Steel Connect 10Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2006

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 000-23262

CMGI, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


DELAWARE		04-2921333
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1100 Winter Street Waltham, Massachusetts		02451
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(781) 663-5001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨

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

As of June 2, 2006, there were 486,496,846 shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share.

CMGI, INC.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX


		Page Number
Part I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—April 30, 2006 and July 31, 2005 (unaudited)	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations—Three and Nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)	5

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	6

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	53

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	54

Part II.	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	55

Item 5.	Other Information	55

Item 6.	Exhibits	55

SIGNATURE		56

EXHIBIT INDEX		57

CMGI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	April 30, 2006			July 31, 2005
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	122,497		$	192,483
Available-for-sale securities		2,960			278
Short-term investments		87,500			—
Accounts receivable, trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,267 and $2,107 at April 30, 2006 and July 31, 2005, respectively		188,928			162,913
Inventories		84,538			78,689
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		10,804			11,800
Current assets of discontinued operations		3,054			2,912

Total current assets		500,281			449,075

Property and equipment, net		42,735			40,579
Investments in affiliates		22,816			22,528
Goodwill		181,607			177,250
Other intangible assets		17,746			21,364
Other assets		3,128			5,888
Non-current assets of discontinued operations		2,417			5,000

	$	770,730		$	721,684


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt	$	65		$	1,670
Current installments of obligations under capital lease		315			304
Revolving line of credit		—			24,785
Accounts payable		149,827			134,252
Current portion of accrued restructuring		7,053			11,251
Accrued income taxes		1,720			2,778
Accrued expenses		44,902			43,024
Other current liabilities		3,020			3,797
Current liabilities of discontinued operations		1,820			2,576

Total current liabilities		208,722			224,437

Revolving line of credit		35,786			—
Long-term debt, less current installments		65			98
Long-term portion of accrued restructuring		7,603			7,912
Obligations under capital leases, less current installments		619			823
Other long-term liabilities		17,844			17,101
Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations		98			98
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. Authorized 5,000,000 shares; zero issued or outstanding at April 30, 2006 and July 31, 2005		—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share. Authorized 1,400,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 483,533,991 at April 30, 2006 and 484,576,758 shares at July 31, 2005		4,865			4,846
Additional paid-in capital		7,453,933			7,453,851
Deferred compensation		—			(6,213	)
Accumulated deficit		(6,965,769	)		(6,983,260	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		6,964			1,991

Total stockholders’ equity		499,993			471,215

	$	770,730		$	721,684

See accompanying notes to interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

CMGI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006			2005			2006			2005
Net revenue	$	264,748		$	260,844		$	887,006		$	806,093
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue		235,886			233,897			796,768			709,723
Selling		5,108			4,737			15,789			15,695
General and administrative		21,710			21,144			63,103			61,579
Amortization of intangible assets		1,206			1,308			3,618			3,919
Restructuring, net		2,582			1,472			8,885			3,785

Total operating expenses		266,492			262,558			888,163			794,701

Operating income (loss)		(1,744	)		(1,714	)		(1,157	)		11,392

Other income (expense):
Interest income		1,443			1,206			4,000			2,713
Interest expense		(795	)		(394	)		(2,069	)		(1,407	)
Other gains (losses), net		21,976			(14	)		24,093			(2,613	)
Equity in income (losses) of affiliates, net		325			(338	)		(73	)		(261	)

		22,949			460			25,951			(1,568	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		21,205			(1,254	)		24,794			9,824
Income tax (benefit) expense		(738	)		(23,099	)		963			(20,553	)

Income from continuing operations		21,943			21,845			23,831			30,377
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes:
Loss from discontinued operations		(269	)		(2,277	)		(6,340	)		(4,126	)

Net income	$	21,674		$	19,568		$	17,491		$	26,251

Basic and diluted earnings per share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$	0.04		$	0.04		$	0.05		$	0.06
Loss from discontinued operations		(0.00	)		(0.00	)		(0.01	)		(0.01	)

Net earnings	$	0.04		$	0.04		$	0.04		$	0.05

Shares used in computing basic earnings per share		483,188			477,515			482,614			474,222

Shares used in computing diluted earnings per share		485,927			486,210			486,868			482,585

See accompanying notes to interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

CMGI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006			2005
Cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations:
Net income	$	17,491		$	26,251
Less loss from discontinued operations		(6,340	)		(4,126	)

Income from continuing operations		23,831			30,377
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used for continuing operations:
Depreciation		8,108			7,094
Amortization of intangible assets		3,618			3,919
Stock-based compensation		5,348			4,401
Non-operating gains, net		(23,017	)		(425	)
Gain on sale of building		(2,749	)		—
Equity in losses of affiliates		73			261
Non-cash restructuring charges		312			158
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effects from acquired and divested subsidiaries:
Trade accounts receivable, net		(23,506	)		(30,343	)
Inventories		(5,004	)		(28,335	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		218			2,092
Accounts payable, accrued restructuring and expenses		5,893			14,483
Refundable and accrued income taxes, net		(109	)		(23,097	)
Other assets and liabilities		(507	)		(553	)

Net cash used for operating activities of continuing operations		(7,491	)		(19,968	)

Cash flows from investing activities of continuing operations:
Additions to property and equipment		(11,762	)		(6,752	)
Investment in short-term investments		(87,500	)
Net proceeds from sale of building		2,749			—
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities		69			—
Net cash impact of Modus acquisition, including retirement of Modus’ indebtedness		—			(68,073	)
Proceeds from affiliate distributions		28,628			1,098
Investments in affiliates		(5,834	)		(4,328	)

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations		(73,650	)		(78,055	)

Cash flows from financing activities of continuing operations:
Proceeds from revolving line of credit		11,000			9,000
Repayments on capital leases		(213	)		(224	)
Repayments of long-term debt		(1,638	)		(535	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		972			5,116

Net cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations		10,121			13,357

Cash flows from discontinued operations (Revised—see Note B):
Operating cash flows		161			(413	)
Investing cash flows		(218	)		(1,101	)

Net cash used for discontinued operations		(57	)		(1,514	)

Net effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		1,091			1,294

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(69,986	)		(84,886	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		192,483			271,865

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	122,497		$	186,979

See accompanying notes to interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

CMGI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

A.	NATURE OF OPERATIONS

CMGI, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “CMGI” or the “Company”), through its ModusLink subsidiary, provides industry-leading global supply chain management services that help businesses market, sell and distribute their products and services. In addition, CMGI’s venture capital business, @Ventures, invests in a variety of technology ventures. The Company previously operated under the name CMG Information Services, Inc. and was incorporated in Delaware in 1986. CMGI’s address is 1100 Winter Street, Suite 4600, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451.

CMGI’s business strategy over the years has led to the development, acquisition and operation of majority-owned subsidiaries focused on technology and supply chain management services, as well as the strategic investment in other companies. The Company expects to continue to develop and refine its product and service offerings, and to continue to pursue the development or acquisition of, or the investment in, additional companies and technologies.

On August 2, 2004, CMGI completed its acquisition of Modus Media, Inc., a privately held provider of supply chain management solutions (“Modus”), which conducted business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Modus Media International, Inc. CMGI acquired Modus in order to expand the geographic presence of its supply chain management offerings, diversify its client base, broaden its product and service offerings and bolster its management team. Modus Media International, Inc. has been renamed ModusLink Corporation, and the Company’s supply chain management businesses previously operated by Modus and SalesLink LLC (formerly SalesLink Corporation) are now operated under the ModusLink name. SalesLink’s marketing distribution services business is managed by ModusLink and continues to operate under the name SalesLink. Through the formation of ModusLink, CMGI has created a supply chain management market leader with fiscal 2005 revenue of approximately $1.1 billion, 42 locations in 13 countries (including six locations in Japan operated by an entity in which the Company has a 40% interest), including a significant China presence, and a widely diversified client base that includes leaders in technology, software and consumer electronics.

During the three months ended January 31, 2006, CMGI’s Board of Directors authorized the divestiture of a business unit within the Company’s Americas reporting segment. Management has determined that this planned divestiture meets the criteria for held for sale accounting for a discontinued operation in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Standards (SFAS) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. As such, the operating results of the business unit have been segregated from continuing operations and have been reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, statements of operations, cash flows and related notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.

B.	BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by CMGI in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of those of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows at the dates and for the periods indicated. While the Company believes that the disclosures presented are adequate to make the information not misleading, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes for the year ended July 31, 2005 which are contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed

with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 14, 2005. The results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended April 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. Certain prior year amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified in accordance with US GAAP to conform to the current year presentation.

Discontinued operations reporting has been applied for certain of the Company’s divestitures (see Note P). During the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Company has revised its presentation of discontinued operations in its statement of cash flows to separately disclose the operating, investing and financing portions of the cash flows attributable to its discontinued operations, which in prior periods were reported on a combined basis as a single amount.

As a result of the Modus acquisition, the Company modified its organizational structure to closely resemble the operating model historically used by Modus. This operating structure is aligned along the Americas, Asia, and Europe regions. Each of these regions has designated management teams with direct responsibility over the operations of the respective regions. As a result, the Company now reports three operating segments, Americas, Asia, and Europe.

In addition to its three current operating segments, the Company reports an Other category. The Other category represents corporate expenses consisting primarily of directors and officers insurance costs, costs associated with maintaining certain of the Company’s information technology systems and certain corporate administrative functions such as legal and finance, as well as certain administrative costs related to the Company’s venture capital business. The Other category also consists of any residual results from operations that exist through the cessation of operations of Equilibrium, CMGI Solutions, MyWay, iCast, NaviPath, ExchangePath, and Activate, each of which have been divested or substantially wound down, as these entities do not meet the aggregation criteria under SFAS No. 131 with respect to the Company’s current reporting segments. The historical results of these companies were previously reported in the Enterprise Software and Services (Equilibrium and CMGI Solutions), Portals (MyWay and iCast) and Managed Application Services (NaviPath, ExchangePath, and Activate) segments, respectively. The Other category’s balance sheet information includes certain cash equivalents, available-for-sale securities, investments and other assets, which are not identifiable to the operations of the Company’s operating business segments.

In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Accordingly, segment results reported by the Company exclude the effect of transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries and between the Company’s subsidiaries.

C.	NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In November 2005, the FASB issued a FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS123(R)-3, Transition Election to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards. This FSP requires an entity to follow either the transition guidance for the additional-paid-in-capital pool as prescribed in SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, or the alternative transition method as described in the FSP. An entity that adopts SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective application may make a one-time election to adopt the transition method described in this FSP. An entity may take up to one year from the later of its initial adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) or the effective date of this FSP to evaluate its available transition alternatives and make its one-time election. This FSP became effective in November 2005. We continue to evaluate the impact that the adoption of this FSP could have on our financial statements.

statements of a voluntary change in accounting principle unless it is not practicable. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005 and is required to be adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Although the Company will continue to evaluate the application of SFAS No. 154, management does not currently believe adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

D.	CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Investments, which generally have maturities between three and twelve months at the time of acquisition, are considered short-term and classified as available-for-sale.

As of April 30, 2006, the Company had short-term investments in auction rate securities (ARS) of approximately $87.5 million. ARS generally have long-term stated maturities of 20 to 30 years. However, these securities have certain economic characteristics of short-term investments due to a rate-setting mechanism and the ability to liquidate them through a Dutch auction process that occurs on pre-determined intervals of less than 90 days. These ARS are classified as short-term investments on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets due to management’s intent regarding these securities and are accounted for as available-for-sale, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities” (SFAS 115). As of April 30, 2006, there were no unrealized gains or losses associated with these investments.

E.	GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The purchase price of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in a business combination is subject to an allocation period in accordance with SFAS 141, Business Combinations. In connection with the Modus acquisition, the allocation period for all adjustments other than those related to tax loss carryforwards expired during the quarter ended October 31, 2005, while the allocation period for tax adjustments will still remain open in accordance with SFAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. During the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded a purchase accounting adjustment of $0.3 million primarily related to a deferred tax balance in Europe. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, total after-tax purchase accounting adjustments of $4.4 million were recorded, of which $3.9 million related to the restructuring of a facility in Europe, $0.4 million related to the elimination of redundant positions in the Americas and $0.1 million related to an asset write-down in Europe.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 are as follows:


	Americas		Europe		Asia		Total
	(in thousands)
Balance as of July 31, 2005	$	77,764	$	26,960	$	72,526	$	177,250
Adjustments to goodwill from acquisition of Modus		373		3,783		201		4,357

Balance as of April 30, 2006	$	78,137	$	30,743	$	72,727	$	181,607


	Goodwill			Customer Relationships			Developed Technology			Trade Names			Total
	(in thousands)
Balance as of July 31, 2005	$	177,250		$	17,576		$	2,332		$	1,456		$	198,614
Adjustments to goodwill and other intangible assets from the acquisition of Modus		4,416			—			—			—			4,416

Net carrying amount		181,666			17,576			2,332			1,456			203,030
Amortization expense		—			(731	)		(292	)		(183	)		(1,206	)

Balance as of October 31, 2005	$	181,666		$	16,845		$	2,040		$	1,273		$	201,824
Goodwill adjustment from the acquisition of Modus		259			—			—			—			259

Net carrying amount		181,925			16,845			2,040			1,273			202,083
Amortization expense		—			(731	)		(292	)		(183	)		(1,206	)

Balance as of January 31, 2006	$	181,925		$	16,114		$	1,748		$	1,090		$	200,877
Goodwill adjustment from the acquisition of Modus		(318	)		—			—			—			(318	)

Net carrying amount		181,607			16,114			1,748			1,090			200,559
Amortization expense					(731	)		(292	)		(183	)		(1,206	)

Balance as of April 30, 2006	$	181,607		$	15,383		$	1,456		$	907		$	199,353

The amortization of intangible assets for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005 would have been primarily allocated to selling expenses had the Company recorded the expenses within the functional operating expense categories.

F.	EMPLOYEE STOCK BENEFIT PLANS

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

On October 4, 1994, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan). The purpose of the Plan is to provide a method whereby all eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries may acquire an equity interest in the Company through the purchase of shares of common stock. Under the Plan, employees may purchase the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions at an option price equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on either the first business day or last business day of the applicable quarterly period, whichever is lower. During fiscal year 2002, the Plan was amended to increase the aggregate number of shares to 3.0 million. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company issued approximately 165,000 and 164,000 shares, respectively, under the Plan. As of April 30, 2006, approximately 808,000 shares were available for issuance under the Plan.

Stock Option Plans

The Company currently awards stock options under four plans: the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”), the 2002 Non-Officer Employee Stock Incentive Plan (the “2002 Plan”), the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) and the 2005 Non-Employee Director Plan (the “2005 Plan”). Options granted under the 2004 Plan, 2002 Plan and the 2000 Plan are generally exercisable as to 25% of the shares underlying the options beginning one year after the date of grant, with the option being exercisable as to the remaining shares in equal monthly installments over the next three years. Stock options granted under these plans have contractual terms of seven years. The Company may also grant awards other than stock options under the 2004 Plan, 2002 Plan and 2000 Plan.

In December 2005, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2005 Plan, pursuant to which the Company may grant non-qualified stock options to certain

members of the Board of Directors. The 2005 Plan replaced the Company’s Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan For Non-Employee Directors (“1999 Plan”). No additional options will be granted under the 1999 Plan; however, all then-outstanding options under the 1999 Plan shall remain in effect in accordance with their respective terms. Up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2005 Plan (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events). The 2005 Plan provides that each eligible director who is elected to the Board for the first time after this plan is adopted will automatically be granted an option to acquire 200,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Option”). Each Affiliated Director who ceases to be an Affiliated Director and is not otherwise an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates will be granted, on the date such director ceases to be an Affiliated Director but remains as a member of the Board of Directors, an Initial Option to acquire 200,000 shares of Common Stock under the plan. Each Initial Option will vest and become exercisable as to 1/36th of the number of shares of Common Stock originally subject to the option on each monthly anniversary of the date of grant, provided that the optionee serves as a director on such monthly anniversary date. On the date of each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company commencing with the 2005 Meeting, each eligible director who is both serving as director immediately prior to and immediately following such annual meeting, and who has served on the Board for at least six months, will automatically be granted an option to purchase 24,000 shares of Common Stock (an “Annual Option”). Each Annual Option will vest and become exercisable on a monthly basis as to 1/36th of the number of shares originally subject to the option on each monthly anniversary of the date of grant, provided that the optionee serves as a director on such monthly anniversary date. Stock options granted under the 2005 Plan have contractual terms of 10 years. Outstanding options under the 2005 Plan at April 30, 2006 expire through December 2015.

In December 2004, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2004 Plan pursuant to which the Company may grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards and other equity-based awards for the purchase of up to an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events). The maximum number of shares with respect to which stock options may be granted to any one participant under the 2004 Plan may not exceed 6,000,000 shares per calendar year. The maximum number of shares with respect to which awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights may be granted under the 2004 Plan is 5,000,000 shares.

In March 2002, the Board of Directors adopted the 2002 Plan, pursuant to which 4,150,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events). In May 2002, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the 2002 Plan in which the total shares available under the plan were increased to 19,150,000. Under the 2002 Plan, non-statutory stock options or restricted stock awards may be granted to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employees, other than those who are also officers or directors, as defined. The Board of Directors administers this plan, approves the individuals to whom options will be granted, and determines the number of shares and exercise price of each option. Outstanding options under the 2002 Plan at April 30, 2006 expire through 2013.

In October 2000, the Board of Directors adopted the 2000 Plan, pursuant to which 15,500,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events). Under the 2000 Plan, non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options or restricted stock awards may be granted to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employees, consultants, advisors or directors, as defined. The Board of Directors administers this plan, approves the individuals to whom options will be granted, and determines the number of shares and exercise price of each option. Outstanding options under the 2000 Plan at April 30, 2006 expire through 2012.

The 1999 Plan, approved in fiscal year 2000, replaced the Company’s 1995 Directors’ Plan. No options under the 1995 Director’s Plan remain in effect. Pursuant to the 1999 Plan, 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were initially reserved for issuance.

Stock Option Valuation and Expense Information under SFAS No. 123(R)

On August 1, 2005, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to the Company’s employees and directors including employee stock options and employee stock purchases based on estimated fair values. The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options, employee stock purchases and nonvested shares under SFAS No. 123(R) for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006 which was allocated as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		For the Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006
	(in thousands)
Cost of goods sold	$	139	$	422
Selling		198		604
General and administrative		1,222		4,322

	$	1,559	$	5,348

Prior to fiscal year 2005, the Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the grant date fair value of stock option awards. For grants subsequent to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), the Company estimates the fair value of stock option awards on the date of grant using a binomial-lattice model developed by outside consultants who worked with the Company in the implementation of SFAS No. 123(R). The Company believes that the binomial-lattice model is a more accurate model for valuing employee stock options since it better reflects the impact of stock price changes on option exercise behavior. The use of a binomial-lattice model requires the use of extensive actual employee exercise behavior data and the use of a number of complex assumptions including expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected term. The weighted-average estimated fair value of employee stock options granted during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006 was $0.82 and $0.97 per share, respectively, using the binomial-lattice model with the following weighted-average assumptions:


	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		For the Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006
Expected volatility	74.86	%	79.68	%
Risk-free interest rate	4.85	%	4.35	%
Expected term (in years)	3.99		4.25

The volatility assumption is based on the weighted average for the most recent one-year and long term volatility measures of the Company’s stock as well as certain of the Company’s peers. Prior to August 1, 2005, the Company had used its historical stock price volatility in accordance with SFAS No. 123 for purposes of its pro forma information.

The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon the interpolation of various U.S. Treasury rates, as of the month of the grants.

The expected term of employee stock options represents the weighted-average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding and is a derived output of the binomial-lattice model. The determination of the expected term of employee stock options assumes that employees’ exercise behavior is a function of the option’s remaining vested life and the extent to which the option is in-the-money. The binomial-lattice model estimates the probability of exercise as a function of these two variables based on the entire history of exercises and cancellations on all past option grants made by the Company. The expected term generated by these probabilities reflects actual and anticipated exercise behavior of options granted historically.

As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS No. 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Forfeitures were estimated based partially on historical experience. In the Company’s pro forma information required under SFAS No. 123 for the periods prior to August 1, 2005, the Company established estimates for forfeitures.

Stock Options

The status of the plans during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 is as follows:


	Number of shares		Weighted average exercise price
	(in thousands, except exercise price)
Stock options outstanding, July 31, 2005	19,456		$	1.71
Granted	1,749			1.66
Exercised	(55	)		0.61
Forfeited	(1,791	)		2.47

Stock options outstanding, October 31, 2005	19,359		$	1.64

Granted	2,181			1.57
Exercised	(561	)		0.78
Forfeited	(486	)		2.06

Stock options outstanding, January 31, 2006	20,493		$	1.65

Granted	656			1.48
Exercised	(349	)		0.81
Forfeited	(1,191	)		1.57

Stock options outstanding, April 30, 2006	19,609		$	1.66

Stock options exercisable, April 30, 2006	10,034		$	1.84

As of April 30, 2006, unrecognized stock-based compensation related to stock options was approximately $9.2 million. This cost is expected to be expensed over a weighted average period of 2.1 years. The aggregate intrinsic value and weighted average remaining contractual life of stock options outstanding as of April 30, 2006 is approximately $3.2 million and 5.1 years, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value and weighted average remaining contractual life of stock options exercisable as of April 30, 2006 is approximately $2.4 million and 4.3 years, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 is approximately $0.7 million.

The following table summarizes information about the Company’s stock options outstanding at April 30, 2006:


	Outstanding				Exercisable
Range of exercise prices	Number of shares	Weighted average remaining contractual life	Weighted average exercise price		Number of shares	Weighted average exercise price
	(number of shares in thousands)
$0.00–$1.00	2,534	5.2 years	$	0.51	2,181	$	0.50
$1.01–$2.50	15,736	5.1		1.50	6,538		1.50
$2.51–$5.00	1,279	4.4		3.89	1,255		3.91
$5.01–$25.00	13	1.3		23.37	13		23.37
$25.01–$50.00	38	1.6		30.17	38		30.17
$50.01–$150.00	9	3.7		132.44	9		132.44

	19,609	5.1 years	$	1.66	10,034	$	1.84

Nonvested Stock

Nonvested stock are shares of Common Stock that are subject to restrictions on transfer and risk of forfeiture until the fulfillment of specified conditions. In connection with the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) on August 1, 2005, the Company reclassified approximately $6.2 million of recorded deferred compensation related to unamortized nonvested stock to additional paid-in capital. Nonvested stock is expensed ratably over the term of the restriction period, ranging from one to five years. Nonvested stock compensation expense for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006 is approximately $0.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Nonvested stock compensation expense for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2005 is approximately $1.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively.

A summary of the status of our nonvested stock for the nine months ended April 30, 2006, is as follows:


	Number of shares		Weighted average grant date fair value
	(in thousands)
Nonvested stock outstanding, July 31, 2005	4,815		$	1.55
Granted	985			1.66
Vested	(2,436	)		1.23

Nonvested stock outstanding, October 31, 2005	3,364		$	1.82

Granted	140			1.57
Vested	(79	)		1.23
Forfeited	(10	)		1.59

Nonvested stock outstanding, January 31, 2006	3,415		$	1.78

Granted	—			—
Vested	(85	)		2.08
Forfeited	(363	)		0.91

Nonvested stock outstanding, April 30, 2006	2,967		$	1.88

The fair value of nonvested shares is determined based on market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The total grant date fair value of nonvested stock that vested during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 was approximately $4.8 million. As of April 30, 2006, there was approximately $5.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years.

Pro Forma Information under SFAS No. 123

Pro forma information regarding the effect on net income and income per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2005 is as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2005			For the Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005
	(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income	$	19,568		$	26,251
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards		(2,004	)		(16,160	)
Add: Total stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income		1,098			4,401

Pro forma net income	$	18,662		$	14,492

Earnings per share:
Basic—as reported	$	0.04		$	0.05

Basic—pro forma	$	0.04		$	0.03

Diluted—as reported	$	0.04		$	0.05

Diluted—pro forma	$	0.04		$	0.03

The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:


	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2005			For the Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005
Risk-free interest rate		3.9	%		3.5	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%
Expected volatility		75.1	%		71.1	%
Expected term (years)		5.78			4.18
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period	$	1.62		$	0.96

G.	OTHER GAINS (LOSSES), NET

The following table reflects the components of “Other gains (losses), net”:


	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006			2005			2006			2005
				(in thousands)
Loss on impairment of marketable securities	$	—		$	—		$	(77	)	$	—
Gain on sale of investments		22,609			—			23,155			—
Foreign exchange losses		(935	)		(198	)		(1,940	)		(3,315	)
Gain on sale of building		—			—			2,749			—
Other, net		302			184			206			702

	$	21,976		$	(14	)	$	24,093		$	(2,613	)

During the three months and nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded foreign exchange losses of approximately $0.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively. These foreign exchange losses related primarily to unhedged foreign currency exposures in Asia. The Company has operations in various countries throughout the world and its operating results and financial position can be affected by significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company has historically used derivative financial instruments to manage the exposure that results from such fluctuations, and the Company expects to continue such practice. Also, during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $19.4 million as a result of the acquisition of WebCT Inc. by Blackboard, Inc. and a gain of approximately $3.2 million as a result of the acquisition of Realm Business Solutions Inc. by Insight Venture Partners and Lightyear Capital. Both WebCT Inc. and Realm Business Solutions Inc. were @Ventures portfolio companies.

During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded an adjustment of approximately $0.5 million to increase a previously recorded gain as a result of the acquisition of Molecular Inc. (an @Ventures portfolio company), due to the release of funds held in escrow. Also, during the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded impairment charges of approximately $0.1 million related to the Company’s holdings of shares of NaviSite, and a gain of approximately $2.7 million related to the sale of a building in Ireland.

During the three and nine months ended April 30, 2005, the Company incurred foreign exchange losses of approximately $0.2 million and $3.3 million, respectively. These foreign exchange losses related primarily to unhedged foreign currency exposures in Asia.

H.	RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

The Company’s restructuring initiatives during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006 and April 30, 2005 involved strategic decisions to reposition certain on-going businesses of the Company. Restructuring charges consisted primarily of contract terminations, severance charges and facility and equipment charges incurred as a result of actions taken to increase operational efficiencies, improve margins, and further reduce expenses. Severance charges included employee termination costs as a result of workforce reductions. The contract terminations primarily consisted of costs to exit facility and equipment leases and to terminate other vendor contracts. The Company also recorded charges related to operating leases with no future economic benefit to the Company as a result of the abandonment of unutilized facilities.

The following table summarizes the activity in the restructuring accrual for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006:


	Employee Related Expenses			Contractual Obligations			Asset Impairments			Total
	(in thousands)
Accrued restructuring balance at July 31, 2005	$	1,409		$	17,754		$	—		$	19,163
Restructuring accrual—Modus acquisition		3,504			773			—			4,277
Restructuring charges		723			247			—			970
Restructuring adjustments		(224	)		231			—			7
Cash charges		(900	)		(4,506	)		—			(5,406	)

Accrued restructuring balance at October 31, 2005	$	4,512		$	14,499		$	—		$	19,011

Restructuring charges		3,488			1,109			312			4,909
Restructuring adjustments		44			373			—			417
Cash charges		(4,700	)		(2,804	)		—			(7,504	)
Non-cash charges		—			—			(312	)		(312	)

Accrued restructuring balance at January 31, 2006	$	3,344		$	13,177		$	—		$	16,521

Restructuring charges		349			2,191			—			2,540
Restructuring adjustments		(82	)		124			—			42
Cash charges		(2,210	)		(2,237	)		—			(4,447	)

Accrued restructuring balance at April 30, 2006	$	1,401		$	13,255		$	—		$	14,656

It is expected that the payments of employee-related expenses will be substantially completed by July 31, 2006. The remaining contractual obligations primarily relate to facility lease obligations for vacant space resulting from the previous restructuring activities of the Company, and excess plant capacity relating to the Company’s Modus acquisition on August 2, 2004. The Company anticipates that contractual obligations will be settled by May 2012.

The net restructuring charges for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, would have been allocated as follows had the Company recorded the expense and adjustments within the functional department of the restructured activities:


	Three Months Ended April 30,				Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006		2005		2006		2005
			(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	2,323	$	719	$	4,563	$	1,751
Selling		128		113		363		182
General and administrative		131		640		3,959		1,852

	$	2,582	$	1,472	$	8,885	$	3,785

During the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded net restructuring charges of approximately $2.6 million. These charges consisted of approximately $0.3 million relating to a workforce reduction of 25 employees, primarily due to the elimination of redundant positions in the Americas region. In addition, the Company recorded approximately $2.3 million of contractual obligations primarily due to the closure of plants in Ireland and Scotland.

During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded net restructuring charges of approximately $8.9 million. These charges consisted of approximately $4.3 million relating to a workforce reduction of 106 employees, primarily due to the elimination of redundant positions in Europe and Americas. In addition, the Company recorded approximately $4.3 million of contractual obligations primarily related to the consolidation of two plants in the Netherlands and the closure of plants in Ireland and Scotland, as well as approximately $0.3 million relating to the impairment of certain assets no longer in service.

In addition, during the three months ended October 31, 2005, the Company accrued a purchase accounting adjustment to goodwill of approximately $4.4 million for restructuring activities related to the acquisition of Modus. These restructuring activities occurred in the Americas ($0.4 million) and Europe ($3.9 million), respectively. The restructuring in the Americas was employee severance related to the elimination of redundant positions. The restructuring in Europe primarily related to the closure of a plant in Scotland and consists of approximately $3.1 million of severance for 130 employees and $0.8 million relating to unoccupied facilities for which the Company expects to realize no future economic benefit.

During the three months ended April 30, 2005, the Company recorded net restructuring charges of approximately $1.5 million. These charges consisted of approximately $1.2 million relating to a workforce reduction of 78 employees, $0.1 million relating to unutilized facilities for which the Company expects to realize no future economic benefit, and adjustments of approximately $0.2 million to previously recorded restructuring estimates for facility lease obligations primarily based on changes to the underlying assumptions regarding the estimated length of time required to sublease each vacant space and the expected rent recovery rates.

During the nine months ended April 30, 2005, the Company recorded net restructuring charges of approximately $3.8 million. These charges consist of approximately $2.0 million related to a workforce reduction of 134 employees, approximately $1.5 million relating to unutilized facilities for which the Company expects to realize no future economic benefit, adjustments of approximately $0.2 million to previously recorded restructuring estimates for facility lease obligations primarily based on changes to the underlying assumptions regarding the estimated length of time required to sublease each vacant space and the expected rent recovery rates, and $0.1 million relating to the impairment of certain assets no longer in service.

I.	DERIVATIVES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company often enters into forward currency exchange contracts to manage exposures to foreign currencies. The fair value of the Company’s foreign currency exchange contracts is estimated based on foreign exchange rates as of the end of each reporting period. The Company’s policy is not to allow the use of derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. The Company believes that its forward currency exchange contracts economically function as effective hedges of the underlying exposures, however the foreign currency contracts do not meet the specific criteria for hedge accounting defined in SFAS No. 133, thus requiring the Company to record all changes in the fair value of these contracts in earnings in the period of the change. During the three months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $0.1 million, as a result of fair value changes on its outstanding forward currency exchange contracts. This unrealized gain has been included in Other gains (losses), net in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations.

J.	SEGMENT INFORMATION

Based on the information provided to the Company’s chief operating decision-maker (CODM) for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance, prior to August 2, 2004, the Company reported one operating segment, eBusiness and Fulfillment, which included the results of operations of the Company’s SalesLink subsidiary which, at that time, operated the Company’s supply-chain management business.

On August 2, 2004, CMGI completed its acquisition of Modus. As a result of this acquisition, the Company modified its organizational structure to closely resemble the operating model historically used by Modus. This operating structure is aligned along the Americas, Asia, and Europe regions. Each of these regions has designated management teams with direct responsibility over the operations of the respective regions. Accordingly, the Company’s CODM now focuses primarily on regional information and analysis for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance. As a result, the Company currently reports three operating segments, Americas, Asia, and Europe. Historical segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current reporting structure.

In addition to its three current operating segments, the Company reports an Other category. The Other category represents corporate expenses consisting primarily of directors and officers insurance costs, costs associated with maintaining certain of the Company’s information technology systems and certain corporate administrative functions such as legal and finance, as well as certain administrative costs related to the Company’s venture capital business. The Other category also consists of any residual results from operations, that exist through the cessation of operations of Equilibrium, CMGI Solutions, MyWay, iCast, NaviPath, ExchangePath, and Activate, each of which have been divested or substantially wound down, as these entities do not meet the aggregation criteria under SFAS No. 131 with respect to the Company’s current reporting segments. The historical results of these companies were previously reported in the Enterprise Software and Services (Equilibrium and CMGI Solutions), Portals (MyWay and iCast) and Managed Application Services (NaviPath, ExchangePath, and Activate) segments, respectively. The Other category’s balance sheet information includes certain cash equivalents, available-for-sale securities, investments and other assets, which are not identifiable to the operations of the Company’s operating business segments.

Management evaluates segment performance based on segment net revenue, operating income (loss) and “Non-GAAP operating income (loss)”, which is defined as the operating income/(loss) excluding net charges related to depreciation, long-lived asset impairment, restructuring, and amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation. The Company believes that its Non-GAAP measure of operating income/(loss) provides investors with a useful supplemental measure of the Company’s operating performance by excluding the impact of non-cash charges and restructuring activities. Each of the excluded items (depreciation, long-lived asset impairment, amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation and restructuring) were

excluded because they may be considered to be of a non-operational nature. Historically, the Company has recorded significant impairment and restructuring charges and therefore management uses Non-GAAP operating income/(loss) to assist in evaluating the performance of the Company’s core operations. Non-GAAP operating income/(loss) does not have any standardized definition and therefore is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other reporting companies. These Non-GAAP results should not be evaluated in isolation of, or as a substitute for the Company’s financial results prepared in accordance with US GAAP.

For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006, sales to Hewlett-Packard accounted for approximately 31% and 29% of our consolidated net revenue, respectively. Sales to Advanced Micro Devices accounted for approximately 12% of our consolidated net revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2006. Sales to Kodak accounted for approximately 12% of our consolidated net revenue for the nine months ended April 30, 2006. A significant portion of our expected annual volume of Kodak sales in fiscal 2006 was concentrated during the first half of our fiscal year in support of seasonality based demand for Kodak’s consumer products during the holiday season.

One customer based in the U.S., Hewlett-Packard, accounted for approximately 35% of the Company’s consolidated net revenue for the three months ended April, 2005 and approximately 36% of the Company’s consolidated net revenue for the nine months ended April 30, 2005.

International revenues accounted for approximately 58% of total revenues during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 as compared to 58% for the same period in the prior year. Our international operations subject us to exposure to foreign currency fluctuations. Revenues and related expenses generated from our international segments are generally denominated in the functional currencies of the local countries. Primary currencies include Euros, Singapore Dollars, British Pounds, Chinese Yuan Renminbi and Taiwan Dollars. The income statements of our international operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in each applicable period. To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions results in increased revenues and operating expenses for our Asia and Europe segments. Similarly, our revenues and operating expenses will decrease for our Asia and Europe segments when the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies.

Summarized financial information of the Company’s continuing operations by segment is as follows:


	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006			2005			2006			2005
				(in thousands)
Net revenue:
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	107,098		$	101,556		$	380,538		$	331,433
Asia		62,229			52,561			185,897			162,635
Europe		95,421			106,727			320,571			311,941

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		264,748			260,844			887,006			806,009
Other		—			—			—			84

	$	264,748		$	260,844		$	887,006		$	806,093

Operating income (loss):
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	3,542		$	(1,036	)	$	15,012		$	4,338
Asia		2,613			3,925			13,841			19,605
Europe		(3,429	)		113			(17,469	)		245

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		2,726			3,002			11,384			24,188
Other		(4,470	)		(4,716	)		(12,541	)		(12,796	)

	$	(1,744	)	$	(1,714	)	$	(1,157	)	$	11,392

Non-GAAP operating income:
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	5,622		$	1,814		$	21,278		$	13,081
Asia		4,637			5,319			19,102			24,808
Europe		276			1,518			(6,366	)		4,287

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		10,535			8,651			34,014			42,176
Other		(3,525	)		(4,074	)		(9,212	)		(11,585	)

	$	7,010		$	4,577		$	24,802		$	30,591


Non-GAAP operating income	$	7,010		$	4,577		$	24,802		$	30,591
Adjustments:
Depreciation		(3,407	)		(2,414	)		(8,108	)		(7,094	)
Amortization of intangible assets		(1,206	)		(1,308	)		(3,618	)		(3,919	)
Stock-based compensation		(1,559	)		(1,097	)		(5,348	)		(4,401	)
Restructuring, net		(2,582	)		(1,472	)		(8,885	)		(3,785	)

GAAP operating income (loss)	$	(1,744	)	$	(1,714	)	$	(1,157	)	$	11,392
Other income (expense)		22,949			460			25,951			(1,568	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(738	)		(23,099	)		963			(20,553	)
Loss from discontinued operations		(269	)		(2,277	)		(6,340	)		(4,126	)

Net income	$	21,674		$	19,568		$	17,491		$	26,251


	April 30, 2006		July 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Total assets of continuing operations:
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	239,521	$	236,459
Asia		203,962		188,738
Europe		182,819		160,699

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		626,302		585,896
Other		138,957		127,876

	$	765,259	$	713,772

K.	EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company calculates earnings per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per Share.” Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The dilutive effect of common stock equivalents is included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share only when the effect of the inclusion would be dilutive. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006, approximately 2.7 million and 4.2 million weighted average common stock equivalent shares, respectively, were included in the denominator in the calculation of diluted earnings per share. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006, approximately 9.0 million and 5.5 million common stock equivalent shares and approximately 1.2 million nonvested shares were excluded from the denominator in the diluted earnings per share calculation as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2005, approximately 8.7 million and 8.4 million weighted average common stock equivalents, respectively, were included in the denominator in the calculation of diluted earnings per share. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2005, approximately 7.5 million and 7.6 million, respectively, common stock equivalent shares and approximately 0.4 million nonvested shares were excluded from the denominator in the diluted earnings per share calculation as their inclusion would have been antidilutive.

L.	COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

The components of comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes, are as follows:


	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006			2005			2006		2005
				(in thousands)
Net income	$	21,674		$	19,568		$	17,491	$	26,251
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period		(246	)		(70	)		2,662		(61	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment arising during the period		983			(153	)		2,317		3,870

Comprehensive income	$	22,411		$	19,345		$	22,470	$	30,060

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:


	April 30, 2006			July 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Net unrealized holding gains (losses)	$	2,629		$	(33	)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment		4,673			2,362
Minimum pension liability adjustment		(338	)		(338	)

Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	6,964		$	1,991

M.	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION


	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006		2005
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for interest	$	2,183	$	1,207
Cash paid for income taxes	$	1,084	$	1,020
Restricted stock grant to certain executives and employees (excluding acquisition related grant)	$	1,418	$	6,671

Significant non-cash activities during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 included the issuance of approximately 1.0 million shares of nonvested CMGI common stock (valued at approximately $1.4 million) to certain executives and employees of the Company.

Significant non-cash activities during the nine months ended April 30, 2005 included the issuance of approximately 68.6 million shares of CMGI common stock and assumed or substituted options to purchase approximately 12.6 million shares of CMGI common stock in connection with the acquisition of Modus. In addition, the Company issued approximately 2.5 million shares of restricted CMGI common stock (valued at approximately $3.6 million) to certain executives and employees of Modus in connection with the acquisition.

N.	INVENTORIES

Inventories at April 30, 2006 and July 31, 2005 consisted of the following:


	April 30, 2006		July 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Raw Materials	$	61,459	$	48,314
Work-in-process		881		1,172
Finished Goods		22,198		29,203

	$	84,538	$	78,689

O.	BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS

On July 31, 2004, SalesLink replaced its outstanding bank facilities with a new Loan and Security Agreement (the Loan Agreement). The Loan Agreement provided a revolving credit facility not to exceed $30.0 million. CMGI was a guarantor of all indebtedness under the Loan Agreement. Interest on the revolving credit facility was based on Prime or LIBOR rates plus 1.75%. Advances under the credit facility could be in the form of loans or letters of credit. On December 31, 2004, the Loan Agreement was replaced with a new loan agreement to, among other things, include ModusLink as a borrower. On June 30, 2005, the scheduled maturity date, the loan was extended to September 30, 2005. On September 30, 2005, the scheduled loan maturity date, ModusLink and its lender agreed to extend the Loan Agreement one month to facilitate the finalization of a new revolving bank credit facility.

On October 31, 2005, ModusLink entered into a new revolving credit agreement (the New Loan Agreement) with a bank syndicate. The New Loan Agreement is a three-year $60.0 million revolving credit facility, with a scheduled maturity of October 31, 2008. Advances under the New Loan Agreement may be in the form of loans or letters of credit. Outstanding borrowings under the former Loan Agreement have been assumed by the new loan facility such that at April 30, 2006, approximately $35.8 million of borrowings were outstanding under the facility, and approximately $1.8 million had been reserved in support of outstanding letters of credit. Interest on the revolving credit facility is based on Prime or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (ranging from 1.25 – 1.75%).

The New Loan Agreement includes certain restrictive financial covenants, all of which ModusLink was in compliance with at April 30, 2006. These covenants include balance sheet leverage, liquidity and profitability measures and restrictions that limit the ability of ModusLink, among other things, to merge, acquire or sell assets without prior approval from the lenders. CMGI is not a guarantor under the New Loan Agreement.

P.	DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND DIVESTITURES

During the second quarter ended January 31, 2006, CMGI’s Board of Directors authorized the divestiture of a business unit within the Company’s Americas reporting segment. Management has determined that this planned divestiture meets the criteria for held for sale accounting for a discontinued operation in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. As such, the operating results of the business unit have been segregated from continuing operations and have been reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, statements of operations, cash flows and related notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.

Summarized financial information for the discontinued operations are as follows:


	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2006			2005			2006			2005
	(in thousands)
Results of operations:
Net revenue	$	3,438		$	4,823		$	10,615		$	12,424
Total expenses		3,707			5,053			11,567			14,503

Net loss from discontinued operations		(269	)		(230	)		(952	)		(2,079	)
Adjustment to loss on sale of Engage		—			(2,047	)		—			(2,047	)
Adjustment to loss on sale of Tallan		—			—			(2,585	)		—
Estimated loss on a business unit		—			—			(2,803	)		—

Net loss from discontinued operations	$	(269	)	$	(2,277	)	$	(6,340	)	$	(4,126	)


	April 30, 2006			July 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Financial position:
Current assets	$	3,054		$	2,912
Property and equipment, net		568			2,284
Other assets		1,849			2,716
Total liabilities		(1,918	)		(2,674	)

Net assets of discontinued operations	$	3,553		$	5,238

Q.	CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, the Company may become involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business, which it considers routine and incidental to its business. The Company currently is not a party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, in management’s opinion, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operation or financial condition.

R.	SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Alibris, Inc., one of CMGI’s @Ventures portfolio companies, was acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners on May 19, 2006. In connection with the transaction, the Company received approximately $7.9 million in initial cash proceeds for @Ventures’ ownership stake in Alibris, Inc. and expects to record a pre-tax gain of approximately $4.6 million in the fourth quarter. The Company may receive up to $1.1 million in additional proceeds, assuming there are no claims against funds currently held in escrow during the next two years.

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The matters discussed in this report contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical information provided herein may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “expects” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this section under the heading “Factors That May Affect Future Results” and elsewhere in this report and the risks discussed in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis, judgment, belief or expectation only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

Overview

CMGI, through its subsidiary, ModusLink, provides industry-leading global supply chain management services. ModusLink provides extended supply chain management services and solutions to the technology industry on a global basis. These services and solutions include supply base and inventory management, sourcing, manufacturing, configuration, assembly processes, EDI solutions offering direct connections with customers’ IT systems, distribution and fulfillment, e-commerce, order management, production, customer service and supply chain design and consulting. We invest in emerging, innovative and promising technologies and industries through our venture capital business @Ventures. An aggregate of $5.8 million was invested by @Ventures, our venture capital business, during the nine months ended April 30, 2006.

Management evaluates operating performance based on net revenue, operating income (loss), and net income (loss), and, across its segments, on the basis of “non-GAAP operating income (loss),” which is defined as the operating income (loss) excluding net charges related to depreciation, long-lived asset impairment, restructuring, amortization of intangible assets, and stock-based compensation. See Note J of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for segment information, including a reconciliation of non-GAAP operating income (loss) to net income (loss).

In fiscal 2004, we articulated the following goals:

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Make strategic investments to expand globally;

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Narrow our losses;

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Preserve our cash; and

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Improve our operating efficiencies.

We believe our acquisition of Modus Media, Inc. (Modus) on August 2, 2004, our sales and marketing efforts, and our cost savings initiatives implemented throughout fiscal 2005 allowed us to make substantial progress in achieving these goals. The Modus acquisition increased our global footprint significantly, including multiple facilities in China, which has become an increasingly important region of the world for providing supply chain management services in support of many of our global customers and prospects. The integration of Modus with our existing supply chain management business to form ModusLink also improved our operating efficiency by eliminating redundancies, primarily in the areas of facilities and personnel, and by reducing our overall material and freight costs. These operating synergies provided approximately $19.0 million of cost savings in fiscal 2005, and over $28.0 million of annualized cost savings. In addition, in fiscal 2005, we reported our first annual operating profit in nine years.

For the nine months ended April 30, 2006, CMGI reported net revenue of $887.0 million, an operating loss of $1.2 million and net income of $17.5 million. Included in both our operating loss and net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 was incremental stock-based compensation of $4.0 million related to the implementation of SFAS 123(R). We currently conduct business in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Hungary, France, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Ireland, The Czech Republic, Mexico and other foreign locations, in addition to the Company’s North American operations. We expect to continue to develop and expand our vertical markets and service offerings. At April 30, 2006, we had cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and available for sale securities of $213.0 million, and working capital of $291.6 million. Our primary use of cash during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 was for working capital requirements in support of new customer programs and seasonality-based demand.

During the three months ended January 31, 2006, CMGI’s Board of Directors authorized the divestiture of a business unit within the Company’s Americas reporting segment. Management has determined that this planned divestiture meets the criteria for held for sale accounting for a discontinued operation in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. As such, the operating results of the business unit have been segregated from continuing operations and have been reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, statements of operations, cash flows and related notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.

As a large portion of our revenue comes from outsourcing services provided to customers such as hardware manufacturers, software publishers, telecommunications carriers, broadband and wireless service providers and consumer electronics companies, our operating performance could be adversely affected by declines in the overall performance of the technology sector. The markets for our supply chain management services are very competitive. We also face pressure from our customers to continually realize efficiency gains in order to help our customers maintain their gross margins and profitability. Increased competition and customer demands for efficiency improvements may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and in some cases loss of market share. As a result of these competitive and customer pressures, the gross margins in our business are low. Increased competition arising from industry consolidation and/or low demand for our customers’ products and services may hinder our ability to maintain or improve our gross margins, profitability and cash flows. We must continue to focus on margin improvement, through cost reductions and asset and employee productivity gains in order to improve the profitability of our business and maintain our competitive position. We are reacting to margin and pricing pressures in several ways, including efforts to lower our cost to service customers, move work to lower-cost venues, establish facilities closer to our customers to gain efficiencies, seek business from clients in new target verticals of communications, storage and consumer electronics and add other service offerings at higher margins.

Historically, a limited number of key clients have accounted for a significant percentage of our revenue. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2006, sales to Hewlett-Packard accounted for approximately 31% and 29%, respectively, of our consolidated net revenue, sales to Kodak accounted for approximately 8% and 12% , respectively, of our consolidated net revenue and sales to Advanced Micro Devices accounted for approximately 12% and 9%, respectively, of our consolidated net revenue. We expect to continue to derive the vast majority of our operating revenue from sales to a small number of key customers. We currently do not have any agreements which obligate any customer to buy a minimum amount of products or services from us. Consequently, our sales are subject to demand variability by our customers. The level and timing of orders placed by our customers vary for a variety of reasons, including seasonal buying by end-users, the introduction of new technologies and general economic conditions. Due to seasonality, we expect that revenues will be higher in the first and second fiscal quarters of the year, as our clients increase production for the holiday and calendar year-end season.

During the latter part of fiscal 2005, we developed a set of strategic initiatives and an operating plan focused on increasing both revenue and profitability. We view the continued development of our global operational infrastructure and footprint as a primary source of differentiation in the marketplace. We believe that by leveraging

our global footprint we will be able to optimize our client’s supply chains using multi-facility, multi-geographic solutions. In line with this focus, during fiscal 2005, we made our initial investment in the implementation of a new global systems infrastructure, the foundation of which will be run on SAP’s enterprise resource planning system, and opened two new solution centers, one in West Valley City, Utah and one in Brno, Czech Republic.

In fiscal 2006, we are focused on executing against our strategic plan, including implementing the following initiatives to achieve our goals:

Drive sales growth through a combination of existing client penetration, and targeting new vertical markets; A significant portion of our revenues are currently generated from clients in the computing and software verticals. These verticals are mature and, as a result, gross margins in these verticals are low. To address this, we have expanded our sales focus to include three new markets, in addition to the computing and software verticals, that we believe can benefit from our supply chain expertise. We believe these verticals, including communications, broadband, storage devices, and consumer electronics, are experiencing faster growth than our historical markets, and represent opportunities to realize higher gross margins on our services. Companies in these markets often are early in their product life cycles and have significant need for a supply chain partner who will be an extension to their business models.

Increase the value delivered to clients through service expansion; In fiscal 2006, we expect to invest in expanding our e-commerce and logistics management services offerings, which we believe will increase the overall value of the supply chain solutions we deliver to our existing clients and to new clients. We expect these solutions will enhance our gross margins and drive greater profitability. Further, we believe that the addition of new services to existing clients will strengthen our relationship with these clients, and further integrate us with their business.

Drive operational efficiencies throughout our organization; As a result of the Modus acquisition, the Company has been running multiple information technology systems at a significant cost. Our strategy is to offer an integrated supply chain system infrastructure that extends from front-end order management through distribution and returns management. This end-to-end solution will enable clients to link supply and demand in real time, improve visibility and performance throughout the supply chain, and provide real-time access to information for greater collaboration and making informed business decisions. We believe our clients will benefit greatly from a global integrated business solution while we too reduce our operating costs. We expect to invest approximately $25.6 million in this initiative. Another program that we expect will drive further operational efficiencies in fiscal 2006 and beyond is the implementation of a global shared services model utilizing centralized “hub” locations to service multiple “spoke” locations across the Americas, Asia and Europe regions (“Hub and Spoke”). We believe this initiative will yield improved process standardization and operating efficiency gains, as well as lower our operating costs.

We believe that successful execution of these initiatives will enable the Company to increase its gross margin percentage to approximately 12% – 14%, compared to the gross margins for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 of approximately 10%. We also believe that these initiatives will allow us to reduce our overall selling, general and administrative, restructuring and amortization costs to approximately 7% of revenue. These actions are expected to result in an operating margin between 5-7%. We expect to make steady progress toward these goals and to be operating at this level by the end of fiscal year 2008. Among the key external factors that will influence our performance against these goals are successful execution and implementation of our strategic initiatives, global economic conditions, especially in the technology sector, demand for our customers’ products, and demand for outsourcing services.

Results of Operations

Three months ended April 30, 2006 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2005

Net Revenue:


	Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Total Net Revenue		Three Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Total Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
					(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	107,098	40	%	$	101,556	39	%	$	5,542		5	%
Asia		62,229	24	%		52,561	20	%		9,668		18	%
Europe		95,421	36	%		106,727	41	%		(11,306	)	(11	)%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment	$	264,748	100	%	$	260,844	100	%	$	3,904		1	%

Net revenue within the Americas, Asia, and Europe segments increased for the three months ended April 30, 2006, as compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily as a result of approximately $17.9 million of net revenues from a significant new customer program awarded during fiscal 2005. The year over year net revenue growth of $3.9 million or 1% is net of price reductions and form factor changes of approximately $12.0 million, of which approximately $8.4 million related to the Asia region, primarily in connection with the signing of a multi-year contract with a major customer during the spring of 2005. Within the Europe region net revenue declined primarily as a result of lower order volumes for certain customer programs. “Form factor” relates to the simplification or elimination of components from our clients’ final products, which in turn reduces the Company’s margin potential.

Two customers, Hewlett-Packard and Advanced Micro Devices, accounted for approximately 31% and 12%, respectively, of CMGI’s consolidated net revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2006. One customer, Hewlett-Packard, accounted for approximately 35% of CMGI’s consolidated net revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2005. A significant portion of our expected annual volume in fiscal 2006 with Kodak was concentrated within the first six months of our fiscal year in support of seasonality based demand for Kodak’s consumer products during the holiday season.

The Company continues to see volatility in demand for our customers’ products and as such maintains a conservative view on order volumes and revenue. Our current ability to forecast the amount and timing of future order volumes is low, and we expect such condition to continue for the foreseeable future, as the Company is highly dependent upon the business needs of its customers, whose businesses, in turn, depend upon various factors related to the high tech and consumer electronics sector generally and demand for products and services in that industry. The Company sells primarily on a purchase order basis, rather than pursuant to long-term contracts or contracts with minimum purchase requirements. These purchase orders are generally for quantities necessary to support near-term demand for our customers’ products. A significant portion of our customer base operates in the technology sector, which is intensely competitive and very volatile. Our customers’ order volumes vary from quarter-to-quarter for a variety of reasons, including market acceptance of their new product introductions and overall demand for their products. This business environment, and our mode of transacting business with our customers, does not lend itself to precise measurement of the amount and timing of future order volumes, and as a result, future sales volumes and revenues could vary significantly from period to period.

Cost of Revenue:


	Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Three Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	95,816	89	%	$	94,242	93	%	$	1,574		2	%
Asia		51,469	83	%		41,365	79	%		10,104		24	%
Europe		88,601	93	%		98,290	92	%		(9,689	)	(10	)%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment	$	235,886	89	%	$	233,897	90	%	$	1,989		1	%

Cost of revenue consists primarily of expenses related to the cost of products purchased for sale or distribution as well as salaries and benefit expenses, consulting and contract labor costs, fulfillment and shipping costs, and applicable facilities costs. Cost of revenue increased for the three months ended April 30, 2006 primarily as a result of the increase in revenues as compared to the prior year. Overall net revenue and cost of revenue increased 1%, as compared to the prior year. Gross margins for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 were 11% as compared to 10% in the prior year, a $1.9 million increase.

For the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Company’s gross margin percentages within the Americas, Asia and Europe regions were 11%, 17% and 7%, as compared to 7%, 21% and 8%, respectively, for the same period of the prior year. Within the Americas region, the four-percentage point increase in gross margin percentage was primarily attributable to the higher sales as well as cost reduction initiatives implemented to improve operational efficiencies. Within the Asia region, the four-percentage point decline in gross margin percentage was attributable to $8.4 million of price reductions and form factor changes, primarily in connection with the signing of a multi-year contract with a major customer during the spring of 2005. These price reductions and form factor changes were partially offset by approximately $7.9 million of cost savings and increased business volumes. In recent years, the demand for supply chain management services in both the Americas and Europe has been adversely affected by customers’ migration of their work to lower cost regions of the world, particularly Asia. Accordingly, as a result of the lower overall cost of delivering the Company’s products and services in the Asia region, particularly China, and the increasing demand for supply chain management services in that region, we expect gross margin levels in Asia to continue to exceed those earned in the Americas and Europe regions. We expect that there will be pressure on gross margin levels in Asia as the market, particularly China, matures. Our gross margins are impacted by a number of factors, including competition, order volumes, pricing, customer and product mix and configuration, and overall demand for our customers’ products. A significant portion of the costs required to deliver our products and services is fixed in nature.

As outlined in our strategic initiative discussion in the Overview section above, the Company remains focused on margin improvement through several revenue and operating efficiency initiatives designed to improve the profitability of our business and maintain our competitive position. We are reacting to margin and pricing pressures in several ways, including efforts to lower our cost to service customers, move work to lower-cost venues, establish facilities closer to our customers to gain efficiencies, seek business from clients in new target verticals of communications, storage and consumer electronics and add other service offerings at higher margins.

Selling Expenses:


	Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Three Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
					(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	1,902	2	%	$	1,424	1	%	$	478		34	%
Asia		1,446	2	%		1,460	3	%		(14	)	(1	)%
Europe		1,760	2	%		1,853	2	%		(93	)	(5	)%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment	$	5,108	2	%	$	4,737	2	%	$	371		8	%

General and Administrative Expenses:


	Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Three Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
					(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	4,987	5	%	$	5,573	5	%	$	(586	)	(11	)%
Asia		6,191	10	%		5,317	10	%		874		16	%
Europe		6,075	6	%		5,914	6	%		161		3	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		17,253	7	%		16,804	6	%		449		3	%
Other		4,457	—			4,340	—			117		3	%

Total	$	21,710	8	%	$	21,144	8	%	$	566		3	%

General and administrative expenses within the Americas, Asia, and Europe operating segments consist primarily of compensation and other employee-related costs, facilities costs, depreciation expense and fees for professional services. General and administrative expenses, within these operating segments, increased during the three months ended April 30, 2006, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of approximately $2.7 million of costs associated with the Company’s migration to a new ERP platform, $1.1 million of depreciation primarily as a result of the change to the new ERP platform and $0.4 million of higher IT infrastructure costs, primarily software and hardware maintenance. These costs were partially offset by approximately $2.5 million of lower employee-related costs, $0.9 million of lower legal and accounting costs and $0.2 million of lower training and seminars. Within the Americas region, the $0.6 million decrease in general and administrative expenses was primarily the result of lower employee-related costs of approximately $1.2 million, partially offset by higher IT infrastructure costs of approximately $0.8 million. Within the Asia region, the $0.9 million increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily associated with the ERP initiative of approximately $1.2 million, partially offset by approximately $0.3 million of lower IT infrastructure costs.

as legal and finance which are not fully allocated to the Company’s subsidiary companies, and administration costs related to the Company’s venture capital business. General and administrative expenses within the Other category increased compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily from an $0.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense recorded in connection with the Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 123(R). In addition, the Company had higher employee related costs and accounting costs of approximately $0.6 million and $0.2 million, respectively. These increases were partially offset by approximately $1.0 million of lower legal fees, $0.2 million of lower consulting and professional fees and $0.2 million of lower directors and officers insurance.

The Company expects its general and administrative costs to approximate 8% to 9% of net revenue for the remainder of fiscal 2006 due primarily to higher information technology expenditures associated with the Company’s migration to a common ERP platform, and increased stock compensation expense related to the continued application of SFAS No. 123(R). These increased general and administrative costs are expected to be partially offset by cost savings in connection with the implementation of the Hub and Spoke shared services model.

Amortization of Intangibles Assets:


	Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Three Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
					(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	531	0	%	$	677	1	%	$	(146	)	(22	)%
Asia		510	1	%		483	1	%		27		6	%
Europe		165	0	%		148	0	%		17		11	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment	$	1,206	0	%	$	1,308	1	%	$	(102	)	(8	)%

The intangible asset amortization relates to certain amortizable intangible assets acquired by the Company in connection with its acquisition of Modus. These intangible assets are being amortized over lives ranging from 1 to 7 years.

Restructuring, net:


	Three Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Three Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
					(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	320	0	%	$	676	1	%	$	(356	)	(53	)%
Asia		—	0	%		11	0	%		(11	)	(100	)%
Europe		2,249	2	%		409	0	%		1,840		450	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		2,569	1	%		1,096	0	%		1,473		134	%
Other		13	—			376	—			(363	)	(97	)%

Total	$	2,582	1	%	$	1,472	1	%	$	1,110		75	%

addition, the Company recorded approximately $2.3 million of contractual obligations primarily due to the closure of plants in Ireland and Scotland.

Interest Income/Expense:

During the three months ended April 30, 2006, interest income increased $0.2 million to $1.4 million from $1.2 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increase in interest income was the result of higher average interest rates during the current period compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increase in interest income resulting from the higher interest rates was partially offset by an overall decrease in the average cash and cash equivalent and short-term investment balances.

Interest expense totaled approximately $0.8 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In both periods, interest expense of approximately $0.2 million related to the Company’s stadium obligation, and the remaining interest expense related primarily to outstanding borrowings on a revolving bank credit facility. The interest expense on the revolving line of credit increased due to an increase in the borrowing rate as well as an increase in the average outstanding balance.

Other Gains (losses), net:

Other gains (losses) net, totaled a gain of $22.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2006 as compared to a loss of $0.01 million for the same period of the prior fiscal year. During the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $19.4 million as a result of the acquisition of WebCT Inc. by Blackboard, Inc. and a gain of approximately $3.2 million as a result of the acquisition of Realm Business Solutions Inc. by Insight Venture Partners and Lightyear Capital. Both WebCT Inc. and Realm Business Solutions Inc. were @Ventures portfolio companies. In addition, the Company incurred foreign exchange losses of approximately $0.9 million during the three months ended April 30, 2006, primarily related to unhedged foreign currency exposures in Asia. During the three months ended April 30, 2005, the Company incurred foreign exchange losses of approximately $0.2 million, primarily related to unhedged foreign currency exposures in Asia.

Equity in income (losses) of affiliates, net:

Equity in income (losses) of affiliates, net, resulted from the Company’s minority ownership in certain investments that are accounted for under the equity method. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company’s proportionate share of each affiliate’s income (losses) is included in equity in income (losses) of affiliates. Equity in income of affiliates was approximately $0.3 for the three months ended April 30, 2006 compared to equity in losses of affiliates of approximately $0.3 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of a decrease in net losses recognized by certain of the affiliate companies.

Income Taxes:

The Company does not record any income tax benefit for losses generated in the U.S. as it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize such benefits and the fact that the Company has fully utilized its tax loss carryback benefits. The Company provides income tax expense related to certain foreign and state taxes. During the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded income tax benefit of approximately $0.7 million, as compared to an income tax benefit of $23.1 million for the same period of the prior year.

Nine months ended April 30, 2006 compared to the nine months ended April 30, 2005

Net Revenue:


	Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Total Net Revenue		Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Total Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	380,538	43	%	$	331,433	41	%	$	49,105		15	%
Asia		185,897	21	%		162,635	20	%		23,262		14	%
Europe		320,571	36	%		311,941	39	%		8,630		3	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		887,006	100	%		806,009	100	%		80,997		10	%
Other		—	0	%		84	0	%		(84	)	(100	)%

Total	$	887,006	100	%	$	806,093	100	%	$	80,913		10	%

Net revenue within the Americas, Asia, and Europe segments increased for the nine months ended April 30, 2006, as compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily as a result of approximately $138.7 million of net revenue contributions from two significant new customer programs awarded during fiscal 2005. A portion of this net revenue increase includes seasonality-based demand for the holiday season. The year over year net revenue growth of $80.9 million or 10% is net of price reductions and form factor changes of approximately $36.1 million, of which approximately $26.3 million related to the Asia region.

During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, sales to Hewlett-Packard and Kodak accounted for approximately 29% and 12% of the Company’s consolidated net revenues, respectively. During the nine months ended April 30, 2005, sales to Hewlett-Packard accounted for approximately 36% of the Company’s consolidated net revenues.

Cost of Revenue:


	Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change		% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	341,400	90	%	$	300,642	91	%	$	40,758	14	%
Asia		150,465	81	%		120,539	74	%		29,926	25	%
Europe		304,903	95	%		288,542	92	%		16,361	6	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment	$	796,768	90	%	$	709,723	88	%	$	87,045	12	%

Cost of revenue consists primarily of expenses related to the cost of products purchased for sale or distribution as well as salaries and benefit expenses, consulting and contract labor costs, fulfillment and shipping costs, and applicable facilities costs. Cost of revenue increased for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 primarily as a result of the increase in revenues as compared to the prior year. Overall net revenue increased 10% while cost of revenue increased 12%, as compared to the prior year. As a result, gross margins for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 were 10% as compared to 12% in the prior year quarter, a $6.1 million decline. The margin decline reflects certain price reduction and form factor changes partially offset by cost savings and increased business volumes.

For the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company’s gross margin percentages within the Americas, Asia and Europe regions were 10%, 19% and 5%, as compared to 9%, 26% and 8%, respectively, for the same

period of the prior year. Within the Asia region, the seven-percentage point decline in gross margin percentage was attributable to $26.3 million of price reductions and form factor changes which were partially offset by approximately $19.7 million of cost savings and increased business volumes. Within the Europe region, the three-percentage point decline in gross margins percentage was primarily attributable to $5.1 million of additional costs incurred in the second quarter to support a larger than anticipated surge in demand for a significant clients’ products in Europe during the holiday season. These costs primarily included higher freight expediting fees, warehousing and assembly costs, and distribution costs. In addition, gross margins in Europe were negatively impacted by $5.9 million of price reductions and form factor changes versus the prior year, partially offset by approximately $3.3 million of cost savings and increased business volumes.

Selling Expenses:


	Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005			As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	6,222	2	%	$	5,303		2	%	$	919		17	%
Asia		4,036	2	%		4,974		3	%		(938	)	(19	)%
Europe		5,531	2	%		5,421		2	%		110		2	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		15,789	2	%		15,698		2	%		91		1	%
Other		—	—			(3	)	(4	)%		3		100	%

Total	$	15,789	2	%	$	15,695		2	%	$	94		1	%

Selling expenses consist primarily of compensation and employee-related expenses, sales commissions, facilities costs, marketing expenses and travel costs. Selling expenses during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 were consistent with the same period in the prior fiscal year. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, employee related costs increased by approximately $0.8 million. This increase was partially offset by lower facility costs of approximately $0.3 million, lower stock-based compensation of $0.3 million. The $0.9 million increase in selling expenses within the Americas region is primarily the result of higher employee-related costs. The $0.9 million decrease in selling expenses within the Asia region is primarily the result of lower employee-related costs of approximately $0.4 million and lower stock-based compensation of approximately $0.2 million. Of the Company’s total selling expenses for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, employee-related costs represented approximately 66% and 62% of the total selling expense in each period. The Company expects its selling expenses to continue to approximate 2% of net revenue for the foreseeable future.

General and Administrative Expenses:


	Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	15,200	4	%	$	17,522	5	%	$	(2,322	)	(13	)%
Asia		15,780	8	%		15,162	9	%		618		4	%
Europe		19,608	6	%		16,414	5	%		3,194		19	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		50,588	6	%		49,098	6	%		1,490		3	%
Other		12,515	—			12,481	1,486	%		34		0	%

Total	$	63,103	7	%	$	61,579	8	%	$	1,524		2	%

General and administrative expenses within the Americas, Asia, and Europe operating segments consist primarily of compensation and other employee-related costs, facilities costs, depreciation expense and fees for professional services. The total general and administrative expenses for these operating segments increased during the nine months ended April 30, 2006, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of approximately $6.9 million of costs associated with the Company’s migration to a new ERP platform, $1.3 million of depreciation primarily as a result of the change to the new ERP platform and $0.5 million of higher IT infrastructure costs, primarily software and hardware maintenance and $0.6 million of consulting and professional costs. These costs were partially offset by approximately $3.9 million of lower employee-related costs, $1.5 million of lower legal and accounting costs, $1.0 million of lower facility costs, $0.8 million of lower stock-based compensation and $0.3 million of lower seminar and training costs. Within the Americas region, the $2.3 million decrease in general and administrative expenses was primarily associated with lower employee-related costs. Within the Europe region, the $3.2 million increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily associated with the ERP initiative of approximately $2.1 million.

The general and administrative expenses within the Other category primarily reflect the cost of the Company’s directors and officers insurance, costs associated with certain corporate administrative functions such as legal and finance which are not fully allocated to the Company’s subsidiary companies, and administration costs related to the Company’s venture capital business. General and administrative expenses within the Other category were consistent with the same period in the prior fiscal year. General and administrative expenses increased from the prior year primarily as a result of approximately $2.5 million of stock based compensation expense recorded in connection with the Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 123(R). In addition, the Company had higher accounting costs and employee related costs of approximately $1.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively. These increases were offset by approximately $2.4 million of lower legal costs, $0.8 million of lower consulting costs, $0.5 million of lower professional fees and $0.5 million of lower directors and officers insurance. The Company expects its total general and administrative costs to approximate 8% to 9% of net revenue for the remainder of fiscal 2006 due primarily to higher information technology expenditures associated with the Company’s migration to a common ERP platform, and increased stock compensation expense related to the continued application of SFAS No. 123(R). These increased general and administrative costs are expected to be partially offset by cost savings in connection with the implementation of the Hub and Spoke shared services model.

Amortization of Intangible Assets:


	Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	1,593	0	%	$	2,178	1	%	$	(585	)	(27	)%
Asia		1,530	1	%		1,418	1	%		112		8	%
Europe		495	0	%		323	0	%		172		53	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment	$	3,618	0	%	$	3,919	0	%	$	(301	)	(8	)%

Restructuring, net:


	Nine Months Ended April 30, 2006		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		Nine Months Ended April 30, 2005		As a % of Segment Net Revenue		$ Change			% Change
	(in thousands)
eBusiness and Fulfillment
Americas	$	1,111	0	%	$	1,450	0	%	$	(339	)	(23	)%
Asia		245	0	%		937	1	%		(692	)	(74	)%
Europe		7,503	2	%		996	0	%		6,507		653	%

Total eBusiness and Fulfillment		8,859	1	%		3,383	0	%		5,476		162	%
Other		26	—			402	479	%		(376	)	(94	)%

Total	$	8,885	1	%	$	3,785	0	%	$	5,100		135	%

Interest Income/Expense:

During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, interest income increased $1.3 million to $4.0 million from $2.7 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increase in interest income was the result of higher average interest rates during the current period compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increase in interest income resulting from the higher interest rates was partially offset by an overall decrease in the average cash and cash equivalent and short-term investment balances.

Interest expense totaled approximately $2.1 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In both periods, interest expense of approximately $0.6 million related to the Company’s stadium obligation, and the remaining interest expense related primarily to outstanding borrowings on a revolving bank credit facility. The interest expense on the revolving line of credit increased due to an increase in the borrowing rate as well as an increase in the average outstanding balance.

Other Gains (losses), net:

Other gains (losses) net, totaled a gain of $24.1 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 as compared to a loss of $2.6 million for the same period of the prior fiscal year. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $2.7 million related to the sale of a building in Europe. In addition, the Company recorded gains of approximately $19.4 million as a result of the acquisition of WebCT Inc. by Blackboard, Inc. and a gain of approximately $3.2 million as a result of the acquisition of Realm

Business Solutions, Inc. by Insight Venture Partners and Lightyear Capital and a $0.5 million adjustment to a previously recorded gain as a result of the acquisition of Molecular Inc. by Isobar. (WebCT Inc., Realm Business Solutions Inc. and Molecular Inc. were @Ventures portfolio companies). The Company also incurred foreign exchange losses of approximately $1.9 million during the nine months ended April 30, 2006, primarily related to unhedged foreign currency exposures in Asia. During the nine months ended April 30, 2005, the Company incurred foreign exchange losses of approximately $3.3 million, primarily related to unhedged foreign currency exposures in Asia.

Equity in income (losses) of affiliates, net:

Equity in losses of affiliates, net, resulted from the Company’s minority ownership in certain investments that are accounted for under the equity method. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company’s proportionate share of each affiliate’s income (losses) is included in equity in income (losses) of affiliates. Equity in losses of affiliates was approximately $0.1 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 compared to equity in losses of affiliates of $0.3 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of a decrease in net losses recognized by certain of the affiliate companies.

Income Taxes:

The Company does not record any income tax benefit for losses generated in the U.S. due to the uncertainty of realizing such benefits and the fact that the Company has fully utilized its tax loss carryback benefits. The Company provides income tax expense related to certain foreign and state taxes. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company recorded income tax expense of approximately $1.0 million, as compared to an income tax benefit of $20.6 million for the same period of the prior year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically, the Company has financed its operations and met its capital requirements primarily through funds generated from operations, the issuance of CMGI common stock, the sale of investments in subsidiary and affiliate entities and borrowings from lending institutions. As of April 30, 2006, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity consisted of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $210.0 million. In addition, on October 31, 2005, ModusLink entered into a new revolving credit agreement (the New Loan Agreement) with a bank syndicate. The New Loan Agreement is a three-year $60.0 million revolving credit facility, with a scheduled maturity of October 31, 2008. Advances under the New Loan Agreement may be in the form of loans or letters of credit. Outstanding borrowings under the former Loan Agreement have been assumed by the new loan facility such that at April 30, 2006, approximately $35.8 million of borrowings were outstanding under the facility, and approximately $1.8 million had been reserved in support of outstanding letters of credit. Interest on the revolving credit facility is based on Prime or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (ranging from 1.25 – 1.75%). The credit facility includes certain restrictive financial covenants, which include balance sheet leverage, liquidity and profitability measures and restrictions that limit the ability of ModusLink, among other things, to merge, or acquire or sell assets without prior approval from the lenders. The Company’s working capital at April 30, 2006 was approximately $291.6 million.

Net cash used for operating activities of continuing operations was $7.5 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006, compared to $20.0 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2005. Cash used for operating activities of continuing operations represents net income (loss) as adjusted for non-cash items and changes in working capital. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, non-cash items primarily included $8.1 million of depreciation expense, $3.6 million of amortization of intangible assets, $5.3 million of stock-based compensation expense and $23.0 million of non-operating gains, net. Non-operating gains, net consists primarily of a gain of approximately $19.4 million from the acquisition of WebCT, Inc. by Blackboard, Inc. and a gain of approximately $3.2 million from the acquisition of Realm Business Solutions, Inc. by Insight Venture Partners and Lightyear Capital. Both WebCT Inc. and Realm Business Solutions, Inc. were @Ventures portfolio

companies. Net cash used for operating activities of continuing operations includes an increase in accounts receivable and inventory of $23.5 million and $5.0 million, respectively, related to increased sales for certain new customer’s products as a result of seasonality based demand. During the nine months ended April 30, 2005, non-cash items primarily included $7.1 million of depreciation expense, $3.9 million of amortization of intangible assets and $4.4 million of stock-based compensation expense.

The Company believes that the reduction in the net cash used for operating activities of continuing operations is dependent on several factors, including increased profitability, effective inventory management practices, and optimization of the credit terms of certain vendors of the Company. Our cash flows from operations are dependent on several factors including the overall performance of the technology sector, and the market for outsourcing services. The intensity of the competition in our markets is expected to continue to increase and this increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share. A one-percentage point decline in our gross margins earned during the nine months ended April 30, 2006, would have resulted in a $8.9 million decline in our cash flows from operating activities. We continue to focus on margin improvement, through cost reductions, asset and employee productivity gains and seeking business from clients in new target verticals of communications, storage and consumer electronics in order to improve the profitability and cash flows of our business and maintain our competitive position. As outlined in our discussion on strategic initiatives in the Overview section above, we are reacting to margin and pricing pressures in several ways, including efforts to lower our cost to service customers, move work to lower-cost venues, establish facilities closer to our customers to gain efficiencies, and add other service offerings at higher margins.

Investing activities of continuing operations used cash of $73.7 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and used cash of $78.1 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2005. The $73.7 million of cash used for investing activities consists primarily from the Company investing approximately $87.5 million in auction rate securities in order to increase the yields earned on its available cash, $11.8 million of capital expenditures and $5.8 million of investments in affiliates. These decreases were partially offset by $2.7 million of proceeds from the sale of a building in Europe and approximately $21.2 million and $6.9 million of proceeds from the acquisition by third parties of two @Ventures portfolio companies, WebCT Inc. and Realm Business Solutions Inc., respectively. During the nine months ended April 30, 2005, the Company’s primary use of cash for investing activities included the acquisition of Modus, for which the Company made a net cash payment of approximately $66.2 million to retire Modus’ debt and pay certain deal related costs. Also during the nine months ended April 30, 2005, the Company paid additional acquisition related costs of approximately $1.8 million. As of April 30, 2006, the Company had $22.8 million of investments in affiliates, which may be a potential source of future liquidity. However, the Company does not anticipate being dependent on liquidity from these investments to fund either its short-term or long-term operating activities. During the nine months ended April 30, 2006, the Company invested approximately $10.3 million in a new Enterprise Resource Planning System in connection with its strategy to create a global integrated supply-chain system infrastructure that extends from front-end order management through distribution returns management. During the remainder of fiscal 2006 the Company expects to invest approximately $5.0 million of additional capital in its new ERP system. The total investment in the new ERP system through fiscal 2007 is expected to approximate $25.6 million.

Financing activities of continuing operations provided cash of $10.1 million and $13.4 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The $10.1 million of cash provided for financing activities of continuing operations during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 includes $11.0 million of borrowings under the revolving line of credit in order to support the demand for certain customer products, $1.0 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock and approximately $1.6 million of cash used for the repayment of a mortgage in connection with the sale of a building in Europe. The $13.4 million of cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations during the nine months ended April 30, 2005 includes $5.1 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock primarily from stock option exercises and $9.0 million of borrowings under the revolving line of credit. The Company is not dependent on liquidity from its financing activities to fund either its short-term or long-term operating activities.

Cash used for discontinued operations totaled $0.1 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Given the Company’s cash resources as of April 30, 2006, the Company believes that it has sufficient working capital and liquidity to support its operations, as well as continue to make investments through its venture capital business over the next fiscal year and for the foreseeable future. However, should additional capital be needed to fund future investment and acquisition activity, the Company may seek to raise additional capital through offerings of the Company’s stock, or through debt financing. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to raise additional capital on terms that are favorable to the Company, or at all.

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

The Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements other than operating leases that are recorded in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Contractual Obligations

The Company leases facilities and certain other machinery and equipment under various non-cancelable operating leases and executory contracts expiring through June 2015.

In August 2000, the Company announced it had acquired the exclusive naming and sponsorship rights to the New England Patriots’ new stadium for a period of fifteen years. In August 2002, the Company finalized an agreement with the owner of the stadium to amend the sponsorship agreement. Under the terms of the amended agreement, the Company relinquished the stadium naming rights and remains obligated for a series of annual payments of $1.6 million per year through 2015.

ModusLink has a revolving credit facility of $60.0 million. As of April 30, 2006, approximately $35.8 million of borrowings were outstanding under the facility, and approximately $1.8 million had been reserved in support of outstanding letters of credit.

Purchase obligations represent an estimate of all open purchase orders and contractual obligations in the ordinary course of business for which the Company has not received the goods or services. Although open purchase orders are considered enforceable and legally binding, the terms generally allow us the option to cancel, reschedule, and adjust our requirements based on our business needs prior to the delivery of goods or performance of services.

Future minimum payments, including previously recorded restructuring obligations, as of April 30, 2006 are as follows:


Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 – 3 years		3 – 5 years		After 5 years
	(in thousands)
Operating and capital leases	$	87,826	$	22,131	$	32,404	$	19,751	$	13,540
Stadium obligations		15,200		1,600		3,200		3,200		7,200
Long-term debt		130		65		65		—		—
Purchase obligations		81,737		81,737		—		—		—
Revolving line of credit		35,785		—		35,785		—		—

Total	$	220,678	$	105,533	$	71,454	$	22,951	$	20,740

Total future minimum lease payments have been reduced by future minimum sublease rentals of approximately $1.0 million.

Total rent and equipment lease expense charged to continuing operations was approximately $16.1 million and $22.2 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

From time to time the Company provides guarantees of payment to vendors doing business with certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. These guarantees require that in the event that the subsidiary cannot satisfy its obligations with certain of its vendors, the Company will be required to settle the obligation. As of April 30, 2006, the Company had guarantees related to a facility lease of a former subsidiary and financial standby letters of credit guarantees totaling approximately $2.7 million which are expected to expire by June 2007. As of April 30, 2006, the Company had no recorded liabilities with respect to these arrangements.

From time to time, the Company agrees to provide indemnification to its customers in the ordinary course of business. Typically, the Company agrees to indemnify its customers for losses caused by the Company with respect to certain intellectual property, such as databases, software masters, certificates of authenticity and similar valuable intellectual property. As of April 30, 2006, the Company had no recorded liabilities with respect to these arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, inventories, investments, intangible assets, income taxes, restructuring, impairment of long-lived assets and contingencies and litigation. Of the accounting estimates we routinely make relating to our critical accounting policies, those estimates made in the process of: preparing investment valuations; determining discounted cash flows for purposes of evaluating goodwill and intangible assets for impairment; determining future lease assumptions related to restructured facility lease obligations; and establishing income tax liabilities are the estimates most likely to have a material impact on our financial position and results of operations. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, because these estimates inherently involve judgments and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those estimates.

The Company has identified the accounting policies below as the policies most critical to its business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is discussed throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. Our critical accounting policies are as follows:

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Revenue recognition

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Restructuring expenses

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Loss contingencies

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Stock-Based Compensation Expense

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Accounting for impairment of long-lived assets, goodwill and other intangible assets

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Investments

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Income taxes

Revenue Recognition. The Company derives its revenue primarily from the sale of products, supply chain management services, marketing distribution services and other services. Revenue is recognized as product is shipped and related services are performed in accordance with all applicable revenue recognition criteria.

The Company recognizes revenue when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, title and risk of loss have passed, product is shipped or the services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured. The Company also applies the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent.” The Company’s application of EITF 99-19 includes evaluation of the terms of each major customer contract relative to a number of criteria that management considers in making its determination with respect to gross vs. net reporting of revenue for transactions with its customers. Management’s criteria for making these judgments place particular emphasis on determining the primary obligor in a transaction and which party bears general inventory risk. The Company records all shipping and handling fees billed to customers as revenue, and related costs as cost of sales, when incurred, in accordance with EITF 00-10, “Accounting for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs.”

The Company follows the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”). This issue addresses determination of whether an arrangement involving more than one deliverable contains more than one unit of accounting and how the arrangement consideration should be measured and allocated to the separate units of accounting.

For those contracts which contain multiple deliverables, management must first determine whether each service, or deliverable, meets the separation criteria of EITF 00-21. In general, a deliverable (or a group of deliverables) meets the separation criteria if the deliverable has standalone value to the customer and if there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the remaining deliverables in the arrangement. Each deliverable that meets the separation criteria is considered a “separate unit of accounting.” Management allocates the total arrangement consideration to each separate unit of accounting based on the relative fair value of each separate unit of accounting. The amount of arrangement consideration that is allocated to a unit of accounting that has already been delivered is limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of another separate unit of accounting. After the arrangement consideration has been allocated to each separate unit of accounting, management applies the appropriate revenue recognition method for each separate unit of accounting as described previously based on the nature of the arrangement. All deliverables that do not meet the separation criteria of EITF 00-21 are combined into one unit of accounting, and the appropriate revenue recognition method is applied.

Restructuring Expenses. For restructuring plans implemented prior to December 31, 2002, the Company assessed the need to record restructuring charges in accordance with EITF No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)” (EITF 94-3). The Company also applies EITF Issue No. 95-3, “Recognition of Liabilities in Connection with a Purchase Business Combination” and Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 100, “Restructuring and Impairment Charges.” In accordance with this guidance, management must execute an exit plan that will result in the incurrence of costs that have no future economic benefit. Also under the terms of EITF 94-3, a liability for the restructuring charges is recognized in the period management approves the restructuring plan. The Company records liabilities that primarily include the estimated severance and other costs related to employee benefits and certain estimated costs to exit equipment and facility lease obligations, bandwidth agreements and other service contracts. These estimates are based on the remaining amounts due under various

contractual agreements, adjusted for any anticipated contract cancellation penalty fees or any anticipated or unanticipated event or changes in circumstances that would reduce these obligations. In the past, certain of our restructuring estimates relating to contractual obligations have been settled for amounts less than our initial estimates. As of April 30, 2006, the Company’s accrued restructuring balance totaled $14.7 million, of which remaining contractual obligations represented $13.3 million. These contractual obligations principally represent future obligations under non-cancelable real estate leases. Restructuring estimates relating to real estate leases involve consideration of a number of factors including: potential sublet rental rates, estimated vacancy period for the property, brokerage commissions and certain other costs. Estimates relating to potential sublet rates and expected vacancy periods are most likely to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations in the event that actual amounts differ significantly from estimates. These estimates involve judgment and uncertainties, and the settlement of these liabilities could differ materially from recorded amounts. As such, in the course of making such estimates management often uses third party real estate experts to assist management in its assessment of the marketplace for purposes of estimating sublet rates and vacancy periods. A 10% – 20% unfavorable settlement of our remaining restructuring liabilities, as compared to our current estimates, would decrease our income from continuing operations by $1.5 – $2.9 million.

In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities” which addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies EITF 94-3. The statement requires companies to recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan. Examples of costs covered by the statement include lease termination costs and certain employee severance costs that are associated with a restructuring, discontinued operations, plant closing, or other exit or disposal activity. The provisions of this Statement have been applied by the Company to exit or disposal activities that were initiated after December 31, 2002.

Loss Contingencies. The Company is subject to the possibility of various loss contingencies arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company considers the likelihood of the loss or impairment of an asset or the incurrence of a liability as well as our ability to reasonably estimate the amount of loss in determining loss contingencies. An estimated loss contingency is accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred or an asset has been impaired and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company regularly evaluates the current information available to us to determine whether such accruals should be adjusted.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense. On August 1, 2005, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment,” (“SFAS No. 123(R)”) which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based payment awards made to employees and directors including employee stock options and employee stock purchases related based on estimated fair values. In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”) relating to SFAS No. 123(R). The Company has applied the provisions of SAB 107 in its adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).

SFAS No. 123(R) requires companies to estimate the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. SFAS No. 123(R) supersedes the Company’s previous accounting under the provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” As permitted by SFAS No. 123, the Company measured options, granted prior to August 1, 2005, compensation cost in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related interpretations. Accordingly, no accounting recognition is given to stock options granted at fair market value until they are exercised. Upon exercise, net proceeds, including tax benefits realized, are credited to equity.

The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method, which requires the application of the accounting standard as of August 1, 2005, the first day of the Company’s fiscal year 2006. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS No. 123(R). Stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123(R) for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 consisted of stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options and employee stock purchases of approximately $4.3 million, excluding approximately $1.0 million of stock-based compensation for nonvested stock. There was no stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options and employee stock purchases recognized during the nine months ended April 30, 2005.

Stock-based compensation expense recognized during the period is based on the value of the portion of stock-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest during the period. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 included compensation expense for stock-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of July 31, 2005 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the pro forma provisions of SFAS No. 123 and compensation expense for the stock-based payment awards granted subsequent to July 31, 2005 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R). As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended April 30, 2006 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS No. 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. In the Company’s pro forma information required under SFAS No. 123 for the periods prior to August 1, 2005, the Company established estimates for forfeitures.

Upon adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), the Company also changed its method of valuation for stock-based awards granted after August 1, 2005 to a binomial-lattice option-pricing model (“binomial-lattice model”) from the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) which was previously used for the Company’s pro forma information required under SFAS No. 123. The Company believes that the binomial-lattice model is a more accurate model for valuing employee stock options since it better reflects the impact of stock price changes on option exercise behavior. The Company uses third party analyses to assist in developing the assumptions used in its binomial-lattice model and the resulting fair value used to record compensation expense. The Company’s determination of fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. Any changes in these assumptions may materially affect the estimated fair value of the stock-based award. A 10% increase in the volatility used for determining the fair value of the options granted during the nine months ended April 30, 2006 would have resulted in an approximately $0.3 million increase in the total estimated stock-based compensation for these options.

Accounting for Impairment of Long-Lived Assets, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. The Company follows SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” Under SFAS No. 144, the Company tests certain long-lived assets or group of assets for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the Company may not be able to recover the asset’s carrying amount. SFAS No. 144 defines impairment as the condition that exists when the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or groups exceeds its fair value. When events or changes in circumstances dictate an impairment review of a long-lived asset or group, the Company evaluates recoverability by determining whether the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of that asset or group cover the carrying value at the evaluation date. If the undiscounted cash flows are not sufficient to cover the carrying value, the Company measures any impairment loss as the excess of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or group over its fair value. Management predominantly uses third party valuation reports in its determination of fair value.

The Company follows SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS No. 142 requires the Company to evaluate its existing intangible assets and goodwill that were acquired in prior purchase business combinations, and to make any necessary reclassifications in order to conform to the new criteria in SFAS No. 141 for recognition apart from goodwill. Accordingly, the Company is required to reassess the useful lives and residual values of all identifiable intangible assets acquired in purchase business combinations, and make any necessary amortization period adjustments. In addition, to the extent an intangible asset is then determined to have an indefinite useful life, the Company is required to test the intangible asset for impairment in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. The Company’s valuation methodology for assessing impairment requires management to make judgments and assumptions based on historical experience and projections of future operating performance. Management predominantly uses third party valuation reports to assist in its determination of the fair value of reporting units subject to impairment testing. These valuation reports, used to determine the fair value of reporting units for purposes of impairment testing, rely heavily on projections of future operating performance. The preparation of these projections takes into consideration both past performance and management’s expectations for future performance based on its experience. Further, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142, the Company has designated reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill impairment. The standard defines a reporting unit as the lowest level of an entity that is a business and that can be distinguished, physically and operationally and for internal reporting purposes, from the other activities, operations, and assets of the entity. As of July 31, 2004, based on the provisions of SFAS No. 142, the Company had two reporting units for purposes of goodwill impairment testing. Upon completion of its acquisition of Modus Media on August 2, 2004, the Company concluded that it had three reporting units (Americas, Asia, and Europe) for purposes of goodwill impairment testing. Additionally, the Company’s policy is to perform its annual impairment testing for all reporting units in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. The Company performed its annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 and concluded goodwill was not impaired. At April 30, 2006, the Company’s carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets totaled $181.6 million and $17.7 million, respectively. The Company operates in highly competitive environments and projections of future operating results and cash flows may vary significantly from actual results. Future operating results and cash flows from operations are dependent on several factors including the overall performance of the technology sector, and the market for outsourcing services. The intensity of the competition is expected to continue to increase and this increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share. If our assumptions regarding our ability to maintain our competitive position in the marketplace or our assumptions of the future demand for our customers’ products and services used in preparing our valuations of the Company’s reporting units differ materially from actual future results, the Company may record impairment charges in the future.

Investments. The Company maintains interests in several privately held companies primarily through its various venture capital business (“CMGI @Ventures”), which invest in early-stage technology companies. These investments are generally made in connection with a round of financing with other third-party investors. At April 30, 2006, the Company had approximately $22.8 million of investments in privately held companies. Investments in which the Company’s interest is less than 20% and which are not classified as available-for-sale securities are carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value unless it is determined that the Company exercises significant influence over the investee company, in which case the equity method of accounting is used. For those investments in which the Company’s voting interest is between 20% and 50%, the equity method of accounting is generally used. Under this method, the investment balance, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of net earnings or losses of the investee company as they occur, limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in, advances to and commitments for the investee. These adjustments are reflected in “Equity in losses of affiliates, net” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company assesses the need to record impairment losses on its investments and records such losses when the impairment of an investment is determined to be other than temporary in nature. The process of assessing whether a particular equity investment’s net realizable value is less than its carrying cost requires a significant amount of judgment. In making this judgment, the Company carefully considers the investee’s cash position, projected cash flows (both short and long-term), financing needs, recent financing rounds, most recent

valuation data, the current investing environment, management/ownership changes, and competition. This valuation process is based primarily on information that the Company requests from these privately held companies and is not subject to the same disclosure and audit requirements as the reports required of U.S. public companies. As such, the reliability and accuracy of the data may vary.

Estimating the net realizable value of investments in privately held early-stage technology companies is inherently subjective and has contributed to significant volatility in our reported results of operations in the past and it may negatively impact our results of operation in the future. We may incur additional impairment charges to our equity investments in privately held companies, which could have an adverse impact on our future results of operations. A decline in the carrying value of our $22.8 million of investments in affiliates at April 30, 2006 ranging from 10% – 20%, respectively, would decrease our income from continuing operations by $2.3 – $4.6 million.

At the time an equity method investee sells its common stock to unrelated parties at a price in excess of its book value, the Company’s net investment in that affiliate increases. If at that time, the affiliate is not a newly formed, non-operating entity, or a research and development company, start-up or development stage company, and if there is no question as to the affiliate’s ability to continue in existence, the Company records the increase as a gain in its Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Income Taxes. Income taxes are accounted for under the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” using the asset and liability method whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. SFAS No. 109 also requires that the deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance, if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the recorded deferred tax assets will not be realized in future periods. This methodology requires estimates and judgments in the determination of the recoverability of deferred tax assets and in the calculation of certain tax liabilities. At April 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, a full valuation allowance has been recorded against the gross deferred tax assets since management believes that after considering all the available objective evidence, both positive and negative, historical and prospective, with greater weight given to historical evidence, it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. In each reporting period, we evaluate the adequacy of our valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets. In the future, if the Company is able to demonstrate a consistent trend of pre-tax income, then at that time management may reduce its valuation allowance, accordingly. At April 30, 2006, the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards for federal, state and foreign purposes totaled $2.0 billion, $2.1 billion and $15.1 million, respectively. A 5% reduction in the Company’s current valuation allowance on these federal, state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards would result in an income tax benefit of approximately $40.0 million.

In addition, the calculation of the Company’s tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations in a multitude of jurisdictions. The Company records liabilities for estimated tax obligations in the U.S. and other tax jurisdictions. These estimated tax liabilities include the provision for taxes that may become payable in the future.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2005, the FASB issued FSP FAS123(R)-3, Transition Election to Accounting for the Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards. This FSP requires an entity to follow either the transition guidance for the additional-paid-in-capital pool as prescribed in SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment , or the alternative transition method as described in the FSP. An entity that adopts SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective application may make a one-time election to adopt the transition method described in this FSP. An entity may take up to one year from the later of its initial adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) or the effective date of this FSP to evaluate its available transition alternatives and make its one-time election. This FSP became effective in November 2005. We continue to evaluate the impact that the adoption of this FSP could have on our financial statements.

In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections which replaces APB Opinion No. 20 Accounting Changes and SFAS No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements—An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 28. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of a voluntary change in accounting principal unless it is not practicable. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005 and is required to be adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Although the Company will continue to evaluate the application of SFAS No. 154, management does not currently believe adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

Factors That May Affect Future Results

We operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves a number of risks, some of which are beyond our control. Forward-looking statements in this document and those we make from time to time through our senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements concerning the expected future revenues or earnings or concerning projected plans, performance, or development of products and services, as well as other estimates related to future operations are necessarily only estimates of future results. We cannot assure you that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Forward-looking statements represent our current expectations and are inherently uncertain. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from results anticipated in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

We may have difficulty achieving and sustaining operating profitability, and if we deplete our working capital balances, our business will be materially and adversely affected.

During the three months ended April 30, 2006, we reported an operating loss of approximately $1.7 million. While we have reported operating profitability in recent past periods, as a result of a variety of factors discussed in this report, our revenue for a particular quarter is difficult to predict and may fluctuate significantly. We anticipate that we will continue to incur significant operating expenses in the future, including significant costs of revenue and general and administrative expenses. We also have significant commitments and contingencies, including borrowings under a revolving line of credit, real estate leases, continuing stadium sponsorship obligations, and inventory purchase obligations. Therefore, we cannot assure you that we will achieve and sustain operating profitability in the future. We may also use significant amounts of cash to grow and expand our operations, including through additional acquisitions. At April 30, 2006, we had a consolidated cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and short-term investment balance of approximately $213.0 million and fixed contractual obligations of $220.7 million. If we are unable to sustain operating profitability, we risk depleting our working capital balances and our business will be materially adversely affected.

We derive substantially all of our revenue from a small number of customers and adverse industry trends or the loss of any of those customers could significantly damage our business.

We derive a substantial portion of our revenue by providing supply chain management services to a small number of customers. Our business and future growth will continue to depend in large part on the industry trend towards outsourcing supply chain management and other business processes. If this trend does not continue or declines, demand for our supply chain management services would decline and our financial results could suffer.

In addition, the loss of any one or more of our customers would cause our revenues to decline. For the three months ended April 30, 2006, sales to two customers, Hewlett-Packard and Advanced Micro Devices, accounted for approximately 31% and 12%, respectively, of our consolidated net revenue. During the three months ended April 30, 2006, five customers accounted for approximately 62% of our net revenues. We do not have any agreements which obligate any customer to buy a minimum amount of products or services. We do not have any agreements which designate us as the sole supplier of any particular products or services. The loss of a significant amount of business with Hewlett-Packard, Advanced Micro Devices or any other key customers, or a decision by any one of our key customers to significantly change or reduce the services we provide, would have a material adverse effect on our business. We cannot assure you that our revenue from key customers will not decline in future periods.

In addition, ModusLink has been designated as an authorized replicator for Microsoft. This designation provides a license to replicate Microsoft software products and documentation for clients who want to bundle licensed software with their hardware products. This designation is annually renewable at Microsoft’s discretion. A failure to maintain authorized replicator status could result in a reduction in our business and our revenues.

Our quarterly results may fluctuate significantly.

Our operating results have fluctuated widely on a quarterly basis during the last several years. We expect that we may experience significant fluctuations in future quarterly operating results. Many factors, some of which are beyond our control, have contributed to these quarterly fluctuations in the past and may continue to contribute to fluctuations. Therefore, operating results for future periods are difficult to predict, and prior results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected in future periods. These factors include:

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how well we execute on our strategy and operating plans;

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implementation of our strategic initiatives and achievement of expected results of these initiatives;

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demand for our products and services;

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timing of new product introductions or software releases by our customers or their competitors;

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payment of costs associated with our acquisitions, sales of assets and investments;

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timing of sales of assets and marketable securities;

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market acceptance of new products and services;

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seasonality;

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temporary shortages in supply from vendors;

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charges for impairment of long-lived assets and/or restructuring in future periods;

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political instability or natural disasters in the countries in which we operate;

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specific economic conditions in the industries in which we compete;

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general economic conditions;

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actual events, circumstances, outcomes, and amounts differing from judgments, assumptions, and estimates reflected in our Consolidated Financial Statements; and

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changes in accounting rules.

Due to the nature of the business of some of our supply chain management customers, we experience a seasonal increase in business in the first and second fiscal quarters of the year. This increase yields higher revenue in these quarters than in other quarters of the year.

We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations will not necessarily be meaningful or indicative of our future performance. In some fiscal quarters our operating results may be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, which may cause the price of our common stock to decline.

We may encounter problems in our efforts to increase operational efficiencies.

Following our acquisition of Modus in August 2004, we continue to identify ways to increase efficiencies and productivity and effect cost savings. We have started projects designed to increase our operational efficiencies, including the standardization to a global business solutions platform through the investment of approximately $25.6 million in an Enterprise Resource Planning system. We have also begun the implementation of a shared services model utilizing centralized “hub” locations to service multiple “spoke” locations across the Americas, Asia and Europe regions. We cannot assure you that the completion of these projects will result in the realization of the expected benefits that we anticipate in a timely manner or at all. We may encounter problems with these projects that will divert the attention of management and/or result in additional costs. If we are unable to complete these projects in a timely manner and without significant problems, or do not achieve expected results, our business, financial position and operating results may be adversely affected.

We are subject to risks of operating internationally.

We maintain operations outside of the United States, and we will likely continue to expand these operations. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to manage and expand our international operations. This international expansion requires significant management attention and financial resources. Our operations will continue to be subject to numerous and varied regulations worldwide, some of which may have an adverse effect on our ability to develop our international operations in accordance with our business plans or on a timely basis.

We currently conduct business in Mexico, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Ireland, The Czech Republic, France, The Netherlands and other foreign locations, in addition to our United States operations. International sales accounted for 61% of our total revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2006. A portion of our international revenue, cost of revenue and operating expenses are denominated in foreign currencies. Changes in exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar may adversely affect our operating margins. There is also additional risk if the currency is not freely traded. Some currencies, such as the Chinese Renminbi, are subject to limitations on conversion into other currencies, which can limit or delay our ability to repatriate funds or engage in hedging activities. While we often enter into forward currency exchange contracts to manage exposure to foreign currencies, future exchange rate fluctuations may have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

There are other risks inherent in conducting international operations, including:

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added fulfillment complexities in operations, including multiple languages, currencies, bills of materials and stock keeping units;

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longer payment cycles;

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greater difficulties in accounts receivable collections;

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the complexity of ensuring compliance with multiple U.S. and foreign laws, particularly differing laws on intellectual property rights, export control, taxation and duties; and

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labor practices, difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, political and social instability, health crises or similar issues, and potentially adverse tax consequences.

Our international operations increase our exposure to international laws and regulations. Noncompliance with foreign laws and regulations, which are often complex and subject to variation and unexpected changes, could result in unexpected costs and potential litigation. For example, the governments of foreign countries might attempt to regulate our products and services or levy sales or other taxes relating to our activities. In addition, foreign countries may impose tariffs, duties, price controls or other restrictions on foreign currencies or trade barriers, any of which could make it more difficult to conduct our business.

In addition, a substantial portion of our business is now conducted in China, where we face additional risks, including the following:

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the challenge of navigating a complex set of licensing requirements and restrictions affecting the conduct of business in China by foreign companies;

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difficulties and limitations on the repatriation of cash;

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currency fluctuation and exchange rate risks;

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protection of intellectual property, both for us and our customers; and

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difficulty retaining management personnel and skilled employees.

If we are unable to manage these risks, we may face significant liability, our international sales may decline and our financial results may be adversely affected.

We may have problems raising capital we need in the future.

Historically, we have financed our operations and met our capital requirements primarily through funds generated from operations, the issuance of common stock, the sale of investments in subsidiary and portfolio companies, and borrowings from lending institutions. Market and other conditions largely beyond our control may affect our ability to engage in future sales of our securities, the timing of any sales, and the amount of proceeds we receive from sales of our securities. Even if we are able to sell our securities in the future, we may not be able to sell at favorable prices or on favorable terms. In addition, this funding source may not be sufficient in the future, and we may need to obtain funding from outside sources. However, we may not be able to obtain funding from outside sources. In addition, even if we find outside funding sources, we may be required to issue to those outside sources securities with greater rights than those currently possessed by holders of our common stock. We may also be required to take other actions, which may lessen the value of our common stock or dilute our common stockholders, including borrowing money on terms that are not favorable to us or issuing additional shares of common stock. If we experience difficulties raising capital in the future, our business could be materially adversely affected.

A decline in the technology sector could reduce our revenues.

A large portion of our supply chain management revenue comes from customers in the technology sector, which is intensely competitive and very volatile. Declines in the overall performance of the technology sector have in the past and could in the future adversely affect the demand for supply chain management services and reduce our revenues and profitability from these customers.

The gross margins in the supply chain management business are low, which magnifies the impact of variations in revenue and operating costs on our financial results.

As a result of intense price competition in the technology products marketplace, the gross margins in our supply chain management business are low, and we expect them to continue to be low in the future. These low gross margins magnify the impact of variations in revenue and operating costs on our financial results. Although we have identified initiatives designed to increase our gross margins, increased competition arising from industry consolidation and/or low demand for products may hinder our ability to maintain or improve our gross margins. Portions of our operating expenses are relatively fixed, and planned expenditures are based in part on anticipated orders. Our current ability to forecast the amount and timing of future order volumes is low, and we expect this to continue because we are highly dependent upon the business needs of our customers, which are highly variable. As a result, we may not be able to reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenue to mitigate any further reductions in gross margins. We may also be required to spend money to restructure our operations should future demand fall significantly in any one facility. If we cannot proportionately decrease our cost structure in response to competitive price pressures, our business and operating results could suffer.

We will continue to be subject to intense competition.

The markets for our products and services are highly competitive and often lack significant barriers to entry, enabling new businesses to enter these markets relatively easily. Numerous well-established companies and smaller entrepreneurial companies are focusing significant resources on developing and marketing products and services that will compete with our products and services. The market for supply chain management products and services is very competitive, and the intensity of the competition is expected to continue to increase. Any failure to maintain and enhance our competitive position would limit our ability to maintain and increase market share, which would result in serious harm to our business. Increased competition may also result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share. In addition, many of our current and potential competitors will continue to have greater financial, technical, operational and marketing resources. We may not be able to compete successfully against these competitors. Competitive pressures may also force prices for supply chain management products and services down and these price reductions may reduce our revenues.

Because we sell to supply chain management customers on a purchase order basis, we are subject to uncertainties and variability in demand by customers, which could decrease revenue and adversely affect our financial results.

We sell to our supply chain management customers on a purchase order basis rather than pursuant to long-term contracts or contracts with minimum purchase requirements. Therefore, our sales are subject to demand variability by our supply chain management customers, which is difficult to predict and may fluctuate significantly. The level and timing of orders placed by these customers vary for a variety of reasons, including seasonal buying by end-users, the introduction of new technologies and general economic conditions. Customers submitting a purchase order may cancel, reduce or delay their orders. If we are unable to anticipate and respond to the demands of our supply chain management customers, we may lose customers because we have an inadequate supply of products, or we may have excess inventory, either of which may harm our business, financial position and operating results. In addition, from time to time we publicly state the projected revenue from certain client engagements. Due to demand variability, there can be no assurance that such estimates will be realized.

We must maintain adequate levels of inventory in our supply chain management business in order to meet customer needs, which presents risks to our financial position and operating results.

We often purchase and maintain adequate levels of inventory in our supply chain management business in order to meet customer needs rapidly and on a timely basis. The technology sector served by our customers is subject to rapid technological change, new and enhanced product specification requirements, and evolving

industry standards. These changes may cause inventory on hand to decline substantially in value or to rapidly become obsolete. Our customers offer limited protection, if any, from the loss in value of inventory. In addition, our customers may become unable or unwilling to fulfill their protection obligations. The decrease or elimination of price protection or the inability of our customers to fulfill their protection obligations could lower our gross margins and cause us to record inventory write-downs. If we are unable to manage our inventory with our customers with a high degree of precision, we may have insufficient product supplies or we may have excess inventory, resulting in inventory write-downs, which may harm our business, financial position and operating results. In addition, we may not be able to recover fully the credit costs we would face with the financing of inventory.

Our ability to obtain particular products or components in the required quantities and to fulfill customer orders on a timely basis is critical to our success. We have no guaranteed price or delivery agreements with our suppliers. We may occasionally experience a supply shortage of some products as a result of strong demand or problems experienced by their suppliers. If shortages or delays persist, the price of those products may increase, or the products may not be available at all. Accordingly, if we are not able to secure and maintain an adequate supply of products or components to fulfill our customer orders on a timely basis, our business, financial position and operating results may be adversely affected.

Our failure to meet client demands could result in lost revenues, increased expenses and negative publicity.

Our supply chain management customers face significant uncertainties in forecasting the demand for their products. Limitations on the size of facilities, number of personnel and availability of materials could make it difficult to meet customers’ unforecasted demand for additional production. Any failure to meet customers’ specifications, capacity requirements or expectations could result in lost revenue, lower client satisfaction, negative perceptions in the marketplace and potential claims for damages.

If we are not able to establish customer sites where requested, or if we fail to retain key customers at established sites, our customer relationships, revenue and expenses could be seriously harmed.

Our supply chain management customers have, at times, requested that we add capacity or open a facility in locations near their sites. If we elect not to add required capacity at sites near existing customers or establish sites near existing or potential customers, customers may decide to seek alternate service providers. In addition, if we lose a significant customer of a particular site or open or expand a site with the expectation of business that does not materialize, operations at that site could become unprofitable or significantly less efficient. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, expenses and revenues.

We may be affected by strikes, work stoppages and slowdowns by our employees.

Some of our international employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements or represented by labor unions. We believe our relations with our employees are generally good; however, we may experience strikes, work stoppages or slowdowns by employees. A strike, work stoppage or slowdown may affect our ability to meet our clients’ needs, which may result in the loss of business and clients and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. The terms of future collective bargaining agreements also may affect our competitive position and results of operations.

The intellectual property of our supply chain management customers may be damaged, misappropriated, stolen or lost while in our possession, subjecting us to litigation and other adverse consequences.

In the course of providing supply chain management services to our customers, we have possession of or access to their intellectual property, including databases, software masters, certificates of authenticity and similar

valuable intellectual property. If our customers’ intellectual property is damaged, misappropriated, stolen or lost, we could suffer:

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claims under customer agreements or applicable law, or other liability for damages;

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delayed or lost revenue due to adverse customer reaction;

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negative publicity; and

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litigation that could be costly and time consuming.

We depend on third-party software, systems and services.

Our business and operations rely on third parties to provide products and services, including IT products and services, and shipping and transportation services. We cannot assure you that we will not experience operational problems attributable to the installation, implementation, integration, performance, features or functionality of third-party software, systems and services. Any interruption in the availability or usage of the products and services provided by third parties could have a material adverse effect on our business or operations.

We depend on important employees, and the loss of any of those employees may harm our business.

Our performance is substantially dependent on the performance of our executive officers and other key employees, as well as management of our operating companies. The familiarity of these individuals with technology and service-related industries makes them especially critical to our success. Our success is also dependent on our ability to attract, train, retain and motivate high quality personnel, especially for our operating companies’ management teams. Competition for personnel is intense. The loss of the services of any of our executive officers or key employees may harm our business.

There may be conflicts of interest among CMGI, CMGI’s subsidiaries, and their respective officers, directors and stockholders.

Some of CMGI’s officers and directors also serve as officers or directors of one or more of CMGI’s subsidiaries. In addition, David S. Wetherell, CMGI’s Chairman of the Board, has significant compensatory interests in some of CMGI’s @Ventures venture capital funds. As a result, CMGI, CMGI’s officers and directors, and CMGI’s subsidiaries and venture capital business may face potential conflicts of interest with each other and with stockholders. Specifically, CMGI’s officers and directors may be presented with situations in their capacity as officers, directors or management of one of CMGI’s subsidiaries and venture capital funds that conflict with their fiduciary obligations as officers or directors of CMGI or of another subsidiary or affiliate.

Our strategy of expanding our business through acquisitions of other businesses and technologies presents special risks.

We intend to continue to expand our business in certain areas through the acquisition of businesses, technologies, products and services from other businesses. Acquisitions involve a number of special problems, including:

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the need to incur additional indebtedness, issue stock or use cash in order to complete the acquisition;

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difficulty integrating acquired technologies, operations and personnel with the existing businesses;

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diversion of management attention in connection with both negotiating the acquisitions and integrating the assets;

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strain on managerial and operational resources as management tries to oversee larger operations;

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the funding requirements for acquired companies may be significant;

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exposure to unforeseen liabilities of acquired companies;

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increased risk of costly and time-consuming litigation, including stockholder lawsuits; and

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potential issuance of securities in connection with an acquisition with rights that are superior to the rights of our common stockholders, or which may have a dilutive effect on our common stockholders.

We may not be able to successfully address these problems. Our future operating results will depend to a significant degree on our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions and manage operations while also controlling expenses and cash burn.

The price of our common stock has been volatile and may fluctuate, in part, based on the value of our assets.

The market price of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be volatile. In recent years, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations, which have particularly impacted the market prices of equity securities of many companies providing technology-related products and services. Some of these fluctuations appear to be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Future market movements may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In addition, should the market price of our common stock be below $1.00 per share for an extended period, we risk NASDAQ delisting, which would have an adverse effect on our business and on the trading of our common stock. In order to maintain compliance with NASDAQ listing standards, we may consider several strategies, such as a reverse stock split.

In addition, a portion of our assets includes the equity securities of both publicly traded and privately held companies. The market price and valuations of the securities that we hold may fluctuate due to market conditions and other conditions over which we have no control. Fluctuations in the market price and valuations of the securities that we hold in other companies may result in fluctuations of the market price of our common stock and may reduce the amount of working capital available to us.

We could be subject to infringement claims and other liabilities.

From time to time, we have been, and will continue to be, subject to third-party claims in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights. These claims may damage our business by:

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subjecting us to significant liability for damages;

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resulting in invalidation of our proprietary rights;

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resulting in costly license fees in order to settle the claims;

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being time-consuming and expensive to defend even if the claims are not meritorious; and

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resulting in the diversion of our management’s time and attention.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes, foreign currency fluctuations and changes in the market values of its investments. The carrying values of financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and the revolving line of credit, approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying value of long-term debt and capital lease obligations approximates fair value, as estimated by using discounted future cash flows based on the Company’s current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements. As a matter of policy, the Company does not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. All derivative positions are used to reduce risk by hedging underlying economic or market exposure and are valued at their fair value on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Interest Rate Risk

The Company has from time to time used derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates on its borrowing arrangements. The derivatives the Company uses are straightforward instruments with liquid markets. At April 30, 2006, the Company was primarily exposed to the Prime Rate, London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Euro Interbank Offered Rates (EURIBOR) on its outstanding borrowing arrangements, and the Company had no open derivative positions with respect to its borrowing arrangements. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in our interest rates would result in an approximate 11%, or $0.1 million, increase in our interest expense for the three months ended April 30, 2006.

We maintain a portfolio of highly liquid cash equivalents typically maturing in three months or less as of the date of purchase. We place our investments in instruments that meet high credit quality standards, as specified in our investment policy.

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment in short-term investments. At April 30, 2006, the Company has available-for-sale securities, a significant portion which are classified as short-term investments in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. These short-term investments include corporate and state municipal obligations such as commercial paper and auction rate securities (ARS), but may also include certificates of deposit and institutional market funds. The auction rate securities are adjustable-rate securities with dividend rates that are reset periodically by bidders through “Dutch auctions” generally conducted every 7 to 90 days by a trust company or broker/dealer on behalf of the issuer. We believe these securities are highly liquid investments through the related auctions; however, the collateralizing securities have stated terms of up to thirty years. We mitigate default risk by investing in instruments that are rated AAA by Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, or equivalent. Our short-term investments are intended to establish a high-quality portfolio that preserves principal, meets liquidity needs, avoids inappropriate concentrations and delivers an appropriate yield in relationship to our investments guidelines and market conditions.

Foreign Currency Risk

Prior to the Modus acquisition, the Company had minimal exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, and as such, it had not used derivative financial instruments to manage foreign currency fluctuation risk. As a result of the acquisition of Modus, the Company has added operations in various countries and currencies throughout the world and its operating results and financial position are subject to greater exposure from significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Modus historically used derivative financial instruments, principally foreign currency exchange contracts, to manage the exposure that results from such fluctuations, and the Company continues such practice.

International revenues from our foreign operating segments accounted for approximately 61% of total revenues during the three months ended April 30, 2006. A portion of our international sales made by our foreign

business units in their respective countries is denominated in the local currency of each country. These business units also incur a portion of their expenses in the local currency.

Primary currencies include Euros, Singapore Dollars, British Pounds, Chinese Yuan Renminbi and Taiwan Dollars. The income statements of our international operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in each applicable period. To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions results in increased revenues, operating expenses and net income for our international operations. Similarly, our revenues, operating expenses and net income will decrease for our international operations when the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies.

Using the foreign currency exchange rates from the beginning of our fiscal year, our Asia revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2006 would have been lower than we reported using the actual exchange rates by approximately $0.4 million and operating income would have been higher by approximately $0.3 million.

We are also exposed to foreign exchange rates fluctuations as we convert the financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars in consolidation. When there is a change in foreign currency exchange rates, the conversion of the foreign subsidiaries’ financial statements into U.S. dollars will lead to a translation gain or loss which is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). For the three months ended April 30, 2006, we recorded foreign currency translation gains of approximately $1.0 million. In addition, certain of our foreign subsidiaries have assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the relevant entity’s functional currency. Changes in the functional currency value of these assets and liabilities create fluctuations that will lead to a transaction gain or loss. For the three months ended April 30, 2006, we recorded foreign currency transaction losses of approximately $0.9 million which are recorded in other gains (losses), net in our consolidated statements of operations.

Our international business is subject to risks, including, but not limited to differing economic conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures, other regulations and restrictions, and foreign exchange rate volatility when compared to the United States. Accordingly, our future results could be materially adversely impacted by changes in these or other factors. As exchange rates vary, our international financial results may vary from expectations and adversely impact our overall operating results.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

Item 5.

Other Information.

During the quarter ended April 30, 2006, we made no material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors, as described in our most recent proxy statement.

Item 6.

Exhibits.

The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding such Exhibits are filed with, or incorporated by reference in, this report.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	CMGI, INC.

Date: June 9, 2006	By:	/s/ THOMAS OBERDORF
		Thomas Oberdorf
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX


10.1		Letter Agreement, dated April 17, 2006, by and between Mark J. Kelly and ModusLink Corporation, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17, 2006 (File No. 000-23262).

10.2		Amendment to Limited Liability Company Agreement of CMG@Ventures III, LLC, dated April 28, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 28, 2006 (File No. 000-23262).

31.1		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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