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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark one)

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

For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2018

¨ 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: 001-35394

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Guidewire Software, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	36-4468504
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1001 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 800 Foster City, California	94404
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(650) 357-9100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

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



Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨

Non-accelerated filer	¨ (do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

		Emerging growth company	¨

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

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

On May 31, 2018, the registrant had 80,263,759 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

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Guidewire Software, Inc.

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Part I – Financial Information

Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited):	3

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended April 30, 2018 and 2017	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Three and Nine Months Ended April 30, 2018 and 2017	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended April 30, 2018 and 2017	6

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	47

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	47

Part II – Other Information		49

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	49

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	49

Item 6.	Exhibits	68

Signatures		69

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and certain information incorporated herein by reference contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements include statements concerning, among other things, our business strategy (including anticipated trends and developments in, and management plans for, our business and the markets in which we operate), financial results, results of operations, revenues, gross margins, operating expenses, products, projected costs and capital expenditures, research and development programs, sales and marketing initiatives, and competition. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words, such as “will,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “suggest,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan” and “continue,” the negative or plural of these words and other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements due to various factors, including but not limited to the matters discussed below, in the section titled “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Many of the forward-looking statements are located in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Examples of forward-looking statements include statements regarding:


•	growth prospects of the property & casualty (“P&C”) insurance industry and our company;


•	the developing market for subscription services and uncertainties attendant on emerging sales and delivery models;


•	trends in future sales, including the mix of licensing and subscription models and seasonality;


•	our competitive environment and changes thereto;


•	competitive attributes of our software applications and delivery models;


•	challenges to further increase sales outside of the United States;


•	our research and development investment and efforts;


•	expenses to be incurred, and benefits to be achieved from our acquisitions;


•	our gross and operating margins and factors that affect such margins;


•	our provision for tax liabilities and other critical accounting estimates;


•	the impact of new accounting standards and any contractual changes we have made in anticipation of such changes;


•	our exposure to market risks, including geographical and political events that may negatively impact our customers; and


•	our ability to satisfy future liquidity requirements.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on information available to us as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our current expectations about future events, which are inherently subject to change and involve risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this report or in any of our other communications, except as required by law. All such forward-looking statements should be read as of the time the statements were made and with the recognition that these forward-looking statements may not be complete or accurate at a later date.

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Unless the context requires otherwise, we are referring to Guidewire Software, Inc. together with its subsidiaries when we use the terms “Guidewire,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us.”

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PART I – Financial Information


ITEM 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)

GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited, in thousands)



	April 30, 2018			July 31, 2017

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	476,101		$	263,176
Short-term investments	518,151			310,027
Accounts receivable	101,146			79,433
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	31,229			26,604
Total current assets	1,126,627			679,240
Long-term investments	164,206			114,585
Property and equipment, net	15,929			14,376
Intangible assets, net	103,001			71,315
Deferred tax assets, net	58,597			37,430
Goodwill	342,469			141,851
Other assets	21,704			20,104
TOTAL ASSETS	$	1,832,533		$	1,078,901
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	$	19,357		$	13,416
Accrued employee compensation	43,427			48,882
Deferred revenues, current	113,894			91,243
Other current liabilities	12,016			10,075
Total current liabilities	188,694			163,616
Convertible senior notes, net	302,184			—
Deferred revenues, non-current	20,667			19,892
Other liabilities	1,121			2,112
Total liabilities	512,666			185,620
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Common stock	8			8
Additional paid-in capital	1,276,379			830,014
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(6,598		)	(5,796		)
Retained earnings	50,078			69,055
Total stockholders’ equity	1,319,867			893,281
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	1,832,533		$	1,078,901

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited, in thousands except shares and per share amounts)



	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Revenues:
License and other	$	50,359		$	58,971		$	164,673		$	161,767
Maintenance	18,749			16,858			56,789			49,972
Services	71,361			47,607			190,966			121,445
Total revenues	140,469			123,436			412,428			333,184
Cost of revenues:
License and other	9,742			5,208			25,497			10,419
Maintenance	3,828			3,480			10,888			9,884
Services	60,751			42,780			168,599			113,995
Total cost of revenues	74,321			51,468			204,984			134,298
Gross profit:
License and other	40,617			53,763			139,176			151,348
Maintenance	14,921			13,378			45,901			40,088
Services	10,610			4,827			22,367			7,450
Total gross profit	66,148			71,968			207,444			198,886
Operating expenses:
Research and development	46,787			34,090			126,155			94,865
Sales and marketing	30,378			28,788			85,949			77,808
General and administrative	18,170			13,429			57,907			40,649
Total operating expenses	95,335			76,307			270,011			213,322
Loss from operations	(29,187		)	(4,339		)	(62,567		)	(14,436		)
Interest income	3,762			1,400			7,247			4,286
Interest expense	(2,228		)	(6		)	(2,239		)	(6		)
Other income (expense), net	(356		)	11			1,040			(335		)
Loss before income taxes	(28,009		)	(2,934		)	(56,519		)	(10,491		)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	20,613			(1,115		)	46,572			(4,788		)
Net loss	$	(48,622	)	$	(1,819	)	$	(103,091	)	$	(5,703	)
Net loss per share:
Basic	$	(0.62	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(1.32	)	$	(0.08	)
Diluted	$	(0.62	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(1.32	)	$	(0.08	)
Shares used in computing net loss per share:
Basic	78,777,484			74,175,603			78,246,146			73,731,132
Diluted	78,777,484			74,175,603			78,246,146			73,731,132

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(unaudited, in thousands)



	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net loss	$	(48,622	)	$	(1,819	)	$	(103,091	)	$	(5,703	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(1,522		)	183			(94		)	(654		)
Unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax benefit of $124 and $14 for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively; $291 and $289 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively	(198		)	49			(623		)	(352		)
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains included in net loss	(100		)	(60		)	(85		)	(119		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,820		)	172			(802		)	(1,125		)
Comprehensive loss	$	(50,442	)	$	(1,647	)	$	(103,893	)	$	(6,828	)

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited, in thousands)



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(103,091	)	$	(5,703	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	26,117			12,208
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs	1,568			—
Stock-based compensation	68,494			53,661
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation	—			962
Deferred income tax	43,421			(6,779		)
Amortization of premium on available-for-sale securities, and other non-cash items	(34		)	1,201
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(16,809		)	(25,745		)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(1,972		)	(7,172		)
Accounts payable	4,569			546
Accrued employee compensation	(7,237		)	(3,589		)
Other liabilities	886			(1,085		)
Deferred revenues	20,703			33,032
Net cash provided by operating activities	36,615			51,537
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	(535,310		)	(343,761		)
Sales of available-for-sale securities	276,686			442,830
Purchases of property and equipment	(4,710		)	(3,236		)
Capitalized software development costs	(1,850		)	(374		)
Strategic investment	—			(4,677		)
Acquisitions of business, net of acquired cash	(130,058		)	(187,590		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(395,242		)	(96,808		)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs	387,239			—
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs	220,948			—
Purchase of capped calls	(37,200		)	—
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options	1,055			3,419
Excess tax benefit (shortfall) from exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units	—			(962		)
Net cash provided by financing activities	572,042			2,457
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(490		)	(602		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	212,925			(43,416		)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of period	263,176			223,582
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of period	$	476,101		$	180,166
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income taxes, net of tax refunds	$	3,786		$	2,487
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Accruals for purchase of property and equipment	$	823		$	569

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)


1.	The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

Business

Guidewire Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, was incorporated on September 20, 2001. Guidewire Software, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), provides a technology platform which consists of three key elements: core transaction processing, data management and analytics, and digital engagement. The Company’s technology platform supports core insurance operations, including underwriting and policy administration, claim management and billing, enables new insights into data that can improve business decision making and supports digital sales, service and claims experiences for policyholders, agents, and other key stakeholders. The Company’s customers are primarily insurance carriers for property and casualty (“P&C”) insurance.

Public Offerings

In March 2018, the Company closed a public offering of 2,628,571 shares of its common stock, including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from the Company. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $87.50 per share. No shares were sold by the Company’s stockholders in this public offering. Concurrently, the Company offered and sold $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Convertible Senior Notes”), including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional Convertible Senior Notes. Net of offering expenses and underwriting discounts (“issuance costs”), the Company received net proceeds of approximately $220.9 million related to the common stock offering and $387.2 million related to the convertible note offering.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes include the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and reflect all adjustments (all of which are normal and recurring in nature) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted under the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and related notes, together with management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2017. There have been no changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those that were disclosed in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2017 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2017, except changes to the income taxes and stock-based compensation policies resulting from the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-09 during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported, disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Significant items subject to such estimates include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, the useful lives of property and equipment and intangible assets, allowance for doubtful accounts, valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, stock-based compensation, annual bonus attainment, income tax uncertainties, convertible senior notes fair value, valuation of goodwill and intangible assets, and contingencies. These estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best estimates and judgment. Management regularly evaluates its estimates and assumptions using historical experience and other factors; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

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Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash and highly liquid investments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. Cash equivalents primarily consist of commercial paper and money market funds.

Investments

Management determines the appropriate classification of investments at the time of purchase based upon management’s intent with regard to such investments. All investments are classified as available-for-sale.

The Company classifies investments as short-term when they have remaining contractual maturities of one year or less from the balance sheet date, and as long-term when the investments have remaining contractual maturities of more than one year from the balance sheet date. All investments are recorded at fair value with unrealized holding gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents, investments, and accounts receivable. The Company maintains its cash, cash equivalents, and investments with high quality financial institutions. The Company is exposed to credit risk for cash held in financial institutions in the event of a default to the extent that such amounts recorded on the balance sheet are in excess of amounts that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

No customer individually accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 and nine months ended April 30, 2017. One customer individually accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2017. No customer individually accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s total accounts receivable as of April 30, 2018. As of July 31, 2017, one customer individually accounted for 11% of the Company’s total accounts receivable.

Revenue Recognition

The Company enters into arrangements to deliver multiple products or services (multiple-elements). For a substantial majority of its sales, the Company applies software revenue recognition rules and allocates the total revenues among elements based on vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of the fair value of each element. The Company recognizes revenue on a net basis excluding indirect taxes, such as sales tax and value added tax collected from customers and remitted to government authorities.

Revenues are derived from three sources:


(i)	License fees related to term (or time-based) licenses, software license subscriptions and cloud-based subscriptions (collectively referred to as “subscriptions”), and perpetual software licenses;


(ii)	Maintenance fees associated with term or perpetual licenses relate to email and phone support, bug fixes and unspecified software updates, and upgrades released when, and if, available during the maintenance term; and


(iii)	Services fees from professional services related to the implementation of the Company’s software, reimbursable travel and training expenses.

Revenues are recognized when all of the following criteria are met:


•	Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists. Evidence of an arrangement consists of a written contract signed by both the customer and management prior to the end of the period.


•	Delivery or performance has occurred. The Company’s software is delivered electronically to the customer. Delivery is considered to have occurred when the Company provides the customer access to the software along with login credentials.

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Fees are fixed or determinable. The Company assesses whether a fee is fixed or determinable at the outset of the arrangement, primarily based on the payment terms associated with the transaction. Fees from term licenses are invoiced in advance in annual or quarterly installments over the term of the agreement beginning on the effective date of the license and represent extended payment terms. A significant majority are invoiced annually. As a result, term license fees are not considered to be fixed and determinable until they become due or payment is received. Perpetual license fees are generally due between 30 and 60 days from delivery of software. We offer extended payment terms in limited cases.


•	Collectability is probable or reasonably assured. Collectability is assessed on a customer-by-customer basis, based primarily on creditworthiness as determined by credit checks and analysis, as well as customer payment history. Payment terms generally range from 30 to 90 days from invoice date. If it is determined prior to revenue recognition

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that collection of an arrangement fee is not probable, revenues are deferred until collection becomes probable or reasonably assured, or cash is collected, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.

VSOE of fair value does not exist for the Company’s software licenses; therefore, the Company allocates revenues to software licenses using the residual method. Under the residual method, the amount recognized for license fees is the difference between the total fixed and determinable fees and the VSOE of fair value for the undelivered elements under the arrangement.

The VSOE of fair value for elements of an arrangement is based upon the normal pricing and discounting practices for those elements when sold separately. VSOE of fair value for maintenance is established using the stated maintenance renewal rate in the customer’s contract. For term licenses with duration of one year or less, no VSOE of fair value for maintenance exists. VSOE of fair value for services is established if a substantial majority of historical stand-alone selling prices for a service fall within a reasonably narrow price range.

If the undelivered elements are all service elements and VSOE of fair value does not exist for one or more service element, the total arrangement fee is recognized ratably over the longest service period starting at software delivery, assuming all the related services have been made available to the customer.

The Company’s subscriptions are recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement typically upon provisioning the products.

As noted above, the Company generally invoices fees for licenses and maintenance to its customers in annual or, in certain cases, quarterly installments payable in advance. Deferred revenues represent amounts, which are billed to or collected from creditworthy customers for which one or more of the revenue recognition criteria have not been met. The deferred revenues balance does not represent the total contract value of annual or multi-year, non-cancellable arrangements.

Substantially all of the Company’s professional services engagements are billed on a time and materials basis. Services are typically not considered to be essential to the functionality of the software, and the related revenues and costs are recognized in the period incurred.

In select situations, the Company will contract its professional services on a fixed fee basis. In these situations, if reliable estimates of total project costs are available, the Company recognizes services revenues on a proportional performance basis as the performance obligations are completed by using the ratio of labor hours to date as an input measure compared to total estimated labor hours for the consulting services.

In the limited cases where professional services are deemed to be essential to the functionality of the software, the arrangement is accounted for using contract accounting until the essential services are complete. If reliable estimates of total project costs can be made, the Company applies the percentage-of-completion method whereby revenue recognition is measured based on the ratio of service billings to date compared to total estimated service billings for the consulting services. Service billings approximate labor hours as an input measure since they are generally billed monthly on a time and material basis. The fees related to the maintenance are recognized over the period the maintenance is provided.

If reliable estimates of total project costs cannot be made, the zero gross margin or the completed contract method is applied to revenues and direct costs. Under the zero gross margin method, revenues recognized are limited to the direct costs incurred for the professional services. Under the completed contract method, revenues and direct costs are deferred until the project is complete. When the zero gross margin method is applied for lack of reliable project estimates and subsequently project estimates become reliable, the Company switches to the percentage-of-completion method, resulting in a cumulative effect adjustment for deferred license revenues to the extent of progress toward completion, and the related portion of the deferred professional service margin is recognized in full as revenues.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Under this method, the Company determines deferred tax assets and liabilities on the basis of the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities by using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the difference is expected to reverse. All deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non-current on its condensed consolidated balance sheets. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance against deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of such deferred tax assets will not be realized and is based on the positive and negative evidence about the future including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations.

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The effective tax rate in any given financial statement period may differ materially from the statutory rate. These differences may be caused by changes in tax regulations and resulting changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance, changes in the mix and level of income or losses, changes in the expected outcome of tax audits, as well as permanent differences for stock-based compensation, including excess tax benefits, research and development credits, the tax rate differences between the United States and foreign countries, foreign withholding taxes, certain non-deductible expenses including executive compensation, and acquisition-related expenses.

The Company records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in its condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation using the fair value method, which requires the Company to measure the stock-based compensation based on the grant-date fair value of the awards and recognize the compensation expense over the requisite service period. The Company recognizes compensation expense net of actual forfeitures. To date, the Company has granted stock options, restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”), and restricted stock units that may be earned subject to the Company’s total shareholder return ranking relative to the software companies in the S&P Software and Services Select Industry Index (“S&P Index”) for a specified performance period or specified performance periods, service periods, and in select cases, subject to certain performance conditions (“TSR PSUs”). RSAs, RSUs, PSUs, and TSR PSUs are collectively referred to as “Stock Awards”.

The fair value of the Company’s RSAs, RSUs, and PSUs equal the market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. These awards are subject to time-based vesting, which generally occurs over a period of four years. The Company recognizes compensation expense for awards which contain only service conditions on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective awards. The Company recognizes the compensation cost for awards that contain either a performance condition, market conditions, or both using the graded vesting method.

The fair value of the Company’s TSR PSUs are estimated at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation method. The assumptions utilized in this simulation require judgments and estimates. Changes in these inputs and assumptions could affect the measurement of the estimated fair value of the related compensation expense. Compensation expense associated with these TSR PSUs will be recognized over the vesting period regardless of whether the market condition is ultimately satisfied; however, the expense will be reversed if a grantee terminates prior to satisfying the requisite service period. For TSR PSUs containing an additional performance condition, a portion of the expense may fluctuate depending on the achievement of the performance conditions. All TSR PSUs will vest at the end of a three-year period.

Business Combinations

The Company uses its best estimates and assumptions to assign fair value to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date. Goodwill is calculated as the difference between the acquisition-date fair value of the consideration transferred and the values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date, the Company may record adjustments to the fair value of these assets and liabilities, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, subsequent adjustments, if any, are recorded to the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Software Development Costs

For qualifying costs incurred for computer software developed for internal use, the Company begins to capitalize its costs to develop software when preliminary development efforts are successfully completed, management has authorized and committed project funding, it is probable that the project will be completed, and the software will be used as intended. These capitalized costs are amortized to expense over the estimated useful life of the related asset, generally estimated to be three years. Costs incurred prior to meeting these capitalization criteria and costs incurred for training and maintenance are expensed as incurred and recorded in research and development expense on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Capitalized software development costs are recorded in property and equipment on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets, Intangible Assets and Goodwill

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The Company evaluates its long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment and intangible assets, for indicators of possible impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of certain assets may not be recoverable. Impairment exists if the carrying amounts of such assets exceed the estimates of future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by such assets. Should impairment exist, the impairment loss would be measured based on the excess carrying value of the assets over the estimated fair value of the assets. The Company has not written down any of its long-lived assets as a result of impairment during the periods presented.

The Company tests goodwill for impairment annually, during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and in the interim whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The Company evaluates qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test. In performing the qualitative assessment, the Company considers events and circumstances, including but not limited to, macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial performance, changes in management or key personnel, changes in strategy, changes in customers, changes in the composition or carrying amount of a reporting unit’s net assets, and changes in the price of the Company’s common stock. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than its carrying amount, then the two-step goodwill impairment test is not performed. There have been no goodwill impairments during the periods presented.

Convertible Senior Notes

In March 2018, the Company issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025. The Company accounts for the issued Convertible Senior Notes as separate liability and equity components. The carrying amount of the equity component, representing the conversion option, was determined by deducting the fair value of the liability component from the par value of the Convertible Senior Notes as a whole. This difference represents a debt discount that is amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Convertible Senior Notes. The carrying amount of the liability component was calculated by measuring the fair value of a similar liability that does not have an associated convertible feature. The equity component of the Convertible Senior Notes is recorded at its initial fair value and will not be remeasured as long as it continues to meet the requirements for equity classification. The equity component is net of issuance costs and recorded in additional paid in capital.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718): Improvements on Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No.2016-09, Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2016-09”), which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions for both public and nonpublic entities, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-09 on August 1, 2017. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, the provision for income taxes included tax benefits of $2.9 million and $8.0 million, respectively, in tax effects related to settled stock-based awards.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Income Statement, Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Income Statement, Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“ASU 2018-02”), which allows a reclassification of stranded tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”). ASU 2018-02 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new standard for its 2019 fiscal year and subsequent periods.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Revenue Recognition

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which provides guidance for revenue recognition. This ASU affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of non-financial assets. This ASU will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and most industry-specific guidance.

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In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date, which deferred the effective date of this standard. As a result, the ASU and related amendments will be effective for the Company for its fiscal year beginning August 1, 2018, including interim periods within that fiscal year.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, Principal Versus Agent Consideration (or Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), ASU No. 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing in April 2016, and ASU No. 2016-12, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients in May 2016. These amendments clarified certain aspects of Topic 606 and have the same effective date as ASU 2014-09.

The Company will adopt these ASUs (collectively, Topic 606) on August 1, 2018. Topic 606 permits two methods of adoption: retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (the “Full Retrospective Method”), or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application (the “Modified Retrospective Method”). The Company currently intends to apply the Modified Retrospective Method.

The Company has evaluated the potential impact of Topic 606 on its revenue recognition policy and practices and has concluded that Topic 606 will impact the pattern of its revenue recognition associated with its term software licenses, software subscriptions, and to a lesser extent, cloud-based subscriptions. The Company’s term licenses require payments to be made annually or quarterly in advance and are subject to extended payment terms. Currently, revenues associated with the payment for term software licenses are recognized in the earlier of the period in which the payments are due or are actually made. Under Topic 606, the Company will be required to recognize the revenue associated with such payments not when they are made or due, but when control of the software license is transferred to the customer, which occurs at or near the time a contract with a customer is executed. As a result, under Topic 606, all contractually obligated payments under a term license that the Company reasonably expects to collect would be recognized upon delivery. In conjunction with its evaluation of this new standard, the Company began revising its contracting practices and amending existing agreements with certain customers primarily by shortening the initial, non-refundable term of its licenses. Since fiscal 2016, a substantial majority of new contracts feature a two-year initial term with subsequent one-year auto renewal options.

The Company currently anticipates that the impact of Topic 606 on its cloud-based subscriptions, will be more modest than for term licenses and will impact, primarily, those subscriptions that contractually provide for increasing annual subscription payments during the term of the arrangement.

The Company continues to evaluate the other potential impacts that Topic 606 will have on its consolidated financial statements, internal controls, business processes, and information technology systems including, for example, how to account for commission expenses, and the accounting for new cloud-based subscription offerings, including new revenue models acquired from recent acquisitions.

Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting (Topic 718) (“ASU 2017-09”), which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements. ASU 2017-09 provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting under ASC 718. Specifically, an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions, and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted. The standard will be effective for the Company beginning August 1, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this update will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Leases (Topic 842): Accounting for Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”), which requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets but recognize the expenses on their income statements in a manner similar to current practice. ASU 2016-02 states that a lessee would recognize a lease liability for the obligation to make lease payments and a right-to-use asset for the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The standard will be effective for the Company beginning August 1, 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this update will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Financial Instruments (Topic 825): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments (Topic 825) (“ASU 2016-01”), which impacts certain aspects of recognition, measurement, and presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. Under ASU 2016-01, unconsolidated non-equity method investments shall be measured at fair value. If such investments do not have a readily determinable fair value, an election may be made to measure them at cost after considering observable price changes for similar

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instruments. The standard will be effective for the Company beginning August 1, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this update will have on its strategic equity investment in a privately-held company.

Other recent accounting pronouncements that are or will be applicable to the Company did not, or are not expected to, have a material impact on the Company's present or future financial statements.


2.	Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Available-for-sale investments within cash equivalents and investments consist of the following:



	April 30, 2018
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
	(in thousands)
U.S. Government agency securities	$	22,521	$	—	$	(43	)	$	22,478
Commercial paper	506,732		8		(212		)	506,528
Corporate bonds	351,653		44		(955		)	350,742
U.S. Government bonds	72,276		—		(118		)	72,158
Foreign government bonds	1,764		3		—			1,767
Certificates of deposit	83,952		53		(23		)	83,982
Money market funds	66,363		—		—			66,363
Total	$	1,105,261	$	108	$	(1,351	)	$	1,104,018



	July 31, 2017
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
	(in thousands)
U.S. Government agency securities	$	22,662	$	—	$	(66	)	$	22,596
Commercial paper	147,371		2		(34		)	147,339
Corporate bonds	258,334		157		(146		)	258,345
U.S. Government bonds	67,164		—		(185		)	66,979
Foreign government bonds	—		—		—			—
Certificate of deposit	27,498		29		—			27,527
Money market funds	96,313		—		—			96,313
Total	$	619,342	$	188	$	(431	)	$	619,099

The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s investments with unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in an unrealized loss position:

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	April 30, 2018
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
U.S. Government agency securities	$	7,937	$	(17	)	$	14,541	$	(25	)	$	22,478	$	(42	)
Commercial paper	167,316		(212		)	—		—			167,316		(212		)
Corporate bonds	275,769		(916		)	21,225		(40		)	296,994		(956		)
U.S. Government bonds	47,277		(15		)	24,881		(103		)	72,158		(118		)
Foreign government bonds	764		—			—		—			764		—
Certificate of deposit	24,708		(23		)	—		—			24,708		(23		)
Total	$	523,771	$	(1,183	)	$	60,647	$	(168	)	$	584,418	$	(1,351	)

As of April 30, 2018, the Company had 194 investments in a gross unrealized loss position. The unrealized losses on its available-for-sale securities were primarily a result of unfavorable changes in interest rates subsequent to the initial purchase of these securities. The Company does not intend to sell, nor does it believe it will need to sell, these securities before recovering the associated unrealized losses. The Company does not consider any portion of the unrealized losses at April 30, 2018 to be other-than-temporarily impaired, nor are any unrealized losses considered to be credit losses. The Company has recorded the securities at fair value in its consolidated balance sheets, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. The amount of realized gains and losses reclassified into earnings are based on the specific identification of the securities sold. The realized gains and losses from sales of securities in the periods presented were not material.

The following table summarizes the contractual maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale investments measured at fair value:



	April 30, 2018
	Less Than 12 Months		12 to 24 Months		Total
	(in thousands)
U.S. Government agency securities	$	15,540	$	6,938	$	22,478
Commercial paper	506,528		—		506,528
Corporate bonds	211,737		139,005		350,742
U.S. Government bonds	72,158		—		72,158
Foreign government bonds	1,003		764		1,767
Money market funds	66,363		—		66,363
Certificates of deposit	66,483		17,499		83,982
Total	$	939,812	$	164,206	$	1,104,018

Fair Value Measurement

The current accounting guidance for fair value measurements defines a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures as follows:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2—Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data; and

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require the Company to develop its own assumptions.

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Available-for-sale investments

The following tables summarize the Company’s available-for-sale investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis, by level within the fair value hierarchy:



	April 30, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in thousands)
Cash equivalents:
Commercial paper	—		341,829		—		341,829
Money market funds	66,363		—		—		66,363
U.S. Government bonds	—		9,969		—		9,969
Certificates of deposit	—		3,500		—		3,500
Short-term investments:
U.S. Government agency securities	—		15,540		—		15,540
Commercial paper	—		164,699		—		164,699
U.S. Government bonds	—		62,189		—		62,189
Foreign government bonds			1,003				1,003
Corporate bonds	—		211,736		—		211,736
Certificates of deposit	—		62,984		—		62,984
Long-term investments:
U.S. Government agency securities	—		6,938		—		6,938
Certificates of deposit	—		17,498		—		17,498
Corporate bonds	—		139,006		—		139,006
U.S. Government bonds	—		—		—		—
Foreign government bonds	—		764		—		764
Total	$	66,363	$	1,037,655	$	—	$	1,104,018

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	July 31, 2017
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in thousands)
Cash equivalents:
Commercial paper	—		98,174		—		98,174
Money market funds	96,313		—		—		96,313
U.S. Government bonds	—		—		—		—
Certificates of deposit	—		—		—		—
Short-term investments:
U.S. Government agency securities	—		20,583		—		20,583
Commercial paper	—		49,165		—		49,165
U.S. Government bonds	—		47,105		—		47,105
Foreign government bonds	—		—		—		—
Corporate bonds	—		170,654		—		170,654
Certificate of deposit	—		22,520		—		22,520
Long-term investments:
U.S. Government agency securities	—		2,013		—		2,013
Certificate of deposit	—		5,007		—		5,007
Corporate bonds	—		87,691		—		87,691
U.S. Government bonds	—		19,874		—		19,874
Foreign government bonds	—		—		—		—
Total	$	96,313	$	522,786	$	—	$	619,099

Convertible Senior Notes

The carrying value of the Convertible Senior Notes was $310.5 million before consideration of issuance costs, which approximates their fair value at April 30, 2018. In accounting for the issuance of the notes, the Company separated the notes into liability and equity components. The carrying amount of the liability component was calculated by measuring the fair value of a similar liability that does not have an associated conversion feature. The carrying amount of the equity component representing the conversion option was determined by deducting the fair value of the liability component from the par value of the notes as a whole.

The Company estimates the fair value of the Convertible Senior Notes using commonly accepted valuation methodologies and market-based risk measurements that are indirectly observable, such as credit risk (Level 2). The Company carries the Convertible Senior Notes at face value less unamortized debt discount and issuance costs on its consolidated balance sheet, and presents the fair value for required disclosure purposes only. For further information on the Convertible Senior Notes see Note 6.


3.	Acquisitions

Cyence Acquisition

On November 1, 2017, the Company completed its acquisition of Cyence, Inc. (“Cyence”) for an aggregate consideration of approximately $260.3 million, including approximately $146.6 million in cash, and equity consideration valued at approximately $113.7 million of newly issued Guidewire common stock and options, net of certain adjustments including a net working capital adjustment (the “Cyence Acquisition”). Through the acquisition, the Company gained a cloud-based data listening and risk analytics technology offering for the P&C insurance industry which enables underwriting new and evolving risks, such as cyber risk. This acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. The results of Cyence’s operations have been included in the Company’s results of operations since November 1, 2017, the date of acquisition.

As part of the acquisition, the Company assumed certain Cyence compensation agreements, consisting of RSAs, stock options, and cash compensation, with an estimated fair value of $37.6 million. Based on the period earned prior to the acquisition date,

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$18.2 million was allocated to the purchase price, and $19.4 million relating to post-acquisition services will be recorded as operating expenses over the remaining requisite service periods. RSAs were valued based on the November 1, 2017 grant date value, and the estimated fair value of the stock options assumed by the Company was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The adjustments reflected herein to determine the purchase consideration are preliminary and may change as the Company finalizes these adjustments during the measurement period based on new information as it becomes available. The preliminary purchase consideration is as follows:



	Preliminary Purchase Consideration
	(in thousands)
Cash consideration paid at close	$	146,651
Equity issued to shareholders	102,493
Issuance of replacement awards	11,205
Total preliminary purchase consideration	$	260,349

In conjunction with the preliminary purchase price allocation, the Company determined that Cyence’s separately identifiable intangible assets were developed technology, customer contracts and related relationships, order backlog, and trade names. The Company utilized the discounted cash flow methodology and the profit allocation methodology under the income approach to estimate the fair values of intangible assets. The Company used the cost build-up approach to estimate the fair value of deferred revenue by estimating the costs related to fulfilling the obligation plus an additional markup for an assumed operating margin to reflect the profit a third party would expect to realize on the costs incurred. These fair value measurements were based on significant inputs that were not observable in the market and thus represent a Level 3 measurement. The valuation models were based on estimates of future operating projections of Cyence and rights to sell new products containing the acquired technology as well as judgments on the discount rates used and other variables. The Company developed forecasts based on a number of factors including future revenue and operating cost projections, a discount rate that is representative of the weighted average cost of capital, in addition to royalty and long-term sustainable growth rates based on a market analysis. The Company amortizes the acquired intangibles over their estimated useful lives as set forth in the table below.

The allocation of purchase price is preliminary pending the final valuation of intangible and tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, certain acquired deferred tax assets and completion of certain statutory tax filing requirements and is therefore subject to potential future measurement period adjustments. The preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration is as follows:



	Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation		Estimated Useful Lives
	(in thousands)		(in years)
Acquired assets, net of assumed liabilities	$	8,026
Developed technology	28,400		5
Customer contracts and related relationships	17,700		5
Order backlog	3,200		2
Trademarks	2,500		7
Goodwill	200,523
Total preliminary purchase consideration	$	260,349

The goodwill of $200.5 million arising from the Cyence Acquisition consists largely of the acquired workforce and the opportunity to expand the Company’s customer base. The goodwill recognized is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

For the three months ended April 30, 2018, total revenue and net loss attributable to Cyence was approximately $2.9 million and $8.5 million, respectively. For the nine months ended April 30, 2018, total revenue and net loss attributable to Cyence was approximately $5.0 million and $18.2 million, respectively. The Company incurred no acquisition-related costs for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and $5.2 million of total acquisition-related costs for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 that were recognized in general and administrative expenses.

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Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations for the Company and Cyence for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, after giving effect to the Cyence Acquisition as if it had occurred on August 1, 2016. The unaudited pro forma financial information includes adjustments to give effect to pro forma events that are directly attributable to the business combination and factually supportable. The unaudited pro forma financial information presented includes the business combination accounting effects resulting from the acquisition, including adjustments for the amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, deferred revenue, and transaction costs on August 1, 2016 with a corresponding reduction of these amounts in the period originally recognized.

The unaudited pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been realized if the Cyence acquisition had been completed on August 1, 2016, nor does it purport to project the results of operations of the combined company in future periods. The unaudited pro forma financial information does not give effect to any anticipated integration costs related to the acquired company. Consequently, actual results will differ from the unaudited pro forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma financial information is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Pro forma revenue	$	140,469		$	125,494		$	417,360		$	340,560
Pro forma net loss	$	(48,622	)	$	(9,454	)	$	(106,043	)	$	(31,710	)
Pro forma net loss per share -- basic	$	(0.62	)	$	(0.13	)	$	(1.36	)	$	(0.43	)
Pro forma net loss per share -- diluted	$	(0.62	)	$	(0.13	)	$	(1.36	)	$	(0.43	)

The pro forma revenue and net loss reflects material, nonrecurring adjustments, such as transaction, transition and integration-related charges (including legal, accounting and other professional fees, and retention bonuses) that resulted from the acquisition.

ISCS Acquisition

On February 16, 2017, the Company completed its acquisition of ISCS, Inc., a privately-held company that provides a cloud-based, all-in-one system for policy administration, billing and claims management to P&C insurers (“ISCS Acquisition”). The purchase price of the ISCS Acquisition was approximately $160 million, subject to certain adjustments including a net working capital adjustment, which resulted in cash consideration paid of $154.9 million. The fair value of all assets acquired, and liabilities assumed was finalized in the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2018. A portion of the consideration was placed into an escrow account as partial security to satisfy any potential claims, including the indemnification liability for state sales taxes. The ISCS Acquisition is intended to enhance the Company's ability to serve those P&C insurers that prefer a cloud-based, all-in-one platform that offers policy, billing, and claims management functionality. Total acquisition costs of $1.1 million were expensed as incurred,and recorded as general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. The results of ISCS’ operations have been included in the Company’s results of operations since February 16, 2017, the acquisition date.

In connection with the ISCS Acquisition, the Company recorded an indemnification asset of $1.6 million, which represents the selling security holders’ obligation under the Agreement and Plan of Merger to indemnify the Company for unpaid state sales taxes. The indemnification asset was recognized on the same basis as the corresponding liability, which is based on its estimated fair value as of the date of acquisition.

The ISCS Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. As part of the purchase price allocation, the Company determined that ISCS’s separately identifiable intangible assets were developed technology, customer contracts and related relationships, and order backlog. The valuation method used was in accordance with the Company’s policy, practice, and experience as described above:

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	Total Purchase Price Allocation		Estimated Useful Lives
	(in thousands)		(in years)
Acquired assets, net of assumed liabilities	$	4,530
Developed technology	43,300		4
Customer contracts and related relationships	7,000		9
Order backlog	3,500		4
Deferred tax assets	171
Goodwill	96,431
Total purchase price	$	154,932

The goodwill of $96.4 million arising from the ISCS Acquisition consists largely of the acquired workforce, the expected company-specific synergies and the opportunity to expand the Company’s customer base. The goodwill recognized is deductible for income tax purposes.

4. Balance Sheet Components

Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment consist of the following:



	April 30, 2018			July 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Computer hardware	$	24,349		$	21,408
Purchased software	4,173			3,855
Capitalized software development costs	2,850			1,065
Furniture and fixtures	3,979			3,253
Leasehold improvements	9,489			8,251
Total property and equipment	44,840			37,832
(Less) accumulated depreciation	(28,911		)	(23,456		)
Property and equipment, net	$	15,929		$	14,376

As of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, no property and equipment was pledged as collateral. Depreciation expense, excluding the amortization of software development costs, was $2.0 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively; and was $5.7 million and $4.9 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

During the third fiscal quarter of 2017, the Company began to capitalize software development costs for technology applications that the Company will offer solely as cloud-based subscriptions. The amounts capitalized as of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017 were $2.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, and primarily comprised compensation and related headcount costs for employees who were directly associated with the software development projects. During the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2018, we continued to amortize the Company’s technologies that were ready for their intended use. The Company recognized approximately $0.2 million and $0.3 million in amortization expense in cost of revenues, license and other on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018. There was no such amortization during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017.

Other Assets

The Company’s other assets of $21.7 million and $20.1 million at April 30, 2018 and at July 31, 2017, respectively, include a strategic equity investment in a privately-held company of $10.7 million, which was accounted for using the cost method of accounting. Strategic investments are non-marketable equity securities, in which the Company does not have a controlling interest or the ability to exert significant influence. These investments do not have a readily determinable market value. Under the cost method of accounting, the non-marketable securities are carried at cost and are adjusted only for other-than temporary impairments, certain distributions, and additional investments. Accordingly, if the Company were to disclose the fair value of the investment, the fair value measurement would be Level 3 in the valuation hierarchy. The Company assesses the investment for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable.

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As of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, there were no indicators that the investment with carrying value of $10.7 million was impaired.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following table presents changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the period presented:



	(in thousands)
Goodwill, July 31, 2017	$	141,851
Acquisition - Cyence	200,523
Changes in carrying value	95
Goodwill, April 30, 2018	$	342,469

The Company’s intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Intangible assets consist of the following:



	April 30, 2018						July 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Amortized intangible assets:
Acquired technology	$	93,600	$	29,205	$	64,395	$	65,200	$	14,710	$	50,490
Customer contracts and related relationships	35,700		5,150		30,550		18,000		1,683		16,317
Partner relationships	200		46		154		200		30		170
Trademarks	2,500		179		2,321		—		—		—
Order backlog	8,700		3,119		5,581		5,500		1,162		4,338
Total amortized intangible assets	$	140,700	$	37,699	$	103,001	$	88,900	$	17,585	$	71,315

Amortization expense was $7.6 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and was $20.1 million and $7.3 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for existing intangible assets as of April 30, 2018, based on their current useful lives, is estimated as follows:



	Future Amortization
	(in thousands)
Fiscal year ending July 31,
2018 (remainder of fiscal year)	$	7,347
2019	29,112
2020	26,834
2021	19,965
2022	11,143
Thereafter	8,600
Total future amortization expense	$	103,001

Accrued Employee Compensation

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Accrued employee compensation expense consists of the following:



	April 30, 2018		July 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Accrued bonuses	$	21,132	$	26,581
Accrued commission	1,718		5,228
Accrued vacation	12,966		10,873
Accrued salaries, payroll taxes and benefits	7,611		6,200
Total accrued employee compensation	$	43,427	$	48,882

Deferred Revenues

Deferred revenues, current and non-current, consist of the following:



	April 30, 2018		July 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Deferred license and other revenues	$	47,059	$	23,727
Deferred maintenance revenues	44,945		47,727
Deferred services revenues	42,557		39,681
Total deferred revenues	$	134,561	$	111,135

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component during the nine months ended April 30, 2018 were as follows:



	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Available-for-Sale Securities			Total
	(in thousands)
Balance as of July 31, 2017	$	(5,630	)	$	(166	)	$	(5,796	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	(94		)	(914		)	(1,008		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings	—			(85		)	(85		)
Tax effect	—			291			291
Balance as of April 30, 2018	$	(5,724	)	$	(874	)	$	(6,598	)

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5. Net Loss Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of the Company’s basic and diluted net loss per share:



	Three Months Ended April 30,						Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
	(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(48,622	)	$	(1,819	)	$	(103,091	)	$	(5,703	)
Net loss per share:
Basic	$	(0.62	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(1.32	)	$	(0.08	)
Diluted	$	(0.62	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(1.32	)	$	(0.08	)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per share:
Basic	78,777,484			74,175,603			78,246,146			73,731,132
Weighted average effect of dilutive stock options	—			—			—			—
Weighted average effect of dilutive restricted stock units	—			—			—			—
Diluted	78,777,484			74,175,603			78,246,146			73,731,132

The shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share includes 2,628,571 shares related to the March 2018 common stock offering.

The following weighted shares outstanding of potential common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share for the periods presented because including them would have been anti-dilutive:



	Three Months Ended April 30,		Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018	2017	2018	2017
Stock options to purchase common stock	615,421	895,743	605,951	978,734
Restricted stock units	3,220,916	2,906,840	3,265,584	3,050,091

Since the Company has the intent and ability to settle the principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes in cash and any excess in shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company uses the treasury stock method for calculating any potential dilutive effect of the conversion spread on diluted net income per share, if applicable. The conversion spread will have a dilutive impact on net loss per share of common stock when the average market price of the Company’s common stock for a given period exceeds the conversion price of $113.75 per share for the Convertible Senior Notes. During the three months ended April 30, 2018, the Company's weighted average common stock price was below the conversion price of the Convertible Senior Notes.

6. Convertible Senior Notes

In March 2018, the Company offered and sold $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase an additional $40.0 million of the Convertible Senior Notes. The Convertible Senior Notes were issued in accordance with the First Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated March 13, 2018 (the “Base Indenture” and together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The net proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Senior Notes were $387.2 million, after deducting issuance costs.

The Convertible Senior Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company, and interest is payable semi-annually in arrears at a rate of 1.250% per year, on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2018. The Convertible Senior Notes will mature on March 15, 2025 unless repurchased, redeemed, or converted prior to such date. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding October 15, 2024, the Convertible Senior Notes are

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convertible at the option of holders during certain periods, upon satisfaction of certain conditions. On or after October 15, 2024, the Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at any time until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. The Convertible Senior Notes will have an initial conversion rate of 8.7912 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $113.75 per share of its common stock). The conversion rate is subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at its election.

The Company may redeem the Convertible Senior Notes, at its option, on or after March 20, 2022, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), including at least one of the 3 trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of redemption. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) prior to the maturity date, holders may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The Convertible Senior Notes rank senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Senior Notes, and equal in right of payment to any of its indebtedness that is not so subordinated. The Convertible Senior Notes are effectively junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) and any preferred equity of its current or future subsidiaries.

In accounting for the issuance of the Convertible Senior Notes, the Company separated the Convertible Senior Notes into liability and equity components. The carrying amount of the liability component was calculated by measuring the fair value of a similar liability that does not have an associated convertible feature. The carrying amount of the equity component representing the conversion option was determined by deducting the fair value of the liability component from the par value of the Convertible Senior Notes as a whole. The excess of the principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes over its carrying amount is amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Convertible Senior Notes. The equity component of the Convertible Senior Notes is recorded as the difference between the initial proceeds less the fair value of the liability component and will not be remeasured as long as it continues to meet the requirements for equity classification. The equity component is net of issuance costs and recorded as additional paid-in capital in stockholders' equity.

The net carrying value of the liability component of the Convertible Senior Notes was as follows (in thousands):



	April 30, 2018
	(in thousands)
Principal	$	400,000
Less: unamortized debt discount and issuance costs	97,816
Net carrying amount	302,184

The net carrying value of the unamortized debt discount and issuance costs of the Convertible Senior Notes was as follows (in thousands):



	April 30, 2018
	(in thousands)
Proceeds allocated to the conversion option (debt discount)	$	88,039
Issuance Costs	9,777
Net carrying amount	97,816

The following table sets forth the interest expense recognized related to the Convertible Senior Notes (in thousands, except for percentages):

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	Three Months Ended April 30, 2018
	(in thousands)
Contractual interest expense	$	653
Amortization of debt discount	1,438
Amortization of debt issuance costs	130
Total	2,221
Effective interest rate of the liability component	5.53		%

Capped Call

The Company paid $37.2 million to purchase capped calls with certain financial institutions pursuant to capped call confirmations (the “Capped Calls”). The Capped Calls have an initial strike price of $113.75 per share, subject to certain adjustments, which corresponds to the initial conversion price of the Notes. The Capped Calls have initial cap prices of $153.13 per share, subject to certain adjustments. The Capped Calls cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, 3.5 million shares of common stock. By entering into the Capped Calls, the Company expects to reduce the potential dilution to its common stock (or, in the event the conversion is settled in cash, to reduce its cash payment obligation) in the event that at the time of conversion its stock price exceeds the conversion price under the Convertible Senior Notes. The Capped Calls are subject to either adjustment or termination upon the occurrence of specified extraordinary events affecting the Company, including a merger event, tender offer, and a nationalization, insolvency, or delisting involving the Company. Additionally, the Capped Calls are subject to certain specified additional disruption events that may give rise to a termination of the Capped Calls, including change in law, insolvency filing, and hedging disruptions. The Capped Calls were recorded as a reduction of the Company’s additional paid-in capital in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

7.Commitments and Contingencies

There has been no material change in the Company’s contractual obligations and commitments other than in the ordinary course of business since the Company’s fiscal year ended July 31, 2017. See the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2017 for additional information regarding the Company’s contractual obligations.

Leases

The Company leases certain facilities and equipment under operating leases. Lease expense for all worldwide facilities and equipment, which is being recognized on a straight-line basis over terms of the various leases, was $2.3 million and $1.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and was $6.3 million and $5.0 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

In December 2017, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for its potential future headquarter facility. The lease term is expected to commence on December 1, 2018, for a period of 10.5 years. Total payments committed under the lease amount to $132.1 million. In connection with this lease agreement, the Company also entered into an irrevocable stand-by letter of credit to guarantee the $1.8 million security deposit.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company is involved in various legal proceedings and receives claims, arising from the normal course of business activities. The Company has not accrued for estimated losses in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as the Company has determined that no provision for liability nor disclosure is required related to any claim against the Company because: (a) there is not a reasonable possibility that a loss exceeding amounts already recognized (if any) may be incurred with respect to such claim; (b) a reasonably possible loss or range of loss cannot be estimated; or (c) such estimate is immaterial. The Company has not recorded any accrual for claims as of April 30, 2018 or July 31, 2017. The Company expenses legal fees in the period in which they are incurred.

Indemnification

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The Company sells software licenses and services to its customers under contracts (“Software License”). Each Software License contains the terms of the contractual arrangement with the customer and generally includes certain provisions for defending the customer against any claims that the Company’s software infringes upon a patent, copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right of a third party. Software Licenses also indemnify the customer against losses, expenses, and liabilities from damages that may be assessed against the customer in the event the Company’s software is found to infringe upon such third-party rights.

The Company has not had to reimburse any of its customers for losses related to indemnification provisions and no material claims against the Company were outstanding as of April 30, 2018 or July 31, 2017. For several reasons, including the lack of prior indemnification claims and the lack of a monetary liability limit for certain infringement cases under various Software Licenses, the Company cannot estimate the amount of potential future payments, if any, related to indemnification provisions.

The Company has also agreed to indemnify its directors and executive officers for costs associated with any fees, expenses, judgments, fines, and settlement amounts incurred by any of these persons in any action or proceeding to which any of these persons is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of the person’s service as a director or officer, including any action by the Company, arising out of that person’s services as the Company’s director or officer or that person’s services provided to any other company or enterprise at the Company’s request. The Company maintains director and officer insurance coverage that may enable the Company to recover a portion of any future amounts paid.

8.Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Shareholders’ Equity

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense related to Stock Awards and stock options is included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations as follows:



	Three Months Ended April 30,					Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018		2017			2018		2017
	(in thousands)
Total stock-based compensation	$	23,820	$	17,433		$	68,469	$	54,344
Net impact of capitalized stock-based compensation	19		(236		)	25		(683		)
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	23,839	$	17,197		$	68,494	53,661

Stock-based compensation expense was charged to the following categories:
Cost of license and other revenues	$	274	$	90		$	706	$	231
Cost of maintenance revenues	462		416			1,398		1,265
Cost of services revenues	5,310		4,459			15,982		13,969
Research and development	7,236		4,508			19,845		13,625
Sales and marketing	4,527		3,992			13,768		12,498
General and administrative	6,030		3,732			16,795		12,073
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	23,839	$	17,197		$	68,494	$	53,661

As of April 30, 2018, total unamortized stock-based compensation cost for our options and Stock Awards were as follows:



	As of April 30, 2018
	Unrecognized Expense		Weighted Average Expected Recognition Period
	(in thousands)		(in years)
Stock Options	$	6,732	2.3
Stock Awards	172,830		2.4
	$	179,562

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Stock Awards

A summary of the Company’s Stock Awards activity under the Company’s equity incentive plans is as follows:



	Stock Awards Outstanding
	Number of Stock Awards Outstanding		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) ⁽¹⁾
Balance as of July 31, 2017	2,634,085		$	56.62	$	190,076
Granted	1,714,276		$	78.69
Released	(965,699	)	$	56.07	$	76,291
Canceled	(192,365	)	$	62.72
Balance as of April 30, 2018	3,190,297		$	68.26	$	268,726
Expected to vest as of April 30, 2018	3,190,297		$	68.26	$	268,726


(1)	Aggregate intrinsic value at each period end represents the total market value of Stock Awards at the Company’s closing stock price of $84.62 and $72.16 on April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively. Aggregate intrinsic value for released RSUs represents the total market value of released Stock Awards at date of release.

Certain executives and employees of the Company received PSUs and TSR PSUs in addition to RSUs. The PSUs included performance-based conditions and vest over a four-year period. The TSR PSUs are subject to total shareholder return rankings relative to the software companies in the S&P Index for a specified performance period or specified performance periods, and vest at the end of three years. In select cases, certain TSR PSUs are also subject to performance-based conditions.

RSAs are issued and outstanding upon grant; however, vesting is based on continued employment and achievement of certain milestones. The weighted average grant date fair value is based on the market value of our common stock on the date of grant.

Stock Options

Stock option activity under the Company’s equity incentive plans is as follows:



	Stock Options Outstanding
	Number of Stock Options Outstanding		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	Aggregate Intrinsic Value⁽¹⁾
					(in years)	(in thousands)
Balance as of July 31, 2017	555,636		$	22.17	4.0	$	27,777
Granted	137,057
Exercised	(93,973	)	$	11.23		$	6,430
Canceled	(1,970	)
Balance as of April 30, 2018	596,750		$	21.14	4.5	$	37,883
Vested and expected to vest as of April 30, 2018	596,750		$	21.14	4.5	$	37,883
Exercisable as of April 30, 2018	468,280		$	22.48	3.5	$	29,099


⁽¹⁾	Aggregate intrinsic value at each period end represents the difference between the Company's closing stock prices of $84.62 and $72.16 on April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively, and the exercise price of outstanding options. Aggregate intrinsic value for exercised options represents the difference between the Company’s stock price at date of exercise and the exercise price.

Valuation of Awards

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TSR PSUs

The fair values of our TSR PSUs were estimated at the date of grant using the Monte Carlo simulation model which included the following assumptions:



	Three Months Ended April 30,		Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018	2017	2018	2017
Expected term (in years)	*	*	2.88	2.66-2.88
Risk-free interest rate	*	*	1.44%	0.89%-1.34%
Expected volatility of the Company	*	*	28.0%	30.2%-31.5%
Average expected volatility of the peer companies in the S&P Index	*	*	34.7%	36.9%-37.0%
Expected dividend yield	*	*	—%	—%

*There were no TSR PSUs granted during the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017.

The number of TSR PSUs that may ultimately vest will vary based on the relative performance of the Company’s total shareholder return rankings relative to the software companies in the S&P Index for a specified performance period or specified performance periods. The Monte Carlo methodology incorporates into the valuation all possible outcomes, including that the Company’s relative performance may result in no shares vesting. As a result, stock-based compensation expense is recognized regardless of the ultimate achievement of the plan’s performance metrics. The expense will be reversed only in the event that a grantee is terminated prior to satisfying the requisite service period.

For a subset of TSR PSUs, the number of shares that may ultimately vest will vary based on the achievement of certain Company specific financial performance metrics in addition to the Company’s total shareholder return condition noted above. As a result, the expense recognized will fluctuate based on the Company’s estimated financial performance relative to the target financial performance metrics.

Common Stock Reserved for Issuance

As of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the Company was authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share and, of these, 80,259,688 and 75,007,625 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding, respectively. As of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the Company had reserved shares of common stock for future issuance as follows:



	April 30, 2018	July 31, 2017
Exercise of stock options to purchase common stock	596,750	555,636
Vesting of restricted stock awards	2,945,450	2,634,085
Shares available under stock plans	21,626,676	18,453,674
Total common stock reserved for issuance	25,168,876	21,643,395

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9.Income Taxes

The Company recognized income tax expense of $20.6 million and a benefit of $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in tax expense for the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the same period a year ago was primarily due to the increase in permanent differences for non-deductible executive compensation and acquisition-related expenses offset by tax benefits related to research and development credits and excess tax benefits. The effective tax rate of (73.6)% for the three months ended April 30, 2018, differs from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 26.9% mainly due to permanent differences for stock-based compensation, including excess tax benefits, research and development credits, the tax rate differences between the United States and foreign countries, foreign withholding taxes, certain non-deductible expenses including executive compensation, and acquisition-related expenses.

The Company recognized income tax expense of $46.6 million and income tax benefit of $4.8 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in tax expense for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the same period a year ago was primarily due to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”), including discrete tax expense of $34.0 million related to the remeasurement of net deferred tax assets offset by the discrete tax benefit of $5.4 million related to the release of valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized and the increase in permanent differences for non-deductible executive compensation and acquisition-related expenses and offset by tax benefits related to research and development credits and excess tax benefits. The effective tax rate of (82.4)% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 differs from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 26.9% mainly due to the impact from the Tax Act and permanent differences for stock-based compensation, including excess tax benefits, research and development credits, the tax rate differences between the United States and foreign countries, foreign withholding taxes, certain non-deductible expenses including executive compensation, and acquisition-related expenses.

During the three months ended April 30, 2018, the increase in unrecognized tax benefits from the beginning of the period was $4.2 million. Accordingly, as of April 30, 2018, the Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $6.6 million that, if recognized, would affect the Company’s effective tax rate.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was enacted into law which changed U.S. tax law, including, but not limited to: (1) reducing the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%; (2) requiring companies to pay a one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries; (3) generally eliminating U.S. federal corporate income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; (4) capitalizing R&D expenses which are amortized over five to 15 years; and (5) other changes to how foreign and domestic earnings are taxed.

As a result of the Company’s fiscal non-calendar year end, the lower U.S. statutory federal income tax rate will result in a blended U.S. Federal statutory rate of 26.9% for the Company’s fiscal year 2018. During the quarter ended January 31, 2018, the Company remeasured deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse and recorded a provisional net charge of $34.0 million based on preliminary estimates of the tax effects. In addition, as a result of changes in tax law under the Tax Act, the Company recorded a provisional benefit of $5.4 million related to the release of valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized. The provisional net charge and provisional benefit are subject to revisions as the Company completes its analysis of the Tax Act. The Company estimates that no tax will be due related to the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income.

The Tax Act includes a provision to tax global intangible low-taxed income of foreign subsidiaries and a base erosion abuse tax measure that taxes certain payments between a U.S. corporation and its foreign subsidiaries. These provisions of the Tax Act will be effective for the Company beginning August 1, 2018. The Company is in the process of completing its analysis of the deferred tax accounting on global intangible low-taxed income and has not recorded provisional amounts. The Company is still evaluating an accounting policy to record amounts as deferred taxes or as period costs related to this provision. The SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 which provides for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the related income tax impacts. The Company expects to complete the accounting for the Tax Act during this measurement period.

10.Segment Information

The Company operates in one segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), its Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s operations on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources. When evaluating the Company’s financial performance, the CODM reviews separate revenues information for the Company’s license, maintenance, and professional services offerings, while all other financial information is reviewed on a consolidated basis. The Company’s principal operations and decision-making functions are located in the United States.

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The following table sets forth revenues by country and region based on the billing address of the customer:



	Three Months Ended April 30,				Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(in thousands)
United States	$	92,040	$	80,239	$	266,296	$	191,594
Canada	10,065		12,359		36,718		41,208
Other Americas	6,415		3,869		14,575		12,965
Total Americas	108,520		96,467		317,589		245,767
United Kingdom	5,442		4,499		24,094		22,463
Other EMEA	11,625		10,344		28,803		28,094
Total EMEA	17,067		14,843		52,897		50,557
Total APAC	14,882		12,126		41,942		36,860
Total revenues	$	140,469	$	123,436	$	412,428	$	333,184

No country or region, other than those presented above, accounted for more than 10% of revenues during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017.

The following table sets forth the Company’s long-lived assets, including intangibles and goodwill, net by geographic region:



	April 30, 2018		July 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Americas	$	457,985	$	224,667
EMEA	3,371		2,747
APAC	43		128
Total	$	461,399	$	227,542

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

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this document and the Risk Factors included in Item 1A of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All information presented herein is based on our fiscal calendar. Unless otherwise stated, references in this report to particular years or quarters refer to our fiscal years ended in July and the associated quarters of those fiscal years. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

Overview

We are a provider of software products and subscriptions for the global property and casualty (“P&C”) industry. Our software serves as a technology platform for P&C insurance primary carriers. Guidewire InsurancePlatform^TM consists of applications to support core operations, data management and analytics, and digital engagement, and is connected to numerous data sources and third-party applications. Our applications are designed to work together to strengthen our customers’ ability to adapt and succeed in a rapidly changing market. Guidewire InsuranceSuite™ and Guidewire InsuranceNow^TM provide core transactional systems of record supporting the entire insurance lifecycle, including product definition, distribution, underwriting, policy-holder services, and claims management. Guidewire InsuranceSuite is a highly configurable and scalable system primarily comprised of three applications (ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter and BillingCenter) that can be licensed separately or together and can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. Guidewire InsuranceNow is a cloud-based system that offers policy, billing, and claims management functionality to insurers that prefer an all-in-one solution. Our data and analytics applications enable insurers to manage data more effectively, gain insights into their business, and underwrite new and evolving risks. Our digital engagement applications enable digital sales, omni-channel service and enhanced claims experiences for policyholders, agents, vendor partners, and field personnel. The applications and services of Guidewire InsurancePlatform can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise. To support P&C insurers globally, we have localized, and will continue to localize, our software for use in a variety of international regulatory, language, and currency environments.

We sell our products to a wide variety of global P&C insurers ranging from some of the largest global insurance carriers or their subsidiaries to national and regional carriers. Our customer engagement is led by our direct sales team and supported by our system integrator (“SI”) partners. We maintain and continue to grow our sales and marketing efforts globally, and maintain regional sales centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Strong customer relationships are a key driver of our success given the long-term nature of our engagements and the importance of customer references for new sales. We continue to focus on deepening our customer relationships through continued successful product implementations, robust product support, strategic engagement on new products and technologies, and ongoing account management.

Our sales cycles for new and existing customers remain protracted as customers are deliberate and the decision making and product evaluation process is long. These evaluation periods can extend further if the customer purchases multiple products or assesses the benefits of a cloud-based subscription in addition to our more traditional on-premises licensing models. Sales to new customers also involve extensive customer due diligence and reference checks. We must earn credibility with each successful implementation as we expand our sales operations, market products that have been acquired or newly introduced, and expand the ways we deliver our software. The success of our sales efforts relies on continued improvements and enhancements to our current products, the introduction of new products, and the continued development of relevant local content and the automated tools that we believe are optimal for updating that content.

To date, we have primarily licensed our software under term license contracts. We generally price our licenses based on the amount of direct written premiums (“DWP”) that will be managed by our solutions. Our term licenses for both recurring term license and maintenance fees are typically invoiced annually in advance or, in certain cases, quarterly. Term licenses that are greater than one year are characterized by extended payment terms. We assess whether a fee is fixed or determinable at the outset of the arrangement, primarily based on the payment terms associated with the transaction. For term licenses with extended payment terms, term license fees are not considered to be fixed and determinable until they become due or payment is received, resulting in a deferral of the related revenues until this revenue recognition criteria is met, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are satisfied. In preparing for our adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, we began revising our contracting practices in fiscal 2016 by selling substantially all term licenses with an initial two-year committed term and optional annual renewals. We also began a program to amend existing long-term contracts to the same committed term of two-years with optional annual renewals. A small portion of our revenues are derived from perpetual licenses, for which license revenues are typically recognized upon delivery of the software, provided that all revenue recognition criteria have been met.

We also offer cloud-based subscriptions. Currently, these subscriptions may be for terms greater than two years, and we anticipate that a majority of these arrangements will be billed annually or quarterly in advance, although in some instances additional fees may be assessed in arrears as customers increase their DWP. Revenues derived from these subscriptions are recognized ratably over the contractual term beginning after the subscription is effectively provisioned, which is the date our software service

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is made available to customers. We anticipate that sales of subscriptions will increase as a percentage of annual sales as we sell more cloud-based services. As a result of the ratable recognition of revenues associated with subscriptions, a significant shift from term licenses to subscriptions will adversely affect our reported revenue growth. As this relatively new sales model matures, we may decide to change certain terms to remain competitive or otherwise meet market demands.

To extend our technology leadership in the global market, we continue to invest in research and development to enhance and improve our current products, introduce new products, and advance our ability to deploy cost-effectively each of our products in the cloud. Continued investment in product innovation is critical as we seek to assist our customers in their IT goals, maintain our competitive advantage, grow our revenues, expand internationally, and meet evolving customer demands. In certain cases, we will also acquire skills and technologies to accelerate our time to market for new products and solutions.

Our track record of success with customers and their implementations is central to maintaining our strong competitive position. We rely on our services teams and SI partners to meet our customers’ implementation needs. Our services organization comprises on-site, near-shore, and off-shore technical experts. The services organization seeks to ensure that teams with the right combination of product and language skills are utilized in the most efficient way. Our partnerships with leading SIs allows us to increase efficiency and scale while reducing customer implementation costs. Our extensive relationships with SIs and industry partners have strengthened and expanded in line with the interest in and adoption of our products. We encourage our partners to co-market, pursue joint sales initiatives, and drive broader adoption of our technology, helping us grow our business more efficiently. We continue to grow our services organization and invest time and resources in increasing the number of qualified consultants employed by our SI partners, develop relationships with new SIs in existing and new markets, and ensure that all partners are ready to assist with implementing our products.

We face a number of risks in the execution of our strategy including risks related to expanding to new markets, managing lengthy sales cycles, competing effectively in the global market, relying on sales to a relatively small number of large customers, developing new or acquiring existing products successfully, migrating a portion of our business to a more ratable revenue recognition model as we bring to market more cloud-based solutions, and increasing the overall adoption of our products. In response to these and other risks we might face, we continue to invest in many areas of our business. Our investments in sales and marketing align with our goal of winning new customers in both existing and new markets, and enable us to maintain a persistent, consultative relationship with our existing customers. Our investments in product development are designed to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Our investments in services are designed to ensure customer success, both with on-premise and cloud-based solutions.

Acquisitions

On November 1, 2017, we completed the acquisition of Cyence, Inc. (“Cyence”), for an aggregate consideration of approximately $260.3 million, including approximately $146.6 million in cash and equity consideration valued at approximately $113.7 million of newly issued Guidewire common stock and options, net of certain adjustments. Through the acquisition we gained a cloud-based data listening and risk analytics technology that enables the P&C insurance industry to grow by underwriting new and evolving risks, such as cyber risk, that have gone underinsured or uninsured. This acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. The results of Cyence’s operations have been included in our results of operations since November 1, 2017, the date of acquisition.

In February 2017, we completed the acquisition of ISCS, Inc. (“ISCS”), for cash consideration, net of certain adjustments, of approximately $154.9 million. Through the acquisition we gained a cloud-based, all-in-one transactional platform that combines policy, claims and billing management functionality for P&C insurers. Re-branded InsuranceNow, this platform enhances our ability to serve P&C insurers that have less complex businesses, require the functionality of a suite, and prefer cloud-based delivery. We will continue to invest in this platform, improving its scalability and performance, reducing its cost to implement and deliver, adapting it for international markets, and integrating it with our data and analytics and digital products. The results of ISCS’s operations have been included in our results of operations since February 16, 2017, the date of acquisition.

Seasonality

We have historically experienced seasonal variations in our license and other revenues as a result of increased customer orders in our second and fourth fiscal quarters. We generally see a modest increase in orders in our second fiscal quarter, which is the quarter ending January 31, due to customer buying patterns. We also see significantly increased orders in our fourth fiscal quarter, which is the quarter ended July 31, due to efforts by our sales team to achieve annual incentives. This seasonal pattern, however, may be absent in any given year. For example, the timing of a small number of large transactions or the receipt of early payments may be sufficient to disrupt seasonal revenue trends. On an annual basis, our maintenance revenues, which are recognized ratably, may also be impacted in the event that seasonal patterns change significantly. During fiscal years in which subscriptions increase as a percentage of total sales, the revenues we can recognize in the fiscal year will be reduced, and our reported revenue

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growth will be adversely affected. The seasonal nature of our sales and the concentration of such sales in our fiscal fourth quarter increases this impact.

Our services revenues are also subject to seasonal fluctuations, though to a lesser degree than our license revenues. Our services revenues are impacted by the number of billable days in a given fiscal quarter. The quarter ended January 31 usually has fewer billable days due to the impact of the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s holidays. The quarter ended July 31 usually also has fewer billable days due to the impact of vacation times taken by our professional staff. Because we pay our services professionals the same amounts throughout the year, our gross margins on our services revenues are usually lower in these quarters. This seasonal pattern, however, may be absent in any given year.

Public Offerings

On March 13, 2018, we closed a public offering of 2,628,571 shares of our common stock, including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $87.50 per share. Our stockholders did not sell any shares in this public offering. Concurrently, we offered and sold $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 1.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional Convertible Senior Notes. Net of issuance costs, we received net proceeds of approximately $220.9 million related to the common stock offering and $387.2 million related to the convertible note offering.

Key Business Metrics

We use certain key metrics to evaluate and manage our business, including rolling four-quarter recurring revenues from term licenses and total maintenance. In addition, we present select GAAP and non-GAAP financial metrics that we use internally to manage the business and that we believe are useful for investors. These metrics include four-quarter recurring revenues as well as operating cash flows and capital expenditures.

Four-Quarter Recurring Revenues

We measure four-quarter recurring revenues by adding the total term license and other revenues and total maintenance revenues recognized under GAAP in the preceding four quarters ended in the stated period. This metric excludes perpetual license revenues, revenues from perpetual buyout rights, and services revenues. This metric allows us to better understand the trends in our recurring revenues because it reduces the variations in any particular quarter caused by seasonality. However, the effects of the annual invoicing of our term licenses, and certain effects of contractual provisions that may accelerate or delay revenue recognition in some cases can impact this metric. In addition, this metric will be adversely impacted during periods in which subscriptions increase as a percentage of total customer orders, as more of the revenue under those agreements will be deferred to future periods. This metric applies revenue recognition rules under GAAP and does not substitute individually tailored revenue recognition and measurement methods. The relevance and value of this metric may be impacted by our transition to a new revenue standard in fiscal year 2019. Our four-quarter recurring revenues for each of the eight periods presented were:



	Four quarters ended
	April 30, 2018		January 31, 2018		October 31, 2017		July 31, 2017		April 30, 2017		January 31, 2017		October 31, 2016		July 31, 2016
	(in thousands)
Term license and other revenues	$	258,954	$	272,328	$	253,792	$	258,322	$	237,919	$	220,494	$	210,278	$	208,430
Maintenance revenues	75,460		73,568		71,041		68,643		66,958		64,776		62,451		59,931
Total four-quarter recurring revenues	$	334,414	$	345,896	$	324,833	$	326,965	$	304,877	$	285,270	$	272,729	$	268,361

Operating Cash Flows and Capital Expenditures

We monitor our cash flows from operating activities and cash used for capital expenditures, as a key measure of our overall business performance, which enables us to analyze our financial performance without the effects of certain non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expenses. Additionally, operating cash flows takes into account the impact of changes in deferred revenues, which reflects the receipt of cash payment for products before they are recognized as revenues. Our operating cash flows are significantly impacted by the timing of invoicing and collections of accounts receivable, the size of annual bonus payment, as well as payments of payroll and other taxes. As a result, our operating cash flows fluctuate significantly on a year over year basis. Cash provided by our operations was $36.6 million and $51.5 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Additionally, cash used for capital expenditures was $6.6 million and $3.6 million

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for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Our capital expenditures consisted of purchases of property and equipment, most of which was computer hardware, software, capitalized software development costs, and leasehold improvements. For a further discussion of our operating cash flows, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources-Cash Flows.”

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Accounting policies, methods, and estimates are an integral part of the preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and, in part, are based upon management’s current judgments. Those judgments are normally based on knowledge and experience with regard to past and current events and assumptions about future events. Certain accounting policies, methods and estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to the condensed consolidated financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them may differ markedly from management’s current judgments. While there are a number of accounting policies, methods, and estimates affecting our condensed consolidated financial statements, areas that have historically been significant include:


•	Revenue recognition policies;


•	Stock-based compensation;


•	Income taxes;


•	Business combinations; and


•	Long-lived assets, intangible assets, and goodwill impairment.

While we continue to evaluate our significant accounting policies to determine which ones involve the most judgment and complexity, there have been no changes to our significant accounting policies and estimates described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K that have had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes. During our first fiscal quarter of 2018, we elected to change our accounting policy to account for the forfeitures and tax effects from stock-based compensation awards as they occur. The change was applied on a modified retrospective basis with a net cumulative effect adjustment of $1.0 million recorded to our retained earnings balance as of August 1, 2017. Please refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September 19, 2017 for a complete discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

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Results of Operations

The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods presented. The data has been derived from the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which, in the opinion of our management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The operating results for any period should not be considered indicative of results for any future period. This information should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2017.



	Three Months Ended April 30,										Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			As a % of total revenues		2017			As a % of total revenues		2018			As a % of total revenues		2017			As a % of total revenues
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
License and other	$	50,359		36	%	$	58,971		48	%	$	164,673		40	%	$	161,767		49	%
Maintenance	18,749			13		16,858			14		56,789			14		49,972			15
Services	71,361			51		47,607			38		190,966			46		121,445			36
Total revenues	140,469			100		123,436			100		412,428			100		333,184			100
Cost of revenues:
License and other	9,742			7		5,208			4		25,497			6		10,419			3
Maintenance	3,828			3		3,480			3		10,888			3		9,884			3
Services	60,751			43		42,780			35		168,599			41		113,995			34
Total cost of revenues	74,321			53		51,468			42		204,984			50		134,298			40
Gross profit:
License and other	40,617			29		53,763			44		139,176			34		151,348			46
Maintenance	14,921			10		13,378			11		45,901			11		40,088			12
Services	10,610			8		4,827			3		22,367			5		7,450			2
Total gross profit	66,148			47		71,968			58		207,444			50		198,886			60
Operating expenses:
Research and development	46,787			33		34,090			27		126,155			30		94,865			29
Sales and marketing	30,378			22		28,788			23		85,949			21		77,808			23
General and administrative	18,170			13		13,429			11		57,907			14		40,649			12
Total operating expenses	95,335			68		76,307			61		270,011			65		213,322			64
Loss from operations	(29,187		)	(21	)	(4,339		)	(3	)	(62,567		)	(15	)	(14,436		)	(4	)
Interest income	3,762			3		1,400			1		7,247			2		4,286			1
Interest expense	(2,228		)	(2	)	(6		)	—		(2,239		)	(1	)	(6		)	—
Other income (expense), net	(356		)	—		11			—		1,040			—		(335		)	—
Loss before income taxes	(28,009		)	(20	)	(2,934		)	(2	)	(56,519		)	(14	)	(10,491		)	(3	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	20,613			15		(1,115		)	(1	)	46,572			11		(4,788		)	(1	)
Net loss	$	(48,622	)	(35	)%	$	(1,819	)	(1	)%	$	(103,091	)	(25	)%	$	(5,703	)	(2	)%

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Revenues

We derive our revenues primarily from licensing our software applications, providing maintenance support, and professional services. Additionally, a growing portion of our revenues are derived from subscriptions to our cloud-delivered software.

We will adopt Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) on August 1, 2018. We currently intend to apply the Modified Retrospective Method. We have evaluated the potential impact of Topic 606 on our revenue recognition policy and practices and have concluded that Topic 606 will impact the pattern of our revenue recognition associated with our term software licenses, software subscriptions, and to a lesser extent, our cloud-based subscriptions. Refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q for further details on our evaluation of the potential impact of Topic 606 and our accounting policy related to revenue recognition.

Licenses and Other

A substantial majority of our license and other revenues consist of term license fees. We also recognize revenue from sales of subscriptions and perpetual licenses. Our term license revenues are primarily generated through annual license fees that recur during the term of the contract. Since fiscal year 2017, a substantial majority of our term licenses have been sold with a contract of a two-year committed term with optional annual renewals. Term license revenues are generally recognized upon the earlier of when payment is due or cash is received from our customers.

Cloud-based subscription revenues are generally recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement typically beginning upon the provisioning of our service for each engagement, which is the point in time our provisioning process has been completed and access has been made available to the customer, assuming that all other revenue recognition criteria have been met. Such arrangements are not necessarily structured with a two year initial term and the initial term may be longer.

In a limited number of cases, we license our software on a perpetual basis or our term licenses provide the customer with the option to purchase a perpetual license at the end of the initial contract term, which we refer to as a perpetual buyout right. Perpetual license revenues are generally recognized upon delivery.

We generally price our software based on the amount of direct written premiums, or DWP, that will be managed by our software. A majority of our term license customers are billed annually in advance and we currently bill our cloud-based subscription customers similarly, but terms may change as our cloud business matures and the market develops. We invoice our perpetual license customers either in full at contract signing or on an installment basis.

Maintenance

Our maintenance revenues are generally recognized over the committed maintenance term. Our maintenance fees are typically priced as a fixed percentage of the associated license fees. We invoice a substantial majority of our customers annually in advance.

Professional Services

Our professional services revenues are primarily derived from implementation services performed for our customers, reimbursable travel expenses, and training fees. A substantial majority of our services engagements generate revenues on a time and materials basis and revenues are typically recognized upon delivery of our services.



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017
			% of total				% of total		Change
	Amount		revenues		Amount		revenues		($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenues:
License and other	$	50,359	36	%	$	58,971	48	%	$	(8,612	)	(15	)%
Maintenance	18,749		13	%	16,858		14	%	1,891			11	%
Services	71,361		51	%	47,607		38	%	23,754			50	%
Total revenues	$	140,469	100	%	$	123,436	100	%	$	17,033		14	%

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	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017
			% of total				% of total		Change
	Amount		revenues		Amount		revenues		($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenues:
License and other	$	164,673	40	%	$	161,767	49	%	$	2,906	2	%
Maintenance	56,789		14	%	49,972		15	%	6,817		14	%
Services	190,966		46	%	121,445		36	%	69,521		57	%
Total revenues	$	412,428	100	%	$	333,184	100	%	$	79,244	24	%

License and Other Revenues

License and other revenues decreased $8.6 million during the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the same period a year ago, primarily due to the timing of our term and perpetual orders and the receipt of annual license fees in advance of the invoice due dates.

License and other revenues increased $2.9 million during the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the same period a year ago, primarily driven by additional software licenses and subscriptions to new and existing customers which were partially offset by the timing of invoicing and the receipt of license fees in advance of the invoice due dates.

Our license and other revenues are primarily comprised of term license revenues. Our reported license revenues in any given period may be positively impacted by early payments due in future periods and negatively impacted by early payments made in preceding periods. While term licenses remain our predominant licensing model, we anticipate subscriptions to grow as a percentage of annual sales in future periods. Due to the delayed and ratable recognition of subscription revenues, growth in subscription revenues will lag behind the growth of subscription sales and will impact the comparative growth of our reported revenues.



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017
			% of License and other				% of License and other		Change
	Amount		revenues		Amount		revenues		($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
License and other revenues:
Term and other	$	44,649	89	%	$	58,023	98	%	$	(13,374	)	(23	)%
Perpetual	5,710		11	%	948		2	%	4,762			502	%
Total license and other revenues	$	50,359	100	%	$	58,971	100	%	$	(8,612	)	(15	)%



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017
			% of License and other				% of License and other		Change
	Amount		revenues		Amount		revenues		($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
License and other revenues:
Term and other	$	156,023	95	%	$	155,391	96	%	$	632	—	%
Perpetual	8,650		5	%	6,376		4	%	2,274		36	%
Total license and other revenues	$	164,673	100	%	$	161,767	100	%	$	2,906	2	%

Term license and other revenues decreased by $13.4 million during the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the year ago period, primarily attributable to: (i) the timing of revenue recognition associated with the first annual license fee from an existing Tier 1 customer recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2017, whereas, the second annual license fee is expected in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, and (ii) a net decrease of $4.4 million due to the effect of license fees received in advance of the invoice due dates. These decreases were partially offset by additional software licenses and subscriptions to new and existing customers.

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Term license and other revenues increased by $0.6 million during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, primarily attributable to the net increase in revenues from new and existing customer engagements, mostly offset by: (i) the timing of revenue recognition associated with the first annual license fee from an existing Tier 1 customer recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2017, whereas, the second annual license fee is expected in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, and (ii) a net decrease of $5.9 million due to the effect of license fees received in advance of the invoice due dates.

Perpetual license revenues accounted for approximately 11% and 2% of total license and other revenue during the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 5% and 4% during the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017. We anticipate that revenues from the sale and delivery of perpetual licenses will continue to represent a small percentage of our total license and other revenues. Nevertheless, we expect perpetual license revenues to remain volatile across quarters due to the large amount of perpetual revenue that may be generated from a single customer order.

Additionally, our license revenues may fluctuate based on the timing of large orders or if our customers pay their annual license fees in advance of the invoice due date either of which may cause an unexpected increase in revenues in one quarter which can reduce revenue growth rates in future periods. Finally, we anticipate that the small amount of our license and other revenues derived from cloud-delivered software services will increase over time. As a result of the delayed and ratable nature of subscription revenues, near-term revenue growth rates will be negatively impacted as compared to growing term license or perpetual revenue.

Maintenance Revenues

The increase in our maintenance revenues reflects our growing term and perpetual license customer base. Subscription arrangements include maintenance as part of the subscription service and are not priced or reported separately. As a result, an increase in the mix of subscription orders in the future will reduce the growth in maintenance revenues.

Services Revenues

Services revenues increased $23.8 million and $69.5 million during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, primarily as a result of a net increase in billings from new and existing customer engagements performed during the period and, billings associated with engagements relating to the implementation of previously acquired products, such as InsuranceNow.

Historically, we have relied on our network of third-party SI partners to facilitate new sales and implementations of our products. We believe this model will continue to serve us well and we intend, in the future, to continue to expand our network of SI partners and the number of trained consultants with whom we work.

While not essential to the functionality of the service, for a period of time implementations of InsuranceNow or InsuranceSuite Cloud will require significantly greater levels of participation by our services professionals than is currently necessary for on-premise versions of our products. With respect to InsuranceSuite Cloud, our obligation to manage the platform in production requires us to have a much greater familiarity with its configuration and integrations. As a result, we intend to control implementation work until effective processes have been established to reduce any risk we face in managing a production environment for a system we have not implemented. At the time of acquisition, ISCS had few third-party resources to assist with implementations of InsuranceNow. While we are actively qualifying and training consultants from existing and new partners to assist with such implementations, we have taken, and for the foreseeable future we expect to take, primary responsibility for InsuranceNow implementations.

As we gain experience with the deployment and maintenance of cloud solutions, we intend to leverage our SI partners more effectively and replicate more closely our current division of labor applicable with on-premise implementations. During this period, however, we anticipate higher levels of growth for our service revenues.

We also expect modestly higher levels of variability in our service revenues. As we continue to expand into new markets and new product categories, we have, and we expect to, enter into contracts that may require us to delay the recognition of service revenues and associated costs until we are able to meet certain contractual obligations, including customer acceptance criteria or the delivery of new products. This has in the past, and may in the future, result in volatility in our reported services revenues and cost of revenues.

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Deferred Revenues



	As of
	April 30, 2018		July 31, 2017		Change
	Amount		Amount		($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Deferred revenues:
Deferred license and other revenues	$	47,059	$	23,727	$	23,332		98	%
Deferred maintenance revenues	44,945		47,727		(2,782		)	(6	)%
Deferred services revenues	42,557		39,681		2,876			7	%
Total deferred revenues	$	134,561	$	111,135	$	23,426		21	%

Deferred License and Other Revenues

The $23.3 million increase in deferred license and other revenues was primarily a result of the combined effect of net increases in term license billings related to new and existing contracts which will be recognized when all revenue recognition criteria are met as well as increases in deferrals associated with subscription contracts that are recognized on a ratable basis.

Deferred Maintenance Revenues

The $2.8 million decrease in deferred maintenance revenues compared to the prior fiscal year end was primarily driven by the timing of the recognition of revenues in excess of new billings during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, and reflects the seasonal nature of our billings of maintenance revenues. Additionally, subscription arrangements include maintenance as part of the subscription service and are not priced or reported separately. As a result, an increase in the mix of subscription orders in the future will reduce the growth in maintenance revenues and may impact the growth in deferred maintenance revenues.

Deferred Services Revenues

The $2.9 million increase in deferred services revenues was primarily driven by increased services billings mainly composed of ongoing InsuranceNow implementations related to acquired contracts which are being deferred until go-live, partially offset by net recognition in previously deferred billings.

Generally, our deferred revenues consist only of amounts that have been invoiced, but not yet recognized as revenues. As a result, deferred revenues and change in deferred revenues represent incomplete measures of the strength of our business and are not necessarily indicative of our future performance. However, the transition to a greater mix of subscription orders will likely result in higher deferred revenues.

Cost of Revenues and Gross Profit

Our total cost of revenues and gross profit are variable and depend on the type of revenues earned in each period.

Our cost of license and other revenues primarily consists of headcount and related employee costs for our Guidewire Production Services personnel, cloud infrastructure costs, amortization of our acquired intangible assets, and royalty fees paid to third parties. Our cost of maintenance revenues consists of headcount and related employee costs for our technical support team. Our cost of services revenues primarily consists of headcount and related employee costs for our professional service employees and contractors, travel-related costs, and allocated overhead. In the instances we serve as a prime contractor, subcontractor fees are expensed as cost of service. In each case, personnel costs include stock-based compensation and allocated overhead.

We allocate overhead such as IT support, information security, facility, and other administrative costs to all functional departments based on headcount. As such, general overhead expenses are reflected in cost of revenue and each functional operating expense.

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Cost of Revenues:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018		2017		Change
	Amount		Amount		($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of revenues:
License and other	$	9,742	$	5,208	$	4,534	87	%
Maintenance	3,828		3,480		348		10	%
Services	60,751		42,780		17,971		42	%
Total cost of revenues	$	74,321	$	51,468	$	22,853	44	%

Includes stock-based compensation of:
Cost of license and other revenues	$	274	$	90	$	184
Cost of maintenance revenues	462		416		46
Cost of services revenues	5,310		4,459		851
Total	$	6,046	$	4,965	$	1,081



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018		2017		Change
	Amount		Amount		($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of revenues:
License and other	$	25,497	$	10,419	$	15,078	145	%
Maintenance	10,888		9,884		1,004		10	%
Services	168,599		113,995		54,604		48	%
Total cost of revenues	$	204,984	$	134,298	$	70,686	53	%

Includes stock-based compensation of:
Cost of license and other revenues	$	706	$	231	$	475
Cost of maintenance revenues	1,398		1,265		133
Cost of services revenues	15,982		13,969		2,013
Total	$	18,086	$	15,465	$	2,621

The $22.9 million increase in cost of revenues during the three months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily attributable to increases in the cost of service revenues of $18.0 million, and to a lesser extent, increases in our costs of license and other revenues of $4.5 million.

The increase in our cost of license and other revenues was primarily attributable to increases of $2.0 million in headcount related expenses to, and cloud infrastructure costs incurred in order to, support the growth of our Guidewire Production Services and cloud operations, and to a lesser extent, increase related to the amortization of acquired intangibles of $1.9 million. We anticipate higher cost of license and other revenues as we continue to invest in our cloud operations.

Cost of maintenance revenues grew modestly primarily due to the increase in staff required to support our term and perpetual license customers in line with our term and perpetual license sales activities.

Our cost of services revenues increased in line with the net increase in billings from new and existing customer engagements performed during the period. This included billings associated with engagements relating to the implementation of previously acquired products such as InsuranceNow, which in aggregate resulted in increases in headcount related expenses of $13.7 million and increases in expenses for billable third-party consultants and sub-contractors of $4.9 million.

We had 818 professional service employees and 116 technical support and licensing operations employees at April 30, 2018 compared to 719 professional services employees and 83 technical support and licensing operations employees at April 30, 2017.

The $70.7 million increase in cost of revenues during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily attributable to increases in our cost of service revenues of $54.6 million and increases in the costs of license and other revenues of $15.1 million.

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The increase in our cost of license and other revenues was primarily attributable to increases of $8.9 million related to the amortization of acquired intangible assets and to a lesser extent, $4.5 million related to combined increases of $2.9 million resulting from increases in the cost of headcount related expenses to, and cloud infrastructure costs incurred in order to, support the growth of our Guidewire Production Services and cloud operations. We anticipate higher cost of license and other revenues as we continue to invest in our cloud operations.

Our cost of services revenues increased in line with the net increase in billings from new and existing customer engagements performed during the period including billings associated with engagements relating to the implementation of previously acquired products such as InsuranceNow which in aggregate resulted in increased costs for headcount and related employee expenses of $38.8 million and increases in expenses for billable third-party consultants and sub-contractors of $15.3 million.

Gross Profit:



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017				Change
	Amount		Margin %		Amount		Margin %		($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Gross profit:
License and other	$	40,617	81	%	$	53,763	91	%	$	(13,146	)	(24	)%
Maintenance	14,921		80	%	13,378		79	%	1,543			12	%
Services	10,610		15	%	4,827		10	%	5,783			*
Total gross profit	$	66,148	47	%	$	71,968	58	%	$	(5,820	)	(8	)%
* Not meaningful



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017				Change
	Amount		Margin %		Amount		Margin %		($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Gross profit:
License and other	$	139,176	85	%	$	151,348	94	%	$	(12,172	)	(8	)%
Maintenance	45,901		81	%	40,088		80	%	5,813			15	%
Services	22,367		12	%	7,450		6	%	14,917			200	%
Total gross profit	$	207,444	50	%	$	198,886	60	%	$	8,558		4	%

Our gross margin decreased to 47% and 50% during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to 58% and 60% for the corresponding prior year periods. The decreases in our gross margin were primarily driven by changes in the mix between higher gross margin license revenues and lower gross margin service revenues and lower license and other margins. The decline in our license and other margins are primarily attributable to the increase in our costs associated with amortization of acquired intangible assets, headcount and cloud infrastructure costs incurred in order to support the growth of our Guidewire Production Services and cloud operations. These decreases were partially offset by improved services margins compared to the same period a year ago.

We expect gross margins will decrease for the full fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017 as we currently expect the mix of our lower margin services revenues will be significantly higher in fiscal 2018 than in fiscal 2017. We also intend to continue to invest in our Guidewire Production Services and cloud operations, which will impact license and other margins. Finally, we also anticipate that increases in our costs associated with the amortization of intangible assets will contribute to lower margins.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses consist of research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. The largest components of our operating expenses are compensation and benefit expenses for our employees, including stock-based awards and, to a lesser extent, professional services, and rent and facility costs. We allocate overhead such as IT support, information security, facility, and other administrative costs to all functional departments based on

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headcount. As a result, general overhead expenses are reflected in cost of revenue and each functional operating expense.



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017
			% of total				% of total		Change
	Amount		revenues		Amount		revenues		($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Operating expenses:
Research and development	$	46,787	33	%	$	34,090	27	%	$	12,697	37	%
Sales and marketing	30,378		22	%	28,788		23	%	1,590		6	%
General and administrative	18,170		13	%	13,429		11	%	4,741		35	%
Total operating expenses	$	95,335	68	%	$	76,307	61	%	$	19,028	25	%

Includes stock-based compensation of:
Research and development	$	7,236			$	4,508			$	2,728
Sales and marketing	4,527				3,992				535
General and administrative	6,030				3,732				2,298
Total	$	17,793			$	12,232			$	5,561



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018				2017
			% of total				% of total		Change
	Amount		revenues		Amount		revenues		($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Operating expenses:
Research and development	$	126,155	30	%	$	94,865	29	%	$	31,290	33	%
Sales and marketing	85,949		21	%	77,808		23	%	8,141		10	%
General and administrative	57,907		14	%	40,649		12	%	17,258		42	%
Total operating expenses	$	270,011	65	%	$	213,322	64	%	$	56,689	27	%

Includes stock-based compensation of:
Research and development	$	19,845			$	13,625			$	6,220
Sales and marketing	13,768				12,498				1,270
General and administrative	16,795				12,073				4,722
Total	$	50,408			$	38,196			$	12,212

Research and Development

Our research and development expenses primarily consist of costs incurred for compensation and benefit expenses for our technical staff, including stock-based awards and allocated overhead, as well as professional services costs.

The $12.7 million increase in research and development expenses during the three months ended April 30, 2018, as compared to the same period in the prior year, was primarily attributable to the net effect from increases in our headcount and related employee expenses of $12.9 million, partially offset by the capitalization of internal use software development costs of $0.7 million related to the development of new cloud-based technologies.

The $31.3 million increase in research and development expenses during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, as compared to the same period in the prior year, was primarily attributable to the net effect from increases in our headcount and related employee expenses of $32.6 million, partially offset by the capitalization of internal use software development costs of $1.8 million related to the development of a new cloud-based technologies.

Our research and development headcount was 718 at April 30, 2018 compared with 574 at April 30, 2017. The increase in headcount reflects our continued investment in our products, and includes 108 employees gained through the ISCS and Cyence acquisitions.

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We expect our research and development expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to hire aggressively in research and development, and continue to dedicate substantial internal resources to develop, improve and expand the functionality of our solutions. Research and development expenses may also increase if we pursue additional acquisitions.

Sales and Marketing

Our sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of costs incurred for compensation and benefit expenses for our sales and marketing employees, including stock-based awards. It also includes allocated overhead, commission payments, travel expenses, professional services for marketing activities and amortization of certain acquired intangibles.

The $1.6 million increase in sales and marketing expenses during the three months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily attributable to the net effect from increased costs for our headcount and related employee expenses of $2.7 million and increased amortization expense associated with recently acquired intangible assets of $1.5 million, partially offset by lower sales commission expenses of $2.6 million. Commission expenses in the current period are in line with the seasonal nature of our sales cycle, whereas the same period a year ago included commission expenses related to a large order from an existing Tier 1 customer which occurred in the third quarter of fiscal 2017.

The $8.1 million increase in sales and marketing expenses during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily attributable to the net effect from increased costs for our headcount and related employee expenses of $6.0 million and increased amortization expenses associated with recently acquired intangible assets of $3.9 million, partially offset by lower sales commission expenses of $2.4 million. Commission expenses in the current period are in line with the seasonal nature of our sales cycle, whereas the same period a year ago included commission expenses related to a large order from an existing Tier 1 customer which occurred in the third quarter of fiscal 2017.

Our sales and marketing headcount was 321 at April 30, 2018 compared with 301 at April 30, 2017.

We expect our sales and marketing expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to invest in sales and marketing activities to support our business growth.

General and Administrative

Our general and administrative expenses primarily consist of compensation and benefit expenses, including stock-based awards, as well as professional services and facility costs related to our executive, finance, human resources, information technology, corporate development, legal functions, and allocated overhead.

The $4.7 million increase in our general and administrative expenses during the three months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily attributable to increased costs for our headcount and related employee expenses of $4.1 million and, to a lesser extent, increased costs of $0.7 million resulting from professional service expenses associated with the implementation of certain phases of new global finance enterprise resource planning systems and other costs associated with the adoption of new accounting standards.

The $17.3 million increase in general and administrative expenses during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the same period a year ago, was primarily attributable the combined effect from increased costs of $10.0 million associated with fees for professional services associated with new global finance enterprise resource planning systems and other costs associated with the adoption of new accounting standards, and increased costs for our headcount and related employee expenses of $7.1 million.

Our general and administrative headcount was 246 at April 30, 2018 compared with 186 at April 30, 2017.

We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as we continue to invest in personnel and corporate infrastructure and systems required to support our strategic initiatives, the growth of our business, and our compliance and reporting obligations.

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Other Income (Expense)



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017			Change
	Amount			Amount			($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Interest income	$	3,762		$	1,400		$	2,362		169	%
Interest expense	$	(2,228	)	$	(6	)	$	(2,222	)	*
Other income (expense), net	$	(356	)	$	11		$	(367	)	*
_{* Not meaningful}



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017			Change
	Amount			Amount			($)			(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Interest income	$	7,247		$	4,286		$	2,961		69	%
Interest expense	$	(2,239	)	$	(6	)	$	(2,233	)	*
Other income (expense), net	$	1,040		$	(335	)	$	1,375		*
_{*Not meaningful}

Interest Income

Interest income represents interest earned on our cash, cash equivalents, and investments.

Interest income was $3.8 million and $7.2 million during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to $1.4 million and $4.3 million in the corresponding year ago periods. The increase in our interest income is associated with the increase in our investment portfolio primarily as a result of our financing in March 2018 and, to a lesser extent, an increase in the income earned during the current year periods due to higher yields on our cash equivalents and investments.

Interest Expense

Interest expense represents interest expense associated with the Convertible Senior Notes.

Interest expense was $2.2 million during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, compared to less than $0.1 million interest expense in the year ago periods. The increase in our interest expense is a result of non-cash interest of $1.6 million related to the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and stated interest of $0.7 million associated with the Convertible Senior Notes issued in March 2018.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign exchange gains (losses) resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on our receivables and payables denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.

Other income (expense), net decreased by $0.4 million during the three months ended April 30, 2018, as compared to the year ago period. In the three months ended April 30, 2018, we realized net currency exchange losses of $0.4 million resulting from unfavorable exchange rate movements for transactions denominated in British Pound, Euro, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen, and Brazilian Real.

Other income (expense), net increased by $1.4 million during the nine months ended April 30, 2018, as compared to the year ago period. In the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we realized net currency exchange gains of $1.0 million resulting from favorable exchange rate movements for transactions denominated in British Pound, Euro, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen, and Brazilian Real.

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Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

We are subject to taxes in the United States as well as other tax jurisdictions or countries in which we conduct business. Earnings from our non-U.S. activities are subject to local country income tax and may be subject to current U.S. income tax.



	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2018		2017			Change
	Amount		Amount			($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	20,613	$	(1,115	)	$	21,728	(1,949	)%



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018		2017			Change
	Amount		Amount			($)		(%)
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	46,572	$	(4,788	)	$	51,360	(1,073	)%

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We recognized income tax expense of $20.6 million and income tax benefit of $1.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in tax expense for the three months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the same period a year ago was primarily due to the increase in permanent differences for non-deductible executive compensation and acquisition-related expenses offset by tax benefits related to research and development credits and excess tax benefits. The effective tax rate of (73.6)% for the three months ended April 30, 2018, differs from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 26.9% mainly due to permanent differences for stock-based compensation, including excess tax benefits, research and development credits, the tax rate differences between the United States and foreign countries, foreign withholding taxes, certain non-deductible expenses including executive compensation, and acquisition-related expenses.

We recognized income tax expense of $46.6 million and income tax benefit of $4.8 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in tax expense for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared to the same period a year ago was primarily due to the impact of the Tax Act, including discrete tax expense of $34.0 million related to the remeasurement of net deferred tax assets offset by the discrete tax benefit of $5.4 million related to the release of valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized and, an increase in permanent differences for non-deductible executive compensation and acquisition-related expenses partially offset by tax benefits related to research and development credits and excess tax benefits. The effective tax rate of (82.4)% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 differs from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 26.9% mainly due to the impact from the Tax Act and permanent differences for stock-based compensation, including excess tax benefits, research and development credits, the tax rate differences between the United States and foreign countries, foreign withholding taxes, certain non-deductible expenses including executive compensation, and acquisition-related expenses.

During the quarter ended January 31, 2018, we remeasured deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse and recorded a provisional net charge of $34.0 million based on preliminary estimates of the tax effects. In addition, as a result of changes in tax law under the Tax Act, we recorded a provisional benefit of $5.4 million related to the release of a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized. The provisional net charge and provisional benefit are subject to revisions as we complete our analysis of the Tax Act. We estimate that no tax will be due related to the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income.

The Tax Act includes a provision to tax global intangible low-taxed income of foreign subsidiaries and a base erosion abuse tax measure that taxes certain payments between a U.S. corporation and its foreign subsidiaries. These provisions of the Tax Act will be effective for us beginning August 1, 2018. We are in the process of completing our analysis of the deferred tax accounting on global intangible low-taxed income and have not recorded provisional amounts. We are still evaluating an accounting policy to record amounts as deferred taxes or as period costs related to this provision. The SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 which provides for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the related income tax impacts. We expect to complete the accounting for the Tax Act during this measurement period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, we had $1,158.5 million and $687.8 million of cash, cash equivalents, and investments, respectively, and working capital of $937.9 million and $515.6 million, respectively. As of April 30, 2018, approximately $36.7 million of our cash and cash equivalents were domiciled in foreign tax jurisdictions. While we have no current plans to repatriate these funds to the United States, we may repatriate foreign earnings in the future to the extent that the repatriation is not restricted by local laws, accounting rules, or there are substantial incremental costs associated with such repatriation.

On March 13, 2018, we closed a public offering of 2,628,571 shares of its common stock, including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares of common stock. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $87.50 per share. No shares were sold by our stockholders in this public offering. Concurrently, we offered and sold $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 1.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional Convertible Senior Notes. Net of issuance costs, we received net proceeds of approximately $220.9 million related to the common stock offering and $387.2 million related to the convertible note offering. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities for working capital and other general corporate purposes. In addition, we may use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in complementary companies, product lines, products or technologies.

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In November 2017, we completed the acquisition of Cyence Inc. for approximately $260.3 million, subject to customary transaction adjustments. Consideration consisted of net cash of approximately $130.1 million and equity consideration valued at approximately $113.7 million of newly issued Guidewire common stock and options. Assets acquired included approximately $16.5 million of cash and cash equivalents. A portion of the consideration has been placed into an escrow account as partial security to satisfy any potential claims.

Cash Flows

Our cash flows from operations are significantly impacted by timing of invoicing and collections of accounts receivable, annual bonus payment, as well as payments of payroll and other taxes. We expect that we will continue to generate positive cash flows from operations on an annual basis, although this may fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis. In particular, we typically use more cash during the first fiscal quarter ended October 31, as we generally pay cash bonuses to our employees for the prior fiscal year during that period and pay seasonally higher sales commissions from increased orders in our fourth fiscal quarter.

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and sources of liquidity will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of our spending to support our research and development efforts, and expansion into other markets. We also anticipate investing in, or acquiring complementary businesses, applications or technologies, which may require the use of significant cash resources and may require additional financing.

The following summary of cash flows for the periods indicated has been derived from our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:



	Nine Months Ended April 30,
	2018			2017
	(in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	36,615		$	51,537
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(395,242	)	$	(96,808	)
Net cash provided by financing activities	$	572,042		$	2,457

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $14.9 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018, compared to the nine months ended April 30, 2017. This decrease in operating cash provided was primarily attributable to a $19.1 million decrease in net income after excluding the impact of non-cash charges such as deferred taxes, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and other non-cash items, partially offset by a $4.2 million decrease in cash used in working capital activity as compared to the same period a year ago.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $298.4 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 as compared to cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended April 30, 2017 primarily due to $357.7 million in net cash outflows resulting from sales and purchases of marketable securities, partially offset by $57.5 million decrease resulting from cash used for the acquisition of Cyence during the nine months ended April 30, 2018.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $569.6 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2018, as compared to the nine months ended April 30, 2017 primarily due to the common stock and convertible debt offerings in March 2018. On March 13, 2018, we closed a public offering of our common stock. Concurrently, we offered and sold $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of our Convertible Senior Notes. Net of issuance costs, we received net proceeds of approximately $220.9 million related to the common stock offering and $387.2 million related to the convertible note offering. This increase was partially offset by the purchase of a capped call option for $37.2 million.

Excess tax benefits and deficiencies previously classified as financing activities have been classified as operating activities on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as a result of our adoption of ASU 2016-09 during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. There were no excess tax benefits or deficiencies in financing activities during the nine months ended April 30, 2018.

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Commitments and Contractual Obligations

Our primary contractual obligations consist of our Convertible Senior Notes due in 2025, obligations under operating leases for office facilities, and letters of credit.

See Note 6 and Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussions of our Convertible Senior Notes, lease commitments, and letters of credit. We do not have any material non-cancellable purchase commitments as of April 30, 2018.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements or transactions with unconsolidated limited purpose entities, nor do we have any undisclosed material transactions or commitments involving related persons or entities.

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest Rate Sensitivity

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017. Our cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017 were $1,158.5 million and $687.8 million, respectively, primarily consisting of cash, money market funds, commercial paper, corporate bonds, U. S. Government agency debt securities, and U.S. Government bonds. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest income sensitivity, which is affected by changes in the general level of the interest rates in the United States. However, because of the short-term nature of our interest-bearing securities, a ten percent change in market interest rates would not be expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, Euro, British Pound, Japanese Yen, and Brazilian Real. The volatility of exchange rates depends on many factors that we cannot forecast with reliable accuracy. Although we believe our operating activities act as a natural hedge for a substantial portion of our foreign currency exposure because we typically collect revenues and incur costs in the currency in the location in which we provide our application, our contracts with our customers are long term in nature so it is difficult to predict if our operating activities will provide a natural hedge in the future. Additionally, changes in foreign currency exchange rates can affect our financial results due to transaction gains or losses related to revaluing certain current asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. For example, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018, we recorded a foreign currency gain of $1.0 million as other expense in our statement of operations due to favorable currency exchange rate movement during the nine months ended April 30, 2018. We expect to continue to experience fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. As our international operations grow, we will continue to reassess our approach to manage our risk relating to fluctuations in currency rates.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

We do not have material exposure to market risk with respect to investments in financial instruments, as our investments primarily consist of highly liquid investments purchased with a remaining maturity of two years or less. We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes. However, this does not preclude our adoption of specific hedging strategies in the future.


ITEM 4.	Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a- 15(e) and 15d- 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We implemented a new global finance Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) system, during the second quarter of our fiscal 2018, for our corporate operations including general ledger, procurement, payment and reporting functions. We expect to implement modules for our order management and revenue recognition functions by the end of the fourth quarter of our fiscal 2018. Our new ERP system is intended to provide us with enhanced transactional processing and management tools compared to our legacy system, and is intended to enhance internal control over financial reporting. We have taken the necessary steps to monitor and maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting during this period of system change and will continue that through the implementation of remaining modules. Additionally, we will continue to evaluate the operating effectiveness of related controls during subsequent periods.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, other than the implementation of a new ERP system, identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act in our previously filed 10K that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Controls

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1.	Legal Proceedings

From time to time we are involved in legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Any such proceedings, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming, costly, and result in the diversion of significant operational resources or management time.

Although the outcomes of legal proceedings are inherently difficult to predict, we are not currently involved in any legal proceeding in which the outcome, in our judgment based on information currently available, is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business or financial position.


ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors

A description of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business is set forth below. You should carefully consider such risks and uncertainties, together with the other information contained in this report, and in our other public filings. If any of such risks and uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could differ materially from the plans, projections and other forward-looking statements included in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this report and in our other public filings. In addition, if any of the following risks and uncertainties, or if any other risks and uncertainties, actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed substantially, which could cause the market price of our stock to decline, perhaps significantly.

Risks Related to our Business

We may experience significant quarterly and annual fluctuations in our results of operations due to a number of factors.

Our quarterly and annual results of operations may fluctuate significantly due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. This variability may lead to volatility in our stock price as investors and research analysts respond to quarterly fluctuations. In addition, comparing our results of operations on a period-to-period basis, particularly on a sequential quarterly basis, may not be meaningful. You should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance.

Factors that may affect our results of operations include:


•	the timing of new orders and revenue recognition for new and prior year orders;


•	seasonal buying patterns of our customers;


•	the proportion and timing of subscription sales as opposed to software licenses, and the variations in revenue recognition between the two sales methods;


•	volatility in the sales of our products and the execution timing of new and renewal agreements within such periods;


•	our ability to increase sales to and renew agreements with our existing customers, particularly larger customers;


•	our ability to attract new customers in both domestic and international markets;


•	the structure of our licensing contracts, including delayed payment or acceptance terms and escalating payments, including fluctuations in perpetual licenses from period to period;


•	our ability to enter into contracts on favorable terms, including terms related to price, payment timing, and product delivery with customers and prospects that possess substantial negotiating leverage and procurement expertise;


•	introduction of new, or the increase of existing, licensing models that feature ratable revenue recognition;


•	our ability to develop and achieve market adoption of cloud-based services;


•	increases in cloud-related development and services costs;


•	the incurrence of penalties for failing to meet certain contractual obligations, including service levels and implementation times;


•	the impact of a recession or any other adverse global economic conditions on our business, including uncertainties that may cause a delay in entering into or a failure to enter into significant customer agreements;


•	the lengthy and variable nature of our product implementation cycles;


•	reductions in our customers’ budgets for information technology purchases and delays in their purchasing cycles;


•	variations in the amount of policies sold by our customers, where pricing to such customers is based on the direct written premium that is managed by our solutions;


•	erosion in services margins or significant fluctuations in services revenues caused by changing customer demand;

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•	our ability to realize expected benefits from our acquisitions;


•	timing of commissions expense related to large transactions;


•	bonus expense based on the bonus attainment rate;


•	the timing and cost of hiring personnel and of large expenses such as third-party professional services;


•	stock-based compensation expenses, which vary along with changes to our stock price;


•	fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;


•	unanticipated trade sanctions and other restrictions that may impede our ability to sell internationally; and


•	future accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting rules or our accounting policies.

In addition, our license and other revenue may fluctuate if our customers make early payments of their annual license fees in advance of the invoice due date. This may cause an unexpected increase in revenues in one quarter reducing revenue and growth rates in future periods.

The foregoing factors are difficult to forecast, and these, as well as other factors, could materially adversely affect our quarterly and annual results of operations. We believe our ability to adjust spending quickly enough to compensate for a revenue shortfall is very limited and our inability to do so could magnify the adverse impact of such revenue shortfall on our results of operations. If we fail to achieve our quarterly forecasts, if our forecasts fall below the expectations of investors or research analysts, or if our actual results fail to meet the expectations of investors or research analysts, our stock price may decline.

Seasonal sales patterns and other variations related to our revenue recognition may cause significant fluctuations in our results of operations and cash flows and may prevent us from achieving our quarterly or annual forecasts, which may cause our stock price to decline.

We have signed a significantly higher percentage of software license orders in the second and fourth quarters of each fiscal year. We generally see increased orders in our second fiscal quarter, which is the quarter ended January 31, due to customer buying patterns and our sales are typically greatest the fourth quarter due to efforts by our sales team to achieve annual incentives. As a result, a significantly higher percentage of our annual license revenues have historically been recognized in our second and fourth fiscal quarters. Since a substantial majority of our license revenues recur annually under our multi-year contracts, we expect to continue to experience this seasonality effect in subsequent years. However, we currently anticipate that sales of subscription services will increase as a percentage of new and total yearly sales. Subscriptions are recognized ratably over the term of the agreement after provisioning of the software, which may take as many as 90 days for our more complex implementations. Over time, this may reduce the impact of our historic seasonality, but in the near term the introduction of proportionally more subscription services into our revenue stream, together with their delayed and ratable recognition, will likely impact quarter over quarter and year over year revenue growth comparisons. The concentration of sales in the fourth quarter, including sales of subscription services, may exacerbate this effect.

Our quarterly growth in license revenues also may not match up to new orders we receive in a given quarter which could mask the impact of seasonal variations. This mismatch is primarily due to the following reasons:


•	for the initial year of a multi-year term license, revenue recognition may not occur in the period when the order is placed due to certain revenue recognition criteria not being met;


•	we may enter into license agreements with future product delivery requirements or specified terms for product upgrades or functionality, which may require us to delay revenue recognition for the initial period;


•	our term licenses may include payment terms that escalate every year and may be modest in the first year; and


•	our subscription arrangements are recognized ratably and only a portion of the revenue from an order is recognized in the same fiscal period of the order.

Additionally, seasonal patterns may be affected by timing of particularly large transactions. For example, in fiscal year 2017, we achieved higher revenue growth in the third fiscal quarter than in the fourth fiscal quarter due to the effects of a single large contract that was entered into in the third fiscal quarter.

Our revenues may fluctuate versus comparable prior periods or prior quarters within the same fiscal year based on when new orders are executed in the quarter and the payment terms of each order. Our ability to renew existing contracts for multiple year terms versus annual automatic renewals may also impact revenue recognition.

We generally charge annual software license fees for our multi-year term licenses and price our licenses based on the amount of direct written premiums (“DWP”) that will be managed by our solutions. However, in certain circumstances, our customers desire the ability to purchase our products on a perpetual license basis, resulting in an acceleration of revenue recognition. Milestone payments in a perpetual license order also cause seasonal variations. Our perpetual license revenues are not necessarily consistent

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from period to period. In addition, a few of our multi-year term licenses provide the customer with the option to purchase a perpetual license at the end of the initial contract term, which we refer to as a perpetual buyout right. The mix of our contract terms for our licenses and the exercise of perpetual buyout rights at the end of the initial contract term by our customers may lead to variability in our results of operations. Increases in perpetual license sales and exercises of perpetual buyout rights by our customers may affect our ability to show consistent growth in license revenues in subsequent periods. Reductions in perpetual licenses in future periods could cause adverse period-to-period comparisons of our financial results.

Seasonal and other variations related to our revenue recognition may cause significant fluctuations in our results of operations and cash flows, may make it challenging for an investor to predict our performance on a quarterly basis and may prevent us from achieving our quarterly or annual forecasts or meeting or exceeding the expectations of research analysts or investors, which in turn may cause our stock price to decline.

We have relied and expect to continue to rely on orders from a relatively small number of customers in the P&C insurance industry for a substantial portion of our revenues, and the loss of any of these customers would significantly harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our revenues are dependent on orders from customers in the P&C insurance industry, which may be adversely affected by economic, environmental, and world political conditions. A relatively small number of customers have historically accounted for a significant portion of our revenues. While the composition of our individual top customers will vary from year to year, in fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015, our ten largest customers accounted for 27%, 27%, and 31% of our revenues, respectively. While we expect this reliance to decrease over time, we expect that we will continue to depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant portion of our revenues for the foreseeable future. As a result, if we fail to successfully sell our products and services to one or more of these anticipated customers in any particular period or fail to identify additional potential customers or such customers purchase fewer of our products or services, defer or cancel orders, fail to renew their license or subscription agreements, or otherwise terminate their relationship with us, our business, results of operations, and financial condition would be harmed. Additionally, if our sales to one or more of these anticipated customers in any particular period are ratable in nature, or if we fail to achieve the required performance or acceptance criteria for one or more of these relatively small number of customers, our quarterly and annual results of operations may fluctuate significantly.

If we are required to, and fail to successfully manage any changes to our business model, including the transition of our products to cloud offerings, our results of operations could be harmed.

To address demand trends in the P&C insurance industry, we now offer customers the use of our software products through a cloud-based offering in addition to our on-premises offering. This adjustment to our business model requires a considerable investment of technical, financial, legal, and sales resources. Our transition to cloud offerings will continue to divert resources and increase costs, especially in cost of license and other revenues, in any given period. Such investments may not improve our long-term growth and results of operations. Further, the increase in some costs associated with our cloud services, such as the cost of public infrastructure, may be difficult to predict over time, especially in light of our lack of historical experience with the costs of delivering cloud-based versions of our applications. Our subscription contracts also contain penalty clauses, for matters such as failing to meet stipulated service levels, which represent new risks we are not accustomed to managing. Should these penalties be triggered, our results of operations may be adversely affected. Furthermore, we may assume greater responsibilities for implementation related services during this transition. As a result, we may face risks associated with new and complex implementations, the cost of which may differ from original estimates. As with our stated history, the consequences in such circumstances could include monetary credits for current or future service engagements, reduced fees for additional product sales, and a customer’s refusal to pay their contractually-obligated subscription or service fees.

We expect the revenue we would recognize under our cloud-based subscription model to be recognized ratably over the term of the contract. The transition to ratable revenue recognition may reduce license revenue we otherwise would have recognized in those periods in which the portion of our revenues attributable to ratable subscription contracts grows. This effect on recognized revenue may be magnified in any fiscal year due to the concentration of our orders in the fourth quarter. A combination of increased costs and delayed recognition of revenue would adversely impact our gross and operating margins during those periods.

In addition, market acceptance of our cloud-based offerings may be affected by a variety of factors, including but not limited to: price, security, reliability, performance, customer preference, public concerns regarding privacy, and the enactment of restrictive laws or regulations. We are in the early stages of re-architecting our existing products and developing new products in an effort to offer customers greater choices on how they consume our software. As our business practices in this area develop and evolve over time, we may be required to revise the subscription agreements we initially develop in connection with this transition, which may result in revised terms and conditions that impact how we recognize revenue and the costs and risks associated with these offerings. Whether our product development efforts or business model transition will prove successful and accomplish our business objectives is subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, including but not limited to: customer demand, our ability to further develop and scale infrastructure, our ability to include functionality and usability in such offerings that address customer

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requirements, tax and accounting implications, and our costs. In addition, the metrics we and our investors use to gauge the status of our business model transition may evolve over the course of the transition as significant trends emerge. It may be difficult, therefore, to accurately determine the impact of this transition on our business on a contemporaneous basis, or to clearly communicate the appropriate metrics to our investors. If we are unable to successfully establish these new cloud offerings and navigate our business model transition in light of the foregoing risks and uncertainties, our reputation could suffer and our results of operations could be harmed, which may cause our stock price to decline.

Increases in services revenues as a percentage of total revenues or lower services or license margins could adversely affect our overall gross margins and profitability.

Our services revenues were 46%, 34%, 34%, and 40% of total revenues for each of the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. Our services revenues produce lower gross margins than our license revenues. The gross margin of our services revenues was 12%, 7%, 8%, and 12% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively, while the gross margin for license revenues was 85%, 94%, 97%, and 97% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. Our gross margins will decline in the event that lower-margin service revenues constitute a greater percentage of total revenues and if associated service or license margins decline.

In fiscal year 2018, services revenues have grown at a faster rate than license revenues and have increased significantly as a percentage of total revenues. This trend is the result of several factors, some of which are beyond our control, including increased customer demand for our service team involvement in new products and services, the rates we charge for our services, and the extent to which SIs are willing and able to provide services directly to customers.

Services margins may decline in periods which require a significant expansion of our services capabilities as we hire and train additional services personnel to support customer demand, enter new markets, or if we require additional personnel on challenging projects to ensure customer success. In some cases, customer success will require us to provide additional services personnel at significantly reduced rates. Services margins may also decline if we are required to defer services revenues in connection with an engagement. This may happen for a number of reasons, including if there is a specific product deliverable associated with a broader services engagement. In these situations, we would defer only the direct costs associated with the engagement. Deferring all revenue but only direct costs will reduce services margins in those periods; however, the eventual recognition of those deferred revenues and direct costs will have a positive impact on margins. In fiscal year 2017, for example, we deferred a significant amount of revenue and direct costs associated with one project, which reduced margins and reported services revenues during fiscal year 2017, but is currently being recognized in fiscal year 2018.

Gross margins will also decline should license margins decline. We expect that significant investments in our cloud operations and Guidewire Production services divisions will decrease license margins.

Assertions by third parties of infringement or other violation by us of their intellectual property rights could result in significant costs and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

The software industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. In particular, leading companies in the software industry own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, which they may use to assert claims against us. From time to time, third parties holding such intellectual property rights, including leading companies, competitors, patent holding companies and/or non-practicing entities, may assert patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property claims against us, our customers and partners, and those from whom we license technology and intellectual property.

Although we believe that our products and services do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties, we cannot assure that third parties will not assert infringement or misappropriation claims against us with respect to current or future products or services, or that any such assertions will not require us to enter into royalty arrangements or result in costly litigation, or result in us being unable to use certain intellectual property. We cannot assure that we are not infringing or otherwise violating any third-party intellectual property rights. Infringement assertions from third parties may involve patent holding companies or other patent owners who have no relevant product revenues, and therefore our own issued and pending patents may provide little or no deterrence to these patent owners in bringing intellectual property rights claims against us.

If we are forced to defend against any infringement or misappropriation claims, whether they are with or without merit, are settled out of court, or are determined in our favor, we may be required to expend significant time and financial resources on the defense of such claims. Furthermore, an adverse outcome of a dispute may require us to pay damages, potentially including treble damages and attorneys’ fees, if we are found to have willfully infringed a party’s intellectual property; cease making, licensing, or using our products or services that are alleged to infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of others; expend additional development resources to redesign our products or services; enter into potentially unfavorable royalty or license agreements in

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order to obtain the right to use necessary technologies or works; and to indemnify our partners, customers, and other third parties. Any of these events could seriously harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

We may expand through acquisitions or partnerships with other companies, which may divert our management’s attention and result in unexpected operating and technology integration difficulties, increased costs and dilution to our stockholders.

Our business strategy includes the potential acquisition of shares or assets of companies with software, technologies or businesses complementary to ours. Our strategy also includes alliances with such companies. For example, in March 2016, we acquired EagleEye Analytics Inc., a provider of cloud-based predictive analytics products designed for P&C insurers; in August 2016, we acquired FirstBest Systems, Inc., a provider of an underwriting management system for P&C insurers; in February 2017, we acquired ISCS, Inc., a provider of a cloud-based, all-in-one platform that offers policy, billing, and claims management functionality for P&C insurers; and in November 2017, we acquired Cyence, a software company that applies data science and risk analytics to enable P&C insurers to underwrite “21st century risks.” Each of these acquisitions was initially dilutive to earnings. Acquisitions and alliances may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures and may not result in the benefits anticipated by such corporate activity. In particular, we may fail to assimilate or integrate the businesses, technologies, services, products, personnel or operations of the acquired companies; retain key personnel necessary to favorably execute the combined companies’ business plan, or retain existing customers or sell acquired products to new customers. Acquisitions and alliances may also disrupt our ongoing business, divert our resources and require significant management attention that would otherwise be available for ongoing development of our current business. In addition, we may be required to make additional capital investments or undertake remediation efforts to ensure the success of our acquisitions, which may reduce the benefits of such acquisitions. We also may be required to use a substantial amount of our cash or issue debt or equity securities to complete an acquisition or realize the potential of an alliance, which could deplete our cash reserves and/or dilute our existing stockholders. Following an acquisition or the establishment of an alliance offering new products, we may be required to defer the recognition of revenues that we receive from the sale of products that we acquired or that result from the alliance, or from the sale of a bundle of products that includes such new products, if we have not established vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) for the undelivered elements in the arrangement. In addition, our ability to maintain favorable pricing of new products may be challenging if we bundle such products with sales of existing products. A delay in the recognition of revenues from sales of acquired or alliance products, or reduced pricing due to bundled sales, may cause fluctuations in our quarterly financial results, may adversely affect our operating margins and may reduce the benefits of such acquisitions or alliances.

Additionally, competition within the software industry for acquisitions of businesses, technologies and assets has been, and may continue to be, intense. As such, even if we are able to identify an acquisition that we would like to pursue, the target may be acquired by another strategic buyer or financial buyer such as a private equity firm, or we may otherwise not be able to complete the acquisition on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Moreover, in addition to our failure to realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition, including our revenues or return on investment assumptions, we may be exposed to unknown liabilities or impairment charges as a result of acquisitions we do complete.

We face intense competition in our market, which could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition and cause our market share to decline.

The market for our software and services is intensely competitive. The competitors we face in any sale may change depending on, among other things, the line of business purchasing the software, the application being sold, the geography in which we are operating, and the size of the insurance carrier to which we are selling. For example, we are more likely to face competition from small independent firms when addressing the needs of small insurers. These competitors may compete on the basis of price, the time and cost required for software implementation, custom development, or unique product features or functions. Outside of the United States, we are more likely to compete against vendors that may differentiate themselves based on local advantages in language, market knowledge, and pre-built content applicable to that jurisdiction. We also complete with vendors of horizontal software products that may be customized to address needs of the P&C insurance industry.

Additionally, many of our prospective customers operate firmly entrenched legacy systems, some of which have been in operation for decades. Our implementation cycles may be lengthy, variable and require the investment of significant time and expense by our customers. These expenses and associated operating risks attendant on any significant process of re-engineering and technology implementation exercise, may cause customers to prefer maintaining legacy systems. Also, maintaining these legacy systems may be so time consuming and costly for our customers that they do not have adequate resources to devote to the purchase and implementation of our products. We also compete against technology consulting firms that either helped create such legacy systems or may own, in full or in part, subsidiaries that develop software and systems for the P&C insurance industry.

As we expand our product portfolio, we may begin to compete with software and service providers we have not competed against previously. Such potential competitors offer data and analytics tools that may, in time, become more competitive with our offerings.

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We expect the intensity of competition to remain high in the future as the amount of capital invested in current and potential competitors has increased significantly in recent years, and this may lead to improved product or sales capabilities, which in turn could lead to new or expanded partnerships with systems integrators. Continuing intense competition could result in increased pricing pressure, increased sales and marketing expenses, and greater investments in research and development, each of which could negatively impact our profitability. In addition, the failure to increase, or the loss of, market share, would harm our business, results of operations, financial condition and/or future prospects. Our larger current and potential competitors may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can devote to ours, which could allow them to respond more quickly than we can to new technologies and changes in customer needs, thus leading to their wider market acceptance. We may not be able to compete effectively, and competitive pressures may prevent us from acquiring and maintaining the customer base necessary for us to increase our revenues and profitability.

In addition, our industry is evolving rapidly, and we anticipate the market for cloud-based solutions will become increasingly competitive. If our current and potential customers move a greater proportion of their data and computational needs to the cloud, new competitors may emerge that offer services either comparable or better suited than ours to address the demand for such cloud-based solutions, which could reduce demand for our offerings. To compete effectively we will likely be required to increase our investment in research and development, as well as the personnel and third-party services required to improve reliability and lower the cost of delivery of our cloud-based solutions. This may increase our costs more than we anticipate and may adversely impact our results of operations.

Our current and potential competitors may also establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to further enhance their resources and offerings. Current or potential competitors may be acquired by other vendors or third parties with greater available resources. As a result of such acquisitions, our current or potential competitors might be more able than we are to adapt quickly to new technologies and customer needs, to devote greater resources to the promotion or sale of their products and services, to initiate or withstand substantial price competition, or to take advantage of emerging opportunities by developing and expanding their product and service offerings more quickly than we can. Additionally, they may hold larger portfolios of patents and other intellectual property rights as a result of such relationships or acquisitions. If we are unable to compete effectively with these evolving competitors for market share, our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

If our products or cloud-based services experience data security breaches, and there is unauthorized access to our customers’ data, we may lose current or future customers and our reputation and business may be harmed.

If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to customer data is otherwise obtained, our products may be perceived as not being secure, customers may reduce the use of or stop using our products, and we may incur significant liabilities. Our software and cloud services involve the storage and transmission of data, including in some cases, personal data, and security breaches could result in the loss of this information, which in turn could result in litigation, breach of contract claims, indemnity obligations, and other liability for our company. While we have taken steps to protect the confidential information to which we have access, including confidential information we may obtain through our customer support services or customer usage of our cloud-based services, our security measures could be breached. We rely on third-party technology and systems for a variety of services, including, without limitation, encryption and authentication technology, employee email, content delivery to customers, back-office support, and other functions, and our ability to control or prevent breaches of any of these systems may be beyond our control. Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not identified until they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. Although we have developed systems and processes that are designed to protect customer information and prevent data loss and other security breaches, including systems and processes designed to reduce the impact of a security breach at a third-party vendor, such measures cannot provide absolute security. Any or all of these issues could negatively impact our ability to attract new customers or to increase engagement by existing customers, could cause existing customers to elect not to renew their term licenses, or could subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines or other action or liability, thereby adversely affecting our results of operations.

We have implemented a new enterprise resource planning system and are in the process of implementing other accounting and sales IT systems. If these new systems prove ineffective, or if we experience issues with the transition from our current systems, we may be unable to timely or accurately prepare financial reports, or invoice and collect from our customers.

In fiscal year 2017, we began the process of implementing a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system and other accounting systems, including a new revenue reporting system in advance of the adoption of ASC 606 in fiscal year 2019. These systems are critical for accurately maintaining books and records and preparing our financial statements. We have completed implementation and transitioned to our new ERP system and intend to transition our revenue and other accounting systems during our current fiscal year 2018. While we have and will continue to invest significant amounts, including for additional personnel and third-party consultants, to implement these systems, we cannot assure you that the implementation will be successful or that

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we will not experience difficulties following the transition. Any delay or error in the implementation or transition could adversely affect our operations, including our ability to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, file our quarterly or annual reports with the SEC, and invoice and collect from our customers, each of which may harm our operations and reduce investor confidence. Even if we are able to complete the implementation, data integrity problems or other issues may subsequently be discovered which, if not corrected, could impact our business, reputation, or results of operations. If we encounter unforeseen difficulties, there will be additional demands on our management team and our business, operations and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our customers may defer or forego purchases of our products or services in the event of weakened global economic conditions, political transitions and industry consolidation.

General worldwide economic conditions remain unstable. Prolonged economic uncertainties or downturns could harm our business operations or financial results. For example, the decision by referendum to withdraw the United Kingdom (U.K.) from the European Union (“Brexit”) in June 2016 caused significant volatility in global stock markets and fluctuations in currency exchange rates and the impending Brexit has arguably caused and may continue to cause delays in purchasing decisions by our potential and current customers affected by this transition. The results of this referendum, or other global events, may continue to create global economic uncertainty not only in the U.K., but in other regions in which we have significant operations. These conditions make it difficult for our customers and us to forecast and plan future business activities accurately, and they could cause our customers to reevaluate their decision to purchase our products, which could delay and lengthen our sales cycles or result in cancellations of planned purchases. Furthermore, during challenging economic times our customers may face issues in gaining timely access to sufficient credit, which could result in an impairment of their ability to make timely payments to us. If that were to occur, we may be required to record an allowance for doubtful accounts, which would adversely affect our financial results. A substantial downturn in the P&C insurance industry may cause firms to react to worsening conditions by reducing their capital expenditures in general or by specifically reducing their spending on information technology. P&C insurance companies may delay or cancel information technology projects or seek to lower their costs by renegotiating vendor contracts. Negative or worsening conditions in the general economy both in the United States and abroad, including conditions resulting from financial and credit market fluctuations, could cause a decrease in corporate spending on enterprise software in general, and in the insurance industry specifically, and negatively affect the rate of growth of our business.

The increased pace of consolidation in the P&C insurance industry may result in reduced overall spending on our products. Acquisitions of customers can delay or cancel sales cycles and because we cannot predict the timing or duration of such acquisitions, our results of operations could be materially impacted by the change in the industry.

Factors outside of our control including but not limited to natural catastrophes and terrorism may adversely impact the P&C insurance industry, preventing us from expanding or maintaining our existing customer base and increasing our revenues.

Our customers are P&C insurers which have experienced, and will likely experience in the future, losses from catastrophes or terrorism that may adversely impact their businesses. Catastrophes can be caused by various events, including, without limitation, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, tornadoes, explosions, severe weather, and fires. Global warming trends are contributing to an increase in erratic weather patterns globally and intensifying the impact of certain types of catastrophes. Moreover, acts of terrorism or war could cause disruptions to our business or our customers’ businesses or the economy as a whole. The risks associated with natural catastrophes and terrorism are inherently unpredictable, and it is difficult to forecast the timing of such events or estimate the amount of losses they will generate. In 2017, for example, parts of the United States suffered extensive damage due to multiple hurricanes and fires. We anticipate the combined effect of those losses on P&C insurers to be very large. Such losses and losses due to future events may adversely impact our current or potential customers, which may prevent us from maintaining or expanding our customer base and increasing our revenues as such events may cause customers to postpone purchases of new offerings and professional service engagements or to discontinue existing projects.

Our sales and implementation cycles are lengthy and variable, depend upon factors outside our control, and could cause us to expend significant time and resources prior to generating revenues.

The typical sales cycle for our products and services is lengthy and unpredictable, requires pre-purchase evaluation by a significant number of employees in our customers’ organizations, and often involves a significant operational decision by our customers. Our sales efforts involve educating our customers about the use and benefits of our products, including the technical capabilities of our products and the potential cost savings achievable by organizations deploying our products. Customers typically undertake a significant evaluation process, which frequently involves not only our products, but also those of our competitors and can result in a lengthy sales cycle. We spend substantial time, effort, and money in our sales efforts without any assurance that our efforts will produce sales. Even if we succeed at completing a sale, we may be unable to predict the size of an initial license until very late in the sales cycle. In addition, we sometimes commit to include specific functions in our base product offering at

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the request of a customer or group of customers and are unable to recognize license revenues until the specific functions have been added to our products. Providing this additional functionality may be time consuming and may involve factors that are outside of our control. Customers may also insist that we commit to certain time frames in which systems built around our products will be operational, or that once implemented our products will be able to meet certain operational requirements. Our ability to meet such timeframes and requirements may involve factors that are outside of our control, and failure to meet such timeframes and requirements could result in us incurring penalties, costs and/or additional resource commitments, which would adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The implementation and testing of our products by our customers typically lasts 6 to 24 months or longer and unexpected implementation delays and difficulties can occur. Implementing our products typically involves integration with our customers’ and third-parties’ systems, as well as adding customer and third-party data to our platform. This can be complex, time consuming, and expensive for our customers and can result in delays in the implementation and deployment of our products. Failing to meet the expectations of our customers for the implementation of our products could result in a loss of customers and negative publicity about us and our products and services. Such failure could result from deficiencies in our product capabilities or inadequate service engagements by us, our system integrator partners or our customers’ IT employees, the latter two of which are beyond our direct control. The consequences of such failure could include, and have included: monetary credits for current or future service engagements, reduced fees for additional product sales or upon renewal of existing licenses, and a customer’s refusal to pay their contractually-obligated license, maintenance, or service fees. In addition, time-consuming implementations may also increase the amount of services personnel we must allocate to each customer, thereby increasing our costs and adversely affecting our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

If we are unable to continue the successful development of our global direct sales force and the expansion of our relationships with our strategic partners, sales of our products and services will suffer and our growth could be slower than we project.

We believe that our future growth will depend on the continued recruiting, retention, and training of our global direct sales force and their ability to obtain new customers, both large and small P&C insurers, and to manage our existing customer base. Our ability to achieve significant growth in revenues in the future will depend, in large part, on our success in recruiting, training, and retaining a sufficient number of global direct sales personnel. New hires require significant training and may, in some cases, take more than a year before becoming productive, if at all. If we are unable to hire and develop sufficient numbers of productive global direct sales personnel, sales of our products and services will suffer and our growth will be impeded.

We believe our future growth also will depend on the retention and expansion of successful relationships with system integrators, including with system integrators that will focus on InsuranceNow and other products we may acquire in the future. Our system integrators as channel partners help us reach additional customers. Our growth in revenues, particularly in international markets, will be influenced by the development and maintenance of this indirect sales channel which, in some cases, may require the establishment of effective relationships with regional systems integrators. Although we have established relationships with some of the leading system integrators, our products and services may compete directly against products and services that such leading system integrators support or market. We are unable to control the quantity or quality of resources that our system integrator partners commit to implementing our products, or the quality or timeliness of such implementation. If our partners do not commit sufficient or qualified resources to these activities, our customers will be less satisfied, be less supportive with references, or may require the investment of our resources at discounted rates. These, and other failures by our partners to successfully implement our products, will have an adverse effect on our business and our results of operations could fail to grow in line with our projections.

Our large customers have substantial negotiating leverage, which may require that we agree to terms and conditions that result in increased cost of sales, decreased revenues and lower average selling prices and gross margins, all of which could harm our results of operations.

Some of our customers include the world’s largest P&C insurers. These customers have significant bargaining power when negotiating new licenses or subscriptions, or renewals of existing agreements, and have the ability to buy similar products from other vendors or develop such systems internally. These customers have and may continue to seek advantageous pricing and other commercial terms and may require us to develop additional features in the products we sell to them. We have been required to, and may continue to be required to, reduce the average selling price or increase the average cost of our products in response to these pressures. If we are unable to avoid reducing our average selling prices or increasing our average costs, our results of operations could be harmed.

Failure of any of our established products or services to satisfy customer demands or to maintain market acceptance would harm our business, results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects.

We derive a significant majority of our revenues and cash flows from our established product offerings, including InsuranceSuite, Insurance Now, and our Digital and Data Products. We expect to continue to derive a substantial portion of our revenues from these sources. As such, continued market acceptance of these products is critical to our growth and success. Demand

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for our products is affected by a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including the successful implementation of our products, the timing of development and release of new products by us and our competitors, technological advances which reduce the appeal of our products, and the growth or contraction in the worldwide market for technological solutions for the P&C insurance industry. If we are unable to continue to meet customer demands, to achieve and maintain a technological advantage over competitors, or to maintain market acceptance of our products, our business, results of operations, financial condition, and growth prospects may be adversely affected.

Our business depends on customers renewing and expanding their license, maintenance and subscription contracts for our products. A decline in our customer renewals and expansions could harm our future results of operations.

Our customers have no obligation to renew their term licenses or subscriptions after their contract period expires, and these licenses and subscriptions, if renewed, may be done so on less favorable terms. Moreover, under certain circumstances, our customers have the right to cancel their licenses or subscriptions before they expire. We may not accurately predict future trends in customer renewals. In addition, our term and perpetual license customers have no obligation to renew their maintenance arrangements after the expiration of the initial contractual period. Our customers’ renewal rates may fluctuate or decline because of several factors, including their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with our products and services, the prices of our products and services, the prices of products and services offered by our competitors or reductions in our customers’ spending levels due to the macroeconomic environment or other factors, or the sale of their operations to a buyer that is not a current customer.

Also in some cases, our customers have a right to exercise a perpetual buyout of their term licenses at the end of the initial contract term, which if exercised would eliminate future term license payments. If our customers do not renew their term licenses or subscriptions for our solutions or renew on less favorable terms, our revenues may decline or grow more slowly than expected and our profitability may be harmed.

If we are unable to develop, introduce and market new and enhanced versions of our products, we may be put at a competitive disadvantage.

Our success depends on our continued ability to develop, introduce, and market new and enhanced versions of our products to meet evolving customer requirements. Because some of our products are complex and require rigorous testing, development cycles can be lengthy, taking us multiple years to develop and introduce new products or provide updates to our existing products. Additionally, market conditions may dictate that we change the technology platform underlying our existing products or that new products be developed on different technology platforms, potentially adding material time and expense to our development cycles. The nature of these development cycles may cause us to experience delays between the time we incur expenses associated with research and development and the time we generate revenues, if any, from such expenses.

If we fail to develop new products or enhancements to our existing products, our business could be adversely affected, especially if our competitors are able to introduce products with enhanced functionality. It is critical to our success for us to anticipate changes in technology, industry standards, and customer requirements and to successfully introduce new, enhanced, and competitive products to meet our customers’ and prospective customers’ needs on a timely basis. We have invested and intend to increase investments in research and development to meet these challenges. Revenues may not be sufficient to support the future product development that is required for us to remain competitive. If we fail to develop products in a timely manner that are competitive in technology and price or develop products that fail to meet customer demands, our market share will decline and our business and results of operations could be harmed.

Real or perceived errors or failures in our products or implementation services may affect our reputation, cause us to lose customers and reduce sales which may harm our business and results of operations and subject us to liability for breach of warranty claims.

Because we offer complex products, undetected errors or failures may exist or occur, especially when products are first introduced or when new versions are released. Our products are often installed and used in large-scale computing environments with different operating systems, system management software, and equipment and networking configurations, which may cause errors or failures in our products or may expose undetected errors, failures, or bugs in our products. Despite testing by us, we may not identify all errors, failures, or bugs in new products or releases until after commencement of commercial sales or installation. In the past, we have discovered software errors, failures, and bugs in some of our product offerings after their introduction.

We provide our customers with upfront estimates regarding the duration, resources, and costs associated with the implementation of our products. Failure to meet these upfront estimates and the expectations of our customers could result from our product capabilities or service engagements by us, our system integrator partners, or our customers’ IT employees, the latter two of which are beyond our direct control. The consequences could include, and have included: monetary credits for current or future service engagements, reduced fees for additional product sales, and a customer’s refusal to pay their contractually-obligated license, maintenance, or service fees. In addition, time-consuming implementations may also increase the amount of services

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personnel we must allocate to each customer, thereby increasing our costs and adversely affecting our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

The license and support of our software creates the risk of significant liability claims against us. Our license and subscription agreements with our customers contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential liability claims. It is possible, however, that the limitation of liability provisions contained in such agreements may not be enforced as a result of international, federal, state, and local laws or ordinances or unfavorable judicial decisions. Breach of warranty or damage liability, or injunctive relief resulting from such claims, could harm our results of operations and financial condition.

Failure to protect our intellectual property could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Our success depends in part on our ability to enforce and defend our intellectual property rights. We rely upon a combination of trademark, trade secret, copyright, patent, and unfair competition laws, as well as license agreements and other contractual provisions, to do so.

We have filed, and may in the future file, patent applications related to certain of our innovations. We do not know whether those patent applications will result in the issuance of a patent or whether the examination process will require us to narrow our claims. In addition, we may not receive competitive advantages from the rights granted under our patents and other intellectual property. Our existing patents and any patents granted to us or that we otherwise acquire in the future, may be contested, circumvented, or invalidated, and we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing these patents. Therefore, the extent of the protection afforded by these patents cannot be predicted with certainty. In addition, given the costs, effort, risks, and downside of obtaining patent protection, including the requirement to ultimately disclose the invention to the public, we may choose not to seek patent protection for certain innovations; however, such patent protection could later prove to be important to our business.

We also rely on several registered and unregistered trademarks to protect our brand. Nevertheless, competitors may adopt service names similar to ours, or purchase our trademarks and confusingly similar terms as keywords in Internet search engine advertising programs, thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to confusion in the marketplace. In addition, there could be potential trade name or trademark infringement claims brought by owners of other registered trademarks or trademarks that incorporate variations of our trademarks. Any claims or customer confusion related to our trademarks could damage our reputation and brand and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

We attempt to protect our intellectual property, technology, and confidential information by generally requiring our employees and consultants to enter into confidentiality and assignment of inventions agreements and third parties to enter into nondisclosure agreements, all of which offer only limited protection. These agreements may not effectively prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of our confidential information, intellectual property, or technology and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our confidential information, intellectual property, or technology. Despite our efforts to protect our confidential information, intellectual property, and technology, unauthorized third parties may gain access to our confidential proprietary information, develop and market products or services similar to ours, or use trademarks similar to ours, any of which could materially harm our business and results of operations. In addition, others may independently discover our trade secrets and confidential information, and in such cases, we could not assert any trade secret rights against such parties. Existing U.S. federal, state, and international intellectual property laws offer only limited protection. The laws of some foreign countries do not protect our intellectual property rights to as great an extent as the laws of the United States, and many foreign countries do not enforce these laws as diligently as governmental agencies and private parties in the United States. Moreover, policing our intellectual property rights is difficult, costly, and may not always be effective.

From time to time, legal action by us may be necessary to enforce our patents and other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the intellectual property 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 negatively affect our business, reputation, results of operations, and financial condition. If we are unable to protect our technology and to adequately maintain and protect our intellectual property rights, we may find ourselves at a competitive disadvantage to others who need not incur the additional expense, time, and effort required to create the innovative products that have enabled us to be successful to date.

We may be obligated to disclose our proprietary source code to our customers, which may limit our ability to protect our intellectual property and could reduce the renewals of our support and maintenance services.

Our software license agreements typically contain provisions permitting the customer to become a party to, or a beneficiary of, a source code escrow agreement under which we place the proprietary source code for our applicable products in escrow with a third party. Under these escrow agreements, the source code to the applicable product may be released to the customer, typically for its use to maintain, modify, and enhance the product, upon the occurrence of specified events, such as our filing for bankruptcy, discontinuance of our maintenance services and breaching our representations, warranties, or covenants of our agreements with

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our customers. Additionally, in some cases, customers have the right to request access to our source code upon demand. Some of our customers have obtained the source code for certain of our products by exercising this right, and others may do so in the future.

Disclosing the content of our source code may limit the intellectual property protection we can obtain or maintain for that source code or the products containing that source code and may facilitate intellectual property infringement claims against us. It also could permit a customer to which a product’s source code is disclosed to support and maintain that software product without being required to purchase our support or maintenance services. Each of these could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We and our customers rely on technology and intellectual property of third parties, the loss of which could limit the functionality of our products and disrupt our business.

We use technology and intellectual property licensed from unaffiliated third parties in certain of our products, and we may license additional third-party technology and intellectual property in the future. Any errors or defects in this third-party technology and intellectual property could result in errors that could harm our brand and business. In addition, licensed technology and intellectual property may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. The loss of the right to license and distribute this third-party technology could limit the functionality of our products and might require us to redesign our products.

Some of our services and technologies may use “open source” software, which may restrict how we use or distribute our services or require that we release the source code of certain products subject to those licenses.

Some of our services and technologies may incorporate software licensed under so-called “open source” licenses. In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on origin of the software. Additionally, some open source licenses require that source code subject to the license be made available to the public and that any modifications or derivative works to open source software continue to be licensed under open source licenses. These open source licenses typically mandate that proprietary software, when combined in specific ways with open source software, become subject to the open source license. If we combine our proprietary software in such ways with open source software, we could be required to release the source code of our proprietary software.

We take steps to ensure that our proprietary software is not combined with, and does not incorporate, open source software in ways that would require our proprietary software to be subject to many of the restrictions in an open source license. However, few courts have interpreted open source licenses, and the manner in which these licenses may be interpreted and enforced is therefore subject to some uncertainty. Additionally, we rely on hundreds of software programmers to design our proprietary technologies, and although we take steps to prevent our programmers from including objectionable open source software in the technologies and software code that they design, write, and modify, we do not exercise complete control over the development efforts of our programmers and we cannot be certain that our programmers have not incorporated such open source software into our proprietary products and technologies or that they will not do so in the future. In the event that portions of our proprietary technology are determined to be subject to an open source license, we could be required to publicly release the affected portions of our source code, re-engineer all or a portion of our technologies, or otherwise be limited in the licensing of our technologies, each of which could reduce or eliminate the value of our services and technologies and materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and prospects.

Incorrect or improper use of our products or our failure to properly train customers on how to utilize our products could result in customer dissatisfaction and negatively affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects.

Our products are complex and are deployed in a wide variety of network environments. The proper use of our products requires training of the customer. If our products are not used correctly or as intended, inadequate performance may result. Our products may also be intentionally misused or abused by customers or their employees or third parties who are able to access or use our products. Because our customers rely on our products, services and maintenance support to manage a wide range of operations, the incorrect or improper use of our products, our failure to properly train customers on how to efficiently and effectively use our products, or our failure to properly provide maintenance services to our customers may result in negative publicity or legal claims against us. Also, as we continue to expand our customer base, any failure by us to properly provide these services will likely result in lost opportunities for follow-on sales of our products and services.

In addition, if there is substantial turnover of customer personnel responsible for use of our products, or if customer personnel are not well trained in the use of our products, customers may defer the deployment of our products, may deploy them in a more limited manner than originally anticipated or may not deploy them at all. Further, if there is substantial turnover of the customer personnel responsible for use of our products, our ability to make additional sales may be substantially limited.

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Our ability to sell our products is highly dependent on the quality of our professional services and technical support services and the support of our system integration providers, and the failure of us or our system integration providers to offer high-quality professional services or technical support services could damage our reputation and adversely affect our ability to sell our products and services to new customers and renew agreements with our existing customers.

If we or our system integration providers do not effectively assist our customers in deploying our products, succeed in helping our customers quickly resolve post-deployment issues, and provide effective ongoing support, our ability to sell additional products and services to existing customers would be adversely affected and our reputation with potential customers could be damaged. Once our products are deployed and integrated with our customers’ existing information technology investments and data, our customers may depend on our technical support services and/or the support of system integrators or internal resources to resolve any issues relating to our products. High-quality support is critical for the continued successful marketing and sale of our products. In addition, as we continue to expand our operations internationally, our support organization will face additional challenges, including those associated with delivering support, training, and documentation in languages other than English. Many enterprise customers require higher levels of support than smaller customers. If we fail to meet the requirements of our larger customers, it may be more difficult to increase our penetration with larger customers, a key group for the growth of our revenues and profitability. In addition, as we further expand our products to include a cloud-based offering, our professional services and support organization will face new challenges, including hiring, training, and integrating a large number of new professional services personnel with experience in delivering high-quality support for cloud-based offerings. Alleviating any of these problems could require significant capital expenditures which could adversely affect our growth prospects. Further, as we continue to rely on system integrators to provide deployment and on-going services, our ability to ensure a high level of quality in addressing customer issues is diminished. Our failure to maintain high-quality implementation and support services, or to ensure that system integrators provide the same, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and growth prospects.

If we are unable to retain our personnel and hire and integrate additional skilled personnel, we may be unable to achieve our goals and our business will suffer.

Our future success depends upon our ability to continue to attract, train, integrate, and retain highly skilled employees, particularly those on our management team, including Marcus Ryu, one of our co-founders and our current president and chief executive officer, and our sales and marketing personnel, professional services personnel, and software engineers. Our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel, or delays in hiring required personnel, may seriously harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition. U.S. immigration policy is currently being reviewed by the federal government, which may or may not result in significant changes and could hamper our efforts to hire highly skilled foreign employees. If future changes to U.S. immigration policy restrict our access to highly specialized engineers, our business would be adversely impacted.

Any one of our executive officers and other key employees could terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. The loss of any member of our senior management team could significantly delay or prevent us from achieving our business and/or development objectives, and could materially harm our business.

We face competition for qualified individuals from numerous software and other technology companies. Competition for qualified personnel is particularly intense in the San Francisco Bay Area, where our headquarters are located, though we also face significant competition in all of our domestic and foreign development centers. Further, significant amounts of time and resources are required to train technical, sales, services, and other personnel. We may incur significant costs to attract, train, and retain such personnel, and we may lose new employees to our competitors or other technology companies before we realize the benefit of our investment after recruiting and training them.

Also, to the extent that we hire personnel from competitors, we may be subject to allegations that such personnel have been improperly solicited or have divulged proprietary or other confidential information. In addition, we have a limited number of sales people and the loss of several sales people within a short period of time could have a negative impact on our sales efforts. We may be unable to attract and retain suitably qualified individuals who are capable of meeting our growing technical, operational, and managerial requirements, or we may be required to pay increased compensation in order to do so.

Our ability to expand geographically depends, in large part, on our ability to attract, retain, and integrate managers to lead the local business and employees with the appropriate skills. Similarly, our profitability depends on our ability to effectively utilize personnel with the right mix of skills and experience to perform services for our clients, including our ability to transition employees to new assignments on a timely basis. If we are unable to effectively deploy our employees globally on a timely basis to fulfill the needs of our clients, our reputation could suffer and our ability to attract new clients may be harmed.

Because of the technical nature of our products and services and the dynamic market in which we compete, any failure to attract, integrate, and retain qualified direct sales, professional services, and product development personnel, as well as our contract workers, could harm our ability to generate sales or successfully develop new products, customer and consulting services, and enhancements of existing products.

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Failure to manage our expanding operations effectively could harm our business.

We have experienced consistent growth and expect to continue to expand our operations, among other factors, in the number of employees and in the locations and scope of our international operations. This expansion has placed, and will continue to place, a significant strain on our operational and financial resources and our personnel. To manage our anticipated future operational expansion effectively, we must continue to maintain and may need to enhance our information technology infrastructure, financial and accounting systems and controls, and manage expanded operations and employees in geographically distributed locations. For example, in fiscal 2018, we have implemented a new enterprise resource planning system and are implementing related revenue recognition modules. Our growth could require significant capital expenditures and may divert financial resources from other projects, such as the development of new products. If we increase the size of our organization without experiencing an increase in sales of our products and services, we will experience reductions in our gross and operating margins and net income. If we are unable to effectively manage our expanding operations and related system implementations, our expenses may increase more than expected, our revenues could decline or grow more slowly than expected and we may be unable to implement our business strategy.

Our international sales and operations subject us to additional risks that can adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We sell our products and services to customers located outside the United States and Canada, and we are continuing to expand our international operations as part of our growth strategy. In fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, $162.1 million, $148.8 million, and $134.6 million of our revenues, respectively, were derived from outside of the United States and Canada. Our current international operations and our plans to expand our international operations subject us to a variety of risks, including:


•	increased management, travel, infrastructure, and legal compliance costs associated with having multiple international operations;


•	unique terms and conditions in contract negotiations imposed by customers in foreign countries;


•	longer payment cycles and difficulties in enforcing contracts and collecting accounts receivable;


•	the need to localize our products and licensing and subscription programs for international customers;


•	lack of familiarity with and unexpected changes in foreign regulatory requirements;


•	increased exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates;


•	the burdens and costs of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and legal standards;


•	compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”), the U.K. Bribery Act and other anti-corruption regulations, particularly in emerging market countries;


•	compliance by international staff with accounting practices generally accepted in the United States, including adherence to our accounting policies and internal controls;


•	import and export license requirements, tariffs, taxes, and other trade barriers;


•	increased financial accounting and reporting burdens and complexities;


•	weaker protection of intellectual property rights in some countries;


•	multiple and possibly overlapping tax regimes;


•	government sanctions that may interfere with our ability to sell into particular countries, such as Russia; and


•	political, social, and economic instability abroad, terrorist attacks, and security concerns in general.

As we continue to expand our business globally, our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international operations. Any of these risks could harm our international operations and reduce our international sales, adversely affecting our business, results of operations, financial condition, and growth prospects.

Our revenues, results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, Euro, British Pound, Japanese Yen, Polish Zloty and Brazilian Real.

The volatility of exchange rates depends on many factors that we cannot forecast with reliable accuracy. Although we believe our operating activities act as a natural hedge for a substantial portion of our foreign currency exposure at the cash flow or operating income level because we typically collect revenues and incur costs in the currency in the location in which we provide our application, our contracts with our customers are long term in nature so it is difficult to predict if our operating activities will provide a natural hedge in the future. In addition, because our contracts are characterized by large annual payments, significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that coincide with annual payments may affect our revenues or financial results in such quarter. Our results of operations may also be impacted by transaction gains or losses related to revaluing certain current asset and liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. Moreover, significant and unforeseen changes in foreign currency exchange rates may cause us to fail to achieve our stated projections for revenue and operating income, which could have an adverse effect on our stock price. We will continue to experience fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which, if material, may harm our revenues or results of operations.

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Privacy concerns could result in regulatory changes and impose additional costs and liabilities on us, limit our use of information, and adversely affect our business.

Our current and predominant business model does not significantly collect and transfer personal information from our customers to us, however, as adoption of our cloud-based services occurs, the amount of customer data we manage, hold and/or collect will increase significantly. In addition, a limited number of our product solutions may collect, process, store, and use transaction-level data aggregated across insurers using our common data model. We anticipate that over time we will expand the use and collection of personal information as greater amounts of such personal information may be transferred from our customers to us and we recognize that personal privacy has become a significant issue in the United States, Europe, and many other jurisdictions where we operate. Many federal, state, and foreign legislatures and government agencies have imposed or are considering imposing restrictions and requirements about the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.

Changes to laws or regulations affecting privacy could impose additional costs and liabilities on us and could limit our use of such information to add value for customers. If we were required to change our business activities or revise or eliminate services, or to implement burdensome compliance measures, our business and results of operations could be harmed. In addition, we may be subject to fines, penalties, and potential litigation if we fail to comply with applicable privacy and/or data security laws, regulations, standards, and other requirements. The costs of compliance with and other burdens imposed by privacy-related laws, regulations, and standards may limit the use and adoption of our product solutions and reduce overall demand.

Furthermore, concerns regarding data privacy and/or security may cause our customers’ customers to resist providing the data and information necessary to allow our customers to use our product solutions effectively. Even the perception that the privacy and/or security of personal information is not satisfactorily managed, or does not meet applicable legal, regulatory, and other requirements, could inhibit sales of our products or services, and could limit adoption of our solutions, resulting in a negative impact on our sales and results from operations.

Privacy concerns in the European Union are evolving and we may face fines and other penalties if we fail to comply with these evolving standards, and compliance with these standards may increase our expenses and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

In the European Community, Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”) has required European Union member states to implement data protection laws to meet the strict privacy requirements of the Directive, which has resulted in changes in previously accepted practices.

Among other changes, EU Commission has formally adopted a new mechanism for the transfer of personal data from the European Union (the “EU”) to the United States, branded the “EU-US Privacy Shield” (“Privacy Shield”). We are currently certified with the U.S. Department of Commerce (“DOC”) to comply with the Privacy Shield a Framework, however, companies will continue to face uncertainty to the extent they operate in both jurisdictions and transfer any Personal Data between the two. If we are investigated by a European data protection authority and found to be out of compliance, we could face fines and other penalties. Any such investigation or charges by European data protection authorities could have a negative effect on our existing business and on our ability to attract and retain new customers.

While we will continue to undertake efforts to conform to current regulatory obligations and evolving best practices, we may be unsuccessful in conforming to means of transferring Personal Data from the EEA. We may also experience hesitancy, reluctance, or refusal by European or multi-national customers to continue to use some of our services due to the potential risk exposure of Personal Data transfers and the current data protection obligations imposed on them by certain data protection authorities. Such customers may also view any alternative approaches to the transfer of any Personal Data as being too costly, too burdensome, or otherwise objectionable, and therefore may decide not to do business with us if the transfer of Personal Data is a necessary requirement.

Though our current and predominant business model does not significantly collect and transfer personal information from our customers to us, the potential transition to more cloud-based services, and the current data protection landscape in the EU may subject us to greater risk of potential inquiries and/or enforcement actions. We may find it necessary to establish alternative systems to maintain Personal Data originating from the EU in the EEA, which may involve substantial expense and may cause us to need to divert resources from other aspects of our business, all of which may adversely affect our results from operations. Further, any inability to adequately address privacy concerns in connection with our cloud-based services, or comply with applicable privacy or data protection laws, regulations and policies, could result in additional cost and liability to us, and adversely affect our ability to offer cloud-based services.

Anticipated further evolution of EU regulations on this topic may increase substantially the penalties to which we could be subject in the event of any non-compliance. We may incur substantial expense in complying with the new obligations to be imposed by new regulations and we may be required to make significant changes to our software applications and expanding business operations, all of which may adversely affect our results of operations.

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The nature of our business requires the application of complex revenue and expense recognition rules that require management to make estimates and assumptions. Additionally, the current legislative and regulatory environment affecting U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is uncertain and significant changes in current principles could affect our financial statements going forward.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources.

While we believe that our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we cannot predict the impact of future changes to accounting principles or our accounting policies on our financial statements going forward. In addition, were we to change our critical accounting estimates, including the timing of recognition of license revenue and other revenue sources, our reported revenues and results of operations could be significantly impacted.

The accounting rules and regulations that we must comply with are complex. Additionally, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") and the Securities and Exchange Commission have focused on the integrity of financial reporting. In addition, many companies' accounting policies are being subject to heightened scrutiny by regulators and the public. Further, the accounting rules and regulations are continually changing in ways that could materially impact our financial statements.

The FASB issued new accounting guidance on revenue recognition that becomes effective for us beginning August 1, 2018. The standard permits the use of either the full retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We currently intend to select the cumulative effect transition method. While we continue to evaluate the impact this guidance will have on our financial condition and results of operations, any change in how we recognize revenues can have a significant impact on our quarterly or annual financial results from operations. In order to reduce the risk of financial statement volatility, we revised our contracting practices primarily by shortening the initial non-refundable term of our licenses. If we are unsuccessful in adapting our business to the requirements of the new revenue standard, or if changes to our go-to-market strategy create new risks, then we may experience greater volatility in our quarterly and annual results, which may cause our stock price to decline. In addition to greater volatility, the application of this new standard may result in the exclusion of a portion of the licensing revenues from contracts in effect prior to the adoption date, which, despite no change in associated cash flows, could have a material adverse effect on our recognized revenues and net income.

If we fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in the future, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected.

Preparing our consolidated financial statements involves a number of complex manual and automated processes, which are dependent upon individual data input or review and require significant management judgment. One or more of these elements may result in errors that may not be detected and could result in a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) requires, among other things, that as a publicly-traded company we disclose whether our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

If a material misstatement occurs in the future, we may fail to meet our future reporting obligations. For example, we may fail to file periodic reports in a timely manner or may need to restate our financial results, either of which may cause the price of our common stock to decline. Any failure of our internal controls could also adversely affect the results of the periodic management evaluations and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting that are required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to helping prevent financial fraud. Furthermore, transition in enterprise resource planning or other major operational systems could impact the timely generation of our financial statements. In fiscal 2017, we began implementing a new financial management system, as well as applications to help us manage the recognition of our revenues under a new standard. In November 2017, we completed the implementation of the new system and are continuing efforts towards implementation of other accounting systems, including a revenue reporting system. We currently anticipate completing implementation of these applications by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018. As a result of implementing this new system or otherwise, we cannot provide timely reliable financial reports, our business and results of operations could be harmed, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, and the trading price of our stock could drop significantly.

If tax laws change or we experience adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income tax returns, it could adversely affect our results of operations.

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We are subject to federal, state, and local income taxes in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. Our future effective tax rates and the value of our deferred tax assets could be adversely affected by changes in tax laws including impacts of the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the consequences of which have not yet been fully determined. In addition, we are subject to the examination of our income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from such examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes. Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes. Although we believe we have made appropriate provisions for taxes in the jurisdictions in which we operate, changes in the tax laws or challenges from tax authorities under existing tax laws could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We may not be able to obtain capital when desired on favorable terms, if at all, and we may not be able to obtain capital or complete acquisitions through the use of equity without dilution to our stockholders.

We may need additional financing to execute on our current or future business strategies, including to develop new or enhance existing products and services, acquire businesses and technologies, or otherwise to respond to competitive pressures.

If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders could be significantly diluted, and newly-issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing stockholders. If we accumulate additional funds through debt financing, a substantial portion of our operating cash flow may be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such indebtedness, thus limiting funds available for our business activities. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, when we desire them, our ability to fund our operations, take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance our products and services, or otherwise respond to competitive pressures would be significantly limited. Any of these factors could harm our results of operations.

Our business is subject to the risks of earthquakes, fire, floods and other natural catastrophic events, and to interruption by man-made problems such as computer viruses.

Our corporate headquarters and the majority of our operations are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, a region known for seismic activity. A significant natural disaster, such as an earthquake, tsunami, fire or a flood, could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, our information technology systems are vulnerable to computer viruses, break-ins and similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering. To the extent that such disruptions result in delays or cancellations of customer orders or collections, or the deployment of our products, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Our stock price may be volatile, which could result in securities class action litigation against us.

The market price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to, among other things, the risk factors described in this report, and other factors beyond our control, such as fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us and research analyst coverage about our business.

Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions, such as recessions, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, have and may continue to affect the market price of our common stock.

In the past, many companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may become the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.

We currently do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, your only opportunity to achieve a return on your investment is if the price of our common stock appreciates.

We currently do not plan to declare dividends on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future. Consequently, the only opportunity to achieve a return on investment in our company will be if the market price of our common stock appreciates and shares are sold at a profit.

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law could prevent a takeover that stockholders consider favorable and could also reduce the market price of our stock.

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Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions may also prevent or delay attempts by stockholders to replace or remove our current management or members of our board of directors. These provisions include:


•	providing for a classified board of directors with staggered three-year terms, which could delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors;


•	not providing for cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;


•	authorizing our board of directors to issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock rights senior to those of common stock, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer;


•	prohibiting stockholder action by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders;


•	limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders, which could delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors; and


•	requiring advance notification of stockholder nominations and proposals, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

The affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66²/3% of our shares of capital stock entitled to vote is generally necessary to amend or repeal the above provisions that are contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Also, absent approval of our board of directors, our amended and restated bylaws may only be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 50% of our shares of capital stock entitled to vote.

In addition, we are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. These provisions may prohibit large stockholders, in particular those owning 15% or more of our outstanding common stock, from engaging in certain business combinations without approval of substantially all of our stockholders for a certain period of time.

These and other provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and under Delaware law could discourage potential takeover attempts, reduce the price that investors might be willing to pay for shares of our common stock in the future and result in the market price being lower than it would be without these provisions.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Servicing our indebtedness requires a significant amount of cash. We may not have sufficient cash flow from our business to pay our substantial indebtedness, and we may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle for cash conversions of the 2025 Notes or to repurchase the 2025 Notes upon a fundamental change, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

As of April 30, 2018, we had outstanding an aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million of our 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). Our substantial consolidated indebtedness may increase our vulnerability to any generally adverse economic and industry conditions, and we and our subsidiaries may, subject to the limitations in the terms of our existing and future indebtedness, incur additional debt, secure existing or future debt or recapitalize our debt. If we incur additional indebtedness, the risks related to our business and our ability to service or repay our indebtedness would increase.

Pursuant to their terms, holders may convert their 2025 Notes at their option prior to the scheduled maturities of their 2025 Notes under certain circumstances. Upon conversion of the 2025 Notes, unless we elect to deliver solely shares of our common stock to settle such conversion (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we will be obligated to make cash payments in respect of the 2025 Notes being converted. In addition, holders of our 2025 Notes will have the right to require us to repurchase their 2025 Notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the fundamental change purchase date. Although it is our intention and we currently expect to have the ability to settle the 2025 Notes in cash, there is a risk that we may not have enough available cash or be able to obtain financing at the time we are required to make repurchases of 2025 Notes surrendered therefor or 2025 Notes being converted. In addition, our ability to make payments may be limited by law, by regulatory authority or by agreements governing our future indebtedness. Our failure to repurchase 2025 Notes at a time when the repurchase is required by the Indenture or to pay any cash payable on future conversions of the 2025 Notes as required by such Indenture would constitute a default under such Indenture. A default under the Indenture or the fundamental change itself could also lead to a default under agreements governing our future indebtedness. If the repayment of the related indebtedness were to be accelerated after any applicable notice or grace periods, we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness and repurchase the 2025 Notes or make cash payments upon conversions thereof.

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Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal and interest on our indebtedness when due or to make payments upon conversion or repurchase demands with respect to our 2025 Notes, or to refinance our indebtedness as we may need or desire, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control. Our business may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future sufficient to satisfy our obligations under our existing indebtedness, and any future indebtedness we may incur, and to make necessary capital expenditures. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as reducing or delaying investments or capital expenditures, selling assets, refinancing or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance existing or future indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms or at all, which could result in a default on our existing or future indebtedness and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The conditional conversion feature of the 2025 Notes, if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

In the event the conditional conversion feature of the notes is triggered, holders of our 2025 Notes will be entitled to convert the 2025 Notes at any time during specified periods at their option. If one or more holders elect to convert their 2025 Notes, unless we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we would be required to settle a portion or all of our conversion obligation through the payment of cash, which could adversely affect our liquidity. In addition, even if holders do not elect to convert their 2025 Notes, we could be required under applicable accounting rules to reclassify all or a portion of the outstanding principal of the notes as a current rather than long-term liability, which would result in a material reduction of our net working capital.

Transactions relating to our 2025 Notes may affect the value of our common stock.

The conversion of some or all of the 2025 Notes would dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders to the extent we satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering shares of our common stock upon any conversion of such 2025 Notes. Our 2025 Notes may become in the future convertible at the option of their holders under certain circumstances. If holders of our 2025 Notes elect to convert their notes, we may settle our conversion obligation by delivering to them a significant number of shares of our common stock, which would cause dilution to our existing stockholders.

In connection with the issuance of the 2025 Notes, we entered into capped call transactions with certain financial institutions (the “option counterparties”). The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to our common stock upon any conversion of the notes and/or offset any cash payments we are required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap.

From time to time, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivative transactions with respect to our common stock and/or purchasing or selling our common stock or other securities of ours in secondary market transactions prior to the maturity of the 2025 Notes. This activity could cause a decrease in the market price of our common stock.

The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash, such as the notes, could have a material effect on our reported financial results.

Under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, which we refer to as ASC 470-20, an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments (such as the 2025 Notes) that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. ASC 470-20 requires the value of the conversion option of the 2025 Notes, representing the equity component, to be recorded as additional paid-in capital within stockholders’ equity in our consolidated balance sheet as an original issue discount to the 2025 Notes, which reduces their initial carrying value. The carrying value of the 2025 Notes, net of the discount recorded, will be accreted up to the principal amount of the notes from the issuance date until maturity, which will result in non-cash charges to interest expense in our consolidated statement of operations. Accordingly, we will report lower net income or higher net loss in our financial results because ASC 470-20 requires interest to include both the current period’s accretion of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results, the trading price of our common stock and the trading price of the 2025 Notes.

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In addition, under certain circumstances, convertible debt instruments (such as the 2025 Notes) that may be settled entirely or partly in cash are currently accounted for utilizing the treasury stock method, the effect of which is that the shares issuable upon conversion of the 2025 Notes are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except to the extent that the conversion value of the 2025 Notes exceeds their principal amount. Under the treasury stock method, for diluted earnings per share purposes, the transaction is accounted for as if the number of shares of common stock that would be necessary to settle such excess, if we elected to settle such excess in shares, are issued. If we are unable to use the treasury stock method in accounting for the shares issuable upon conversion of the 2025 Notes, then our diluted earnings per share would be adversely affected.

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ITEM 6.	Exhibits

The exhibits listed below are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Report.



Exhibit Number	Description	Incorporated by Reference From Form	Incorporated by Reference From Exhibit Number	Date Filed
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation	10-Q	3.1	March 14, 2012
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws	8-K	3.1	December 5, 2016
4.1	Form of Common Stock certificate of the Registrant	S-1/A	4.1	January 9, 2012
4.2	Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2018, by and between Guidewire Software, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association	8-K	4.1	March 13, 2018
4.3	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2018, by and between Guidewire Software, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association	8-K	4.2	March 13, 2018
4.4	Form of 1.250% Convertible Senior Note Due March 15, 2025	8-K	4.3	March 13, 2018
10.1	Form of Capped Call Confirmation	8-K	10.1	March 13, 2018
31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act	Filed herewith
31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act	Filed herewith
32.1*	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act	Furnished herewith
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document	Filed herewith
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	Filed herewith
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	Filed herewith
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document	Filed herewith
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document	Filed herewith
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document	Filed herewith

The certifications furnished in Exhibit 32.1 hereto are deemed to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

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SIGNATURES

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



Date:	June 5, 2018	GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC.

		By:	/s/ Curtis Smith
			Curtis Smith
			Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)