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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

ý

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

 

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002

 

 

or

 

 

o

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 000-32979

 


 

COMMERCE ONE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

94–3392885

(State or other jurisdiction of|
incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

4440 Rosewood Drive

Pleasanton, CA 94588

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

 

(925) 520-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

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 reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý  No o

 

As of July 31, 2002, there were 291,618,284 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

 

 



 

COMMERCE ONE, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I. Financial Information

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited):

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001.

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

PART II. Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Item 2: Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Item 3: Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

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

Item 5: Other Information.

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

Signatures

 

 

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Commerce One, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

June 30, 2002

 

December 31, 2001

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

174,972

 

$

192,547

 

Short term investments

 

13,440

 

95,606

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

8,918

 

43,598

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

11,602

 

9,762

 

Total current assets

 

208,932

 

341,513

 

Property and equipment, net

 

47,808

 

64,908

 

Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

 

250,321

 

409,534

 

Investments and other assets

 

10,641

 

10,707

 

Total assets

 

$

517,702

 

$

826,662

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

13,420

 

$

23,773

 

Accrued compensation and related expenses

 

11,035

 

17,960

 

Deferred revenue

 

37,061

 

55,088

 

Notes payable and capital lease obligations

 

22,850

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

42,959

 

50,021

 

Total current liabilities

 

127,325

 

146,842

 

Notes payable and non-current capital lease obligations

 

204

 

19,000

 

Non-current accrued restructuring charges

 

29,455

 

37,005

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.0001, 950,000,000 shares authorized; 291,595,548 and 287,520,210 issued and outstanding at June 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively.

 

3,725,541

 

3,723,419

 

Deferred stock compensation

 

(40,485

)

(66,772

)

Note receivable from stockholder

 

(129

)

(129

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(881

)

(1,101

)

Accumulated deficit

 

(3,323,328

)

(3,031,602

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

360,718

 

623,815

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

517,702

 

$

826,662

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Commerce One, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees

 

$

7,228

 

$

29,785

 

$

15,581

 

$

99,199

 

Services

 

20,609

 

71,466

 

44,011

 

172,325

 

Total revenues (1)

 

27,837

 

101,251

 

59,592

 

271,524

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License fees (2)

 

2,327

 

616,393

 

154,621

 

640,327

 

Services

 

19,623

 

64,657

 

41,805

 

143,555

 

Sales and marketing

 

20,556

 

53,194

 

49,082

 

113,738

 

Product development

 

18,215

 

28,086

 

43,983

 

58,633

 

General and administrative

 

7,193

 

48,876

 

18,098

 

72,763

 

Purchased in-process research and development

 

 

4,548

 

 

4,548

 

Stock compensation

 

12,543

 

24,717

 

23,889

 

49,065

 

Restructuring costs

 

15,865

 

62,048

 

15,865

 

76,147

 

Amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets

 

3,008

 

144,534

 

6,138

 

287,289

 

Impairment of intangible assets and equity investments

 

 

1,120,464

 

 

1,120,464

 

Total costs and expenses

 

99,330

 

2,167,517

 

353,481

 

2,566,529

 

Loss from operations

 

(71,493

)

(2,066,266

)

(293,889

)

(2,295,005

)

Interest income and other, net

 

963

 

408

 

3,542

 

3,213

 

Net loss before income taxes

 

(70,530

)

(2,065,858

)

(290,347

)

(2,291,792

)

Provision for income taxes

 

600

 

2,400

 

1,379

 

5,000

 

Net loss

 

$

(71,130

)

$

(2,068,258

)

$

(291,726

)

$

(2,296,792

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.25

)

$

(9.02

)

$

(1.01

)

$

(10.14

)

Shares used in calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share

 

289,629

 

229,184

 

288,604

 

226,515

 

 


(1) Revenues from SAP, Covisint and NTT (Note 8)

 

$

9,761

 

$

20,419

 

$

20,063

 

$

61,744

 

(2) Includes charges for the impairment and amortization of the Technology Agreement with Covisint (Note 6)

 

$

1,566

 

$

613,938

 

$

153,113

 

$

636,003

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Commerce One, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(291,726

)

$

(2,296,792

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

15,992

 

22,512

 

Purchased in-process research and development

 

 

4,548

 

Amortization of Technology Agreement

 

7,298

 

43,669

 

Amortization of deferred stock compensation

 

23,889

 

49,065

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

6,138

 

287,289

 

Impairment of intangible assets

 

 

1,098,869

 

Impairment of Technology Agreement

 

145,815

 

592,334

 

Impairment of Covisint equity investment

 

 

21,595

 

(Gain)/loss on investments

 

(358

)

2,690

 

Other

 

977

 

(708

)

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

26,148

 

31,544

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

1,852

 

3,545

 

Accounts payable

 

(9,698

)

2,621

 

Accrued compensation and related expenses

 

(6,925

)

(17,571

)

Other current liabilities

 

(11,770

)

43,724

 

Deferred revenue

 

(18,027

)

(7,598

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(110,395

)

(118,664

)

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(8,635

)

(29,696

)

Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment

 

3,202

 

 

Purchase of short term investments

 

(35,020

)

(37,329

)

Proceeds from the maturity of short term investments

 

117,110

 

103,821

 

Proceeds from divestitures of certain professional services operations

 

10,734

 

 

Other

 

1,273

 

(4,442

)

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

88,664

 

32,354

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

 

4,520

 

12,811

 

Payments on notes payable and capital lease obligations

 

(247

)

(1,398

)

Proceeds from notes payable

 

423

 

19,000

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

4,696

 

30,413

 

Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents

 

(540

)

235

 

Net decrease in cash

 

(17,575

)

(55,662

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at beginning of period

 

192,547

 

215,189

 

Cash at end of period

 

$

174,972

 

$

159,527

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

518

 

$

307

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment acquired under capital leases

 

$

801

 

$

 

Issuance of common stock related to contingent consideration in connection with business combinations

 

$

 

$

6,686

 

Deferred compensation related to restricted stock grants

 

$

 

$

13,202

 

Deferred compensation related to stock option grant

 

$

 

$

150

 

Deferred compensation related to stock option grants and options assumed in business combination

 

$

 

$

2,181

 

Issuance of common stock in connection with business combinations

 

$

 

$

63,286

 

Issuance of common stock related to notes payable and accrued interest

 

$

 

$

4,775

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Commerce One, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Commerce One, Inc. (“Commerce One” or “the Company”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations have been included. Operating results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarter or for the entire year ending December 31, 2002.

 

Commerce One is a technology company that operates in one business segment that specializes in business-to-business electronic commerce.  The Company’s software provides the technology and infrastructure that enable companies to conduct purchasing transactions via the Internet or intranets and to manage their supplier relationships more effectively.  The Company’s Global Services division supports these software solutions and helps companies take maximum advantage of the efficiencies that on-line purchasing and supplier management can offer.  Together, the Company’s software and services allow companies to automate business functions that traditionally involved costly and time-consuming phone calls and paperwork.

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries.  All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation format.

 

For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Commerce One Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

 

2. CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

 

As of June 30, 2002, cash and cash equivalents of approximately $22.1 million and short term investments of approximately $13.4 million collateralized certain obligations of Commerce One related to a note payable, operating lease agreements, potential workers’ compensation claims, and a guarantee of a personal home mortgage for a former executive officer.

 

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3. BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS SHARE

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share information for all periods is presented under the requirements of SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per Share.”  Basic earnings per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, less shares that may be repurchased and excludes any dilutive effects of options, warrants, and convertible securities. Potentially dilutive issuances have also been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, as their inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

The calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

Net Loss

 

$

(71,130

)

$

(2,068,258

)

$

(291,726

)

$

(2,296,792

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding

 

290,325

 

230,946

 

289,485

 

227,908

 

Less: Weighted average shares subject to repurchase and forfeiture

 

(696

)

(1,762

)

(881

)

(1,393

)

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share

 

289,629

 

229,184

 

288,604

 

226,515

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.25

)

$

(9.02

)

$

(1.01

)

$

(10.14

)

 

4. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board (SFAS) No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” established standards of reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components of net income and “Other Comprehensive Income.” “Other Comprehensive Income” refers to revenues, expenses and gains and losses that are not included in net income but rather are recorded directly in stockholders’ equity. The components of comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

Net Loss

 

$

(71,130

)

$

(2,068,258

)

$

(291,726

)

$

(2,296,792

)

Unrealized gain (loss) on investments

 

4

 

(136

)

382

 

(80

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

(186

)

(80

)

(162

)

235

 

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(71,312

)

$

(2,068,474

)

$

(291,506

)

$

(2,296,637

)

 

5. RESTRUCTURING COSTS

 

In 2001, Commerce One implemented multiple restructuring plans (the “Plans”) aimed at significantly reducing its annual operating expenses while realigning Commerce One’s resources around its core product initiatives. The restructuring costs under the Plans were estimated at $126.6 million. Collectively, the Plans included the costs associated with the termination of approximately 2,070 employees to cover costs such as separation pay, outplacement services and benefit continuation and also the termination of certain office leases, the divestiture of certain parts of Commerce One’s Global Services division, the consolidation or closure of certain facilities and the write-down of the carrying value of computers and equipment used by employees terminated.

 

In April 2002, management approved a restructuring plan and the Company announced on April 16, 2002 additional staff reductions, totaling approximately 500 employees. The reductions largely were made from the administrative, engineering, marketing and sales staff. The restructuring charges relating to this additional plan were estimated at $15.9 million and were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

 

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The following table summarizes the activity related to the restructuring liability for the six months ended June 30, 2002, (in thousands):

 

 

 

Accrued
restructuring
costs at
December 31,
2001

 

Amounts
charged/
(reversed) to
restructuring
costs and
other

 

Amounts
paid

 

Accrued
restructuring
costs at
June 30, 2002

 

Lease cancellations andcommitments

 

$

50,889

 

$

(1,585

)

$

(6,233

)

$

43,071

 

Terminations to employees and related costs

 

4,515

 

15,435

 

(16,598

)

3,352

 

Costs associates with asset sales and business divestitures

 

440

 

2,015

 

(1,664

)

791

 

Total restructure accrual and other

 

$

55,844

 

$

15,865

 

$

(24,495

)

47,214

 

Less non-current accrued restructuring charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,455

)

Accrual restructuring charges included within other accrued liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,759

 

 

The remaining accrued restructuring costs relate primarily to lease payments contractually required of Commerce One on certain facilities, net of any estimated sublease amounts, expiring at various dates through 2010.  The Company anticipates that the other accrued restructuring costs will be paid during the third quarter of 2002.

 

 

6. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Goodwill and other intangible assets consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

June 30,
2002

 

December 31,
2001

 

Goodwill

 

$

179,797

 

$

691,857

 

Technology Agreement

 

54,793

 

267,215

 

Core technology

 

34,742

 

34,742

 

Assembled workforce

 

 

29,273

 

Other

 

10,014

 

16,519

 

 

 

279,346

 

1,039,606

 

Less accumulated amortization

 

(29,025

)

(630,072

)

Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

 

$

250,321

 

$

409,534

 

 

Effective July 1, 2001 the Company adopted certain provisions of Statement of Financial Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, and effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted the full provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142.  SFAS No. 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the criteria for recording intangible assets apart from goodwill.  The Company evaluated its goodwill and other intangible assets acquired prior to June 30, 2001 using the transition criteria of SFAS No. 141, which resulted in $15.7 million of other intangible assets (comprised entirely of assembled workforce) being subsumed into goodwill as of January 1, 2002.  SFAS No. 142 requires that purchased goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangible assets no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually.

 

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SFAS No. 142 prescribes a two-phase process for impairment testing of goodwill.  The first phase, required to be completed by June 30, 2002, screens for impairment; while the second phase (if necessary), required to be completed by December 31, 2002, measures the impairment.  The Company completed its first phase impairment analysis of goodwill during the first quarter of 2002 and found no instance of impairment of its recorded goodwill; accordingly, the second testing phase, absent future indicators of impairment, is not necessary during 2002.

 

Under SFAS No. 142, intangible assets with finite lives that continue to be amortized should be reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS 121. An impairment assessment is required whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company identified indicators of possible impairment relating to the Technology Agreement with Covisint.  The impairment indicators included, but were not limited to, significant negative industry and economic trends, which resulted in a reduction of forecasted cash flows related to the Technology Agreement.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company performed, with the assistance of independent valuation experts, an impairment test of the carrying value of the Technology Agreement to determine whether any impairment existed, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 121.  The Company determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the Technology Agreement was less than its carrying value and that an impairment write-down was required.  Accordingly, the Company calculated the estimated fair value of the intangible asset by summing the present value of the expected cash flows over its life.  The impairment was calculated by deducting the present value of the expected cash flows from the carrying value. This assessment resulted in an impairment write-down of $145.8 million in relation to the Technology Agreement and this amount was charged to cost of license fees during the quarter ended March 31, 2002.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2002, the Company performed an impairment test of the carrying value of the Technology Agreement to determine whether any further impairment existed.  The Company determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the Technology Agreement was greater than its carrying value and that an additional impairment write-down was not required.

 

7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

 

Commitments

 

The Company leases its principal office facilities under non-cancelable operating leases.  Future minimum payments under operating leases, net of any contracted third-party sub-lease rental income at June 30, 2002 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Capital
leases

 

Operating
leases

 

Total

 

Six months ending December 31, 2002

 

$

175

 

$

14,277

 

$

14,452

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

419

 

27,400

 

27,819

 

2004

 

 

26,824

 

26,824

 

2005

 

 

16,184

 

16,184

 

2006

 

 

8,562

 

8,562

 

Thereafter

 

 

26,321

 

26,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total estimated cash flows

 

594

 

$

119,568

 

$

120,162

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less imputed interest

 

(40

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Present value of net minimum lease payments

 

554

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less current portion

 

(350

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term capital lease obligation

 

$

204

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Non-cancelable operating lease obligations include $45.0 million, which were accrued as restructuring costs as of June 30, 2002.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On June 19, 2001, an alleged securities class action, captioned Cameron v. Commerce One, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 01-CV-5575, was filed against Commerce One, several company officers and directors (the “Individual Defendants”), and the three lead underwriters in the Commerce One initial public offering (“IPO”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Various plaintiffs have filed similar actions asserting virtually identical allegations against more than 200 other companies. The lawsuits against Commerce One and other companies have been coordinated for pretrial purposes with these other related lawsuits and have been assigned the collective caption In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation. The coordinated pretrial proceedings are presently being overseen by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin.

 

On April 19, 2002, plaintiffs’ lawyers for the consolidated lawsuits filed an amended complaint consisting of a set of “Master Allegations” (Master File No. 21 MC 92 (SAS)) and individual amended complaints against the various defendants, including Commerce One and the Individual Defendants (01 Civ. 5575 SAS (CLP)).  The amended complaint alleges violations of Section 11 and Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (and Rule 10b-5, promulgated thereunder). The complaint seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of common stock between July 1, 1999 and June 15, 2001. On July 15, 2002, the issuer and individual defendants filed an omnibus motion to dismiss addressing issues generally applicable to the defendants as a group.

 

From time to time the Company is involved in other disputes and litigation in the normal course of business.

 

The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to these lawsuits and will defend itself vigorously.  The Company does not believe that the outcome of any of these disputes or litigation will have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. However, an unfavorable outcome of some or all of these matters could have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

8. TRANSACTIONS WITH SAP, COVISINT AND NTT

 

SAP

 

On September 18, 2000, the Company entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SAP AG and SAPMarkets (collectively, “SAP”) to jointly develop, market and sell the MarketSet suite of applications and the Enterprise Buyer procurement applications.  This agreement provided that either party licensing the jointly developed products to its customers would owe a royalty to the other party.  The amount of the royalty was generally based on a percentage of the total license fee paid by the customer

 

SAP has historically made non-refundable royalty prepayments to Commerce One, which the Company has recorded as deferred revenue as payments are received.  As SAP incurs the obligation to pay royalties to Commerce One, these royalties are credited against this deferred revenue.  The deferred revenue balance at June 30, 2002 reflecting the balance of prior prepayments made by SAP totaled approximately $18.8 million.  When Commerce One licenses one of the jointly developed products to its customers, it pays a royalty to SAP in connection with the sale.  These royalty payments are recorded as a reduction of license or support revenue, as appropriate.

 

During 2001, Commerce One and SAP amended these agreements to provide for different rights to resell certain technology included in the jointly developed products and for varying royalty rates and maintenance fees depending on the particular product, category of customer and other factors.

 

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Effective January 1, 2002, the Company amended its strategic alliance agreement with SAP to simplify its royalty payment provisions and to provide that SAP will have an unlimited right to resell the jointly developed products, in addition to a right to resell certain other Commerce One technology on an OEM basis, during the first three quarters of 2002 in return for an aggregate fee of approximately $20.7 million, comprised primarily of license fees, as well as associated maintenance and support.  These fees are being credited against SAP’s prior pre-payments to Commerce One, which have been recorded by Commerce One as deferred revenue, and the license fees will be recognized ratably over the three-quarter period ending September 30, 2002. The amendment provides that during this three-quarter period, Commerce One will pay SAP a royalty based upon a fixed percentage of the total license fee for jointly developed products sold by Commerce One. The amendment further provides that the royalty payments for such rights shall be renegotiated by the parties prior to September 30, 2002 and the agreement will default to the historical royalty structure in the event the parties fail to agree on a new payment schedule by that date.

 

SAP’s royalty payments to Commerce One have constituted a substantial portion of the Company’s revenues since the inception of the relationship, including during the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, and SAP has been instrumental in assisting the Company with selling the jointly developed products, MarketSet and Enterprise Buyer, to SAP’s customer base.  In these instances, SAP typically licenses the product to its customer and the sale is documented by an agreement between SAP and the customer.  Commerce One and SAP have taken this approach for a variety of reasons, including administrative efficiency, particularly where the customer had an existing license relationship with SAP.  Where this approach is used, Commerce One has recorded the royalty payment received from SAP in connection with the sale of the joint products as revenues received from SAP.

 

Commerce One and SAP have indicated that each intend to phase out the jointly developed Enterprise Buyer procurement products and replace such products with its own successor procurement products.  As a result, the Company anticipates that corresponding revenues received from SAP for the sale of such products will decline in the future as the parties’ shift their focus to their respective procurement products.  The Company further anticipates that revenues from the MarketSet product, primarily targeted at the e-marketplace sector, may decline over time as the Company shifts its focus to other enterprise applications.  Accordingly, there can be no assurance that Commerce One will continue to generate revenues from SAP at the current rate, or at all, once the current fixed fee arrangement terminates.

 

To a lesser extent, the Company has also generated revenue from its relationship with SAP by performing professional services as a subcontractor to SAP, primarily on software implementation engagements where the Company has jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer to an SAP customer. SAP has also completed professional services for the Company by acting as a subcontractor, primarily in relation to the jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer products.  The Company also expects these revenues and expenses to decline over time.

 

Covisint

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, the Company recognized revenues with Covisint, LLC (“Covisint”), a business-to-business e-marketplace for the procurement of goods and services by automakers, their suppliers and others.  The Company holds a two percent equity interest in Covisint and under the terms of a Technology Agreement with Covisint, the Company indirectly licenses software and professional services and software maintenance to Covisint in exchange for cash compensation and a share of Covisint’s e-marketplace revenue over a ten-year period.

 

NTT

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, the Company recognized revenue from transactions with NTT Corporation (“NTT”).  An executive of an NTT subsidiary serves on the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

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Amounts included in the consolidated financial statements in connection with the transactions described above are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAP

 

$

8,005

 

$

13,822

 

$

16,565

 

$

49,868

 

Covisint

 

1,547

 

2,470

 

2,765

 

6,949

 

NTT

 

209

 

4,127

 

733

 

4,927

 

Total

 

$

9,761

 

$

20,419

 

$

20,063

 

$

61,744

 

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, AND RISK FACTORS

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: the anticipated leadership of Commerce One as a provider of e-commerce solutions; the expected growth of our business and related matters; the development of the Commerce One 6.0 Suite and other new products and solutions, the benefits of our product offering, including but not limited to statements regarding the ability of our products to provide efficiencies and cost savings associated with on-line purchasing and supplier management and through the establishment and/or use of on-line trading communities; the expected impact of a reverse stock split; the ability of our applications and platform to integrate effectively with third party software applications; our ability to compete favorably with our competitors; our ability to compete in the market place generally; our expectations as to the likely sources of our future revenue; our expectation that revenues from SAP will or may decline over time; the necessity of investing in product development for future success; the expectation that product development expenses will not increase substantially in future periods and that sales, marketing, and administrative expenses will decrease; the quarterly charges we expect to incur from amortizing short-lived intangible assets as a result of our acquisitions and in the event of future acquisitions; the potential benefits and/or gains associated with our restructuring efforts and divestitures; management’s belief that our available cash resources will be sufficient to finance our operations for the next twelve months; the outcome of certain litigation; and the effect of interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate and equity price fluctuations. The words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will” and similar words and phrases as they relate to Commerce One also identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Commerce One and are not guarantees of future performance. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors described in this Form 10-Q, including those under the heading “Risk Factors.” Commerce One expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in expectations, or any change in events or circumstances on which those statements are based, unless otherwise required by law.

 

Commerce One, Inc. is hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the Registrant,” “the Company,” “Commerce One,” “we” and “us.”

 

OVERVIEW

 

Background

 

Commerce One is a technology company that specializes in business-to-business electronic commerce.  Commerce One’s software provides the technology and infrastructure that enable companies to conduct sourcing and purchasing transactions via the Internet or Intranets and to manage their supplier relationships more effectively.  Commerce One’s services operations support these software solutions and help companies take maximum advantage of the efficiencies that on-line purchasing and supplier management can offer.  Together, Commerce One’s software and services allow companies to automate business functions that traditionally involved costly and time-consuming phone calls and paperwork.

 

In January 2002, we released our flagship offering for the enterprise market — the Commerce One 5.0TM suite.  The Commerce One 5.0 suite combines several different software applications that are designed to help companies reduce costs by streamlining their purchasing, sourcing and supplier-management processes.  The enterprise market is now the focus of our development and sales and marketing efforts.  We also continue to sell and support our e-marketplace products and are actively involved in the development of numerous on-line business to business exchanges.

 

We are working on the next generation of Commerce One electronic commerce solutions, the Commerce One 6.0™ Suite, which we plan to build on a web services platform.

 

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Our worldwide headquarters are located at 4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588. We can be reached at 925.520.6000 and [email protected].

 

Source of Revenues

 

We generate revenues from multiple sources. License fees are generated from licensing our software solutions to end-user organizations, third-party product distributors and resellers.  Services revenues are generated from professional consulting, software maintenance, application hosting, transaction and subscription fees, revenue-sharing arrangements with partners, and other related services. Revenues from transactions, subscription fees and revenue-sharing arrangements have not been a significant portion of total services revenues to date.

 

In 2001 and the first quarter of 2002, we downsized our Global Services division, which provides professional services to third parties, through reductions in force and divestitures.  Although consulting services remain a substantial portion of our revenues, these actions have contributed to a general decline in the overall revenues received from our consulting services in the past several quarters.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Our revenue recognition policies are consistent with Statement of Position 97-2 “Software Revenue Recognition,” as modified by Statement of Position 98-9.

 

Revenues from license agreements for our software products are recognized upon delivery of the software if there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, collection is probable and the fee is fixed or determinable. If an acceptance period is required, license revenues are recognized upon the earlier of customer acceptance or the expiration of the acceptance period. When our software is licensed to third parties through indirect sales channels, generally license fees are recognized as revenue, under the “sell-through method,” when the criteria described above have been met and the reseller has sold the software to an end user customer. While generally we do not license software under barter or concurrent arrangements, whenever software has been licensed under such arrangements, we have recognized revenue equal to the net monetary amounts to be received by us.

 

We reduce license revenue to reflect estimated product returns. While as a matter of contract and general practice, we do not accept the return of software products after the expiration of any acceptance periods, unforeseen contractual disputes with customers may require us to accept the return of a product. Should our actual product returns differ from estimates, revisions to the product return allowance would be required.

 

We charge estimated product warranty costs to cost of licenses at the time revenue is recognized.  While we engage in extensive product quality programs and processes prior to the release of software, unforeseen product errors may exist in our products that may require us to incur costs to correct or replace the affected products.  Should our actual costs differ from our estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty costs would be required.

 

Revenues from professional services contracts are recognized on the percentage-of-completion method, with costs and estimated profits recorded as work is performed.  Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Changes in contract performance and estimated profitability, including final contract settlements, may result in revisions to costs and revenues, which are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined.

 

If a customer transaction includes both software license and services elements, or the rights to multiple software products, the total arrangement fee is allocated to each of the elements using the residual method, under which revenue is allocated to undelivered elements based on vendor-specific objective evidence of the fair values of such undelivered elements and the residual amounts of revenue are allocated to the delivered elements.

 

Revenue is recognized using contract accounting for arrangements involving significant customization or modifications of the software or where professional services are considered necessary to the functionality of the

 

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software. Revenue from these software and services arrangements is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method.

 

Software maintenance and subscription fees are recognized ratably over the term of the related contract, typically one year.

 

Network service fees (transaction fees, hosting fees and revenue sharing) have not been significant and are not expected to be significant in the future.  Revenues related to transaction fees and revenue sharing are recognized as earned based on customer transactions.  Revenues related to hosting fees are recognized ratably over the term of the related contracts, typically one year.

 

Deferred revenue consists of license fees for which revenue has been deferred and prepaid fees for services, subscription fees, royalties, and maintenance and support agreements.

 

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

 

Effective July 1, 2001 we adopted certain provisions of SFAS No. 141, and effective January 1, 2002, we adopted the full provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142.  SFAS No. 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the criteria for recording intangible assets apart from goodwill.  We evaluated goodwill and other intangible assets acquired prior to June 30, 2001 using the transition criteria of SFAS No. 141, which resulted in $15.7 million of other intangible assets (comprised entirely of assembled workforce) being subsumed into goodwill at January 1, 2002.  SFAS No. 142 requires that purchased goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangible assets no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually.

 

SFAS No. 142 prescribes a two-phase process for impairment testing of goodwill.  The first phase, required to be completed by June 30, 2002, screens for impairment; while the second phase (if necessary), required to be completed by December 31, 2002, measures the impairment.  We completed the first phase impairment analysis of goodwill during the first quarter of 2002 and found no instance of impairment of our recorded goodwill; accordingly, the second testing phase, absent future indicators of impairment, is not necessary during 2002.

 

Under SFAS No. 142, intangible assets with finite lives that continue to be amortized should be reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS 121. An impairment assessment is required whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, we identified indicators of possible impairment relating to the technology agreement with Covisint (“Technology Agreement”), under which we indirectly licenses software and professional services and support and maintenance services to Covisint in exchange for cash compensation and a share of Covisint’s e-marketplace revenue over a ten-year period.  The impairment indicators included, but were not limited to, significant negative industry and economic trends, which resulted in a reduction of forecasted cash flows related to the Technology Agreement.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, we performed, with the assistance of independent valuation experts, an impairment test of the carrying value of the Technology Agreement to determine whether any impairment existed, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 121.  We determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the Technology Agreement was less than its carrying value and that an impairment write-down was required.  Accordingly, we calculated the estimated fair value of the intangible asset by summing the present value of the expected cash flows over its life.  The impairment was calculated by deducting the present value of the expected cash flows from the carrying value. This assessment resulted in an impairment write-down of $145.8 million in relation to the Technology Agreement and this amount was charged to cost of license fees during the quarter ended March 31, 2002.  During the quarter ended June 30, 2002, we performed an impairment test of the carrying value of the Technology Agreement to determine whether any further impairment existed.  We determined that the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows attributable to the Technology Agreement was greater than its carrying value and that an additional impairment write-down was not required.

 

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Relationship with SAP

 

Commercial Relationship and Revenues Resulting from Royalty Arrangements with SAP

 

On September 18, 2000, we entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SAP AG and SAPMarkets

(collectively, “SAP”) to jointly develop, market and sell the MarketSet suite of applications and the Enterprise Buyer procurement applications.  This agreement provided that either party licensing the jointly developed products to its customers would owe a royalty to the other party.  The amount of the royalty was generally based on a percentage of the total license fee paid by the customer.

 

SAP has historically made non-refundable royalty prepayments to us, which we have recorded as deferred revenue as payments are received.  As SAP incurs the obligation to pay royalties to us, these royalties are credited against this deferred revenue.  The deferred revenue balance at June 30, 2002, reflecting the balance of prior prepayments made by SAP, was approximately $18.8 million.  When we license one of the jointly developed products to our customers, we pay a royalty to SAP in connection with the sale.  These royalty payments are recorded as a reduction of license or support revenue, as appropriate.

 

During 2001, Commerce One and SAP amended these agreements to provide for different rights to resell certain technology included in the jointly developed products and for varying royalty rates and maintenance fees depending on the particular product, category of customer and other factors.

 

Effective January 1, 2002, we amended our strategic alliance agreement with SAP to simplify its royalty payment provisions and to provide that SAP will have an unlimited right to resell the jointly developed products, in addition to a right to resell certain other Commerce One technology on an OEM basis, during the first three quarters of 2002 in return for an aggregate fee of approximately $20.7 million, comprised primarily of license fees, as well as associated maintenance and support.  These fees are being credited against SAP’s prior pre-payments to Commerce One, which have been recorded by Commerce One as deferred revenue, and the license fees will be recognized ratably over the three-quarter period ending September 30, 2002. The amendment provides that during this three-quarter period, Commerce One will pay SAP a royalty based upon a fixed percentage of the total license fee for jointly developed products sold by Commerce One. The amendment further provides that the royalty payments for such rights shall be renegotiated by the parties prior to September 30, 2002 and the agreement will default to the historical royalty structure in the event the parties fail to agree on a new payment schedule by that date.

 

Revenues recorded as SAP’s license royalty payments to us have constituted a substantial portion of our revenues since the inception of the relationship, and represented approximately $12.6 million of our total license revenue of $15.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002.  SAP has been instrumental in assisting us with selling our jointly developed products, MarketSet and Enterprise Buyer, to its customer base.  In these instances, SAP typically licenses the product to its customer and the sale is documented by an agreement between SAP and the customer.  Commerce One and SAP have taken this approach for a variety of reasons, including administrative efficiency, particularly where the customer had an existing license relationship with SAP.  Where this approach is used, we have recorded the royalty payment received from SAP in connection with the sale of our joint products as revenues received from SAP.

 

Commerce One and SAP have indicated that each of the parties intend to phase out the jointly developed Enterprise Buyer procurement products and replace such products with its own successor procurement products.  As a result, we anticipate that corresponding revenues received by Commerce One from SAP for the sale of such products will decline in the future as the parties’ shift their focus to their respective procurement products.  We further anticipate that revenues from the MarketSet product, primarily targeted at the e-marketplace sector, may decline over time as we shift our focus to our other enterprise applications.  Accordingly, there can be no assurance that Commerce One will continue to generate revenues from SAP at the current rate, or at all, once the current fixed fee arrangement terminates.

 

To a lesser extent, we have also generated revenue from our relationship with SAP by performing professional services as a subcontractor to SAP, primarily on software implementation engagements where we have jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer to an SAP customer. SAP has also completed professional services for us

 

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by acting as a subcontractor, primarily in relation to the jointly sold MarketSet or Enterprise Buyer products.  We also expect these revenues and expenses to decline over time.

 

Equity Relationship

 

At the time we entered into the strategic alliance agreement with SAP in 2000, we sold 5,059,546 shares of our common stock to SAP for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $250 million.

 

Subsequently, in 2001, we sold an additional 47,484,767 shares of our common stock to SAP for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $225 million.

 

In connection with our issuance of common stock to SAP, we entered into various agreements that restrict SAP’s ability to acquire more than 23% of our outstanding common stock or otherwise attempt to acquire control of Commerce One, restrict its transfer of shares of common stock it purchased from us and, in very limited ways, affect SAP’s ability to vote its shares of our common stock.  We also granted SAP certain rights to require us to register the resale of its shares of our common stock, certain pro rata rights to acquire additional shares of our common stock and the right to have a designee appointed to our board of directors or to send an observer to our board of directors meetings.  As of June 30, 2002, SAP has not exercised its right to have such a designee appointed, but has exercised its right to send an observer to our board of directors meetings.

 

As of June 30, 2002, through its purchases from us and on the open market, SAP owned approximately 20% of our outstanding common stock.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

                In 2001, we guaranteed $3.5 million in loans to Dennis Jones, our then Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer.  These loans were used in connection with Mr. Jones' purchase of a home and related personal property following his relocation to Northern California to join Commerce One.  At the time of Mr. Jones' resignation from Commerce One in June 2002, Mr. Jones conveyed the home and related personal property to us and we assumed Mr. Jones' obligation to repay the loans.  In connection with these transactions, and as a result of a decline in the value of Mr. Jones' former home, we recorded a charge in general and administrative expense of $977,000 during the second quarter of 2002.

 

In addition to audit services, the Company’s auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, provided the following non-audit services to Commerce One: tax related consultation and tax preparation.  The audit committee of Commerce One’s board of directors has reviewed and approved Ernst & Young’s engagement to provide these non-audit services.

 

RECENT EVENTS

 

Corporate Restructuring

 

In April 2002, management approved a restructuring plan and the Company announced on April 16, 2002 additional staff reductions, totaling approximately 500 employees. The reductions primarily were made from our administrative, engineering, marketing and sales staff.  Following the completions of the restructuring, we have approximately 1,200 employees.  The restructuring charges relating to this additional plan were estimated at $15.9 million and were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 AND 2001

 

Revenue

 

Total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2002 decreased to approximately $27.8 million compared to $101.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001. For the three months ended June 30, 2002, other than related party revenues earned through transactions with SAP, which accounted for approximately 29% of our revenues, one customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue.  For the three months ended June 30, 2001, other than related party revenues earned through transactions with SAP, no customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue.

 

License revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2002 decreased to approximately $7.2 million compared to $29.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001.  The decrease in license revenues primarily resulted from a significant industry wide slowdown in technology spending coupled with a general economic downturn, resulting in fewer customer orders, smaller customer orders and longer sales cycles.  Revenues recorded as royalty payments from SAP have represented a substantial portion of our revenues since the inception of the

 

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relationship and constituted approximately $6.3 million of our license revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2002.  There can be no assurance that we will continue to generate license revenue from SAP at the current rate, or at all, once the current fixed fee arrangement terminates.

 

Services revenues decreased to approximately $20.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 compared to $71.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001. The decrease in services revenues primarily resulted from the downsizing of our Global Services division through reductions in force and divestitures.  These reductions, which were made to further enable us to focus on our core product offerings, were completed during the fourth quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues, consisting of cost of services and cost of licenses, was approximately $22.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 compared to $681.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001.

 

Cost of license fees for the three months ended June 30, 2002 was $2.3 million compared to $616.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001.  Cost of license fees primarily consist of amortization and impairment charges relating to the cost of the Technology Agreement as well as royalties due to third parties, software media and duplication costs and software documentation costs.  During the three months ended June 30, 2001, we recorded an impairment charge of $592.3 million on the cost of the Technology Agreement.  No impairment charge was recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.  Amortization of the cost of the Technology Agreement was $1.6 million and $21.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

Cost of services, which primarily consists of consulting, customer support and training costs, was $19.6 million compared to $64.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in cost of services resulted primarily from the divestiture and closure of a number of professional service operations no longer directly related to the Company’s core product offering.  These divestitures and closures occurred in the fourth quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002.  The number of employees engaged in professional service activity decreased to 342 at June 30, 2002 from 1,529 at June 30, 2001.

 

Sales and Marketing Expenses

 

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, benefits and commissions, costs of seminars, promotional materials, trade shows and other sales and marketing programs. Sales and marketing expenses were approximately $20.6 million and $53.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to decreased headcount, commissions, and an overall decline in sales and marketing related activity. The number of employees engaged in sales and marketing decreased to 255 at June 30, 2002 from 616 at June 30, 2001.

 

Product Development Expenses

 

Product development expenses consist primarily of personnel and related costs associated with our product development efforts. Product development expenses were approximately $18.2 million and $28.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in product development expenses was primarily attributable to decreased personnel as well as lower consulting-related expenses to support development of our products. The number of employees engaged in product development decreased to 431 at June 30, 2002 from 632 at June 30, 2001.

 

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General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee salaries and related costs for executive, administrative and finance personnel. General and administrative expenses were approximately $7.2 million and $48.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2001, we recorded bad debt expense of $22.8 million.  The remaining decrease resulted primarily from an overall decrease in the average number of general and administrative personnel employed during the period. The number of employees engaged in general and administrative functions decreased to 146 at June 30, 2002 from 558 at June 30, 2001.

 

Stock Compensation

 

Stock compensation totaled approximately $12.5 million and $24.7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in stock compensation related to the vesting schedule for certain employee stock options assumed in our acquisition of AppNet, which decreased to $9.9 million for the three months ending June 30, 2002 from $22.3 million for the three months ending June 30, 2001.  Deferred stock compensation is being amortized over the vesting period of the related options using a graded vesting method. The vesting period of the options range from three to four years. The expense related to restricted stock grants is being amortized over the two-year vesting period on a straight-line basis.

 

Restructuring Costs and Other

 

In April 2002, management approved a restructuring plan and the Company announced on April 16, 2002 additional staff reductions, totaling approximately 500 employees. The reductions primarily were made from our administrative, engineering, marketing and sales staff.  Following the completion of the restructuring, we have approximately 1,200 employees.  The restructuring charges relating to this additional plan were estimated at $15.9 million and were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

 

Amortization of Intangible Assets

 

Amortization of intangible assets was $3.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 compared to $144.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001. In accordance with SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which was adopted by Commerce One as of January 1, 2002, goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead will be periodically assessed for any indication of impairment.  This has resulted in a significant decrease in amortization expense.  Other identified intangible assets with finite lives continue to be amortized.  Amortization of goodwill was $137.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 AND 2001

 

Revenue

 

Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2002 decreased to approximately $59.6 million compared to $271.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001. For the six months ended June 30, 2002, other than related party revenues earned through transactions with SAP, which accounted for approximately 28% of our revenues, one customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue.  For the six months ended June 30, 2001, other than related party revenues earned through transactions with SAP, no customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue.

 

License revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2002 decreased to approximately $15.6 million compared to $99.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001. The decrease in license revenues primarily resulted from a significant slowdown in technology spending coupled with a general economic downturn, resulting in fewer customer orders, smaller customer orders and longer sales cycles.  Revenues recorded as royalty payments from SAP have represented a substantial portion of our revenues since the inception of the relationship and constituted approximately $12.6 million of our license revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2002.  There can be no assurance that we will continue to generate license revenue from SAP at the current rate, or at all, once the current fixed fee arrangement terminates.

 

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Services revenues decreased to approximately $44.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 compared to $172.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001. The decrease in services revenues primarily resulted from the downsizing of our Global Services division through reductions in force and divestitures.  These reductions, which were made to further enable us to focus on our core product offerings, were completed during the fourth quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues, consisting of cost of services and cost of licenses, was approximately $196.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 compared to $783.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001.

 

Cost of license fees for the six months ended June 30, 2002 was $154.6 million compared to $640.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001.   Cost of license fees includes royalties due to third parties, software media and duplication costs, software documentation costs and amortization and impairment charges relating to the cost of the technology agreement with Covisint. During the second quarter of 2001, the company recorded an impairment charge of $592.3 million on its cost of the technology agreement with Covisint.  Subsequently, during the first quarter of 2002 an additional impairment charge was required of approximately $145.8 million. The decrease in cost of license fees resulted primarily from the difference in amounts of these impairment charges of approximately $446.5 million and a $36.4 million decrease in amortization of the Covisint Technology Agreement.

 

Cost of services was $41.8 million compared to $143.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in cost of services resulted primarily from the divestiture and closure of a number of professional service operations no longer directly related to the Company’s core product offering.  These divestitures and closures occurred in the fourth quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002.  The number of employees engaged in professional service activity decreased to 342 at June 30, 2002 from 1,529 at June 30, 2001.

 

Sales and Marketing Expenses

 

Sales and marketing expenses were approximately $49.1 million and $113.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to decreased headcount, commissions, and an overall decline in sales and marketing related activity. The number of employees engaged in sales and marketing decreased to 255 at June 30, 2002 from 616 at June 30, 2001.

 

Product Development Expenses

 

Product development expenses were approximately $44.0 million and $58.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease in product development expenses was primarily attributable to decreased personnel employed during this period as well as lower consulting-related expenses to support development of our products. The number of employees engaged in product development decreased to 431 at June 30, 2002 from 632 at June 30, 2001.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses were approximately $18.1 million and $72.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2001, we recorded bad debt expenses of $22.8 million.  The remaining decrease resulted primarily from an overall decrease in the average number of general and administrative personnel employed during the period. The number of employees engaged in general and administrative functions decreased to 146 at June 30, 2002 from 558 at June 30, 2001.

 

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Stock Compensation

 

Stock compensation totaled approximately $23.9 million and $49.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in stock compensation related to the vesting schedule for certain employee stock options assumed in our acquisition of AppNet, which decreased to $19.8 million for the six months ending June 30, 2002 from $44.5 million for the six months ending June 30, 2001.  Deferred stock compensation is being amortized over the vesting period of the related options using a graded vesting method. The vesting period of the options range from three to four years. The expense related to restricted stock grants is being amortized over the two-year vesting period on a straight-line basis.

 

Restructuring Costs and Other

 

In April 2002, management approved and announced additional staff reductions aimed at furthering our goal of reducing operating expenses and focusing on core product initiatives.  The staff reduction included approximately 500 employees who were notified on April 16, 2002.  The reductions primarily were made from our administrative, engineering, marketing and sales staff.  Following the completion of the restructuring, we have approximately 1,200 employees.  The restructuring charges relating to this additional plan were estimated at $15.9 million and were recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

 

Amortization of Intangible Assets

 

Amortization of intangible assets was $6.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 compared to $287.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001. In accordance with SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which was adopted by Commerce One as of January 1, 2002, goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead will be periodically assessed for any indication of impairment.  This has resulted in a significant decrease in amortization expense.  Other identified intangible assets with finite lives continue to be amortized.  Amortization of goodwill was $272.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Net cash used in operating activities totaled approximately $110.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 compared to approximately $118.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2001.  Cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2002 resulted primarily from the net loss, adjusted for non-cash items including depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges, and a decrease in liabilities and deferred revenue which was partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable.  Net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2001 resulted primarily from the net loss, adjusted for non-cash items including depreciation, amortization and impairment charges, partially offset by an increase in liabilities and a decrease in accounts receivable.

 

Net cash provided by investing activities totaled approximately $88.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 compared to cash provided by investing activities of approximately $32.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001.  The cash provided in the current period resulted primarily from the maturity of short term investments (net of purchases) and proceeds from divestitures partially offset by net purchases of property and equipment.  Net cash provided by investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2001 resulted primarily from the maturity of short term investments (net of purchases) partially offset by the purchase of property and equipment and additional costs of the Technology Agreement.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities totaled approximately $4.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 compared to approximately $30.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001.  The cash provided in the six months ended June 30, 2002 resulted primarily from the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options and shares issued through the employee stock purchase plan.  The cash provided in the six months ended June 30, 2001 resulted primarily from proceeds from notes payable and from the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options.

 

We have historically satisfied our cash requirements primarily through issuances of equity securities.  As of June 30, 2002, our principal sources of liquidity included approximately $188.4 million of cash, cash equivalents

 

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and short term investments.  Of this amount, $35.5 million collaterized certain obligations related to a loan, operating lease agreements, potential workers’ compensation claims, and a guarantee of a personal home mortgage for a former executive officer.

 

We have a loan from Microsoft in the principal amount of $19.0 million.  This loan is due on April 1, 2003 and bears interest at 7% per annum, payable quarterly.  We have secured the loan with a $19.0 million cash collateral account. The loan will become immediately due, however, if our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment balance falls below $125.0 million at any point during the term of the revised loan.

 

The following summarized our contractual obligations as at June 30, 2002 and the effects such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in certain future periods after June 30, 2002 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Total

 

Less than
one year

 

1 to 3
years

 

4 years and
thereafter

 

Non-cancelable operating lease obligations

 

$

119,568

 

$

28,232

 

$

60,979

 

$

30,357

 

Microsoft loan

 

19,000

 

19,000

 

 

 

Total

 

$

138,568

 

$

47,232

 

$

60,979

 

$

30,357

 

 

Non-cancelable operating lease obligations include $45.0 million, which were accrued as restructuring costs as of June 30, 2002 and are payable through 2011.

 

We believe that our available cash resources will be sufficient to finance our presently anticipated operating losses and working capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months. This forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support operations is a forward-looking statement that involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially as a result of the factors described below. Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend upon numerous factors including our future revenues and expenses, growth or contraction of operations and general economic pressures. Additionally, we may need additional capital to fund acquisitions of complementary businesses, products and technologies. If we require additional capital resources, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or secure a bank line of credit. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders. We cannot be assured that any financing arrangements will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

 

RISK FACTORS

 

We have a limited operating history and a history of losses.

 

We incurred net losses of $2,584.1 million, $344.9 million and $63.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. We also incurred a loss of $291.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002. As of June 30, 2002, we had an accumulated deficit of $3,323.3 million. We will need to generate significant additional revenues to avoid losses in the future.  If we do not decrease our losses in the future, our business may suffer in a number of ways, including increased difficulties in obtaining additional capital, selling our products and services (since nearly all customers require future support) and funding our continued operations.

 

If we continue to use substantial amounts of cash, we may not be able to fund our continuing operations or meet our future capital requirements.

 

Because our business operations currently uses more cash than is generated, the cash used each quarter substantially reduces the cash available to fund our operations and future capital requirements.  In addition, the current unfavorable market for equity or debt financing makes it increasingly difficult to raise additional funding.  If we do not achieve positive cash flow from our operations and future financing is not available, or is not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to fund our continuing operations.

 

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Our revenues are volatile and difficult to predict.

 

Our revenues and operating results are difficult to forecast and may fluctuate substantially from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, including the following:

 

•      a significant portion of our license revenues are derived from royalty payments earned through our strategic alliance with SAP and, in quarters subsequent to September 30, 2002 where SAP is required to pay us royalties for sales of joint products based upon a percentage calculation (as opposed to a flat fee calculation), we may have limited visibility into such revenues until royalty information is provided to us by SAP at the end of a particular quarter;

•      a significant portion of our revenues has in the past been derived from a small number of relatively large license sales; these sales are typically completed during the last few weeks of the quarter;

•      our sales cycle is relatively long, sometimes six months or longer, and may result from delays associated with our customers’ budgeting and approval process that are difficult to predict;

•      the size of licensing transactions can vary significantly;

•      customers may unexpectedly postpone or cancel purchases of our products and services;

•      the market may not accept our new products;

•      our strategic relationships may change;

•      our pricing policies and those of our competitors may change; and

•      we have a limited operating history from which to predict our revenues and operating expenses.

 

If our revenues fall below our expectations, our operating results are likely to be harmed.

 

The current downturn in general economic conditions may continue to decrease our revenues.

 

The current downturn and uncertainty in general economic and market conditions have decreased and may continue to decrease demand for our products and services. If the current economic downturn continues or worsens, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be seriously harmed.  In addition, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the subsequent U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, and potential related events may adversely affect our business.  This uncertainty could further decrease demand for our products and services and make it more difficult for us to raise debt or equity financing in the future. These outcomes, and other unforeseen and negative outcomes of these world events, would adversely affect our revenues, results of operations and financial condition.

 

If we do not sell our Commerce One 5.0 solution and other solutions or products, our growth and revenues will be limited.

 

Our business model is shifting to focus increasingly on enterprise software solutions (i.e., sales to companies for their own internal use) in addition to our historical focus on e-marketplaces.  We face significant uncertainties that may affect our ability to sell our current Commerce One 5.0 solution and other products and our Commerce One 6.0 solution, which is under development, when it becomes available. These uncertainties include the level of demand for this relatively new product category, the demand for or acceptance of our new products in particular, the ability of our products to satisfy our customers or compete favorably with those of our competitors, and the fact that businesses that have made substantial investment in our competitors’ enterprise solutions may be reluctant to replace their current solution and adopt our solution. To date, sales of our 5.0 solution, introduced in January 2002, have represented a relatively small percentage of our license revenues and we have continued to experience long sales cycles.  If we do not sell significant numbers of our new enterprise solutions, particularly Commerce One 5.0, our revenues, and hence our business, will suffer.

 

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If our relationship with SAP is unsuccessful, changes significantly or is terminated, our revenues may suffer.

 

In 2000, we entered into a strategic alliance agreement with SAP to jointly develop, market and sell e-commerce software products.  A substantial portion of our license revenues in 2000, 2001 and 2002 has been derived from this relationship and there can be no assurance that we will continue to generate revenues from SAP once the current fixed fee arrangement terminates.

 

Strategic relationships such as the one we have with SAP can be difficult to implement and maintain, and may not succeed for various reasons including:

 

•  changes in strategic direction by one or both companies;

•   technical obstacles to combining existing software products or developing new compatible products;

•  changes or decreases in market or customer demand for the relevant products;

•  difficulties in coordinating sales and marketing efforts;

•  difficulties in structuring and maintaining revenue sharing arrangements; and

•  operating differences between the companies and their respective employees;

 

The scope of our relationship with SAP has changed over time and may change again in the future.  For example, in early 2002, Commerce One and SAP agreed that the two companies would continue to jointly develop, market and sell the MarketSet suite of products, but that the Enterprise Buyer procurement products would be phased out.  In addition, the MarketSet product has been primarily targeted at the e-marketplace sector which has experienced a decrease in demand.  As we have shifted our focus to enterprise solutions, we anticipate that revenues from the Marketset product may continue to decline over time.

 

Our relationship with SAP will likely change again.  For example, the current fixed fee arrangement for SAP to sell Commerce One technology expires and must be renegotiated by September 30, 2002.  If the parties are unable to reach a new agreement, the terms will revert to the historical royalty structure.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to generate license revenue from SAP at the current rate, or at all, once the fixed fee arrangement terminates. In addition, the strategic alliance agreement may be terminated by Commerce One or SAP with relatively little notice, and we therefore cannot assure you the relationship will not terminate entirely in the future.  A change in or termination of our relationship with SAP could materially and adversely affect our product development, marketing and sales efforts and, ultimately, our revenues.

 

If our stock is de-listed from Nasdaq’s National Market, our share price may decline further, trading our stock may become more difficult and we may have additional difficulties raising capital.

 

Commerce One received notice from Nasdaq on June 18, 2002 that our stock had failed to maintain Nasdaq’s minimum bid price closing requirement of $1.00.  The letter specified that, unless Commerce One’s Common Stock closes at a minimum bid price of $1.00 or more for ten consecutive trading days by September 16, 2002, Nasdaq would notify Commerce One at that time of Nasdaq’s intent to delist the stock.  The letter also stated that Commerce One could appeal any de-listing notification received at that time.  Commerce One’s stock has not traded above $1.00 since we received the Nasdaq notice.  We are seeking stockholder approval of a 1-for-10 reverse stock split in an attempt to increase our stock price in excess of Nasdaq’s requirements.  If the proposed reverse split is not approved by our stockholders, or if it is not successful in increasing our stock price above $1.00 on an ongoing basis, our stock could be de-listed from Nasdaq’s National Market.  De-listing would make our stock more difficult to trade, reduce the trading volume of our stock and further reduce our stock price.  In addition, de-listing or the threat of de-listing could weaken our ability to raise financing in the capital markets, an outcome which could materially adversely impact our business operations and financial condition.

 

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The reverse stock split that Commerce One has proposed to our stockholders may not increase our share price, may not achieve continued listing of our stock on Nasdaq and could result in an overall decline in our market capitalization.

 

Commerce One is seeking stockholder approval, at a meeting currently scheduled for September 6, 2002, to authorize our Board of Directors to effect a 1-for-10 reverse stock split in our common stock.  We cannot predict whether the proposed reverse stock split will increase the market price for Commerce One’s common stock.  The history of similar stock split combinations for companies in similar circumstances is varied.  Even if the market price of our common stock increases, there can be no assurance that:

 

     the market price per new share of Commerce One common stock after the reverse stock split will rise in proportion to the reduction in the number of old shares of Commerce One common stock outstanding before the reverse stock split;

•       the reverse stock split will result in a per share price that will attract brokers and investors who do not trade in lower priced stocks;

•       the reverse stock split will result in a per share price that will increase Commerce One’s ability to attract and retain employees and other service providers; and

•       the market price per new share of our common stock will either exceed or remain in excess of the $1.00 minimum bid price as required by Nasdaq or that we will otherwise meet the requirements of Nasdaq for continued inclusion for trading on Nasdaq.

 

The market price of Commerce One’s common stock will also be based on our performance and other factors, some of which are unrelated to the number of shares outstanding.  If the reverse stock split is effected and the market price of Commerce One’s common stock declines, the percentage decline as an absolute number and as a percentage of Commerce One’s overall market capitalization may be greater than would occur in the absence of a reverse stock split.  Furthermore, liquidity of Commerce One’s common stock could be adversely affected by the reduced number of shares that would be outstanding after the reverse stock split.

 

Delays in shipment of Commerce One solutions or products may result in delay or loss of revenue.

 

Delays in shipping Commerce One products and solutions may result in client dissatisfaction and delay, or loss of product revenues. We cannot be certain of our ability to ship our products and solutions in a timely manner or to continue shipping them.  Delays may result from a number of factors, including extended product-development cycles and product defects. Products as complex as ours often contain unknown and undetected errors or performance problems.  These defects are frequently found during the period immediately following the introduction and initial shipment of new products or enhancements to existing products. Although we attempt to resolve all errors that we believe would be considered serious by our customers before shipment to them, our products are not error-free. These errors or performance problems could result in lost revenues or delays in customer acceptance and would be detrimental to our business and reputation. If we are unable, for technological or other reasons, to ship new products or enhancements of existing products in a timely manner in response to changing market conditions or client requirements, or if new products or new versions of existing products do not achieve market acceptance, our business would be seriously harmed.

 

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Our restructuring and other strategic initiatives may not achieve our desired results and could result in business distractions that could harm our business.

 

We implemented restructuring plans throughout 2001 and have announced and implemented further restructuring plans in 2002. The primary objectives of our restructuring plans have been to reduce our operating expenses and to focus on new products.  We also implemented certain strategic initiatives designed to strengthen our operations.  These plans include without limitation, reductions in our workforce and facilities, improved alignment of our organization around our core business objectives and realignment of our sales force, professional services and general and administrative functions. The workforce reductions could temporarily impact our remaining employees, including those directly responsible for sales, which may affect our future revenues.  In addition, the failure to retain and effectively manage remaining employees could increase our costs and hurt our development and sales efforts.  Additionally, these changes might affect our ability to close revenue transactions with our customers and prospects.  Failure to achieve the desired results of our strategic initiatives could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Our industry is highly competitive and has low barriers to entry, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively.

 

Because the market for business-to-business e-commerce solutions is extremely competitive, we may suffer a loss of business and a reduction in the prices we can charge for our products and services. We expect competition to intensify as current competitors expand their product offerings and new competitors enter the market. There are relatively low barriers to entry in the e-commerce market, and competition from other established and emerging companies may develop in the future. In addition, our customers and partners may become competitors in the future. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, lower average sales prices, reduced margins, longer sales cycles and a decrease or loss of our market share, any of which could harm our business, operating results or financial condition. Our competitors include Ariba, Freemarkets, i2, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, VerticalNet and WebMethods, among others. Our Global Services division competes against many consulting companies, including many of our integration partners.  Certain of these competitors jointly offer business-to-business e-commerce solutions to potential customers. These joint efforts could intensify the competitive pressure in our market. Many of our competitors, and new potential competitors may have a longer operating history, more experience developing Internet–based software and end-to-end purchasing solutions, larger technical staffs, larger customer bases, more established distribution channels and customer relationships, greater brand recognition and greater financial, marketing and other resources than we have. In addition, competitors may be able to develop products and services that are superior to our products and services, that achieve greater customer acceptance or that have significantly improved functionality as compared to our existing and future products and services. The business-to-business e-commerce solutions offered by competitors may be perceived by buyers and suppliers as superior to ours. Some of the companies with whom we have strategic relationships, such as SAP, compete with us in certain areas and may continue to compete with us.

 

Our services revenue and operating results will suffer if we are not able to maintain our prices and utilization rates for our professional services.

 

The rates we are able to charge for our professional services and the utilization, or chargeability, of our professional services organization are a large component of our overall gross margin, and therefore our operating results. Accordingly, if we are not able to maintain the rates we charge for our professional services or an appropriate utilization rate for our professionals, we will not be able to sustain our gross margin and our operating results will suffer. The rates we are able to charge for our professional services are affected by a number of factors, including our customers’ perceptions of our ability to add value through our professional services, competition, the introduction of new services or products by us or our competitors, the pricing policies of our competitors and general economic conditions. Our utilization rates are also affected by a number of factors, including seasonal trends, primarily as a result of our hiring cycle and holiday and summer vacations, our ability to transition employees from completed projects to new engagements, our ability to forecast demand of our professional services and thereby maintain an appropriate headcount, and our ability to manage attrition.

 

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Our gross margins may decline.

 

In most cases, our license revenues have a higher gross margin percent than our services revenues.  Thus, to the extent services revenues increase as a percentage of our total revenues, our overall gross margin will likely decline. If we are not successful in increasing revenues from license fees, or we are not successful in increasing the gross margin of our services fees, our overall gross margins will suffer. For example, as of the quarter ended June 30, 2002, substantially all of our license revenues were generated through an agreement with SAP relating to our jointly developed products.  If we are not able to generate additional license fees from SAP once the current arrangement terminates or are not able to generate significant license fees from other sources, our gross margins will suffer. Our expenses related to the cost of licenses sold are relatively fixed in the near term, and if our license revenues continue to decline any further, such a decline would have a disproportionately adverse impact on our gross margins reported in the near term.

 

Our executive officers and certain key personnel are critical to our business and these officers and key personnel may not remain with us in the future.

 

Our future success depends upon the continued service of our executive officers and other key personnel, and none of our current executive officers are bound by an employment agreement for any specific term. Any of our officers may leave our organization in the future. In particular, the services of Mark Hoffman, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer would be difficult to replace.  If we lose the services of one or more of our executive officers or key employees, or if one or more of them decides to join a competitor or otherwise compete directly or indirectly with us, our business, operating results and financial condition may be seriously harmed.  Recently, we announced the planned departure of Dennis Jones, our President and COO, as of June 30, 2002, and Peter Pervere, our Chief Financial Officer, as of May 31, 2002.  While we have a management team in place to assume the duties of the departing executives, we cannot be certain that such changes will not result in adverse publicity or other disruption of our customer relationships or business operations.

 

The development of e-marketplaces or exchanges entails certain risk for us.

 

Our strategy of establishing and promoting the Global Trading Web and facilitating the development and operation of e-marketplaces is unproven and may not be successful. The companies that are using our software and services to establish e-marketplaces have encountered and may continue to encounter delays in launching their e-marketplaces, in fully deploying these e-marketplaces and in achieving supplier participation in their e-marketplaces. Additionally, although our technology architecture is designed to support the development of trading communities that can operate with each other, these marketplaces may not in fact operate with each other or may do so in an unsatisfactory manner.

 

Although our business model is increasingly focused on enterprise solutions, our strategy of facilitating the development and operation of large trading exchanges continues to entail particular risks for us. These risks include:

 

•     the diversion of a significant portion of our management, technical and sales personnel to develop these marketplaces;

•     delays in the commencement of significant operations by these e-marketplaces;

•     failure by industry participants to adopt and use these e-marketplaces;

•     difficulties in the hiring and retention of skilled management for these e-marketplaces;

•     and all of the other risks of creating such e-marketplaces described elsewhere in this Risk Factors section.

 

If these e-marketplaces are not successful, we may not generate all of the expected benefits from our development efforts, including transaction and other network-services fees.  In addition, the establishment and operation of these exchanges may raise issues under U.S. and foreign antitrust laws. To the extent that U.S. or foreign antitrust regulators take adverse action or establish rules or regulations with respect to any exchange or business-to-business e-commerce exchanges in general, the establishment and growth of such exchanges may be delayed. If our e-marketplaces are not successful, our business, operating results and financial condition will suffer.

 

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We face credit risks because of the concentration and nature of some of our customers.

 

Some of our customers are small emerging growth companies with limited credit operating histories that are operating at a loss and have limited access to capital.  With the significant downturn in the economy and uncertainty relating to the prospects for near-term economic growth, some of these customers may represent a credit risk.  In addition, a small number of our customers account for a significant amount of our accounts receivable.  At June 30, 2002, one customer accounted for 10% of our gross accounts receivable balance.  At December 31, 2001, two customers accounted for 13% and 12% of our gross accounts receivable balance.  If our customers experience financial difficulties, we may have difficulty collecting on our accounts receivable and our cash position would suffer.

 

We depend upon continuing our relationship with third- party systems integrators who support our solutions.

 

Our success depends upon the acceptance and successful integration by customers and their suppliers of our products. Our current and potential customers and their related suppliers often rely on third-party systems integrators such as Accenture, Computer Sciences Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers and others to develop, deploy and manage their business-to-business e-commerce platforms and solutions. We and our customers will need to continue to rely on these systems integrators, particularly in light of the recent down sizing of our Global Services division, which competes with these systems integrators to some extent. If large systems integrators stop supporting  our solution or committing resources to us, or if any of our customers or suppliers are not able to successfully integrate our solution, or if we are unable to adequately train our existing systems integration partners, our business, operating results and financial condition could suffer.

 

In addition, we cannot control the level and quality of service provided by our current and future third-party integrators.  While our agreements with those integrators normally include provisions designed to ensure quality, those provisions are often difficult to enforce and cannot guarantee acceptable quality in all cases.  If our customers experience quality problems arising from installation of our software by these third parties, we may experience negative customer reactions, adverse publicity, or even legal claims.  If such problems are significant, our reputation, financial condition and ultimately our business may be harmed.

 

Our strategy of reselling through our strategic relationships may not be successful.

 

We have established strategic relationships with companies that resell and distribute our products to our customers. This strategy is unproven and, to date, some of our partners have been unsuccessful in reselling our products.  In addition, because many of our resellers are operators of e-marketplaces, their ability to resell our products will suffer if they are unsuccessful in generating customers for their e-marketplaces or funding their continued operations. If any of our current or future resellers are not able to successfully resell our products, our business will suffer.

 

We may not be able to retain and hire qualified personnel.

 

Our future performance depends on the continued service and our ability to hire our management, engineering, sales and marketing personnel.  Our ability to retain key employees may be harder, given recent adverse changes in our business, particularly since the market price of our common stock has fluctuated and declined substantially since our initial public offering in July 1999.  In addition, new hires may require extensive training before they achieve desired levels of productivity.  We may fail to retain our key employees or to attract other highly qualified personnel.

 

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Managing growth and reductions in a changing environment could strain our management and other resources.

 

Our ability to successfully offer products and services and implement our business plan in a rapidly evolving market requires an effective planning and management process.  Over the past two years, we experienced significant growth in our workforce and expenditures, followed by a significant decline.  These changes place a strain on our managerial resources and make planning more difficult.  While we manage these rapid changes, we must also compete effectively and manage our operations by maintaining and enhancing our financial and accounting systems and controls, and integrating new and existing personnel.  We also expect that we will be required to manage an increasing number of relationships with various customers and third parties.  If we cannot effectively manage and plan in this rapidly changing environment, our operations would suffer.

 

We may not be able to integrate acquisitions into our business effectively.

 

As part of our business strategy, we have made and expect to continue making acquisitions of businesses that offer complementary products, services and technologies.  We have limited experience with business acquisitions, and may not acquire such businesses on favorable terms or be able to integrate such organizations into our business successfully. For example, we recently engaged in divestures of certain business units acquired in the AppNet acquisition that were not integrated into our overall strategy of developing and implementing our core products. Our acquisitions are subject to the risks commonly encountered in acquisitions of businesses, including, among other things:

 

•       the difficulty of integrating the operations and personnel of the acquired business into our business;

•       the difficulty of integrating service and product offerings;

•       the difficulty of integrating technology, back office, accounting and financial systems;

•       the potential disruption of our ongoing business;

•       the distraction of management from our business; the inability of management to maximize our financial and strategic position; and

•       the impairment of relationships with, and difficulty of retaining, employees and customers.

 

Further, our acquisitions and investments may have negative financial consequences.  For example, in the second quarter of 2001 we recognized a substantial impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets related to our acquisitions of AppNet and CommerceBid. In the first quarter of 2002 we recognized impairment related to the value of the Technology Agreement with Covisint.  We may recognize additional impairments in the future.  Relevant risks include:

 

•       the possibility that we pay more than the acquired business is worth;

•       potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities;

•       incurrence of contingent liabilities;

•       increased net loss resulting from the purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, under which we incur amortization expenses related to certain intangible assets and deferred stock compensation; and

•       one-time write-offs, such as those for in-process research and development or impairment of intangibles and other long-lived assets.

 

In addition, potential companies acquired by us may not have audited financial statements, detailed financial statements or any degree of internal controls. An audit subsequent to any successful completion of an acquisition may reveal matters of significance, including issues regarding revenues, expenses, liabilities, contingent or otherwise, technology, products, services or intellectual property. We may not be successful in overcoming these or any other significant risks and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Because our business is partially international, we face numerous obstacles in other countries.

 

Our business relies heavily on our international operations to manage our international sales.  International business involves inherent difficulties that may affect us, including:

 

•       unexpected changes in regulatory requirements and tariffs;

•       the impact of recessions in economies outside the United States; the global impact of armed or political conflicts; political instability;

•       seasonal reductions in business activity; difficulties in staffing and managing foreign offices as a result of, among other things, distance, language, costs and cultural differences; longer payment cycles and greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection;

•       price controls or other restrictions on foreign currency; potentially harmful tax consequences, including withholding tax issues; fluctuating exchange and tariff rates;

•       difficulty in protecting intellectual property; difficulties in obtaining export and import licenses;

•       foreign antitrust regulation; and

•       inadequate technical and other infrastructure.

 

We also have only limited experience in marketing, selling, implementing and supporting our products and services outside the United States.  These difficulties may adversely affect our business.

 

Our market may undergo rapid technological change and this change may make our products and services obsolete or cause us to incur substantial costs to adapt to these changes.

 

Our market is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent new product announcements. To be successful, we must adapt to the rapidly changing market by continually improving the performance, features and reliability of our products and services or else our products and services may become obsolete. We could also incur substantial costs to modify our products, services or infrastructure in order to adapt to these changes. Our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed if we incur significant costs without adequate results, or are unable to adapt rapidly to these changes.

 

Product liability claims or other claims regarding the performance of our products may be harmful to our reputation and business.

 

We may be subject to product liability claims or other claims regarding the performance of our products, even though our license agreements typically seek to limit our exposure to such claims, because the contract provisions of our license agreements may not be sufficient to preclude all potential claims. Additionally, our general liability insurance may be inadequate to protect us from all liabilities that we may face. We could be required to spend significant time and money litigating these claims, or where necessary, to pay significant damages.  Such claims could also result in lost revenues, adverse publicity and negative customer reaction.  As a result, any claim, whether successful or not, could harm our reputation, operating results, financial condition and ultimately our business.

 

We may have potential liability to clients who are dissatisfied with our professional services.

 

We design, develop, implement and manage e-commerce solutions that are often crucial to the operation of our clients’ businesses. Defects in the solutions we develop could result in delayed or lost revenues, adverse customer reaction and negative publicity or require expensive corrections, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Clients who are not satisfied with these services could bring claims against us for substantial damages. The successful assertion of one or more large claims that are uninsured, exceed insurance coverage or result in changes to insurance policies, including premium increases, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

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If third parties claim that we infringe upon their intellectual property rights, our ability to use certain technologies and products could be limited and we may incur significant costs to resolve these claims.

 

Our business depends upon intellectual property, and litigation regarding intellectual property rights is common in the Internet and software industries. Intellectual property ownership issues may be complicated by the fact that our Global Services division frequently develops intellectual property for its clients and, in order to carry out projects, frequently receives confidential client information.  If an intellectual property infringement claim is filed against us, we may be prevented from using certain technologies and may incur significant costs to resolve the claim.  In addition, we generally indemnify customers against claims that our products infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. We could incur substantial costs in defending ourselves and our customers against infringement claims. In the event of a claim of infringement, we and our customers may be required to obtain one or more licenses from third parties. We or our customers may not be able to obtain necessary licenses from third parties at a reasonable cost, or at all.

 

Because the protection of our proprietary technology is limited, our proprietary technology could be used by others.

 

Our success depends, in part, upon our proprietary technology and other intellectual property rights. To date, we have relied primarily on a combination of copyright, patent, trade secret, and trademark laws, and nondisclosure and other contractual restrictions on copying and distribution to protect our proprietary technology. We have two issued patents to date. We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately in the United States or abroad. Furthermore, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Additional government regulations may increase our costs of doing business.

 

The laws governing Internet transactions remain largely unsettled. The adoption or modification of laws or regulations relating to the Internet could harm our business, operating results and financial condition by increasing our costs and administrative burdens. It may take years to determine whether and how existing laws such as those governing antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, libel, consumer protection and taxation apply to the Internet.

 

Laws and regulations directly applicable to communications or commerce over the Internet are becoming more prevalent. We must comply with new regulations in both Europe and the United States, as well as any other regulations

adopted by other countries where we may do business. The growth and development of the market for online commerce may prompt calls for more stringent consumer protection laws, both in the United States and abroad, as well as new laws governing the taxation of Internet commerce. Compliance with any newly adopted laws may prove expensive and may harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Security risks of e-commerce may deter future use of our products and services.

 

A fundamental requirement to conduct business-to-business e-commerce is the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks. Failure to prevent security breaches of e-marketplaces, or well-publicized security breaches affecting the Internet in general, could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography, or other developments may not be sufficient to prevent a compromise or breach of the algorithms we use to protect content and transactions on e-marketplaces or proprietary information in our databases. In addition to our own security systems, we rely on encryption and authentication technology licenses from third parties. Unauthorized access, computer viruses, or the accidental or intentional acts of Internet users, current and former employees or others could jeopardize the security of confidential information and create delays or interruptions in our services or operations, including our hosting services. We have in the past been impacted by global computer viruses, such as NIMDA and the Code Red viruses, and have incurred costs to resolve such viruses.  In the future, we may be required to incur significant costs to protect against security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by breaches. In addition, such disruptions or breaches in security could result in liability and in the loss of existing clients or the deterrence of potential clients or transactions.

 

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We may not have adequate back-up systems, and a disaster could damage our operations.

 

We are in the process of creating a disaster recovery plan and do not have fully redundant systems for service at an alternate site. A disaster could severely harm our business because our service could be interrupted for an indeterminate length of time. Our operations depend upon our ability to maintain and protect our computer systems in our principal facilities in Pleasanton and Cupertino, California, which exist on or near known earthquake fault zones. We also depend upon third parties to host most  e-marketplaces and some of these third parties are also located in the same earthquake fault zones. Although these systems are designed to be fault tolerant, they are vulnerable to damage from fire, floods, earthquakes, power loss, telecommunications failures and similar events. In addition, our facilities in California could be subject to electrical blackouts if California faces another power shortage similar to that of 2001.  Although we do have a backup generator, which  would  maintain critical operations, this generator could fail. Furthermore, blackouts could disrupt the operations of our affected facilities.  Disruptions in our internal business operations, Commerce One.net, or any of our hosted facilities could harm our business by resulting in delays, disruption of our customers’ business, loss of data, and loss of customer confidence.

 

Failure to expand Internet use could limit our future growth.

 

Our business depends upon use of the Internet as an effective medium of business-to-business commerce.  The failure of the Internet to continue to develop as a commercial or business medium for significant numbers of buyers and suppliers to conduct business commerce  would harm our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the growth of the market for our services depends upon improvements being made to the entire Internet as well as to our individual customers’ networking infrastructures, to alleviate overloading and congestion. If these improvements are not made, the ability of our customers to use  our solution will be hindered, and our business, operating results and financial condition may suffer.

 

We may lose money in other companies we have invested in.

 

We have and may continue to invest  in numerous technology companies, usually in connection with license contracts and arrangements. In particular, we have invested in various privately held companies, many of which are still in the start-up or development stage. These investments are inherently risky because the markets for technologies or products they have under development are typically in the early stages and may never develop. We have incurred losses in the past and, in 2001, we recorded investment losses of approximately $24.5 million related to investments in these companies. Due to the recent economic and market downturn, particularly in the United States, and difficulties that may be faced by some of these companies, our investment portfolio could be further impaired.

 

Provisions of our charter documents and Delaware law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us.

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions, which could make it harder for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our Board of Directors. Among other things, our Board of Directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan, or “poison pill,” which would significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer. In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law limits business combination transactions with 15% stockholders that have not been approved by the Board of Directors. We also have entered into agreements with some of our strategic investors that, to an extent, limit their ability to attempt to acquire us without board approval. All of these provisions make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without negotiation. These provisions may apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some stockholders.

 

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Changes in accounting standards and in the way we charge for licenses could affect our future operating results.

 

In October 1997, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued its Statement of Position 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” and later amended its position by its Statement of Position 98-4 and Statement of Position 98-9. Based on our interpretation of the AICPA’s position, we believe our current revenue recognition policies and practices are consistent with Statement of Position 97-2, Statement of Position 98-4 and Statement of Position 98-9. However, interpretations of these standards continue to be issued. Future interpretations could lead to unanticipated changes in our current revenue recognition practices, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board are also currently reviewing the accounting standards related to other areas. Any changes to these accounting standards, or the way these standards are interpreted or applied, could require us to change the way we account for any other aspects of our business in a manner that could adversely affect our reported financial results.

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The following discusses our exposure to market risk related to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and equity prices. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could vary materially as a result of a number of factors including those set forth in “Risk Factors” on page 22.

 

INTEREST RATE RISK

 

As of June 30, 2002, we had cash, highly liquid investments and short term investments of approximately $188.4 million. These investments may be subject to interest rate risk and will decrease in value if market interest rates increase. A hypothetical increase or decrease in market interest rates by 10 percent from the market interest rates at June 30, 2002 would cause the fair market value of our cash and cash equivalents to change by an immaterial amount. Declines in interest rates over time will, however, reduce our interest income.

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE RISK

 

Substantially all of our revenues recognized to date have been denominated in U.S. dollars, a significant portion of which has been realized outside of the United States. To the extent that we engage in international sales denominated in U.S. dollars, an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies could make our products less competitive in international markets. Although we will continue to monitor our exposure to currency fluctuations, and, when appropriate, may use financial hedging techniques to minimize the effect of these fluctuations, we cannot assure you that exchange rate fluctuations will not harm our business in the future. A hypothetical increase or decrease in foreign currency exchange rates by 10 percent from the foreign currency exchange rates at June 30, 2002 would not have a material impact on our operational results.

 

EQUITY PRICE RISK

 

We do not own any material equity investments. Therefore, we believe we are not currently exposed to any direct equity price risk.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

On June 19, 2001, an alleged securities class action, captioned Cameron v. Commerce One, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 01-CV-5575, was filed against Commerce One, several company officers and directors (the “Individual Defendants”), and the three lead underwriters in the Commerce One initial public offering (“IPO”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Various plaintiffs have filed similar actions asserting virtually identical allegations against more than 200 other companies. The lawsuits against Commerce One and other companies have been coordinated for pretrial purposes with these other related lawsuits and have been assigned the collective caption In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation. The coordinated pretrial proceedings are presently being overseen by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin.

 

On April 19, 2002, plaintiffs’ lawyers for the consolidated lawsuits filed an amended complaint consisting of a set of “Master Allegations” (Master File No. 21 MC 92 (SAS)) and individual amended complaints against the various defendants, including Commerce One and the Individual Defendants (01 Civ. 5575 SAS (CLP)).  The amended complaint alleges violations of Section 11 and Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (and Rule 10b-5, promulgated thereunder). The complaint seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of common stock between July 1, 1999 and June 15, 2001. On July 15, 2002, the issuer and individual defendants filed an omnibus motion to dismiss addressing issues generally applicable to the defendants as a group.

 

From time to time we are involved in other disputes and litigation in the normal course of business.

 

We believe that we have meritorious defenses to these lawsuits and will defend ourselves vigorously. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any of these disputes or litigation will have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. However, an unfavorable outcome of some or all of these matters could have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

None

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None

 

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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

The Annual Meeting of Commerce One, Inc. was held on May 29, 2002.

 

At the Annual Meeting, the following nominees were elected to hold office as Class III directors of Commerce One, Inc. until 2005:

 

Nominee

 

Vote For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Abstentions

 

Mark B. Hoffman

 

224,604,758

 

1,358,982

 

0

 

John V. Balen

 

224,481,591

 

1,482,149

 

0

 

Alex S. Vieux

 

225,345,534

 

618,206

 

0

 

 

Incumbent Class I directors whose term expires in 2003 are as follows:

 

Robert M. Kimmitt

Dennis H. Jones –resigned effective June 30, 2002.

Larry W. Sonsini –resigned effective June 1, 2002.

 

Incumbent Class II directors whose term expires in 2004 are as follows:

 

David H. J. Furniss –resigned effective June 26, 2002.

Kenneth C. Gardner

William J. Harding

Toshimune Okihara

 

Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002 by the following vote of the stockholders.

 

Votes For

 

224,104,773

 

Votes Against

 

1,796,122

 

Abstentions

 

62,845

 

 

There were no broker non-votes with respect to any matters voted on at the meeting.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

(a)  Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

3.1(1)

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce One, Inc.

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce One, Inc.

4.1(1)

 

Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2(1)

 

Amended and Restated Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2001, between Commerce One, Inc., New Commerce One Holding, Inc. and Fleet National Bank including the form of Rights Certificate and the Rights attached thereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively.

10.1

 

Agreement, effective June 28, 2002 between Dennis Jones and Commerce One Operations, Inc. and Commerce One, Inc.

10.2   

 

Agreement, dated July 15, 2002 between Andrew Hayden and Commerce One Operations, Inc. 

10.3

 

Agreement dated July 29, 2002 between Charles Boynton and Commerce One Operations, Inc.

99.1

 

Statement of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Commerce One.

 


(1)

 

Incorporated by reference to Commerce One’s Form 8-A (File No. 000-32979) filed on July 11, 2001.

 

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K filed during the quarter ending June 30, 2002.

 

None

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

COMMERCE ONE, INC.
(Registrant)

Dated: August 14, 2002

By:

Charles D. Boynton

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Dated: August 14, 2002

By:

Mark B. Hoffman

 

 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)

 

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