UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

	x	Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

or

	o	Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission file number: 0-26994

ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		94-2901952
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

600 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94103
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(415) 543-7696
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2008 was 26,684,281.

INDEX

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	March 31			December 31
	2008			2007
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	58,008		$	49,589
Accounts receivable, net	44,392			47,574
Deferred taxes, current	10,288			10,288
Prepaid expenses and other	20,464			19,577
Total current assets	133,152			127,028
Property and equipment, net	28,227			27,779
Goodwill	108,601			106,520
Other intangibles, net	8,391			9,376
Deferred taxes, long-term	70,980			70,981
Other assets, net	11,396			10,645

Total assets	$	360,747		$	352,329

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	4,672		$	4,382
Accrued liabilities	23,796			29,328
Deferred revenues	116,497			115,398
Income taxes payable	2,207			1,086
Total current liabilities	147,172			150,194
Deferred income taxes	881			998
Deferred revenue, long-term	6,363			4,939
Other long-term liabilities	16,235			16,352

Total liabilities	170,651			172,483

Commitments and contingencies (See Note 10)

Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock	266			265
Additional paid-in capital	332,161			326,964
Accumulated deficit	(159,050		)	(161,685		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	16,719			14,302
Total stockholders’ equity	190,096			179,846

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	360,747		$	352,329

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008		2007
Net revenues:
Term license, maintenance and other recurring	$	49,139	$	37,724
Perpetual license fees	5,625		5,927
Professional services and other	6,709		4,328

Total net revenues	61,473		47,979

Cost of revenues:
Term license, maintenance and other recurring	10,934		9,032
Perpetual license fees	317		195
Professional services and other	7,726		5,873
Amortization of developed technology	722		364

Total cost of revenues	19,699		15,464

Gross margin	41,774		32,515

Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	15,390		12,889
Product development	12,890		9,856
General and administrative	9,227		8,784
Amortization of other intangibles	487		474
Restructuring charges	56		562

Total operating expenses	38,050		32,565

Income (loss) from operations	3,724		(50		)
Interest and other income (expense), net	227		518

Income before income taxes	3,951		468
Provision for income taxes	1,316		29

Net income	$	2,635	$	439

Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.10	$	0.02
Diluted	$	0.09	$	0.02

Weighted average shares used to compute net income per share:
Basic	26,570		27,389
Diluted	28,080		28,756

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	2,635		$	439
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Stock-based compensation	3,391			3,246
Depreciation and amortization	3,262			2,790
Loss on dispositions of fixed assets	1			3
Provision for doubtful accounts	249			137
Reduction of sales returns	(104		)	(6		)
Gain loss on investments	—			(18		)
Deferred income taxes	(117		)	(65		)
Other	7			13
Effect of statement of operations adjustments	6,689			6,100
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	2,933			6,030
Prepaid and other assets	(1,382		)	(1,117		)
Accounts payable	290			(685		)
Accrued liabilities	(5,691		)	(2,505		)
Deferred revenues	2,626			5,819
Income taxes payable	1,164			(284		)
Effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities	(60		)	7,258

Net cash provided by operating activities	9,264			13,797

Cash flows from investing activities:
Net cash used in acquisitions	—			(1,022		)
Purchases of property and equipment	(2,496		)	(2,620		)
Capitalized software development costs	(205		)	—
Sales and maturities of marketable securities	—			24,921
Change in restricted cash	(248		)	—

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(2,949		)	21,279

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	1,787			7,806
Repurchase of common stock	—			(30,120		)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	1,787			(22,314		)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	317			12

Net change in cash and cash equivalents	8,419			12,774
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	49,589			30,187

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	58,008		$	42,961

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1—Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Advent Software, Inc. (“Advent” or the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Advent has prepared these condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) applicable to interim financial information. Certain information and footnote disclosures included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been omitted in these interim statements pursuant to such SEC rules and regulations. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes included in Advent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year, and no representation is made thereto.

These condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary to state fairly the financial position and results of operations for each interim period shown. All such adjustments occur in the ordinary course of business and are of a normal, recurring nature.

Note 2—Recent Accounting Pronouncements

No recent accounting pronouncements have been issued which would currently have a material effect on Advent’s condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Note 3—Stock-Based Compensation

Equity Award Activity

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock option and stock appreciation right (“SAR”) activity for the period presented follows:

			Weighted		Weighted
			Average		Average	Aggregate
	Number of		Exercise		Remaining	Intrinsic
	Shares		Price		Contractual Life	Value
	(in thousands)				(in years)	(in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2007	3,818		$	24.61
Options & SARs granted	267		$	45.74
Options & SARs exercised	(148	)	$	21.56
Options & SARs canceled	(8	)	$	30.82
Outstanding at March 31, 2008	3,929		$	26.15	6.57	$	66,705
Exercisable at March 31,2008	2,115		$	21.80	5.20	$	44,340

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the Company’s closing stock price of $42.62 as of March 31, 2008 for options that were in-the-money as of that date.

The weighted average grant date fair value of options and SARs granted during the first quarter of 2008 was $19.24 per share. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the first quarter of 2008 and 2007 was $3.9 million and $14.2 million, respectively. The total cash received from employees as a result of employee stock option exercises net of taxes paid for SARs exercised and restricted stock units (“RSU”) vested during the first quarter of 2008 and 2007 was approximately $1.8 million and $7.8 million, respectively.

The Company settles exercised employee stock options and SARs with newly issued common shares.

A summary of the status of the RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is as follows:

			Weighted
			Average
	Number of		Grant Date
	Shares		Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Outstanding and unvested at December 31, 2007	571		$	34.62
RSUs granted	20		$	45.88
RSUs vested	(14	)	$	28.18
RSUs canceled	(6	)	$	34.67
Outstanding and unvested at March 31, 2008	571		$	35.17

The weighted average grant date fair value was determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the award. The aggregate intrinsic value of RSUs outstanding at March 31, 2008 was $24.3 million, using the closing price of $42.62 per share as of March 31, 2008.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

The effect of stock-based employee compensation expense recognized on Advent’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the first quarter of 2008 and 2007 were as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007
Statement of operations classification
Cost of term license, maintenance and other recurring revenues	$	290		$	247
Cost of professional services and other revenues	237			175
Total cost of revenues	527			422

Sales and marketing	1,038			969
Product development	871			737
General and administrative	955			1,118
Total operating expenses	2,864			2,824

Total stock-based employee compensation expense	$	3,391		$	3,246

Tax effect on stock-based employee compensation	(1,300		)	(1,053		)

Net effect on net income	$	2,091		$	2,193

Advent capitalized $21,000 and $3,000 during the first quarters of 2008 and 2007, respectively, associated with the Company’s software development, internal-use software and professional services implementation projects.

As of March 31, 2008, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards not yet recognized under all equity compensation plans, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, was $27.4 million and is expected to be recognized through the remaining vesting period of each grant, with a weighted average remaining period of 3.0 years.

Valuation Assumptions

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the straight-line attribution approach with the following assumptions:

	Three Months Ended March 31
Stock Options & SARs	2008	2007
Expected volatility	41.8% - 42.8%	35.1% - 38.4%
Expected life (in years)	5.27	4.58
Risk-free interest rate	2.6% - 3.2%	4.5% - 4.8%
Expected dividends	None	None

The expected stock price volatility was determined based on an equally weighted average of historical and implied volatility of the Company’s common stock. Advent determined that a blend of implied volatility and historical volatility is more reflective of the market conditions and a better indicator of expected volatility than using purely historical volatility. The expected life was determined based on historical experience of similar awards, giving consideration to the contractual terms of the stock-based awards, vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of the option. The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history of not paying dividends and the resultant future expectation of dividend payouts.

Note 4—Net Income Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of weighted average number of common shares outstanding and the potential number of dilutive common shares outstanding during the period, excluding the effect of any anti-dilutive securities. Potential common shares consist of the shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and SARs, the vesting of restricted stock awards and from withholdings associated with the Company’s employee stock purchase plan. Potential common shares are reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method, which in the current period includes consideration of unamortized stock-based compensation and windfall tax benefits, as a result of the implementation of SFAS 123R.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per-share data):

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008		2007
Numerator:
Net income	$	2,635	$	439

Denominator:
Denominator for basic net income per share-weighted average shares outstanding	26,570		27,389

Dilutive common equivalent shares:
Employee stock options and other	1,510		1,367

Denominator for diluted net income per share-weighted average shares outstanding, assuming exercise of potential dilutive common shares	28,080		28,756

Basic net income per share	$	0.10	$	0.02
Diluted net income per share	$	0.09	$	0.02

For the first quarters of 2008 and 2007, weighted average stock options and RSUs of approximately 0.8 million and 1.5 million, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

Note 5—Goodwill

The changes in the carrying value of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):

	Goodwill

Balance at December 31, 2007	$	106,520
Translation adjustments	2,081

Balance at March 31, 2008	$	108,601

Foreign currency translation adjustments totaling $2.1 million reflect the weakening of the U.S. dollar versus European currencies during the first quarter of 2008.

Note 6—Other Intangibles

The following is a summary of other intangibles as of March 31, 2008 (in thousands):

	Average
	Amortization	Other					Other
	Period	Intangibles,		Accumulated			Intangibles,
	(Years)	Gross		Amortization			Net

Purchased technologies	4.9	$	16,526	$	(13,202	)	$	3,324
Product development costs	3.0	6,509		(2,603		)	3,906

Developed technology sub-total		23,035		(15,805		)	7,230

Customer relationships	5.5	22,971		(21,902		)	1,069
Other intangibles	3.6	404		(312		)	92

Other intangibles sub-total		23,375		(22,214		)	1,161

Balance at March 31, 2008		$	46,410	$	(38,019	)	$	8,391

The following is a summary of other intangibles as of December 31, 2007 (in thousands):

	Average
	Amortization	Other					Other
	Period	Intangibles,		Accumulated			Intangibles,
	(Years)	Gross		Amortization			Net

Purchased technologies	4.9	$	16,529	$	(13,001	)	$	3,528
Product development costs	3.0	6,290		(2,081		)	4,209

Developed technology sub-total		22,819		(15,082		)	7,737

Customer relationships	5.5	22,673		(21,130		)	1,543
Other intangibles	3.6	404		(308		)	96

Other intangibles sub-total		23,077		(21,438		)	1,639

Balance at December 31, 2007		$	45,896	$	(36,520	)	$	9,376

The changes in the carrying value of other intangibles during the three months ended March 31, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):

	Other					Other
	Intangibles,		Accumulated			Intangibles,
	Gross		Amortization			Net

Balance at December 31, 2007	$	45,896	$	(36,520	)	$	9,376
Additions	205		—			205
Stock-based compensation additions	15		—			15
Amortization	—		(1,209		)	(1,209		)
Translation adjustments	294		(290		)	4

Balance at March 31, 2008	$	46,410	$	(38,019	)	$	8,391

Based on the carrying amount of intangible assets as of March 31, 2008, the estimated future amortization is as follows (in thousands):

	Nine
	Months Ended
	December 31		Years Ended December 31
	2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		Thereafter		Total
Estimated future amortization of:
Developed technology	$	2,094	$	2,258	$	1,725	$	615	$	538	$	—	$	7,230
Other intangibles	526		478		37		31		31		58		1,161

Total	$	2,620	$	2,736	$	1,762	$	646	$	569	$	58	$	8,391

Note 7—Balance Sheet Detail

The following is a summary of prepaid expenses and other (in thousands):

	March 31		December 31
	2008		2007

Prepaid commission	$	5,496	$	5,364
Prepaid contract expense	5,352		5,353
Prepaid royalty	2,900		2,624
Other	6,716		6,236

Total prepaid expenses and other	$	20,464	$	19,577

The following is a summary of other assets, net (in thousands):

	March 31		December 31
	2008		2007

Long-term investments, net	$	500	$	500
Long-term prepaid commissions	5,077		5,368
Deposits	2,999		2,628
Prepaid contract expense, long-term	2,702		1,838
Other	118		311

Total other assets, net	$	11,396	$	10,645

Long-term investments include an equity investment in a privately held company. This equity investment is carried at the lower of cost or fair value at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. Deposits include restricted cash of $1.9 million to secure a bank letter of credit associated with the Company’s definitive lease agreement, as amended, with Toda Development, Inc. (“Toda”) for its San Francisco headquarters facility.

The following is a summary of accrued liabilities (in thousands):

	March 31		December 31
	2008		2007

Salaries and benefits payable	$	11,411	$	18,696
Accrued restructuring, current portion	2,020		2,531
Other	10,365		8,101

Total accrued liabilities	$	23,796	$	29,328

Accrued restructuring charges are discussed further in Note 9, “Restructuring Charges.” Other accrued liabilities include accruals for royalties, sales and business taxes, acquisition related costs, and other miscellaneous items.

The following is a summary of other long-term liabilities (in thousands):

	March 31		December 31
	2008		2007

Deferred rent	$	8,866	$	8,902
Accrued restructuring, long-term portion	1,602		1,734
Reserve for uncertain tax positions	4,789		4,746
Other	978		970

Total other long-term liabilities	$	16,235	$	16,352

Note 8—Comprehensive Income

The components of comprehensive income were as follows for the periods presented (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008		2007

Net income	$	2,635	$	439
Unrealized gain on marketable securities	—		8
Foreign currency translation adjustment	2,417		449

Total comprehensive income	$	5,052	$	896

Note 9—Restructuring Charges

Restructuring initiatives have been implemented in the Company’s Advent Investment Management and Other operating segments to reduce costs and improve operating efficiencies by better aligning the Company’s resources to its near-term revenue opportunities. These initiatives have resulted in restructuring charges comprised primarily of costs related to properties abandoned in connection with facilities consolidation, related write-down of leasehold improvements and severance and associated employee termination costs related to headcount reductions. Advent’s restructuring charges included accruals for estimated losses on facility costs based on the Company’s contractual obligations net of estimated sublease income. Advent reassesses this liability periodically based on market conditions.

During the first quarter of 2008, Advent recorded a restructuring charge of $56,000 which related to the present value amortization of facility exit obligations. During the first quarter of March 31, 2007, Advent recorded a net restructuring charge of $562,000 due to the update of certain sub-lease assumptions for Advent’s prior San Francisco headquarters facility located at 301 Brannan Street, which the Company exited in October 2006.

The following table sets forth an analysis of the components of the payments and restructuring charges made against the accrual during the first quarter of 2008 (in thousands):

	Facility Exit
	Costs

Balance of restructuring accrual at December 31, 2007	$	4,265
Cash payments	(699		)
Restructuring charges	56

Balance of restructuring accrual at March 31, 2008	$	3,622

Of the remaining restructuring accrual of $3.6 million at March 31, 2008, $2.0 million and $1.6 million are included in accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. The remaining excess facility costs of $3.6 million are stated at estimated fair value, net of estimated sublease income of approximately $5.2 million. Advent expects to pay the remaining obligations associated with the vacated facilities no later than over the remaining lease terms, which expire on various dates through 2012.

Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Obligations

Advent leases office space and equipment under non-cancelable operating lease agreements, which expire at various dates through December 2018. Some operating leases contain escalation provisions for adjustments in the consumer price index. Advent is responsible for maintenance, insurance, and property taxes. As of March 31, 2008, Advent’s remaining operating lease commitments through 2018 were approximately $51.1 million, net of future minimum rental receipts of $6.2 million to be received under non-cancelable sub-leases.

Indemnifications

As permitted or required under Delaware law and to the maximum extent allowable under that law, Advent has certain obligations to indemnify its current and former officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was serving, at Advent’s request in such capacity. These indemnification obligations are valid as long as the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The maximum potential amount of future payments Advent could be required to make under these indemnification obligations is unlimited; however, Advent has a director and officer insurance policy that mitigates Advent’s exposure and enables Advent to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. The Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification obligations is minimal.

Legal Contingencies

On March 8, 2005, certain of the former shareholders of Kinexus and the shareholders’ representative filed suit against Advent in the Delaware Chancery Court. The complaint alleges that Advent breached the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 31, 2001 pursuant to which Advent acquired all of the outstanding shares of Kinexus due principally to the fact that no amount was paid by Advent on an earn-out of up to $115 million. The earn-out, which was payable in cash or stock at the election of Advent, was based upon Kinexus meeting certain revenue targets in both 2002 and 2003. The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory damages, an accounting and restitution for unjust enrichment. Advent advised the shareholders’ representative in January 2003 that the earn-out terms had not been met in 2002 and accordingly no earn-out was payable for 2002 and would not be payable for 2003. Discovery is continuing between the parties. Advent disputes the plaintiffs’ claims and believes that it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously defend this action. Management believes that any potential loss associated with this litigation is neither probable nor reasonably estimable at this time and accordingly has not accrued any amounts for any potential loss.

From time to time, Advent is involved in claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. Based on currently available information, management does not believe that the ultimate outcome of these unresolved matters, individually and in the aggregate, is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties and our view of these matters may change in the future. Were an unfavorable outcome to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our financial position and results of operations for the period in which the unfavorable outcome occurs, and potentially in future periods.

Note 11—Segment Information

Description of Segments

Advent’s organizational structure is based on a number of factors that the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) uses to evaluate, view and run its business operations which include, but are not limited to, customer base, homogeneity of products and technology. Advent’s operating segments are based on this organizational structure and information reviewed by Advent’s CODM to evaluate the operating segment results. Advent has determined that its operations are organized into two reportable segments: Advent Investment Management and MicroEdge. Future changes to this organizational structure may result in changes to the business segments disclosed. A description of the types of products and services provided by each operating segment follows.

Advent Investment Management is the Company’s core business and derives revenues from the development, marketing and sale of software products, data, data interfaces and related maintenance and services that automate, integrate and support certain mission critical functions of investment management organizations. MicroEdge derives revenues from the sale of software and services for grant management, matching gifts and volunteer tracking for the grantmaking community.

Segment Data

The results of the operating segments are derived directly from Advent’s internal management reporting system. The accounting policies used to derive operating segment results are substantially the same as those used by the consolidated company. Management measures the performance of each operating segment based on several metrics, including income (loss) from operations. These results are used, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and to assign resources to, each of the operating segments. Certain operating expenses, including stock-based employee compensation expense, and amortization of developed technology and other intangibles, which Advent manages separately at the corporate level, are not allocated to the operating segments. Advent does not separately accumulate and review asset information by segment.

Segment information for the periods presented is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007
Net revenues:
Advent Investment Management	$	55,264		$	42,555
MicroEdge	6,209			5,424

Total net revenues	$	61,473		$	47,979

Income (loss) from operations:
Advent Investment Management	$	7,936		$	2,860
MicroEdge	388			1,174
Unallocated corporate operating costs and expenses:
Stock-based employee compensation	(3,391		)	(3,246		)
Amortization of developed technology	(722		)	(364		)
Amortization of other intangibles	(487		)	(474		)

Total income (loss) from operations	$	3,724		$	(50	)

Major Customers

No single customer represented 10% or more of Advent’s total net revenues in any period presented.

Note 12—Related Party Transactions

As of December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008, Clearbridge Advisors LLC (“Clearbridge”), a Legg Mason company, owned approximately 15% of the voting stock of Advent. No revenue was recorded from sales to Clearbridge during the first quarter of 2008 or 2007 as Clearbridge is not a customer of Advent. However, Advent recognized approximately $140,000 and $107,000 of revenue from all Legg Mason entities during the first quarter of fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively. The Company’s accounts receivable from all Legg Mason entities were $0.5 million and zero as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

Advent acts as trustee for the Company’s short-term disability plan—Advent Software California Voluntary Disability Plan (“VDI”). Employee withholdings were $150,000 and $95,000 during the first quarters of 2008 and 2007, respectively. Disbursements were $50,000 and $83,000 during the first quarters of 2008 and 2007, respectively. Cash held by Advent related to the VDI was $0.3 million and $0.2 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and are included in “Other assets, net” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

On November 6, 2007, Robert A. Ettl was appointed to the Company’s Board. Mr. Ettl currently serves as managing director of Allianz Global Investors (“Allianz”). Advent recognized revenue of $0.2 million from Allianz during the first quarter of 2008. The Company’s account receivable from Allianz was $1.1 million and $77,000 as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

Note 13—Line of Credit

On February 14, 2007, Advent and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a senior secured credit facility agreement (the “Credit Facility”) with Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. (the “Lender”) for a term of three years. Under the Credit Facility, the Lender will provide the Company with a revolving line of credit up to an aggregate amount of $75.0 million to fund the repurchase of outstanding common stock, capital expenditures and general corporate requirements. The Company has the option of selecting an interest rate for any drawdown under the Facility equal to either: (a) the Base Rate (Wells Fargo prime rate); or (b) the then applicable LIBOR Rate plus 1.50% per annum. The loan is secured by the Company’s property and assets and is subject to a financial covenant. The financial covenant in the Facility is limited to a maximum ratio of senior debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted for cost capitalizations, extraordinary gains (losses) and non-cash stock-based employee compensation. Covenant testing will commence upon either the occurrence of an event of default or when excess availability, defined as the Credit Facility line of $75.0 million less amounts drawn, plus qualified cash and cash equivalents is less than $50.0 million.

As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Company maintained a zero debt balance and was in compliance with all associated covenants.

Note 14—Income Taxes

As of March 31, 2008, Advent had accrued $5.8 million of unrecognized tax benefits compared to $5.9 million at December 31 2007. During the first quarter of 2008, Advent recognized a tax benefit of $0.2 million relating to accrued interest and penalties as a result of a lapse of a statute of limitations while increasing the amount of unrecognized tax benefits by $0.1 million relating to California research credits. The Company’s liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits are included in “Other long-term liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and relate to federal research credits, California research and enterprise zone tax credits and various state net operating losses that have been recorded as deferred tax assets but have yet to be utilized.

Advent is subject to taxation in the U.S. and various states and foreign jurisdictions. Advent is not under examination in any income tax jurisdiction at the present time. The material jurisdictions that are subject to examination by tax authorities include California for tax years after fiscal 2002 and the U.S. and New York for tax years after 2003.

Note 15—Fair Value Measurements

Effective January 1, 2008, Advent implemented SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement”, for our financial assets and liabilities that are measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually. In accordance with the provisions of FSP No. FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157”, the Company has elected to defer implementation of FAS 157 as it relates to non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are recognized and disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis until January 1, 2009. Advent is evaluating the impact, if any, this Standard will have on the Company’s non-financial assets and liabilities.

The adoption of SFAS 157 to the Advent’s financial assets and liabilities and non-financial assets and liabilities that are measured and reported at fair value at least annually did not have an impact on the Company’s financial results.

SFAS No. 157 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or

liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, SFAS No. 157 establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level Input		Input Definition

Level I		Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.

Level II		Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level I that are observable for the asset or liability through corroboration with market data at the measurement date.

Level III		Unobservable inputs that reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

This hierarchy requires us to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining inputs when determining fair value. The Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis, including available-for-sale securities and our equity investment. The fair value of these certain financial assets was determined using the following inputs as of March 31, 2008 (in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using

Significant

Quoted Prices in

Other

Significant

Active Markets for

Observable

Unobservable

Identical Assets

Inputs

Total

(Level 1)

(Level 2)

(Level 3)

Assets

Fixed income available-for-sale securities (1)

48,283

—

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on our condensed consoldiated balance sheet

Fixed income available-for-sale securities consist of cash equivalents with remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase and are composed primarily of US Government and Treasury Obligation money market mutual funds. The fair value of these securities is determined through market, observable and corroborated sources.

Non-marketable investments which totaled $0.5 million at March 31, 2008, represent the Company’s investment in a privately held company. Non-marketable investments are priced at the lower of cost or fair value due to an absence of market activity and market data, and is not reported in the table of assets measured at fair value as of March 31, 2008 above.

Note 16—Subsequent Event

On April 4, 2008, the Company received the initial deferred contingent consideration of $3.4 million as a result of the Company’s sale of its ownership in LatentZero to royalblue group plc in April 2007. For fiscal 2007 and 2008, the payment of the deferred contingent consideration by royalblue plc is dependent on the achievement of performance objectives related to revenue and operating profit. The Company will record the associated non-operating gain in its second quarter of 2008 results.

On May 7, 2008, Advent’s Board authorized the repurchase of up to 1.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock. Stock repurchases under this authorization may be made through open market and privately negotiated transactions at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including price, Advent’s cash balances, general business and market conditions, the dilutive effects of share-based incentive plans, alternative investment opportunities and working capital needs. The stock repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and may be limited or terminated at any time without prior notice. The purchases will be funded from available working capital or available liquidity under the Credit Facility, and repurchased shares will be returned to the status of authorized but un-issued shares of common stock.

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

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, including, but not limited to statements referencing our expectations relating to future revenues, expenses and operating margins. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” or other similar terms and the negative of such terms regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding growth in the investment management market and opportunities for us related thereto, future expansion, acquisition, divestment of or investment in other businesses, projections of revenues, future cost and expense levels, expected timing and amount of amortization expenses related to past acquisitions, the adequacy of resources to meet future cash requirements, estimates or predictions of actions by customers, suppliers, competitors or regulatory authorities, future client wins, future hiring and future product introductions. Such forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results or performance to be materially different from any results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to the “Risk Factors” set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q, as well as other risks identified from time to time in other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports. You should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, as they are not guarantees of future results, levels of activity or performance and represent our expectations only as of the date they are made.

Unless expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, the terms “we”, “our”, “us”, the “Company” and “Advent” refer to Advent Software, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Overview

We offer integrated software, products and services for automating and integrating data and work flows across the investment management organization, as well as between the investment management organization and external parties. Our products are intended to increase operational efficiency, improve the accuracy of client information and reporting, and enable better decision-making. Each solution focuses on specific mission-critical functions of the front, middle and back offices of investment management organizations and is designed to meet the needs of the particular client, as determined by size, assets under management and complexity of the investment environment.

The software solutions offered through our MicroEdge segment support the grant management, matching gifts and volunteer tracking processes for the grant-making community.

Operating Overview

Financial highlights of our first quarter of 2008 include:

· Expanded customer relationships and acceptance of our product offerings. We experienced continued demand for both our newest and largest portfolio management and accounting platforms: Advent Portfolio Exchange (“APX”) and Geneva. We achieved a first quarter record in licenses sold for APX and Geneva. We signed 19 APX contracts, bringing the total number of licenses sold globally to 212, and we added 7 new Geneva clients which brings the total number of Geneva licenses sold to 164 as of March 31, 2008.

· Continued growth in term contract value. Total term contract value, including APX migrations, was $15.7 million, an increase of 41% from $11.1 million in the first quarter of 2007. With an average term of 2.8 years, these contracts will add approximately $5.5 million, up 64% over the same period last year, in annual revenue (“annual contract value”) once they are fully implemented.

· Increased headcount. Total company headcount at March 31, 2008 was 982 which represented an increase of 36 new employees from December 31, 2007. The majority of these new hires were in our sales and client services groups to support our new bookings.

Financial Overview

We recognized revenue of $61.5 million during the first quarter of 2008, as compared to $48.0 million in the first quarter 2007. This year-over-year increase of 28% in 2008 reflects significant growth in term licenses. Term license revenue increased 105% to $14.4 million in the first quarter of 2008 from $7.0 million in the first quarter of 2007. Maintenance revenue was up $2.0 million or 10% year-over-year, other recurring revenue was also up $2.1 million or 20% and professional services posted strong gains of 55% to $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2008. In addition, despite our ongoing transition from a perpetual model, perpetual license fees in the first quarter of 2008 were down only $0.3 million or 5% compared to the first quarter of 2007. We have grown net revenue year-over-year for several reasons, including the following:

· Our product innovation helped drive acquisition of new customers and created new revenue opportunities with existing clients, resulting in incremental term license contract value and professional services billings.

· Our completion of term license implementations resulted in incremental term license and professional services revenues.

· We have a large installed base of customers who have continued to upgrade and expand their usage of our products resulting in higher maintenance and recurring revenues.

· Our existing term licenses provide a consistent, recurring revenue stream during the term of those licenses.

Total recurring revenues, which we define as term license, perpetual maintenance, and other recurring revenues, have increased slightly to 80% of total net revenues during the first quarter of 2008, as compared to 79% during the same period of 2007. In addition, international revenue increased to $8.3 million or 14% of total revenue during the first quarter of 2008, compared to $5.9 million or 12% of total revenue in the first quarter of 2007.

Total expenses, including cost of revenues, were $57.7 million in the first quarter of 2008, compared with $48.0 million in the first quarter of 2007. Our expenses increased in 2008 from 2007 largely as a result of increased payroll, variable compensation and benefit expenses resulting from increases in headcount.

During the first quarter of 2008, we incurred $0.1 million of restructuring charges, compared to $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2007. In the first quarter of 2007, we incurred restructuring charges of $0.6 million to adjust our facility and exit costs related to our prior San Francisco headquarter facility.

Our income from operations in the first quarter of 2008 was $3.7 million or 6% of revenue, compared to a loss from operations of $50,000 or 0% of revenue in the first quarter of 2007.

During the first quarter of 2008, we recognized $1.3 million of income tax expense, compared to $29,000 in the first quarter of 2007.

We earned net income of $2.6 million, resulting in diluted earnings per share of $0.09 for the first quarter of 2008, compared to $0.4 million or $0.02 in the first quarter of 2007.

We generated $9.3 million in cash from operations in the first quarter of 2008, which compares to $13.8 million in the first quarter of 2007. The decrease in operating cash flows was primarily due to the payment during the first quarter of more liabilities (primarily annual bonuses and commissions) accrued from the previous year-end and less collections of accounts receivable. Our salary and benefit liabilities increased from $13.6 million at December 31, 2006 to $18.7 million at December 31, 2007, primarily due to higher variable compensation accrued for our salesforce as a result of more bookings. As a result, we paid approximately $5.1 million more during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007 associated with these liabilities. In addition, we experienced strong collections during the fourth quarter of 2007. The fourth quarter experiences seasonally large billing activity and during the fourth quarter of 2007, we were able to collect more of these invoices within the same fourth quarter (DSO based on billings of 55 days). As a result, our accounts receivable collections and operating cash flows for the first quarter of 2008 reduced year-over-year (DSO based on billings of 63 days) as there were relatively fewer dollars to be collected from fourth quarter invoices during the first quarter of 2008.

Term License and Term License Deferral

We are continuing the process of converting the Company’s license revenues from a perpetual model to a predominantly term model. Under a perpetual pricing model, customers purchase a license to use our software indefinitely and generally we recognize all license revenue at the time of sale; maintenance is purchased under an annual renewable contract, and recognized ratably over the contract period. Under a term pricing model, customers purchase a license to use our software and receive maintenance for a limited period of time and we recognize all of the revenue ratably over the length of the contract. This has the effect of lowering revenues in the early stages of the transition, but increasing the total potential value of the customer relationship. Moving new customer sales in the Advent Investment Management (AIM) segment from a perpetual to a term licensing model has had the effect of lowering our reported revenue growth rates over the past three years and may, depending on our new term license bookings, continue to have an impact through 2008. However, because our products are used by customers for an average of approximately ten years, we believe this change to our business model is significant for the long-term growth and value of the business as we expect total revenues from a customer to increase over time. For example, over a ten-year period, a customer may enter into two or more contracts for the same software product and services under a term license model.

When a customer purchases a term license together with implementation services, we do not recognize any revenue under the contract until the implementation services are complete and the remaining services are substantially complete. If the implementation services are still in progress as of quarter-end, we will defer all of the contract revenues to a subsequent quarter. At the point professional services are substantially completed, we recognize a pro-rata amount of the term license revenue, professional services fees earned and related expenses, based on the elapsed time from the start of the term license to the substantial completion of professional services. Term license revenue for the remaining contract years and the remaining deferred professional services revenue and related expenses are recognized ratably over the remaining contract length.

During the first quarter of 2008, we deferred net revenue of $1.9 million and directly-related expenses of $0.9 million associated with our term licensing model. The impact of these deferrals on our operating income was approximately $1.1 million. The $1.9 million net deferral of revenue was primarily composed of a net deferral of $1.9 million of professional services revenue since the amount of previously deferred term license revenue recognized in the first quarter of 2008 approximately equaled the amount deferred in the quarter for new projects. We continue to defer professional services as the deferral for current projects exceeded the amount recognized from completed past projects. We expect that the term license component of the deferred revenue balance will increase or decrease in the future depending on the amount of new bookings relative to the number of implementations that reach substantial completion in a particular quarter. We currently expect that the professional services component of the deferred revenue balance will continue to increase through at least 2008.

Amounts of revenue and directly-related expenses deferred as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 associated with our term licensing deferral were as follows (in millions):

	March 31		December 31
	2008		2007
Deferred revenues
Short-term	$	18.0	$	17.9
Long-term	5.1		3.3
Total	$	23.1	$	21.2

Directly-related expenses
Short-term	$	5.7	$	5.7
Long-term	2.2		1.3
Total	$	7.9	$	7.0

Deferred net revenue and directly-related expenses are classified as “Deferred revenues” (short-term and long-term), and “Prepaid expenses and other,” and “Other assets, net,” respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets.

The transition to a term model also has the effect of decreasing operating cash flows in the early stages of the transition. Under perpetual pricing, the entire license fee and the first year of maintenance is generally billed and collected at the commencement of the arrangement. Under term pricing, a typical contract term is three years. We generally bill and collect term license fee installments in advance of each annual period. The amount of the annual term billing is less than the perpetual billing,

resulting in lower cash flows in the initial annual term license period. Annual term billing results in an increase in deferred revenue and an increase in operating cash flows at the commencement of each annual billing period.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We review the accounting policies used in reporting our financial results on a regular basis. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent liabilities.

On an ongoing basis, we evaluate the process we use to develop estimates. We base our estimates on historical experience and on other information that we believe are reasonable for making judgments at the time they are made. Actual results may differ from these estimates due to actual outcomes being different from those on which we based our assumptions.

We believe the following accounting policies contain the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

· Revenue recognition and deferred revenues;

· Income taxes;

· Stock-based compensation;

· Restructuring charges and related accruals;

· Business Combinations;

· Goodwill;

· Impairment of long-lived assets;

· Legal contingencies; and

· Sales returns and accounts receivable allowances

There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

No recent accounting pronouncements have been issued which would currently have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Recent Developments

On April 4, 2008, we received the initial deferred contingent consideration of $3.4 million as a result of the sale of ownership in LatentZero to royalblue group plc in April 2007. We will record the associated non-operating gain in our second quarter of 2008 results.

On May 7, 2008, our Board authorized the repurchase of up to 1.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock.

See Note 16, “Subsequent Events”, to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain financial information as a percentage of total net revenues. The financial information and the ensuing discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008		2007
Net revenues:
Term license, maintenance and other recurring	80	%	79	%
Perpetual license fees	9		12
Professional services and other	11		9

Total net revenues	100		100

Cost of revenues:
Term license, maintenance and other recurring	18		19
Perpetual license fees	1		0
Professional services and other	13		12
Amortization of developed technology	1		1

Total cost of revenues	32		32

Gross margin	68		68

Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	25		27
Product development	21		21
General and administrative	15		18
Amortization of other intangibles	1		1
Restructuring charges	0		1

Total operating expenses	62		68

Income (loss) from operations	6		(0	)
Interest and other income (expense), net	0		1

Income before income taxes	6		1
Provision from income taxes	2		0

Net income	4	%	1	%

NET REVENUES

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008		2007		Change
Total net revenues (in thousands)	$	61,473	$	47,979	$	13,494

Our net revenues are made up of three components: term license, maintenance and other recurring revenue; perpetual license fees; and professional services and other revenue. Term license fees include both the software license fees and maintenance fees recorded under a time based contract. Maintenance revenues are derived from maintenance fees charged for perpetual license arrangements and recurring revenues are derived from our subscription-based or transaction-based services. Perpetual license revenues are derived from the licensing of software products under a perpetual arrangement. Professional services and other revenues include fees for consulting, training services, and services and our client conferences. Sales returns, which we generally do not provide to customers, are accounted for as deductions to these three revenue categories based on our historical experience.

Each of the major revenue categories has historically varied as a percentage of net revenues, and we expect this variability to continue in the near term. This variability is primarily due to the introduction of new products and subscription services, the relative size and timing of individual perpetual software license sales, as well as the size and timing of completion of term license implementations. As we continue to transition the substantial majority of our license agreements to term, we expect our revenue from recurring sources to continue to increase as a percentage of net revenues. When the transition is

substantially complete, we expect less variability between our major categories of revenues because the variation from large perpetual license deals will decrease.

Net revenues increased in the first quarter of 2008 due to growing information technology spending by our customers, as well as a general increase in customer adoption for many of our products and services, including principally substantial increases in sales of our APX and Geneva products. During the first quarter of 2008, we sold 19 APX licenses and added 7 new Geneva clients. The year-over-year growth in net revenues included increases in term license, maintenance and recurring revenues, as well as a 42% increase in revenue from international sales.

International sales, which are based on the location to which the product is shipped, contributed to our growth in 2008 and were $8.3 million and $5.9 million in the first quarter of 2008 and 2007, respectively. We plan to continue expanding our international growth, both in our current markets and elsewhere, and we expect revenue growth in EMEA in 2008 to be consistent with our overall revenue growth. The revenues from customers in any single international country did not exceed 10% of total net revenues.

We expect total net revenues for the second quarter of 2008 to be between $61 million and $63 million.

Term License, Maintenance and Other Recurring Revenues

(in thousands, except percent of	Three Months Ended March 31
total net revenues)	2008			2007			Change

Term license revenues	$	14,372		$	7,012		$	7,360
Maintenance revenues	22,499			20,504			1,995
Other recurring revenues	12,268			10,208			2,060
Total term license, maintenance and other recurring revenues	$	49,139		$	37,724		$	11,415

Percent of total net revenues	80		%	79		%

Term license revenues, which includes software license and maintenance fees for term licenses, grew $7.4 million or 105% during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter in 2007, and represented 29% of total term license, maintenance and other recurring revenues as compared to 19% in the first quarter of 2007. We began our transition to a term licensing model in 2004 and have experienced growth in our term bookings since that time. The growth of term license revenues in the first quarter of 2008 has primarily resulted from term license which have been implemented since the first quarter of 2007. For example, we signed term contracts, including APX product migrations, worth $91.1 million during 2007. With an average weighted term of 3.3 years, the contracts signed in 2007 will add approximately $27.6 million in annual revenue once they are fully implemented. The increase in term revenues also reflected the continued market acceptance of our Geneva, APX, Partner and Moxy products.

Maintenance revenues increased by $2.0 million or 10% during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter of 2007. This increase was attributable to the impact of price increases on annual perpetual maintenance renewals purchased by our installed customer base, up-selling to higher value maintenance plans and, to a lesser extent, an increase in new perpetual maintenance support contracts, partially offset by attrition from within our existing installed customer base. Effective with the third quarter of 2007, we disclose a blended renewal rate that includes both perpetual maintenance and term contracts but excludes the Axys clients that are migrating to APX from the calculation. We disclose our renewal rate one quarter in arrears in order to include substantially all payments received against the invoices for that quarter. Our renewal rate was 91% for the fourth quarter of 2007, which was consistent with the rate of 91% for the third quarter of 2007, and has been in the range of 90% to 94% over the past six quarters.

Other recurring revenues increased $2.1 million or 20% during the first quarter of 2008, as a result of growth in the amount of revenue we receive from transaction charges generated by a partner using our software, as well as growth in our subscription, data management and outsourced services including Advent Back Office Service (ABOS) and Advent Custodial Data (ACD).

We expect that term license, maintenance and other recurring revenues will increase in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter. We anticipate additional term license revenue as previously sold term contracts become fully implemented. We also anticipate higher maintenance revenue resulting from expected ongoing price increases and from additional contracts in our MicroEdge subsidiary, which continues to sell a majority of its products under a perpetual license model.

Perpetual License Fees

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Perpetual license fees (in thousands)	$	5,625		$	5,927		$	(302	)
Percent of total net revenues	9		%	12		%

Perpetual license fees decreased 5% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to 2007. As a percentage of total net revenues, perpetual license fees decreased to 9% in the first quarter of 2008 from 12% in the same period of 2007. Consistent with our transition to term licensing, perpetual license fees continue to account for a smaller percentage of total net revenues. Offsetting the reduction in perpetual license fees, incremental AUA fees from perpetual licenses included in the “Perpetual license fees” caption were $2.0 million and $1.8 million in the first quarters of 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Professional Services and Other Revenues

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Professional services and other revenues (in thousands)	$	6,709		$	4,328		$	2,381
Percent of total net revenues	11		%	9		%

Professional services and other revenues primarily include consulting, project management, custom integration, and training. Professional services projects related to Axys, Moxy and Partner products generally can be completed in a two- to six-month time period, while services related to Geneva and APX products may require a four- to nine-month implementation period.

Professional services and other revenues were $6.7 million, an increase of $2.4 million or 55% over the first quarter of 2007. The increase reflects growth in our consulting, project management, data conversion and custom reporting revenues associated with implementations of our Advent Office and Geneva products.

We continue to defer professional services revenue for services performed on term license implementations. When services are performed with term license implementations, service revenue is deferred until the implementation is complete. Then services revenues are recognized over the remaining license term. We have experienced an increase in implementation services after the launch of our APX product and the sales success of our Geneva product, which are both sold under a term license model. We deferred net professional services revenue of $1.9 million in the first quarters of 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Revenues by Segment

	Three Months Ended March 31
(in thousands)	2008		2007		Change

Advent Investment Management	$	55,264	$	42,555	$	12,709
MicroEdge	6,209		5,424		785

Total net revenues	$	61,473	$	47,979	$	13,494

We have two reportable segments: Advent Investment Management (“AIM”) and MicroEdge. AIM derives revenues from the development, marketing and sale of software products, data interfaces and related maintenance and services that automate, integrate and support certain mission critical functions of investment management organizations. MicroEdge derives revenues from the sale of software and services for grant management, matching gifts and volunteer tracking for the grant-making community.

The 30% increase in AIM’s revenue during the first quarter of 2008 primarily reflected the continued market acceptance of Axys, APX, Moxy, Partner and Geneva products as well as increased international sales. AIM’s revenue increases in the first quarter of 2008 also reflected an increase in new perpetual maintenance support contracts as a result of new perpetual license deals, up-selling existing customers to higher value maintenance plans and price increases for maintenance contracts from our installed customer base, partially offset by attrition from within our existing installed customer base. International sales were $8.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, an increase of $2.5 million or 42%, and they represented 14% of total revenues compared to 12% in the first quarter of 2007.

The 14% increase in MicroEdge revenues in the first quarter of 2008 primarily reflected an increase in perpetual license sales in MicroEdge’s core product Gifts and to a lesser extent maintenance revenues due to price increases and continued strong customer retention. The technology spending patterns of organizations in MicroEdge’s primary markets (independent foundations, community foundations and corporations) are directly affected by economic fluctuations as foundation budgets are largely driven by endowment income. Given that endowments often contain market-exposed components, they are significantly affected by the economy and foundation spending typically decreases in an economic downturn. Community foundations are subject to similar influences, compounded by the fact that in many cases much of their ongoing funding and endowment comes from active donors who may increase or reduce their giving depending on the economic climate and the related effect on their income and wealth. Corporations typically fund charitable activities from operating budgets, and the allocation to charitable donations and supporting company charitable operations is often closely tied to a company’s performance. Thus, corporate philanthropy and spending on related technology are correlated with company and overall economic performance.

COST OF REVENUES

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Total cost of revenues (in thousands)	$	19,699		$	15,464		$	4,235
Percent of total net revenues	32		%	32		%

Our cost of revenues is made up of four components: cost of term license, maintenance and other recurring; cost of perpetual license fees; cost of professional services and other; and amortization of developed technology. The increase in total cost of revenues in absolute dollars was due to new hires in our client support and services groups to support our new bookings. We believe this investment will continue to improve the services we provide to our clients in their day-to-day use of our software and build a scalable organization to support our largest and most complex customers.

Cost of Term License, Maintenance and Other Recurring

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Cost of term license, maintenance and other recurring (in thousands)	$	10,934		$	9,032		$	1,902
Percent of total term license, maintenance and recurring revenue	22		%	24		%

Cost of term license fees consists primarily of royalties and other fees paid to third parties, the fixed direct labor involved in producing and distributing our software, and cost of product media including duplication, manuals and packaging materials. Cost of maintenance and other recurring revenues is primarily comprised of the direct costs of providing technical support and other services for recurring revenues and royalties paid to third party subscription-based and transaction-based vendors.

Cost of term license, maintenance and other recurring fluctuated due to the following (in thousands):

	Change From
	2007 to 2008
	QTD
Increased payroll and related	$	1,166
Increased depreciation	147
Increased allocation of corporate expenses	134
Increased outside services	125
Increased recruiting	95
Various other items	235

Total change	$	1,902

The increases for the first quarter of 2008 were due primarily to an increase in compensation and related costs resulting from increases in salary costs and headcount which enables us to deliver the services we provide to our growing number of clients in their day-to-day use of our software.

We expect cost of term license, maintenance and other recurring revenue in the second quarter of 2008 to increase slightly in dollar amount, while remaining flat as a percentage of revenue, as compared to the first quarter due to higher payroll expenses from annual merit increases and the continued hiring of personnel to provide technical support to our growing installed base of customers.

Cost of Perpetual License Fees

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Cost of perpetual license fees (in thousands)	$	317		$	195		$	122
Percent of total perpetual license revenues	6		%	3		%

Cost of perpetual license fees consists primarily of royalties and other fees paid to third parties, the fixed direct labor involved in producing and distributing our software, and cost of product media including duplication, manuals and packaging materials. The cost of perpetual license fees has increased by $0.1 million compared with the same period in 2007 primarily due to additional royalty expense.

Cost of Professional Services and Other

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Cost of professional services and other (in thousands)	$	7,726		$	5,873		$	1,853
Percent of total professional services and other revenues	115		%	136		%

Cost of professional services and other revenue consists primarily of personnel related costs associated with the client services organization in providing consulting, custom report writing and conversions of data from clients’ previous systems. Also included are direct costs associated with third-party consultants and travel expenses.

Cost of professional services and other fluctuated due to the following (in thousands):

	Change From
	2007 to 2008
	QTD
Increased payroll and related	$	1,722
Increased outside services	197
Increased travel and entertainment	148
Decreased recruiting	(227		)
Various other items	13

Total change	$	1,853

The increase in the first quarter of 2008 reflects increases in payroll related expenses, and to a lesser extent outside services and travel expenses, to address the general increase in demand for consulting and training services as a result of higher license sales. As a result of the increase in our license transactions and customer base in 2007, we have increased headcount in our client services and consulting groups to 137 at March 31, 2008 from 119 at March 31, 2007.

We have experienced an increase in implementation services with the launch of our APX product and sales of our Geneva product, which are both sold under the term license model. As there were more term license implementation projects, primarily Geneva-related, in progress as of March 31, 2008 compared to March 31, 2007, we have experienced an increase in the deferral of professional service costs. We deferred net professional service costs of $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to $0.7 million in the comparable period of 2007.

Professional services’ gross margins for the first quarter of 2008 continue to be negative as a result of the significant deferral of professional services revenues and costs associated with our term license implementation. We defer only the direct costs associated with services performed on these arrangements. Indirect costs such as management and other overhead expenses are recognized in the period in which they are incurred, with no revenue to offset them. In addition, we have added

headcount in our consulting group. Since these new employees undergo a training period, typically of six months, before becoming fully billable, their associated costs have a near-term negative impact on gross margins.

We expect cost of professional services and other in the second quarter of 2008 to increase in dollar amount, while remaining flat as a percentage of revenue, as compared to the first quarter due to higher payroll expenses from annual merit increases and the continued hiring of consultants to support product implementations.

Amortization of Developed Technology

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Amortization of developed techology (in thousands)	$	722		$	364		$	358
Percent of total net revenues	1		%	1		%

Amortization of developed technology represents amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets and capitalized software development costs. The increase in amortization of developed technology reflected increased amortization from software development costs capitalized under SFAS 86 and amortization from technology-related intangible assets associated with Vivid Orange Limited which we acquired in November 2007.

OPERATING EXPENSES

Sales and Marketing

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Sales and marketing (in thousands)	$	15,390		$	12,889		$	2,501
Percent of total net revenues	25		%	27		%

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of the costs of personnel involved in the sales and marketing process, sales commissions, advertising and promotional materials, sales facilities expense, trade shows, and seminars.

Sales and marketing expenses fluctuated due to the following (in thousands):

	Change From
	2007 to 2008
	QTD
Increased payroll and related	$	1,350
Increased travel and entertainment	579
Increased marketing	205
Increased bad debt	116
Various other items	251

Total change	$	2,501

The increase in expense in absolute dollars in the first quarter of 2008 reflected the growth of our business, while the decrease of expense as a percentage of revenue during 2008 reflected our achievement of improved efficiency. The increase in payroll and related expense was due to an increase in headcount to 185 at March 31, 2008 from 169 at March 31, 2007. The increase in travel and entertainment costs resulted from the higher headcount, price increases in travel and additional costs from our sales group’s offsite meetings and annual sales recognition event in the first quarter of 2008.

We expect sales and marketing expenses to be up slightly in the second quarter of 2008 relative to the first quarter due to increased marketing spending, and payroll costs from additional headcount and annual merit increases.

Product Development

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change

Product development (in thousands)	$	12,890		$	9,856		$	3,034
Percent of total net revenues	21		%	21		%

Product development expenses consist primarily of salary and benefits for our development staff as well as contractors’ fees and other costs associated with the enhancements of existing products and services and development of new products and services. We account for product development costs in accordance with SFAS 2, “Accounting for Research and Development Costs”, and SFAS 86, “Accounting for Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed”, which specifies that costs incurred to develop computer software products should be charged to expense as incurred until technological feasibility is reached for the products. Once technological feasibility is reached, all software costs should be capitalized until the product is made available for general release to customers. The capitalized costs will be amortized using the greater of the ratio of the product’s current gross revenues to the total of current expected gross revenues or on a straight-line basis over the software’s estimated economic life of approximately three years.

Product development expenses fluctuated due to the following (in thousands):

	Change From
	2007 to 2008
	QTD
Increased payroll and related	$	1,808
Increased outside services	937
Increased travel and entertainment	115
Various other items	174

Total change	$	3,034

The increase in product development expense during the first quarter of 2008 was primarily due to increases in payroll related costs as a result of an increase in headcount and utilization of outside services to help us strengthen our existing product suite including new versions of Geneva, APX, Moxy, Advent Partner and Advent Revenue Center. We continued to invest 21% of our revenues in product development during the first quarter of 2008.

General and Administrative

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
General and administrative (in thousands)	$	9,227		$	8,784		$	443
Percent of total net revenues	15		%	18		%

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for information technology, finance, administration, operations and general management, as well as legal and accounting expenses.

General and administrative expenses fluctuated due to the following (in thousands):

	Change From
	2007 to 2008
	QTD
Increased payroll and related	$	536
Increased facilities	480
Decreased computer and telecom	(284		)
Decreased legal and professional	(154		)
Various other items	(135		)

Total change	$	443

The increase in expenses in the first quarter of 2008 is primarily due to the increases in payroll and other related costs as a result of an increase in headcount and due to an increase in facility expense as we have leased additional facility space of 50,000 square feet at our current San Francisco headquarters as compared to the first quarter of 2007. These costs increases were partially offset by lower computer and telecommunications as a result of less expense from laptop purchases during 2008. Additionally, legal and professional fees were lower due to decreased services provided by Sarbanes-Oxley compliance consultants, and external legal and accounting firms. As a percentage of revenue, the three-point decrease in general and administrative expense to 15% during the first quarter of 2008 from 18% during the comparable quarter of 2007 reflects our achievement of improved efficiency.

Amortization of Other Intangibles

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Amortization of other intangibles (in thousands)	$	487		$	474		$	13
Percent of total net revenues	1		%	1		%

Amortization of other intangibles represents amortization of non-technology related intangible assets. The slight increase during 2008 resulted from additional amortization from non-technology related intangible assets associated with Vivid Orange Limited which we acquired in November 2007, partially offset by assets from prior acquisitions becoming fully amortized during 2007.

Restructuring Charges

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change

Restructuring charges (in thousands)	$	56		$	562		$	(506	)
Percent of total net revenues	0		%	1		%

Restructuring initiatives have been implemented in our AIM operating segment to reduce costs and improve operating efficiencies by better aligning our resources to near-term revenue opportunities. These initiatives have resulted in restructuring charges comprised primarily of costs related to properties abandoned in connection with facilities consolidation, related write-down of leasehold improvements and severance and associated employee termination costs related to headcount reductions. Our restructuring charges included accruals for estimated losses on facility costs based on our contractual obligations net of estimated sublease income. We reassess this liability periodically based on market conditions.

During the first quarter of 2008, we recorded a restructuring charge of $56,000 which related to the present value amortization of facility exit obligations. During the first quarter of 2007, we recorded a restructuring charge of $562,000 due to the update of certain sub-lease assumptions for our prior San Francisco headquarters facility located at 301 Brannan Street, which the Company exited in October 2006.

For additional analysis of the components of the payments and charges made against the restructuring accrual during the first quarter of 2008, see Note 9, “Restructuring Charges” to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Operating Income (Loss) by Segment

	Three Months Ended March 31
(in thousands)	2008			2007			Change

Advent Investment Management	$	7,936		$	2,860		$	5,076
MicroEdge	388			1,174			(786		)
Unallocated corporate operating costs and expenses
Stock-based employee compensation	(3,391		)	(3,246		)	(145		)
Amortization of developed technology	(722		)	(364		)	(358		)
Amortization of other intangibles	(487		)	(474		)	(13		)

Total income (loss) from operations	$	3,724		$	(50	)	$	3,774

Operating income for the AIM segment increased by approximately $5.1 million in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the first quarter of 2007 primarily as a result of an increase in AIM revenue of $12.7 million or 30%. This increase in AIM’s revenue was partially offset by increased expenses of $7.6 million or 19% primarily due to payroll and other related costs from higher headcount of 870 employees at March 31, 2008 from 753 at March 31, 2007, as the AIM segment has added personnel primarily in the client support, product development, professional services and sales and marketing groups.

MicroEdge’s operating income decreased by $786,000 from the first quarter of 2007 due to an increase in total costs of $1.6 million. This increase primarily resulted from higher payroll and related costs as MicroEdge added more headcount from the acquisition of Vivid Orange Limited in December 2007 and used contractors to support its offering of the SmartChange product. The increase in MicroEdge’s costs was partially offset by revenue growth of $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2008.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Interest and other income (expense), net (in thousands)	$	227		$	518		$	(291	)
Percent of total net revenues	0		%	1		%

Interest and other income (expense), net consists of interest expense and income, realized gains and losses on investments and foreign currency gains and losses.

Interest and other income (expense), net fluctuated due to the following (in thousands):

	Change From
	2007 to 2008
	QTD
Decrease in interest income	$	(197	)
Increase in interest expense	(66		)
Various other items	(28		)

Total change	$	(291	)

The decrease in interest income was due to lower average interest rates during the first quarter of 2008, while the increase in interest expense resulted from a full quarter of fees incurred associated with our credit facility agreement executed in February 2007.

In April 2008, we received the initial deferred contingent consideration of $3.4 million as a result of the Company’s sale of its ownership in LatentZero to royalblue group plc in April 2007. We will record the associated non-operating gain of $3.4 million in our second quarter of 2008 results.

Provision for Income Taxes

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007			Change
Provision for income taxes (in thousands)	$	1,316		$	29		$	1,287
Effective tax rate	33		%	6		%

During the first quarter of 2008, we recorded a provision of $1.3 million resulting in a 33% effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2008. During the first quarter of 2007, we recorded a provision of $29,000 reflecting a 6% effective tax rate. The increase in effective tax rate over the prior year period primarily reflects the differing percentage impact of each quarter’s discrete tax benefits in relation to the quarter’s pre-tax income.

We currently expect an annual effective tax rate for 2008 between 30% and 35%. Our expectation is based on a projected fiscal 2008 effective tax rate of 44%, adjusted for discrete tax benefits for tax deductions due to disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our aggregate cash and cash equivalents were $58.0 million at March 31, 2008, compared with $49.6 million at December 31, 2007. Cash equivalents are comprised of highly liquid investments purchased with an original or remaining maturity of 90 days or less at the date of purchase.

The table below, for the periods indicated, provides selected cash flow information (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2008			2007

Net cash provided by operating activities	$	9,264		$	13,797
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	(2,949	)	$	21,279
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	1,787		$	(22,314	)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our cash flows from operating activities represent the most significant source of funding for our operations. The major uses of our operating cash include funding payroll (salaries, commissions, bonuses and benefits), general operating expenses (marketing, travel, computer and telecommunications, legal and professional expenses, and office rent) and cost of revenues. Our cash provided by operating activities generally follows the trend in our net revenues, operating results and the increase in deferred revenues resulting from term license bookings.

Our cash provided by operating activities of $9.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2008 was primarily the result of our net income and non-cash charges including stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization during the quarter. Cash flows resulting from changes in assets and liabilities included decreases in accounts receivable and increases in deferred revenue. The decrease in accounts receivable primarily reflected collections during the quarter. Days’ sales outstanding based on billings were 63 days during the first quarter of 2008, compared to 55 days in the fourth quarter of 2007 and 59 days in the first quarter of 2007. The increase in deferred revenue primarily reflected our continued transition to the term license model. Under the term model, we generally bill and collect for a term agreement in equal installments in advance of each annual period. These amounts are deferred at billing and recognized over the annual term period. This has the effect of increasing deferred revenue when compared to a perpetual license model where no license revenue is deferred. See further discussion of the effects of our transition to a term model in the “Overview” section. Other changes in assets and liabilities included an increase in our prepaid and other assets and decreases in accrued liabilities. The decrease in accrued liabilities reflected cash payments of fiscal 2007 liabilities including year-end payables and bonuses, commissions and payroll taxes.

Our cash provided by operating activities of $13.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2007 was primarily the result of our net income and non-cash charges including stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization during the quarter. Cash flows resulting from changes in assets and liabilities included decreases in accounts receivable and increases in deferred revenue. The decrease in accounts receivable primarily reflected improved collections during the quarter. Days’ sales outstanding based on billings decreased to 59 days during the first quarter of 2007 from 61 days in the fourth quarter of 2006. The increase in deferred revenue primarily reflected our continued transition to the term license model. Other changes in assets and liabilities included an increase in our prepaid and other assets and decreases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. The decreases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities reflected cash payments of fiscal 2006 liabilities including year-end payables and bonuses, commissions and payroll taxes.

We expect that cash provided by operating activities may fluctuate in future periods as a result of a number of factors including fluctuations in our net revenues and operating results, the amount of revenue deferred resulting from our shift to a term license model, collection of accounts receivable, and timing of payments.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $2.9 million for the first quarter of 2008 reflects capital expenditures of $2.5 million primarily related to the build-out of additional space at our San Francisco headquarters facility, capitalized software development costs of $0.2 million and change in restricted cash of $0.2 million.

Net cash provided by investing activities of $21.3 million for the first quarter of 2007 is primarily from the sale of short term investments of $24.9 million, partially offset by capital expenditures of $2.6 million and an installment payment totaling $1.0 million related to the acquisition of East Circle Solutions, Inc.

In April 2008, we received the initial deferred contingent consideration of $3.4 million as a result of the sale of our ownership in LatentZero to royalblue group plc in April 2007. This cash inflow will be reflected in our cash from investing activities for the second quarter of 2008.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the first quarter of 2008 reflected proceeds of $1.8 million received from the exercise of employee stock options, net of taxes paid associated with the exercise of stock-settled stock appreciation rights and vesting of restricted stock units. Net cash used in financing activities for the first quarter of 2007 of $22.3 million reflected the repurchase of 0.8 million shares of our common stock for $30.1 million, partially offset by proceeds received from the exercise of stock options of $7.8 million.

Our liquidity and capital resources in any period could be affected by the exercise of outstanding stock options and issuance of common stock under our employee stock purchase plan. The resulting increase in the number of outstanding shares from this and from the issuance of common stock from our other outstanding equity awards (RSUs and SARs) could also affect our per share results of operations. However, we cannot predict the timing or amount of proceeds from the exercise of stock options or SARs, or whether they will be exercised at all.

At March 31, 2008, we had negative working capital of $(14.0) million, compared to negative working capital of $(23.2) million at December 31, 2007. Our negative working capital is primarily due to our recent common stock repurchases, totaling $91.2 million and $148.6 million during fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, and to a lesser extent deferred revenue growth as we continue to transition the substantial majority of our license agreements to term. Excluding deferred revenues and deferred taxes, we had working capital of $92.2 million at March 31, 2008, compared to $81.9 million at December 31, 2007.

In February 2007, Advent Software, Inc. and certain of our domestic subsidiaries entered into a senior secured credit facility agreement (the “Credit Facility”) with Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. (the “Lender”). Under the Credit Facility, the Lender will provide the Company with a revolving line of credit up to an aggregate amount of $75 million, subject to a borrowing base formula, to provide backup liquidity for general corporate purposes, including stock repurchases, or investment opportunities for a period of three years. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Company maintained a zero debt balance and was in compliance with all associated covenants.

On May 7, 2008, our Board authorized the repurchase of up to 1.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock. The purchases will be funded from available working capital or available liquidity under our Credit Facility, and repurchased shares will be returned to the status of authorized but un-issued shares of common stock. See Note 16, “Subsequent Events”, to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information.

We expect that for the next year, our operating expenses will continue to constitute a significant use of cash flow. In addition, we may use cash to fund acquisitions, repurchase common stock, or invest in other businesses, when opportunities arise. Based upon the predominance of our revenues from recurring sources, bookings performance and current expectations, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations and availability under our Credit Facility will be sufficient to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, stock repurchases and financing activities for the next year. However, if we identify an investment or stock repurchase opportunity that exceeds our current expectation, we may choose to seek additional capital resources.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

We currently have no significant capital commitments other than commitments under our operating leases, which decreased from $52.7 million at December 31, 2007 to $51.1 million at March 31, 2008.

The following table summarizes our contractual cash obligations as of March 31, 2008 (in thousands):

	Nine
	Months Ended
	December 31		Years Ended December 31
	2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		Thereafter		Total
Operating lease obligations, net of sub-lease income	$	6,008	$	6,284	$	5,840	$	5,450	$	4,978	$	22,536	$	51,096

At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we had a gross liability of $5.8 million and $5.9 million for uncertain tax positions associated with the adoption of FIN 48. Since almost all of this liability relates to reserves against deferred tax assets that we do not expect to utilize in the short term, we cannot estimate the timing of potential future cash settlements and have not included any estimates in the table of contractual cash obligations above. Additionally, our cash payments for income taxes will continue to be nominal over the next few years as we have significant net operating losses, capital losses and tax credit carryforwards to utilize.

At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As

such, we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. Historically, much of our revenues and capital spending was transacted in U.S. dollars. However, since the acquisitions of Advent Denmark, Advent Norway, Advent Sweden, Advent Netherlands, Vivid Orange Ltd. and Advent Europe’s remaining distributors in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, whose service and certain license revenues and capital spending, are transacted in local country currencies, we have greater exposure to foreign currency fluctuations. Additionally as of March 31, 2008, $49.4 million of goodwill and $3.1 million of other intangibles from the acquisition of these entities are denominated in foreign currency. Therefore a hypothetical change of 10% could increase or decrease our assets and equity by approximately $5 million. We do not believe that a hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates would have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated results of operations or cash flows.

Our interest rate risk related primarily to our investment portfolio which consisted of $37.3 million in cash equivalents as of December 31, 2007 and $48.3 million in cash equivalents as of March 31, 2008. These cash equivalent securities were comprised of US government debt securities which would not be materially affected by an immediate sharp increase or decrease in interest rates. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, Advent did not hold any auction rate securities and does not plan to hold them in the near future.

Effective February 2007, we also have interest rate risk relating to debt under our line of credit facility which is indexed to LIBOR or a Wells Fargo prime rate. However, as of March 31, 2008, we essentially have no exposure for market risk for changes in interest rates associated with our Facility, as we have a zero balance of debt.

We have also invested in several privately-held companies. These non-marketable investments are classified as other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. Our investments in privately-held companies could be affected by an adverse movement in the financial markets for publicly-traded equity securities, although the impact cannot be directly quantified. These investments are inherently risky as the market for the technologies or products these privately-held companies have under development are typically in the early stages and may never materialize. It is our policy to review investments in privately held companies on a regular basis to evaluate the carrying amount and economic viability of these companies. This policy includes, but is not limited to, reviewing each of the companies’ cash position, financing needs, earnings/revenue outlook, operational performance, management/ownership changes and competition. The evaluation process is based on information that we request from these privately held companies. This information is not subject to the same disclosure regulations as US publicly traded companies, and as such, the basis for these evaluations is subject to timing and the accuracy of the data received from these companies.

Our investments in privately held companies are assessed for impairment when a review of the investee’s operations indicates that a decline in value of the investment is other than temporary. Such indicators include, but are not limited to, limited capital resources, limited prospects of receiving additional financing, and prospects for liquidity of the related securities. Impaired investments in privately held companies are written down to estimated fair value. We estimate fair value using a variety of valuation methodologies. Such methodologies include comparing the private company with publicly traded companies in similar lines of business, applying revenue and price/earnings multiples to estimated future operating results for the private company and estimating discounted cash flows for that company. We could lose our entire investment in these companies. At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, our net investments in privately-held companies totaled $0.5 million.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

The Company’s management evaluated, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2008 to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to Advent’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting which were identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Advent’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are involved in claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. Based on currently available information, management does not believe that the ultimate outcome of these unresolved matters, individually and in the aggregate, is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties and our view of these matters may change in the future. Were an unfavorable outcome to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our financial position and results of operations for the period in which the unfavorable outcome occurs, and potentially in future periods.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Investors should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of, but are not limited to, these risks. In assessing these risks, investors should also refer to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC, including our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto.

Our Sales Cycle is Long and We Have Limited Ability to Forecast the Timing and Amount of Specific Sales and the Timing of Specific Implementations

The purchase of our software products often requires prospective customers to provide significant executive-level sponsorship and to make major systems architecture decisions. As a result, we must generally engage in relatively lengthy sales and contracting efforts. Sales transactions may therefore be delayed during the customer decision process because we must provide a significant level of education to prospective customers regarding the use and benefit of our products. The outlook for 2008 is subject to uncertainties in the financial markets and customers are cautious about capital and information technology expenditures. As a result, the sales cycle associated with the purchase of our solutions is typically between two and twelve months depending upon the size of the client, and is subject to a number of significant risks over which we have little or no control, including broader financial market volatility, customers’ budgeting constraints, internal selection procedures, and changes in customer personnel, among others.

As a result of a lengthy and unpredictable sales cycle, we have limited ability to forecast the timing and amount of specific license sales. The timing of large individual license sales is especially difficult to forecast, and we may not be successful in closing large license transactions on a timely basis or at all. Customers may postpone their purchases of our existing products or product enhancements in advance of the anticipated introduction of new products or product enhancements by us or our competitors.

When a customer purchases a term license together with implementation services we do not recognize any revenue under the contract until the implementation services are substantially complete. In addition, the timing of large implementations is difficult to forecast. Customers may delay or postpone the timing of their particular projects due to the availability of resources or other customer specific priorities. If we are not able to complete an implementation project for a term license in a quarter, it will cause us to defer all of the proportionate contract revenues to a subsequent quarter. Because our expenses are relatively fixed in

the near term, any shortfall from anticipated revenues could result in a significant variation in our operating results from quarter to quarter.

We Depend Heavily on Our Axys®, Geneva and APX Products

We derive over half of our net revenues from the licensing of Axys, Geneva and APX products. In addition, many of our other applications, such as Moxy, Partner and various data services have been designed to provide an integrated solution with each of these products. As a result, we believe that for the next several years a majority of our net revenues will depend upon continued market acceptance of Axys, Geneva and APX, and upgrades to those products. In addition, APX, our newest portfolio accounting and reporting product, is of critical importance in providing a migration path for many of our Axys customers. Our long-term growth would be harmed if we are unable to establish APX as a leading product in the market. As a result, we may not be able to successfully migrate existing Axys clients to APX, or to attract new customers to buy APX.

Uncertain Economic and Financial Market Conditions May Continue to Affect Our Revenues

We believe that the market for large investment management software systems may be affected by a number of factors, including reductions in capital expenditures by large customers and poor performance of major financial markets. The target clients for our products include a range of financial services organizations that manage investment portfolios. In addition, in our MicroEdge business segment, we target corporations, public funds, universities and non-profit organizations, which also manage investment portfolios and have many of the same needs. The success of many of our clients is intrinsically linked to the health of the financial markets. We believe that demand for our solutions has been, and could continue to be, disproportionately affected by fluctuations, disruptions, instability or downturns in the economy and financial services industry which may cause clients and potential clients to exit the industry or delay, cancel or reduce any planned expenditures for investment management systems and software products. For example, beginning in the second half of 2007, difficulties in the mortgage and broader credit markets in the United States and elsewhere resulted in a relatively sudden and substantial decrease in the availability of credit and a corresponding increase in funding costs. The current volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets generally has also caused large losses and layoffs announced by financial institutions and could result in reduced expenditures for software and related services. Additionally, an economic downturn would also cause a decline in our clients’ assets under management which would in turn cause our revenues to decrease since pricing is based on assets under management. Furthermore, competitors may respond to market conditions by lowering prices and attempting to lure away our customers and prospects to lower cost solutions. In addition, a slowdown in the formation of new investment firms, especially hedge funds, or a decline in the growth of assets under management would cause a decline in demand for our solutions. Also, consolidation of financial services firms can result in reduced technology expenditures or acquired customers using the acquirer’s own proprietary software and services solutions or the solutions of another vendor. In some circumstances where both acquisition parties are customers of Advent, the combined entity may require fewer Advent products and services than each individually licensed, thus reducing our revenue.

The technology spending patterns of organizations in MicroEdge’s primary markets (independent foundations, community foundations and corporations) are directly affected by economic fluctuations as foundation budgets are largely driven by endowment income. Given that endowments often contain market-exposed components, they are significantly affected by the economy and foundation spending typically decreases in an economic downturn. Community foundations are subject to similar influences, compounded by the fact that in many cases much of their ongoing funding and endowment comes from active donors who may increase or reduce their giving depending on the economic climate and the related effect on their income and wealth. Corporations typically fund charitable activities from operating budgets, and the allocation to charitable donations and supporting company charitable operations is often closely tied to a company’s performance. Thus, corporate philanthropy and spending on related technology are correlated with company and overall economic performance.

We have, in the past, experienced a number of market downturns in the financial services industry and resulting declines in information technology spending, which has caused longer sales and contracting cycles, deferral or delay of information technology projects and generally reduced expenditures for software and related services, and we believe that the current volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and the financial services sector could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations.

If Our Existing Customers Do Not Renew Their Term License, Perpetual Maintenance or Other Recurring Contracts, Our Business Will Suffer

In 2007, revenues recognized from recurring contracts represented 77% of total net revenues. We expect to continue to derive a significant portion of our revenue from our clients’ renewal of term license, perpetual maintenance and other recurring contracts and such renewals are critical to our future success. Some factors that may affect the renewal rate of our contracts include:

· The price, performance and functionality of our solutions;

· The availability, price, performance and functionality of competing products and services;

· The effectiveness of our maintenance and support services; and

· Our ability to develop complementary products and services.

Most of our perpetual license customers renew their annual maintenance although our customers have no obligation to renew such maintenance after the first year of their license agreements. In addition, our customers may select maintenance levels less advantageous to us upon renewal, which may reduce recurring revenue from these customers.

During the third quarter of 2007, we commenced renewing term contracts signed in the third quarter of 2004. These are the first three-year term contracts to be renewed by Advent since our transition to a term pricing model began. Our customers have no obligation to renew their term contracts and given the small number of contracts renewed in the second half of 2007, we cannot yet conclude whether customers will renew in a manner consistent with our perpetual maintenance customers. Additionally, we cannot predict whether the renewals will be less advantageous to us than the original term contract. For example, the renewal periods for our term contracts are typically shorter than our original term contract and customers may request a reduction in the number of users or products licensed, resulting in a lower annual term license fee. Further, customers may elect to not renew their term license contracts at all. Additionally, we may incur significantly more costs in securing our term license contract renewals than we incur for our perpetual maintenance renewals. If our term contract customers renew under terms less favorable to us or choose not to renew their contracts, or if it costs significantly more to secure a renewal for us, our operating results may be harmed.

We Face Competition

The market for investment management software is competitive and highly fragmented, is subject to rapid change and is sensitive to new product introductions and marketing efforts by industry participants. Our largest single source of competition is from proprietary systems used by existing and potential clients, many of whom develop their own software for their particular needs and therefore may be reluctant to license software products offered by third party vendors such as Advent. We also face significant competition from other providers of software and related services as well as providers of outsourced services. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories and greater financial, technical, sales and marketing resources than we do. In addition, consolidation has occurred among some of the competitors in our markets. Competitors vary in size, scope of services offered and platforms supported. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, many of our competitors were acquired, and it is possible that even larger companies will emerge through additional acquisitions of companies and technologies. Any further consolidation among our competitors may result in stronger competitors in our markets and may therefore either result in a loss of market share or harm our results of operations. In addition, we also face competition from potential new entrants into our market that may develop innovative technologies or business models. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors or that competitive pressure will not result in price reductions, reduced operating margins or loss of market share, any one of which could seriously harm our business.

We Must Continue to Introduce New Products and Product Enhancements

The market for our products is characterized by rapid technological change, changes in customer demands, evolving industry standards and new regulatory requirements. New products based on new technologies or new industry standards can render existing products obsolete and unmarketable. As a result, our future success will continue to depend upon our ability to develop new products or product enhancements that address the future needs of our target markets and respond to their changing standards and practices. For example, in 2007, we released more new products and product upgrades than any other year in our history, but it is too early to know whether these products will meet anticipated sales or that they will be broadly accepted in the market or that we will continue to introduce more products. Additionally, in 2008, we plan to release product upgrades for Geneva, APX, Moxy, Advent Partner and Advent Revenue Center.

We may not be successful in developing, introducing, marketing and licensing our new products or product enhancements on a timely and cost effective basis, or at all, and our new products and product enhancements may not adequately meet the requirements of the marketplace or achieve market acceptance. Delays in the commencement of commercial shipments of new products or enhancements or delays in client implementations or migrations may result in client dissatisfaction and delay or loss of product revenues. Additionally, existing clients may be reluctant to go through the sometimes complex and time consuming process of migrating from our Axys to APX product, which may slow the migration of our customer base to APX. In addition, clients may delay purchases in anticipation of new products or product enhancements. Our ability to develop new products and product enhancements is also dependent upon the products of other software vendors, including certain system software vendors, such as Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, database vendors and development tool vendors. If the

products of such vendors have design defects or flaws, are unexpectedly delayed in their introduction, or are unavailable on acceptable terms, our business could be seriously harmed.

Our Current Operating Results May Not Be Reflective of Our Future Financial Performance

During 2007, we recognized 77% of total net revenues from recurring sources, which we define as revenues from term license, maintenance on perpetual licenses and other recurring revenue. We generally recognize revenue from these sources ratably over the terms of these agreements, which typically range from one to three years. As a result, almost all of our revenues in any quarter are generated from contracts entered into during previous periods.

Consequently, a significant decline in new business generated in any quarter may not affect our results of operations in that quarter but will have an impact on our revenue growth rate in future quarters. Additionally, a decline in renewals of term agreements, maintenance or data contracts during a quarter will not be fully reflected in our financial performance in that quarter. For example, because we recognize revenue ratably, the non-renewal of term agreements or maintenance contracts late in a quarter may have very little impact on revenue for that quarter, but will reduce revenue in future quarters. In addition, we may be unable to adjust our costs in response to reduced revenue.

Further, solely relying on our historical operating results on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis may not be useful in predicting our future operating results. Non-GAAP information that we report, such as our quarterly bookings and maintenance renewal rates, may assist investors in evaluating our future financial position. However, placing undue reliance upon non-GAAP or operating information is not appropriate because this information is neither standardized across companies nor subjected to the same control activities and audit procedures that produce our GAAP financial results.

Our Operating Results May Fluctuate Significantly

We are well over halfway through our transition to a predominantly term license model. Until we substantially complete our transition to a term license model, our net revenues will be affected by the reduction in perpetual license revenue and by the relatively slower revenue recognition associated with the term license model, which is typically over a three-year period. Under a perpetual model, customers purchase licenses to use our software indefinitely and generally we recognize all license revenue at the time of sale; maintenance is purchased under an annual renewable contract, and recognized ratably over the contract period. Under a term model, customers purchase a license to use our software and receive maintenance for a limited period of time and we recognize the revenue ratably over the length of the contract.

During 2007, term license revenues comprised approximately 22% of term license, maintenance and other recurring revenues as compared to approximately 14% in 2006. Term license contracts are comprised of both software licenses and maintenance services. Individual perpetual software licenses vary significantly in value, and the value and timing of these transactions can therefore cause our quarterly perpetual license revenues to fluctuate.

When a customer purchases a term license together with implementation services we do not recognize any revenue under the contract until the implementation services are substantially completed. If the implementation services are still in progress as of quarter-end, we will defer all of the contract revenues to a subsequent quarter. As a result of these and other factors, our quarterly net revenues may fluctuate significantly. Our expense levels are relatively fixed in the short-term. Due to the fixed nature of these expenses, combined with the relatively high gross margin historically achieved on our products, an unanticipated decline in net revenues in any particular quarter may adversely affect our operating results. For example, during 2007, we deferred net revenues of $11.8 million and deferred directly related expenses of $4.1 million. The impact of these deferrals on our operating income for 2007 was approximately $7.7 million.

In addition, we experience seasonality in our licensing. We believe that this seasonality results primarily from customer budgeting cycles and the annual nature of some AUA contracts, and expect this seasonality to continue in the future. The fourth quarter of the year typically has more licensing activity. That can result in perpetual license fee revenue being the highest in the fourth quarter, followed by lower perpetual license revenue in the first quarter of the following year. Also, term licenses entered into during a quarter may not result in recognition of associated revenue until later quarters, as we begin recognizing revenue for such licenses when the related implementation services are substantially complete. In addition, we may see commission and bonus expenses in the period in which we enter into a license, but not recognize the associated revenue until later periods.

Because of the above factors, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful and that these comparisons cannot be relied upon as indicators of future performance.

We Must Retain and Recruit Key Employees

We believe that our future success is dependent on the continued employment of our senior management and our ability to identify, attract, motivate and retain qualified technical, sales and other personnel. Members of our executive management team have acquired specialized knowledge and skills with respect to Advent. We need technical resources such as our product development engineers to develop new products and enhance existing products; we rely upon sales personnel to sell our products and services and maintain healthy business relationships; we must recruit professional service consultants to support the anticipated increase in product implementations; we must hire client services personnel to provide technical support to our growing installed base of customers; and we must attract and retain financial and accounting personnel to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Therefore, we need to identify, attract, motivate and retain such employees with the requisite education, backgrounds and industry experience. However, experienced personnel in the information technology industry are in high demand and competition for their talents is intense, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area where the majority of our employees are located.

We have relied on our ability to grant equity compensation as one mechanism for recruiting and retaining such highly skilled personnel. Accounting regulations requiring the expensing of equity compensation impair our ability to provide these incentives without reporting significant compensation costs.

We may also choose to create additional performance and retention incentives in order to retain our employees, including the granting of additional stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares or performance units to employees or issuing incentive cash bonuses. Such incentives may either dilute our existing stockholder base or result in unforeseen operating expenses which may have a material adverse effect on our operating results, which may result in our stock price falling; or may not be valued as highly by our employees which may create retention issues.

We Face Challenges in Expanding Our International Operations

We market and sell our products in the United States and, to a lesser extent, internationally. From 2001 through 2005, we acquired the subsidiaries of our independent distributor and in 2006 we opened a branch office of Advent Europe Ltd. in the United Arab Emirates. In addition, we have begun to expand our sales in relatively new jurisdictions for Advent, such as the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and continue to explore other market regions, such as Asia. To further expand our international operations, we would need to establish additional locations, continue to localize our software and acquire other businesses or enter into additional distribution relationships in other parts of the world. International operations, including further expansion and entry into new international markets, would require significant management attention and financial resources. We cannot be certain that establishing businesses in other countries will produce the desired levels of revenues, such as in the case of our Greek subsidiary, Advent Hellas, which produced less than satisfactory revenues and profitability before its sale by Advent in 2005. We currently have limited experience in developing localized versions of our products and marketing and distributing our products internationally. In addition, international operations are subject to other inherent risks, including:

· The impact of recessions in economies outside the United States;

· Greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection and longer collection periods;

· Difficulty of enforcement of contractual provisions in local jurisdictions;

· Unexpected changes in foreign laws and regulatory requirements;

· US and foreign trade-protection measures and export and import requirements;

· Difficulties in successfully adapting our products to the language, regulatory and technology standards of other countries;

· Resistance of local cultures to foreign-based companies and difficulties establishing local partnerships or engaging local resources;

· Difficulties in and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations;

· Reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

· Foreign tax structures and potentially adverse tax consequences;

· Adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates; and

· Political and economic instability.

The revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of our international subsidiaries are primarily denominated in local foreign currencies. We have not historically undertaken foreign exchange hedging transactions to cover potential foreign currency exposure. Future fluctuations in currency exchange rates may adversely affect revenues and accounts receivable from international sales and the US dollar value of our foreign subsidiaries’ revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities. Our international service revenues and certain license revenues from our European subsidiaries are generally denominated in local foreign currencies.

Difficulties in Integrating Our Acquisitions and Expanding Into New Business Areas Have Impacted and Could Continue to Adversely Impact Our Business and We Face Risks Associated with Potential Acquisitions, Investments, Divestitures and Expansion

Periodically we seek to grow through the acquisition of additional complementary businesses. From 2001 through the middle of 2003, we made five major acquisitions, including Kinexus Corporation, Techfi Corporation and Advent Outsource Data Management LLC, and also acquired all of the common stock of five of our European distributor’s subsidiaries. In addition, we purchased our European distributor’s remaining two subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Switzerland in May 2004. More recently, in December 2006, we acquired East Circle Solutions, Inc., a developer of investment management billing solutions to integrate their product into our software offerings; and in November 2007, our MicroEdge subsidiary acquired Vivid Orange Limited, a United Kingdom company providing corporate community involvement and employee charitable giving technology.

The process of integrating our acquisitions has required and will continue to require significant resources, particularly in light of our relative inexperience in integrating acquisitions, potential regulatory requirements and operational demands. Integrating these acquisitions in the past has been time-consuming, expensive and disruptive to our business. This integration process has strained our managerial resources, resulting in the diversion of these resources from our core business objectives and may do so in the future. Failure to achieve the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions or to successfully integrate the operations of these entities has harmed and could potentially harm our business, results of operations and cash flows in future periods. For example, in the first quarter of 2003, we closed our Australian subsidiary because it failed to perform at a satisfactory profit level and similarly in the fourth quarter of 2005, we disposed of our Advent Hellas subsidiary because of less than satisfactory profitability. In addition, as we have expanded into new business areas and built new offerings through strategic alliances and internal development, as well as acquisitions, some of this expansion has required significant management time and resources without generating required revenues. We have had difficulty and may continue to have difficulty creating demand for such offerings. Furthermore, we may face other unanticipated costs from our acquisitions, such as disputes involving earn-out and incentive compensation amounts, similar to those we have experienced with our Kinexus and Advent Outsource acquisitions.

We may make additional acquisitions of complementary companies, products or technologies in the future. In addition, we periodically evaluate the performance of all our products and services and may sell or discontinue current products and services. Failure to achieve the anticipated benefits of any acquisition or divestiture could harm our business, results of operations and cash flows. Furthermore, we may have to incur debt, write-off investments, infrastructure costs or other assets, incur severance liabilities, write-off impaired goodwill or other intangible assets or issue equity securities to pay for any future acquisitions. The issuance of equity securities could dilute our existing stockholders’ ownership. Finally, we may not identify suitable businesses to acquire or negotiate acceptable terms for future acquisitions.

Impairment of Investments Could Harm Our Results of Operations

We have made and may make future investments in privately held companies, many of which are considered in the start-up or development stages. These investments, which we classify as other assets on our consolidated balance sheets, are inherently risky, as the market for the technologies or products these companies have under development is typically in the early stages and may never materialize. The value of the investment in these companies is influenced by many factors, including the operating effectiveness of these companies, the overall health of these companies’ industries, the strength of the private equity markets and general market conditions. Due to these and other factors, we have previously determined, and may in the future determine, that the value of these investments is impaired, which has caused and would cause us to write down the carrying value of these investments, such as the $0.6 million write-down of one of our investments during the second quarter of 2007. Furthermore, we cannot be sure that future investment, license, fixed asset or other asset write-downs will not occur. If future write-downs do occur, they could harm our business and results of operations.

Our Stock Price May Fluctuate Significantly

Like many companies in the technology and emerging growth sector, our stock price may be subject to wide fluctuations, particularly during times of high market volatility. If net revenues or earnings in any quarter or our financial guidance for future periods fail to meet the investment community’s expectations, our stock price is likely to decline. In addition, our stock price is affected by trends in the financial services sector and by broader market trends unrelated to our performance. Unfavorable or uncertain economic and market conditions, which can be caused by: outbreaks of hostilities or other geopolitical instability; declines in economic growth, business activity or investor or business confidence; limitation on the availability or increases in the cost of credit or capital; increases in inflation, interest rates, exchange rate volatility, default rates or the price of basic commodities; corporate, political or other scandals that reduce investor confidence in capital markets; natural disasters or pandemics; or a combination of these or other factors, have adversely affected, and may in the future adversely affect, our business, profitability and stock price.

If Our Relationship with Financial Times/Interactive Data Is Terminated, Our Business May Be Harmed

Many of our clients use our proprietary interface to electronically retrieve pricing and other data from Financial Times/Interactive Data (“FTID”). FTID pays us a commission based on their revenues from providing this data to our clients. Our software products have been customized to be compatible with their system and this software would need to be redesigned if their services were unavailable for any reason. Termination of our current agreement with FTID would require at least one year’s notice by either us or them, or 90 days in the case of material breach. Our operating results would be adversely impacted if our relationship with FTID was terminated or their services were unavailable to our clients for any reason.

If We Are Unable to Protect Our Intellectual Property We May Be Subject to Increased Competition that Could Seriously Harm Our Business

Our success depends significantly upon our proprietary technology. We currently rely on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret law, as well confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights. We have registered trademarks and copyrights for many of our products and services and will continue to evaluate the registration of additional trademarks and copyrights as appropriate. We generally enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees, customers, resellers, vendors and others. We seek to protect our software, documentation and other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws. Despite these efforts, existing intellectual property laws may afford only limited protection, In addition, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy certain portions of our products or to reverse engineer or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information. In addition, we cannot be certain that others will not develop or acquire substantially equivalent or superseding proprietary technology, equivalent or better products will not be marketed in competition with our products, or others may not design around any patent that may be issued to us or other intellectual property rights of ours, thereby substantially reducing the value of our proprietary rights. We cannot be sure that we will develop proprietary products or technologies that are patentable, that any patent, if issued, would provide us with any competitive advantages or would not be challenged by third parties, or that the patents of others will not adversely affect our ability to do business. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States. Litigation may be necessary to protect our proprietary technology which may be time-consuming and expensive, with no assurance of success. As a result, we cannot be sure that our means of protecting our proprietary rights will be adequate.

If We Infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of Others, We May Incur Additional Costs or Be Prevented from Selling Our Products and Services

We cannot be certain that our products or services do not infringe the intellectual property rights of others. As a result, we may be subject to litigation and claims, including claims of misappropriation of trade secrets or infringement of patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights of third parties that would be time-consuming and costly to resolve and may lead to unfavorable judgments or settlements. If we discovered that our products or services violated the intellectual property rights of third parties, we may have to make substantial changes to our products or services or obtain licenses from such third parties. We might not be able to obtain such licenses on favorable terms or at all, and we may be unable to change our products successfully or in a timely or cost-effective manner. Failure to resolve an infringement matter successfully or in a timely manner would damage our reputation and force us to incur significant costs, including payment of damages, redevelopment costs, diversion of management’s attention and satisfaction of indemnification obligations that we have with our clients, as well as prevent us from selling certain products or services.

Information We Provide to Investors Is Accurate Only as of the Date We Disseminate It

From time to time, we may publicly disseminate forward-looking information or guidance in compliance with Regulation FD. This information or guidance represents our outlook only as of the date we disseminate it, and we do not undertake to update such information or guidance.

Catastrophic Events Could Adversely Affect Our Business

Our operations are exposed to potential disruption by fire, earthquake, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, security breaches, criminal acts and other events. Additionally, we are vulnerable to interruption caused by terrorist incidents. For example, our facilities in New York were temporarily closed due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Immediately after the terrorist attacks, our clients who were located in the World Trade Center area were concentrating on disaster recovery rather than licensing additional software components, while the grounding of transportation impeded our professional services employees’ ability to travel to client sites. Additionally, during the temporary closure of the US stock markets, our clients did not use our market data services. Our corporate headquarters are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is a region with significant

seismic activity. Earthquakes such as that experienced in 1989 could disrupt our business. Such disruptions could affect our ability to sell and deliver products and services and other critical functions of our business. Further, such disruptions could cause instability in the financial markets or the spending of our clients and prospects upon which we depend.

Further, abrupt political change, terrorist acts, conflicts or wars may cause damage or disruption to the economy, financial markets and our customers. The potential for future attacks, the national and international responses to attacks or perceived threats to national security and other actual or potential conflicts or wars, including the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, have created many economic and political uncertainties. Although it is impossible to predict the occurrences or consequences of any such events, they could unsettle the financial markets or result in a decline in information technology spending, which could have a material adverse effect on our revenues.

Undetected Software Errors or Failures Found in New Products May Result in Loss of or Delay in Market Acceptance of Our Products that Could Seriously Harm Our Business

Our products may contain undetected software errors or scalability limitations at any point in their lives, but particularly when first introduced or as new versions are released. Despite testing by us and by current and potential customers, errors may not be found in new products until after commencement of commercial shipments, resulting in a loss of or a delay in market acceptance, damage to our reputation, customer dissatisfaction and reductions in revenues and margins, any of which could seriously harm our business. Additionally, our agreements with customers that attempt to limit our exposure to liability claims may not be enforceable in jurisdictions where we operate.

Two of Our Principal Stockholders Have an Influence Over our Business Affairs and May Make Business Decisions with Which You Disagree and Which May Adversely Affect the Value of Your Investment

Our Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of our board of directors beneficially own or control, indirectly or directly, a substantial number of shares of our common stock (approximately 38% as of March 14, 2008). As a result, if these persons act together, they will have the ability to exert significant influence on matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, such as the election or removal of directors, amendments to our certificate of incorporation or the approval of a business combination. These actions may be taken even if they are opposed by other stockholders or it may be difficult to approve these actions without their consent. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company or discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares, which could prevent our stockholders from receiving a premium for their shares.

Changes in Securities Laws and Regulations May Increase Our Costs

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“the Act”) of 2002 required changes in some of our corporate governance and securities disclosure and/or compliance practices. As part of the Act’s requirements, the SEC has enacted new rules on a variety of subjects, and the Nasdaq Stock Market has enacted new corporate governance listing requirements. These developments have increased and may in the future increase our accounting and legal compliance costs and could also expose us to additional liability if we fail to comply with these new rules and reporting requirements. In fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, we incurred approximately $0.9 million, $1.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively, in Sarbanes-Oxley related expenses consisting of external consulting costs and auditor fees, and the Company anticipates similarly spending a significant amount for its 2008 compliance activities. In addition, such developments may make retention and recruitment of qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, or as executive officers, more difficult. We continue to evaluate and monitor regulatory and legislative developments and cannot reliably estimate the timing or magnitude of all costs we may incur as a result of the Act or other related legislation or regulation.

Changes in, or Interpretations of, Accounting Principles Could Result in Unfavorable Accounting Charges

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These principles are subject to interpretation by us, the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create accounting principles. A change in these principles or a change in the interpretations of these principles can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even retroactively affect previously reported transactions. Some of our accounting principles that recently have been or may be affected include:

· Software revenue recognition

· Accounting for stock-based compensation

· Accounting for income taxes

· Accounting for business combinations and related goodwill

In particular, in the first quarter of 2006, we adopted SFAS 123R which requires the measurement of all stock-based compensation to employees, including grants of employee stock options, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights, using a fair-value-based method and the recording of such expense in our consolidated statements of operations. The adoption of SFAS 123R had a significant adverse effect on our results of operations. It will continue to significantly adversely affect our results of operations and has resulted in changes to our compensation practices, such as an increased reliance on using equity vehicles such as stock-settled stock appreciation rights (SAR) and restricted stock units (RSU).

If factors change and we employ different assumptions for estimating stock-based compensation expense in future periods or if we decide to use a different valuation model, the future periods may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period and could materially affect our operating income, net income and net income per share.

We currently use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock-based compensation awards and employee stock purchase plan shares. The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable, characteristics not present in our option grants and employee stock purchase plan shares. Existing valuation models, including the Black-Scholes and lattice binomial models, may not provide reliable measures of the fair values of our stock-based compensation. Consequently, there is a risk that our estimates of the fair values of our stock-based compensation awards on the grant dates may bear little resemblance to the actual values realized upon the exercise, expiration, early termination or forfeiture of those stock-based payments in the future. Certain stock-based payments, such as employee stock options, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights, may expire worthless or otherwise result in zero intrinsic value as compared to the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our consolidated financial statements. Alternatively, value may be realized from these instruments that are significantly higher than the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. There currently is no market-based mechanism or other practical application to verify the reliability and accuracy of the estimates stemming from these valuation models, nor is there a means to compare and adjust the estimates to actual values.

Additionally, in December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007) (“SFAS 141R”), “Business Combinations”. SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree. SFAS 141R is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any business combinations we engage in will be recorded and disclosed following existing generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) until January 1, 2009. The Company expects SFAS 141R will have an impact on its consolidated financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of the acquisitions the Company consummates after the effective date.

Security Risks May Harm Our Business

Maintaining the security of computers, computer networks, hosted solutions and the transmission of confidential information over public networks is essential to commerce and communications, particularly in the market in which Advent operates. Efforts of others to seek unauthorized access to Advent’s or its clients’ computers and networks or introduce viruses, worms and other malicious software programs that disable or impair computers into our systems or those of our customers or other third parties, could disrupt or make our systems inaccessible or allow access to proprietary information and data of Advent or its clients. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other events or developments, also could result in compromises or breaches of our security systems. Our security measures may be inadequate to prevent security breaches, exposing us to a risk of data loss, financial loss, harm to reputation, business interruption, litigation and other possible liabilities, as well as possibly requiring us to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against the threat of security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches.

Potential Changes in Securities Laws and Regulation Governing the Investment Industry’s Use of Soft Dollars May Reduce Our Revenues

As of December 31, 2007, approximately 360 or 8% of our clients utilized trading commissions (“soft dollar arrangements”) to pay for software products and services. During fiscal 2007 and 2006, the total value of Advent products and services paid with soft dollars was approximately 4% and 5% of our total billings. Such soft dollar arrangements could be impacted by changes in the regulations governing those arrangements.

During the fourth quarter of 2006, we completed the wind down of the “soft dollar” business of our SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary, Second Street Securities, as it no longer fits with our corporate strategy. Second Street Securities’ soft dollar business offered our customers the ability to pay for Advent products and other third party products and services through

brokerage commissions and other fee-based arrangements. We will continue to allow clients to utilize soft dollar arrangements to pay for Advent software products and services through other independent broker/dealers.

In July 2006, the SEC published an Interpretive Release that provides guidance on money managers’ use of client commissions to pay for brokerage and research services under the safe harbor set forth in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Interpretive Release clarifies that money managers may use client commissions (“soft dollars”) to pay only for eligible brokerage and research services. Among other matters, the Interpretive Release states that eligible brokerage includes those products and services that relate to the execution of the trade from the point at which the money manager communicates with the broker-dealer for the purpose of transmitting an order for execution, through the point at which funds or securities are delivered or credited to the advised account. In addition, for potentially “mixed-use” items (such as trade order management systems) that are partly eligible and partly ineligible, the Interpretive Release states that money managers must make a reasonable allocation of client commissions in accordance with the eligible and ineligible uses of the items. Based on this new guidance, our customers may change their method of paying all or a portion of certain Advent products or services from soft to hard dollars, and as a result reduce their usage of these products or services in order to avoid increasing expenses, which could cause our revenues to decrease.

Covenants in Our Credit Facility Agreement Could Adversely Affect our Financial Condition

In February 2007, we entered into a senior secured facility agreement which provides us with a revolving line of credit up to an aggregate amount of $75.0 million. Our continued ability to borrow under our credit facility is subject to compliance with certain financial and non-financial covenants. The financial covenant is limited to a maximum ratio of senior debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted for cost capitalizations, extraordinary gains (losses) and non-cash stock compensation. Our failure to comply with such covenants could cause default under the agreement, and we may then be required to repay such debt with capital from other sources. Under those circumstances, other sources of capital may not be available to us, or be available only on unfavorable terms. In the event of default which is not remedied within the prescribed timeframe, the assets of the Company (subject to the amount borrowed) may be attached or seized by the lender. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we had no outstanding borrowings under this credit facility and were in compliance with all covenants.

If We Fail to Maintain an Effective System of Internal Control, We May Not be Able to Accurately Report Our Financial Results or Our Filings May Not be Timely. As a Result, Current and Potential Stockholders Could Lose Confidence in Our Financial Reporting, Which Would Harm Our Business and the Trading Price of Our Stock

Effective internal control is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports, our business and operating results could be harmed. We have in the past discovered, and may in the future discover, areas of our internal control that need improvement including control deficiencies that may constitute material weaknesses. For example, as of December 31, 2005, the Company did not maintain effective controls over the accounting for income taxes, including the determination of deferred income tax liabilities and the related income tax provision. This control deficiency resulted in adjustments to the fourth quarter of 2004 and 2005 financial statements and a restatement of the Company’s financial statements for each of the first three quarters of fiscal 2004 and 2005.

The Company also did not maintain effective controls over the accuracy, presentation and disclosure of the pro forma stock-based compensation expense in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as of December 31, 2005. As a result of this control deficiency, the Company’s disclosures of stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2003 and 2004 and the first three quarters of 2004 and 2005 were revised.

During 2006, we implemented controls and procedures to improve our internal control over financial reporting and address the material weaknesses identified in fiscal 2004 and 2005. Management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006 and 2007.

We do not expect that our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors or fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Controls can be circumvented by individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. Over time, controls may become inadequate because changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may occur. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Any failure to implement or maintain improvements in our internal control over financial reporting, or difficulties encountered in the implementation of these improvements in our controls, could cause significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls and consequently cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Any failure to implement or maintain required new or improved internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative impact on the trading price of our stock.

Our Ability to Conclude that a Control Deficiency is Not a Material Weakness or that an Accounting Error Does Not Require a Restatement Can be Affected By a Number of Factors Including Our Level of Pre-Tax Income

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, our management is required to assess the impact of control deficiencies based upon both quantitative and qualitative factors, and depending upon that analysis we classify such identified deficiencies as either a control deficiency, significant deficiency or a material weakness.

One element of our quantitative analysis of any control deficiency is its actual or potential financial impact, and any impact that is greater than 5% of our pre-tax income in any quarter may be more likely to result in that deficiency being determined to be a significant deficiency or a material weakness. For example, our assessment of a control deficiency as a significant deficiency or material weakness remains dependent in part on our level of profitability during a particular quarter. If our quarterly or fiscal year pre-tax income were to decrease, this will make it statistically less likely for us and our independent registered public accounting firm to determine that a control deficiency is not a material weakness.

In addition, if management or our independent registered public accountants identify errors in our interim or annual financial statements, it is statistically more likely that such errors may meet the quantitative threshold established under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, “Materiality”, that could, depending upon the complete qualitative and quantitative analysis, result in our having to restate previously issued financial statements.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved common stock repurchase programs authorizing management to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock in the open market. The timing and actual number of shares subject to repurchase are at the discretion of management and are contingent on a number of factors, including the price of our stock, general market conditions and alternative investment opportunities. The purchases are funded from available working capital or debt.

There were no repurchase activities during the first quarter of 2008. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, there were no shares available to be repurchased under Board approved common stock repurchase programs.

On May 7, 2008, Advent’s Board authorized the repurchase of up to 1.0 million shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. See Note 16, “Subsequent Events”, to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information. As of the date of this filing, no shares have been repurchased under this repurchase authorization.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Advent Software, Inc. was held at the principal office of the Company at 600 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94103 on May 7, 2008. Stockholders of record at the close of business on March 14, 2008 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. As of the Record Date, 26,616,600 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued and outstanding, and a quorum of 24,997,389 shares of common stock was represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, three items were voted upon:

1. To elect seven directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

	Number of Shares
	Voted For	Withheld

John H. Scully	24,548,821	448,568
Stephanie G. DiMarco	24,877,851	119,538
A. George Battle	22,480,955	2,516,434
Robert A. Ettl	24,867,151	130,238
James D. Kirsner	24,339,280	658,109
James P. Roemer	24,340,281	657,108
Wendell G. Van Auken	23,012,476	1,984,913

2. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2008.

	Number of Shares
				Broker
	For	Against	Abstained	Non-Votes
Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	24,924,779	60,511	12,099	—

3. To approve the amended and restated 2002 Stock Plan, and add and reserve 900,000 shares thereunder.

	Number of Shares
				Broker
	For	Against	Abstained	Non-Votes
Amended and restated 2002 Stock Plan	20,845,166	2,568,548	49,723	1,533,952

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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.

	ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC.

Dated: May 8, 2008	By:	/s/ Craig B. Collins
		Craig B. Collins
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies

NET REVENUES

COST OF REVENUES

OPERATING EXPENSES

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Provision for Income Taxes

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES