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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
 
x Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended: September 30, 2015
 
¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number: 1-33026 
 
Commvault Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
22-3447504
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
1 Commvault Way
Tinton Falls, New Jersey
 
07724
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(732) 870-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by the Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such 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 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 “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
o  (Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x
As of October 28, 2015, there were 45,308,506 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.

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COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
FORM 10-Q
INDEX
 
 
 
Page
Part I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements and Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item 5.
Item 6.
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 31.1
 
Exhibit 31.2
 
Exhibit 32.1
 
Exhibit 32.2
 


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Commvault Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
September 30,
2015
 
March 31,
2015
 
 
 
 
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
327,204

 
$
337,673

Short-term investments
 
72,806

 
49,936

Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $98 at September 30, 2015 and $104 at March 31, 2015
 
86,367

 
117,716

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
19,745

 
20,084

Deferred tax assets, net
 
17,888

 
16,142

Total current assets
 
524,010

 
541,551

Deferred tax assets, net
 
27,798

 
24,903

Property and equipment, net
 
138,064

 
140,208

Other assets
 
6,992

 
6,804

Total assets
 
$
696,864

 
$
713,466

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
1,178

 
$
860

Accrued liabilities
 
62,987

 
72,757

Deferred revenue
 
179,635

 
184,312

Total current liabilities
 
243,800

 
257,929

Deferred revenue, less current portion
 
44,812

 
45,423

Other liabilities
 
3,897

 
3,104

Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
 

 

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 50,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015
 
—

 
—

Common stock, $0.01 par value: 250,000 shares authorized, 45,126 shares and 45,122 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively
 
451

 
451

Additional paid-in capital
 
575,232

 
539,565

Accumulated deficit
 
(162,144
)
 
(125,502
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(9,184
)
 
(7,504
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
404,355

 
407,010

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
696,864

 
$
713,466

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Commvault Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2015

2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Software
 
$
57,567

 
$
69,415

 
$
114,060

 
$
141,473

Services
 
83,175

 
81,729

 
165,805

 
162,314

Total revenues
 
140,742

 
151,144

 
279,865

 
303,787

Cost of revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Software
 
528

 
657

 
1,065

 
1,247

Services
 
20,411

 
19,629

 
40,421

 
39,966

Total cost of revenues
 
20,939

 
20,286

 
41,486

 
41,213

Gross margin
 
119,803

 
130,858

 
238,379

 
262,574

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and marketing
 
85,842

 
83,697

 
171,624

 
164,008

Research and development
 
16,135

 
15,835

 
32,913

 
30,875

General and administrative
 
19,906

 
18,742

 
39,715

 
35,247

Depreciation and amortization
 
2,474

 
1,680

 
4,936

 
3,326

Total operating expenses
 
124,357

 
119,954

 
249,188

 
233,456

Income (loss) from operations
 
(4,554
)
 
10,904

 
(10,809
)
 
29,118

Interest expense
 
(234
)
 
(218
)
 
(458
)
 
(218
)
Interest income
 
199

 
195

 
380

 
390

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(4,589
)
 
10,881

 
(10,887
)
 
29,290

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
4,647

 
4,385

 
(351
)
 
10,065

Net income (loss)
 
$
(9,236
)
 
$
6,496

 
$
(10,536
)
 
$
19,225

Net income (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
(0.20
)
 
$
0.14

 
$
(0.23
)
 
$
0.42

Diluted
 
$
(0.20
)
 
$
0.14

 
$
(0.23
)
 
$
0.40

Weighted average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
45,437

 
45,437

 
45,361

 
45,750

Diluted
 
45,437

 
47,166

 
45,361

 
47,536

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Commvault Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Net income (loss)
 
$
(9,236
)
 
$
6,496

 
$
(10,536
)
 
$
19,225

Other comprehensive income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
(2,444
)
 
(2,162
)
 
(1,680
)
 
(1,421
)
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(11,680
)
 
$
4,334

 
$
(12,216
)
 
$
17,804

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Commvault Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid – In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Total
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
Balance as of March 31, 2015
 
45,122

 
$
451

 
$
539,565

 
$
(125,502
)
 
$
(7,504
)
 
$
407,010

Stock-based compensation
 
 
 
 
 
30,289

 
 
 
 
 
30,289

Tax benefits relating to stock-based payments
 
 
 
 
 
4,099

 
 
 
 
 
4,099

Share issuances related to stock-based compensation
 
916

 
9

 
7,968

 
 
 
 
 
7,977

Repurchase of common stock
 
(912
)
 
(9
)
 
(6,689
)
 
(26,106
)
 
 
 
(32,804
)
Net loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(10,536
)
 
 
 
(10,536
)
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,680
)
 
(1,680
)
Balance as of September 30, 2015
 
45,126

 
$
451

 
$
575,232

 
$
(162,144
)
 
$
(9,184
)
 
$
404,355

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Commvault Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(10,536
)
 
$
19,225

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
5,716

 
3,446

Noncash stock-based compensation
 
30,289

 
29,487

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
 
(5,899
)
 
(3,387
)
Deferred income taxes
 
(4,527
)
 
(465
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Trade accounts receivable
 
31,359

 
16,188

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
(4,807
)
 
(7,762
)
Other assets
 
(400
)
 
(105
)
Accounts payable
 
(36
)
 
313

Accrued liabilities
 
(5,860
)
 
(1,011
)
Deferred revenue
 
(4,028
)
 
13,309

Other liabilities
 
198

 
(1,612
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
31,469

 
67,626

Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
Purchase of short-term investments
 
(47,849
)
 
(43,976
)
Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments
 
24,979

 
18,983

Purchases for corporate campus headquarters
 
(2,111
)
 
(35,426
)
Purchase of property and equipment
 
(3,115
)
 
(2,456
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(28,096
)
 
(62,875
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
Repurchase of common stock
 
(24,991
)
 
(105,085
)
Debt issuance costs
 
—

 
(1,175
)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
7,977

 
10,517

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
 
5,899

 
3,387

Net cash used in financing activities
 
(11,115
)
 
(92,356
)
Effects of exchange rate — changes in cash
 
(2,727
)
 
(5,554
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(10,469
)
 
(93,159
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
337,673

 
457,733

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
327,204

 
$
364,574

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
 
 
 
 
Purchases for corporate campus headquarters in accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
—

 
$
4,659

Repurchase of common stock in accrued expenses
 
$
7,813

 
$
—

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements


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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited
(In thousands, except per share data)
1.    Basis of Presentation
Commvault Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Commvault” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of data and information management software applications and related services. The Company develops, markets and sells a suite of software applications and services, primarily in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, that provides its customers with high-performance data protection, including backup and recovery; data migration and archiving; snapshot management and replication of data; integrated source, and target data deduplication; eDiscovery and compliance solutions; self-service access; a secure virtual repository using Simpana ContentStore; enterprise-wide search capabilities; protection, recovery and discovery of data in virtual server and cloud environments; and robust built-in analytics and troubleshooting tools. The Company’s unified suite of data and information management software applications, which is sold under the Simpana brand, shares an underlying architecture that has been developed to minimize the cost and complexity of managing data on globally distributed and networked storage infrastructures. The Company also provides its customers with a broad range of professional and customer support services.
The consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2015 and for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are unaudited, and in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2015. The results reported in these financial statements should not necessarily be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year.
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make judgments and estimates that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the Company’s balance sheets and the amounts of revenues and expenses reported for each of its periods presented are affected by estimates and assumptions, which are used for, but not limited to, the accounting for revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, income taxes and related reserves, stock-based compensation and accounting for research and development costs. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no significant changes in the Company’s accounting policies during the six months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015.
Revenue Recognition
The Company derives revenues from two primary sources: software licenses and services. Services include customer support, consulting, assessment and design services, installation services and training. A typical sales arrangement includes both licenses and services.
For sales arrangements involving multiple elements, the Company recognizes revenue using the residual method. Under the residual method, the Company allocates and defers revenue for the undelivered elements based on fair value and recognizes the difference between the total arrangement fee and the amount deferred for the undelivered elements as revenue. The determination of fair value of the undelivered elements in multiple-element arrangements is based on the price charged when such elements are sold separately, which is commonly referred to as vendor-specific objective-evidence, or VSOE.

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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


The Company’s software licenses typically provide for a perpetual right to use the Company’s software and are sold on a per terabyte basis, on a per-copy basis, as site licenses or as a solution set. Software licenses sold on a capacity basis provide the customer with unlimited licenses of specified software products based on a defined level of terabytes of data under management. Site licenses give the customer the additional right to deploy the software on a limited basis during a specified term. Solution sets are generally sold on a per unit basis such as per virtual machine for our virtual machine backup, recovery and cloud management solution set; per mailbox for our email archive solution set and per user for our endpoint data protection solution set.
The Company recognizes software revenue through direct sales channels upon receipt of a purchase order or other persuasive evidence and when all other basic revenue recognition criteria are met as described below. The Company recognizes software revenue through all indirect sales channels on a sell-through model. A sell-through model requires that the Company recognize revenue when the basic revenue recognition criteria are met as described below and these channels complete the sale of the Company’s software products to the end-user. Revenue from software licenses sold through an original equipment manufacturer partner is recognized upon the receipt of a royalty report or purchase order from that original equipment manufacturer partner.
Services revenue includes revenue from customer support and other professional services. Customer support includes software updates on a when-and-if-available basis, telephone support, integrated web-based support and bug fixes or patches. Customer support revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the customer support agreement, which is typically one year. To determine the price for the customer support element when sold separately, the Company primarily uses historical renewal rates. Historical renewal rates are supported by performing an analysis in which the Company segregates its customer support renewal contracts into different classes based on specific criteria including, but not limited to, the dollar amount of the software purchased, the level of customer support being provided and the distribution channel. As a result of this analysis, the Company has concluded that it has established VSOE for the different classes of customer support when the support is sold as part of a multiple-element sales arrangement. The Company’s determination of fair value for customer support has not changed for the periods presented.
The Company’s other professional services include consulting services, implementation and post-deployment services and education services. Other professional services provided by the Company are not mandatory and can also be performed by the customer or a third-party. In addition to a signed purchase order, the Company’s consulting services and implementation and post-deployment services are, in some cases, evidenced by a Statement of Work, which defines the specific scope of such services to be performed when sold and performed on a stand-alone basis or included in multiple-element sales arrangements. Revenues from consulting services and implementation and post-deployment services are based upon a daily or weekly rate and are recognized when the services are completed. Education services include courses taught by the Company’s instructors or third-party contractors either at one of the Company’s facilities or at the customer’s site. Education services fees are recognized as revenue after the course has been provided. Based on the Company’s analysis of such other professional services transactions sold on a stand-alone basis, the Company has concluded it has established VSOE for such other professional services when sold in connection with a multiple-element sales arrangement. The Company generally performs its other professional services within 90 days of entering into an agreement. The Company’s determination of fair value for other professional services has not changed for the periods presented.
The Company has analyzed all of the undelivered elements included in its multiple-element sales arrangements and determined that VSOE of fair value exists to allocate revenues to services. Accordingly, assuming all basic revenue recognition criteria are met, software revenue is recognized upon delivery of the software license using the residual method.
The Company considers the four basic revenue recognition criteria for each of the elements as follows:
 
•
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement with the customer exists. The Company’s customary practice is to require a purchase order and, in some cases, a written contract signed by both the customer and the Company, or other persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists prior to recognizing revenue related to an arrangement.


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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


•
Delivery or performance has occurred. The Company’s software applications are either physically or electronically delivered to customers with standard transfer terms such as FOB shipping point. Software and/or software license keys for add-on orders or software updates are typically delivered in an electronic format. If products that are essential to the functionality of the delivered software in an arrangement have not been delivered, the Company does not consider delivery to have occurred. Services revenue is recognized when the services are completed, except for customer support, which is recognized ratably over the term of the customer support agreement, which is typically one year.

•
Vendor’s fee is fixed or determinable. The fee customers pay for software applications, customer support and other professional services is negotiated at the outset of a sales arrangement. The fees are therefore considered to be fixed or determinable at the inception of the arrangement. The Company evaluates instances when extended payment terms are granted to determine if revenue should be deferred until payment becomes due.

•
Collection is probable. Probability of collection is assessed on a customer-by-customer basis. Each new customer undergoes a credit review process to evaluate its financial position and ability to pay. If the Company determines from the outset of an arrangement that collection is not probable based upon the review process, revenue is recognized at the earlier of when cash is collected or when sufficient credit becomes available, assuming all of the other basic revenue recognition criteria are met.
The Company’s sales arrangements generally do not include acceptance clauses. However, if an arrangement does include an acceptance clause, revenue for such an arrangement is deferred and recognized upon acceptance. Acceptance occurs upon the earliest of receipt of a written customer acceptance, waiver of customer acceptance or expiration of the acceptance period.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company grants credit to customers in a wide variety of industries worldwide and generally does not require collateral. Credit losses relating to these customers have been minimal.
Sales through the Company’s distribution agreement with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, Inc. (“Arrow”) totaled 37% and 34% of total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Arrow accounted for approximately 43% of total accounts receivable as of September 30, 2015 and 41% of total accounts receivable as of March 31, 2015.
The Company has an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Hitachi Data Systems ("HDS") for them to market, sell and support our software applications and services on a stand-alone basis and/or incorporate our software applications into their own hardware products. HDS accounted for 11% of total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenues represent amounts collected from, or invoiced to, customers in excess of revenues recognized. This results primarily from the billing of annual customer support agreements and billings for other professional services fees that have not yet been performed by the Company, and receipt of license fees that are deferred due to one or more of the revenue recognition criteria not being met. The value of deferred revenues will increase or decrease based on the timing of invoices and recognition of revenue. The Company expenses internal direct and incremental costs related to contract acquisition and origination as incurred.

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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


Deferred revenue consists of the following:
 
 
September 30,
2015
 
March 31,
2015
Current:
 
 
 
 
Deferred software revenue
 
$
1,181

 
$
1,305

Deferred services revenue
 
178,454

 
183,007

 
 
$
179,635

 
$
184,312

Non-current:
 

 

Deferred services revenue
 
$
44,812

 
$
45,423

Total Deferred Revenue
 
$
224,447

 
$
229,735

Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. The Company’s cash equivalents balance consists primarily of money market funds. The Company’s short-term investments balance consists of U.S. Treasury Bills with maturities of one year or less. The Company accounts for its short-term investments as held to maturity.
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for such asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value should maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. To measure fair value, the Company uses the following fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable:
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
The following table summarizes the composition of the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value at September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015:
September 30, 2015
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Cash equivalents
 
$
181,577

 
—

 
—

 
$
181,577

Short-term investments
 
$
—

 
72,865

 
—

 
$
72,865

March 31, 2015
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Cash equivalents
 
$
204,939

 
—

 
—

 
$
204,939

Short-term investments
 
$
—

 
49,955

 
—

 
$
49,955


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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)." This amendment provides principles for recognizing revenue for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers with the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will apply to the Company in fiscal 2019 with early adoption allowable in fiscal 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the accounting, transition and disclosure requirements of the standard and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption.
There have been no other accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted by the Company which are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
3.    Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following:
 
 
September 30,
 
March 31,
 
 
2015
 
2015
Land
 
$
9,445

 
$
9,445

Buildings
 
103,054

 
102,880

Computers, servers and other equipment
 
34,953

 
33,914

Furniture and fixtures
 
14,676

 
14,399

Leasehold improvements
 
6,082

 
4,621

Purchased software
 
2,610

 
2,463

Construction in process
 
193

 
619

 
 
$
171,013

 
$
168,341

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
(32,949
)
 
(28,133
)
 
 
$
138,064

 
$
140,208

The Company recorded depreciation and amortization expense of $5,590 and $3,387 for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
4.    Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, vesting of restricted stock units and shares to be purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The dilutive effect of such potential common shares is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method.

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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2015

2014
 
2015

2014
Net income (loss)
 
$
(9,236
)
 
$
6,496

 
$
(10,536
)
 
$
19,225

Basic net income (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
45,437

 
45,437

 
45,361

 
45,750

Basic net income (loss) per common share
 
$
(0.20
)
 
$
0.14

 
$
(0.23
)
 
$
0.42

Diluted net income (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
 
45,437

 
45,437

 
45,361

 
45,750

Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock units, performance stock options, performance restricted stock units and employee stock purchase plan
 
—

 
1,729

 
—

 
1,786

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
 
45,437

 
47,166

 
45,361

 
47,536

Diluted net income (loss) per common share
 
$
(0.20
)
 
$
0.14

 
$
(0.23
)
 
$
0.40

The diluted weighted average shares outstanding in the table above exclude outstanding stock options, restricted stock units, performance stock options, performance restricted stock units and shares to be purchased under the employee stock purchase plan totaling approximately 7,850 and 2,874 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 8,012 and 2,807 for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.
5.    Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of its business, the Company may be involved in various claims, negotiations and legal actions. As of September 30, 2015, the Company is not aware of any asserted or unasserted claims, negotiations and legal actions for which a loss is considered reasonably possible of occurring and would require disclosure under the guidance.
On September 10, 2014, a purported class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer.  The case is captioned In re Commvault Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation (Master File No. 3:14-cv-05628-MAS-LHG).  The suit alleges that the defendants made materially false and misleading statements, or failed to disclose material facts, regarding our financial results, business, operations and prospects in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.  The suit asserts claims covering an alleged class period from May 7, 2013 through April 24, 2014.  It is purportedly brought on behalf of purchasers of our common stock during that period, and seeks compensatory damages, costs and expenses, as well as equitable or other relief. Lead plaintiff, the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, was appointed on January 12, 2015, and on March 18, 2015, an amended complaint was filed by the plaintiffs. Defendants filed their motion to dismiss the complaint on May 26, 2015, and the plaintiff’s filed their opposition brief on July 1, 2015. The Company's reply was filed on August 24, 2015 and a hearing on the motion to dismiss was held on October 13, 2015 but a ruling regarding the motion to dismiss has not been made. The Company believes that the suit is without merit and intends to defend itself and its officers vigorously. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter and cannot currently estimate a range of any possible losses that it may experience. Accordingly, the Company is unable at this time to estimate the effects of this lawsuit on its financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. As of September 30, 2015 the Company has not recorded a reserve for this matter.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


6.    Revolving Credit Facility
On June 30, 2014, the Company entered into a five-year $250,000 revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility is available for share repurchases, general corporate purposes, and letters of credit. The Credit Facility contains financial maintenance covenants including a leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods. The Credit Facility also limits the Company's ability to incur certain additional indebtedness, create or permit liens on assets, make acquisitions, make investments, loans or advances, sell or transfer assets, pay dividends or distributions, and engage in certain transactions with foreign affiliates. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.50% subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. The unused balance on the Credit Facility is also subject to a 0.25% annual interest charge subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. As of September 30, 2015, there were no borrowings under the Credit Facility and the Company was in compliance with all covenants.
The Company has deferred the expense related to debt issuance costs, which are classified as Other Assets, and will amortize the costs into interest expense over the term of the Credit Facility. Unamortized amounts at September 30, 2015 were $946. The amortization of debt issuance costs was $63 and $126 in the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and is included in Interest expense.
7.    Capitalization
During the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, the Company repurchased $32,804 of common stock (912 shares) of which $7,813 was included in accrued expenses as of September 30, 2015 and paid in October. As of September 30, 2015, $67,197 remained in the stock repurchase authorization.
Subsequent Event
On October 22, 2015, the Board of Directors extended the expiration date of the share repurchase program to March 31, 2017 and authorized an increase to the existing share repurchase program so that $150,000 is now available.
8.    Stock Plans
The following table presents the stock-based compensation expense included in Cost of services revenue, Sales and marketing, Research and development and General and administrative expenses for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Stock-based compensation is attributable to stock options, restricted stock units, performance based awards and the employee stock purchase plan.
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Cost of services revenue
 
$
719

 
$
732

 
$
1,388

 
$
1,401

Sales and marketing
 
6,440

 
6,568

 
13,040

 
12,744

Research and development
 
1,531

 
1,403

 
3,075

 
2,717

General and administrative
 
6,378

 
6,369

 
12,786

 
12,625

Stock-based compensation expense
 
$
15,068

 
$
15,072

 
$
30,289

 
$
29,487

As of September 30, 2015, there was approximately $96,288 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested stock option and restricted stock unit awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.28 years. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate is different from what the Company has estimated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from the Company’s current estimate.

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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


Stock Options
Stock Option activity for the six months ended September 30, 2015 is as follows:
Options
 
Number
of
Options
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2015
 
6,805

 
$
40.89

 

 

Options granted
 
109

 
42.83

 

 

Options exercised
 
(594
)
 
6.46

 

 

Options forfeited
 
(57
)
 
57.16

 

 

Options expired
 
(61
)
 
65.49

 

 

Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
 
6,202

 
$
43.83

 
6.13
 
$
35,077

Vested or expected to vest as of September 30, 2015
 
6,128

 
$
43.59

 
6.09
 
$
35,077

Exercisable as of September 30, 2015
 
4,062

 
$
35.66

 
4.96
 
$
35,077

The weighted average fair value of stock options granted was $13.75 and $15.47 per option during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, and $21.85 per option and $21.22 per option during the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $13,650 and $19,974 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and $3,682 and $10,945 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The Company’s policy is to issue new shares upon exercise of options as the Company does not hold shares in treasury.
The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015

2014
Dividend yield
None
 
None
 
None
 
None
Expected volatility
39-43%
 
43-47%
 
39-43%
 
43-47%
Weighted average expected volatility
40%
 
46%
 
41%
 
46%
Risk-free interest rates
1.61-1.63%
 
1.58%-2.18%
 
1.34%-1.75%
 
1.57%-2.18%
Weighted average expected life (in years)
4.6
 
5.5
 
4.6
 
5.2
Restricted Stock Units
Restricted stock unit activity for the six months ended September 30, 2015 is as follows:
Non-vested Restricted Stock Units
Number of
Awards
 
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Non-vested as of March 31, 2015
1,388

 
$
57.04

Awarded
197

 
41.41

Vested
(192
)
 
43.21

Forfeited
(71
)
 
55.07

Non-vested as of September 30, 2015
1,322

 
$
54.23


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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


The weighted average fair value of restricted stock units awarded was $39.58 and $41.41 per unit during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, and $51.24 per unit and $51.56 per unit during the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.
Performance Based Awards
On March 31, 2015, the Company’s CEO was granted 48 performance stock options (“PSO”) and 24 performance restricted stock units (“PSU”). The vesting of these awards is contingent upon the Company meeting certain fiscal 2016 revenue and earnings targets. The PSOs only vest if the Company meets a threshold against fiscal 2016 revenue and earnings targets. The amount of PSUs that can ultimately vest is based on a sliding scale of achievement against fiscal 2016 revenue and earnings targets. The PSOs and PSUs are also subject to a service period of approximately 3.5 years, vesting quarterly over this period, subject to a cumulative vesting catch-up after the fiscal 2016 results measurement date.
The fair value of the PSOs and PSUs was measured in the same manner as the Company’s non-performance based awards. Compensation cost related to the PSOs and PSUs for which it is probable vesting will occur is recognized over the 3.5 year service period based on the accelerated method which recognizes a larger portion of the expense during the beginning of the vesting period than in the end of the vesting period. The total expense associated with these awards for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 was $40 and $186, respectively. These awards have not been included in the roll forwards above. The PSOs and PSUs are being accounted for as equity awards.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) is a shareholder approved plan under which substantially all employees may purchase the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market values of the stock as of the beginning or the end of six-month offering periods. An employee’s payroll deductions under the Purchase Plan are limited to 10% of the employee’s salary and employees may not purchase more than $25 of stock during any calendar year. As of September 30, 2015, 2,776 shares were reserved for future issuance under the Purchase Plan. The Purchase Plan is considered compensatory and the fair value of the discount and look back provision are estimated using the Black-Scholes formula and recognized over the six month withholding period prior to purchase.  The total expense associated with the Purchase Plan was $520 and $1,196 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and $767 and $1,376 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2014. As of September 30, 2015, there was approximately $882 of unrecognized cost related to the current purchase period of our Purchase Plan.
9.    Income Taxes
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $4,647 and income tax benefit was $351 in the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. The effective rate of the income tax benefit in the six month period is lower than the federal statutory rate due to the impact of unfavorable permanent differences.
Income tax expense was $4,385 and $10,065 in the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, respectively with effective tax rate of 34% in the six months ended September 30, 2014. The effective rate of 34% in the six months ended September 30, 2014 is lower than the federal statutory rate due to the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits and tax benefits from foreign tax credits and domestic production activities deductions. These benefits were partially offset by state income taxes and permanent differences in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions.

 


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Commvault Systems, Inc
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)
(In thousands, except per share data)


Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The calculation of the Company’s tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations in each of its tax jurisdictions. The number of years with open tax audits varies depending on the tax jurisdiction. A number of years may lapse before a particular matter is audited and finally resolved. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Balance as of March 31, 2015
$
2,005

Additions for tax positions related to fiscal 2016
60

Additions for tax positions related to prior years
—

Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities and remeasurements
—

Reductions related to the expiration of statutes of limitations
—

Foreign currency translation adjustment
11

Balance as of September 30, 2015
$
2,076

All of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits would favorably impact the effective tax rate if they were recognized. Components of the reserve are classified as either current or long-term in the Consolidated Balance Sheet based on when the Company expects each of the items to be settled. Unrecognized tax benefits and the related accrued interest and penalties totaling $2,119 are recorded as Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, of which $392 represents interest and penalties. The Company also has unrecognized tax benefits and related accrued interest and penalties totaling $388 as a reduction of Deferred Tax Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, of which $39 represents interest and penalties.
Other Tax Items
Excess tax benefits related to share-based payments are credited to equity. When determining this excess tax benefit, the Company elected to follow the tax law approach. As a result, the Company’s excess tax benefit which was recorded to equity was approximately $4,099 and $3,388 for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The Company conducts business globally and as a result, files income tax returns in the United States and in various state and foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom. The Company's French branch of its Netherlands subsidiary is currently under audit for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 through March 31, 2014 by the French tax authorities. The years subject to income tax examination in the Company’s foreign jurisdictions cover the maximum time period with respect to these jurisdictions. Due to net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards, in some cases the tax years continue to remain subject to examination with respect to such NOLs.
   

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Item 2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis along with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The statements in this discussion regarding our expectations of our future performance, liquidity and capital resources, and other non-historical statements are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements.
Overview
We are a leading provider of data and information management software applications and related services in terms of product breadth and functionality and market penetration. We develop, market and sell a unified suite of data and information management software applications under the Simpana® brand. Simpana software is built from the ground up on a single platform and unified code base for integrated data and information management. The Simpana platform contains licensable modules that work together seamlessly, sharing a single code and common function set to deliver Backup and Recovery, Archive, Replication, eDiscovery and Analytic capabilities across physical, virtual and cloud environments. With a single platform approach, Simpana software is specifically designed to protect, manage and access data throughout its lifecycle in less time, at lower cost and with fewer resources than alternative solutions. Our product features and capabilities enable our customers to deploy solutions for data protection, business continuance, corporate compliance and centralized management and reporting. We also provide our customers with a broad range of professional services that are delivered by our worldwide support and field operations. As of September 30, 2015, we had licensed our software applications to approximately 22,000 registered customers.
Our software licenses typically provide for a perpetual right to use our software and are sold on a per-terabyte capacity basis, on a per-copy basis, as site licenses or as a solution set. During the six months ended September 30, 2015, approximately 75% of software license revenue was sold on a per-terabyte capacity basis. Capacity based software licenses provide our customers with unlimited licenses of specified software products based on a defined level of terabytes of data under management. As a result, when we sell our platform through a capacity license, certain of the various Simpana functionalities are bundled into one capacity based price. We anticipate that capacity based licenses will continue to account for the majority of our software license revenue for the near future. Site licenses give the customer the additional right to deploy the software on a limited basis during a specified term. During our fiscal 2015, we released Solution Sets for our Simpana 10 software suite for virtual machine backup, recovery and cloud management; endpoint data protection; and email archive. These Simpana Solution Sets can be individually deployed or combined as part of a comprehensive data protection and information management solution. Our solution sets are generally sold on a per unit basis such as per virtual machine for our virtual machine backup, recovery and cloud management solution set; per mailbox for our email archive solution set and per user for our endpoint data protection solution set.
Historically, an insignificant amount of our revenue has been sold under subscription, or term based, license arrangements. In these arrangements the customer has the right to use the software on either a capacity basis or per-copy or per-unit basis over a designated period of time. Revenue in these arrangements is recognized ratably over the term of the agreement. Over the next several years we expect revenue from these types of arrangements to become a more significant portion of our total revenue.
The industry in which we currently operate continues to go through accelerating changes as the result of compounding data growth and the introduction of new technologies. We are continuing to pursue an aggressive product development program in both data and information management solutions. Our data management solutions include not only traditional backup, but also new innovations in de-duplication, data movement, virtualization, snap-based backups and enterprise reporting. Our information management innovations are primarily in the areas of archiving, eDiscovery, records management, governance, operational reporting and compliance. We remain focused on both the data and information management trends in the marketplace and, in fact, a material portion of our existing research and development expenses are utilized toward the development of such new technologies discussed above. While we are confident in our ability to meet these changing industry demands with our Simpana suite and potential future releases, the development, release and timing of any features or functionality remain at our sole discretion and our solutions or other technologies may not be widely adopted.

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Given the nature of the industry in which we operate, our software applications are subject to obsolescence. As noted above, we continually develop and introduce updates to our existing software applications in order to keep pace with evolving industry technologies. In addition, we must address evolving industry standards, changing customer requirements and competitive software applications that may render our existing software applications obsolete. For each of our software applications, we provide full support for the current generally available release and one prior release. When we declare a product release obsolete, a customer notice is delivered twelve months prior to the effective date of obsolescence announcing continuation of full product support for the first six months. We provide an additional six months of extended assistance support in which we only provide existing workarounds or fixes that do not require additional development activity. We do not have existing plans to make any of our software products permanently obsolete.
In fiscal 2015, we commenced a business transformation plan to improve the performance of the Company. Our wide ranging plan includes initiatives related to products, packaging, pricing, distribution, sales enablement, territory alignment and a business unit product management structure. While we remain committed to this strategic direction, the execution of such a broad plan as ours can be disruptive, making execution of business strategies more difficult. These changes also present potential execution challenges as we may not be successful in implementing our initiatives, we may experience delays in the completion of such initiatives, or the initiatives may not have the desired effect on the business. In addition, the cost and related investments needed to address our business transformation may be more than expected. Given the dynamic industry we operate in, we are also vulnerable to increased product technology and competitive risks associated with these efforts. As a result, if we do not succeed in implementing these efforts, if they do not have the intended effect on the business, or if these efforts are more costly or time-consuming than expected, it could have a material adverse effect on our sales and profitability.
Sources of Revenues
We derive a significant portion of our total revenues from sales of licenses of our software applications. We do not customize our software for a specific end-user customer. We sell our software applications to end-user customers both directly through our sales force and indirectly through our global network of value-added reseller partners, systems integrators, corporate resellers and original equipment manufacturers. Our software revenue was 41% and 47% of our total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
In recent fiscal periods, we have generated approximately three-quarters of our software revenue from our existing customer base and approximately one-quarter of our software revenue from new customers. In addition, our total software revenue in any particular period is, to a certain extent, dependent upon our ability to generate revenues from large customer software deals, which we refer to as enterprise software transactions. Enterprise software transactions (transactions greater than $0.1 million) represented approximately 49% and 59% of our total software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Software revenue generated through indirect distribution channels was 87% of total software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and was approximately 82% of total software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2014. Software revenue generated through direct distribution channels was approximately 13% of total software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and was approximately 18% of total software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2014. The dollar value of software revenue generated through indirect distribution channels decreased approximately $16.9 million, or 15%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the six months ended September 30, 2014. The dollar value of software revenue generated through direct distribution channels decreased approximately $10.5 million, or 41%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the six months ended September 30, 2014. The decrease in the dollar value of software revenue generated through our direct sales force is primarily the result of several large enterprise transactions which were conducted through our direct sales force in the prior year. Deals initiated by our direct sales force are sometimes transacted through indirect channels based on end-user customer requirements, which are not always in our control and can cause this overall percentage split to vary from period to period. As such, there may be fluctuations in the dollars and percentage of software revenue generated through our direct distribution channels from time to time. We believe that the growth of our software revenue, derived from both our indirect channel partners and direct sales force, are key attributes to our long-term growth strategy. We will continue to invest in both our channel relationships and direct sales force in the future, but we continue to expect more revenue to be generated through indirect distribution channels over the long term. The failure of our indirect distribution channels or our direct sales force to effectively sell our software applications could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations.

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We have a global original equipment manufacturer agreement with NetApp under which NetApp will integrate elements of our Simpana software suite with NetApp SnapShot™ and replication technology, under the NetApp SnapProtect ® brand. We also have an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Hitachi Data Systems for them to market, sell and support our software applications and services on a stand-alone basis and/or incorporate our software applications into their own hardware products. Hitachi Data Systems and NetApp have no obligation to recommend or offer our software applications exclusively or at all, and they have no minimum sales requirements and can terminate our relationship at any time. Sales through our original equipment manufacturer agreements, accounted for 15% of our total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 16% of our total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2014.
We also have non-exclusive distribution agreements covering our North American commercial markets and our U.S. Federal Government market with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, Inc. ("Arrow"), a subsidiary of Arrow Electronics, Inc., and Avnet Technology Solutions ("Avnet"), a subsidiary of Avnet, Inc. Pursuant to these distribution agreements, these distributors’ primary role is to enable a more efficient and effective distribution channel for our products and services by managing our reseller partners and leveraging their own industry experience. We generated approximately 37% of our total revenues through Arrow in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and approximately 34% in the six months ended September 30, 2014. If Arrow or Avnet were to discontinue or reduce the sales of our products or if our agreement with Arrow or Avnet was terminated, and if we were unable to take back the management of our reseller channel or find another North American distributor to replace Arrow or Avnet, then it could have a material adverse effect on our future business.
Historically, we have derived approximately half of our total revenues from services revenue. Our services revenue is made up of fees from the delivery of customer support and other professional services, which are typically sold in connection with the sale of our software applications. Customer support agreements provide technical support and unspecified software updates on a when-and-if-available basis for an annual fee based on licenses purchased and the level of service subscribed. Other professional services include consulting, assessment and design services, implementation and post-deployment services and training, all of which to date have predominantly been sold in connection with the sale of software applications. Our services revenue was 59% of our total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 53% of our total revenues for the six months ended September 30, 2014.
Most of our customer support agreements are for a one year term. As the end of the annual period approaches, we pursue the renewal of the agreement with the customer. Historically, maintenance renewals have represented a significant portion of our total revenue. Because of this characteristic of our business, if our customers choose not to renew their maintenance and support agreements with us on beneficial terms, or at all, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed. In addition, in conjunction with our current business transformation and operational performance initiatives, we are evaluating the pricing and competitiveness of our maintenance and support costs to our customers. Our objective is to minimize the overall financial impact of such potential changes by replacing reduced revenue streams with additional sales of our software and services. However, if we reduce the price of our annual maintenance and support agreements to our customers without replacing this reduced revenue stream with sales of other software products or services, it could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
The gross margin of our services revenue was 75.6% for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 75.4% for the six months ended September 30, 2014. Overall, our services revenue has lower gross margins than our software revenue. The gross margin of our software revenue was approximately 99% for both the six months ended September 30, 2015 and for the six months ended September 30, 2014. An increase in the percentage of total revenues represented by services revenue may adversely affect our overall gross margins.

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Foreign Currency Exchange Rates’ Impact on Results of Operations
Sales outside the United States were approximately 43% of our total revenue for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 42% for the six months ended September 30, 2014. The income statements of our non-U.S. operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates for each applicable month in a period. To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions generally results in increased revenue, operating expenses and income from operations for our non-U.S. operations. Similarly, our revenue, operating expenses and net income will generally decrease for our non-U.S. operations if the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies.
Using the average foreign currency exchange rates from the three months ended September 30, 2014 our software revenue would have been higher by $3.4 million, our services revenue would have been higher by $5.5 million, our cost of sales would have been higher by approximately $1.4 million and our operating expenses would have been higher by $5.4 million from non-U.S. operations for the three months ended September 30, 2015. Using the average foreign currency exchange rates from the six months ended September 30, 2014 our software revenue would have been higher by $8.1 million, our services revenue would have been higher by $10.6 million, our cost of sales would have been higher by approximately $2.9 million and our operating expenses would have been higher by $11.4 million from non-U.S. operations for the three months ended September 30, 2015.
In addition, we are exposed to risks of foreign currency fluctuation primarily from cash balances, accounts receivables and intercompany accounts denominated in foreign currencies and are subject to the resulting transaction gains and losses, which are recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses. We recognized net foreign currency transaction gains of $0.3 million and $0.2 million in the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. We recognized net foreign currency transaction losses of $0.1 million and $0.2 million in the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. In many instances, we could have reasonably used different accounting estimates, and in other instances changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period-to-period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be affected.
In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application, while in other cases, significant judgment is required in selecting among available alternative accounting standards that allow different accounting treatment for similar transactions. We consider these policies requiring significant management judgment to be critical accounting policies. These critical accounting policies are:
•Revenue Recognition;
•Stock-Based Compensation;
•Accounting for Income Taxes; and
•Software Development Costs
There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the six months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015. In addition, please see Note 2 of Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our fiscal 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for a description of our accounting policies.
In October of 2015 we granted certain executive officers and other senior employees a total of 133,000 restricted stock units that vest over three years based upon our stock's performance versus the Russell 3000 Index. The performance of our stock versus the index is a market condition performance criteria so we will use a Monte Carlo simulation model to determine the fair value of the restricted stock units.

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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth each of our sources of revenues and costs of revenues for the specified periods as a percentage of our total revenues for those periods (due to rounding, numbers in column may not sum to totals):
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Software
41
%
 
46
%
 
41
%
 
47
%
Services
59
%
 
54
%
 
59
%
 
53
%
Total revenues
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Cost of revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Software
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
Services
15
%
 
13
%
 
14
%
 
13
%
Total cost of revenues
15
%
 
13
%
 
15
%
 
14
%
Gross margin
85
%
 
87
%
 
85
%
 
86
%
Three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to three months ended September 30, 2014
Revenues
Total revenues decreased $10.4 million, or 7%, from $151.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $140.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015.
Software Revenue. Software revenue decreased $11.8 million, or 17%, from $69.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $57.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. Software revenue represented 41% of our total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to 46% of total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2014.
We track software revenue on a geographic basis. The geographic regions that are tracked are the Americas (United States, Canada, Latin America), EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and APAC (Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, China). Americas, EMEA and APAC represented 63%, 26% and 11% of total software revenue, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2015. The year over year decline of Software Revenue in the Americas, EMEA and APAC was 14%, 23% and 17%, respectively.
▪
The Americas software revenue decline for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was the result of an 18% decrease in enterprise transaction revenue. Enterprise transaction revenue declined primarily as a result of a decline in the number of enterprise transactions.
▪
EMEA software revenue decreased due to a decline in enterprise transaction revenue. The decline was partially offset by an increase in the amount of non-enterprise transaction revenue.
Year over year software revenue growth in EMEA was adversely impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates as the U.S. dollar strengthened significantly against the Euro and British pound sterling. Using average foreign exchange rates from the second quarter of fiscal 2015, second quarter fiscal 2016 EMEA software revenue decreased 14% compared to an actual decrease of 23%.
▪
The decline in APAC software revenue was primarily the result of a decline in enterprise transaction revenue.
APAC software revenue growth was also impacted by the strengthening of the US dollar. Using fiscal 2015 second quarter average exchange rates the decline in year over year software revenue would have been 4% compared to the actual decline of 17%.
▪
Our software revenue in EMEA and APAC is subject to changes in foreign exchange rates as more fully discussed above in the “Foreign Currency Exchange Rates’ Impact on Results of Operations” section.

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The decrease in consolidated software revenue is primarily due to lower software revenue derived from enterprise software transactions. Software revenue derived from enterprise software transactions (transactions greater than $0.1 million) represented approximately 49% of our software revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and approximately 56% of our software revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2014. As a result, enterprise software transactions decreased by $10.7 million, or 28%, in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. This decrease was driven by a 25% decline in the number of transactions and a 4% decrease in the average dollar amount of such transactions. The average dollar amount of such transactions was approximately $269,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and approximately $281,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2014. There was also a decrease in software revenue derived from transactions less than $0.1 million of $1.1 million, or 4%, in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014.
Services Revenue. Services revenue increased $1.4 million, or 2%, from $81.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $83.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. Services revenue represented 59% of our total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 54% in the three months ended September 30, 2014. The increase in services revenue is primarily due to a $2.0 million increase in revenue from customer support agreements as a result of software sales to new customers and renewal agreements with our installed software base. The increase in customer support revenue was partially offset by a decline in professional services revenue.
Cost of Revenues. Total cost of revenues increased $0.7 million, or 3%, from $20.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $20.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. Total cost of revenues represented 15% and 13% of our total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014, respectively.
Cost of Software Revenue. Cost of software revenue was $0.5 million and $0.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Cost of Services Revenue. Cost of services revenue increased $0.8 million, or 4%, from $19.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $20.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. Cost of services revenue represented 25% and 24% of our services revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014, respectively.
Operating Expenses
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $2.1 million, or 3%, from $83.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $85.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. The increase is due to a $2.4 million increase in employee compensation and related expenses mainly attributable to the expansion of our sales force from the prior year. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased to 61% in the three months ended September 30, 2015 from 55% in the three months ended September 30, 2014.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $0.3 million, or 2%, from $15.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $16.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. The increase is due to an increase in salary and related expenses resulting from the expansion of our engineering group. Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 11% in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 10% in the three months ended September 30, 2014. Investing in research and development has been a priority for Commvault, and we anticipate continued spending related to the development of our data and information management software applications.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses increased $1.2 million, or 6%, from $18.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $19.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. The increase in general and administrative expenses is the result of an increase of $1.2 million in employee compensation and related expenses. General and administrative expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2015 includes approximately $0.3 million of net foreign currency transaction gains compared to $0.1 million of net foreign currency transaction losses recognized in general and administrative expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2014. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 14% in the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 12% in the three months ended September 30, 2014.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation expense increased by $0.8 million from $1.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014 to $2.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015. The increase in depreciation expense is the result of the move to our corporate campus headquarters in the second half of fiscal 2015.

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Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $4.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to $4.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014. The income tax expense recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2015 is the result of a reduction in the amount of forecasted pre-tax income for the fiscal year.
The 40% effective rate in the three months ended September 30, 2014 is higher than the federal statutory rate due to state income taxes and permanent differences in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions. These items were partially offset by foreign tax credits and domestic production activities deductions.
Six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to six months ended September 30, 2014
Revenues
Total revenues decreased $23.9 million, or 8%, from $303.8 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $279.9 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015.
Software Revenue. Software revenue decreased $27.4 million, or 19%, from $141.5 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $114.1 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. Software revenue represented 41% of our total revenues in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and compared to 47% of total revenues in the six months ended September 30, 2014.
Americas, EMEA and APAC represented 60%, 28% and 12% of total software revenue, respectively, for six the months ended September 30, 2015. The year over year decline of Software Revenue in the Americas, EMEA and APAC was 24%, 9% and 18%, respectively.
▪
The Americas software revenue decline for the six months ended September 30, 2015 was the result of a decrease in enterprise transaction revenue. Enterprise transaction revenue declined as a result of a decline in both the number of enterprise transactions and the average dollar amount of enterprise transactions.
▪
EMEA software revenue decreased due to a decline in enterprise transaction revenue. The decrease in enterprise transaction revenue was partially offset by an increase in non-enterprise transaction revenue.
Year over year software revenue growth in EMEA was adversely impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates as the U.S. dollar strengthened significantly against the Euro and British pound sterling. Using average foreign exchange rates from the first half of fiscal 2015, first half fiscal 2016 EMEA software revenue increased 5% compared to an actual EMEA software revenue decrease of 9%.
▪
The decline in APAC software revenue was primarily the result of a decline in enterprise transaction revenue.
APAC software revenue was also impacted by the strengthening of the US dollar. Using fiscal 2015 first quarter average exchange rates the decline in year over year software revenue would have been 6% compared to the actual decline of 18%.
▪
Our software revenue in EMEA and APAC is subject to changes in foreign exchange rates as more fully discussed above in the “Foreign Currency Exchange Rates’ Impact on Results of Operations” section.
Software revenue derived from enterprise software transactions (transactions greater than $0.1 million) represented approximately 49% of our software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and approximately 59% of our software revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2014. Enterprise software transaction revenue decreased by $28.1 million, or 33%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the six months ended September 30, 2014. This decrease was driven by a 19% decrease in the number of transactions and an 18% decline in the average dollar amount of such transactions. The average sales price was approximately $260,000 in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and approximately $317,000 in the six months ended September 30, 2014. Software revenue derived from transactions less than $0.1 million increased $0.7 million, or 1%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the six months ended September 30, 2014.

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Services Revenue. Services revenue increased $3.5 million, or 2%, from $162.3 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $165.8 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. Services revenue represented 59% of our total revenues in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 53% in the six months ended September 30, 2014. The increase in services revenue is due to a $5.6 million increase in revenue from customer support agreements as a result of software sales to new customers and renewal agreements with our installed software base. The increase in customer support revenue was partially offset by a decline in professional services revenue.
Cost of Revenues. Total cost of revenues increased $0.3 million, or 1%, from $41.2 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $41.5 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. Total cost of revenues represented 15% of our total revenues in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 14% in the six months ended September 30, 2014.
Cost of Software Revenue. Cost of software revenue was $1.1 million and $1.2 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Cost of Services Revenue. Cost of services revenue increased $0.5 million, or 1%, from $40.0 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $40.4 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. Cost of services revenue represented 24% of our services revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 25% in the six months ended September 30, 2014.
Operating Expenses
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $7.6 million, or 5%, from $164.0 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $171.6 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. The increase is primarily due to a $7.3 million increase in employee compensation and related expenses mainly attributable to the expansion of our sales force from the prior year. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased to 61% in the six months ended September 30, 2015 from 54% in the six months ended September 30, 2014.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $2.0 million, or 7%, from $30.9 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $32.9 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. The increase is due to a $2.6 million increase in salary and related expenses resulting from the expansion of our engineering group. Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 12% in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 10% in the six months ended September 30, 2014. Investing in research and development has been a priority for Commvault, and we anticipate continued spending related to the development of our data and information management software applications.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses increased $4.5 million, or 13%, from $35.2 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $39.7 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. This increase is due to a $3.3 million increase in employee compensation and related expenses and a $0.2 increase in stock-based compensation expenses. General and administrative expenses in the six months ended September 30, 2015 includes approximately $0.2 million of net foreign currency transaction gain compared to $0.2 million of net foreign currency transaction losses recognized in general and administrative expenses in the six months ended September 30, 2014. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 14% in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 12% in the six months ended September 30, 2014.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation expense increased by $1.6 million from $3.3 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014 to $4.9 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015. The increase in depreciation expense is the result of the move to our corporate campus headquarters in the second half of fiscal 2015.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax benefit was $0.4 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to expense of $10.1 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014. The effective rate of the income tax benefit in the six months ended September 30, 2015 is lower than the federal statutory rate due to the impact of unfavorable permanent differences.
The effective rate of 34% in the six months ended September 30, 2014 is lower than the federal statutory rate due to the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits and tax benefits from foreign tax credits and domestic production activities deductions. These benefits were partially offset by state income taxes and permanent differences in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents balance of $327.2 million primarily consisted of money market funds. In addition, as of September 30, 2015 we have short-term investments invested in U.S. Treasury Bills totaling $72.8 million. In recent fiscal years, our principal source of liquidity has been cash provided by operations.
As of September 30, 2015, the amount of cash and cash equivalents held outside of the United States by our foreign legal entities was approximately $130.2 million. These balances are dispersed across many international locations around the world. We believe that such dispersion meets the current and anticipated future liquidity needs of our foreign legal entities. In addition, it is our intention to indefinitely reinvest undistributed earnings of our foreign legal entities. In the event we needed to repatriate funds from outside of the United States, such repatriation would likely be subject to restrictions by local laws and/or tax consequences including foreign withholding taxes or U.S. income taxes. It is not currently practical to estimate the legal restrictions or tax liability that would arise from such repatriations.
On June 30, 2014, we entered into a five-year $250 million revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility is available for share repurchases, general corporate purposes, and letters of credit. The Credit Facility contains financial maintenance covenants including a leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods. The Credit Facility also limits our ability to incur certain additional indebtedness, create or permit liens on assets, make acquisitions, make investments, loans or advances, sell or transfer assets, pay dividends or distributions, and engage in certain transactions with foreign affiliates. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.50% subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. The unused balance on the Credit Facility is also subject to a 0.25% annual interest charge subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. As of September 30, 2015, there were no borrowings under the Credit Facility and we believe we are in compliance with all covenants.
During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we repurchased $32.8 million of our common stock under our share repurchase program, of which $7.8 million was included in accrued expenses as of September 30, 2015 and paid in October. As of September 30, 2015, there was $67.2 million remaining in the share repurchase program which expires on March 31, 2016. On October 22, 2015, the Board of Directors extended the expiration date of the share repurchase program to March 31, 2017 and authorized an increase to the existing share repurchase program so that $150.0 million is now available. Under our stock repurchase program, repurchased shares are constructively retired and returned to unissued status. Our stock repurchase program has been funded by our existing cash and cash equivalent balances as well as cash flows provided by our operations.
Our future stock repurchase activity is subject to the business judgment of our management and Board of Directors, taking into consideration our historical and projected results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and other anticipated capital requirements or investment alternatives. Our stock repurchase program reduces the dilutive impact on our common shares outstanding associated with stock option exercises and our previous public and private stock offerings through the repurchase of common stock we believe is undervalued.
Our summarized cash flow information is as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
Cash provided by operating activities
 
$
31,469

 
$
67,626

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(28,096
)
 
(62,875
)
Net cash used in financing activities
 
(11,115
)
 
(92,356
)
Effects of exchange rate-changes in cash
 
(2,727
)
 
(5,554
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
$
(10,469
)
 
$
(93,159
)
Net cash provided by operating activities was $31.5 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and $67.6 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014. In the six months ended September 30, 2015, cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to net loss adjusted for the impact of non-cash charges, and decreases in accounts receivable due to timing of cash receipts, partially offset by a reduction of accrued expenses. In the six months ended September 30, 2014, cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to net income adjusted for the impact of non-cash charges, decreases in accounts receivable due to timing of cash receipts, and increases in deferred revenue which were partially offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets.

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Net cash used in investing activities was $28.1 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and $62.9 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014. In the six months ended September 30, 2015, cash used in investing activities was due to $22.9 million in net purchases of U.S. Treasury Bills, $3.1 million of regular capital expenditures, and $2.1 million of spending on the Company’s corporate campus headquarters. In the six months ended September 30, 2014, cash used in investing activities was primarily due to $35.4 million of incremental spending on the Company's planned corporate campus headquarters.
Net cash used in financing activities was $11.1 million in the six months ended September 30, 2015 and $92.4 million in the six months ended September 30, 2014. The cash used in financing activities in the six months ended September 30, 2015 was due to $25.0 million of common stock repurchases partially offset by $8.0 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan and $5.9 million of excess tax benefits recognized as a result of the stock option exercises and restricted stock vesting. The net cash used in financing activities in the six months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily due to $105.1 million used to repurchase shares of our common stock under our repurchase program, partially offset by $3.4 million of excess tax benefits recognized as a result of the stock option exercises and $10.5 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan.
Working capital decreased $3.4 million from $283.6 million as of March 31, 2015 to $280.2 million as of September 30, 2015. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and our cash from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for working capital, capital expenditures and potential stock repurchases for at least the next 12 months. We may seek additional funding through public or private financings or other arrangements during this period. Adequate funds may not be available when needed or may not be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If additional funds are raised by issuing equity securities, dilution to existing stockholders will result. If we raise additional funds by obtaining loans from third parties, including borrowing under our revolving credit facility, the terms of those financing arrangements may include negative covenants or other restrictions on our business that could impair our operational flexibility, and would also require us to fund additional interest expense. If funding is insufficient at any time in the future, we may be unable to develop or enhance our products or services, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2015, other than our operating leases, we do not have off-balance sheet financing arrangements, including any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities.
Indemnifications
Certain of our software licensing agreements contain certain provisions that indemnify our customers from any claim, suit or proceeding arising from alleged or actual intellectual property infringement. These provisions continue in perpetuity along with our software licensing agreements. We have never incurred a liability relating to one of these indemnification provisions in the past and we believe that the likelihood of any future payout relating to these provisions is remote. Therefore, we have not recorded a liability during any period related to these indemnification provisions.
Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)." This amendment provides principles for recognizing revenue for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers with the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will apply to the Company in fiscal 2019 with early adoption allowable in fiscal 2018. We are currently evaluating the accounting, transition and disclosure requirements of the standard and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption.

Item 3 - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
As of September 30, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments consisted primarily of money market funds and U.S. Treasury Bills. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we are not subject to any material interest rate risk on these balances.

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Foreign Currency Risk
Economic Exposure
As a global company, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. Our international sales are generally denominated in foreign currencies and this revenue could be materially affected by currency fluctuations. Approximately 43% of our sales were outside the United States for the six months ended September 30, 2015. Our primary exposures are to fluctuations in exchange rates for the U.S. dollar versus the Euro, and to a lesser extent, the Australian dollar, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, Korean won and Singapore dollar. Changes in currency exchange rates could adversely affect our reported revenues and require us to reduce our prices to remain competitive in foreign markets, which could also have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Historically, we have periodically reviewed and revised the pricing of our products available to our customers in foreign countries and we have not maintained excess cash balances in foreign accounts.
Transaction Exposure
Our exposure to foreign currency transaction gains and losses is primarily the result of certain net receivables due from our foreign subsidiaries and customers being denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the subsidiary. Our foreign subsidiaries conduct their businesses in local currency and we generally do not maintain excess U.S. dollar cash balances in foreign accounts.
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are recorded in “General and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Income. We recognized net foreign currency transaction gains of $0.3 million and $0.2 million in the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. We recognized net foreign currency transaction losses of $0.1 million and $0.2 million in the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The net foreign currency transaction gains and losses recorded in “General and administrative” expenses include settlement gains and losses on forward contracts disclosed below.
To date, we have selectively hedged our exposure to foreign currency transaction gains and losses on the balance sheet through the use of forward contracts, which were not designated as hedging instruments. The duration of forward contracts utilized for hedging our balance sheet exposure is generally one to three months. Gains and losses from these contracts are recorded in general and administrative expenses. As of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, we did not have any forward contracts outstanding. We recorded net realized losses of $0.1 million related to the settlement of forward exchange contracts in both the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. We recorded net realized losses of less than $0.1 million in both the three and six months ended September 30, 2014. In the future, we may enter into additional foreign currency based hedging contracts to reduce our exposure to significant fluctuations in currency exchange rates on the balance sheet.
Item 4 - Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of September 30, 2015. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2015.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second quarter of fiscal 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Inherent Limitations on Internal Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, do not expect that our disclosures controls and procedures or our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of 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 controls. 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 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 subject to claims in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of our business. Except as discussed below, we do not believe that we are currently party to any pending legal action that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business or operating results.
On September 10, 2014, a purported class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Commvault Systems, Inc., our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer.  The case is captioned In re Commvault Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation (Master File No. 3:14-cv-05628-MAS-LHG).  The suit alleges that the defendants made materially false and misleading statements, or failed to disclose material facts, regarding our financial results, business, operations and prospects in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.  The suit asserts claims covering an alleged class period from May 7, 2013 through April 24, 2014.  It is purportedly brought on behalf of purchasers of our common stock during that period, and seeks compensatory damages, costs and expenses, as well as equitable or other relief. Lead plaintiff, the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, was appointed on January 12, 2015, and on March 18, 2015, an amended complaint was filed by the plaintiffs. Defendants filed their motion to dismiss the complaint on May 26, 2015, and the Plaintiff’s filed their opposition brief on July 1, 2015. Our reply was filed on August 24, 2015 and a hearing on the motion to dismiss was held on October 13, 2015 but a ruling regarding the motion to dismiss has not been made. We believe that the suit is without merit and we intend to defend ourselves and our officers vigorously.  However, due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, we cannot accurately predict the ultimate outcome of this matter.  We are unable at this time to determine whether the outcome of the litigation would have a material impact on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial conditions or results of operations could be negatively affected. In that case, the trading price of our stock could decline, and our stockholders may lose part or all of their investment.
Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer
During the second fiscal quarter of the fiscal 2016, we repurchased $32.8 million of common stock, or 912,237 shares, under our share repurchase program.
A summary of our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2015 is as follows:
Period
 
Total number of shares purchased
 
Average price paid per share
 
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs
 
Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the program
 
July 2015

—


—


—



 
August 2015

518,700


$
36.97


518,700


$
80,825,573

 
September 2015

393,537


$
34.63


393,537


$
67,197,387

**
Three months ended September 30, 2015*

912,237


$
35.96


912,237



 
*Based on trade date (not settlement date)
**On October 22, 2015, the Board of Directors extended the expiration date of the share repurchase program to March 31, 2017 and authorized an increase to the existing share repurchase program so that $150.0 million is now available.
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None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable
Item 5. Other Information
None
Item 6. Exhibits
A list of exhibits filed herewith is included on the Exhibit Index, which immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
Commvault Systems, Inc.
 
 
 
 
Dated:
October 29, 2015
 
By:
/s/ N. Robert Hammer
 
 
 
N. Robert Hammer
 
 
 
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
Dated:
October 29, 2015
 
By:
/s/ Brian Carolan
 
 
 
Brian Carolan
 
 
 
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document


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