Edgar Filing: SS&C TECHNOLOGIES INC

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007


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

Commission File Number 333-135139

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		06-1169696
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

80 Lamberton Road
Windsor, CT 06095
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

860-298-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer þ

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

There were 1,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of November 1, 2007.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

INDEX


		Page
		Number
PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006		2

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006		3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006		4

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements		5

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		15

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		22

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		23

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		24

Item 1A.	Risk Factors		24

Item 6.	Exhibits		32

	SIGNATURE		33

	EXHIBIT INDEX		34
EX 31.1 Section 302 Certification of CEO
EX-31.2 Section 302 Certification of CFO
EX-32 Section 906 Certification of CEO & CFO

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “expects”, “should”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The important factors discussed below under the caption “Item 1A. Risk Factors” among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements made herein and presented elsewhere by management from time to time. We do not undertake an obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)


	September 30,			December 31,
	2007			2006
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	16,190		$	11,718
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,498 and $1,670, respectively		41,552			31,695
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		9,129			7,823
Deferred income taxes		946			—

Total current assets		67,817			51,236

Property and equipment
Leasehold improvements		3,432			2,850
Equipment, furniture, and fixtures		16,363			12,168

		19,795			15,018
Less accumulated depreciation		(7,594	)		(4,999	)

Net property and equipment		12,201			10,019


Goodwill		862,410			820,470
Intangible and other assets, net of accumulated amortization of $48,006 and $24,260, respectively		255,966			270,796


Total assets	$	1,198,394		$	1,152,521


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	$	2,545		$	5,694
Accounts payable		2,173			2,305
Income taxes payable		2,430			191
Accrued employee compensation and benefits		7,900			8,961
Other accrued expenses		8,452			7,157
Interest payable		8,189			2,177
Deferred income taxes		—			384
Deferred maintenance and other revenue		32,686			25,679

Total current liabilities		64,375			52,548

Long-term debt, net of current portion		452,456			466,235
Other long-term liabilities		7,007			1,088
Deferred income taxes		68,702			69,518

Total liabilities		592,540			589,389


Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

Stockholder’s equity
Common stock		—			—
Additional paid-in capital		566,031			559,527
Accumulated other comprehensive income		36,928			1,699
Retained earnings		2,895			1,906

Total stockholder’s equity		605,854			563,132


Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity	$	1,198,394		$	1,152,521

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)


	Three Months			Three Months			Nine Months			Nine Months
	Ended			Ended			Ended			Ended
	September 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2007			2006			2007			2006
Revenues:
Software licenses	$	7,159		$	6,502		$	18,653		$	16,864
Maintenance		15,666			14,187			45,899			40,535
Professional services		3,338			4,490			12,381			14,618
Software-enabled services		37,320			27,270			102,792			79,452

Total revenues		63,483			52,449			179,725			151,469


Cost of revenues:
Software licenses		2,374			2,280			7,155			6,828
Maintenance		6,412			5,201			19,520			15,064
Professional services		3,290			3,142			10,312			9,435
Software-enabled services		20,293			15,185			57,132			42,282

Total cost of revenues		32,369			25,808			94,119			73,609


Gross profit		31,114			26,641			85,606			77,860


Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing		4,989			4,856			14,272			12,751
Research and development		6,580			6,099			19,617			17,903
General and administrative		5,643			5,107			17,170			13,860

Total operating expenses		17,212			16,062			51,059			44,514


Operating income		13,902			10,579			34,547			33,346

Interest expense, net		(11,067	)		(12,155	)		(33,622	)		(35,428	)
Other (expense) income, net		(58	)		(83	)		522			744


Income (loss) before income taxes		2,777			(1,659	)		1,447			(1,338	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		556			(2,018	)		458			(3,258	)


Net income	$	2,221		$	359		$	989		$	1,920

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)


	Nine Months			Nine Months
	Ended			Ended
	September 30,			September 30,
	2007			2006
Cash flow from operating activities:
Net income	$	989		$	1,920

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		25,957			20,140
Stock-based compensation		6,513			1,707
Foreign exchange gains on debt		(768	)		(660	)
Amortization of loan origination costs		1,728			2,224
Equity earnings on long-term investment		(63	)		(72	)
Loss on sale or disposal of property and equipment		90			4
Deferred income taxes		(4,037	)		(11,656	)
Provision for doubtful accounts		589			312
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		(8,679	)		137
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(946	)		(1,921	)
Income taxes receivable		—			8,172
Accounts payable		(309	)		(184	)
Accrued expenses		10,915			503
Income taxes payable		1,994			1,499
Deferred maintenance and other revenues		6,165			3,676

Net cash provided by operating activities		40,138			25,801


Cash flow from investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment		(5,375	)		(2,941	)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		6			1
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(5,130	)		(13,967	)

Net cash used in investing activities		(10,499	)		(16,907	)


Cash flow from financing activities:
Cash received from borrowings		5,200			13,400
Repayment of debt		(31,067	)		(28,276	)
Transactions involving SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. common stock		(8	)		735
Income tax benefit related to exercise of stock options		82			—

Net cash used in financing activities		(25,793	)		(14,141	)


Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		626			309


Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		4,472			(4,938	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		11,718			15,584

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	16,190		$	10,646

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These accounting principles were applied on a basis consistent with those of the audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, except as noted elsewhere in the notes to the consolidated financial statements) necessary to state fairly its financial position as of September 30, 2007, the results of its operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. These statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements. The financial statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 which were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The December 31, 2006 consolidated balance sheet data were derived from audited financial statements, but do not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements. The results of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the expected results for the full year.

2. The Transaction

The Company was acquired on November 23, 2005 through a merger transaction with SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), a Delaware corporation formed by investment funds associated with The Carlyle Group and formerly known as Sunshine Acquisition Corporation. The acquisition was accomplished through the merger of Sunshine Merger Corporation into SS&C Technologies, Inc., with SS&C Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) being the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “Transaction”). Although the Transaction occurred on November 23, 2005, the Company adopted an effective date of November 30, 2005 for accounting purposes. The activity for the period November 23, 2005 through November 30, 2005 was not material to either the successor or predecessor periods for 2005.

3. Stock-based Compensation

In August 2006, the Board of Directors of Holdings adopted a new equity-based incentive plan (the “2006 Equity Incentive Plan”), which authorizes equity awards to be granted for up to 1,314,567 shares of common stock.

Under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company has granted both time-based and performance-based options. Time-based options vest 25% one year from the date of grant and 1/36th of the remaining balance each month thereafter for 36 months and can also vest upon a change in control, subject to certain conditions. Certain performance-based options vest upon the attainment of certain annual EBITDA targets for the Company during the five-year period beginning January 1, 2006. Additionally, EBITDA in excess of the EBITDA target in any given year shall be applied to the EBITDA of any previous year for which the EBITDA target was not met in full such that attainment of a prior year EBITDA target can be achieved subsequently. In the event all EBITDA targets of previous years were met in full, the excess EBITDA shall be applied to the EBITDA of future years. These performance-based options can also vest upon a change in control, subject to certain conditions. Compensation expense associated with these options is recorded beginning in the period that management first estimates that the attainment of the EBITDA targets, and therefore the vesting of the options, is probable and is recorded over the remaining service period, with a cumulative catch-up amount recorded for prior service, if applicable. Changes in management’s assessment of the probability of attaining the EBITDA targets could cause compensation expense to fluctuate from period to period. The remaining performance-based options vest only upon a change in control in which certain internal rate of return targets are attained. Compensation expense will be recorded at the time that a change in control becomes probable.

The following table summarizes information about stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2007:


					Fair Value of
			Exercise		Underling		Intrinsic
Grant Date	Shares		Price		Stock		Value
March 2007		23,000	$	74.50	$	74.50		—
May 2007		17,500		98.91		98.91		—
June 2007		3,000		98.91		98.91		—

In April 2007, the Board of Directors of Holdings approved (i) the vesting, as of April 18, 2007, of 50% of the performance-based options granted to the Company’s employees through March 31, 2007 that would have vested if the Company had met its EBITDA target for fiscal year 2006 (collectively, the “2006 Performance Options”); (ii) the vesting, conditioned upon the Company’s meeting its EBITDA target for fiscal year 2007, of the other 50% of the 2006 Performance Options; and (iii) the reduction of the Company’s EBITDA target for fiscal year 2007. The Company re-measured those awards using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and assumptions reflecting current facts and circumstances as of the modification date. As of the modification date, the Company estimated the fair value of its performance-based options to be $45.45. In estimating the common stock value, the Company valued the Company using several methods, including the income approach, guideline company method and comparable transaction method. The Company used the following assumptions to estimate the option value: expected term to exercise of 3.5 years; expected volatility of 41.0%; risk-free interest rate of 4.57%; and no dividend yield. Expected volatility is based on a combination of the Company’s historical volatility adjusted for the Transaction and historical volatility of the Company’s peer group. Expected term to exercise is based on the Company’s historical stock option exercise experience, adjusted for the Transaction.

During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007, the Company recorded compensation expense of $1.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively, related to the performance-based options based upon the Company’s probability assessment of attaining its EBITDA target for fiscal year 2007. Additionally, the Company recorded compensation expense of $0.9 million and $2.5 million related to time-based options during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. The remaining $2.0 million of compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 relates to the 50% of 2006 Performance Options that were immediately vested as of April 18, 2007. The Company does not currently believe that the attainment of the annual EBITDA targets for 2008 through 2010 is probable. Stock-based compensation expense recorded in 2006 related entirely to time-based options.

The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2007		2006		2007		2006
Statements of operations classification:
Cost of maintenance	$	37	$	50	$	138	$	50
Cost of professional services		62		52		208		52
Cost of software-enabled services		457		334		1,436		334

Total cost of revenues		556		436		1,782		436

Selling and marketing		323		324		1,063		324
Research and development		199		185		670		185
General and administrative		895		762		2,998		762

Total operating expenses		1,417		1,271		4,731		1,271


Total stock-based compensation expense	$	1,973	$	1,707	$	6,513	$	1,707

4. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, requires that items defined as comprehensive income, such as foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains (losses) on interest rate swaps, be separately classified in the financial statements and that the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income be reported separately from retained earnings and additional paid-in capital in the equity section of the balance sheet.

The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income (loss) (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2007			2006			2007			2006
Net income	$	2,221		$	359		$	989		$	1,920
Foreign currency translation gains (losses)		16,814			(353	)		36,056			7,686
Unrealized (losses) gains on interest rate swaps, net of tax		(1,875	)		(2,250	)		(827	)		492

Total comprehensive income (loss)	$	17,160		$	(2,244	)	$	36,218		$	10,098

5. Debt

At September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, debt consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30,			December 31,
	2007			2006
Senior credit facility, revolving portion, weighted-average interest rate of 8.10%	$	—		$	3,000
Senior credit facility, term loan portion, weighted-average interest rate of 7.33% and 7.73%, respectively		250,001			263,929
11 ³/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013		205,000			205,000

		455,001			471,929
Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt		(2,545	)		(5,694	)

Long-term debt	$	452,456		$	466,235

Capitalized financing costs of $0.6 million and $1.0 million were amortized to interest expense during the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Capitalized financing costs of $1.7 million and $2.2 million were amortized to interest expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively

The Company uses interest rate swap agreements to manage the floating rate portion of its debt portfolio. During the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized unrealized losses of $1.9 million, net of tax, and $2.3 million, net of tax, respectively, in other comprehensive income related to the change in market value of the swaps. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized unrealized losses of $0.8 million, net of tax, and unrealized gains of $0.5 million, net of tax, respectively, in other comprehensive income related to the change in market value of the swaps. The market value of the swaps recorded in other comprehensive income may be recognized in the statement of operations if certain terms of the senior credit facility change, if the loan is extinguished or if the swaps agreements are terminated prior to maturity.

6. Acquisitions

On March 12, 2007, the Company purchased substantially all the assets of Northport LLC (“Northport”), for approximately $5.1 million in cash, plus the costs of effecting the transaction, and the assumption of certain liabilities. Northport provides accounting and management services to private equity funds.

The net assets and results of operations of Northport have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from March 1, 2007. The purchase price was allocated to tangible and intangible assets based on their fair value at the date of acquisition. The fair value of the intangible assets, consisting of client relationships and client contracts, was determined using the future cash flows method. The intangible assets are amortized each year based on the ratio that current cash flows for the intangible asset bear to the total of current and expected future cash flows for the intangible asset. The intangible assets are amortized over approximately seven years, the estimated life of the assets. The remainder of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill.

The following summarizes the allocation of the purchase price for the acquisition of Northport (in thousands):


Tangible assets acquired, net of cash received	$	708
Acquired client relationships and contracts		1,500
Goodwill		3,303
Deferred revenue		(350	)
Other liabilities assumed		(34	)

Consideration paid, net of cash received	$	5,127

The Company reported revenues of $2.6 million from Northport from the acquisition date through September 30, 2007. Pro forma operating results for the 2007 acquisition are not presented because the results would not be significantly different from historical results.

7. Income Taxes

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax in multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is subject to examination by tax authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as the U.S., Canada, Connecticut and New York. In these major jurisdictions, the Company is no longer subject to examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2002, 2003, 1999 and 2003, respectively.

On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of Financial Standards Accounting Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). At adoption, the Company had $4.2 million of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. The adoption of FIN 48 resulted in a reclassification of certain tax liabilities from current to non-current of $3.8 million and to certain related deferred tax assets of $0.4 million. The Company did not record a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as a result of adopting FIN 48. As of January 1, 2007, accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits was less than $0.1 million. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties relating to the unrecognized tax benefits as a component of the income tax provision.

As of September 30, 2007, the Company had $6.2 million of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. Of this amount, $5.7 million relates to uncertain income tax positions that either existed prior to or were created as a result of the Transaction and would decrease goodwill if recognized. The remainder of the unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would decrease the Company’s effective tax rate and increase the Company’s net income.

8. Commitments and Contingencies

In connection with the definitive merger agreement that the Company signed on July 28, 2005 to be acquired by a corporation affiliated with The Carlyle Group, two purported class action lawsuits were filed against the Company, each of its directors and, with respect to the first matter described below, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle County.

The first lawsuit is Paulena Partners, LLC v. SS&C Technologies, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 1525-N (filed July 28, 2005). The second lawsuit is Stephen Landen v. SS&C Technologies, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 1541-N (filed August 3, 2005). Each complaint purports to state claims for breach of fiduciary duty against all of the Company’s directors at the time of filing of the lawsuits. The complaints allege, among other things, that (1) the merger will benefit the Company’s management or Carlyle at the expense of its public stockholders, (2) the merger consideration to be paid to stockholders is inadequate or unfair and does not represent the best price available in the marketplace for the Company, (3) the process by which the merger was approved was unfair and (4) the directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders in negotiating and approving the merger. Each complaint seeks, among other relief, class certification of the lawsuit, an injunction preventing the consummation of the merger (or rescinding the merger if it is completed prior to the receipt of such relief), compensatory and/or rescissory damages to the class and attorneys’ fees and expenses, along with such other relief as the court might find just and proper. The plaintiffs have not sought a specific amount of monetary damages.

The two lawsuits were consolidated by order dated August 31, 2005. On October 18, 2005, the parties to the consolidated lawsuit entered into a memorandum of understanding, pursuant to which the Company agreed to make certain additional disclosures to its stockholders in connection with their approval of the merger. The memorandum of understanding also contemplated that the parties would enter into a settlement agreement, which the parties executed on July 6, 2006. Under the settlement agreement, the Company agreed to pay up to $350,000 of plaintiffs’ legal fees and expenses. The settlement agreement was subject to customary conditions, including court approval following notice to our stockholders. The court did not find that the settlement agreement was fair, reasonable and adequate and disapproved the proposed settlement on November 29, 2006. The court criticized plaintiffs’ counsel’s handling of the litigation, noting that the plaintiffs’ counsel displayed a lack of understanding of basic terms of the merger, did not appear to have adequately investigated the plaintiffs’ potential claims and was unable to identify the basic legal issues in the case. The court also raised questions about the process leading up to the transaction, which process included the Company’s chief executive officer’s discussions of potential investments in, or acquisitions of, the Company, without prior formal authorization of its board, but the court did not make any findings of fact on the litigation other than that there were not adequate facts in evidence to support the settlement. The plaintiffs decided to continue the litigation following rejection of the settlement, and the parties are currently in discovery. The court has set a trial date for July 2008. The Company believes that the claims are without merit and is defending them vigorously. Accordingly, no accrual has been recorded by the Company related to this matter.

From time to time, the Company is subject to certain other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of its business. In the opinion of management, the Company is not involved in any such litigation or proceedings by third parties that management believes could have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.

9. Product and Geographic Sales Information

The Company operates in one reportable segment, as defined by SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”. The Company manages its business primarily on a geographic basis. The Company attributes net sales to an individual country based upon location of the customer. The Company’s geographic regions consist of the United States, Canada, Americas, excluding the United States and Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific and Japan. The European region includes European countries as well as the Middle East and Africa.

Revenues by geography were (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2007		2006		2007		2006
United States	$	36,619	$	31,174	$	107,589	$	89,975
Canada		10,596		9,634		29,171		26,557
Americas, excluding United States and Canada		1,310		500		3,028		2,382
Europe		13,171		10,070		35,755		29,535
Asia Pacific and Japan		1,787		1,071		4,182		3,020

	$	63,483	$	52,449	$	179,725	$	151,469

Revenues by product group were (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2007		2006		2007		2006
Portfolio management/accounting	$	48,892	$	38,446	$	139,866	$	111,458
Trading/treasury operations		7,936		7,010		21,005		21,393
Financial modeling		2,332		2,391		6,695		7,105
Loan management/accounting		1,873		1,838		3,929		4,045
Property management		1,202		1,370		3,819		4,211
Money market processing		670		1,144		2,829		3,007
Training		578		250		1,582		250

	$	63,483	$	52,449	$	179,725	$	151,469

10. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This standard does not require any new fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect that the adoption of FAS 157 will have a significant impact on its financial position and results of operations.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“FAS 159”). FAS 159 provides entities with the option to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value, and also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This standard is intended to expand the use of fair value measurement, but does not require any new fair value measurements. FAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its financial position and results of operations.

11. Supplemental Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

On November 23, 2005, in connection with the Transaction, the Company issued $205 million aggregate principal amount of 11³/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013. The senior subordinated notes are jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, subject to certain exceptions, by substantially all wholly owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company (collectively “Guarantors”). All of the Guarantors are 100% owned by the Company. All other subsidiaries of the Company, either direct or indirect, do not guarantee the senior subordinated notes (“Non-Guarantors”). The Guarantors also unconditionally guarantee the senior secured credit facilities. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of the Company or any of the subsidiaries that are Guarantors to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan.

Condensed consolidating financial information as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 and the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 are presented. The condensed consolidating financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries are as follows (in thousands):


	At September 30, 2007
			Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C		Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,351	$	950		$	6,889		$	—		$	16,190
Accounts receivable, net		18,636		7,682			15,234			—			41,552
Income taxes receivable		810		—			—			(810	)		—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		4,476		701			3,952			—			9,129
Deferred income taxes		456		51			471			(32	)		946
Property and equipment, net		7,342		659			4,200			—			12,201
Investment in subsidiaries		113,786		—			—			(113,786	)		—
Intercompany balances		162,071		(9,765	)		(152,306	)		—			—
Goodwill, intangible and other assets, net		776,738		21,019			320,619			—			1,118,376
Deferred income taxes, long-term		—		1,295			1,796			(3,091	)		—

Total assets	$	1,092,666	$	22,592		$	200,855		$	(117,719	)	$	1,198,394


Current portion of long-term debt	$	1,929	$	—		$	616		$	—		$	2,545
Accounts payable		985		159			1,029			—			2,173
Accrued expenses		16,748		1,592			6,201			—			24,541
Deferred income taxes		—		—			32			(32	)		—
Income taxes payable		—		924			2,316			(810	)		2,430
Deferred maintenance and other revenue		20,181		5,587			6,918			—			32,686
Long-term debt, net of current portion		392,571		—			59,885			—			452,456
Other long-term liabilities		1,026		—			5,981			—			7,007
Deferred income taxes, long-term		53,372		—			18,421			(3,091	)		68,702

Total liabilities		486,812		8,262			101,399			(3,933	)		592,540

Stockholder’s equity		605,854		14,330			99,456			(113,786	)		605,854

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity	$	1,092,666	$	22,592		$	200,855		$	(117,719	)	$	1,198,394


	At December 31, 2006
			Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C		Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,055	$	2,317		$	6,346		$	—		$	11,718
Accounts receivable, net		15,640		4,808			11,247			—			31,695
Income taxes receivable		5,260		—			—			(5,260	)		—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		3,929		730			3,164			—			7,823
Deferred income taxes		268		87			—			(355	)		—
Property and equipment, net		4,897		987			4,135			—			10,019
Investment in subsidiaries		83,863		—			—			(83,863	)		—
Intercompany balances		142,577		(9,433	)		(133,144	)		—			—
Deferred income taxes, long-term		—		1,583			—			(1,583	)		—
Goodwill, intangible and other assets, net		795,697		16,918			278,651			—			1,091,266

Total assets	$	1,055,186	$	17,997		$	170,399		$	(91,061	)	$	1,152,521


Current portion of long-term debt	$	5,000	$	—		$	694		$	—		$	5,694
Accounts payable		1,019		418			868			—			2,305
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		11,232		1,715			5,348			—			18,295
Deferred income taxes		—		—			739			(355	)		384
Income taxes payable		—		1,522			3,929			(5,260	)		191
Deferred maintenance and other revenue		15,821		3,678			6,180			—			25,679

Long-term debt, net of current portion		401,000		—			65,235			—			466,235
Other long-term liabilities		—		—			1,088			—			1,088
Deferred income taxes, long-term		57,982		—			13,119			(1,583	)		69,518

Total liabilities		492,054		7,333			97,200			(7,198	)		589,389

Stockholder’s equity		563,132		10,664			73,199			(83,863	)		563,132

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity	$	1,055,186	$	17,997		$	170,399		$	(91,061	)	$	1,152,521


	For the three months ended September 30, 2007
				Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C			Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Revenues	$	26,069		$	15,880		$	21,928		$	(394	)	$	63,483
Cost of revenues		14,468			10,164			8,131			(394	)		32,369

Gross profit		11,601			5,716			13,797			—			31,114
Operating expenses:
Selling & marketing		3,092			424			1,473			—			4,989
Research & development		3,747			817			2,016			—			6,580
General & administrative		4,055			165			1,423			—			5,643

Total operating expenses		10,894			1,406			4,912			—			17,212

Operating income		707			4,310			8,885			—			13,902
Interest expense, net		(6,724	)		—			(4,343	)		—			(11,067	)
Other expense, net		(14	)		(34	)		(10	)		—			(58	)

(Loss) income before income taxes		(6,031	)		4,276			4,532			—			2,777
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		(1,377	)		1,005			928			—			556
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		6,875			—			—			(6,875	)		—

Net income	$	2,221		$	3,271		$	3,604		$	(6,875	)	$	2,221


	For the three months ended September 30, 2006
				Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C			Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Revenues	$	20,838		$	14,575		$	17,287		$	(251	)	$	52,449
Cost of revenues		10,636			8,088			7,335			(251	)		25,808

Gross profit		10,202			6,487			9,952			—			26,641
Operating expenses:
Selling & marketing		2,765			492			1,599			—			4,856
Research & development		3,405			836			1,858			—			6,099
General & administrative		3,477			239			1,391			—			5,107

Total operating expenses		9,647			1,567			4,848			—			16,062

Operating income		555			4,920			5,104			—			10,579
Interest expense, net		(7,928	)		(7	)		(4,220	)		—			(12,155	)
Other expense, net		(16	)		—			(67	)		—			(83	)

(Loss) income before income taxes		(7,389	)		4,913			817			—			(1,659	)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		(6,903	)		4,956			(71	)		—			(2,018	)
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		845			—			—			(845	)		—

Net income (loss)	$	359		$	(43	)	$	888		$	(845	)	$	359


	For the nine months ended September 30, 2007
				Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C			Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Revenues	$	74,378		$	47,496		$	58,799		$	(948	)	$	179,725
Cost of revenues		42,191			30,079			22,797			(948	)		94,119

Gross profit		32,187			17,417			36,002			—			85,606
Operating expenses:
Selling & marketing		9,025			1,250			3,997			—			14,272
Research & development		11,220			2,659			5,738			—			19,617
General & administrative		12,417			824			3,929			—			17,170

Total operating expenses		32,662			4,733			13,664			—			51,059

Operating (loss) income		(475	)		12,684			22,338			—			34,547
Interest (expense) income, net		(21,270	)		10			(12,362	)		—			(33,622	)
Other income (expense), net		85			(170	)		607			—			522

(Loss) income before income taxes		(21,660	)		12,524			10,583			—			1,447
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		(5,113	)		2,573			2,998			—			458
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		17,536			—			—			(17,536	)		—

Net income	$	989		$	9,951		$	7,585		$	(17,536	)	$	989


	For the nine months ended September 30, 2006
				Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C			Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Revenues	$	59,391		$	41,720		$	51,199		$	(841	)	$	151,469
Cost of revenues		30,071			22,606			21,773			(841	)		73,609

Gross profit		29,320			19,114			29,426			—			77,860
Operating expenses:
Selling & marketing		7,153			1,602			3,996			—			12,751
Research & development		9,777			2,437			5,689			—			17,903
General & administrative		8,700			825			4,335			—			13,860

Total operating expenses		25,630			4,864			14,020			—			44,514

Operating income		3,690			14,250			15,406			—			33,346
Interest expense, net		(23,073	)		(7	)		(12,348	)		—			(35,428	)
Other income (expense), net		29			(1	)		716			—			744

(Loss) income before income taxes		(19,354	)		14,242			3,774			—			(1,338	)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		(9,722	)		7,154			(690	)		—			(3,258	)
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		11,552			—			—			(11,552	)		—

Net income	$	1,920		$	7,088		$	4,464		$	(11,552	)	$	1,920


				For the nine months ended September 30, 2007
				Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C			Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Cash Flow from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	989		$	9,951		$	7,585		$	(17,536	)	$	989
Non-cash adjustments		4,568			1,516			6,389			17,536			30,009
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		11,104			(1,594	)		(370	)		—			9,140

Net cash provided by operating activities		16,661			9,873			13,604			—			40,138

Cash Flow from Investing Activities:
Intercompany transactions		4,174			(5,953	)		1,779			—			—
Cash paid for businesses acquired, net of cash Acquired		—			(5,127	)		(3	)		—			(5,130	)
Additions to property and equipment		(4,119	)		(160	)		(1,096	)		—			(5,375	)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		6			—			—			—			6

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		61			(11,240	)		680			—			(10,499	)

Cash Flow from Financing Activities:
Net repayments of debt		(11,500	)		—			(14,367	)		—			(25,867	)
Income tax benefit related to exercise of stock options		82												82
Transactions involving SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. common stock		(8	)		—			—			—			(8	)

Net cash used in financing activities		(11,426	)		—			(14,367	)		—			(25,793	)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		—			—			626			—			626

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		5,296			(1,367	)		543			—			4,472
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		3,055			2,317			6,346			—			11,718

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	8,351		$	950		$	6,889		$	—		$	16,190


				For the nine months ended September 30, 2006
				Total			Total Non-			Consolidating
	SS&C			Guarantors			Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Cash Flow from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	1,920		$	7,088		$	4,464		$	(11,552	)	$	1,920
Non-cash adjustments		(2,534	)		494			2,487			11,552			11,999
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		11,589			3,514			(3,221	)		—			11,882

Net cash provided by operating activities		10,975			11,096			3,730			—			25,801

Cash Flow from Investment Activities:
Intercompany transactions		4,622			(12,325	)		7,703			—			—
Cash paid for businesses acquired, net of cash acquired		(14,249	)		—			282			—			(13,967	)
Additions to property and equipment		(1,811	)		(264	)		(866	)		—			(2,941	)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		—			2			(1	)		—			1

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(11,438	)		(12,587	)		7,118			—			(16,907	)

Cash Flow from Financing Activities:
Net repayments of debt		(4,813	)		—			(10,063	)		—			(14,876	)
Transactions involving SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. common stock		735			—			—			—			735

Net cash used in financing activities		(4,078	)		—			(10,063	)		—			(14,141	)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		—			—			309			—			309

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(4,541	)		(1,491	)		1,094			—			(4,938	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		6,319			1,971			7,294			—			15,584

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	1,778		$	480		$	8,388		$	—		$	10,646

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

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Certain of our accounting policies require the application of significant judgment by our management, and such judgments are reflected in the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements. In applying these policies, our management uses its judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used in the determination of estimates. Those estimates are based on our historical experience, terms of existing contracts, management’s observation of trends in the industry, information provided by our clients and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate. Actual results may differ significantly from the estimates contained in our consolidated financial statements. Other than the adoption of FIN 48, as more fully described in note 7, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting estimates and assumptions or the judgments affecting the application of those estimates and assumptions since the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. Our critical accounting policies are described in our annual filing on Form 10-K and include:

–		Revenue Recognition

–		Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

–		Long-Lived Assets, Intangible Assets and Goodwill

–		Acquisition Accounting

–		Income Taxes

–		Stock-based compensation

Results of Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

The following table sets forth revenues (in thousands) and changes in revenues for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Percent			September 30,				Percent
	2007		2006		Change			2007		2006		Change
Revenues:
Software licenses	$	7,159	$	6,502		10	%	$	18,653	$	16,864		11	%
Maintenance		15,666		14,187		10	%		45,899		40,535		13	%
Professional services		3,338		4,490		-26	%		12,381		14,618		-15	%
Software-enabled services		37,320		27,270		37	%		102,792		79,452		29	%

Total revenues	$	63,483	$	52,449		21	%	$	179,725	$	151,469		19	%

The following table sets forth the percentage of our revenues represented by each of the following sources of revenues for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2007			2006			2007			2006
Revenues:
Software licenses		11	%		12	%		10	%		11	%
Maintenance		25	%		27	%		26	%		27	%
Professional services		5	%		9	%		7	%		10	%
Software-enabled services		59	%		52	%		57	%		52	%

Revenues

Our revenues consist primarily of software-enabled services and maintenance revenues, and, to a lesser degree, software license and professional services revenues. As a general matter, our software license and professional services revenues tend to fluctuate based on the number of new licensing clients, while fluctuations in our software-enabled services revenues are

attributable to the number of new software-enabled services clients as well as the number of outsourced transactions provided to our existing clients. Maintenance revenues vary based on the rate by which we add or lose maintenance clients over time and, to a lesser extent, on the annual increases in maintenance fees, which are generally tied to the consumer price index.

Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2007 were $63.5 million, increasing 21% from $52.4 million in the same period in 2006. Revenues for businesses and products that we have owned for at least 12 months, or organic revenues, increased 17%, accounting for $8.9 million of the increase, and came from increased demand of $8.8 million for our software-enabled services, an increase of $1.0 million in maintenance revenues and an increase of $0.3 million in license sales, partially offset by a decrease of $1.2 million in professional services revenues. The remaining $1.6 million increase was due to sales of products and services that we acquired in our recent acquisitions of Northport and Zoologic, which occurred in March 2007 and August 2006, respectively. Additionally, revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2006 include a reduction of $0.5 million as a result of adjusting deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Revenue growth in the three months ended September 30, 2007 includes the favorable impact from foreign currency translation of $1.3 million resulting from the weakness of the U.S. dollar relative to currencies such as the Canadian dollar, the British pound and the Euro. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $179.7 million, increasing 19% from $151.5 million in the same period in 2006. Organic growth was 13%, accounting for $19.8 million of the increase, and came from increased demand of $20.2 million for our software-enabled services and an increase of $2.4 million in maintenance revenues, offset by decreases of $2.1 million in professional services revenues and $0.7 million in license sales. The remaining $5.0 million increase was due to sales of products and services that we acquired in our recent acquisitions of Cogent, which we acquired in March 2006, Northport and Zoologic. Additionally, revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 include a reduction of $3.4 million as a result of adjusting deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Revenue growth in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 includes the favorable impact from foreign currency translation of $2.5 million.

Software Licenses. Software license revenues were $7.2 million and $6.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Organic software license revenues increased $0.3 million and acquisitions contributed $0.3 million to the increase. Additionally, software license revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2006 included a reduction of $0.1 million as a result of adjusting our deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Software license revenues were $18.7 million and $16.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Acquisitions added $1.1 million in revenues, partially offsetting a decrease of $0.7 million in organic revenues. Additionally, software license revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 included a reduction of $1.4 million as a result of adjusting our deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Software license revenues will vary depending on the timing, size and nature of our license transactions. For example, the average size of our software license transactions and the number of large transactions may fluctuate on a period-to-period basis. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, perpetual license transactions were similar to those of the prior year, in both the number of transactions and the average size of those transactions. Additionally, software license revenues will vary among the various products that we offer, due to differences such as the timing of new releases and variances in economic conditions affecting opportunities in the vertical markets served by such products.

Maintenance. Maintenance revenues were $15.7 million and $14.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase of $1.5 million, or 10%, was due in part to organic revenue growth of $1.0 million and acquisitions, which added $0.1 million. Additionally, maintenance revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2006 included a reduction of $0.4 million as a result of adjusting our deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Maintenance revenues were $45.9 million and $40.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Maintenance revenue growth of $5.4 million was due in part to organic revenue growth of $2.5 million and acquisitions, which added $0.2 million in revenues. Additionally, maintenance revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 included a reduction of $2.7 million as a result of adjusting our deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. We typically provide maintenance services under one-year renewable contracts that provide for an annual increase in fees, generally tied to the percentage change in the consumer price index. Future maintenance revenue growth is dependent on our ability to retain existing clients, add new license clients, and increase average maintenance fees.

Professional Services. Professional services revenues were $3.3 million and $4.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Professional service revenues were $12.4 million and $14.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The decrease in professional services revenues for both periods was primarily related several large professional services projects that were either completed or substantially completed in late 2006. Additionally, professional services revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 included an increase of $0.2 million as a result of adjusting our deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Our overall software license revenue levels and market demand for professional services will continue to have an effect on our professional services revenues.

Software-enabled Services. Software-enabled services revenues were $37.3 million and $27.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase of $10.0 million, or 37%, was primarily due to organic growth

of $8.8 million and came from increased demand for services from existing clients and the addition of new clients for our SS&C Fund Services and SS&C Direct software-enabled services, as well as our Pacer application service provider (“ASP”) services and Securities Valuation (“SVC”) securities data services provided by SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. Acquisitions added $1.2 million in revenues. Software-enabled services revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $102.8 million and $79.5 million, respectively. Organic revenue growth accounted for $20.2 million of the increase, driven by increased demand for services from existing clients and the addition of new clients for our SS&C Fund Services and SS&C Direct software-enabled services, as well as our Pacer ASP services and SVC securities data services provided by SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. Acquisitions added $3.5 million in revenues in the aggregate. Additionally, software-enabled services revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 include an increase of $0.4 million as a result of adjusting our deferred revenue to fair value in connection with the Transaction. Future software-enabled services revenue growth is dependent on our ability to retain existing clients, add new clients and increase average fees.

Cost of Revenues

The total cost of revenues was $32.4 million and $25.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The total cost of revenues increase was mainly due to additional amortization expense of $1.3 million as a result of increasing cash flows, $1.1 million in costs related to acquisitions, additional stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million and cost increases of $4.1 million to support our organic revenue growth, primarily in software-enabled services revenues. Certain of our intangible assets are amortized into cost of revenues based on the ratio that current cash flows for the intangible assets bear to the total of current and expected future cash flows for the intangible assets. The total cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $94.1 million and $73.6 million, respectively. The gross margin decreased to 48% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 from 51% for the comparable period in 2006. The decrease in gross margin was primarily attributable to additional amortization expense of $3.8 million, additional stock-based compensation expense of $1.3 million due to the vesting and projected vesting of performance-based options and a non-cash increase in rent expense of $0.2 million. Accounting for the remainder of the total cost of revenues increase was $3.3 million in costs associated with the acquisitions of Northport, Zoologic and Cogent, and cost increases of $11.9 million to support our organic revenue growth, primarily in software-enabled services revenues.

Cost of Software Licenses. Cost of software license revenues consists primarily of amortization expense of completed technology, royalties, third-party software, and the costs of product media, packaging and documentation. The cost of software license revenues was $2.4 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The cost of software license revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $7.2 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The increase in cost of software licenses for both periods was due to additional amortization expense related to acquisitions and increasing cash flows. Cost of software license revenues as a percentage of such revenues was 38% and 40% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Cost of Maintenance. Cost of maintenance revenues consists primarily of technical client support, costs associated with the distribution of products and regulatory updates and amortization of intangible assets. The cost of maintenance revenues was $6.4 million and $5.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in cost of maintenance revenues was primarily due to additional amortization expense of $1.1 million as a result of increasing cash flows and acquisitions, which added $0.1 million in costs. The cost of maintenance revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $19.5 million and $15.1 million, respectively. The increase in cost of maintenance revenues was due to additional amortization expense of $3.2 million, acquisitions, which added $0.5 million in costs, additional stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million and cost increases of $0.6 million, primarily personnel-related, to support the growth in organic revenues.

Cost of Professional Services. Cost of professional services revenues consists primarily of the cost related to personnel utilized to provide implementation, conversion and training services to our software licensees, as well as system integration, custom programming and actuarial consulting services. The cost of professional services revenues was $3.3 million and $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in cost of professional services revenues was primarily due to an increase of $0.1 million in personnel costs. The cost of professional services revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $10.3 million and $9.4 million, respectively. The increase in cost of professional services revenues was primarily due to additional stock-based compensation expense of $0.2 million and an increase of $0.6 million in personnel costs.

Cost of Software-enabled Services. Cost of software-enabled services revenues consists primarily of the cost related to personnel utilized in servicing our software-enabled services clients and amortization of intangible assets. The cost of software-enabled services revenues was $20.3 million and $15.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and

2006, respectively. The increase in cost of software-enabled services revenues was primarily due to an increase of $4.0 million in costs to support the growth in organic revenues and acquisitions, which added $0.8 million. Additionally, stock-based compensation expense increased $0.1 million and amortization expense increased $0.2 million as a result of increasing cash flows. The cost of software-enabled services revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $57.1 million and $42.3 million, respectively. The increase in cost of software-enabled services revenues was primarily due to an increase of $10.6 million in costs to support the growth in organic revenues and acquisitions, which added $2.6 million. Additionally, stock-based compensation expense increased $1.1 million, amortization expense increased $0.4 million and non-cash rent expense increased $0.1 million.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses were $17.2 million and $16.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to an increase of $1.1 million in costs to support organic revenue growth. Additionally, our acquisitions of Northport and Zoologic added $0.2 million in costs, capital-based taxes increased $0.2 million and stock-based compensation expense increased $0.1 million, partially offset by a reduction of $0.5 million in non-recurring expenses. Total operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $51.1 million and $44.5 million, respectively. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to additional stock-based compensation expense of $3.5 million due to the vesting and projected vesting of performance-based options and an increase of $2.1 million in costs to support organic revenue growth. The remaining $1.0 million of the increase was due to our acquisitions of Northport, Zoologic and Cogent.

Selling and Marketing. Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of the personnel costs associated with the selling and marketing of our products, including salaries, commissions and travel and entertainment. Such expenses also include amortization of intangible assets, the cost of branch sales offices, trade shows and marketing and promotional materials. Selling and marketing expenses were $5.0 million and $4.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in selling and marketing expenses was primarily attributable to our acquisitions, which added $0.1 million in costs. An increase of $0.3 million in costs to support organic revenue growth was offset by a decrease of $0.3 million in non-recurring expenses relating to severances attributable to the closing of a branch sales office. Selling and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $14.3 million and $12.8 million, respectively. The increase in selling and marketing expenses was primarily attributable to an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $0.7 million, our acquisitions, which added $0.5 million in costs, and an increase of $0.4 million in costs to support organic revenue growth. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $0.1 million in non-recurring expenses relating to severances

Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs attributable to the enhancement of existing products and the development of new software products. Research and development expenses were $6.6 million and $6.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily due to an increase of $0.4 million in costs to support organic revenue growth and our acquisitions, which added $0.1 million.. Research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $19.6 million and $17.9 million, respectively. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily due to an increase of $0.8 million in costs to support organic revenue growth, an increase of $0.5 million in stock-based compensation expense, our acquisitions, which added $0.3 million and an increase of $0.1 million in non-cash rent expense.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs related to management, accounting and finance, information management, human resources and administration and associated overhead costs, as well as fees for professional services. General and administrative expenses were $5.6 million and $5.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to an increase of $0.4 million in costs to support the growth in organic revenues, additional stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million and an increase of $0.2 million in capital-based taxes. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $0.2 million in non-recurring expenses. General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $17.2 million and $13.9 million, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to additional stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million, an increase of $0.9 million in costs to support the growth in organic revenues and acquisitions, which added $0.2 million.

Interest Expense, Net. Net interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $11.1 million and $12.2 million, respectively. Net interest expense was $33.6 million and $35.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Interest expense is primarily related to our debt outstanding under our senior credit facility and 11 ³/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013.

Other Income, Net. Other income, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 consisted primarily of foreign currency gains and proceeds received from insurance policies. Other income, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 consisted primarily of foreign currency gains.

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes. We had an effective tax rate of 31.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. The forecasted effective tax rate for the year is approximately 20%; however the effective tax rate may fluctuate significantly based on the amount of our annual consolidated pre-tax income and the tax jurisdiction in which the annual pre-tax income is earned. Our anticipated annual effective tax rate of 20% is lower than the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35% because we have incurred pre-tax losses in tax jurisdictions with higher statutory tax rates and generated pre-tax income in tax jurisdictions with lower statutory tax rates. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, we recorded a benefit of $3.3 million. This was partially due to a change in Canadian statutory tax rates enacted in June 2006, for which we recorded a benefit of approximately $1.2 million on our deferred tax assets, and foreign tax benefits of approximately $1.6 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal cash requirements are to finance the costs of our operations pending the billing and collection of client receivables, to fund payments with respect to our indebtedness, to invest in research and development and to acquire complementary businesses or assets. We expect our cash on hand, cash flows from operations and availability under the revolving credit portion of our senior credit facilities to provide sufficient liquidity to fund our current obligations, projected working capital requirements and capital spending for at least the next twelve months.

Our cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2007 were $16.2 million, an increase of $4.5 million from $11.7 million at December 31, 2006. Cash provided by operations was partially offset by net repayments of debt and cash used for acquisitions and capital expenditures.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $40.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to net income of $1.0 million adjusted for non-cash items of $30.0 million and changes in our working capital accounts totaling $9.1 million. The changes in our working capital accounts were driven by an increase in accrued expenses, primarily due to interest related to our notes, and an increase in deferred revenues, primarily due to the collection of annual maintenance fees, partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable due to additional revenues and the timing of collections.

Investing activities used net cash of $10.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Cash used by investing activities was primarily due to $5.1 million cash paid for the acquisition of Northport and $5.4 million in capital expenditures.

Financing activities used net cash of $25.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, representing $25.9 million net repayments of debt under our senior credit facilities, partially offset by income tax benefits of $0.1 million related to option exercises.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Senior Credit Facilities

Our borrowings under our senior credit facilities bear interest at either a floating base rate or a Eurocurrency rate plus, in each case, an applicable margin. In addition, we pay a commitment fee in respect of unused revolving commitments at a rate that will be adjusted based on our leverage ratio. We are obligated to make quarterly principal payments on the term loan of $2.5 million per year. Subject to certain exceptions, thresholds and other limitations, we are required to prepay outstanding loans under our senior credit facilities with the net proceeds of certain asset dispositions, near-term tax refunds and certain debt issuances and 50% of our excess cash flow (as defined in the agreements governing our senior credit facilities), which percentage will be reduced based on our reaching certain leverage ratio thresholds.

The obligations under our senior credit facilities are guaranteed by all of our existing and future wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries and by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., which we also refer to as Holdings, with certain exceptions as set forth in our credit

agreement. The obligations of SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. (the “Canadian Borrower”) are guaranteed by us, each of our U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries and Holdings, with certain exceptions as set forth in our credit agreement. Our obligations under our senior credit facilities are secured by a perfected first priority security interest in all of our capital stock and all of the capital stock or other equity interests held by us, Holdings and each of our existing and future U.S. subsidiary guarantors (subject to certain limitations for equity interests of foreign subsidiaries and other exceptions as set forth in our credit agreement) and all of our and Holdings’ tangible and intangible assets and the tangible and intangible assets of each of our existing and future U.S. subsidiary guarantors, with certain exceptions as set forth in our credit agreement. The Canadian Borrower’s borrowings under our senior credit facilities and all guarantees thereof are secured by a perfected first priority security interest in all of our capital stock and all of the capital stock or other equity interests held by us, Holdings and each of our existing and future U.S. and Canadian subsidiary guarantors, with certain exceptions as set forth in our credit agreement, and all of our and Holdings’ tangible and intangible assets and the tangible and intangible assets of each of our existing and future U.S. and Canadian subsidiary guarantors, with certain exceptions as set forth in our credit agreement.

The senior credit facilities contain a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, our (and most of our subsidiaries’) ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends and distributions on capital stock, create liens on assets, enter into sale and lease-back transactions, repay subordinated indebtedness, make capital expenditures, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, dispose of assets and engage in mergers or acquisitions. In addition, under the senior credit facilities, we are required to satisfy and maintain a maximum total leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio. We were in compliance with all covenants at September 30, 2007.

11 ³/4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013

The 11 ³/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013 are unsecured senior subordinated obligations that are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt, including the senior credit facilities. The senior subordinated notes will be pari passu in right of payment to all future senior subordinated debt.

The senior subordinated notes are redeemable in whole or in part, at our option, at any time at varying redemption prices that generally include premiums, which are defined in the indenture. In addition, upon a change of control, we are required to make an offer to redeem all of the senior subordinated notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The indenture governing the senior subordinated notes contains a number of covenants that restrict, subject to certain exceptions, our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, make certain investments, create liens, dispose of certain assets and engage in mergers or acquisitions.

On June 13, 2007, Holdings filed a registration statement for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the event the offering is consummated, we intend to redeem (with substantially all of Holdings’ net proceeds from the offering) up to $71.75 million in principal amount of the outstanding senior subordinated notes, at a redemption price of 111.75% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. If we redeem the maximum amount of senior subordinated notes permitted by the indenture, we will redeem $71.75 million in principal amount of notes for $80.18 million in cash, plus accrued and unpaid interest. This redemption will result in a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $8.4 million in the period in which the notes are redeemed. Additionally, we will incur a non-cash charge of approximately $2.2 million relating to the write-off of deferred financing fees attributable to the redeemed notes. Our future annual interest payments will be reduced by approximately $8.4 million. For each $1.0 million decrease in the principal amount redeemed, we will pay $1.12 million less in cash.

Covenant Compliance

Under the senior credit facilities, we are required to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. As of September 30, 2007, we were in compliance with the financial and non-financial covenants. Our continued ability to meet these financial ratios and tests can be affected by events beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that we will meet these ratios and tests. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under the senior credit facilities. Upon the occurrence of any event of default under the senior credit facilities, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the senior credit facilities to be immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit.

Consolidated EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure used in key financial covenants contained in our senior credit facilities, which are material facilities supporting our capital structure and providing liquidity to our business. Consolidated

EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), further adjusted to exclude unusual items and other adjustments permitted in calculating covenant compliance under our senior credit facilities. We believe that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Consolidated EBITDA is appropriate to provide additional information to investors to demonstrate compliance with the specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests contained in our senior credit facilities.

Management uses Consolidated EBITDA to gauge the costs of our capital structure on a day-to-day basis when full financial statements are unavailable. Management further believes that providing this information allows our investors greater transparency and a better understanding of our ability to meet our debt service obligations and make capital expenditures.

The breach of covenants in our senior credit facilities that are tied to ratios based on Consolidated EBITDA could result in a default under that agreement, in which case the lenders could elect to declare all amounts borrowed due and payable and to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. Any such acceleration would also result in a default under our indenture. Any default and subsequent acceleration of payments under our debt agreements would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows. Additionally, under our debt agreements, our ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments and paying dividends is also tied to ratios based on Consolidated EBITDA.

Consolidated EBITDA does not represent net income (loss) or cash flow from operations as those terms are defined by GAAP and does not necessarily indicate whether cash flows will be sufficient to fund cash needs. Further, our senior credit facilities require that Consolidated EBITDA be calculated for the most recent four fiscal quarters. As a result, the measure can be disproportionately affected by a particularly strong or weak quarter. Further, it may not be comparable to the measure for any subsequent four-quarter period or any complete fiscal year.

Consolidated EBITDA is not a recognized measurement under GAAP, and investors should not consider Consolidated EBITDA as a substitute for measures of our financial performance and liquidity as determined in accordance with GAAP, such as net income, operating income or net cash provided by operating activities. Because other companies may calculate Consolidated EBITDA differently than we do, Consolidated EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Consolidate EBITDA has other limitations as an analytical tool, when compared to the use of net income, which is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, including:

	•		Consolidated EBITDA does not reflect the provision of income tax expense in our various jurisdictions;

	•		Consolidated EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense we incur as a result of our debt leverage;

	•		Consolidated EBITDA does not reflect any attribution of costs to our operations related to our investments and capital expenditures through depreciation and amortization charges;

	•		Consolidated EBITDA does not reflect the cost of compensation we provide to our employees in the form of stock option awards; and

	•		Consolidated EBITDA excludes expenses that we believe are unusual or non-recurring, but which others may believe are normal expenses for the operation of a business.

The following is a reconciliation of net income to Consolidated EBITDA as defined in our senior credit facilities.


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2007			2006			2007			2006
Net income	$	2,221		$	359		$	989		$	1,920
Interest expense, net		11,067			12,155			33,622			35,428
Income taxes		556			(2,018	)		458			(3,258	)
Depreciation and amortization		8,744			6,768			25,957			20,140

EBITDA	$	22,588		$	17,264		$	61,026		$	54,230
Purchase accounting adjustments (1)		(76	)		403			(215	)		2,958
Unusual or non-recurring charges (2)		(21	)		550			(262	)		(120	)
Acquired EBITDA and cost savings (3)		—			174			135			1,147
Stock-based compensation		1,973			1,707			6,513			1,707
Capital-based taxes		645			483			1,309			1,363
Other (4)		409			250			1,194			750

Consolidated EBITDA	$	25,518		$	20,831		$	69,700		$	62,035


(1)		Purchase accounting adjustments include the adjustment of deferred revenue and lease obligations to fair value at the date of the Transaction.

(2)		Unusual or non-recurring charges include foreign currency gains and losses, proceeds from legal settlements and other one-time gains and expenses.

(3)		Acquired EBITDA and cost savings reflects the impact of EBITDA and cost savings from synergies for significant businesses that were acquired during the period as if the acquisition occurred at the beginning of that period.

(4)		Other includes management fees paid to The Carlyle Group and the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expense.

Our covenant restricting capital expenditures for the year ending December 31, 2007 limits expenditures to $10 million. Actual capital expenditures through September 30, 2007 were $5.4 million. Our covenant requirements for total leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio and the actual ratios for the twelve months ended September 30, 2007 are as follows:


	Covenant		Actual
	Requirements		Ratios
Maximum consolidated total leverage to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio		6.75x		4.78x
Minimum Consolidated EBITDA to consolidated net interest coverage ratio		1.50x		2.14x

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. We have invested our available cash in short-term, highly liquid financial instruments, having initial maturities of three months or less. When necessary we have borrowed to fund acquisitions.

At September 30, 2007, we had total debt of $455.0 million, including $250.0 million of variable rate debt. We have entered into three interest rate swap agreements which fixed the interest rates for $209.4 million of our variable rate debt. Two of our swap agreements are denominated in U.S. dollars and have notional values of $100 million and $50 million, effectively fix our interest rates at 6.78% and 6.71%, respectively, and expire in December 2010 and December 2008, respectively. Our third swap agreement is denominated in Canadian dollars and has a notional value equivalent to approximately U.S. $59.4 million. The Canadian swap effectively fixes our interest rate at 6.679% and expires in December 2008. During the period when all three of our swap agreements are effective, a 1% change in interest rates would result in a change in interest of approximately $0.4 million per year. Upon the expiration of the two interest rate swap agreements in December 2008 and the third interest rate swap agreement in December 2010, a 1% change in interest rates would result in a change in interest of approximately $1.5 million and $2.5 million per year, respectively.

At September 30, 2007, $60.5 million of our debt was denominated in Canadian dollars. We expect that our foreign denominated debt will be serviced through our local operations.

During 2006, approximately 40% of our revenues were from customers located outside the United States. A portion of the revenues from customers located outside the United States is denominated in foreign currencies, the majority being the Canadian dollar. Revenues and expenses of our foreign operations are denominated in their respective local currencies. We continue to monitor our exposure to foreign exchange rates as a result of our foreign currency denominated debt, our acquisitions and changes in our operations.

The foregoing risk management discussion and the effect thereof are forward-looking statements. Actual results in the future may differ materially from these projected results due to actual developments in global financial markets. The analytical methods used by us to assess and minimize risk discussed above should not be considered projections of future events or losses.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2007. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2007, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2007, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

In connection with the definitive merger agreement that we signed on July 28, 2005 to be acquired by a corporation affiliated with The Carlyle Group, two purported class action lawsuits were filed against us, each of our directors and, with respect to the first matter described below, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle County.

The first lawsuit is Paulena Partners, LLC v. SS&C Technologies, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 1525-N (filed July 28, 2005). The second lawsuit is Stephen Landen v. SS&C Technologies, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 1541-N (filed August 3, 2005). Each complaint purports to state claims for breach of fiduciary duty against all of our directors at the time of filing of the lawsuits. The complaints allege, among other things, that (1) the merger will benefit our management or Carlyle at the expense of our public stockholders, (2) the merger consideration to be paid to stockholders is inadequate or unfair and does not represent the best price available in the marketplace for us, (3) the process by which the merger was approved was unfair and (4) the directors breached their fiduciary duties to our stockholders in negotiating and approving the merger. Each complaint seeks, among other relief, class certification of the lawsuit, an injunction preventing the consummation of the merger (or rescinding the merger if it is completed prior to the receipt of such relief), compensatory and/or rescissory damages to the class and attorneys’ fees and expenses, along with such other relief as the court might find just and proper. The plaintiffs have not sought a specific amount of monetary damages.

The two lawsuits were consolidated by order dated August 31, 2005. On October 18, 2005, the parties to the consolidated lawsuit entered into a memorandum of understanding, pursuant to which we agreed to make certain additional disclosures to our stockholders in connection with their approval of the merger. The memorandum of understanding also contemplated that the parties would enter into a settlement agreement, which the parties executed on July 6, 2006. Under the settlement agreement, we agreed to pay up to $350,000 of plaintiffs’ legal fees and expenses. The settlement agreement was subject to customary conditions, including court approval following notice to our stockholders. The court did not find that the settlement agreement was fair, reasonable and adequate and disapproved the proposed settlement on November 29, 2006. The court criticized plaintiffs’ counsel’s handling of the litigation, noting that the plaintiffs’ counsel displayed a lack of understanding of basic terms of the merger, did not appear to have adequately investigated the plaintiffs’ potential claims and was unable to identify the basic legal issues in the case. The court also raised questions about the process leading up to the transaction, which process included our chief executive officer’s discussions of potential investments in, or acquisitions of, SS&C Technologies, without prior formal authorization of our board, but the court did not make any findings of fact on the litigation other than that there were not adequate facts in evidence to support the settlement. The plaintiffs decided to continue the litigation following rejection of the settlement, and the parties are currently in discovery. The court has set a trial date for July 2008. We believe that the claims are without merit and are defending them vigorously.

From time to time, we are subject to certain other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of business. In the opinion of our management, we are not involved in any such litigation or proceedings by third parties that our management believes could have a material adverse effect on us or our business.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following risk factors relating to our business. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially adversely affected.

Risks Relating to Our Business

Our business is affected by changes in the state of the general economy and the financial markets, and a slowdown or downturn in the general economy or the financial markets could disproportionately affect the demand for our products and services.

Our clients include a range of organizations in the financial services industry whose success is intrinsically linked to the health of the economy generally and of the financial markets specifically. As a result, we believe that fluctuations, disruptions, instability or downturns in the general economy and the financial markets could disproportionately affect demand for our products and services. For example, such fluctuations, disruptions, instability or downturns may cause our clients to do the following:

	•		cancel or reduce planned expenditures for our products and services;

	•		seek to lower their costs by renegotiating their contracts with us;

	•		move their IT solutions in-house;

	•		switch to lower-priced solutions provided by our competitors; or

	•		exit the industry.

If such conditions occur and persist, our business and financial results, including our liquidity and our ability to fulfill our obligations to the holders of our 11 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013, which we refer to as the notes or senior subordinated notes, and our other lenders, could be materially adversely affected.

Further or accelerated consolidations in the financial services industry could result in a decline in demand for our products and services.

If financial services firms continue to consolidate, as they have over the past decade, there could be a decline in demand for our products and services. For example, if a client merges with a firm using its own solution or another vendor’s solution, it could decide to consolidate its processing on a non-SS&C system. The resulting decline in demand for our products and services could have a material adverse effect on our revenues. For instance, in 2007, a client that represented 5.5% of our revenues in 2006 was acquired in a tender offer transaction. Although the effect of the acquisition on our business is not yet known, if that client were to stop using our products and services as a result of the acquisition, it could cause a significant decrease in our revenues, at least in the short term.

We expect that our operating results, including our profit margins and profitability, may fluctuate over time.

Historically, our revenues, profit margins and other operating results have fluctuated from period to period and over time primarily due to the timing, size and nature of our license and service transactions. Additional factors that may lead to such fluctuation include:

	•		the timing of the introduction and the market acceptance of new products, product enhancements or services by us or our competitors;

	•		the lengthy and often unpredictable sales cycles of large client engagements;

	•		the amount and timing of our operating costs and other expenses;

	•		the financial health of our clients;

	•		changes in the volume of assets under our clients’ management;

	•		cancellations of maintenance and/or software-enabled services arrangements by our clients;

	•		changes in local, national and international regulatory requirements;

	•		changes in our personnel;

	•		implementation of our licensing contracts and software-enabled services arrangements;

	•		changes in economic and financial market conditions; and

	•		changes in the mix in the types of products and services we provide.

If we are unable to retain and attract clients, our revenues and net income would remain stagnant or decline.

If we are unable to keep existing clients satisfied, sell additional products and services to existing clients or attract new clients, then our revenues and net income would remain stagnant or decline. A variety of factors could affect our ability to successfully retain and attract clients, including:

	•		the level of demand for our products and services;

	•		the level of client spending for information technology;

	•		the level of competition from internal client solutions and from other vendors;

	•		the quality of our client service;

	•		our ability to update our products and services and develop new products and services needed by clients;

	•		our ability to understand the organization and processes of our clients; and

	•		our ability to integrate and manage acquired businesses.

We are currently subject to a consolidated shareholder class action lawsuit, the unfavorable outcome of which might have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, operating results and cash flows during the period in which a final outcome is reached.

In connection with the Transaction, two lawsuits were filed in the Delaware Chancery Court against us, members of our board of directors and, with respect to one lawsuit, Holdings. The lawsuits, which were subsequently consolidated, allege that the Transaction benefited our senior management at the expense of our public stockholders, that our board breached its fiduciary duties and that the merger consideration paid to our stockholders was inadequate and did not represent the best price available in the marketplace for us. The plaintiffs in the consolidated shareholder class action lawsuit have not sought a specific amount of monetary damages. The parties to the consolidated lawsuit entered into a memorandum of understanding on October 18, 2005, in which we agreed to make additional disclosures in connection with the approval of the Transaction, and executed a settlement agreement on July 6, 2006. Under the settlement agreement, we agreed to pay up to $350,000 of plaintiffs’ legal fees and expenses. However, the court disapproved the proposed settlement on November 29, 2006. In its opinion, the court criticized plaintiffs’ counsel’s handling of the litigation and raised questions regarding management’s involvement in the process leading up to the Transaction. The parties are currently in discovery, and the court has set a trial date for July 2008. We face the expense and burden incurred in defending the lawsuit, which may divert our management’s efforts and attention from ordinary business operations. If the final resolution of this litigation is unfavorable to us, we may have to pay a substantial sum to our former stockholders, which might materially adversely affect our financial condition, operating results and cash flows during the period in which a final outcome is reached if our existing insurance coverage is unavailable or inadequate to resolve the matter.

We face significant competition with respect to our products and services, which may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins or loss of market share.

The market for financial services software and services is competitive, rapidly evolving and highly sensitive to new product and service introductions and marketing efforts by industry participants. The market is also highly fragmented and served by numerous firms that target only local markets or specific client types. We also face competition from information systems developed and serviced internally by the IT departments of financial services firms. Some of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources, generate higher revenues and have greater name recognition. Our current or potential competitors may develop products comparable or superior to those developed by us, or adapt more quickly to new technologies, evolving industry trends or changing client or regulatory requirements. It is also possible that alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. Increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share. Accordingly, our business may not grow as expected and may decline

Catastrophic events may adversely affect our ability to provide, our clients’ ability to use, and the demand for, our products and services, which may disrupt our business and cause a decline in revenues.

A war, terrorist attack, natural disaster or other catastrophe may adversely affect our business. A catastrophic event could have a direct negative impact on us or an indirect impact on us by, for example, affecting our clients, the financial markets or the overall economy and reducing our ability to provide, our clients’ ability to use, and the demand for, our products and services. The potential for a direct impact is due primarily to our significant investment in infrastructure. Although we maintain redundant facilities and have contingency plans in place to protect against both man-made and natural threats, it is impossible to fully anticipate and protect against all potential catastrophes. A computer virus, security breach, criminal act, military action, power or communication failure, flood, severe storm or the like could lead to service interruptions and data losses for clients, disruptions to our operations, or damage to important facilities. In addition, such an event may cause clients to cancel their agreements with us for our products or services. Any of these events could cause a decline in our revenues.

Our software-enabled services may be subject to disruptions that could adversely affect our reputation and result in client dissatisfaction and lost business.

Our software-enabled services maintain and process confidential data on behalf of our clients, some of which is critical to their business operations. For example, our trading systems maintain account and trading information for our clients and their customers. There is no guarantee that the systems and procedures that we maintain to protect against unauthorized access to such information are adequate to protect against all security breaches. If our software-enabled services are disrupted or fail for any reason, or if our systems or facilities are infiltrated or damaged by unauthorized persons, our clients could experience data loss, financial loss, harm to their reputation and significant business interruption. If that happens, we may be exposed to unexpected liability, our clients may leave, our reputation may be tarnished, and client dissatisfaction and lost business may result.

We may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisitions and may face difficulties in integrating our acquisitions, which could adversely affect our revenues, subject us to unknown liabilities, increase costs and place a significant strain on our management.

We have made and intend in the future to make acquisitions of companies, products or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our business, augment our market coverage, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. However, acquisitions could subject us to contingent or unknown liabilities, and we may have to incur debt or severance liabilities or write off investments, infrastructure costs or other assets.

Our success is also dependent on our ability to complete the integration of the operations of acquired businesses in an efficient and effective manner. Successful integration in the rapidly changing financial services software and services industry may be more difficult to accomplish than in other industries. We may not realize the benefits we anticipate from acquisitions, such as lower costs or increased revenues. We may also realize such benefits more slowly than anticipated, due to our inability to:

	•		combine operations, facilities and differing firm cultures;

	•		retain the clients or employees of acquired entities;

	•		generate market demand for new products and services;

	•		coordinate geographically dispersed operations and successfully adapt to the complexities of international operations;

	•		integrate the technical teams of these companies with our engineering organization;

	•		incorporate acquired technologies and products into our current and future product lines; and

	•		integrate the products and services of these companies with our business, where we do not have distribution, marketing or support experience for such products and services.

Integration may not be smooth or successful. The inability of management to successfully integrate the operations of acquired companies could disrupt our ongoing operations, divert management from day-to-day responsibilities, increase our expenses and harm our operating results or financial condition. Such acquisitions may also place a significant strain on our administrative, operational, financial and other resources. To manage growth effectively, we must continue to improve our management and operational controls, enhance our reporting systems and procedures, integrate new personnel and manage expanded operations. If we are unable to manage our growth and the related expansion in our operations from recent and future

acquisitions, our business may be harmed through a decreased ability to monitor and control effectively our operations and a decrease in the quality of work and innovation of our employees.

If we cannot attract, train and retain qualified managerial, technical and sales personnel, we may not be able to provide adequate technical expertise and customer service to our clients or maintain focus on our business strategy.

We believe that our success is due in part to our experienced management team. We depend in large part upon the continued contribution of our senior management and, in particular, William C. Stone, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Losing the services of one or more members of our senior management could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives. Mr. Stone has been instrumental in developing our business strategy and forging our business relationships since he founded the company in 1986. We maintain no key man life insurance policies for Mr. Stone or any other senior officers or managers.

Our success is also dependent upon our ability to attract, train and retain highly skilled technical and sales personnel. Loss of the services of these employees could materially affect our operations. Competition for qualified technical personnel in the software industry is intense, and we have, at times, found it difficult to attract and retain skilled personnel for our operations.

Locating candidates with the appropriate qualifications, particularly in the desired geographic location and with the necessary subject matter expertise, is difficult. Our failure to attract and retain a sufficient number of highly skilled employees could prevent us from developing and servicing our products at the same levels as our competitors and we may, therefore, lose potential clients and suffer a decline in revenues.

If we are unable to protect our proprietary technology, our success and our ability to compete will be subject to various risks, such as third-party infringement claims, unauthorized use of our technology, disclosure of our proprietary information or inability to license technology from third parties.

Our success and ability to compete depends in part upon our ability to protect our proprietary technology. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright and trademark law, nondisclosure agreements and technical measures to protect our proprietary technology. We have registered trademarks for some of our products and will continue to evaluate the registration of additional trademarks as appropriate. We generally enter into confidentiality and/or license agreements with our employees, distributors, clients and potential clients. We seek to protect our software, documentation and other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws, which afford only limited protection. These efforts may be insufficient to prevent third parties from asserting intellectual property rights in our technology. Furthermore, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy portions of our products or to reverse engineer or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information, and third parties may assert ownership rights in our proprietary technology.

Existing patent and copyright laws afford only limited protection. Others may develop substantially equivalent or superseding proprietary technology, or competitors may offer equivalent products in competition with our products, thereby substantially reducing the value of our proprietary rights. We cannot be sure that our proprietary technology does not include open-source software, free-ware, share-ware or other publicly available technology. There are many patents in the financial services field. As a result, we are subject to the risk that others will claim that the important technology we have developed, acquired or incorporated into our products will infringe the rights, including the patent rights, such persons may hold. Third parties also could claim that our software incorporates publicly available software and that, as a result, we must publicly disclose our source code. Because we rely on confidentiality for protection, such an event could result in a material loss of our intellectual property rights. Expensive and time-consuming litigation may be necessary to protect our proprietary rights.

We have acquired and may acquire important technology rights through our acquisitions and have often incorporated and may incorporate features of this technology across many products and services. As a result, we are subject to the above risks and the additional risk that the seller of the technology rights may not have appropriately protected the intellectual property rights we acquired. Indemnification and other rights under applicable acquisition documents are limited in term and scope and therefore provide us with only limited protection.

In addition, we currently use certain third-party software in providing our products and services, such as industry standard databases and report writers. If we lost our licenses to use such software or if such licenses were found to infringe upon the rights of others, we would need to seek alternative means of obtaining the licensed software to continue to provide our products or services. Our inability to replace such software, or to replace such software in a timely manner, could have a negative impact on our operations and financial results.

We could become subject to litigation regarding intellectual property rights, which could seriously harm our business and require us to incur significant costs, which, in turn, could reduce or eliminate profits.

In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patents and other intellectual property rights. While we are not currently a party to any litigation asserting that we have violated third-party intellectual property rights, we may be a party to litigation in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights or as a result of an allegation that we infringe others’ intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks and copyrights. From time to time we have received notices claiming our technology may infringe third-party intellectual property rights. Any parties asserting that our products or services infringe upon their proprietary rights could force us to defend ourselves and possibly our clients against the alleged infringement. These claims and any resulting lawsuit, if successful, could subject us to significant liability for damages and invalidation of our proprietary rights. These lawsuits, regardless of their success, could be time-consuming and expensive to resolve, adversely affect our revenues, profitability and prospects and divert management time and attention away from our operations. We may be required to re-engineer our products or services or obtain a license of third-party technologies on unfavorable terms.

Our failure to continue to derive substantial revenues from the licensing of, or the provision of software-enabled services relating to, our CAMRA, TradeThru, Pacer, AdvisorWare and Total Return software, and the provision of maintenance and professional services in support of such licensed software, could adversely affect our ability to sustain or grow our revenues and harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The licensing of, and the provision of software-enabled services, maintenance and professional services relating to, our CAMRA, TradeThru, Pacer, AdvisorWare and Total Return software accounted for approximately 51% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006. We expect that the revenues from these software products and services will continue to account for a significant portion of our total revenues for the foreseeable future. As a result, factors adversely affecting the pricing of or demand for such products and services, such as competition or technological change, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to sustain or grow our revenues and harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to adapt to rapidly changing technology and evolving industry standards and regulatory requirements, and our inability to introduce new products and services could result in a loss of market share.

Rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and regulatory requirements and new product and service introductions characterize the market for our products and services. Our future success will depend in part upon our ability to enhance our existing products and services and to develop and introduce new products and services to keep pace with such changes and developments and to meet changing client needs. The process of developing our software products is extremely complex and is expected to become increasingly complex and expensive in the future due to the introduction of new platforms, operating systems and technologies. Our ability to keep up with technology and business and regulatory changes is subject to a number of risks, including that:

	•		we may find it difficult or costly to update our services and software and to develop new products and services quickly enough to meet our clients’ needs;

	•		we may find it difficult or costly to make some features of our software work effectively and securely over the Internet or with new or changed operating systems;

	•		we may find it difficult or costly to update our software and services to keep pace with business, evolving industry standards, regulatory and other developments in the industries where our clients operate; and

	•		we may be exposed to liability for security breaches that allow unauthorized persons to gain access to confidential information stored on our computers or transmitted over our network.

Our failure to enhance our existing products and services and to develop and introduce new products and services to promptly address the needs of the financial markets could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Undetected software design defects, errors or failures may result in loss of our clients’ data, litigation against us and harm to our reputation and business.

Our software products are highly complex and sophisticated and could contain design defects or software errors that are difficult to detect and correct. Errors or bugs may result in loss of client data or require design modifications. We cannot assure you that, despite testing by us and our clients, errors will not be found in new products, which errors could result in data unavailability, loss or corruption of client assets, litigation and other claims for damages against us. The cost of defending such a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, could be substantial and could divert management’s attention from ongoing operations of the company. In addition, if our business liability insurance coverage proves inadequate with respect to a claim or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all we may be liable for payment of substantial damages. Any or all of these potential consequences could have an adverse impact on our operating results and financial condition.

Challenges in maintaining and expanding our international operations can result in increased costs, delayed sales efforts and uncertainty with respect to our intellectual property rights and results of operations.

For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, international revenues accounted for 22%, 37% and 40%, respectively, of our total revenues. We sell certain of our products, such as Altair, Mabel and Pacer, primarily outside the United States. Our international business may be subject to a variety of risks, including:

	•		changes in a specific country’s or region’s political or economic condition;

	•		difficulties in obtaining U.S. export licenses;

	•		potentially longer payment cycles;

	•		increased costs associated with maintaining international marketing efforts;

	•		foreign currency fluctuations;

	•		the introduction of non-tariff barriers and higher duty rates;

	•		foreign regulatory compliance; and

	•		difficulties in enforcement of third-party contractual obligations and intellectual property rights.

Such factors could have a material adverse effect on our ability to meet our growth and revenue projections and negatively affect our results of operations.

Risks Relating to Our Substantial Indebtedness

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our 11 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013 and our senior credit facilities.

We have incurred a significant amount of indebtedness. As of September 30, 2007, we had total indebtedness of $455.0 million and additional available borrowings of $75.0 million under our revolving credit facility. Our total indebtedness consisted of $205.0 million of 11 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013 and $250.0 million of secured indebtedness under our term loan B facility.

Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences. For example, it could:

	•		make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our notes and our senior credit facilities;

	•		require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures, research and development efforts and other general corporate purposes;

	•		increase our vulnerability to and limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

	•		expose us to the risk of increased interest rates as borrowings under our senior credit facilities are subject to variable rates of interest;

	•		place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and

	•		limit our ability to borrow additional funds.

In addition, the indenture governing the notes and the agreement governing our senior credit facilities contain financial and other restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interests. Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all of our debts.

To service our indebtedness, we require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.

We are obligated to make periodic principal and interest payments on our senior and subordinated debt of approximately $45 million annually. Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness and to fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us under our senior credit facilities in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, including our senior credit facilities and the notes, on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we cannot service our indebtedness, we may have to take actions such as selling assets, seeking additional equity or reducing or delaying capital expenditures, strategic acquisitions, investments and alliances. We cannot assure you that any such actions, if necessary, could be effected on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Despite current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial financial leverage.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future because the terms of the indenture governing the notes and our senior credit facilities do not fully prohibit us or our subsidiaries from doing so. Subject to covenant compliance and certain conditions, our senior credit facilities permit additional borrowing, including borrowing up to $75.0 million under our revolving credit facility. If new debt is added to our and our subsidiaries’ current debt levels, the related risks that we and they now face could intensify.

Restrictive covenants in the indenture governing the notes and the agreement governing our senior credit facilities may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.

The indenture governing the notes and the agreement governing our senior credit facilities limit our ability, among other things, to:

	•		incur additional indebtedness;

	•		sell assets, including capital stock of restricted subsidiaries;

	•		agree to payment restrictions affecting our restricted subsidiaries;

	•		pay dividends;

	•		consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

	•		make strategic acquisitions;

	•		enter into transactions with our affiliates;

	•		incur liens; and

	•		designate any of our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

In addition, our senior credit facilities include other covenants which, subject to permitted exceptions, prohibit us from making capital expenditures in excess of certain thresholds, making investments, loans and other advances, engaging in sale-leaseback transactions, entering into speculative hedging agreements, and prepaying our other indebtedness while indebtedness under our senior credit facilities is outstanding. The agreement governing our senior credit facilities also requires us to maintain compliance with specified financial ratios, particularly a leverage ratio and an interest coverage ratio. Our ability to comply with these ratios may be affected by events beyond our control.

The restrictions contained in the indenture governing the notes and the agreement governing our senior credit facilities could limit our ability to plan for or react to market conditions, meet capital needs or make acquisitions or otherwise restrict our activities or business plans.

A breach of any of these restrictive covenants or our inability to comply with the required financial ratios could result in a default under the agreement governing our senior credit facilities. If a default occurs, the lenders under our senior credit facilities may elect to:

	•		declare all borrowings outstanding, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable; or

	•		prevent us from making payments on the notes,

either of which would result in an event of default under the notes. The lenders also have the right in these circumstances to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. If we are unable to repay outstanding borrowings when due, the lenders under our senior credit facilities also have the right to proceed against the collateral, including our available cash, granted to them to secure the indebtedness. If the indebtedness under our senior credit facilities and the notes were to be accelerated, we cannot assure you that our assets would be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and our other indebtedness.

We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance the change of control offer required by the indenture governing the notes.

Upon the occurrence of certain specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, to the date of repurchase. However, it is possible that we will not have sufficient funds at the time of the change of control to make the required repurchase of notes or that restrictions in our senior credit facilities will not allow such repurchases. In addition, certain important corporate events, such as leveraged recapitalizations that would increase the level of our indebtedness, would not constitute a “Change of Control” under the indenture governing the notes.

Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding such exhibits are filed as part of this Report.

SIGNATURE

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


		SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Date: November 2, 2007		By:/s/ Patrick J. Pedonti

		Patrick J. Pedonti Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Exhibit Index


Exhibit Number		Description
31.1		Certification of the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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

32		Certification of the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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