percentage of the yearly paid remuneration and with the same method as the one used for all other employees located in our subsidiaries, i.e., based on yearly targeted growth and operating profit. No performance bonus will be paid in fiscal year 2006 as these targets were not achieved.
The table below sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of Shares, including Shares represented by ADSs, options and/or warrants outstanding as of August 31, 2006 by our Directors and executive officers, where such beneficial ownership represents more than one percent:
We have various employee stock option and employee stock purchase plans currently in effect. Under French law, we cannot grant options to members of the Board of Directors (other than the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or Deputy Chief Executive Officers) who are not employees. See Note 10 of the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein for information related to option grants.
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242,000 shares were outstanding as of August 31, 2006, as two directors did not accept their grants. The warrants may be exercised at prices between €4.48 and €13.10 per Share at any time until the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, when they lapse. When granted, the exercise price of the warrant is the highest of (i) the average trading closing price as quoted on Eurolist during the ten days preceding the Shareholders’ meeting or (ii) the closing price for a share on Eurolist on the trading day preceding the Shareholders’ meeting. The warrants are issued at a price representing 5% of the exercise price, and must be subscribed within three months from the date of the grants.
Option Plans
The following is a summary description of each of the Company’s stock plans.
The 1996 Stock Option Plan. In 1994, ILOG’s shareholders, at an extraordinary meeting, authorized the Board of Directors to grant, until November 23, 1999, options on up to 500,000 shares at a price to be determined by the Board of Directors on the date of grant based on ILOG’s net assets, a reasonable estimate of its future profitability and its future development prospects (the “1994 Plan”). In order to comply with the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for the granting of incentive stock options, we decided to adopt a new plan (the “1996 Plan”), incorporating Shares authorized under the 1994 Plan. The 1996 Plan was approved by the shareholders at an extraordinary meeting on May 30, 1996, and on that date 600,000 Shares were granted; on October 17, 1996, 200,000 Shares; on August 20, 1997, 1,600,000 Shares; on December 17, 1997, 500,000 Shares; and on August 31, 1998, 1,000,000 Shares, were added to the 1996 Plan with respect to which options could also be granted by the Board of Directors until November 23, 1999. Following the approval by shareholders at an extraordinary meeting of the 1998 Plan (see below), 1,000,000 shares authorized for the 1996 Plan were transferred to the 1998 Plan. Under the 1996 Plan, optionees are entitled to exercise options for ten years (or seven years less one day for U.K. employees). Under the 1996 Plan, generally and unless otherwise specified, one-fourth of the Shares subject to option vest 12 months after the date of grant of options and 1/48 of the Shares vest each month thereafter provided the optionee continues to render services to ILOG. As of August 31, 2006, options with respect to an aggregate of 979,636 Shares were outstanding at exercise prices ranging from €3.81 to €13.54.
The 1998 Stock Option Plan. On November 4, 1998, ILOG’s shareholders, at an extraordinary meeting, approved the 1998 Stock Option Plan, to succeed the 1996 Stock Option Plan, and at that time options representing 1,000,000 Shares previously authorized for the 1996 Plan were transferred to the 1998 Plan. In addition, on September 21, 1999, 900,000 Shares and on October 18, 2000, 1,250,000 Shares, were authorized with respect to which options may be granted by the Board of Directors. The 1998 Stock Option Plan is identical to the 1996 Stock Option Plan except that it expired in October 2005. As of August 31, 2006, options with respect to an aggregate of 2,624,237 Shares were outstanding at exercise prices ranging from €2.92 to €51.50.
The 2001 Stock Option Plan. On September 25, 2001, ILOG’s shareholders, at an extraordinary meeting, authorized the Board of Directors to grant options, which give the right to subscribe for or purchase up to 1,100,000 Shares, to employees under the 2001 Stock Option Plan (the “2001 Plan”). On December 18, 2001, the shareholders ratified and amended the 2001 Plan. Pursuant to the 2001 Plan, the issue price of the Shares will be equal to the closing price of a Share on the Eurolist by Euronext on the last trading day preceding the date of the grant of the options, provided that the issue price is not less than (i) 80% of the average of the closing prices quoted for a Share on the Eurolist by Euronext during the twenty trading days preceding such date of grant and (ii) 80% of the average repurchase price of any Shares held by the Company. Under the 2001 Plan, generally and unless otherwise specified, one-fourth of the Shares subject to option vest 12 months after the date of grant and 1/48 of the Shares vest each month thereafter provided the optionee continues to render services to ILOG. The 2001 Plan expired in November 2005. As of August 31, 2006, options with respect to an aggregate 935,990 Shares were outstanding at exercise prices ranging from €8.66 to €10.78.
The 2004 Stock Option Plan. On November 30, 2004, ILOG’s shareholders, at an extraordinary meeting, authorized the Board of Directors to grant options, which give the right to subscribe for or purchase up to 800,000 Shares to employees. Under the 2004 Stock Option Plan (the “2004 Plan”), the issue price of the Shares will be equal to the closing price of a Share on the Eurolist by Euronext on the last trading day preceding the date of the grant of the options, provided that the issue price is not less than (i) 80% of the average of the closing prices quoted for a Share on the Eurolist by Euronext during the twenty trading days preceding such date of grant and (ii) 80% of the average repurchase price of any Shares held by the Company. Under the 2004 Plan, generally and unless otherwise specified, one-fourth of the Shares subject to option vest 12 months after
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the date of grant and1/48 of the Shares vest each month thereafter provided the optionee continues to render services to ILOG. As of August 31, 2006, options with respect to an aggregate 10,000 Shares had been issued under the 2004 Plan and were outstanding at an exercise price of €12.45, and options to purchase or subscribe for 790,000 Shares remained available for grant under the 2004 Plan.
All options granted under the 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004 Plans have a term of ten years, other than options granted to employees in the United Kingdom which have a term of seven years less one day. Generally, and unless otherwise specified, if an optionee terminates his or her employment with ILOG, the optionee may exercise only those options vested as of the date of termination and must effect such exercise within three months, except for optionees who are French tax residents at the date of grant of the options who may exercise their options until the termination of the term of their options. Since the ILOG insider trading policy has been extended to all employees worldwide, this three-month period is extended by the number of weeks during which the terminated employee cannot exercise due to blackout periods. In general, if an optionee dies during his or her employment, or within three months after termination of employment, such person’s options may be exercised up to six months after his or her death to the extent vested at the time of his or her death or termination. No option may be transferred by the optionee other than by will or the laws of intestacy.
In December 1996, the French parliament adopted a law that requires French companies and optionees to pay French social contributions and certain salary-based taxes, which may represent, for ILOG, up to 45% of the taxable amount, on the difference between the exercise price of a stock option and the fair market value of the underlying shares on the exercise date, if the beneficiary is a French resident subject to French social security at the date of grant of the stock options and disposes of the shares, or converts the shares into bearer form, before the fifth anniversary of the date of option grant. In addition, such difference is treated as salary income for personal income tax purposes if the shares are sold or otherwise disposed of within five years of the grant date. This applies to all options exercised after January 1, 1997 and granted to French residents subject to French social security. Thus, in order to avoid paying these social contributions, the option Plans provide that the shares to be obtained by exercise of the options granted as of and after January 1, 1997 to French residents subject to French social security can not be disposed of or converted into bearer form except with express written authorization from Company, until the end of the five-year holding period from the date of grant of the options. In addition, pursuant to the French Law of July 2, 1998, both the beneficiary and ILOG are exempt from social contributions if the options were granted before January 1, 1997 and are exercised after April 1, 1998 due to the fact that ILOG has not been registered for more than 15 years at the date of grant of such options. Under the French Law of May 15, 2001, the five-year holding period is reduced to four years with respect to stock options granted on or after April 27, 2000.
We have not recorded a liability for social contributions and certain salary-based taxes that may be assessed for options granted up to June 30, 2006, as the liability, being dependent on future values of our Shares and the timing of employees’ decisions to exercise options and sell the related Shares, cannot be estimated. We also do not consider that the liability is probable because the Company has control over whether to make an exception to the option plans, and of the significant income tax disincentives to employees exercising options and selling the Shares prior to the end of the minimum holding period.
International Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In October 1996, ILOG’s shareholders had approved our International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) and renewed such approval in December 2003, which reserved a total of 400,000 Shares for issuance to the ILOG S.A. Employee Benefits Trust for a period of two years. The Purchase Plan permitted eligible employees to acquire Shares in the form of ADSs through payroll deductions. The Purchase Plan was intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. The Board of Directors decided to use the Plan until January 2005 when the last offering period was closed. The December 2003 shareholders’ approval expired in November 2005 and was not renewed.
French Employee Savings Plan. ILOG’s shareholders in December 2003 reserved a total of 600,000 Shares for issuance to ILOG employees participating in the French Employee Savings Plan the (“Savings Plan”) for a period of two years. The Savings Plan permitted eligible employees to make contributions for purposes of purchasing units in investment funds managed for ILOG on behalf of the employees, or to acquire ILOG Shares at a preferential price. The Savings Plan is an Employee Savings Plan under Article L.443-1 et. seq. of the French Labor Code. The Board of Directors decided to use the Plan until September 2004 when the last offering period was closed. The December 2003 shareholders’ approval expired in November 2005 and was renewed for a period of two years and for a total of 100,000 shares. As of August 31, 2006, the Board of Directors had not used the Plan under this authority.
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As of June 30, 2005, we had issued 177,720 and 28,534 Shares under the International Employee Purchase Plan and the French Employee Savings Plan, respectively, since ILOG’s shareholders’ approval in December 2003. In fiscal year 2006, no shares were issued under these plans.
Free shares. On November 29, 2005, ILOG’s shareholders, at an extraordinary meeting, authorized the Board of Directors to allow grants of new shares and/or existing shares representing up to 4% of the Company’s share capital, for free to certain employees and executives of the Company or its affiliates, excluding any executives or employees who own more than 10% of the Company’s share capital. The grant of free shares to the beneficiaries of this program would be definitive at the end of the vesting period, which would occur each month between the 24th month and the 84th month following the date of grant, with respect to 1/60th of the shares granted to each beneficiary. There would be a lock-up period of two years following the definitive grant of each share, with respect to such share. The Board has not awarded any grants as of October 6, 2006.
Item 7. | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions |
The table below sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of ILOG Shares as of August 31, 2006 by any person known to us to be the owner of five percent or more of the outstanding Shares and employees:
Name and Address of Beneficial Owners | | Shares Beneficially Owned(a) | | Percentage Owned(a) |
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) | | 1,237,500 | | 6.7% |
Financière de l’Echiquier(b) | | 912,717 | | 4.9% |
Employees(c) | | 666,510 | | 3.6% |
______________(a) | Number of Shares and percentage ownership are based on 18,548,809 Shares outstanding as of August 31, 2006. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the General Instructions of Form 20-F. The term “beneficial owner” of securities refers to any person who, even if not the record owner of the securities, has or shares the underlying benefits of ownership. These benefits include the power to direct the voting or the disposition of the securities or to receive the economic benefit of ownership of the securities. Shares subject to options and warrants that are currently exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2006, are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding such options or warrants for the purpose of computing the Shares beneficially owned percentage ownership of such person, but are not deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. |
(b) | The number of shares corresponds to the notification published by Financière de l’Echiquier on March 23, 2005. No other notification has been published by Financière de l’Echiquier since March 23, 2005. |
(c) | Represents an estimate of the shares of ILOG held directly or indirectly by employees to the best of the Company’s knowledge. In addition, our employees have 4,351,516 stock options exercisable as detailed in Note 10 to our financial statements. |
On March 23, 2005 a French company Financière de l’Echiquier purchased 912,717 shares representing, 5.0% of the Company’s shares at August 31, 2005. Since this date, Financière de l’Echiquier has not published any further notifications. Fidelity Investments, through various funds under its management had, during 2003 and in prior years, control of between approximately 5% and 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares. Fidelity Investments reduced its share in ILOG below 5% on August 8, 2003. Robert Bixby’s beneficial ownership was 5.1% in fiscal year 2003 but had decreased below 5% in fiscal year 2004. To our knowledge, over the last three years there have been no other significant changes in the percentage ownership held by any other of the Company’s major shareholders.
To our knowledge, except as disclosed above, the Company is not directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation, foreign government or any other natural or legal person severally or jointly and the Company is not aware of any arrangements, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
None of the holders of Shares listed in this table have voting rights different from other holders of shares. We are not aware of any shareholders’ agreement with respect to our shares.
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As of August 31, 2006, ADRs evidencing approximately 2,247,584 ADSs were held of record by approximately 37 registered holders. The 2,247,584 Shares represented by those ADRs (approximately 12% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares) were registered in the name of BNP-Paribas. Because the shares are dematerialized, we are not able to identify the number of record shareholders without unreasonable expense. Since certain of the Company’s ADSs and Ordinary Shares are held by brokers and other nominees, the number of ADSs and Ordinary Shares held of record and the number of record holders may not be representative of the location of where the beneficial holders are resident.
B. | Related Party Transactions |
Janet Lowe is the wife of director Todd Lowe, and is an employee of the Company. ILOG has no other related party transactions.
C. | Interests of Experts and Counsel |
Not Applicable.
Item 8. | Financial Information |
A. | Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information |
See “Item 18. Financial Statements” for a list of the financial statements filed with this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A.
Legal Proceedings
ILOG is involved in a lawsuit entitled Jensen Denmark A/S and Naicom Technologies vs. ILOG S.A. This suit was brought by Jensen Denmark and Naicom Technologies against ILOG for breach of contract, bad faith, and failure to meet the standard of care owed by a professional consultant. ILOG has filed a counterclaim in which it alleges that ILOG is entitled to recover from the plaintiffs fees which we incurred but which were not paid, as well as additional damages. The case was tried before a judge in France and the court found in ILOG’s favor and against Naicom Jensen. The court dismissed ILOG’s counterclaim. Naicom Jensen has appealed this ruling and the case is currently pending on appeal in the Court of Appeals of Paris, France. The amount of damages claimed by Jensen Naicom is below the limits of our applicable insurance coverage, and the insurance company has accepted the defense of this matter.
We are a party to various other legal proceedings from time to time in the ordinary course of business. There is currently no such proceeding which we believe is likely to have, or recently has had, a material adverse effect on our financial position or profitability. Any litigation, however, involves potential risk and potentially significant litigation costs, and therefore there can be no assurance that any litigation which may arise in the future will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or profitability.
To the knowledge of the Company, there are no other significant commitments or contingencies as of June 30, 2006.
Dividend Policy
We have not paid any cash dividends on our share capital to date. We currently anticipate that we will retain any future earnings for use in our business and, therefore, do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any dividend would be declared and paid in euros and under French law and our statuts, may only be paid from ILOG S.A.’s pre-consolidated statutory retained earnings. As of June 30, 2006, ILOG S.A.’s pre-consolidated accumulated profit was approximately $6 million. Any dividends paid to holders of ADSs would be converted from euros to U.S. dollars, subject to a charge by the Depositary for any expenses incurred by the Depositary in such conversion. Fluctuations in the exchange rate between euros and dollars and expenses of the Depositary would affect the dollar amounts actually received by holders of ADSs upon conversion by the Depositary of such cash dividends. See “Item 3.D.—Risk Factors—5. Other risks of owning ILOG
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Shares and ADSs—Holders of ADSs may be subject to additional risks related to holding ADSs rather than Shares”. See “Item 10.E.—Taxation” for a description of the principal French and U.S. federal income tax consequences regarding the taxation of dividends for holders of ADSs and Ordinary Shares.
Except as disclosed elsewhere in this Annual Report, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s business since June 30, 2006, the date of the annual financial statements included in this Annual Report.
Item 9. | The Offer and Listing |
A. | Offer and Listing Details |
Closing Sale Prices of ILOG ADSs and Shares
The following table sets forth the range of low and high reported closing sale prices of our ADSs (each ADS representing one Share) on the NASDAQ National Market for the last five fiscal years and periods indicated.
| | In Dollars |
| | Low | | High |
2002 | | 5.00 | | 17.15 |
2003 | | 2.70 | | 9.88 |
2004 | | 8.16 | | 14.32 |
2005 | | 9.12 | | 15.50 |
First Quarter | | 9.12 | | 12.83 |
Second Quarter | | 10.00 | | 13.29 |
Third Quarter | | 12.24 | | 15.50 |
Fourth Quarter | | 11.66 | | 15.00 |
2006 | | 11.98 | | 18.85 |
First Quarter | | 12.80 | | 15.72 |
Second Quarter | | 14.64 | | 18.85 |
Third Quarter | | 13.00 | | 18.51 |
Fourth Quarter | | 11.98 | | 17.85 |
Monthly | | | | |
March 2006 | | 14.28 | | 16.16 |
April 2006 | | 15.47 | | 17.85 |
May 2006 | | 14.48 | | 17.34 |
June 2006 | | 11.98 | | 14.87 |
July 2006 | | 10.63 | | 13.24 |
August 2006 | | 10.26 | | 11.79 |
On August 31, 2006, the last sale price for the ADSs as reported on the NASDAQ National Market was $11.78 per ADS.
The Depositary for the ADSs is JPMorgan Chase Bank. Each ADS registered on the books of the Depositary represents to one Share. As of August 31, 2006, there were 37 record holders of American Depositary Receipts evidencing 2,247,584 ADSs.
From December 1998 to February 2005, the Shares were listed on the Nouveau Marché of Euronext Paris, and are since then listed on Eurolist by Euronext. The following table sets forth the range of high and low reported closing sale prices of the Shares on the Eurolist by Euronext (and, prior to February 21, 2005, on the Nouveau Marché) for the last five fiscal years and periods indicated.
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| | In Euros |
| | Low | | High |
2002 | | 5.00 | | 19.20 |
2003 | | 2.75 | | 8.40 |
2004 | | 7.15 | | 12.60 |
2005 | | 7.50 | | 11.87 |
First Quarter | | 7.50 | | 10.15 |
Second Quarter | | 8.23 | | 10.08 |
Third Quarter | | 9.40 | | 11.87 |
Fourth Quarter | | 9.55 | | 11.74 |
2006 | | 9.57 | | 15.40 |
First Quarter | | 10.55 | | 14.30 |
Second Quarter | | 12.12 | | 15.40 |
Third Quarter | | 10.82 | | 14.86 |
Fourth Quarter | | 9,57 | | 13.80 |
Monthly | | | | |
March 2006 | | 12.05 | | 12.60 |
April 2006 | | 12.83 | | 13.80 |
May 2006 | | 11.35 | | 13.53 |
June 2006 | | 9.57 | | 11.39 |
July 2006 | | 8.18 | | 10.30 |
August 2006 | | 8.20 | | 9.19 |
On August 31, 2006, the last sale price for the Shares as reported on the Eurolist by Euronext was €8.61 per Share.
Not Applicable.
The ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol “ILOG”. The Shares are also listed on the Eurolist by Euronext. The Nouveau Marché of Euronext Paris, on which our shares were previously traded, merged into a new market called Eurolist by Euronext on February 21, 2005 and the Shares are accordingly traded on the Eurolist by Euronext since that date.
The Paris Market
The Financial Security Law provided for the creation of a single regulatory body, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (the “AMF”), to control and supervise French financial markets. Accordingly, the AMF, an independent administrative authority, resulted from the merger of three former independent market watchdogs, namely the Commission des Opérations de Bourse (the “COB”), the Conseil des Marchés Financiers (the “CMF”) and the Conseil de Discipline de la Gestion Financière. The AMF is responsible for the protection of investors, the dissemination of information to the public by traded companies and the proper running of the securities markets. References in this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A to the AMF include its predecessors, the COB and the CMF.
Effective September 22, 2000, Euronext was formed from the merger of Paris Bourse SBF S.A. (which changed its name to Euronext Paris), the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and the Brussels Exchange, and the Portugal Exchange was included in Euronext in January 2002. Euronext operates four subsidiary holding companies in each of the four member countries. Each subsidiary continues to hold an exchange license for its local capital market. Listed companies remain listed on their original
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exchange but all shares are traded on a single integrated trading platform and listing requirements have been harmonized. Trading is regulated with a single rulebook and the take-over rules continue to be imposed domestically. Euronext provides integrated trading, clearing and settlement on all four markets, and a central counter party, netting and clearing house for all executed trades via Clearnet.
Official trading of listed securities on Euronext Paris is transacted through providers of investment services known as prestataires de services d’investissements (investment companies and other financial institutions). The trading of ILOG Shares takes place continuously on each business day from 9:00 a.m. through 5:25 p.m. (Paris time), with a pre-closing session from 5:25 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. during which time transactions are recorded but not executed, with a closing auction at 5:30 p.m. During a pre-opening session from 7:15 a.m. through 9:00 a.m. transactions are recorded but not executed. Any trade effected after the close of a stock-exchange session is recorded on the next Euronext Paris trading day, at the closing price for the relevant security at the end of the previous day’s session.
Euronext Paris is a market enterprise (entreprise de marché) to which is entrusted the operation of regulated markets, including the admission of financial instruments. Euronext Paris publishes a daily Official Price List that includes price information on each listed security. Euronext Paris provides continuous trading by computer during trading hours for all listed securities.
Reform of the Regulated Market of Euronext
On February 21, 2005, Euronext replaced its three regulated markets (Premier Marché, Second Marché and Nouveau Marché) by a single list called Eurolist by Euronext. Companies on this regulated market are classified by alphabetical order and by market capitalization.
Previously, the securities of most large public companies were listed on the Premier Marché of Euronext Paris. The Second Marché was available for small and medium-sized companies. The Nouveau Marché, on which the ILOG shares were listed was for companies seeking development capital, and the EDR market for European Depositary Receipts. Shares of certain other companies are traded on the marché libre-OTC, an unregulated over-the-counter type of market. In addition, shares listed on Eurolist by Euronext are placed in one of three categories depending on the volume of transactions. The Shares are listed in the category known as Continu, or continuous trading, which includes the most actively traded shares.
Trading in the listed securities of an issuer may be reserved or suspended by Euronext Paris if changes in quoted prices exceed certain price limits defined by its regulations. In particular, if the quoted price of a security varies by more than 10% from the reference price, Euronext Paris may restrict trading in that security for up to four minutes (réservation à la hausse ou à la baisse). The reference price is usually the opening price, or, with respect to the first quoted price of a given trading day, the last traded price of the previous trading day, as adjusted if necessary by Euronext Paris to take into account available information. Further suspensions for up to four minutes are also possible if the price again varies by more than 10% from a new reference price equal to the price that caused the first trading suspension. Euronext Paris may also reserve trading for a four-minute period if the quoted price of a security varies by more than 2% from the last traded price. However, subject to trading conditions and appropriate and timely information, Euronext Paris may modify the reservation period and may accept broader fluctuation ranges than mentioned above. Euronext Paris may also suspend trading of a listed security in certain other limited circumstances, including, for example, the occurrence of unusual trading activity in such security. In addition, in exceptional cases, the AMF may ask Euronext to suspend trading.
Trades of securities listed on Eurolist by Euronext are cleared and settled through Euroclear France S.A.. A fee or commission is payable to the broker-dealer or other agent involved in the transaction.
The Company currently has no plans to list its securities for trading on any other markets.
The NextEconomy segment
ILOG joined the NextEconomy segment of Euronext N.V., when it was created on January 2, 2002. This segment contains companies from sectors related to the new economy. Companies included in this segment undertake to comply with specific
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commitments for financial transparency, in addition to existing local obligations. Shares included in the NextEconomy segment are traded on a continuous basis, with or without the involvement of one or more liquidity providers.
For any financial year beginning on or after January 1, 2005, ILOG is required to prepare and publish annual Consolidated Financial Statements and interim reports, reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee and an independent registered public accounting firm (Commissaires aux Comptes), for each financial year with a one year comparison in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) (in line with European Regulation n°1606/2002). Comparative figures shall be provided and restated on the same basis as for the 2005 year. Euronext regards as best practice that companies included in the NextEconomy segment publish first and third quarterly reports with a content that shall be the same as the content of the half-yearly report.
ILOG complies with all Euronext requirements with respect to the NextEconomy segment. With regards to best practice as set forth by Euronext, ILOG has filed a document de référence with the AMF on an annual basis since its admission to listing on the Nouveau Marché (which became Eurolist by Euronext) and publishes quarterly financial information.
The Shares have been included in the following indices managed by Euronext : Index SBF 250, IT CAC, Next 150 and NextEconomy.
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
Item 10. | Additional Information |
Not Applicable.
B. | Articles of Incorporation and By-laws |
The Company is a société anonyme, a form of corporation, incorporated under the laws of France. In this section, we summarize material information concerning our share capital, together with material provisions of applicable French law and our statuts. An unofficial English translation of the Company’s statuts is included as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A. You may obtain copies of our statuts in French from the Clerk of the Registry of Commerce and Companies of Créteil, France.
For a complete discussion of directors’ powers under French law and the Company’s bylaws, please see “Item 6A-Directors and Senior Management”.
For the Company’s registration number and corporate purpose, please see “Item 4. Information on the Company—History and Development of ILOG”.
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For information related to the rights of ADS holders, see the Form F-6, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Each Director must own at least one share during his term of office. If, at the time of his or her appointment, a Director does not own the required number of shares or if, during his or her term of office, he or she ceases to be the owner thereof, he or she shall have a period of three months to purchase such number of shares, in default of which he or she shall be automatically deemed to have resigned.
The number of Directors who are more than seventy-five (75) years old may not exceed one third of the Directors in office. Should such quota be reached during an ongoing term of office, the appointment of the oldest Director would be automatically terminated at the close of the following ordinary shareholders meeting.
Since the statuts do not contain any provisions relating to the Directors’ compensation, French law described under Item 6 A. and Item 6 C. applies without restriction.
The entering into of arrangements or contracts in which a Director is interested is subject to the prior consent of our Board of Directors and must be approved by our shareholders’ meeting. Our bylaws refer to the applicable French laws described under Item 6 C. Please see “Item 6 C – Board Parties”. Directors, other than legal entities, are forbidden to contract loans from the Company in any form whatsoever, to secure an overdraft from it, as a current account or otherwise, or to have the Company guarantee or secure their commitments toward third parties. The same prohibition applies to the CEO (directeur général), the deputy CEO (directeur général délégué) and the permanent representatives of legal entities that are Directors. It also applies to spouses, ascendants and descendants of the persons of the foregoing, as well as to all intermediaries.
2. | Shareholders’ Meetings and Voting Rights |
General
In accordance with French law, there are two types of shareholders’ meetings, ordinary and extraordinary.
Ordinary shareholders’ meetings are required for matters such as:
| • | electing, replacing and removing Directors, |
| • | determining Directors’ fees, |
| • | appointing an independent registered public accounting firm, |
| • | approving the annual accounts, and |
| • | declaring dividends or authorizing dividends to be paid in shares. |
Following the adoption of French ordinance dated June 24, 2004, the issuance of debt securities by French commercial companies may now be decided by the Board of Directors, and an authorization by the shareholders at the ordinary shareholders’ meeting is no longer necessary.
Extraordinary shareholders meetings are required for approval of matters such as amendments to the Company’s statuts and rights of holders of any category of shares, including any amendment required in connection with extraordinary corporate actions. Extraordinary corporate actions include:
| • | changing the Company’s name or corporate purpose, |
| • | increasing or decreasing the Company’s share capital as well as delegating authority to the Board of Directors to do so, |
| • | authorizing or deciding the issuance of preferred shares, convertible or exchangeable securities, or any other securities giving rights to equity securities, and |
| • | the voluntary liquidation of the Company prior to the end of its statutory term. |
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Annual Ordinary Meetings
French law requires the Company’s Board of Directors to convene an annual ordinary shareholders’ meeting for approval of the annual financial statements. This meeting must be held within six months of the end of each fiscal year. This period may, however, be extended by an order of the President of the Tribunal de Commerce (Commercial Court). The Board of Directors may also convene an ordinary or extraordinary meeting of shareholders upon proper notice at any time during the year. If the Board of Directors fails to convene a shareholders’ meeting, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm may call the meeting. The Company’s liquidator in bankruptcy or a court-appointed agent may also call a shareholders’ meeting in some instances. A court agent may be appointed at the request of:
| • | one or several shareholders holding at least 5% of the Company’s share capital, |
| • | any interested party, in emergency situations, |
| • | the workers’ committee in emergency situations, |
| • | duly qualified associations of shareholders who have held their shares in registered form for at least two years and who together hold at least 1% of the Company’s voting rights, or |
| • | majority shareholders in share capital or voting rights after a public tender offer or the acquisition of a controlling block of shares. |
Notice of Shareholders’ Meetings
The Company must announce shareholders’ meetings at least 30 days in advance by means of a preliminary notice, which is published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires, or “BALO,” and must be sent to the AMF prior to publication. This preliminary notice must contain, among other things, the time, date and place of the meeting, the agenda, a draft of the resolutions to be submitted to the shareholders, a description of the procedures that holders of bearer shares must follow to attend the meeting and the procedure for voting by mail.
At least 15 days prior to the date set for the meetings and at least six days if the required Quorum is not met, the Company must publish a final notice (avis de convocation) containing among other things, the final agenda, time and place of the meeting and other related information. This final notice must be sent by mail to all registered shareholders who have held shares for at least one month prior to the date of publication of the final notice, and must also be published in a newspaper authorized to publish legal announcements in the local administrative area (département) in which the Company is registered, as well as in the BALO, with prior notice having been given to the AMF.
In general, shareholders can only take action at shareholders’ meetings on matters listed on the agenda for the meeting. As an exception, shareholders may take action with respect to the dismissal of Directors even though this action has not been included on the agenda.
Additional resolutions to be submitted for approval by the shareholders at the meeting may be proposed to the Board of Directors within 10 days of the publication of the preliminary notice in the BALO by:
| • | one or several shareholders holding at least 1.58% of the shares calculated on the basis of a formula relating to the Company’s share capital, |
| • | a duly qualified association of shareholders, each of whom held shares in registered form for at least two years and who together hold at least 1% of the voting rights calculated on the basis of a formula relating to the Company’s share capital, or |
The Board of Directors must submit these resolutions to a vote of the shareholders.
In addition, during the two weeks preceding a meeting of shareholders, any shareholder may submit written questions to the Board of Directors relating to the agenda for the meeting. The Board of Directors is then obliged to respond to these questions, so long as they relate to the agenda.
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Attendance and Voting at Shareholders’ Meetings
Each Share confers on a shareholder the right to one vote. Shareholders may attend ordinary shareholders meetings and extraordinary shareholders’ meetings and exercise their voting rights, subject to the conditions specified in French law and the Company’s statuts. There is no requirement that a shareholder have a minimum number of shares in order to attend or to be represented at an ordinary or extraordinary shareholders meeting or to vote by mail or, upon decision of the Board, by videoconference or by other means of telecommunication which allow shareholders to be identified.
According to the Company’s statuts, in order to participate in any shareholders’ meeting, a holder of shares held in registered form must have its shares registered in its name in a shareholder account maintained by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by an agent appointed by the Company at least one day prior to the date of the meeting.
A holder of bearer shares must obtain a certificate from the accredited intermediary with whom the holder has deposited its shares. This certificate must indicate the number of bearer shares the holder owns and must state that these shares are not transferable until the time fixed for the meeting. The holder must deposit this certificate at the place specified in the notice of the meeting at least one day before the meeting. For a description of certain voting procedures for ADS holders, see “Item 3. D. — Holders of ADSs may be subject to additional risks related to holding ADSs rather than Shares.”
The Company’s statuts provide that shareholders may, if the Board of Directors so approve when the meeting is convened, participate in a shareholders’ meeting by videoconference or by other means of telecommunication provided shareholder identification is possible in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Proxies and Votes by Mail
In general, all shareholders who have properly registered their Shares or duly presented a certificate from their accredited financial intermediary may participate in shareholders’ meetings. Shareholders may participate and vote in shareholders’ meetings either in person, by proxy, by mail, or upon decision of the Board, by videoconference or by any other means of telecommunication which allows shareholders to be identified.
Proxies will be sent to any shareholder on request with, among other things, the text of the resolutions to be passed at the relevant meeting. In order to be counted, such proxies must be received at the Company’s registered office, or at any other address indicated on the notice convening the meeting, prior to the date of the meeting. A shareholder may grant proxies to his or her spouse or to another shareholder. If the shareholder is not a French resident, the grant of proxies should be made through an intermediary declaring his position as an intermediary holding shares on behalf of beneficial owners as set forth by French law. A shareholder that is a corporation may grant proxies to a legal representative. Alternatively, the shareholder may send the Company a blank proxy without nominating any representative. In this case, the chairman of the meeting will vote the blank proxies in favor of all resolutions proposed or agreed by the Board of Directors and against all others.
In addition, shareholders may vote by mail or email. The Company must send shareholders a voting form. The completed form voting must be returned by the shareholder to the Company at least three days prior to the date of the shareholders’ meeting.
Quorum
French law requires that shareholders having at least 20% of the shares entitled to voting rights must be present in person or voting by mail, by proxy or by videoconference or by any other means of telecommunication that allows shareholders to be identified to satisfy the quorum requirement for:
| • | an ordinary shareholders’ meeting, and |
| • | an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting’s resolution whereby an increase in the Company’s share capital is proposed through incorporation of reserves, profits or share premiums. |
The quorum requirement is 25% of the shares entitled to voting rights, on the same basis, for any other extraordinary shareholders’ meeting’s resolution.
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If a quorum is not present at a meeting, the meeting is adjourned. When an adjourned ordinary meeting is resumed, there is no quorum requirement. Therefore, no quorum is required when an adjourned extraordinary meeting is resumed only to approve an increase in the Company’s share capital through incorporation of reserves, profits or share premiums. In the case of any other resumed meeting, shareholders having at least 20% of outstanding voting rights must be present in person or voting by mail or by proxy and by videoconference or by any means of telecommunication allowing them to be identified for a quorum. If a quorum is not present, the reconvened meeting may be adjourned for a maximum of two months. No deliberation by the shareholders may take place without a quorum. However, only questions which were on the agenda of the adjourned meeting may be discussed and voted upon.
Majority
A simple majority of shareholders may pass a resolution at either an ordinary shareholders’ meeting or an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting deciding upon a capital increase by incorporation of reserves, profits or share premiums. At any other meetings, a two-thirds majority of the shareholder votes cast is required.
A unanimous shareholder vote is required to increase liabilities of shareholders.
Abstention from voting by those present either in person, by videoconference or by any means of telecommunication allowing shareholders to be identified, or those represented by proxy or voting by mail is counted as a vote against the resolution submitted to a shareholder vote.
In general, each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share at any shareholders’ meeting. Under French law, shares of a company held by itself or entities controlled directly or indirectly by that company are not entitled to voting rights and do not count for quorum or majority purposes.
Financial Statements and Other Communications with Shareholders
In connection with any shareholders’ meeting, the Company must provide a set of documents, including the Company’s Annual Report and a summary of the results of the five previous fiscal years, to any shareholder who so requests. French law requires that a special report be provided to the ordinary shareholders’ meeting regarding stock options authorized and/or granted by the Company.
The Company may only distribute dividends out of the Company’s “distributable profits” plus any amounts held in the Company’s reserve which the shareholders decide to make available for distribution, other than those reserves which are specifically required by law or the Company’s statuts. “Distributable profits” consist of the Company’s unconsolidated net profit in each fiscal year, as increased or reduced by any profit or loss carried forward from prior years, less any contributions to the reserve accounts pursuant to French law or the Company’s statuts.
Legal Reserve
French law provides that each French société anonyme, such as the Company, must allocate 5% of its unconsolidated net profit for each year to its legal reserve fund before dividends may be paid with respect to that year. Funds must be allocated until the amount in the legal reserve is equal to 10% of the aggregate par value of the share capital. This restriction of payment of dividends also applies to each of the Company’s French subsidiaries on an unconsolidated basis. The legal reserve of any company subject to this requirement may only be distributed to shareholders upon liquidation of the company.
Approval of Dividends
According to French law, the Board of Directors may propose a dividend for approval by the shareholders at the annual shareholders’ meeting. If the Company has earned distributable profits since the end of the preceding fiscal year, as reflected in an interim income statement certified by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the Board of Directors may distribute interim dividends. The amount of such interim dividends cannot exceed the amount of the profits of the Company
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for the period covered by the interim income statement. The Board of Directors may declare, subject to French law, interim dividends paid in cash, without obtaining shareholders’ approval. For interim dividends paid in Shares, prior authorization by an ordinary shareholders’ meeting is required.
Distribution of Dividends
Dividends are distributed to shareholders pro-rata according to their respective holdings of Shares. Outstanding dividends are payable to shareholders on the date of the shareholders’ meeting at which the distribution of dividends is approved. In the case of interim dividends, distributions are made to shareholders on the date of the Board of Directors’ meeting in which the distribution of interim dividends is approved. The actual dividend payment date is decided by the shareholders in an ordinary shareholders’ meeting or by the Board of Directors in the absence of such a decision by the shareholders.
In addition, the Company’s statuts authorize the shareholders, in an ordinary meeting, to authorize the grant to each shareholder of an option to receive all or part of any annual or interim dividends in either cash or shares.
Timing of Payment
According to French law, the Company must pay any dividends within nine months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year, unless otherwise authorized by court order. Dividends on shares that are not claimed within five years of the date of declared payment revert to the French State.
4. | Changes in Share Capital |
Increases in Share Capital
As provided by French law, the Company’s share capital may be increased only with the shareholders’ approval at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting following a recommendation of the Board of Directors. Increases in the Company’s share capital may be effected by:
| • | issuing additional Shares, |
| • | increasing the nominal value of existing shares, or |
| • | issuing a new class of shares such as preferred shares. |
Increases in share capital by issuing additional ordinary or preferred shares or a new class of shares may be effected by issuing such securities:
| • | for assets contributed in kind, |
| • | by conversion, exchange or redemption of debt securities convertible, redeemable or exchangeable into the Company’s shares, |
| • | upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or other similar securities comprising rights to subscribe for the Company’s shares, |
| • | by capitalization of profits, reserves or share premiums, |
| • | subject to various conditions, in satisfaction of debt incurred by the Company, or |
| • | any combination of the above. |
Decisions to increase the share capital through the capitalization of reserves, profits and/or share premiums require the approval of an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, acting under the quorum and majority requirements applicable to ordinary shareholders’ meetings. Increases effected by an increase in the nominal value of shares require unanimous approval of the shareholders, unless effected by capitalization of reserves, profits or share premiums. All other capital increases require the approval of an extraordinary general meeting, acting under the quorum and majority requirements applicable to extraordinary
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shareholders’ meetings. However, the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting may delegate to the Board of Directors its powers to decide, within certain limits, upon capital increases.
The shareholders may delegate the right to carry out any increase in share capital (and subject to certain conditions may authorize the board to issue shares in remuneration of a contribution in-kind, when the contribution in-kind is made under the form of an exchange offer or when the contribution in-kind is constituted of equity securities and the shares issued represent no more than 10% of the share capital of the issuer) to the Board of Directors, provided that this increase has been previously authorized by the shareholders. The Board of Directors may further sub-delegate this right to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Each time the shareholders decide on a capital increase or decide to delegate to the Board of Directors the right to carry out a capital increase, they must decide on whether or not to proceed with a capital increase reserved to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries or whether or not to delegate to the Board of Directors the right to carry out such reserved capital increase.
Decreases in Share Capital
According to French law, any decrease in the Company’s share capital requires approval by the shareholders entitled to vote at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. In the case of a capital reduction, other than a reduction to absorb losses or a reduction as part of a program to purchase the Company’s own shares, all holders of shares must be offered the possibility to participate in such a reduction. The share capital may be reduced either by decreasing the nominal value of the outstanding share capital or by reducing the number of outstanding shares. The number of outstanding shares may be reduced either by an exchange of shares or by the repurchase and cancellation of shares. Holders of each class of shares must be treated equally unless each affected shareholder agrees otherwise.
5. | Preemptive Subscription Rights |
According to French law, if the Company issues new securities for cash giving rights, either immediately or at a later date, to subscribe to the Company’s new shares, current shareholders will have preemptive subscription rights to these securities on a pro-rata basis. These preemptive rights require the Company to give priority treatment to current shareholders. Preemptive subscription rights are transferable during the subscription period relating to a particular offering of shares. These rights may also be listed on Euronext Paris or any relevant stock exchange.
A two-thirds majority of the Shares entitled to vote at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting may vote to waive preemptive subscription rights with respect to any particular offering. French law requires that the Board of Directors and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm present reports that specifically address any proposal to waive preemptive subscription rights. In the event of a waiver, the issue of securities must be completed within the period prescribed by law. The shareholders may also decide at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to give existing shareholders a non-transferable priority right to subscribe to such new equity securities during a limited period of time. Shareholders also may notify the Company that they wish to waive their own preemptive subscription rights with respect to any particular offering if they so choose.
6. | Form, Holding and Transfer of Shares |
Form of Shares
The Company’s statuts provide that the Shares may be held in registered or bearer form.
Right to own Shares
The statuts contain no other limitations on the rights to own securities, other than the indication that the Company may require the repurchase, subject to the conditions set forth in article L. 228-35-10 of the French Commercial Code, either of all of its Shares with a preferential dividend and no voting right, or of a category of such Shares. The Company has not issued any Shares with a preferential dividend and no voting right.
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Holding of Shares
In accordance with French law concerning dematerialization of securities, ownership of Shares is not represented by share certificates but by book entries.
The Company maintains a share account with Euroclear France (“Euroclear”) in respect of all Shares in registered form, which is administered by BNP Paribas Securities Services. In addition, the Company maintains separate accounts in the name of each shareholder either directly, or, at the shareholder’s request, through his accredited intermediary. Each shareholder account shows the name of the holder and the number of Shares held through an accredited intermediary, the shareholder account shows that the Shares are held through such intermediary. BNP Paribas Securities Services, as a matter of course, issues confirmations to each registered shareholder as to Shares registered in the shareholder’s account, but these confirmations do not constitute documents of title.
Shares held in bearer form are held on the shareholder’s behalf in an account maintained by an accredited intermediary and are registered in an account maintained by such accredited intermediary with Euroclear. This account is separate from the Company’s account with Euroclear. Each accredited intermediary maintains a record of Shares held through it and will issue certificates of registration in respect thereof. The Company’s statuts permit the Company to request that Euroclear provide the Company at any time with the identity of the holders of the Company’s Shares or other securities granting immediate or future voting rights, held in bearer form, and with the number of Shares or other securities so held.
In addition, according to French law, Shares held by non-French residents may be held by an intermediary on the shareholder’s behalf in a collective account or in several individual accounts. The intermediary must declare its position as an intermediary holding Shares on behalf of the beneficial owner. Consequently, the owner of Shares recorded in the collective account or in several individual accounts by an intermediary will be represented in shareholders’ meetings by this intermediary.
Transfer of Shares
The Company’s statuts do not contain any restrictions relating to the transfer of Shares.
Registered Shares must be converted into bearer form before being sold on Euronext Paris and, accordingly, must be registered in an account maintained by an accredited intermediary. A shareholder may initiate a transfer by giving instructions to the relevant accredited intermediary.
A fee or commission is payable to the French broker, accredited intermediary or other agent involved in the transaction regardless of whether the transaction occurs within or outside France. No registration duty is normally payable in France, unless a transfer instrument has been executed in France.
If the Company is liquidated, any assets remaining after payment of the Company’s debts, liquidation expenses and all of the Company’s remaining obligations will be distributed first to repay in full the nominal value of the Company’s Shares. Any surplus will be distributed pro-rata among shareholders in proportion to the nominal value of their shareholdings.
8. | Requirements for Holdings Exceeding Certain Percentages |
French law provides that any individual or entity, including a holder of ADSs, holding Shares directly or through a financial intermediary, acting alone or in concert with others, that becomes the owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33 1/3%, 50%, 66 2/3%, 90% or 95% of the outstanding Shares or the voting rights of a listed company in France such as the Company, or that decreases its shareholding or voting rights below any of these percentages, must notify the company within five trading days of the date it crosses each threshold of the number of Shares, ADSs or securities exchangeable, convertible or redeemable into Shares it holds and their voting rights. The individual or entity must also notify the AMF within five trading days of such date of the number of equity securities it holds and the voting rights attached thereto. The AMF publicly releases the notice.
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French law and the AMF impose additional reporting requirements on persons, acting alone or in concert with others, who acquire more than 10% or 20% of the outstanding Shares or voting rights of a listed company. These persons must file with the AMF and such listed company, a report within ten trading days of the date such thresholds being crossed. In this report the acquirer must specify its intentions for the following 12-month period including whether or not such person or persons intend to continue its purchases, to acquire the control of such company or to seek a nomination to the company’s Board of Directors. This report must be filed with the AMF and such listed company. The AMF publicly releases the notice. The acquirer must also publish a press release stating its intentions in a financial newspaper of national circulation in France. The acquirer may amend its stated intentions, provided that it does so on the basis of significant changes in its own situation or its shareholders. Upon any change of intention, it must file a new report.
Under the regulations of the AMF, and subject to limited exemptions granted by the AMF, any person or persons acting in concert who comes to own more than 33 1/3% of the share capital or voting rights of a French listed company must initiate a public tender offer for the balance of the share capital of such company.
In order to permit shareholders to give the notice required by law, the Company must publish information with respect to the total number of voting rights outstanding as of the date of the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in the BALO not later than 15 calendar days after such meeting. In addition, if the number of outstanding voting rights changes by at least 5% or more between two ordinary shareholders’ meetings, the Company must publish in the BALO, within 15 calendar days of such change, the number of voting rights then outstanding and provide the AMF with a written notice. The AMF publishes the total number of voting rights so notified by all listed companies in a weekly notice (décision et information), mentioning the date each such number was updated. In order to facilitate compliance with the notification requirements, the form of threshold-crossing declaration form is available in English on the website of the AMF: www.amf-france.org.
In the case of a violation of the notification requirements provided for under French law, the undeclared share capital interest in excess of the required notification level will be deprived of voting rights for all shareholders’ meetings until the end of a two-year period following the date on which the owner thereof complies with such notification requirement. In addition, any shareholder who fails to comply with the above legal requirements may have all or part of its voting rights suspended for up to five years by the Commercial Court at the request of the Company’s chairman, any shareholder or the AMF, and may be further subject to a €18,000 fine.
The Company’s statuts do not contain any provisions governing the ownership threshold above and below which shareholder ownership must be disclosed. Accordingly, only legal provisions described above shall apply.
9. | Trading in the Company’s Shares |
Under the general regulation of the AMF and the European Regulation EC 2273/2003, as amended, we may trade in our own Shares in “buy-back” programs or to stabilize the trading of our Shares.
To be valid, a buy-back program must aim at reducing the capital of an issuer or to meet obligations arising from any of the following:
| • | debt financial instruments exchangeable into equity instruments, |
| • | employee share option programs or other allocations of shares to employees of the issuer or of an affiliate company, or |
| • | implementation in connection with “market practice” recognized by the AMF. As of the date of filing of this Annual Report, the AMF has recognized two market practices: (i) the buy-back of shares in order to exchange them or use them as a means of payment in the framework of external growth transactions and (ii) the buy back of shares in the framework of liquidity agreements. |
Moreover, any trade executed in the framework of a buy-back program is valid if it meets the following three requirements:
| • | The issuer must not, when executing trades under a buy-back program, purchase shares at a price higher than the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the market where the purchase is carried out, |
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| • | When ILOG carries out the purchase of own shares through derivative financial instruments, the exercise price of those derivative financial instruments shall not be above the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid, and |
| • | ILOG must not purchase more than 25% of the average daily trading volume of the Shares in any one day on the regulated market on which the purchase is carried out. |
There are two periods (“closed periods”) during which ILOG is not permitted to trade in its own securities: (i) during the period where the issuer has decided to delay the public disclosure of inside information and (ii) during the period of fifteen days preceding the publication of consolidated annual accounts, quarterly or semi-annual accounts.
Prior to the start of trading, full details of the program must be disclosed to the public. ILOG must declare, by publishing a press release on the website of the AMF and ILOG’s website, every share repurchase no later than 7 trading days after such transactions. ILOG must also file with the AMF on a monthly basis all share repurchase transactions made during the 24 month period preceding such filing.
On April 10, 2006, in accordance with the objective d) of the buy-back program relating to the improvement and the maintaining of the liquidity of ILOG’s Shares, we entered into a liquidity contract with Oddo Corporate Finance (“Oddo”) pursuant to the Code of Practice of the Association Francaise des Entreprises d’Investissement, as approved by the AMF in its decision of March 22, 2005 (“Liquidity Contract”). We mandated Oddo to improve and to maintain, on our behalf, the liquidity of ILOG’s Shares on the Euronext Paris. The term of the Liquidity Contract runs from March 31, 2006 through December 31, 2006 and is subject to automatic renewal for subsequent 12 month periods. The Company has allocated 1 million euros for implementation of the Liquidity Contract. The Liquidity Contract is limited to the Company’s Shares traded on Euronext Paris. The Liquidity Contract may be terminated by the Company at any time without prior notice, by Oddo with two-months’ prior notice to the Company or at any time without prior notice upon termination of a related liquidity provider agreement between Oddo and Euronext, and under one other specific circumstance related to Oddo’s purchase of Shares. According to the AMF decision dated March 22, 2005, these closed periods do not apply to trading pursuant to a liquidity agreement.
According to the French statute dated July 26, 2005, the Board of Directors must present, on an annual basis, to the shareholder’s meeting, a specific report regarding the share repurchase transactions, including the number, the price and the volume of the acquired shares and any changes to the initial objectives.
Last, ILOG may trade in its own Shares to stabilize the market. However, this trading can be carried out only for a limited time period after a securities offering. Detailed information must then be disclosed to the market. Such trading shall not in any circumstances be executed above the price of the offering.
10. | Purchase of the Company’s Own Shares |
Under French law, the Company may not subscribe to an issuance of its own shares. However, the Company may, directly or through an intermediary acting on its behalf, acquire up to 10% of the Company’s share capital for an aggregate price not to exceed 15 million euros, pursuant to a shareholders’ authorization.
The Company must hold any Shares it repurchases in registered form. These Shares also must be fully paid up. Shares repurchased by the Company are deemed outstanding under French law but are not entitled to dividends or voting rights, and the Company may not exercise any preemptive subscription rights attached to them.
The shareholders, at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, may decide not to take these Shares into account in determining the preemptive subscription rights attached to other Shares. However, if the shareholders decide to take them into account, the Company must either sell the rights attached to the Shares the Company holds on the market before the end of the subscription period or distribute them to the other shareholders on a pro rata basis.
On November 30, 2006, the shareholders will be asked to authorize the Board of Directors to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s total outstanding share capital at a maximum purchase price of €20 per share and a minimum sale price of €5 per share. The resolution will provide that the total amount of such repurchase may not exceed 15 million euros to:
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a) | provide consideration in the context of an acquisition or of an exchange of the Company’s shares in the context of external growth or issuance of securities giving access to the Company’s share capital, |
b) | implement stock purchase plans pursuant to applicable laws, in particular through profit-sharing, the award of stock-options, or through a corporate pension fund (Plan d’Epargne Entreprise), or other allocations of shares for the benefit of the employees or executives of the Company or its affiliates, |
c) | cancel repurchased shares, subject to shareholders’approval of a resolution, |
d) | improve and maintain the liquidity of the Shares on the market through a liquidity contract entered into with an investment services provider, |
e) | take into account any market practice recognized by the AMF, after the date of filing of this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A. |
This authorization will void and replace the authorization which was granted by the shareholders at the Company’s ordinary shareholders meeting held on November 29, 2005. On November 29, 2005, the shareholders of ILOG renewed their authorization to the Board of Directors to repurchase up to 10% of ILOG’s total outstanding share capital at a maximum purchase price of €20 per share and a minimum sale price of €5 per share. The total amount of such repurchases may not exceed 20 million euros. This authorization will expire on the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting called to approve the accounts for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2006, The authorization granted on November 29, 2005 has been used to repurchase 514,832 shares as of August 31, 2006. ILOG has submitted to the SEC, Reports on Form 6-K detailing repurchases of Shares pursuant to this authority.
For the Company’s share repurchases pursuant to the liquidity contract executed on April 10, 2006, please see “Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers.”
The new authorization, if approved by the shareholders, will expire on the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting called to approve the accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.
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Exchange Controls
Under current French exchange control regulations, there are no limitations on the amount of cash payments that may be remitted by ILOG to non-residents. Laws and regulations concerning foreign exchange controls do require, however, that all payments or transfers of funds made by a French resident to a non-resident be handled by an accredited intermediary. The payment of any dividends to foreign shareholders must be effected through an accredited intermediary. All registered banks and substantially all credit establishments in the Republic of France are accredited intermediaries.
Ownership of ADSs or Shares by Non-French Residents
Under French law, there is no limitation on the right of non-French residents or non-French shareholders to own, or where applicable, to vote securities of a French company. However, holders of ADSs may have to follow certain specific procedures, see “Item 3 D. —Holders of ADSs may be subject to additional risks related to holding ADSs rather than Shares.”
Under the French Monetary and Financial Code, an authorization (autorisation préalable) is no longer required prior to acquiring a controlling interest in a French company, with exceptions regarding certain sensitive economic areas, such as defense and pathogenic or toxic agents, for which foreign investors (including EU investors) must seek a prior authorization. However, both EU and non-EU residents must file an administrative notice (déclaration administrative), with French authorities in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in any French companies. Such administrative notice must also be filed in connection with certain investments made by a French company under foreign control. Under existing administrative rulings, ownership of more than 33 1/3% of a French company’s share capital or voting rights is, for instance, regarded as
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a direct investment subject to an administrative notice. A declaration for statistical purposes must also be made upon the acquisition or divestiture of at least 10% of the shares.
The following is a general summary of certain French tax and material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of shares or ADSs. This discussion applies only to U.S. Holders. You will be a U.S. Holder if you are a beneficial owner of shares or ADSs, you hold your shares or ADSs as capital assets and the following two conditions apply to you:
| • | You are any one of the following for U.S. federal income tax purposes: an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) it has an election in effect to be treated as a United States person under U. S. federal income tax law; and |
| • | You are entitled to the benefits of the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed August 31, 1994 (the “Treaty”). |
This summary does not purport to address all of the tax consequences to U.S. Holders. It also does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular U.S. Holder although such circumstances might materially affect the general tax treatment of such U.S. Holder. This summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may apply to U.S. Holders that are subject to special tax rules, without limitation, including U.S. expatriates, insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, securities-broker dealers, holders that directly, indirectly or by attribution own 10% or more of our outstanding shares of capital or voting stock, persons holding their shares or ADSs as part of a straddle, hedging transaction or conversion transaction, persons who acquired their shares or ADSs pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or similar derivative securities or otherwise as compensation, or persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. The discussion below does not address the tax treatment of partnerships or persons who hold shares or ADSs through a partnership or other pass-through entity. U.S. Holders of shares or ADSs are advised to consult their own tax advisors, with respect to the U.S. federal, state and local tax consequences, French tax consequences, and other tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of shares or ADSs and their eligibility for benefits under the Treaty.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Holders of our ADSs will be treated as owners of the underlying shares represented by such ADSs.
This summary is based on the tax laws of the United States and France, the Treaty and interpretations thereof by the relevant tax authorities that are currently in effect as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A, and all of which are subject to change or changes in interpretation and as such, U.S. Holders may be subject to tax consequences different from those set forth below. The statements of French and U.S. tax laws set out below assume that each obligation in the Deposit Agreement and any related agreement will be performed in accordance with its terms, and possibly with retroactive effect.
FRANCE
Withholding Tax
Dividends paid by French corporations to non-resident holders generally are subject to a 25% French withholding tax. However, dividends paid to non-resident holders who establish their entitlement to treaty benefits under an applicable income tax treaty prior to the payment of a dividend may be subject to a reduced rate (generally 15%) of such withholding tax.
Under the Treaty, dividends paid to U.S. Holders that are not effectively connected to a permanent establishment or fixed base maintained in France are subject to a reduced rate of 15% for U.S. Holders owning less than 10% of the outstanding shares of ILOG or 5% for U.S. corporate holders owning directly or indirectly at least 10% of the outstanding shares of ILOG.
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U.S Holders should generally be entitled to benefit from the immediate application of the reduced withholding tax at the Treaty rate of 15%, provided that they complete French Treasury Form Certificate of Residence for French Dividend Tax Relief, have it certified by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and send it to the paying agent before the dividend payment date.
Dividend Tax Credit
When French resident shareholders receive dividends from French corporations, they may benefits from (i) a tax allowance of 40 % applicable to amounts distributed and (ii) a tax credit equal to 50% of the distributed amounts, subject however to a maximum credit amount of €115 or €230 according to the familial situation of the taxpayer.
Dividends paid to U.S. residents do not benefit from the tax allowance of 40%, applicable to French resident individuals. However, U.S. resident individuals benefit from (i) the tax credit equal to 50% of the distributed amounts, subject however to a maximum credit amount of €115 or €230 according to the familial situation of the taxpayer, and, as the case may be (ii) a refund of such tax credit, after application of the withholding tax provided under the Treaty. Other U.S. residents, such as corporations, pension trusts and tax-exempt organizations, do not benefit from any tax credit or tax refund.
Taxation of Capital Gains
In general, a U.S. Holder will not be subject to French tax on any capital gain derived from the sale or exchange of shares or ADSs, except where such gain is effectively connected with permanent establishment or fixed base maintained by the U.S. Holder in France. Special rules apply to U.S. Holders who are individuals and are residents of more than one country.
Transfer Tax on Sale of Shares
A 1.1% transfer tax capped at €4,000 per transfer applies to certain transfers of shares or ADSs in French corporations. The transfer tax does not apply to transfers of shares or ADSs in French publicly-traded companies that are not evidenced by a written agreement, or where that agreement is executed outside France. Therefore, U.S. Holders should not be liable to pay the 1.1% transfer tax on the sale or disposition of the shares or ADS provided such sale or disposition is not evidenced by a written agreement or such agreement is not executed in France.
Estate and Gift Taxes
Under the estate and gift tax convention between the United States and France, a transfer of shares or ADSs by gift or by reason of the death of a U.S. Holder entitled to benefits under that convention will not be subject to French gift or inheritance tax, so long as the donor or decedent was not domiciled in France at the time of the transfer, and the shares or ADSs were not used or held for use in the conduct of a business or profession through a permanent establishment or fixed base in France.
Wealth Tax
The French wealth tax does not generally apply to shares or ADSs of a U.S. Holder if such holder is a resident of the United States for purposes of the Treaty.
UNITED STATES
Taxation of Dividends
Subject to the discussion under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” the gross amount of any dividend paid (before reduction for French withholding taxes) to a U.S. Holder, other than certain pro rata distributions of our shares, will generally be included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as ordinary dividend income to the extent paid or deemed paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) on the day the amount is actually or
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constructively received by the U.S. Holder in the case of shares, or by the depositary in the case of ADSs. The gross amount of any avoir fiscal discussed above under “– France – Dividend Tax Credit” also will be treated as dividend income. With respect to the 50% tax credit beginning on January 1, 2005, discussed above under “– France – Dividend Tax Credit”, it is not clear (no formal guidance has been issued) whether the gross amount of such 50% tax credit will be treated as dividend income. Dividends with respect to our shares or ADSs will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to U.S. corporations.
“Qualified dividend income” received by non-corporate U.S. Holders for this tax year and in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009, generally will be taxed at a maximum U.S. federal rate of 15% (rather than the higher rates of tax generally applicable to other items of ordinary income) provided certain holding period and other requirements are met. For this purpose, “qualified dividend income” generally includes dividends paid on stock in certain non-U.S. corporations if, among other things, (i) the shares of the non-U.S. corporation are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, or (ii) the non-U.S. corporation is eligible with respect to substantially all of its income for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States which contains an exchange of information program. The Treaty has been identified by the U.S. Treasury as a qualifying treaty. We currently anticipate that if we were to pay any dividends with respect to our shares or ADSs, they should constitute “qualified dividend income” for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that qualified non-corporate U.S. Holders should be entitled to the reduced rates of tax, as applicable. Dividends paid by us will not qualify for reduced rates if we are a passive foreign investment company in the year in which the dividends are paid or in the preceding tax year. The ability of a taxpayer to utilize any foreign tax credits attributable to qualified dividend income is subject to limitations and you are urged to consult your own tax adviser regarding the impact of these limitations in your particular situation.
A distribution with respect to our shares or ADSs in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a tax-free return of basis in the shares or ADSs to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such shares or ADSs, with the balance of the distribution, if any, treated as capital gain realized by the U.S. Holder from the sale, exchange or other disposition of the shares or ADSs.
The amount of any distribution paid in euros will be included in a U.S. Holder’s income at an amount equal to the U.S. dollar value of the euro based on the exchange rate in effect on the date of receipt by the U.S. Holder in the case of shares, or by the depositary in the case of ADSs, regardless of whether the payment is converted into U.S. dollars. If the euro received as a distribution is not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the distribution. However, the U.S. Holder will be required to include gain or loss in income if the U.S. Holder later exchanges the euros for U.S. dollars. The gain or loss will be equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount that the U.S. Holder includes in income when the dividend is received and the amount that the U.S. Holder receives on the exchange of euros for U.S. dollars. Such gain or loss, if any, recognized by a U.S. Holder will generally be United States source ordinary income or loss. In addition, if a U.S. Holder receives a refund described in “– France – Dividend Tax Credit”, such U.S. Holder may be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss on the receipt of such refund, which would generally be United States source ordinary income or loss.
Subject to certain limitations including a holding period requirement, U.S. Holders may elect to claim a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability for French tax withheld in accordance with the Treaty from dividends paid by us, or if they do not elect to credit any foreign tax for the taxable year, they may deduct such tax as an itemized deduction. For foreign tax credit limitation purposes, dividends paid by us will generally be foreign source income. Any distribution in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits generally will not give rise to foreign source income and a U.S. Holder will not be able to use the foreign tax credit arising from any French withholding tax imposed on such distribution unless such credit can be applied (subject to applicable limitations) against U.S. federal income tax due on other foreign source income.
Taxation of Dispositions
Subject to the discussion under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” a U.S. Holder will recognize capital gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes on a sale or other disposition of shares or ADSs in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the shares or ADSs. Because our shares and ADSs are traded on securities markets, a cash basis U.S. Holder (or an electing accrual basis U.S. Holder) who receives euros for the sale or disposition may be required to compute the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized at the spot rate on the settlement date, and other U.S. Holders may be required to determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized as of the date of sale. The gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of our shares or ADSs will be long-term capital gain or
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loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for such shares or ADSs exceeds one year. Long-term capital gain of a non-corporate U.S. Holder is generally subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%. For corporate U.S. Holders, capital gains are currently taxed at the same rate as ordinary income. The deductibility of a capital loss, however, is subject to limitations for both non-corporate and corporate U.S. Holders. Any capital gain or loss that a U.S. Holder recognizes will generally be treated as United States source.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules
Certain United States federal income tax rules apply to holders of equity interests in a foreign corporation classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC. We would be a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes if 75% or more of our gross income for a taxable year were to consist of passive income, or 50% or more of our average assets held during a taxable year were to consist of passive assets. Based on our current and projected financial data, we believe that we will not currently be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, there can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year as the conclusion is a factual determination made annually and thus may be subject to change based on future income and the future composition and valuation of our assets.
If we were to constitute a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder would be subject to special rules generally intended to reduce or eliminate any benefits from the deferral of United States federal income tax that a U.S. Holder could derive from investing in a foreign company that does not distribute all of its earnings on a current basis. In such event, a U.S. Holder may be subject to tax at the highest ordinary income tax rates on (i) any gain recognized on the sale of our shares or ADSs and (ii) any “excess distribution” paid on our shares or ADSs (generally, a distribution in excess of 125% of the average annual distributions paid by us in the three preceding taxable years). In addition, you may be subject to an interest charge on such gain or excess distribution. Prospective U.S. Holders should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the potential application of PFIC rules as well as certain elections that may be available to a U.S. Holder to mitigate such consequences.
United States backup withholding tax and information reporting
Payments made by a paying agent within the United States to U.S. Holders other than corporations and other exempt recipients in respect of shares or ADSs may be subject to information reporting to the United States Internal Revenue Service, or IRS. Such payments are also subject to backup withholding tax if made to a non-exempt U.S. Holder that fails to provide certain information to the paying agent, including the holder’s taxpayer identification number, and to comply with certain other requirements concerning backup withholding. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a holder of shares or ADSs generally will be allowed as a refund or a credit against such holder’s U.S. federal income tax, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS. The current rate of backup withholding tax is 28%.
F. | Dividends and Paying Agents |
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
We are subject to the information requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as they apply to foreign private issuers and, in accordance therewith, we are required to file and submit reports, including Annual Reports on Form 20-F, and other information with the SEC. Any filings and submissions that we are required to make electronically, including this Annual Report and the exhibits hereto, are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. All public materials filed or submitted with the SEC, including this Annual Report and the exhibits hereto, may also be inspected and copied at the SEC’s public reference rooms in Washington, D.C., New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public refe rence rooms.
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Not Applicable.
Item 11. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
Currencies
We operate on a multinational basis and a significant portion of our business is conducted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which is our financial reporting currency for the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. Approximately 34% of our sales and 53% of our operating expenses in fiscal year 2006 were denominated in euros, with the remainder in U.S. dollars and, to a lesser extent, other currencies. For the year ended June 30, 2006, the effect of a 10% hypothetical uniform strengthening in the value of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar would have resulted in an increase in revenues of $5.5 million and operating expenses of $6.8 million with a decrease in operating income of approximately $1.3 million and decrease in earnings per share of $0.07.
Fluctuations in the value of the currencies in which we conduct our business relative to the U.S. dollar have caused and will continue to cause dollar-translated amounts to vary from one period to another. Also, currency exchange rate movements of foreign currency denominated receivables and payables recorded by the Company and each of its subsidiaries, including their respective intercompany accounts, result in the reporting of realized and unrealized exchange gains or losses in our income statement. In order to mitigate the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, we enter into foreign exchange derivative financial instruments to protect against foreign currency rate improvements relative to the euro for anticipated cash flows from transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries. Due to the number of currencies involved, the constantly changing currency exposures and the volatility of currency exchange rates, we cannot predict the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on future operating results. See “Item 3.D. Risk Factors—2. Risks that could adversely affect our Business operations—Currency fluctuations could result in lower profitability for us in dollar terms and the reporting of exchange losses.”
Interest rates
We believe we do not have any significant risk with regard to interest rate fluctuation and accordingly we do not hedge for interest rate exposure.
Item 12. | Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities |
Not Applicable.
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PART II
Item 13. | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies |
None.
Item 14. | Material Modification to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds |
None.
Item 15. | Controls and Procedures |
As of June 30, 2006, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A, the Company, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pierre Haren, and Chief Financial Officer, Jérôme Arnaud, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The Company’s management recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving management’s control objectives. The Company’s management, including its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, believe that, as of June 30, 2006, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance of achieving management’s control objectives.
There were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ILOG is aware of the importance of maintaining controls and procedures and is working towards improving its controls and procedures. One of the objectives of any internal control procedures control system is to prevent and control risks arising from the Company’s business operations and the risks of error or fraud, in particular in areas of accounting and finance. As with every control system, the internal control procedures cannot provide an absolute guarantee that these risks are totally eliminated.
Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, Section 404 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Section 404, will require us to include an internal control report of management with our Annual Report on Form 20-F. The internal control report must contain:
| • | a statement of management’s responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, |
| • | a statement identifying the framework used by management to conduct the required evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, |
| • | management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our most recent fiscal year, including a statement as to whether or not our internal control over financial reporting is effective. |
The SEC issued on August 10, 2006 a Flash Report extending for an additional year the Section 404 (b) compliance deadline for foreign private issuers that (a) have at least $75 million but less than $700 million in public float, (b) meet the other conditions required of accelerated filers and (c) file their annual reports on Form 20-F or 40-F. As a result of this extension, we will provide the first auditor’s attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the Section 404 (b) requirement for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008.
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In addition, pursuant to article L.225-37 of the French Commercial Code, the Chairman of our Board of Directors is required to deliver a special report in connection with the annual shareholders’ meeting regarding the Board’s governance practices and the status of ILOG’s internal control procedures. This report is required to describe, among other things, the organization of our internal control, the employees responsible for internal control, the underlying documents related to our internal controls (code of business conduct and ethics or others) and the internal control procedures that we currently have in place, including internal controls designed for purposes of preparing ILOG’s financial information and Consolidated Financial Statements. This report must also include a Chairman’s opinion regarding the efficiency of ILOG’s internal procedures, along with the independent registered public accounting firm’s (Commissaires aux Comptes) report on the Chairman’s opinion regarding the efficiency of ILOG’s internal procedures.
In the course of our ongoing Section 404 evaluation, we have identified areas of internal control that may need improvement, and are designing enhanced processes and controls to address these and any other issues that might be identified through this review.
We cannot be certain as to the timing of completion of our evaluation, testing and any remediation actions or the impact of the same on our operations. If we are not able to implement the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner or with adequate compliance or our independent auditors are not able to certify the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we may be subject to sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities, including the SEC. As a result, there could be a negative reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements. In addition, we may be required to incur costs in improving our internal control system and the hiring of additional personnel. Any such action could negatively affect our results.
Item 16. | Audit Committee and other Financial Related Information |
A. | Audit Committee financial expert |
Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Pierre-Michel Peugnet is an Audit Committee financial expert within the meaning of Item 16A. (b) and (c) of the requirements of Form 20-F of the SEC. The SEC has determined that the Audit Committee financial expert designation will not result in such person being deemed an “expert�� for any purpose, including without limitation for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and does not impose on the person with that designation, any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors in the absence of such designation. His curriculum is presented under Item 6 of this Annual Report on Form 20-F/A. Mr. Peugnet is an “independent” Director within the meaning of Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Company has adopted on January 20, 2003, a general “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics”, and on April 1, 2005, a “Supplementary Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Executives”, that applies to its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer and its Corporate Controller or persons performing similar functions (the “Designated Executives”) and are designed to comply with the requirements of Item 16B. of Form 20-F. If we amend the provisions of our Supplementary Code of Ethics, or if we grant any waiver of such provisions, we will disclose such amendment or waiver.
The “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics” and the “Supplementary Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Designated Executives” are available on our internet website (www.ilog.com). We further undertake to provide to any person, upon request and without charge, a copy of these Codes of Ethics. Please address your request to Kim Funk, VP and General Counsel, 1080 Linda Vista Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043.
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Any breach of the provisions of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or of the Supplement Code of Business Conduct for Designated Executives which is considered to be potentially material will be submitted to the Board for review and decision. The Board will determine if the alleged breach of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or the Supplementary Code of Business Conduct for Designated Executives is material and may waive such breach or take whatever disciplinary action it considers appropriate in the circumstances, including immediate dismissal of the concerned Executive. No such matters have been referred to the Board during this fiscal reporting period.
C. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
Fees paid by ILOG to its U.S. independent registered public accounting firm and the members of its network in fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2005 were as follows:
(in thousands of euros) | | Ernst & Young Audit | | Audit & Diagnostic(d) |
| | fiscal year 2006 | | fiscal year 2005 | | fiscal year 2006 | | fiscal year 2005 |
• Audit fees(a) | | €740 | | €477 | | €55 | | €35 |
• Audit-related fees(b) | | 107 | | 36 | | — | | — |
• Tax fees(c) | | 4 | | 17 | | — | | — |
• All other services | | 23 | | — | | — | | — |
| | €874 | | €530 | | €55 | | €35 |
______________(a) | Audit fees paid to Ernst & Young Audit include the audit of our Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the statutory audit of us and the audit of certain of our subsidiaries, the review of our quarterly and semi-annual financial statements, SEC registration statements and other filings, and certain certifications required for French regulatory purposes. |
(b) | Audit–related fees include assessment of design and implementation of internal accounting controls and due diligence pertaining to business combinations. |
(c) | Tax fees include a detailed review of the Company’s transfer pricing policy and its compliance with tax rules, as well as tax compliance in Singapore and in the UK. |
(d) | Audit & Diagnostic are co-statutory auditors required by French law. |
All fees paid to Ernst & Young Audit in the fiscal years 2006 and 2005 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. The Company’s Audit Committee is required to review and approve in advance the retention of the independent auditors for the performance of all audit and non-audit services that are not prohibited and the fees for such services. Pre-approval of audit and non-audit services that are not prohibited may be pursuant to appropriate policies and procedures established by the committee for the pre-approval of such services, including through delegation of authority to a member of the committee. Any service that is approved pursuant to a delegation of authority to a member of the committee must be reported to the full committee at its next scheduled meeting.
D. | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees |
None.
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E. | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers |
In fiscal year 2006, ILOG carried on a share repurchase program implemented in 2005. The following table sets forth information with respect to ILOG’s share repurchases in the 2006 fiscal year.
| | Total number of shares purchased(a) | | Average price paid per share (in euros) | | Total number of shares sold | | Average price received per share (in euros) | | Net number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs | | Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs(a) |
July 2005 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,741,356 |
August 2005 | | 200,716 | | 12.39 | | — | | — | | 200,716 | | 1,540,640 |
September 2005 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,552,953 |
October 2005 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,559,523 |
November 2005 | | 87,343 | | 12.96 | | — | | — | | 87,343 | | 1,472,180 |
December 2005 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,472,180 |
January 2006 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,489,187 |
February 2006 | | 52,800 | | 12.22 | | — | | — | | 52.800 | | 1,436,387 |
March 2006 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 1,436,387 |
April 2006 | | 111,855 | | 13.77 | | 86,272 | | 13.88 | | 25,583 | | 1,419,703 |
May 2006 | | 83,043 | | 12.71 | | 49,144 | | 12.90 | | 33,899 | | 1,385,804 |
June 2006 | | 51,910 | | 10.39 | | 46,967 | | 10.35 | | 4,943 | | 1,380,861 |
July 2006 | | 72,304 | | 8.93 | | 56,947 | | 9.26 | | 15,357 | | 1,374,387 |
August 2006 | | 77,697 | | 8.60 | | 42,691 | | 8.72 | | 35,006 | | 1,340,049 |
______________(a) | On November 30, 2004, the shareholders of ILOG authorized the Board of Directors to repurchase up to 10% of ILOG’s total outstanding share capital at a maximum purchase price of €13 and a minimum sale price of €3. The total amount of such repurchases may not exceed 15 million euros. This authorization expired on the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting called to approve the accounts for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2005 and held on November 29, 2005. On November 29, 2005, the shareholders of ILOG renewed their authorization to the Board of Directors to repurchase up to 10% of ILOG’s total outstanding share capital at a maximum purchase price of €20 and a minimum sale price of €5. The total amount of such repurchases may not exceed 15 million euros. This authorization will expire on the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting called to approve the accounts for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2006, which is currently scheduled for November 30, 2006. At that meeting, the shareholders will be asked to authorize the Board of Directors to adopt a new share repurchase plan allowing for a maximum purchase price of €20 and a minimum sale price of €5, with no change in the purchase cap. All purchases and sales were made pursuant to this authority. ILOG has submitted to the SEC, Reports on Form 6-K detailing repurchases of shares pursuant to this authority. The repurchases are subject to the provisions of French law. See “Item 10. Additional Information—B.9. Purchase of the Company’s Own Shares”. |
Treasury stock, under the current buy-back program, may be used a) to reduce the Company’s share capital by cancellation of such shares, b) to provide shares for distribution to the company’s employees, c) be used in connection with an acquisition, or d) used to improve the liquidity of the Shares on the market. On April 10, 2006, and in accordance with the objective d) of our buy-back program, relating to the improvement and the maintaining of the liquidity of ILOG’s Shares, we entered into a liquidity contract with Oddo Corporate Finance (“Oddo”) pursuant to the Code of Practice of the Association Francaise des Entreprises d’Investissement, as approved by the AMF in its decision of March 22, 2005 (“Liquidity Contract”). We mandated Oddo to improve and to maintain, on our behalf, the liquidity of ILOG’s Shares on the Euronext Paris. The term of the Liquidity Contract runs from March 31, 2006 through December 31, 2006 and is subject to automatic renewal for subsequent 12 month periods. The Company has allocated 1 million euro for implementation of the Liquidity Contract. The Liquidity Contract is limited to the Company’s Shares traded on Euronext Paris. The Liquidity Contract may be terminated by the Company at any time without prior notice, by Oddo with two-months’ prior notice to the Company or at any time without prior notice upon termination of a related liquidity provider agreement between Oddo and Euronext, and under one other specific circumstance related to Oddo’s purchase of Shares.
As of August 31, 2006, the Company had repurchased 514,832 Shares, of its own Shares according to its repurchase program and liquidity contract, at an average price of €11.81 and for a total purchase price of €6,081. As of August 31, 2006, the Company had repurchased 450,044 Shares directly on the market and net 64,788 Shares indirectly on the market through the liquidity contract.
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PART III
Item 17. | Financial Statements |
Not Applicable.
Item 18. | Financial Statements |
The following financial statements and schedules, together with the report of Ernst & Young Audit thereon, are filed as part of this Annual Report:
(Financial statement schedules I, III, IV and V are omitted as the information is not required, is not applicable or the information is presented in the financial statements or related notes thereto.)
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report:
1 | | Statuts (by-laws), of ILOG S.A., as amended (unofficial English translation) |
2.1 | | Form of Deposit Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1997 and amended August 1998, between the Company, the Depositary and the holders of American Deposit Shares |
8 | | Subsidiaries of the Registrant |
12.1 | | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act |
12.2 | | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act |
13.1 | | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code |
15 | | Consent of Ernst & Young Audit relating to the incorporation by reference of the audit report |
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ILOG S.A.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of ILOG S.A.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ilog S.A. as of June 30, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2006. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of ILOG S.A. as of June 30, 2006 and 2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respect the information set forth therein.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted, as of July 1, 2005, the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (R), “Share-Based Payment”.
Paris-La Défense, France
October 4, 2006
| | | ERNST & YOUNG Audit |
| | | /s/ DENIS THIBON |
| | | Represented by Denis Thibon |
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ILOG S.A.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share data)
| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
ASSETS | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $61,442 | | | $61,730 |
Short term investments | | | 7,804 | | | — |
Total cash, cash equivalents and short term investments | | | 69,246 | | | 61,730 |
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $479 and $683 at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively) | | | 29,683 | | | 28,899 |
Value-added tax collectible on accounts receivable | | | 1,536 | | | 1,659 |
Other receivables | | | 3,600 | | | 2,738 |
Deferred income taxes | | | 1,223 | | | 207 |
Prepaid expenses | | | 2,971 | | | 2,192 |
Total current assets | | | 108,259 | | | 97,425 |
Property and equipment-net | | | 4,582 | | | 4,506 |
Goodwill and intangible assets-net | | | 2,320 | | | 2,079 |
Other long-term assets | | | 3,601 | | | 1,801 |
Total long-term assets | | | 10,503 | | | 8,386 |
Total assets | | | $118,762 | | | $105,811 |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | | | $7,939 | | | $5,702 |
Accrued compensation | | | 14,109 | | | 14,744 |
Value-added tax payable | | | 1,375 | | | 1,786 |
Current portion of capital lease obligations | | | 354 | | | 429 |
Deferred revenue | | | 24,426 | | | 22,782 |
Other current liabilities | | | 595 | | | 926 |
Total current liabilities | | | 48,798 | | | 46,369 |
Long-term portion of capital lease obligations | | | 210 | | | 361 |
Other long-term liabilities | | | 942 | | | 681 |
Total long-term liabilities | | | 1,152 | | | 1,042 |
Total liabilities | | | 49,950 | | | 47,411 |
Commitments and contingencies | | | — | | | — |
Shareholders’ equity: | | | | | | |
Shares, €1 nominal value, 18,542,133 and 18,005,407 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively | | | 22,122 | | | 21,470 |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 70,187 | | | 63,986 |
Treasury stock at cost | | | (6,890) | | | (713) |
Accumulated deficit | | | (23,435) | | | (30,052) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | | | 6,828 | | | 3,709 |
Total shareholders’ equity | | | 68,812 | | | 58,400 |
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | | $118,762 | | | $105,811 |
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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ILOG S.A.
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
| | Year ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
Revenues: | | | | | | | | | |
License fees | | | $66,376 | | | $67,707 | | | $58,163 |
Maintenance | | | 38,115 | | | 34,158 | | | 27,625 |
Professional services | | | 29,068 | | | 23,438 | | | 16,999 |
Total revenues | | | 133,559 | | | 125,303 | | | 102,787 |
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Cost of revenues: | | | | | | | | | |
License fees | | | 1,014 | | | 1,031 | | | 1,062 |
Maintenance | | | 4,303 | | | 3,870 | | | 3,510 |
Professional services | | | 23,055 | | | 19,782 | | | 14,052 |
Total cost of revenues | | | 28,372 | | | 24,683 | | | 18,624 |
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Gross profit | | | 105,187 | | | 100,620 | | | 84,163 |
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Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | | |
Marketing and selling | | | 56,391 | | | 53,364 | | | 48,815 |
Research and development | | | 28,886 | | | 27,224 | | | 22,782 |
General and administrative | | | 15,276 | | | 13,561 | | | 10,726 |
Total operating expenses | | | 100,553 | | | 94,149 | | | 82,323 |
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Income from operations | | | 4,634 | | | 6,471 | | | 1,840 |
Interest expense | | | (31) | | | (44) | | | (69) |
Interest income | | | 1,441 | | | 1,007 | | | 765 |
Other, net | | | (296) | | | (57) | | | 249 |
Net income before income taxes | | | 5,748 | | | 7,377 | | | 2,785 |
Income taxes benefit (expense) | | | 869 | | | (650) | | | (1,120) |
Net income | | | $6,617 | | | $6,727 | | | $1,665 |
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Net income per share | | | | | | | | | |
- basic | | | $0.37 | | | $0.38 | | | $0.10 |
- diluted | | | $0.35 | | | $0.36 | | | $0.09 |
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Number of shares used in computing net income per share | | | | | | | | | |
- basic | | | 17,994,544 | | | 17,815,291 | | | 17,484,750 |
- diluted | | | 18,935,910 | | | 18,721,971 | | | 18,417,137 |
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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ILOG S.A.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
| | Year ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Net income | | | $6,617 | | | $6,727 | | | $1,665 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 2,549 | | | 2,926 | | | 3,830 |
Unrealized loss (gain) on derivative instruments | | | (150) | | | 125 | | | (37) |
Gain on short-term investments | | | (173) | | | (173) | | | (76) |
Deferred income taxes | | | (1,058) | | | (25) | | | (68) |
Stock-based compensation | | | 2,462 | | | — | | | 69 |
Net loss on sales or impairment of fixed assets | | | 138 | | | 186 | | | 201 |
Increase (Decrease) in cash from: | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | (84) | | | (5,709) | | | 216 |
Value-added tax collectible on accounts receivable | | | 196 | | | (542) | | | 7 |
Other receivables | | | (520) | | | 223 | | | 73 |
Prepaid expenses | | | (408) | | | (118) | | | (172) |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | | 2,234 | | | 618 | | | (1,197) |
Accrued compensation | | | (911) | | | 3,973 | | | 1,058 |
Deferred revenue | | | 1,041 | | | 5,246 | | | 2,915 |
Value-added tax payable | | | (477) | | | 423 | | | 201 |
Other | | | (2,034) | | | (734) | | | (561) |
Net cash provided by operating activities | | | 9,422 | | | 13,146 | | | 8,124 |
Cash flows from investing activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Sale (Purchase) of short term investments, net | | | (7,352) | | | 22,314 | | | (22,065) |
Purchases of property and equipment | | | (1,883) | | | (2,465) | | | (1,017) |
Business acquisition | | | — | | | (1,793) | | | — |
Purchases of equity method investment | | | — | | | (500) | | | — |
Net acquisition of intangible assets | | | (613) | | | (168) | | | (528) |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | | | (9,848) | | | 17,388 | | | (23,610) |
Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Principal payments on capital lease obligations | | | (496) | | | (602) | | | (607) |
Cash proceeds from issuance of shares | | | 4,391 | | | 3,317 | | | 3,685 |
Purchase of treasury stock | | | (6,177) | | | (713) | | | — |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | (2,282) | | | 2,002 | | | 3,078 |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | | | 2,420 | | | (885) | | | 2,608 |
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | | | (288) | | | 31,651 | | | (9,800) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | | 61,730 | | | 30,079 | | | 39,879 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | | | $61,442 | | | $61,730 | | | $30,079 |
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Supplemental disclosure | | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for income taxes | | | $459 | | | $691 | | | $607 |
Cash paid for interest | | | $31 | | | $44 | | | $69 |
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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ILOG S.A.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for number of share data)
| | | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | | | | | Accumulated other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | | |
| | Shares | | | | | | | | |
| | Number | | Amount | | | Treasury Stock | | Accumulated Deficit | | | Shareholders’ Equity |
Balance July 1, 2003 | | 16,901,570 | | | $11,536 | | | $66,849 | | | — | | | $(38,444) | | | $2,351 | | | $42,292 |
Options exercised | | 74,111 | | | 55 | | | 537 | | | | | | | | | | | | 592 |
Issuance of shares | | 638,018 | | | 448 | | | 2,537 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,985 |
Warrants exercised | | 12,000 | | | 9 | | | 99 | | | | | | | | | | | | 108 |
Issuance of warrants | | | | | | | | 69 | | | | | | | | | | | | 69 |
Components of comprehensive income : | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Minimum pension liability adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (194) | | | (194) |
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges | | | | | | | | | | �� | | | | | | | 13 | | | 13 |
Translation adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,208 | | | 2,208 |
Net income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,665 | | | | | | 1,665 |
Total comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,692 |
Balance June 30, 2004 | | 17,625,699 | | | 12,048 | | | 70,091 | | | — | | | (36,779) | | | 4,378 | | | 49,738 |
Options exercised | | 235,065 | | | 284 | | | 1,670 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,954 |
Issuance of shares | | 140,643 | | | 138 | | | 1,187 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,325 |
Warrants exercised | | 4,000 | | | 3 | | | 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | 38 |
Increase of share nominal value | | | | | 8,997 | | | (8,997) | | | | | | | | | | | | — |
Purchase of treasury stock | | | | | | | | | | | (713) | | | | | | | | | (713) |
Components of comprehensive income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Minimum pension liability adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 284 | | | 284 |
Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (319) | | | (319) |
Translation adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (634) | | | (634) |
Net income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,727 | | | | | | 6,727 |
Total comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,058 |
Balance June 30, 2005 | | 18,005,407 | | | 21,470 | | | 63,986 | | | (713) | | | (30,052) | | | 3,709 | | | 58,400 |
Options exercised | | 494,726 | | | 601 | | | 3,341 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,942 |
Warrants exercised | | 42,000 | | | 51 | | | 398 | | | | | | | | | | | | 449 |
Stock-based compensation | | | | | | | | 2,462 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,462 |
Purchase of treasury stock | | | | | | | | | | | (6,177) | | | | | | | | | (6,177) |
Components of comprehensive income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 378 | | | 378 |
Translation adjustment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,741 | | | 2,741 |
Net income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,617 | | | | | | 6,617 |
Total comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,736 |
Balance June 30, 2006 | | 18,542,133 | | | $22,122 | | | $70,187 | | | $(6,890) | | | $(23,435) | | | $6,828 | | | $68,812 |
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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ILOG S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands of U.S dollars, except for share and per share data)
1. | Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Nature of Business
ILOG S.A. and its subsidiaries (“the Company”) develop, market, support and provide consulting services for software used for business rule management, resource optimization and visual interfaces. Our component software is not industry specific and can be configured for use in a wide variety of businesses. Several new optimization products in the late stages of development are directed to the semiconductor chip manufacturing, transportation and process manufacturing industries. Our customers, or upon request from our customers, our consulting services department, use our software to develop strategic business applications or to solve complex business problems. Examples include insurance underwriting and claims handling, airline crew and equipment scheduling, government security operations, telecommunications network display, financial trading, commercial and residential lending, and order processing. Because of the horizontal or ‘generic’ nature of the functionality of our software components, additional development to fit the particular customer industry is required. For our customers that are trying to automate very complex problems, the additional development process can prove difficult and expensive, and therefore purchasing decisions are sometimes difficult to capture accurately in our forecasts. The Company’s products are distributed through its direct sales force, system integrators, value added resellers, independent software vendors and original equipment manufacturers.
ILOG S.A. is organized as a société anonyme, a form of corporation, under the laws of the Republic of France, and was founded in 1987.
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which were applied on a consistent basis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying footnotes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include ILOG S.A. and its wholly owned subsidiaries located in the United States, Australia, China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom after eliminating intercompany accounts and transactions.
On October 25, 2004, ILOG acquired for five hundred thousand U.S. dollars (€386 thousand), 12.5 % of the South Korean company RTO, which specialized in editing and selling software. This investment is accounted for under the equity method, as ILOG is a member of RTO’s Board of Directors and has furthermore signed a reseller agreement for the software this company has developed.
Investments in which the Company is not able to exercise significant influence over the investee are accounted for under the cost method.
Reclassification
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to current year presentation.
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Foreign Currency Translation and Transaction
The functional currency of ILOG S.A. and its subsidiaries is the applicable local currency in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation”, while the Company’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar.
All assets and liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollar equivalents at exchange rates as follows: (1) asset and liability accounts at the exchange rate in effect on the balance sheet date, (2) revenues and expenses at the respective monthly average exchange rates, and (3) shareholders’ equity accounts at historical exchange rates. Translation gains or losses are recorded as a separate component of shareholders’ equity.
Transaction gains and losses are reflected in net income.
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue is derived from three primary sources: software license fees, maintenance and professional service fees, including consulting and training services.
The Company recognizes revenue from product licensing fees, whether sold directly or through distributors, when the product is delivered, the fee is fixed or determinable, evidence of an arrangement has been received, all significant contractual obligations have been satisfied and the resulting receivable is deemed collectible by management, in accordance with Statement of Position 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition” (“SOP 97-2”,) as amended by Statement of Position 98-4, “Deferral of the Effective Date of a Provision of SOP 97-2” and Statement of Position 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain Transactions”. If any of these criteria are not met, recognition of revenues is deferred until such time as all of the criteria are met.
Our software arrangements often include consulting and training services. Consulting revenues from these arrangements are generally accounted for separately from software license revenues as the services (1) are not essential to the functionality of the software license, (2) are available from other vendors, and (3) do not include significant modification or customization of the software. Revenues from time and material consulting services are recognized as the services are performed. Revenues from fixed price consulting services are recognized on a proportional performance basis.
When consulting services are considered essential to a software deliverable or the arrangement involves significant customization or modification of software, both the license and consulting service revenue under the arrangement are recognized under the percentage of completion method of contract accounting. Training revenue is recognized at the time service is performed.
Revenue from software maintenance agreements is recognized ratably over the arrangement period, which in most instances is for one year. Accordingly, deferred revenues consist principally of deferrals for invoiced maintenance services, not yet recognized as revenues.
In bundled software arrangements that include rights to multiple software products and/or services, the Company recognizes revenues using the residual method as prescribed by the Statement of Position 98-9 “Modification of SOP No. 97-2 Software Revenue Recognition with Respect to Certain Transactions.” Under the residual method, revenues are allocated to the undelivered elements based on vendor specific objective evidence of fair value of the undelivered elements and the residual amount of revenues are allocated to the delivered elements. Vendor specific objective evidence of the fair value of maintenance contracts is based on renewal rates as determined by the prices paid by the Company’s customers when maintenance is sold separately. Vendor specific objective evidence of fair value of training and consulting services is based upon daily rates as determined by the prices paid by the Company’s customers when these services are sold separately.
Sales Returns
The Company’s customers generally do not have the right to return product for credit or refund. Any potential sales returns are covered by the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company has not experienced any significant sales returns to date.
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Guarantor’s Accounting for Guarantees
The Company from time to time enters into certain types of contracts that contingently require the Company to indemnify parties against third party claims. These contracts primarily relate to: (i) certain agreements with the Company’s officers, directors and employees and third parties, under which the Company may be required to indemnify such persons for liabilities arising out of their duties to the Company and (ii) agreements under which the Company indemnifies customers and partners for claims arising from intellectual property infringements.
The terms of such obligations vary. Generally a maximum obligation is not stated. Because the obligated amount of these agreements are not explicitly stated, the overall maximum amount of the obligations cannot be reasonably estimated. Historically, the Company has not been obligated to make significant payments for these obligations, and no liabilities have been recorded for these obligations on its balance sheet as of June 30, 2006 and 2005.
The Company warrants that its software product will operate substantially in conformity with product documentation and that the physical media will be free of defect. The specific terms and conditions of the warranties vary depending upon the country in which the product is sold and the size of the transaction. The duration of the warranties ranges from 180 to 360 days. The Company provides for the costs of warranty when specific problems are identified. The Company has not experienced any significant warranty claims to date.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at nominal value net of allowances for doubtful accounts and credit notes. The Company makes judgments as to its ability to collect outstanding receivables and provides allowances for the portion of receivables when collection becomes doubtful. Provision is made based upon a specific review of all significant outstanding invoices. These estimates are based on our bad debt write-off experience, analysis of credit information, specific identification of probable bad debts based on our collection efforts, aging of accounts receivable and other known factors. Our actual results could differ from these estimates. Allowance for doubtful accounts are recorded under general and administrative expenses.
Earnings per Share
Basic earning per share is computed by dividing net income for the period 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 weighted average number of common shares and dilutive equivalent shares outstanding during the period, and effect of purchase of own treasury shares. Dilutive equivalent shares consist of stock options and warrants. See also Note 12, “Earnings Per Share”.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Short-Term Investments
The Company classifies certain investments with no specific maturity date, known as monetary Société d’Investissement à Capital Variable (“SICAVs”) and Fonds Commun de Placement (“FCP”), as marketable securities. Such investments are highly liquid investments with financial institutions and represent units of ownership in a portfolio of investments. The underlying investments of monetary SICAVs and FCP are comprised of low risk investments with a short-term fixed maturity date such as government bonds, certificates of deposit and Euro commercial paper.
The Company accounts for its marketable securities in accordance with SFAS 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”. The Company classifies its marketable securities as available-for-sale securities and reports them at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in other comprehensive income.
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Financial Instruments
At June 30, 2006 and 2005, the carrying values of current financial instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, other receivables, accrued liabilities and the current portion of capital lease obligations approximated their market values, based on the short-term maturities of these instruments.
The Company also enters into foreign exchange derivative financial instruments to reduce the foreign exchange rate risk of anticipated cash flows from transactions with subsidiaries denominated in currencies other than the euro. The Company complies with the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity” (SFAS 133) as amended. SFAS 133 requires the recognition of all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges of underlying transactions must be adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives are either offset against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in earnings. Fair value is determined by reference to published exchange rates.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and trade receivables.
The Company has cash investment policies that limit investments to short-term low risk instruments. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are held principally in euros and primarily among CALYON and Société Générale French banks.
The Company sells its products to customers in a variety of industries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains allowances for potential credit losses. Collateral is generally not required.
Property and Equipment, net
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization and potential impairment. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
Computer equipment and purchased software | | 1-3 years |
Furniture and other equipment | | 4-8 years |
Leasehold improvements | | 10 years, or lease term if less |
The Company enters from time to time into capital lease contracts. Capital lease contracts mainly relates to computer equipment. Amortization of capital lease equipment is included in depreciation expense.
Software Development Costs
The Company capitalizes eligible computer software costs upon achievement of technological feasibility subject to net realizable value considerations. The establishment of technological feasibility and the on-going assessment of the recoverability of these costs require management’s judgment with respect to certain external factors, including, but not limited to, anticipated future gross license revenues, estimated economic life and changes in software and hardware technology. Research and development costs prior to the establishment of technological feasibility are expensed as incurred. Because the period between achievement of technological feasibility and the general release of the Company’s products has been of relatively short duration, costs qualifying for capitalization were insignificant during the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and accordingly, have been charged to research and development expenses in the accompanying income statements.
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Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but instead tested at least annually for impairment, or more frequently when events or change in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired by comparing the carrying value to the fair value of the reporting unit to which it is assigned.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist primarily of purchased software, customer lists and patents, sometimes acquired in the context of business combinations and identified separately from goodwill. The basis for valuation of these assets is their historical acquisition cost or fair value if acquired as part of a business combination. Amortization of intangible assets is calculated using the straight-line method over the shorter of the contractual or estimated useful life of the assets (generally 3 to 5 years).
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
The Company reviews the carrying value of its long-lived assets, including fixed assets and intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be fully recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets is assessed by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset (or the group of assets, including the asset in question, that represents the lowest level of separately-identifiable cash flows) to the total estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or group of assets. If the future net undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset or group of assets, the asset or group of assets is considered impaired and an expense is recognized equal to the amount required to reduce the carrying amount of the asset or group of assets to its then fair value. Fair value is determined by discounting the cash flows expected to be generated by the asset, when the quoted market prices are not available for the long-lived assets. Estimated future cash flows are based on assumptions and are subject to risk and uncertainty.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development costs are mainly composed of personnel costs, office costs, amortization of equipments and travel expenses, after deduction of European Union grants and French public subsidies which reduces the committed expenses on some specific research and development projects. Research and development expenses are also reduced by French tax credit received in connection with research costs incurred. Non conditional grants are reported as a reduction of research and development expenses in the periods when the projects are undertaken and the related expenses have been incurred.
Research and Development Grants
The Company receives financial support for various research projects from public institutions. Such support is recorded as a reduction of research and development expenses in the periods when the projects are undertaken, the related expenses have been incurred and the funding has been committed by the public institutions.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the liability method in accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.
The Company is subject to income taxes in France, the United States, and in some other foreign jurisdictions. Estimates largely contribute to the calculation of the provisions for income taxes. Effective rate on future income taxes might be affected by changes in local tax regulations, the Company ability to trigger taxable profit in foreign jurisdictions in order to use the operating loss carry forwards, and by the assessment of its deferred tax assets.
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A valuation allowance is established if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. During the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.9 million. This benefit included a $1.2 million reduction in the valuation allowance related to a portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets that will more likely than not be realized. This determination was primarily based on projected taxable income. In evaluating the Company’s ability to realize its deferred tax assets the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence including its past operating results and its forecast of future taxable income. In determining future taxable income, the Company makes assumptions to forecast federal, state, and international operating income, the reversal of temporary differences, and the implementation of any feasible and prudent tax planning strategies. These assumptions require significant judgment regarding the forecasts of future taxable income, and are consistent with the forecasts used to manage the Company’s business. The Company intends to maintain the remaining valuation allowance until sufficient further positive evidence exists to support further reversals of the valuation allowance. The Company’s income tax expense recorded in the future will be reduced to the extent of offsetting decreases in its valuation allowance.
Treasury Stock
Treasury stock purchases are accounted for at cost. The sale of treasury stock is accounted for using the first in first out method. Gains on the sale or retirement of treasury stock are accounted for as additional paid-in capital whereas losses on the sale or retirement of treasury stock are recorded as additional paid-in-capital to the extent that previous net gains from sales or retirements of treasury stock are included therein, otherwise the losses shall be recorded to accumulated benefit (deficit) account. Gains or losses from the sale or retirement of treasury stock do not affect reported results of operations. Treasury stock, under the current buy-back programs, may be used to reduce the Company’s share capital by cancellation of such shares, provide shares for distribution to the company’s employees, and or be used in connection with an acquisition, or to improve the liquidity of the Shares’ market through a liquidity contract entered into with an investment services provider.
Stock-Based Compensation Plans
The Company grants stock options to its employees and officers pursuant to shareholders’ approved stock option plans and provides employees the right to purchase shares of the Company pursuant to shareholders’ approved employee stock purchase plans. These plans are described more fully in Note 10 “Shareholders’ Equity”. The Company also grants warrants to purchase shares of the Company to its non employee directors. On July 1, 2005, the Company adopted the provisions of FAS 123 R “Share-based Payment” (“FAS 123R”) which requires recognition of stock-based compensation expense for all share-based payment awards based on fair value. Prior to July 1, 2005, the Company followed the Accounting Principles Board Opinion N° 25, “accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”), and related interpretations for the accounting of stock-based compensation, as permitted by FAS 123, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation” (“FAS 123”) and provided pro forma disclosure amounts in accordance with FAS No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure” (“FAS 148”), as if the fair value method defined by FAS 123 had been applied to its stock-based compensation. In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”) relating to FAS 123R. The Company applied the provisions of SAB 107 in its adoption of FAS 123R.
The Company elected to use the modified prospective transition method for adopting FAS 123R and has not restated results for prior periods. Under this transition method, stock-based compensation expense recognized in the year ended June 30, 2006 includes (1) compensation expense for all share-based payment granted prior to, but not yet vested as of July 1, 2005, based on the grant-date fair values estimated in accordance with the original provisions of FAS 123 and determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model and (2) compensation expense for all share-based payments granted subsequently to July 1, 2005, based on the grant date faire value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of FAS 123R and determined using the binomial-lattice valuation model. The Company’s stock options are subject to graded vesting on a service conditions. Through the end of June 2005, the Company recognized stock-based compensation costs, in the pro forma presentation, net of an estimated forfeiture rate, on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award. Subsequent to the adoption of FAS 123R, awards granted before July 1, 2005 and not vested as of that date continue to be expensed, net of an estimated forfeiture rate, on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period and awards granted after July 1, 2005 are expensed, net of an estimated forfeiture rate, under the accelerated recognition method specified in FASB Interpretation No. 28 “Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable Stock Option or Award Plan” (“FIN 28”) over the requisite service period of the award.
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The Company retained the Black-Scholes model for the calculation of the fair value of shares granted under its International Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the fair value of shares issued under its French Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“PEE”) because the measurement date is not established until the end of the purchase period. In accordance with FASB Technical Bulletin No. 97-1, the Company valued shares issuable under this plan using the intrinsic value method at the end of the purchase period.
As a result of adopting FAS 123R on July 1, 2005, the Company’s income before taxes and net income for the year ended June 30, 2006 are $2.5 million lower than if it had continued to account for share-based compensation under APB 25. Basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended June 30, 2006 are $0.14 and $0.13 lower, respectively, than if it had continued to account for share-based compensation under APB 25.
The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, to stock-based employee compensation for the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 compared to the information reported for the year ended June 30, 2006.
| | Year Ended June 30, |
(in thousands except per share data) | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
Net income, as reported for prior periods (1) | | N/A | | $6,727 | | $1,665 |
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method, net of related tax effects (2) | | N/A | | (5,860) | | (18,118) |
Net income, including the effect of stock-based compensation expense - pro forma in 2005 and 2004 | | $6,617 | | $867 | | $(16,453) |
Earnings (losses) per share: | | | | | | |
Basic, as reported for prior period (1) | | N/A | | $0.38 | | $0.10 |
Basic, including the effect of stock-based compensation - pro forma in 2005 and 2004 | | $0.37 | | $0.05 | | ($0.94) |
Diluted, as reported for prior period (1) | | N/A | | $0.36 | | $0.09 |
Diluted, including the effect of stock-based compensation - pro forma in 2005 and 2004 | | $0.35 | | $0.05 | | ($0.94) |
______________(1) | Reported net income and net income per share prior to 2006 did not include stock-based compensation expense under FAS 123 because the Company did not adopt the recognition provisions of FAS 123. |
(2) | Stock-based compensation expense prior to 2006 was calculated based on the pro forma application of FAS 123. |
Through the end of June 2005, the fair value of stock options, stock purchase awards and warrants was estimated using a Black-Scholes model. On July 1, 2005, the Company elected to use a binomial-lattice model to value its stock options and warrants granted after that date. The use of a binomial-lattice model requires the use of employee exercise behavior data and the use of assumptions including expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, turnover rates and dividends. The table below summarizes the assumptions used to value the equity awards granted during the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
| Year Ended June 30, |
| 2006 (Binomial) | | 2005 (Black-Scholes) | | 2004 (Black-Scholes) |
Weighted-average expected life (years) | N/A | | 4 | | 5 |
Expected volatility rates | 62% | | 70% | | 93% |
Expected dividend yield | — | | — | | — |
Risk-free interest rate | 3.5% | | 3.0% | | 3.5% |
Turnover rate | 5 | | 10 | | 10 |
Weighted average fair value in $ | 6.93 | | 12.32 | | 12.78 |
The Company evaluated its expected volatility assumptions based on historical volatility. The risk-free interest rate assumption was based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the term and currency of the Company’s employee stock options. The expected forfeiture rate was determined based on the Company’s historical data and was applied to determine the number of awards expected to vest during the first year cliff vesting. The expected dividend yield assumption was determined
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based on the Company’s history and expectation of dividend payouts. The expected life of employee stock options represented the weighted-average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding and was a derived output of the binomial-lattice model. The Company used historical employee exercise behavior for estimating future timing of exercises using geographic and employee grade categories to more accurately reflect exercise patterns.
Advertising Costs
The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expenses totaled $5.0 million, $3.9 million and $3.7 million for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively.
Shipping and Handling
Shipping and handling costs related to license fees are included in cost of license fees. Shipping and handling costs related to maintenance releases are included in cost of maintenance.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On June 7, 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes”, and Statement No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements”. Statement 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. Previously, most voluntary changes in accounting principles were required recognition via a cumulative effect adjustment within net income of the period of the change. Statement 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. Statement 154 is effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005; however, the Statement does not change the transition provisions of any existing accounting pronouncements. We do not believe adoption of Statement 154 will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
On July 13, 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. Interpretation 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity’s financial statements in accordance with Statement 109 and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Additionally, Interpretation 48 provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Interpretation 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating whether the adoption of Interpretation 48 will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
2. | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents include:
| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | (In thousands) |
Cash held at bank | | $12,114 | | $19,476 |
Cash equivalents | | 49,328 | | 42,254 |
Total cash and cash equivalents | | $61,442 | | $61,730 |
Cash equivalents consist principally of certificates of deposits and commercial paper. Interest income related to cash equivalents totaled $1,268, $834 and $689 for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004 respectively, and is reported on the line “Interest income” of the income statement.
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Short-Term Investments are comprised of investments in money market mutual funds which include monetary Société d’Investissement à Capital Variable (“SICAV”) and Fonds Communs de Placement (“FCP”). At June 30, 2006 and 2005 such highly liquid investments amounted to $7,804 and $0, respectively. Gross realized gains on sales of these available-for-sale securities amounted to $173, $173 and $76 for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and are reported on the line “Interest income” of the income statement. There was no unrealized holding gain or loss at June 30, 2006 and 2005.
The following tables present the fair values of financial instruments at June 30, 2006 and 2005 (amounts in thousands):
| | Year Ended June 30, 2006 |
| | Notional Amount | | Included in other receivables | | Included in other current liabilities |
Fair value hedges of intercos receivables invoiced in local currency and to be collected within 1 year | | | | | | |
Forward and option contracts selling US dollars against euros | | $3,081 | | $60 | | $9 |
Forward and option contracts selling other currencies against euros | | 489 | | 13 | | — |
Total | | $3,570 | | $73 | | $9 |
Cash flow hedges of intercos royalties to be invoiced and collected within 1 year | | | | | | |
Forward and option contracts selling US against euros | | $7,173 | | $248 | | $21 |
Forward and option contracts selling other currencies against euros | | 85 | | 5 | | — |
Total | | $7,258 | | $253 | | $21 |
| | Year Ended June 30, 2005 |
| | Notional Amount | | Included in other receivables | | Included in other current liabilities |
Fair value hedges of intercos receivables invoiced in local currency and to be collected within 1 year | | | | | | |
Forward and option contracts selling US dollars against euros | | $4,009 | | $— | | $17 |
Forward and option contracts selling other currencies against euros | | 495 | | 2 | | 2 |
Total | | $4,504 | | $2 | | $19 |
Cash flow hedges of intercos royalties to be invoiced and collected within 1 year | | | | | | |
Forward and option contracts selling US against euros | | $3,340 | | $2 | | $165 |
Forward and option contracts selling other currencies against euros | | — | | — | | — |
Total | | $3,340 | | $2 | | $165 |
The Company enters into foreign exchange derivative financial instruments to reduce the foreign exchange rate risk of anticipated cash flows from transactions with subsidiaries denominated in currencies other than the euro. The fair value of foreign currency related derivatives are included in the balance sheet in other receivables and other current liabilities. The earnings impact of cash flow hedges relating to forecasted transactions is reported on the line “Other, net” of the income statement. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these instruments are deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income until the underlying transaction is recognized in earnings.
During the year ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company deferred to other comprehensive income $378 and $(319) thousands respectively, related to the effective portion of its cash flow hedges.
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These financial instruments have a maturity date of less than 12 months. Management believes counterparty risk on financial instruments is minimal since the Company deals with major banks and financial institutions.
The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
5. | Property and Equipment, net |
Changes in property and equipment are as follows:
(In thousands) | | As of June 30, 2005 | | Additions | | Retirements | | Exchange rate differences | | As of June 30, 2006 |
Gross carrying amounts : | | | | | | | | | | |
Computer equipment | | $8,920 | | 1,270 | | (1,564) | | 331 | | $8,957 |
Furniture and other equipment | | 2,923 | | 146 | | (119) | | 83 | | 3,033 |
Leasehold improvements | | 2,019 | | 47 | | (110) | | 56 | | 2,012 |
Purchased software | | 7,650 | | 650 | | (785) | | 139 | | 7,654 |
Construction in progress | | 127 | | 8 | | — | | 7 | | 142 |
Gross carrying amounts | | 21,639 | | 2,121 | | (2,578) | | 616 | | 21,798 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization : | | | | | | | | | | |
Computer equipment | | (7,200) | | (1,113) | | 1,555 | | (264) | | (7,022) |
Furniture and other equipment | | (2,348) | | (176) | | 93 | | (63) | | (2,494) |
Leasehold improvements | | (1,296) | | (162) | | 86 | | (35) | | (1,407) |
Purchased software | | (6,289) | | (625) | | 731 | | (110) | | (6,293) |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization | | (17,133) | | (2,076) | | 2,465 | | (472) | | (17,216) |
Property and equipment net | | $4,506 | | 45 | | (113) | | 144 | | $4,582 |
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment totaled $2.1 million, $2.4 million and $3.5 million for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Equipment purchased under capital leases in the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 totaled $238 and $600 respectively. The cost of such equipment included in property and equipment at June 30, 2006 and 2005 totaled $2.8 million and $3.6 million, respectively. Accumulated depreciation of this equipment totaled $2.2 million, $2.7 million, and $2.2 million at June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
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6. | Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net |
Changes in goodwill and intangible assets are as follows:
(in thousands) | | As of June 30, 2005 | | Additions | | Retirements | | Exchange rate differences | | As of June 30, 2006 |
Goodwill | | $913 | | | | | | 47 | | $960 |
Total impairment of goodwill | | — | | | | | | — | | — |
Total goodwill-net | | $913 | | — | | — | | 47 | | $960 |
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Property rights | | $2,518 | | — | | | | 87 | | $2,605 |
Customer lists | | 567 | | | | | | 17 | | 584 |
Other intangible assets | | — | | 613 | | | | 23 | | 636 |
Total intangible assets-gross | | 3,085 | | 613 | | — | | 127 | | 3,825 |
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Property rights amortization | | (1,807) | | (268) | | | | (66) | | (2,141) |
Customer lists amortization | | (112) | | (112) | | | | (5) | | (229) |
Other intangible assets amortization | | — | | (91) | | | | (4) | | (95) |
Total accumulated amortization | | (1,919) | | (471) | | — | | (75) | | (2,465) |
Total intangible assets-net | | $1,166 | | 142 | | — | | 52 | | $1,360 |
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Total Goodwill and intangible assets-net | | $2,079 | | 142 | | — | | 99 | | $2,320 |
On July 2, 2004, ILOG purchased the intellectual property and other selected assets of the JLoox product line for $1,793 in cash from eNGENUITY Technologies Inc., a Montreal, Canada-based software provider. The purchase price includes acquisition related costs of $306. The financial results of JLoox were included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements beginning July 2, 2004, the acquisition date. JLoox’ technology is used for the development of advanced visual applications. JLoox’ installed base has been given access to all of our software, and more particularly to our ILOG JViews product line. The acquisition is accounted for as a business combination and the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill. The purchase price allocation was finalized in June 2005. In allocating the purchase price based on estimated fair values, we recorded $920 of goodwill, $1,061 of identifiable intangible assets and $186 of assumed liabilities.
In accordance with FAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“FAS 142”), the Company tests for impairment at least annually at March 31 of each year or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. These tests are performed at the reporting unit level using a two steps, fair value based approach. The Company has determined that it has only one reporting unit – software components. The first step compares the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, a second step is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss. The second step allocates the fair value of the reporting unit to the Company’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. This derives an implied fair value for the reporting unit’s goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized equal to that excess. The Company completed the annual impairment tests on March 31, 2006 and concluded that no impairment existed. No subsequent events or changes in circumstances including, but not limited to, an adverse change in market capitalization, occurred through June 30, 2006 that caused the Company to perform an additional impairment analysis. No indicators of impairment were identified as of June 30, 2006.
Intangible assets are amortized over three to five years and related amortization expense was $471, $493 and $420 for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Other intangible assets include payment relating to a partnership with Soft Computing in September 2005 for an amount of Ä500 in order to promote and exclusively distribute ILOG BRMS products.
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7. | Capital Lease Obligation |
Future minimum lease payments under capitalized lease obligations due for the years ending June 30 are as follows (in thousands):
2007 | | $366 |
2008 | | 196 |
2009 | | 16 |
Minimum lease payments | | 578 |
Less amount representing interest | | 14 |
Present value of net minimum lease payments | | 564 |
Less current portion | | 354 |
Long-term portion | | $210 |
Interest paid in the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004 totaled $26, $33 and $69 respectively.
Other long-term assets include:
| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | (in thousands) |
Research tax credit | | $2,429 | | $567 |
Security deposit | | 707 | | 766 |
RTO equity in affiliates (including goodwill) | | 465 | | 466 |
Other | | — | | 2 |
Total other long-term assets | | $3,601 | | $1,801 |
Tax credit relates to certain research costs incurred in France that give rise to a tax relief. The research tax credit to be received at the end of June 30, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $1,862 and $567, respectively. Such credits can be applied against current income tax liabilities due in France for a period of three years, or are refunded by the tax authority three years after being filed in a tax declaration if the Company is a tax loss situation. No research tax credit receivables have been used in fiscal years 2006 and 2005, ILOG S.A. being in a tax loss situation.
9. | Pensions, Retirement Indemnities and Other Post-Employment Benefits |
The Company provides retirement benefits for most of its employees, either directly or by contributing to independently administered funds. The way these benefits are provided varies according to the legal, fiscal and economic conditions of each country in which we operate.
The Company provides retirement benefits under defined contribution and/or defined benefit plans. In some cases, employees may also contribute to the plans.
In the case of defined contribution plans, the Company pays contributions to publicly or privately administered pension insurance plans on a contractual basis. Once the contributions have been paid, the Company has no further payment obligations.
The Company’s United States’ subsidiary has a defined contribution 401(k) Plan being offered to all eligible employees. Participants may contribute a percentage of their total earnings up to a maximum annual amount as set by the Internal Revenue
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Service. The Company matches employee contributions at the rate of $0.25 for each U.S. dollar contributed up to $2,500 per calendar year. Net Company matching contributions to the Plan totaled approximately $355, $296, and $319 for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
In France, retirement indemnities are based upon an individual’s years of credited service and annualized salary at retirement. Retirement indemnity benefits vest as a lump sum paid to the employee at retirement date. Estimated retirement indemnities are accrued over the working life of the employees using actuarial assumptions and calculations. The related liability is not funded, and is included under other long-term liabilities. Actuarial losses are amortized over the estimated remaining service period of employees.
Weighted average assumptions used to measure the benefit obligation under the French defined benefit plan at the measurement date at May 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 are as follows:
| | Year Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
Discount rate | | 4.15% | | 4.0% | | 4.5% |
Salary growth | | 3.5% | | 3% | | 3% |
Retirement age | | 65 years | | 65 years | | 65 years |
Average remaining service period | | 23.2 | | 25.6 | | 27.8 |
The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows:
| | Year ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
| | (in thousands) |
Service cost | | $146 | | $157 | | $123 |
Interest cost | | 54 | | 67 | | 33 |
Amortization of Prior Service Cost | | 8 | | — | | — |
Amortization of actuarial losses | | 7 | | 26 | | 18 |
Net periodic pension cost | | $215 | | $250 | | $174 |
Changes in the recorded liability of the benefit plans were as follows:
| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | (in thosands) |
Projected benefit obligations at beginning of year | | $1,205 | | $1,267 |
Service cost | | 146 | | 157 |
Interest cost | | 54 | | 67 |
Amortization of actuarial losses | | 7 | | 26 |
Actuarial losses (gains) | | 203 | | (304) |
Translation differences | | 80 | | (8) |
Projected benefit obligations at year end | | $1,695 | | $1,205 |
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| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | (in thousands) |
Unfunded obligations at year end | | $1,695 | | $1,205 |
Unrecognized prior service cost | | (217) | | (215) |
Unrecognized actuarial losses | | (536) | | (310) |
Net recognized liability at year end | | $942 | | $681 |
Accumulated benefit obligations were $848 and $692 at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
General
At June 30, 2006 and 2005, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 18,542,133 and 18,005,407 shares, respectively, with a nominal value of €1.00. At June 30, 2006 and 2005, the outstanding share capital of the Company consisted of 18,077,664 and 17,946,222 shares, respectively, with a nominal value of €1.00.
The Shareholders’ meeting of November 30, 2004 authorized the increase of the shares nominal value from €0.61 to €1.00. This has been reflected as an adjustment between share capital and additional paid in capital.
Preemptive Subscription Rights
Shareholders have preemptive rights to subscribe on a pro-rata basis for additional shares issued by the Company for cash. Shareholders may waive such preemptive subscription rights at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting under certain circumstances. Preemptive subscription rights, if not previously waived, are transferable during the subscription period relating to a particular offer of shares.
Dividend Rights
Dividends may be distributed from the statutory retained earnings, subject to the requirements of French law and the Company’s by laws. The Company has not distributed any dividends since its inception. The accumulated profit for statutory purposes totaled approximately $13.8 million at June 30, 2006, and $6.5 million at June 30, 2005. Dividend distributions, if any, will be made in euros.
Repurchase of Own Shares
The Shareholders’ meeting of November 29, 2005 authorized a new repurchase program which was published on the Company website. Treasury stock, under the current buy-back program, may be used to reduce the Company’s share capital by cancellation of such shares, provide shares for distribution to the company’s employees, be used in connection with an acquisition, or used to improve the liquidity of the Shares’ market.
On April 10, 2006 and until December 31, 2006, ILOG gave a mandat to Oddo Corporate Finance to implement a liquidity contract concerning its ordinary shares with tacit renewal for subsequent 12 month periods. The contract complies with the Business Ethics Charter of the French Association of Investment Funds (AFEI), as approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on March 22, 2005. ILOG has allocated one million euros to the liquidity account. Treasury stocks, under the current liquidity contract are used to improve the liquidity of the Shares’ market.
Cash invested in ILOG stock is classified as treasury stock in the shareholders’ equity.
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At June 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company had repurchased 464,469 and 59,185 shares, respectively, of its own treasury stock according to its repurchase program and liquidity contract, at an average price of €11.92 and €9.90, and for a total purchase price of €5,535 ($6,890) and €586 ($713), respectively. At June 30, 2006, the Company had repurchased 400,044 shares directly on the market and 64,425 shares through the liquidity contract.
Stock Options and Warrants
Stock options have been granted to employees under the Company’s 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004 Stock Option Plans.
All Options granted under the 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004 Plans have a term of ten years, other than Options granted to employees in the United Kingdom which have a term of seven years less one day. One-fourth of the shares subject to option vest 12 months after the date of grant of options and 1/48 of the shares vest each month thereafter provided the optionee continues to render services to the Company. Generally, and unless otherwise specified, if an optionee terminates his or her employment with the Company, the optionee may exercise only those options vested as of the date of termination and must effect such exercise within three months except for optionees, who are French tax residents at the date of grant of the Options, who may exercise their Options until the termination of the term of their Options. In general, if an optionee dies during his or her employment, or within three months after termination of employment, such person’s options may be exercised up to six months after his or her death to the extent vested at the time of his or her death or termination. No Option may be transferred by the optionee other than by will or the laws of intestacy.
The exercise price of the shares under option is equal to the closing market price for a Share on the last trading day preceding the date of the grant of the options, provided that the issue price is not less than (i) 80% of the average of the closing prices quoted for a Share during the twenty trading days preceding such date of grant and (ii) 80% of the average repurchase price of any shares held by the Company.
In December 1996, the French parliament adopted a law that requires French companies and optionees to pay French social contributions and certain salary-based taxes, which may represent, for the Company, up to 45% of the taxable salary, on the difference between the exercise price of a stock option and the fair market value of the underlying shares on the exercise date, if the beneficiary is a French resident subject to French social security at the date of grant of the stock options and disposes of the shares, or converts the shares into bearer form, before the fifth anniversary of the date of grant of the option. In addition, such difference is treated as ordinary income for personal income tax purposes if the shares are sold or otherwise disposed of within five years of the grant date. This applies to all options granted to French residents exercised after January 1, 1997. The Company thus subjects options granted to French residents after January 1, 1997 to a minimum five-year holding period in order to benefit from the favorable tax treatment. In addition, pursuant to a Law of July 2, 1998, both the beneficiary and the Company are exempt from social contributions if the options were granted before January 1, 1997, are exercised after April 1, 1998 and provided the Company has not been registered for more than 15 years. According to a Law of May 15, 2001, the five-year holding period is reduced to four years with respect to stock options granted on or after April 27, 2000. In addition, with respect to options exercised after January 1, 1995, an excessive discount, as determined by French law, is subject to French social contributions at the exercise date.
The Company has not recorded a liability for social contributions and certain salary-based taxes which may be assessed for options granted as of June 30, 2006, as the liability, being dependent on future values of the Company’s shares and the timing of employees’ decisions to exercise options and sell the related shares, cannot be estimated. The Company also does not consider that the liability is probable due to the income tax disincentives to employees of exercising options and selling the shares prior to the end of the minimum holding period which permits the favorable tax treatment.
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A summary of activity under the Stock Option Plans is as follows:
| Shares Reserved for Future Grants (in thousands) | | Options Granted and Outstanding (in thousands) | | Weighted Average Exercise Price (in euros) | | Weighted Average Exercise Price (in U.S. dollars) |
Balances at June 30, 2003 | 475 | | 5,075 | | 15.72 | | 17.76 |
Options authorized | — | | — | | — | | — |
Options granted | (523) | | 523 | | 10.74 | | 12.78 |
Options exercised | — | | (74) | | 6.57 | | 7.82 |
Options canceled | 86 | | (86) | | 24.55 | | 29.22 |
Balances at June 30, 2004 | 36 | | 5,438 | | 15.23 | | 18.59 |
Options authorized | 800 | | — | | — | | — |
Options granted | (30) | | 30 | | 9.68 | | 12.32 |
Options exercised | — | | (235) | | 6.18 | | 7.86 |
Options canceled | 150 | | (150) | | 27.51 | | 35.00 |
Plan termination | (5) | | — | | — | | — |
Balances at June 30, 2005 | 951 | | 5,083 | | 15.25 | | 18.44 |
Options authorized | — | | — | | — | | — |
Options granted | (35) | | 35 | | 13.07 | | 15.90 |
Options exercised | — | | (495) | | 6.55 | | 7.97 |
Options canceled | 54 | | (54) | | 25.21 | | 30.68 |
Plan termination | (180) | | — | | — | | — |
Balances at June 30, 2006 | 790 | | 4,569 | | 16.05 | | 20.40 |
At June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, 4,351,516, 4,628,096 and 4,398,094, respectively, of the outstanding options were exercisable at weighted average exercise prices of €16.30 ($20.72), €15.76 ($19.06) and €15.90 ($19.40) respectively. Exercise prices for options outstanding as of June 30, 2006 were as follows:
| | Stock Options Outstanding | | Stock Options Exercisable |
Range of exercise prices in euros | | Number of shares (in thousands) | | Weighted average remaining contractual life | | Weighted average exercise price (in euros) | | Number of shares (in thousands) | | Weighted average exercise price (in euros) |
0 to 5.15 | | 57 | | 1.7 | | 3.70 | | 57 | | 3.70 |
5.16 to 10.30 | | 2,844 | | 3.3 | | 7.50 | | 2,826 | | 7.49 |
10.31 to 15.45 | | 561 | | 6.8 | | 11.29 | | 362 | | 11.35 |
15.46 to 36.05 | | 44 | | 4.5 | | 25.29 | | 44 | | 25.29 |
36.06 to 41.20 | | 841 | | 4.2 | | 39.21 | | 841 | | 39.21 |
46.35 to 51.50 | | 222 | | 4.0 | | 51.20 | | 222 | | 51.20 |
| | 4,569 | | 4.0 | | 16.05 | | 4,352 | | 16.30 |
The weighted average remaining contractual life of those options is 4.0 years.
The following table summarizes the unvested equity award activity for the year ended June 30, 2006:
| Shares (in thousands) | | Weighted average exercise price (in euros) | | Weighted average exercise price (in U.S. dollars) |
Nonvested at June 30, 2005 | 455 | | 10.04 | | 12.14 |
Options granted | 35 | | 13.07 | | 15.90 |
Options vested | (252) | | 9.64 | | 11.73 |
Options canceled | (21) | | 9.33 | | 11.35 |
Nonvested at June 30, 2006 | 217 | | 11.06 | | 14.06 |
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As of June 30, 2006, total compensation cost related to unvested awards not yet recognized was $1,554, and was expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years.
Warrants have been granted to non-executive Directors in fiscal year 2006. The warrants may be exercised anytime within 5 years of the date of grant.
| Warrants Granted and Outstanding (in thousands) | | Weighted Average Exercise Price (in euros) | | Weighted Average Exercise Price (in U.S. dollars) |
Balance at June 30, 2003 | 256 | | 22.50 | | 25.71 |
Warrants granted | 76 | | 10.59 | | 12.60 |
Warrants exercised | (12) | | 6.01 | | 7.15 |
Warrants canceled | (16) | | 10.45 | | 12.44 |
Balance at June 30, 2004 | 304 | | 20.82 | | 25.40 |
Warrants granted | 56 | | 9.35 | | 11.90 |
Warrants exercised | (4) | | 7.55 | | 9.61 |
Warrants canceled | — | | — | | — |
Balance at June 30, 2005 | 356 | | 19.16 | | 23.17 |
Warrants granted | 56 | | 12.37 | | 15.05 |
Warrants exercised | (42) | | 8.78 | | 10.68 |
Warrants canceled | (120) | | 37.27 | | 45.34 |
Balance at June 30, 2006 | 250 | | 10.69 | | 13.59 |
Additional information relating to the fair value of granted options and warrants are available in note 1.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Under the provisions of the Company’s employee stock purchase plans, employees can purchase the Company’s stock at a specified price through payroll deductions or direct contributions during an offering period. In December 2003 the Company’s shareholders authorized the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares to employees pursuant to the terms of these Plans. 140,643 shares were issued under the Plans during the year ended June 30, 2005 and none were issued during the year ended June 30, 2006. During the shareholders meeting of November 29, 2005, shareholders closed their previous authorization against a new approval for the issuance of up to 100,000 shares only under the provision of the French Company savings plan. This authorization was not used as of June 30, 2006.
11. Other Comprehensive Income
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:
| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | (in thousands) |
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges | | $221 | | $(157) |
Translation adjustment | | 6,607 | | 3,866 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | | $6,828 | | $3,709 |
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12. Earnings per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earning per share:
| | Year Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
| | (in thousands, except per share amounts) |
Numerator: | | | | | | |
Net income | | $6,617 | | $6,727 | | $1,665 |
Denominator: | | | | | | |
Weighted average shares outstanding | | 17,995 | | 17,815 | | 17,485 |
Purchase of own treasury shares | | (318) | | (6) | | — |
Incremental shares attributable to shares exercisable under employee stock plans and warrants | | 1,259 | | 913 | | 932 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share | | 18,936 | | 18,722 | | 18,417 |
Net income per share – basic | | $0.37 | | $0.38 | | $0.10 |
Net income per share – diluted | | $0.35 | | $0.36 | | $0.09 |
13. Income Taxes
Income before income taxes comprises the following components:
| | Year Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
France | | $5,646 | | $6,126 | | $(391) |
United States | | 598 | | 3 | | 2,353 |
Rest of the world | | (496) | | 1,248 | | 823 |
Net income before income taxes | | $5,748 | | $7,377 | | $2,785 |
The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
| | Year Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
Current: | | | | | | |
France | | — | | $(208) | | $22 |
United States | | (54) | | 272 | | 6 |
Rest of the world | | 194 | | 637 | | 364 |
Total current | | 140 | | 701 | | 392 |
Deferred and withholding taxes: | | | | | | |
France | | (630) | | — | | — |
United States | | (600) | | — | | — |
Rest of the world | | 221 | | (51) | | 728 |
Total deferred and withholding taxes | | (1,009) | | (51) | | 728 |
Income taxes (benefit) expense | | $(869) | | $650 | | $1,120 |
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A reconciliation of income taxes computed at the French statutory rate (33.33% in 2006, 33.83% in 2005 and 34.33% in 2004) to the income tax expense is as follows:
| | Year ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
Income tax expense computed at the French statutory rate | | $1,915 | | $2,495 | | $956 |
Effect of foreign tax rates differential | | (79) | | 449 | | 444 |
Research tax credit | | (589) | | (505) | | — |
Change in valuation allowance | | (2,500) | | (2,171) | | (801) |
Other individually immaterial items | | 384 | | 382 | | 521 |
Income taxes expense (benefit) | | $(869) | | $650 | | $1,120 |
The change in valuation allowance included utilization of tax losses as a result of taxable income in France, and a $1.2 million release of the valuation allowance related to a portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets that will be more likely than not be realized. The determination for this release was primarily based on our history of profitability in the US and French jurisdictions, and projected taxable income in the coming year in these tax jurisdictions.
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:
| | June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
Deferred tax assets: | | | | |
Net operating loss carryforwards | | $25,304 | | $26,894 |
Acquired intangibles capitalized and amortized for tax purposes | | 341 | | 447 |
Provisions and accruals not currently deductible | | 1,579 | | 1,174 |
Total deferred tax assets | | 27,224 | | 28,515 |
Valuation allowance | | (26,001) | | (28,308) |
Net deferred taxes | | $1,223 | | $207 |
As of June 30, 2006 the Company had therefore net operating loss carryforwards for French tax purposes of approximately $28 million which have no expiration date. The Company also has U.S. net operating loss carryforwards for federal tax purposes of approximately $42.1 million and for state tax purposes of approximately $6.7 million that expire in the years 2007 through 2026. The Company has U.K. net operating losses of approximately $3.9 million, which have no expiration date. The utilization of these net operating loss carryforwards is limited to the future operations of the Company in the tax jurisdictions in which such carryforwards arose.
14. Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
The Company leases its facilities and certain equipment under non-cancellable operating leases that expire through 2014. Future minimum lease payments under operating leases due for the fiscal years ending June 30 are as follows (in thousands):
2007 | | $4,253 |
2008 | | 2,243 |
2009 | | 2,034 |
2010 | | 1,467 |
2011 and thereafter | | 3,704 |
Total | | $13,701 |
Rental expense for the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004 was approximately $4.7 million, $4.4 million and $4.4 million, respectively.
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The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that the final disposition of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
Legal Matters
ILOG is involved in a lawsuit entitled Jensen Denmark A/S and Naicom Technologies vs. ILOG S.A. This suit was brought by Jensen Denmark and Naicom Technologies against ILOG for breach of contract, bad faith, and failure to meet the standard of care owed by a professional consultant. ILOG has filed a counterclaim in which it alleges that ILOG is entitled to recover from the plaintiffs fees which we incurred but which were not paid, as well as additional damages. The case has been tried to a judge in France and the court found in ILOG’s favor and against Naicom Jensen. The court dismissed ILOG’s counterclaim. Naicom Jensen has appealed this ruling and the case is currently pending on appeal. The amount of damages claimed by Jensen Naicom is below the limits of our applicable insurance coverage, and the insurance company has accepted the defense of this matter.
To the knowledge of the Company, there are no other significant commitments or contingencies as of June 30, 2006.
15. Segment and Geographic Information
The Company operates in one reportable segment—software components. The information presented below by segment, and by region, is the same as those used by the Company for its internal reporting purposes, allowing a reliable assessment of our risks and returns. The aim is to provide users of the financial statements with information regarding the profitability and future prospects of the Company’s various activities.
The accounting policies used to provide the information below are in accordance with the Company’s accounting policies as described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
| - | Segment – Software components. In this segment, the Company identifies three natures of revenue: |
| • | License revenues, |
| • | Maintenance revenues, |
| • | Professional services revenues. |
Although cost of revenues can be allocated to each nature of revenue, operating expenses are indistinctly incurred for the benefits of all natures of revenue.
| | Year Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 |
| | (in thousands) |
Revenues: | | | | | | |
License fees | | $66,376 | | $67,707 | | $58,163 |
Maintenance | | 38,115 | | 34,158 | | 27,625 |
Professional services | | 29,068 | | 23,438 | | 16,999 |
Total revenues | | $133,559 | | $125,303 | | $102,787 |
Cost of revenues: | | | | | | |
License fees | | $(1,014) | | $(1,031) | | $(1,062) |
Maintenance | | (4,303) | | (3,870) | | (3,510) |
Professional services | | (23,055) | | (19,782) | | (14,052) |
Total cost of revenues | | $(28,372) | | $(24,683) | | $(18,624) |
Margin: | | | | | | |
License fees | | 98% | | 98% | | 98% |
Maintenance | | 89% | | 89% | | 87% |
Professional services | | 21% | | 16% | | 17% |
Gross Margin | | 79% | | 80% | | 82% |
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| - | Geography – Operations outside of France consist principally of sales, marketing, finance, customer support, and to a lesser extent, research and development activities. Intercompany sales between geographic areas are accounted for at third party selling price less a discount and are consistent with the rules and regulations of the governing tax authorities. Such transactions are eliminated in the Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Financial information allocation is based on subsidiaries site. Identifiable assets are those assets that can be directly associated with a particular geographic area.
The following is a summary of operations within geographic area (amounts in thousands):
| | Year Ended June 30, 2006 |
| | Europe | | North America | | Asia Pacific | | Total |
Total revenues | | $53,452 | | 66,969 | | 13,138 | | $133,559 |
Income from operations | | 4,472 | | 267 | | (105) | | 4,634 |
Total assets | | 81,838 | | 27,420 | | 9,504 | | 118,762 |
Assets acquisitions | | 1,602 | | 738 | | 156 | | 2,496 |
Amortization and depreciation of long term assets | | $1,732 | | 647 | | 170 | | $2,549 |
| | Year Ended June 30, 2005 |
| | Europe | | North America | | Asia Pacific | | Total |
Total revenues | | $50,958 | | 62,312 | | 12,033 | | $125,303 |
Income from operations | | 5,824 | | (319) | | 966 | | 6,471 |
Total assets | | 71,069 | | 26,270 | | 8,472 | | 105,811 |
Assets acquisitions | | 4,078 | | 1,270 | | 138 | | 5,487 |
Amortization and depreciation of long term assets | | $2,058 | | 664 | | 204 | | $2,926 |
| | Year Ended June 30, 2004 |
| | Europe | | North America | | Asia Pacific | | Total |
Total revenues | | $39,024 | | 53,369 | | 10,394 | | $102,787 |
Income from operations | | (885) | | 2,500 | | 225 | | 1,840 |
Total assets | | 59,032 | | 20,596 | | 8,129 | | 87,757 |
Assets acquisitions | | 1,515 | | 282 | | 178 | | 1,975 |
Amortization and depreciation of long term assets | | $2,050 | | 1,562 | | 218 | | $3,830 |
16. Subsequent events
In September 2006, ILOG entered into a new 10 year lease agreement for premises located in Sunnyvale, California, that will start in May 2007 upon expiration of the current lease in Mountain View, California. We will occupy 65,000 square feet of the Sunnyvale’s premises for the first two years, and will expand to occupy the full 80,000 square feet of the building for the rest of the ten year period. The total engagement under this new lease amounts to approximately to $21 million.
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ILOG S.A.
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in thousands)
| | | | Additional | | | | |
| | Balance at beginning of period | | Charged to costs and expenses | | Charged to other accounts | | Deductions | | Balance at end of period |
Year ended June 30, 2006 | | | | | | | | | | |
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: | | | | | | | | | | |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | | $683 | | 187 | | — | | 391 | | $479 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets | | 28,308 | | (2,500) | | 193 | | — | | 26,001 |
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Year ended June 30, 2005 | | | | | | | | | | |
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: | | | | | | | | | | |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | | 584 | | 365 | | — | | 266 | | 683 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets | | 31,441 | | (2,171) | | (962) | | — | | 28,308 |
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Year ended June 30, 2004 | | | | | | | | | | |
Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: | | | | | | | | | | |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | | 659 | | (6) | | — | | 69 | | 584 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets | | $33,854 | | (801) | | (1,612) | | — | | $31,441 |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.
| | | ILOG S.A. |
Dated: October 13, 2006
| | | /s/ Jérôme Arnaud
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| | | Jérôme Arnaud Chief Financial Officer |
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