0.06 $0.12 $0.12 
Distributed earningsDistributed earnings$3,488 $201 $10,426 $602 Distributed earnings$3,511 $200 $7,016 $400 
Undistributed lossesUndistributed losses(708)(41)(1,727)(100)Undistributed losses(1,542)(88)(3,030)(172)
TotalTotal$2,780 $160 $8,699 $502 Total$1,969 $112 $3,986 $228 
Basic weighted average common shares outstandingBasic weighted average common shares outstanding31,668 1,822 31,471 1,822 Basic weighted average common shares outstanding31,898 1,822 31,866 1,822 
 Three Months Ended
January 31, 2021
Nine Months Ended
January 31, 2021
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Distributed earnings$0.11 $0.11 $0.33 $0.33 
Undistributed losses(0.04)(0.04)(0.17)(0.17)
Total$0.07 $0.07 $0.16 $0.16 
Distributed earnings$3,396 $201 $10,142 $602 
Undistributed losses(1,214)(72)(5,387)(320)
Total$2,182 $129 $4,755 $282 
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding30,806 1,822 30,663 1,822 

 Three Months Ended
October 31, 2021
Six Months Ended
October 31, 2021
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
Distributed earnings$0.11 $0.11 $0.22 $0.22 
Undistributed losses(0.01)(0.01)(0.03)(0.03)
Total$0.10 $0.10 $0.19 $0.19 
Distributed earnings$3,475 $201 $6,926 $401 
Undistributed losses(342)(20)(1,007)(59)
Total$3,133 $181 $5,919 $342 
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding31,515 1,822 31,373 1,822 

Diluted EPS for Class A Common Shares Using the If-Converted Method
Three Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic$1,969 31,898 $0.06 
Common Stock Equivalents352 
1,969 32,250 0.06 
Class B Common Share Conversion*112 1,822 
Diluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$2,081 34,072 $0.06 
Six Months Ended October 31, 2022
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Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic$2,780 31,668 $0.09 
Common Stock Equivalents— 1,088 — 
2,780 32,756 0.09 
Class B Common Share Conversion*160 1,822 — 
Diluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$2,940 34,578 $0.09 
Nine Months Ended January 31, 2022
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic$8,699 31,471 $0.28 
Per Basic*Per Basic*$3,986 31,866 $0.12 
Common Stock EquivalentsCommon Stock Equivalents— 1,032 — Common Stock Equivalents— 352 
8,699 32,503 0.27 3,986 32,218 0.12 
Class B Common Share Conversion502 1,822 — 
Class B Common Share Conversion*Class B Common Share Conversion*228 1,822 
Diluted EPS for Class A Common SharesDiluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$9,201 34,325 $0.27 Diluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$4,214 34,040 $0.12 

Three Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per BasicPer Basic$2,182 30,806 $0.07 Per Basic$3,133 31,515 $0.10 
Common Stock EquivalentsCommon Stock Equivalents— 665 — Common Stock Equivalents— 1,348 
2,182 31,471 0.07 3,133 32,863 0.10 
Class B Common Share ConversionClass B Common Share Conversion129 1,822 — Class B Common Share Conversion181 1,822 
Diluted EPS for Class A Common SharesDiluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$2,311 33,293 $0.07 Diluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$3,314 34,685 $0.10 

NineSix Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021

Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class A
Common
Shares
Class A
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per BasicPer Basic$4,755 30,663 $0.16 Per Basic$5,919 31,373 $0.19 
Common Stock EquivalentsCommon Stock Equivalents— 622 — Common Stock Equivalents— 1,253 
4,755 31,285 0.15 5,919 32,626 0.18 
Class B Common Share ConversionClass B Common Share Conversion282 1,822 — Class B Common Share Conversion342 1,822 
Diluted EPS for Class A Common SharesDiluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$5,037 33,107 $0.15 Diluted EPS for Class A Common Shares$6,261 34,448 $0.18 


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Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares Using the Two-Class Method
Three Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic$160 1,822 $0.09 
Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— — 
Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$162 1,822 $0.09 
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Nine
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic$112 1,822 $0.06 
Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— 
Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$113 1,822 $0.06 

Six Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic$502 $1,822 $0.28 
Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— — 
Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$506 1,822 $0.28 
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per Basic*$228 1,822 $0.12 
Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— 
Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares*$230 1,822 $0.12 

Three Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per BasicPer Basic$129 1,822 $0.07 Per Basic$181 $1,822 $0.10 
Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common SharesReallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— — Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— 
Diluted EPS for Class B Common SharesDiluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$131 1,822 $0.07 Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$182 1,822 $0.10 
NineSix Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021
Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*Undistributed
& Distributed
Earnings
to Class B
Common
Shares
Class B
Common
Shares
EPS*
Per BasicPer Basic$282 $1,822 $0.16 Per Basic$342 $1,822 $0.19 
Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common SharesReallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— — Reallocation of undistributed earnings/losses from Class A Common Shares to Class B Common Shares— 
Diluted EPS for Class B Common SharesDiluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$288 1,822 $0.16 Diluted EPS for Class B Common Shares$344 1,822 $0.19 
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For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we excluded options to purchase 890,7833,426,398 and 858,210,3,286,253 Class A Common Shares, respectively, and for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021, we excluded options to purchase 775,087purchase 1,098,815 and 1,669,870704,554 Class A Common Shares, respectively, from the computation of diluted earnings per Class A Common Shares. We excluded these option share amounts because the exercise prices of those options were greater than the average market price of the Class A Common Shares during the applicable period. As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we had a total of 4,743,1045,728,204 options outstanding and as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2021, we had a total of 4,405,3294,831,991 options outstanding.
E. Acquisitions
We account for business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting and accordingly, the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded based upon management’s estimates of current fair values as of the acquisition date. The estimation process includes analyses based on income and market approaches. Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of net assets, including the amount assigned to identifiable intangible assets. The goodwill generated is due in part to the synergies that are not included in the fair value of identifiable intangible assets. Goodwill recorded in an acquisition is assigned to applicable reporting units based on expected revenues. Identifiable intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their useful lives. Amortization of current technology is recorded in cost of revenue-subscription fees and amortization of all other intangible assets is recorded in amortization of acquisition-related intangibles. Acquisition-related costs, including advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other costs, are expensed in general and administrative expenses in the periods in which such costs are incurred. The results of operations of acquired businesses are included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements from the acquisition date.
Effective June 28, 2022, the Company acquired certain assets of privately-held Starboard Solutions Corp., a Michigan based innovator of supply chain network design software (“Starboard”), pursuant to the terms of an asset purchase agreement, dated as of June 28, 2022 (the “Purchase Agreement”).
Starboard creates an interactive supply chain digital twin of the physical supply chain network and uses gaming technology to provide an intuitive user experience where users can easily explore answers to various "what if" questions. Starboard offers a unique supply chain visualization solution that can optimize for unknown locations, meaning users do not have to map their plans to a physical location. Applying Starboard’s rich set of reference costs with Logility’s lane rates and time data structures, users have the ability to quickly analyze options in regions for which they have no prior data and locate the absolute best location for future plants, warehouses or Third-party logistic locations ("3PL") locations. The intuitive design and ease of configuration makes the Starboard network design solution stand out. The solution is built for continuous use, eliminating the need for a consulting project to model potential resolutions to unexpected supply chain disruptions. The integration of Starboard’s capabilities into the Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform will offer supply chain leaders enhanced integrated business planning outcomes. Users will be able to model a response to disruptions and update their operating plan within the Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform in minutes to enact the new operating paradigm.
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired the assets in exchange for a purchase price of approximately $6.5 million in cash, subject to certain post-closing adjustments, plus up to a maximum aggregate amount of $6.0 million (the "Aggregate Maximum Earnout Payment") of contingent earnout payments upon satisfaction of certain subscription revenue targets over a three year earnout period (the "Earnout Period"). For each year of the Earnout Period (each, a "Calculation Period"), the Company will pay, as additional consideration, $2.0 million once subscription revenue (i.e., revenue contracted for and recorded as revenue in accordance with GAAP) for the applicable Calculation Period equals $1.5 million, plus one dollar of additional consideration for each dollar of subscription revenue in excess of $1.5 million, subject to the Aggregate Maximum Earnout Payment. If the subscription revenue for each Calculation Period is less than $1.5 million, no additional payment shall be due for such Calculation Period. The contingent earnout payments are subject to the recipient's continued service with the Company; therefore, any additional consideration will be accounted for as post-combination services and will be expensed as incurred. The Company incurred acquisition costs of approximately $81,500 and $136,000 during the three and six months ended October 31, 2022, respectively. The operating results of Starboard are not material for proforma disclosure. We allocated $3.7 million of the total purchase price to goodwill, which has been assigned to the Supply Chain Management segment and is deductible for income tax purposes.
The purchase price allocation herein is preliminary. The final purchase price allocation will be determined after completion of a thorough analysis to determine the fair value of all assets acquired and liabilities assumed, but in no event later than one year following completion of the acquisition. Accordingly, the final acquisition accounting adjustments could differ materially from the pro forma adjustments presented herein. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as compared to the information shown herein, could also change the portion of purchase price allocated to goodwill and could impact the operating results of the Company following the acquisition due to differences in purchase
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price allocation, depreciation and amortization related to some of these assets and liabilities. The acquisition-date fair value of the consideration transferred is as follows (in thousands):
Useful Life
Other assets340 
Goodwill3,670 
Non-compete170 5 years
Current technology2,500 3 years
Customer relationships160 6 years
Total assets acquired6,840 
Long-term liabilities(340)
Net assets acquired$6,500 


Non-compete agreements, current technology and customer relationships are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining estimated economic life of the assets, including the period being reported.
F. Stock-Based Compensation
During the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, we granted options for 1,438,5001,424,000 and 1,340,0001,308,500 shares of Class A common stock, respectively. The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The forfeiture rates are estimated using historical data. We recorded stock option compensation cost of approximately $1.1$1.3 million and $0.7$1.0 million and income tax benefits of approximately $326,682$29,000 and $232,882$439,000 from option exercises during the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We recorded stock option compensation cost of approximately $2.9$2.6 million and $1.9$1.8 million and income tax benefits of approximately $1.9 million$63,000 and $0.5 million$1,616,000 from option exercises during the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We record stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period directly to additional paid-in capital.
During the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, we issued 678,12997,800 and 462,321545,242 shares of Class A common stock, respectively, resulting from the exercise of stock options. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021 based on market value at the exercise dates was approximately $9.1$0.5 million and $2.8$7.6 million, respectively. As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards approximated $13.1$15.7 million, which we expect to recognize over a weighted average period of two1.96 years.
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G. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We measure our investments based on a fair value hierarchy disclosure framework that prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability used in measuring assets and liabilities at fair value. A number of factors affect market price observability, including the type of asset or liability and its characteristics. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:
Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.
Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets.
Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
The following is a general description of the valuation methodologies we use for financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including the general classification of such assets and liabilities pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.
Cash Equivalents—Cash equivalents include investments in government obligation based money-market funds, other money market instruments and interest-bearing deposits with initial terms of three months or less. The fair value of cash equivalents approximates its carrying value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
Marketable Securities—Marketable securities utilizing Level 1 inputs include active exchange-traded equity securities and equity index funds, and most U.S. government debt securities, as these securities all have quoted prices in active markets. Marketable securities utilizing Level 2 inputs include municipal bonds. We value these securities using market-corroborated pricing or other models that use observable inputs such as yield curves.
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The following tables present our assets and liabilities that we measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and April 30, 2021,2022, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques we used to determine such fair value (in thousands):
January 31, 2022 October 31, 2022
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Balance Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Balance
Cash equivalentsCash equivalents$89,285 $— $— $89,285 Cash equivalents$77,498 $— $— $77,498 
Marketable securitiesMarketable securities16,463 — — 16,463 Marketable securities22,805 — — 22,805 
TotalTotal$105,748 $— $— $105,748 Total$100,303 $— $— $100,303 
April 30, 2021April 30, 2022
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
BalanceQuoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Balance
Cash equivalentsCash equivalents81,720 — — 81,720 Cash equivalents98,459 — — 98,459 
Marketable securitiesMarketable securities15,332 674 — 16,006 Marketable securities16,826 — — 16,826 
TotalTotal97,052 674 — 97,726 Total115,285 — — 115,285 

G.H. Stock Repurchases
On August 19, 2002, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 2.0 million shares of our Class A common stock. We have made and will make these repurchases through open market purchases at prevailing market prices. The timing of any repurchase will depend upon market conditions, the market price of our Class A common stock and management’s assessment of our liquidity and cash flow needs. Under this repurchase plan, we have repurchased 1,053,679 shares of Class A common stock at a cost of approximately $6.2 million, which had no impact on fiscal 2022.2023. As of JanuaryOctober 31,
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2022, under all repurchase plans previously authorized, including this most recent plan, we have repurchased a total of 4,588,632 shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $25.6 million.
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H.I. Comprehensive Income
We have not included condensed consolidated statementsCondensed Consolidated Statements of comprehensive incomeComprehensive Income in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements since comprehensive income and net earnings presented in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations would be substantially the same.
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I.J. Industry Segments
FASB ASC 280, Segment Reporting, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of a public entity about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision makers (“CODMs”), or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our CODMs are our Chief Executive Officer and President and our Chief Financial Officer. While our CODMs are apprised of a variety of financial metrics and information, we manage our business primarily on a segment basis, with the CODMs evaluating performance based upon segment operating profit or loss that includes an allocation of common expenses, but excludes certain unallocated corporate expenses, which are included in the Other segment. Our CODMs review the operating results of our 3three segments, assess performance and allocate resources in a manner that is consistent with the changing market dynamics that we have experienced. The 3three operating segments are: (1) Supply Chain Management (“SCM”), (2) Information Technology Consulting (“IT Consulting”) and (3) Other.
The SCM segment consists of Logility, Inc. ("Logility") and Demand Management Inc. ("DMI"). Both operating companies leverageleverages a single platform spanning 8seven supply chain process areas, including product, demand, optimization, inventory, optimization, supply, optimization, retail optimization, product lifecycle management, sourcing management, corporate responsibility, product compliance, automated order processing anddeploy, integrated business planning.planning and supply chain data management. The IT Consulting segment consists of The Proven Method, Inc., an IT staffing and consulting services firm, which provides consulting, software development, systems integration services, maintenance and support services.firm. The Other segment consists of (i) American Software ERP, which provides purchasing and materials management, customerclient order processing, financial, e-commerce and traditional manufacturing solutions, and (ii) unallocated corporate overhead expenses.
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In the following table, we have broken down the intersegment transactions applicable to the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended January 31,Nine Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,Six Months Ended October 31,
2022202120222021 2022202120222021
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$26,061 $22,646 $75,692 $66,679 Supply Chain Management$26,752 $25,380 $52,934 $49,631 
IT ConsultingIT Consulting5,842 4,543 15,544 14,602 IT Consulting4,159 5,226 8,674 9,702 
OtherOther519 494 1,668 1,561 Other527 605 1,126 1,149 
$32,422 $27,683 $92,904 $82,842 $31,438 $31,211 $62,734 $60,482 
Operating income\(loss):Operating income\(loss):Operating income\(loss):
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$7,458 $4,713 $19,531 $12,800 Supply Chain Management$7,646 $6,718 $14,825 $12,073 
IT ConsultingIT Consulting506 83 1,005 292 IT Consulting217 336 432 499 
OtherOther(4,725)(3,861)(12,837)(10,641)Other(5,096)(4,367)(9,933)(8,112)
$3,239 $935 $7,699 $2,451 $2,767 $2,687 $5,324 $4,460 
Capital expenditures:Capital expenditures:Capital expenditures:
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$57 $152 $672 $236 Supply Chain Management$151 $313 $1,590 $615 
IT ConsultingIT Consulting— — — — IT Consulting— — — — 
OtherOther165 146 165 225 Other983 — 1,116 — 
$222 $298 $837 $461 $1,134 $313 $2,706 $615 
Capitalized software:
Supply Chain Management$— $233 $— $604 
IT Consulting— — — — 
Other— — — — 
$— $233 $— $604 
Depreciation and amortization:Depreciation and amortization:Depreciation and amortization:
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$907 $1,149 $2,889 $4,150 Supply Chain Management$714 $948 $1,367 $1,982 
IT ConsultingIT Consulting— — — IT Consulting— — — — 
OtherOther93 98 281 289 Other119 91 234 188 
$1,000 $1,247 $3,170 $4,441 $833 $1,039 $1,601 $2,170 
Earnings\(loss) before income taxes:Earnings\(loss) before income taxes:Earnings\(loss) before income taxes:
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$7,458 $4,803 $19,377 $13,023 Supply Chain Management$7,572 $6,657 $14,601 $11,919 
IT ConsultingIT Consulting506 83 1,005 290 IT Consulting217 336 433 499 
OtherOther(4,633)(2,519)(11,224)(8,140)Other(5,167)(3,376)(9,736)(6,591)
$3,331 $2,367 $9,158 $5,173 $2,622 $3,617 $5,298 $5,827 

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K. Major CustomersClients
No single customerclient accounted for more than 10% of total revenue for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021.
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K.L. Contingencies
We generally indemnify our customersThe Company more often than not indemnifies its clients against damages and costs resulting from third-partythird party claims of patent, copyright or trademarkintellectual property infringement associated with use of ourthe Company’s products. Historically, we haveThe Company historically has not been required to make any payments under such indemnifications.indemnification obligations. However, we continuethe Company continues to monitor the conditionscircumstances that are subject to indemnification to identify whether it is probable that a loss has occurred, and would recognize any such losses under such indemnification obligations when those lossesthey are estimable.
In addition, we warrantthe Company warrants to our customersclients that our softwarethe Company’s products operate substantially in accordance with their documentation.the software product’s specifications. Historically, weno costs have been incurred no costs related to software product warranties and we do not expect to incur such costsnone are expected in the future, and as such we have made no accruals for software product warranty costs.costs have been made. Additionally, we arethe Company is involved in various claims arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on ourthe financial position or results of operations.operations of the Company.
L.M. Subsequent Event
On FebruaryNovember 16, 2022, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share of our Class A and Class B common stock. The cash dividend is payable on May 20, 2022February 17, 2023 to Class A and Class B shareholders of record at the close of business on May 6, 2022.February 3, 2023.

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

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) contains forward-looking statements relating to our future financial performance, business strategy, financing plans and other future events that involve uncertainties and risks. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “continue,” “could,” “grow,” “may,” “potential,” “predict,” “strive” “will,” “seek,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect,” and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Any forward-looking statements we make herein are pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning future:
results of operations;
liquidity, cash flow and capital expenditures;
demand for and pricing of our products and services;
cloud services annual contract value (“ACV”);
viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances;
industry conditions and market conditions;
acquisition activities and the effect of completed acquisitions; and
general economic conditions.
Although we believe that the goals, plans, expectations, and prospects that our forward-looking statements reflect are reasonable in view of the information currently available to us, those statements are not guarantees of performance. There are many factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by forward-looking statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S. and global economic uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, unpredictability and the irregular pattern of future revenue, dependence on particular market segments or customers,clients, competitive pressures, delays, product liability and warranty claims and other risks associated with new product development, undetected software errors, market acceptance of our products, technological complexity, the challenges and risks associated with integration of acquired product lines, companies and services, as well as a number of other risk factors that could affect our future performance. All forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report are based upon information available to us as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report. We undertake no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements for any reason. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. We discuss certain factors in greater detail in “Business Overview” below.
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
ForIn October 2022, the remainderInternational Monetary Fund (“IMF”) provided an update to the World Economic Outlook for 2022. The update noted that, “The global economy is experiencing a number of turbulent challenges. Inflation higher than seen in several decades, tightening financial conditions in most regions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic all weigh heavily on the outlook. Normalization of monetary and fiscal policies that delivered unprecedented support during the pandemic is cooling demand as policymakers aim to lower inflation back to target. But a growing share of economies are in a growth slowdown or outright contraction. The global economy’s future health rests critically on the successful calibration of monetary policy, the course of the war in Ukraine, and the possibility of further pandemic-related supply-side disruptions, for example, in China. Global growth is forecast to slow from 6.0 percent in 2021 to 3.2 percent in 2022 and 2.7 percent in 2023. This is the weakest growth profile since 2001 except for the global financial crisis and the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects significant slowdowns for the largest economies: a US GDP contraction in the first half of 2022, a euro area contraction in the second half of 2022, and prolonged COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns in China with a growing property sector crisis. About a third of the world economy faces two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Global inflation is forecast to rise from 4.7 percent in 2021 to 8.8 percent in 2022 but to decline to 6.5 percent in 2023 and to 4.1 percent by 2024. Upside inflation surprises have been most widespread among advanced economies, with greater variability in emerging market and developing economies."
In addition to the broader economic risks noted by the IMF, for 2023, we expectare also cautious about the global economy to improve modestly when compared to recent periods.recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe improveduncertain economic conditions and increasingly complex supply chain challenges may be driving some businesses to focus on achieving more process and efficiency enhancements in their operations and to invest in solutions that improve operating margins, rather than make large infrastructure-type technology purchases. If this trend continues, we believe it may tend to favor solutions such as our supply chain solutions, which are designed to provide a more rapid return on investment and are targeted at some of the largest profit drivers in a customer’sclient’s business. While we do not expect
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that the COVID-19 pandemic will cause any material adverse changes on our business or financial results for fiscal 2022,2023, we are unable to accurately predict the impact that the coronavirus will have due to various uncertainties, including the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, and actions that may be taken by governmental authorities.
Corporate capital spending trends and commitments are the primary determinants of the size of the market for business software. Corporate capital spending is, in turn, a function of general economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad and in particular may be affected by conditions in U.S. and global credit markets. In recent years, the weakness in the overall global economy and the U.S. economy has resulted in reduced expenditures in the business software market.
In January 2022, the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) provided an update to the World Economic Outlook for 2022. The update noted that, “The global economy enters 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected. As the new Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads, countries have reimposed mobility restrictions. Rising energy prices and supply disruptions have resulted in higher and more broad-based inflation than anticipated, notably in the United States and many emerging market
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and developing economies. The ongoing retrenchment of China’s real estate sector and slower-than-expected recovery of private consumption also have limited growth prospects."
BUSINESSCOMPANY OVERVIEW
American Software was incorporated as ain Georgia corporation in 1970. The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with U.S. offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami and San Diego; and international offices in the United Kingdom, India, Germany, New Zealand and Australia.
We develop, market and support a portfolio of software and services that deliver end-to-end supply chain planning and sourcing solutions to the global marketplace. We have designedprovide our software and services solutions through three major operating segments: (1) Supply Chain Management, (2) Information Technology Consulting and (3) Other. The SCM software business is our core market. We also offer technology staffing and consulting services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, The Proven Method, Inc., in the IT Consulting segment, and we continue to bring business valueprovide limited services to enterprises by supporting their operations through cloud subscriptions. References to “the Company,” “our products,” “our software,” “our services” and similar references includeour legacy ERP clients included in the appropriate business segment actually providing the product or service.Other segment.
The CompanyAmerican Software delivers an innovative technical platform that enables enterprises to accelerate their operationsdigital supply chain optimization from product concept to customer availability. Our brands -client availability via the Logility and DMI - provideDigital Supply Chain Platform, a single platform spanning eightseven supply chain process areas, including product, demand, optimization, inventory, optimization, supply, optimization, retail optimization, qualitydeploy, integrated business planning and compliance, product lifecycle management, sourcingsupply chain data management, and integrated business planning. Our platform includes advanced analyticsnew offerings, such as Corporate Responsibility - Environmental, Social, and is fueledGovernance ("ESG") and Network Design Optimization aligned with Integrated Business Planning.
Fueled by supply chain master data, allowing for the automation of critical business processes through the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to a variety of internal and external data streams.streams, the comprehensive Logility portfolio delivered in the cloud includes advanced analytics, supply chain visibility, demand, inventory and replenishment planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP), supply and inventory optimization, manufacturing planning and scheduling, network design and optimization (NDO), retail merchandise and assortment planning and allocation, product lifecycle management (PLM), sourcing management, vendor quality and compliance, and product traceability.
We believe enterprises are facing unprecedented rates of change and disruption across their operations. Increasing consumer expectations for convenience and personalization, fast and free delivery and product freshness are forcing enterprises to adapt or be left behind. Given constraints arising from a shortage of skilled supply chain talent and a desire to keep costs at a minimum, we expect enterprises to embrace digital transformation initiatives to meet these challenges. Our solution reduces the business cycle time required from product concept to client availability. Our platform allows our clients to create a digital model of their physical supply chain networks that improves the speed and agility of their operations by implementing automated planning processes. These processes regularly analyze business and market signals to better inform product design and development, increase forecast accuracy, optimize inventory across the supply chain, improve sourcing of sustainable and ethically produced products, and contribute to high client satisfaction.

Our platform is highly regarded by clients and industry analysts alike. We, often through our wholy-owned subsidiary Logility, Inc., are named a leader in multiple IDC MarketScape reports including:
the September 2022 report IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Inventory Optimization 2022 Vendor Assessment, September 2020 report IDC MarketScape: Worldwide PLM Applications for Apparel, Footwear, and Retail Brands 2020 Vendor Assessment; the January 2020 report IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Supply Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment; and the January 2020 report IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Demand Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment.
Our primary operating units underWe have been positioned in the Challenger quadrant in Gartner, Inc.’s (“Gartner”) May 17, 2022 report, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions. We believe our SCM segment include Logility and DMI. Logilityplatform is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and DMI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Logility. In additionrated highly due to our core SCM software business, we also offer technology staffingflexible advanced analytics, underlying SaaS architecture, ease of integration with third-party systems, lower total cost of ownership relative to competitors and consulting servicesthe broad scope of supply chain planning functions supported.
We serve approximately 860 clients located in approximately 80 countries, largely concentrated within key vertical markets including apparel and other soft goods, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, consumer durable goods, wholesale distribution, specialty chemical and other process manufacturing. Our solutions are marketed and sold through our wholly-owned subsidiary, The Proven Method, Inc., in the IT Consulting segment. The Other segment consists of software and services provided to our legacy enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) customers,a direct sales team as well as corporate overheadan indirect global value-added reseller (“VAR”) distribution network. Our solutions may be deployed in the cloud or with existing on-premise clients who may require additional components. We further support our clients with an array of consulting, implementation, operational and other common expenses.training services as well as technical support and hosting.
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We derive revenue primarily from four sources: subscriptions, (SaaS), software licenses, professional servicesmaintenance and other, and maintenance. SaaS and maintenance agreements typically are for a one- to three-year term, commencing at the time of the initial contract. We generally bill these fees, monthly, quarterly and annually in advance under agreements with terms of one to three years, and then recognize the resulting revenue ratably over the term of the agreementservices. We generally determine SaaS subscription and software license and SaaS fees based on the depthbreadth of functionality contractual term,and number of production deployments, users and/or sites licensed and/or subscribed. Professional servicesdivisions. Services and other revenuerevenues consist primarily of fees from software implementation, training, consulting services, hosting and consultingmanaged services. We bill for consulting services primarily under time and materials arrangements and recognize revenue as we perform services. Subscription and maintenance agreements typically are for a three- to five-year term. We generally bill these fees annually in advance and then recognize the resulting revenue ratably over the term of the agreement. Deferred revenue representsrevenues represent advance payments or billingsfees for subscriptions, andsoftware licenses, services and maintenance billed in advance of the time we recognize the related revenue.
Our cost of revenue for licenses and subscriptions includes amortization of capitalized computer software development costs, amortization of acquired developed technology, royalties paid to third-party software vendors, and agent commission expenses related to revenue generated by the indirect channel, primarily from DMI. Costs for maintenance and services include the cost of personnel to conduct implementations and customer support, consulting, other personnel-related expenses, and agent commission expenses related to maintenance revenue generated by the indirect channel, primarily from DMI. We account for the development costs of software intended for sale in accordance with the Software topic of the FASB ASC. We monitor the net realizable value of our capitalized software on a quarterly basis based on an estimate of future product revenue. We currently expect to fully recover the value of the capitalized software asset recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; however, if future product revenue are less than management’s current expectations, we may incur a write-down of capitalized software costs.
Our sales and marketing expenses mainly include the salary and commissions paid to our sales professionals, along with marketing, promotional, travel and associated costs. Our general and administrative expenses mainly include the salary and benefits paid to executive, corporate and support personnel, as well as facilities-related costs, utilities, communications expenses, and various professional fees.
We currently view the following factors as the primary opportunities and risks associated with our business:
Acquisition Opportunities. There are opportunities for selective acquisitions or investments to expand our sales distribution channels and/or broaden our product offering by providing additional solutions for our target markets.
Dependence on Capital Spending Patterns. There is risk associated with our dependence on the capital spending patterns of U.S. and international businesses, which in turn are functions of economic trends and conditions over which we have no control.
Acquisition Risks. There are risks associated with acquisitions of complementary companies, products and technologies, including the risks that we will not achieve the financial and strategic goals that we contemplate at the time of the transaction. More specifically, in any acquisition, we will face risks and challenges associated with
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the uncertain value of the acquired business or assets, the difficulty of assimilating operations and personnel, integrating acquired technologies and products and maintaining the loyalty of the customersclients of the acquired business.
Competitive Technologies. There is a risk that our competitors may develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our technology.
Competition in General. There are risks inherent in the market for business application software and related services, which has been and continues to be intensely competitive; for example, some of our competitors may become more aggressive with their prices and/or payment terms, which may adversely affect our profit margins.
A discussion of a number of additional risk factors associated with our business is included in our Annual Report for fiscal 2021.2022. Additional information and other factors that could affect future financial results may be included, from time to time, in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For information with respect to recent accounting pronouncements, if any, and the impact of these pronouncements on our condensed consolidated financial statements,Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, if any, see Note A in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
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COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Three-Month Comparisons. The following table sets forth certain revenue and expense items as a percentage of total revenue and the percentage changes in those items for the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021:
Three Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,
Percentage of Total
Revenue
Pct. Change in
Dollars
Percentage of Total
Revenue
Pct. Change in
Dollars
202220212022 vs. 2021 202220212022 vs. 2021
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
Subscription feesSubscription fees34 %27 %45 %Subscription fees39 %33 %19 %
LicenseLicense%%87 %License%%(15)%
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other35 %34 %21 %Professional services and other31 %35 %(11)%
MaintenanceMaintenance28 %37 %(10)%Maintenance28 %30 %(5)%
Total revenueTotal revenue100 %100 %17 %Total revenue100 %100 %%
Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:
Subscription feesSubscription fees11 %11 %12 %Subscription fees13 %11 %19 %
LicenseLicense%%(17)%License— %%(53)%
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other25 %26 %12 %Professional services and other22 %24 %(8)%
MaintenanceMaintenance%%(6)%Maintenance%%(10)%
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue42 %45 %%Total cost of revenue40 %42 %(2)%
Gross marginGross margin58 %55 %24 %Gross margin60 %58 %%
Research and developmentResearch and development14 %15 %%Research and development14 %14 %%
Sales and marketingSales and marketing16 %18 %%Sales and marketing18 %19 %(3)%
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative18 %18 %17 %General and administrative19 %18 %10 %
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses48 %51 %10 %Total operating expenses51 %51 %%
Operating incomeOperating income10 %%246 %Operating income%%%
Other income:Other income:Other income:
Other, netOther, net— %%(94)%Other, net— %%nm
Earnings before income taxesEarnings before income taxes10 %%41 %Earnings before income taxes%10 %(28)%
Income tax expense\(benefit)%— %598 %
Income tax expenseIncome tax expense%%79 %
Net earningsNet earnings%%27 %Net earnings%%(37)%
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Nine-MonthSix-Month Comparisons. The following table sets forth certain revenue and expense items as a percentage of total revenue and the percentage changes in those items for the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021:
Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
Percentage of Total
Revenue
Pct. Change in
Dollars
Percentage of Total
Revenue
Pct. Change in
Dollars
202220212022 vs. 2021 202220212022 vs. 2021
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
Subscription feesSubscription fees34 %25 %49 %Subscription fees39 %33 %21 %
LicenseLicense%%30 %License%%(22)%
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other34 %36 %%Professional services and other31 %34 %(3)%
MaintenanceMaintenance30 %37 %(9)%Maintenance28 %31 %(5)%
Total revenueTotal revenue100 %100 %12 %Total revenue100 %100 %%
Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:
Subscription feesSubscription fees11 %11 %15 %Subscription fees12 %11 %16 %
LicenseLicense%%(61)%License— %%(49)%
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other24 %27 %(1)%Professional services and other23 %24 %(2)%
MaintenanceMaintenance%%(2)%Maintenance%%(15)%
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue42 %47 %— %Total cost of revenue40 %42 %— %
Gross marginGross margin58 %53 %22 %Gross margin60 %58 %%
Research and developmentResearch and development14 %15 %%Research and development14 %14 %%
Sales and marketingSales and marketing19 %18 %13 %Sales and marketing19 %20 %(3)%
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative17 %17 %15 %General and administrative19 %17 %18 %
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses50 %50 %11 %Total operating expenses51 %51 %%
Operating incomeOperating income%%214 %Operating income%%19 %
Other income:Other income:Other income:
Other, netOther, net%%(46)%Other, net— %%nm
Earnings before income taxesEarnings before income taxes%%77 %Earnings before income taxes%%(9)%
Income tax expense\(benefit)— %— %nm
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)%(1)%nm
Net earningsNet earnings%%83 %Net earnings%10 %(33)%
nm - not meaningful
COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND NINESIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARYOCTOBER 31, 2022 AND 2021
REVENUE
Three Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,
   % of Total Revenue    % of Total Revenue
20222021% Change20222021 20222021% Change20222021
(in thousands)    (in thousands)   
Subscription feesSubscription fees$10,856 $7,486 45 %34 %27 %Subscription fees$12,326 $10,361 19 %39 %33 %
LicenseLicense$992 530 87 %%%License$688 805 (15)%%%
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other11,443 9,495 21 %35 %34 %Professional services and other9,594 10,779 (11)%31 %35 %
MaintenanceMaintenance9,131 10,172 (10)%28 %37 %Maintenance8,830 9,266 (5)%28 %30 %
Total revenueTotal revenue$32,422 $27,683 17 %100 %100 %Total revenue$31,438 $31,211 %100 %100 %

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Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
   % of Total Revenue    % of Total Revenue
20222021% Change20222021 20222021% Change20222021
(in thousands)    (in thousands)   
Subscription feesSubscription fees$31,005 $20,815 49 %34 %25 %Subscription fees$24,388 $20,149 21 %39 %33 %
LicenseLicense$2,289 1,767 30 %%%License$1,008 1,297 (22)%%%
Professional services and otherProfessional services and other31,751 29,551 %34 %36 %Professional services and other19,603 20,308 (3)%31 %34 %
MaintenanceMaintenance27,859 30,709 (9)%30 %37 %Maintenance17,735 18,728 (5)%28 %31 %
Total revenueTotal revenue$92,904 $82,842 12 %100 %100 %Total revenue$62,734 $60,482 %100 %100 %
For the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 compared to January 31, 2021 revenue increased by 17%1%, which was attributable primarily to a 87%19% increase in subscription fees, partially offset by a 15% decrease in license revenue, a 45% increase in subscription fees and a 21% increase11% decrease in professional services and other revenue, partially offset byand a 10%5% decrease in maintenance revenue, when compared to the same period last year.
For the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 compared to January 31, 2021 revenue increased by 12%4%, which was attributable primarily to a 49%21% increase in subscription fees, partially offset by a 30% increase22% decrease in license revenue, a 5% decrease in maintenance revenue and a 7% increase3% decrease in professional services and other revenue, partially offset by a 9% decrease in maintenance revenue, when compared to the same period last year.
Due to intense competition in our industry, we sometimes discount license fees from our published list price. Numerous factors contribute to the amount of the discount provided, such as previous customerclient purchases, the number of customerclient sites utilizing the software, the number of modules purchased and the number of users, as well as the overall size of the contract. While all these factors may affect the discount amount of a particular contract, the overall percentage discount has not materially changed in the recent reported fiscal periods.
The change in our revenue from period to period is primarily due to the volume of products and related services sold in any period and the number of products or modules purchased with each sale.
International revenue represented approximately 16%19% and 18% of total revenue in the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, respectively, compared to 15%16% for the same periods in the prior year. Our revenue, particularly our international revenue, may fluctuate substantially from period to period, primarily because we derive most of our license and subscription fee revenue from a relatively small number of customersclients in a given period.
Subscription Fees
Three Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$10,856 $7,486 45 %Supply Chain Management$12,326 $10,361 19 %
Total subscription fees revenueTotal subscription fees revenue$10,856 $7,486 45 %Total subscription fees revenue$12,326 $10,361 19 %
Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$31,005 $20,815 49 %Supply Chain Management$24,388 $20,149 21 %
Total subscription fees revenueTotal subscription fees revenue$31,005 $20,815 49 %Total subscription fees revenue$24,388 $20,149 21 %
For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, subscription fees revenue increased 45%19% and 49%21%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year, primarily due to an increase in the number of contracts, including contracts with a higher cloud services ACV,annual contract value, as well as an increase in multi-year contracts. This is evidenced by our successful transition to the cloud subscription model.




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 Three Months Ended October 31,
 20222021% Change
 (in thousands) 
Supply Chain Management$688 $800 (14)%
Other— — %
Total license revenue$688 $805 (15)%
License Revenue
 Three Months Ended January 31,
 20222021% Change
 (in thousands) 
Supply Chain Management$992 $530 87 %
Other— — — %
Total license revenue$992 $530 87 %
Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$2,267 $1,751 29 %Supply Chain Management$992 $1,276 (22)%
OtherOther22 16 38 %Other16 21 (24)%
Total license revenueTotal license revenue$2,289 $1,767 30 %Total license revenue$1,008 $1,297 (22)%
For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, license fee revenue increased 87%decreased 15% and 30%22%, respectively, when compared to the same periods in the prior year. In the three months ended January 31, 2022, license fee revenue increased 87%, when compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, which was entirelyprimarily attributable to our SCM segment. The majority of our current license fee revenue is generated from additional users and expanded scope from our existing on-premise customers.clients. For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, our SCM segment constituted approximately 100%, 100%98%, 99% and 99%, 98% of total license fee revenue, respectively. Our Other segment license fee revenue increased by 38%remained flat for the ninethree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 compared to the same period in the prior year. Our Other segment revenue decreased by 24% for the six months ended October 31, 2022 when compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to timing of sales to our existing ERP customers.clients.
The direct sales channel provided approximately 94% and 90%100% of license fee revenues for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, compared to approximately 85%95% and 80%86% in the comparable periods last year due to larger customers obtained through our direct sales channel moving to the Cloud platform faster than those in the mid-sized market that are primarily served by our indirect sales channel. For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, our margins after commissions on direct sales were approximately 91% and 89%91%, compared to 84%90% and 84%89% in the comparable periods last year. The increase in margins is due to the mix of sales commission rates based on each individual salesperson’s quotas and related achievement. For the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, our margins after commissions on indirect sales were approximately 64%60% and 61%67%, respectively. For the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, our margins after commissions on indirect sales were approximately 66%59% and 57    %,67%, respectively. The indirect channel margins increased for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 compared to the same periods in the prior year due to the mix of value-added reseller (“VAR”)VAR commission rates. These margin calculations include only commission expense for comparative purposes and do not include other costs of license fees such as amortization of capitalized software.

 Three Months Ended October 31,
 20222021% Change
 (in thousands) 
Supply Chain Management$5,224 $5,263 (1)%
IT Consulting4,159 5,226 (20)%
Other211 290 (27)%
Total professional services and other revenue$9,594 $10,779 (11)%
Professional Services and Other Revenue
 Six Months Ended October 31,
 20222021% Change
 (in thousands) 
Supply Chain Management$10,444 $10,099 %
IT Consulting8,674 9,702 (11)%
Other485 507 (4)%
Total professional services and other revenue$19,603 $20,308 (3)%
 Three Months Ended January 31,
 20222021% Change
 (in thousands) 
Supply Chain Management$5,396 $4,762 13 %
IT Consulting5,842 4,543 29 %
Other205 190 %
Total professional services and other revenue$11,443 $9,495 21 %
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 Nine Months Ended January 31,
 20222021% Change
 (in thousands) 
Supply Chain Management$15,496 $14,318 %
IT Consulting15,544 14,602 %
Other711 631 13 %
Total professional services and other revenue$31,751 $29,551 %
For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, professional services and other revenue increaseddecreased by 21%11% and 7%3%, respectively, primarily due to the increasedlower professional services and other revenue derived from our Other and IT Consulting SCM and Other segments. For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, our Other segment’s revenue decreased 27% and 4%,
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respectively, due to the timing of project work with existing clients. For the three and six months ended October 31, 2022, our SCM segment’s revenue decreased 1% and increased 3%, respectively, primarily due to the timing of implementation project work in recent periods. For the three and six months ended October 31, 2022, our IT Consulting segment’s revenue increased 29%decreased 20% and 6%11%, respectively, when compared to the same periodperiods in the prior year due to the demand of project work from existing customersclients during the applicable period. For the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022, our SCM segment’s revenue increased 13% and 8%, primarily due to a higher ramp up of implementation project work due to an increase in subscription fees revenue in recent periods. For the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022, our Other segment’s revenue increased 8% and 13%, respectively due to the timing of project work with existing customers. We have observed that there is a tendency for services and other revenue, other than from IT Consulting, to lag changes in license and subscription revenue by one to three quarters, as new licenses and subscriptions in one quarter often involve implementation and consulting services in subsequent quarters, for which we recognize revenue only as we perform those services.

Maintenance Revenue
Three Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$8,817 $9,867 (11)%Supply Chain Management$8,514 $8,956 (5)%
OtherOther314 305 %Other316 310 %
Total maintenance revenueTotal maintenance revenue$9,131 $10,172 (10)%Total maintenance revenue$8,830 $9,266 (5)%
Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management$26,924 $29,794 (10)%Supply Chain Management$17,110 $18,107 (6)%
OtherOther935 915 %Other625 621 %
Total maintenance revenueTotal maintenance revenue$27,859 $30,709 (9)%Total maintenance revenue$17,735 $18,728 (5)%

For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, maintenance revenue decreased 10% and 9%, respectively5% when compared to the same periodperiods in the prior year.year primarily due to our SCM segment. Our SCM maintenance revenue decreased 11%5% and 10%6% for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, respectively, when compared to the same periodperiods last year due to a normal customerclient attrition rate. The SCM segment accounted for 97%96% of total maintenance revenue for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 97% for the same periods in the prior year. Typically, our maintenance revenue havehas had a direct relationship to current and historic license fee revenue, since licenses are the source of maintenance customers.clients.
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GROSS MARGIN
The following table provides both dollar amounts (in thousands) and percentage measures of gross margin:    
Three Months Ended January 31,Nine Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,Six Months Ended October 31,
2022%2021%2022%2021% 2022%2021%2022%2021%
Gross margin on subscription feesGross margin on subscription fees$7,425 68 %$4,424 59 %$20,946 68 %$12,048 58 %Gross margin on subscription fees$8,267 67 %$6,957 67 %$16,711 69 %$13,521 67 %
Gross margin on license feesGross margin on license fees752 76 %242 46 %1,692 74 %251 14 %Gross margin on license fees594 86 %607 75 %825 82 %940 72 %
Gross margin on professional services and otherGross margin on professional services and other3,431 30 %2,317 24 %9,252 29 %6,919 23 %Gross margin on professional services and other2,747 29 %3,302 31 %5,452 28 %5,821 29 %
Gross margin on maintenanceGross margin on maintenance7,342 80 %8,278 81 %22,350 80 %25,101 82 %Gross margin on maintenance7,253 82 %7,520 81 %14,585 82 %15,008 80 %
Total gross marginTotal gross margin$18,950 57 %$15,261 55 %$54,240 58 %$44,319 53 %Total gross margin$18,861 60 %$18,386 58 %$37,573 60 %$35,290 58 %
For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, our total gross margin percentage increased by 2% and 5%, respectively when compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to higher margins on subscription fees revenue, license fees and professional services and othermaintenance revenue, partially offset by a decrease in maintenancelower margins on professional services and other revenue.
Gross Margin on Subscription Fees
For the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, our gross margin percentage on subscription fees revenue remained flat at 67% and increased from 59%67% to 68%69% when compared to the same periodperiods in the prior year, primarily due to the increased subscription revenue and related cost efficiencies. For the nine months ended January 31, 2022, our gross margin percentage on subscription fees revenue increased from 58% to 68% when compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to the portfolio shift from license fee to subscription revenue.
Gross Margin on License Fees
License fee gross margin percentage for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 increased by 30%11% and 60%10%, respectively, when compared to the same periodperiods in the prior year. License fee gross margin percentage tends to be directly related to the level of license fee revenue due to the relatively fixed cost of computer software amortization expense, amortization of acquired software and the sales mix between our direct and indirect channels.
Gross Margin on Professional Services and Other
Our gross margin percentage on professional services and other revenue increaseddecreased from 24%31% to 30%29% and from 29% to 28% for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, respectively, primarily due to an increasedecrease in revenues improved utilization and better billing rates.utilization. Our gross margin percentage in our SCM segment services increaseddecreased from 40% to 38%36% and from 31%36% to 34%, respectively, for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.2021. This is primarily the result of an increasea decrease in professional services and other revenue, which is being driven by an increase in billing ratestiming of projects and utilization. Our Other segment professional services gross margin increased toremained flat at 43% from 29% for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, due to higher margin projects and cost containment year to date. Our IT Consulting segment professional services gross margin increaseddecreased to 22%19% for the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, when compared to 18%21% for the same period last year due to higherthe timing of project work. For the six months ended October 31, 2022, our IT Consulting segment services gross margin project work.remained flat at 20% compared to the same period in the prior year. Professional services and other gross margin is directly related to the level of services and other revenue. The primary component of cost of services and other revenue is services staffing, which is relatively inelastic in the short term.
ForGross Margin on Maintenance
Maintenance gross margin percentage increased from 81% to 82% for the ninethree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and January 31, 2021, our SCM segment gross margins increased to 37% from 30%, respectively, due to higher billing utilization, and sooner project start dateswhen compared to the same period in the prior year. Our Other segment professional services gross margin increased to 43% from 38% for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, due to higher margin projects year to date. Our IT Consulting segment professional services gross margin increased to 21% from 17% for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, due to higher margin projects in the current quarter. Professional services and other gross margin is directly related to the level of services and other revenues.
Gross Margin on Maintenance
Maintenance gross margin percentage decreasedincreased from 81%80% to 80%82% for the threesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, and January 31, 2021, and decreased from 82%when compared to 80% for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and January 31, 2021, respectively.same period in the prior year. The decreaseincrease is primarily due to lower maintenance revenue and increasea decrease in personnel costs and computer software expense, compared to the same period in the prior year. The primary cost component is maintenance staffing, which is relatively inelastic in the short term.

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EXPENSES
Three Months Ended January 31,Nine Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,Six Months Ended October 31,
20222021% of Revenue20222021% of Revenue 20222021% of Revenue20222021% of Revenue
2022202120222021 2022202120222021
(in thousands)(in thousands) (in thousands)(in thousands)
Research and developmentResearch and development$4,602 $4,242 14 %15 %$13,304 $12,674 14 %15 %Research and development$4,364 $4,278 14 %14 %$8,818 $8,702 14 %14 %
Sales and marketingSales and marketing$5,222 $5,029 16 %18 %$17,234 $15,202 19 %18 %Sales and marketing$5,697 $5,892 18 %19 %$11,609 $12,012 19 %20 %
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative$5,834 $5,002 18 %18 %$15,844 $13,833 17 %17 %General and administrative$6,001 $5,476 19 %18 %$11,766 $10,010 19 %17 %
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assetsAmortization of acquisition-related intangible assets$53 $53 — %— %$159 $159 — %— %Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets$32 $53 — %— %$56 $106 — %— %
Other income, net$92 $1,432 — %%$1,459 $2,722 %%
Income tax expense\(benefit)$391 $56 %— %$(43)$136 — %— %
Other (expense) income, netOther (expense) income, net$(145)$930 — %%$(26)$1,367 — %%
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)$541 $303 %%$1,084 $(434)%(1)%
Research and Development
Gross product researchResearch and development costs include allpersonnel costs, third-party contractors, travel expense, rent, software expense and other non-capitalized and capitalized software development costs. A breakdown of the research and development costs is as follows:
Three Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)   (in thousands) 
Total capitalized computer software development costs$— $233 (100)%
Percentage of gross product research and development costs— %%
Total research and development expenseTotal research and development expense$4,602 $4,242 %Total research and development expense$4,364 $4,278 %
Percentage of total revenuePercentage of total revenue14 %15 %Percentage of total revenue14 %14 %
Total gross product research and development expense and capitalized computer software development costs$4,602 $4,475 %
Percentage of total revenue14 %16 %
Total amortization of capitalized computer software development costs *Total amortization of capitalized computer software development costs *$757 $997 (24)%Total amortization of capitalized computer software development costs *$262 $807 (68)%
Nine Months Ended January 31, Six Months Ended October 31,
20222021% Change 20222021% Change
(in thousands)   (in thousands) 
Total capitalized computer software development costs$— $604 (100)%
Percentage of gross product research and development costs— %%
Total research and development expenseTotal research and development expense$13,304 $12,674 %Total research and development expense$8,818 $8,702 %
Percentage of total revenuePercentage of total revenue14 %15 %Percentage of total revenue14 %14 %
Total gross product research and development expense and capitalized computer software development costs$13,304 $13,278 — %
Percentage of total revenue14 %16 %
Total amortization of capitalized computer software development costs *Total amortization of capitalized computer software development costs *$2,467 $3,257 (24)%Total amortization of capitalized computer software development costs *$719 $1,710 (58)%
*Included in cost of license fees and subscription fees.
For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, grosstotal product research and development costs increased 3%by 2% and remained flat,1%, respectively, when compared to the same periodperiods in the previous year, primarily due to an increase in the use of third-party contractors. Capitalized software development costs decreased in January 31, 2022 compared to the same period in the prior year, due to an increase in agile software programming that accelerates the software releases from months to weeks. We expect capitalized software costs to be zero in fiscal 2022. For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, amortization of capitalized software development costs decreased 24%68% and 58%, when compared to fiscal 2021the same periods in the previous year, as some projects were fully amortized. Costs included in gross product development are salaries of product development personnel, hardware lease expense, computer software expense, telephone expense and rent.

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Sales and Marketing
For the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, sales and marketing expenses decreased from 19% to 18% and from 20% to 16%19%, respectively, of revenue when compared to the same periodperiods last year due to marketing cost containment.
General and Administrative
For the ninethree and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, salesgeneral and marketingadministrative expenses increased from 18% to 19% of revenue when comparedand from 17% to the same period last year due to increased marketing spend and variable compensation.
General and Administrative
    For the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022, general and administrative expenses remained flat19% as a percentage of revenue when compared to the same periods a year ago.ago, primarily due to personnel costs, third-party contractors and insurance.
At JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, the total number of employees was 418406 compared to 429426 at JanuaryOctober 31, 2021.

Operating Income/(Loss)
 Three Months Ended January 31,Nine Months Ended January 31,
 20222021% Change20222021% Change
 (in thousands) (in thousands)
Supply Chain Management$7,458 $4,713 58 %$19,531 $12,800 53 %
IT Consulting506 83 226 %1005 292 244 %
Other*(4,725)(3,861)22 %(12,837)(10,641)21 %
Total Operating Income$3,239 $935 246 %$7,699 $2,451 214 %
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 Three Months Ended October 31,Six Months Ended October 31,
 20222021% Change20222021% Change
 (in thousands) (in thousands)
Supply Chain Management$7,646 $6,718 14 %$14,825 $12,073 23 %
IT Consulting217 336 (35)%432 499 (13)%
Other*(5,096)(4,367)17 %(9,933)(8,112)22 %
Total Operating Income$2,767 $2,687 %$5,324 $4,460 19 %
*    Includes all corporate overhead and other common expenses.
Our SCM segment operating income increased by 58%14% and 53%23%, respectively, for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to improved gross margins.

Our IT Consulting segment operating income increaseddecreased by 226%35% and 244%13%, respectively, for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, compared to same periods last year primarily due to higher margintiming of project work and a decreasean increase in expenses related to sales and third-party contractors.

Our Other segment operating loss increased by 22%17% and 21%22%, respectively, for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, when compared to the same periods in the prior year due primarily to an increase in variable compensation and stock option expenses.
Other Income
Other income is comprised of net interest and dividend income, rental income, exchange rate gains and losses, miscellaneous income, and realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments. For the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, the decrease in Other income is mainly due to lowerunrealized losses on investments when compared to unrealized gains from investments of $1.2 million, higher realized losses from our investments of $83,000 and lower gains on exchange rates of $81,000,in the same period last year. This decrease was partially offset by a gain on sale of assets of $36,000 whenan increase in interest income compared to the same period lastprior year. We recorded unrealized losses of approximately $14,000$0.3 million and realized losses of approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 from our trading securities portfolio.

TheFor the six months ended October 31, 2022, the decrease in Other income for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 is mainly due to a decrease inunrealized losses on investments when compared to unrealized gains of $1.2 million compared to $2.0 million for the same period last year and an increase in realized losses of $0.1 million compared to $16,000 for the same period last year. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in interest income compared to the prior year. We also recorded higher exchange rateunrealized losses of approximately $0.2 million and realized losses of approximately $1.2 million for the ninethree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 compared to $80,000 of exchange rate gains in the prior year, this decrease was partially offset by a gain on sale of assets of $36,000 compared to $0 for the same period last year.from our trading securities portfolio.

For the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021, our investments generated an annualized yield of approximately 1.31%1.41% and 1.43%1.33%, respectively, compared to approximately 1.67% and 1.80% for the same periods in the prior year.respectively.
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We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their tax bases. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using statutory tax rates in effect in the year in which we expect the differences to reverse. We establish a deferred tax asset for the expected future benefit of net operating losses, credit carry-forwards and nonqualified stock options. Under the Income Tax Topic of the FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes, we cannot recognize a deferred tax asset for the future benefit of our net operating losses, tax credits and temporary differences unless we can establish that it is “more likely than not” that the deferred tax asset would be realized.

During the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we recorded an income tax expense of $391,000$541,000 and an income tax benefit of $42,000,$1.1 million, respectively, primarily due to discrete stock compensation benefits of $327,000$34,000 and $1.9 million,$63,000, respectively, net of normal income tax expense from operations. During the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021, we recorded an income tax expense of $56,000$303,000 and 136,000,an income tax benefit of $434,000, respectively, primarily due to discrete stock compensation benefits of $233,000$439,000 and $504,000$1.6 million, respectively, net of normal income tax expense from operations. Before adjusting for these discrete tax benefits, our effective tax rate would have been 22.4%21.6% and 20.7%, respectively,22.5% in the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, respectively, compared to our effective tax rate of 16.2% and 14.2%, respectively,19.8% in both the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021. In addition, research and development and foreign tax credits reduced our effective tax rate by 4.3% and 0%4.0% in the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, compared to reductionsa reduction of 8.9% and 1.1%5.4% in the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2021.

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We experience an irregular pattern of quarterly operating results, caused primarily by fluctuations in both the number and size of software license and subscription contracts received and delivered from quarter to quarter and our ability to recognize revenue in that quarter in accordance with our revenue recognition policies. We expect this pattern to continue.

LIQUIDITY, CAPITAL RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Sources and Uses of Cash
Historically we have funded, and we continue to fund, our operations and capital expenditures primarily with cash generated from operating activities. The changes in net cash that our operating activities provide generally reflect the changes in net earnings and non-cash operating items plus the effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities, such as investment trading securities, trade accounts receivable, trade accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue. We have no debt obligations or off-balance sheet financing arrangements, and therefore, we used no cash for debt service purposes.
The following table shows information about our cash flows and liquidity positions during the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 2021. You should read this table and the discussion that follows in conjunction with our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows contained in Item 1 in Part I of this Quarterly Report and in our Annual Report for fiscal 2021.2022.
 Nine Months Ended
January 31,
 20222021
Net cash provided by operating activities$14,050 $13,933 
Net cash used in investing activities(801)(1,065)
Net cash used in financing activities(3,552)(5,961)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents$9,697 $6,907 
 Six Months Ended
October 31,
 20222021
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities$(11,261)$7,712 
Net cash (used in) investing activities(9,206)(615)
Net cash (used in) financing activities(6,261)(1,554)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents$(26,728)$5,543 
For the ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, the net increasedecrease in cash provided byused in operating activities when compared to the same period last year was due primarily to the following: (1) an increase in net earnings, (2) a relative increase in deferred revenueclient accounts receivables when compared to a decrease in the same period last year due to the timing of closing client sales and related collections, (2) an increase in purchases of trading securities, (3) a relative decrease in deferred revenue when compared to a lower decrease in the same period last year due to timing of revenue recognition, (4) a decrease in net earnings, (3) an increase in deferred income taxes and (5) a decrease in depreciation and amortization.
This net decrease in cash used in operating activities was partially offset by: (1) a relative decrease in prepaid expenses when compared to a larger decrease in the same period last year due to the timing of purchases, (2) an increase in losses on investments when compared to a gain in the prior year, (3) an increase in stock-based compensation expense, (4) an increase in the proceeds from the maturity and sales of trading securities and (5) smaller decrease in accounts payable and other liabilities compared to the same period last year due to timing of payments, (4) an increase in stock-based compensation expense, (5) lower gains on investments than in prior year, (6) a decrease in purchases of trading securities and (7) a decrease in deferred income taxes.
This increase in cash provided by operating activities was partially offset by: (1) a relative increase in customer accounts receivables when compared to a decrease in the same period last year due to the timing of closing customer sales and related collections, (2) a relative increase in prepaid expenses when compared to a decrease in the same period last year due to the timing of purchases, (3) a decrease in depreciation and amortization and (4) a decrease in the proceeds from the maturity and sales of trading securities.
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payments.
The decreaseincrease in cash used in investing activities when compared to the same period in the prior year was mainly due to the purchase of Starboard and an increase in purchases of property and equipment, which was partially offset by a decrease in capitalized computer software development costs.equipment.
The decreaseincrease in cash used in financing activities compared to the prior year was due primarily to an increase in dividends paid and a decrease in proceeds from exercise of stock options, which was partially offset by an increase in dividends paid.options.
The following table shows net changes in total cash, cash equivalents, and investments, which is one measure management uses to understand net total cash generated by our activities:
As of January 31,
(in thousands)
As of October 31,
(in thousands)
20222021 20222021
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$98,355 $86,721 Cash and cash equivalents$83,962 $94,201 
Short-term investmentsShort-term investments16,463 14,052 Short-term investments22,805 17,163 
Total cash and short and long-term investmentsTotal cash and short and long-term investments114,818 100,773 Total cash and short and long-term investments106,767 111,364 
Net increase in total cash and investments during nine months ended January 31,$10,154 $6,097 
Net increase/decrease in total cash and investments during six months ended October 31,Net increase/decrease in total cash and investments during six months ended October 31,$(20,749)$6,700 
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Our total activities used lessmore cash and investments during the months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, when compared to the prior year period, in the course of normal business operations.
Days Sales Outstanding in accounts receivable were 7778 days as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, compared to 65 days as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2021. This increase is primarily due to the timing of billings and cash collections. Our current ratio was 2.9 to 1 on JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 and 3.0 to 1 on October 31, 2021.
Our business in recent periods has generated substantial positive cash flow from operations, excluding purchases and proceeds of sale of trading securities. For this reason, and because we had $114.8$106.8 million in cash and investments with no debt as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we believe that our sources of liquidity and capital resources will be sufficient to satisfy our presently anticipated requirements during at least the next twelve months for working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate needs. However, at some future date we may need to seek additional sources of capital to meet our requirements. If such need arises, we may be required to raise additional funds through equity or debt financing. We do not currently have a bank line of credit. We can provide no assurance that bank lines of credit or other financing will be available on terms acceptable to us. If available, such financing may result in dilution to our shareholders or higher interest expense.
On August 19, 2002, our Board of Directors approved a resolution authorizing the repurchase of up to an additional 2.0 million shares of our Class A common stock. We have made and will make these repurchases through open market purchases at prevailing market prices. The timing of any repurchase will depend upon market conditions, the market price of our common stock and management’s assessment of our liquidity and cash flow needs. Under this repurchase plan, through JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we have repurchased 1,053,679 shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $6.2 million. As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, under all repurchase plans previously authorized, including this most recent plan, we have repurchased a total of 4,588,632 shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $25.6 million.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
We have based the following discussiondiscussions and analysis of financial condition and results of operations on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financials Statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report for fiscal 2021,2022, describes the significant accounting policies that we have used in preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including, but not limited to, those related to revenue/collectability. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Our actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe the critical accounting policies listed below affect significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.
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Revenue Recognition.

Subscription. Subscription fees include Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS")The most critical judgments required in applying ASC 606, Revenue Recognition from Customers, and our revenue forrecognition policy relate to the right to usedetermination of distinct performance obligations and the software for a limited period of time in an environment hosted by the Company or by a third party. The customer accesses and uses the software on an as needed basis over the Internet or via a dedicated line; however, the customer has no right to take deliveryevaluation of the software. The underlying arrangements typically include a single feestandalone selling price (SSP) for the service that is billed monthly, quarterly or annually. The Company’s SaaS solutions represent a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. Revenue from a SaaS solution is generally recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement.each performance obligation.
License.Our on-premise software licenses provide the customerclient contracts with a right to use the software as it exists at the time of purchase. We recognize revenue for distinct software licenses once the license, period has begun and we have made the software available to the customer.

Our software licenses are sold with maintenance under which we provide customers with telephone consulting, product updates on a when and if available basis, and releases of new versions of products previously purchased by the customer, as well as error reporting and correction services.
Professional Services and Other. Our professional services revenue consists of fees generated from consulting, implementation and training services, including reimbursements of out-pocket expenses in connection with our services. These services are typically optional to our customers, and are distinct from our software. Fees for our professional services are separately priced and are generally billed on an hourly basis, and revenue is recognized over time as the services are performed. We believe the output method of hours worked provides the best depiction of the transfer of our services since the customer is receiving the benefit from our services as the work is performed. Reimbursements received from customers for out-of-pocket expenses were recorded in revenue and totaled approximately $28,000 and $69,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022 and $0 and $16,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2021, respectively
Maintenance and Support.Revenue is derived from maintenance and support services, under which we provide customers with telephone consulting, product updates on a when and if available basis, and releases of new versions of products previously purchased by the customer, as well as error reporting and correction services. Maintenance for perpetual licenses is renewable, generally on an annual basis, at the option of the customer. Maintenance terms typically range from one to three years. Revenue related to maintenance is generally paid in advance and recognized ratably over the term of the agreement since the Company is standing ready to provide a series of maintenance services that are substantially the same each period over the term; therefore, time is the best measure of progress. Support services for subscriptions are included in the subscription fees and are recognized as a component of such fees.
Indirect Channel Revenue.We record revenue from sales made through the indirect sales channels on a gross basis, because we control the goods or services and act as the principal in the transaction. In reaching this determination, we evaluate sales through our indirect channel on a case-by-case basis and consider a number of factors including indicators of control such as the party having the primary responsibility to provide specified goods or services, and the party having discretion in establishing prices.
Sales Taxes. We account for sales taxes collected from customers on a net basis.

Significant Judgments. Many of our contracts include multiple performance obligations. Judgment is required in determining whether each performance obligation within a client contract is distinct. Determining whether products and services are distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or combined as a single performance obligation may require significant judgment that requires us to assess the nature of the promise and the value delivered to the client. Our products and services generally function on a standalone basis and do not require a significant amount of integration or interdependency; therefore, ourinterdependency. Therefore, multiple products and services contained within a client contract are generally considered to be distinct and are not combined. combined for revenue recognition purposes.
We allocate the transaction price for each contract to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price (SSP)SSP for each performance obligation within each contract.

We use judgment in determining Judgment is required to determine the SSP for productseach distinct performance obligation. We evaluate the SSP for each element by considering prices we charge for similar offerings, size of the order and services. For substantially all performance obligations, except on-premise licenses, we are able to establish SSP based on the observable prices of products or services sold separately in comparable circumstances to similar customers.historical pricing practices. We typically establish an SSP range for our products and services, which is reassessed on a periodic basis or when facts and circumstances change. If our judgment is incorrect for a particular item within an arrangement, the timing of our revenue could be impacted between periods, such that we would recognize revenue in a different period than we would have if a different judgment had been used; however, the revenue for the full arrangement would have the same result.
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For substantially all performance obligations except on-premise licenses, we are able to establish SSP as described above. Our on-premise licenses have not historically been sold on a standalone basis, as the vast majority of all customersclients elect to purchase on-premise license support contracts at the time of a on-premise license purchase. Support contracts are generally priced as a percentage of the net fees paid by the customerclient to access the on-premise license. We are unable to establish the SSP for our on-premise licenses based on observable prices given the same products are sold for a broad range of amounts (that is, the selling price is highly variable) and a representative SSP is
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not discernible from past transactions or other observable evidence. As a result, the SSP for aan on-premise license included in a contract with multiple performance obligations is determined by applying a residual approach whereby all other performance obligations within a contract are first allocated a portion of the transaction price based upon their respective SSPs, with any residual amount of transaction price allocated to on-premise license revenue. Maintenance and support contracts are generally priced as a percentage of the net fees paid by the customer to access the on-premise license.
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Item 3    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Foreign Currency. In the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, we generated approximately 16%19% and 18%, respectively, of our revenue outside the United States. We typically make international sales through our VARs and employees located in foreign countries and denominate those sales in U.S. and New Zealand dollars, British pounds sterling or euros. However, expenses incurred in connection with these sales are typically denominated in the local currencies. We recorded an exchange rate gainloss of approximately $8,000$0.2 million for the three months ended January 31, 2022 and loss of $151,000 for the nine months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 compared to an exchange rate gainsloss of approximately $0.1 million for the same periods in the prior year. We recorded an exchange rate loss of approximately $0.4 million for the six months ended October 31, 2022 compared to an exchange rate loss of approximately $0.2 million for the same periods in the prior year. We estimate that a 10% movement in foreign currency rates would have had the effect of creating up to a $0.4 million$56,000 and $0.3 million exchange$50,000 rate gain or loss for the three and ninesix months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2022, respectively. We have not engaged in any hedging activities.
Interest Rates and Other Market Risks. We have no debt, and therefore limit our discussion of interest rate risk to risk associated with our investment profile. We manage our interest rate risk by maintaining an investment portfolio of trading investments with high credit quality and relatively short average maturities. These instruments include, but are not limited to, money-market instruments, bank time deposits, and taxable and tax-advantaged variable rate and fixed rate obligations of corporations, municipalities, and national, state, and local government agencies. These instruments are denominated in U.S. dollars. The fair market value of these instruments as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2022 was approximately $105.7$100.3 million compared to $93.8$104.4 million as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2021.
We also hold cash balances in accounts with commercial banks in the United States and foreign countries. These cash balances represent operating balances only and are invested in short-term time deposits of the local bank. Such operating cash balances held at banks outside the United States are denominated in the local currency and are minor.
Many of our investments carry a degree of interest rate risk. When interest rates fall, our income from investments in variable-rate securities declines. When interest rates rise, the fair market value of our investments in fixed-rate securities declines. In addition, our investments in equity securities are subject to stock market volatility. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations or we may suffer losses in principal if forced to sell securities, which have seen a decline in market value due to changes in interest rates. We attempt to mitigate risk by holding fixed-rate securities to maturity, but, if our liquidity needs force us to sell fixed-rate securities prior to maturity, we may experience a loss of principal.
Inflation. Although we cannot accurately determine the amounts attributable thereto, we have been affected by inflation through increased costs of employee compensation and other operational expenses. To the extent permitted by the marketplace for our products and services, we attempt to recover increases in costs by periodically increasing prices.
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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”)) are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms. Our disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, with the assistance of our Disclosure Committee, have conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. We perform this evaluation on a quarterly basis so that the conclusions concerning the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures can be reported in our Annual Report and Quarterly Reports. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.




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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings
We are not currently involved in legal proceedings requiring disclosure under this item.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, you should carefully consider the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our Annual Report for fiscal 2021.2022. There have been no material changes to the risk factors as previously disclosed in such Annual Report.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.

Item 5.    Other Information
None.

Item 6.    Exhibits
Exhibit 3.1  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, and amendments thereto. (1) (P)
Exhibit 3.2  
Exhibits 31.1-31.2.  
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications
Exhibit 32.1.  
Exhibit 101.INS  XBRL Instance Document.
Exhibit 101.SCH  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
Exhibit 101.CAL  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
Exhibit 101.DEF  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
Exhibit 101.LAB  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
Exhibit 101.PRE  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
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(1)Incorporated by reference herein. Filed by the Company as an exhibit to its Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 1990. (P) Filed in paper format.
(2)Incorporated by reference herein. Filed by the Company as Exhibit 3.1 to its Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2010.
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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.
AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
Date: March 4,December 2, 2022By:/s/ H. Allan Dow
H. Allan Dow
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: March 4,December 2, 2022By:/s/ Vincent C. Klinges
Vincent C. Klinges
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: March 4,December 2, 2022By:/s/ Bryan L. Sell
Bryan L. Sell
Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

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