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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, 2009
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM       TO
Commission file number 000-24643
DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
DELAWARE   41-1901640
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification Number)
9625 WEST 76TH STREET
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA 55344

(Address of principal executive offices)

(952) 253-1234
(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 filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
The number of shares of common stock outstanding at November 1, 2009 was 38,643,675 shares.
 
 

 


 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.   Financial Statements
DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
                 
    (Unaudited)        
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
ASSETS
               
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 396,421     $ 490,335  
Short-term investments
    14,939       10,000  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,214 and $2,457
    51,574       53,216  
Deferred income taxes
    7,654       7,613  
Prepaid expenses and other
    16,000       42,522  
 
           
Total current assets
    486,588       603,686  
 
           
 
               
Property and equipment, net
    54,420       41,733  
Goodwill
    278,682       273,788  
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $72,653 and $66,346
    27,697       32,222  
Long-term investments
    94,335       93,213  
Deferred income taxes
    23,063       24,824  
Other assets
    2,459       786  
 
           
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 967,244     $ 1,070,252  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Convertible senior notes
  $     $ 186,195  
Accounts payable
    196,969       184,361  
Accrued payroll
    14,968       14,841  
Deferred revenue
    17,693       13,651  
Accrued acquisition liabilities
    43       3,278  
Other accrued liabilities
    37,365       41,336  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    267,038       443,662  
 
           
 
               
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Convertible senior notes
    8,805       8,805  
Other liabilities
    15,001       15,712  
 
           
Total non-current liabilities
    23,806       24,517  
 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    290,844       468,179  
 
           
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
           
Common Stock, $.01 par value; 120,000,000 shares authorized; 44,853,606 and 43,225,401 shares issued
    448       432  
Treasury stock at cost; 6,233,012 and 6,211,477 shares
    (216,738 )     (216,163 )
Additional paid-in capital
    641,811       623,778  
Retained earnings
    228,499       189,096  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    22,380       4,930  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    676,400       602,073  
 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 967,244     $ 1,070,252  
 
           
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except per share data; unaudited)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Revenue
  $ 99,419     $ 96,301     $ 298,914     $ 298,309  
Costs and expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense shown separately below):
                               
Direct cost of services
    4,582       3,913       12,475       12,557  
Network and infrastructure
    11,786       10,552       33,062       31,136  
Sales and marketing
    38,073       35,419       115,709       114,396  
Product research and development
    14,134       12,993       39,605       38,737  
General and administrative
    9,319       9,861       28,280       30,939  
Depreciation and amortization
    5,162       4,047       13,635       11,838  
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
    1,800       2,001       5,719       6,347  
 
                       
Total costs and expenses
    84,856       78,786       248,485       245,950  
 
                       
Income from operations
    14,563       17,515       50,429       52,359  
Interest Income
    557       4,513       2,508       15,057  
Other income (expense), net
    264       (1,387 )     (9 )     (3,789 )
 
                       
Income before income tax expense
    15,384       20,641       52,928       63,627  
Income tax expense
    4,341       5,007       13,525       16,491  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 11,043     $ 15,634     $ 39,403     $ 47,136  
 
                       
 
                               
Net income per share — basic
  $ 0.30     $ 0.43     $ 1.07     $ 1.27  
 
                       
Net income per share — diluted
  $ 0.29     $ 0.39     $ 1.05     $ 1.15  
 
                       
 
                               
Shares used in per-share calculation — basic
    37,151       36,495       36,899       37,186  
 
                       
Shares used in per-share calculation — diluted
    38,093       41,620       37,599       42,203  
 
                       
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands; unaudited)
                 
    Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2009     2008  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
               
Net income
  $ 39,403     $ 47,136  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
               
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
    5,719       6,347  
Change in accounts receivable allowance, net of acquisitions
    216       632  
Depreciation and amortization
    13,635       11,838  
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based compensation plans
    13,256       10,161  
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
    (615 )     (1,685 )
Deferred and other income taxes
    2,466       6,927  
Change in operating assets and liabilities (net of acquisitions)
               
Accounts receivable
    2,141       10,204  
Prepaid and other assets
    20,601       (7,819 )
Accounts payable
    10,219       1,310  
Deferred revenue
    3,833       1,789  
Income tax payable
    1,900       (10,289 )
Other accrued liabilities
    (6,568 )     39  
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    106,206       76,590  
 
           
 
               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Purchases of investments
    (17,279 )     (460,549 )
Sales of investments
    17,600       516,108  
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash received
    (4,445 )     (22,221 )
Purchases of equipment and capitalized software
    (26,143 )     (15,169 )
 
           
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities
    (30,267 )     18,169  
 
           
 
               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Cash paid for convertible senior notes
    (186,660 )     6,841  
Exercise of stock options
    9,133        
Sales of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
    1,336       1,446  
Repurchase of common stock
          (137,858 )
Repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation
    (575 )     (387 )
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
    615       1,685  
 
           
Net cash used in financing activities
    (176,151 )     (128,273 )
 
           
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH
    6,298       (3,025 )
 
           
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    (93,914 )     (36,539 )
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
    490,335       381,788  
 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
  $ 396,421     $ 345,249  
 
           
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES:
               
Cash paid for interest on convertible senior notes
  $ 1,274     $ 2,438  
 
           
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 15,649     $ 17,039  
 
           
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, which in our opinion are necessary to fairly state our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Forms 10-K and 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarter or for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. The December 31, 2008, balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
A detailed description of our significant accounting policies can be found in our most recent Annual Report filed on Forms 10-K and 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Software Development
Costs to develop software for internal use are required to be capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the software. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we capitalized $3.4 million and $1.4 million related to software development, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we capitalized $14.8 million and $1.6 million related to software development, respectively. This capitalization is primarily related to the development of our new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and new data management and reporting infrastructure. We expect these investments to drive long-term operational efficiencies across the organization and provide further competitive differentiation.
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income includes revenues, expenses, gains and losses that are excluded from net earnings under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Items of comprehensive income are unrealized gains and losses on short-term investments and foreign currency translation adjustments which are added to net income to compute comprehensive income. Comprehensive income is net of income tax benefit or expense.
The components of comprehensive income are (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Net Income
  $ 11,043     $ 15,634     $ 39,403     $ 47,136  
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
                               
Unrealized foreign exchange gain/(loss) on the revaluation of investments in foreign subsidiaries
    10,992       (21,740 )     11,089       (7,269 )
Reduction in temporary impairment of auction rate securities
    1,599             10,123        
Unrealized gain/(loss) on investments
    14       (956 )     6       (1,161 )
Tax expense
    (600 )           (3,768 )        
 
                       
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
    12,005       (22,696 )     17,450       (8,430 )
 
                       
Comprehensive income/(loss)
  $ 23,048     $ (7,062 )   $ 56,853     $ 38,706  
 
                       

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
Foreign Currency
We are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Our primary risk is the effect of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency denominated operating sales and expenses. Substantially all of our foreign subsidiaries use the local currency of their respective countries as their functional currency. At September 30, 2009, these exposures were mitigated by the use of foreign exchange forward contracts with maturities of approximately one week. Our derivatives are not designated as hedges and are adjusted to fair value through income each period. The principal exposures mitigated were euro and pound sterling currencies. Our foreign currency contracts contain credit risk to the extent that our bank counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreements.
Assets and liabilities are translated at balance sheet date exchange rates. Revenues, costs and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for the reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from translation are recorded as a component of equity. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are recognized as other income (expense), net. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, derivative exposure was immaterial. The notional amounts held and the underlying gain/loss were determined to be immaterial when compared to our overall cash and cash equivalents and the net income reported for the respective periods.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Codification (ASC): In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASC Topic No. 105. The new guidance establishes the FASB ASC as the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP, with exception to rules and interpretive releases from the SEC, which continue to be sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for SEC registrants. We have adopted the new guidance for the period ending September 30, 2009. As the new standard did not change U.S. GAAP, there was no change in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than conforming U.S. GAAP references into the ASC format.
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments: In April 2009, the FASB issued additional guidance related to ASC Topic No. 825, “Financial Instruments” (ASC 825). ASC 825 establishes additional disclosure requirements of fair values for certain financial instruments in the interim financial statements. We adopted the new guidance for the period ending June 30, 2009. The required disclosures are included in Note 8, “Fair Value Measurements”.
Other-than-temporary Impairments: In April 2009, the FASB issued new investment impairment guidance now codified in ASC Topic No. 320, “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities” (ASC 320). The guidance requires companies to provide greater clarity to investors about the credit and noncredit component of an other-than-temporary impairment event and to communicate more effectively when an other-than-temporary impairment event has occurred. The new guidance improves the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairment on investment securities and changes the calculation of the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings in the financial statements. The new guidance does not amend existing recognition and measurement guidance related to other-than-temporary impairment of equity securities.
For debt securities, the new guidance requires an entity to assess whether (a) it has the intent to sell the debt security, or (b) it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. If either of these conditions is met, an other-than-temporary impairment on the security must be recognized.
In instances in which a determination is made that a credit loss (defined as the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis) exists but the entity does not intend to sell the debt security and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the debt security before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis (i.e., the amortized cost basis less any current-period credit loss), the new guidance changes the presentation and amount of the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in the income statement.
When adopting the additional guidance related to ASC 320, an entity is required to record a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the beginning of the period of adoption to reclassify the noncredit component of a previously recognized other-than-temporary impairment from retained earnings to “Accumulated other comprehensive income” if the entity does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
the security before the anticipated recovery of its amortized cost basis. We have adopted the additional guidance related to ASC 320 for the period ending June 30, 2009, and it did not have a material impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures: In April 2009, the FASB issued additional guidance related to ASC Topic No. 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (ASC 820). ASC 820 provisions define fair value, establish a framework for measuring fair value and expand disclosure requirements. The new guidance emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants. The guidance provides a number of factors to consider when evaluating whether there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability in relation to normal market activity. In addition, when transactions or quoted prices are not considered orderly, adjustments to those prices based on the weight of available information may be needed to determine the appropriate fair value. The guidance also requires increased disclosures. We adopted the new guidance for the period ending June 30, 2009, and it did not have a material impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The required disclosures are included in Note 8, “Fair Value Measurements”.
Subsequent Events: In May 2009, the FASB issued additional guidance related to ASC Topic No. 855, “Subsequent Events” (ASC 855). ASC 855 establishes that management must evaluate, as of each reporting period, events or transactions that occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements and the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date through the date that the financial statements are issued or available to be issued. It also requires the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events. We adopted ASC 855 for the period ending June 30, 2009. The required disclosures are included in Note 10, “Subsequent Events”.
2. NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net income, adjusted to exclude interest expense and financing cost amortization related to potentially dilutive securities, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus any additional common shares that would have been outstanding if potentially dilutive common shares had been issued during the period.
The following table summarizes the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Earnings per share — basic
                               
Net income — basic
  $ 11,043     $ 15,634     $ 39,403     $ 47,136  
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    37,151       36,495       36,899       37,186  
 
                       
Earnings per share — basic
  $ 0.30     $ 0.43     $ 1.07     $ 1.27  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per share — diluted
                               
Net income — basic
  $ 11,043     $ 15,634     $ 39,403     $ 47,136  
Exclude: Interest expense and amortized financing cost of convertible senior notes, net of tax benefit
    21       435       63       1,304  
 
                       
Net income — diluted
  $ 11,064     $ 16,069     $ 39,466     $ 48,440  
 
                       
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    37,151       36,495       36,899       37,186  
Dilutive impact of non-vested stock and options outstanding
    742       700       500       592  
Dilutive impact of convertible senior notes
    200       4,425       200       4,425  
 
                       
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
    38,093       41,620       37,599       42,203  
 
                       
Net income per share — diluted
  $ 0.29     $ 0.39     $ 1.05     $ 1.15  
 
                       

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
Options to purchase 421,897 and 590,998 shares for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and 658,196 and 615,312 shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS, because their effect on diluted EPS would have been anti-dilutive.
The unissued shares underlying contingent convertible notes are treated as if such shares were issued and outstanding for the purposes of calculating GAAP diluted earnings per share beginning with the issuance of our 1.25% convertible senior notes on June 1, 2004.
3. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS, GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Business Combinations
In December 2007, the FASB issued additional guidance on business combinations contained in ASC Topic No. 805, “Business Combinations” (ASC 805). The additional guidance, is intended to simplify existing guidance and converge rulemaking under U.S. GAAP with international accounting rules. ASC 805 changes the accounting for business combinations in a number of areas, including the treatment of contingent consideration, contingencies, acquisition costs and restructuring costs. Also under this Statement, changes in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties in a business combination after the measurement period will impact income tax expense. The additional guidance under ASC 805 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. We adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2009 and the impact was immaterial to our financial statements.
Acquisitions completed in 2008
On September 1, 2008, we acquired all of the capital stock of Think Subscription, a privately-held company based in Provo, Utah, for approximately $5.1 million in cash. Think Subscription provides subscription management and fulfillment software to content publishers, online service providers, media vendors and other subscription-based businesses. The agreement provides Think Subscription shareholders with an earn-out opportunity based on Think Subscription achieving certain revenue and earnings targets during the first three years subsequent to the acquisition. Due to changing business needs Digital River and Think Subscription agreed to a final earn-out of $1.25 million that replaced the original earn-out opportunity. This was paid in the third quarter of 2009. The earn-out has been recorded as goodwill in 2009 as it was considered incremental to the purchase price.
On January 1, 2008, we acquired all of the capital stock of DigitalSwift Corporation (DigitalSwift), a privately-held company based in Madison, Georgia, for approximately $9.2 million in cash. DigitalSwift is a manufacturer and fulfiller of on-demand, dynamic and build-to-order CDs and DVDs to consumers. The agreement provides DigitalSwift shareholders with an earn-out opportunity based on DigitalSwift achieving certain revenue and earnings targets during the first year subsequent to the acquisition. In 2008, we paid earn-outs of $1.0 million and accrued $3.0 million for future earn-out payments. Earn-outs totaling $3.0 million were paid during the first quarter of 2009. These earn-outs have been recorded as goodwill in 2009 as they were considered incremental to the purchase price.
On January 1, 2008, we acquired the assets of IA Users Club d.b.a. CustomCD, Inc. (CustomCD), a privately-held company based in Portland, Oregon and Krefeld, Germany, for approximately $7.0 million in cash. This acquisition involved an asset purchase of the US-based business and a stock purchase of the business located in Germany. CustomCD creates, sells and delivers to consumers custom CDs and DVDs containing software, games, and other licensed content. The agreement provides CustomCD shareholders with an earn-out opportunity based on CustomCD achieving certain revenue and earnings targets during the first two years subsequent to the acquisition. In 2008, we paid earn-outs of $1.3 million. Earn-outs were recorded as goodwill in 2008 as they were considered incremental to the purchase price. Any future earn-out will result in additional goodwill.
Future Earn-outs
As of September 30, 2009, there were no future earn-out liabilities recorded.

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
4. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options, awards and employee stock purchases recognized (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Costs and expenses
                               
Direct cost of services
  $ 160     $ 220     $ 501     $ 659  
Network and infrastructure
    215       60       535       123  
Sales and marketing
    1,704       1,403       4,864       3,788  
Product research and development
    670       371       1,748       969  
General and administrative
    1,909       1,569       5,608       4,622  
 
                       
Stock-based compensation included in costs and expenses
  $ 4,658     $ 3,623     $ 13,256     $ 10,161  
 
                       
5. INCOME TAXES
For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, our tax expense was $4.3 million and $5.0 million, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, our tax expense consisted of approximately $3.5 million of U.S. tax expense and $0.8 million of foreign tax expense. Tax expense was comparatively lower than in prior periods due to lower pre-tax income for the current period. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the tax rate was 28.2% and 24.3%, respectively. The current tax rate reflects $0.1 million of tax expense related to discrete provision-to-return adjustments. The lower prior year third quarter tax rate was primarily due to an adjustment to the prior year annual effective tax rate from 29.0% to 27.5% that occurred during that quarter.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, our tax expense was $13.5 million and $16.5 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our tax expense consisted of approximately $11.8 million of U.S tax expense and $1.7 million of foreign tax expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the tax rate was 25.6% and 25.9%, respectively. Differences in our effective tax rate from the U.S. statutory rate are primarily due to our mix of earnings from international operations and the differences in statutory rates in these countries from the U.S. rate.
As of September 30, 2009, we had $7.2 million of unrecognized tax benefits. All of these unrecognized tax benefits would affect our effective tax rate if recognized. Gross unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $1.0 million during the quarter as the Company effectively settled certain tax positions with tax authorities. Gross unrecognized tax benefits increased by $0.8 million for other items identified during the quarter. As of September 30, 2009, we had approximately $1.1 million of accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions.
There is uncertainty of future realization of a portion of the deferred tax assets resulting from acquired tax loss carryforwards. Therefore a valuation allowance was recorded against the tax effect of such tax loss carryforwards. At September 30, 2009, the Company has a valuation allowance on approximately $1.2 million of deferred tax assets as we believe it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Due to the potential resolution of examinations currently being performed by taxing authorities and the expiration of various statutes of limitation, it is reasonably possible that the balance of our gross unrecognized tax benefits may change within the next twelve months by a range of zero to $0.8 million.
6. DEBT
In 2004 we sold and issued $195.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.25% convertible senior notes due January 1, 2024 (Notes), in a private, unregistered offering. The Notes were sold at 100% of their principal amount.
We are required to pay interest on the Notes on January 1 and July 1 of each year so long as the Notes are outstanding. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 1.25% and, if specified conditions are met, are convertible into our common stock at a conversion price of $44.063 per share. The Notes may be surrendered for conversion under certain circumstances, including the satisfaction of a market price condition, such that the price of our common stock reaches a specified threshold; the satisfaction of a trading price condition, such that the trading price of the Notes falls below a specified level; the redemption of the Notes by us, the occurrence of specified corporate

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
transactions, as defined in the related indenture; and the occurrence of a fundamental change, as defined in the related indenture. The initial conversion price is equivalent to a conversion rate of approximately 22.6948 shares per $1,000 of principal amount of the Notes. We will adjust the conversion price if certain events occur, as specified in the related indenture, such as the issuance of our common stock as a dividend or distribution or the occurrence of a stock subdivision or combination.
Holders of the Notes have the right to require us to repurchase their Notes prior to maturity on January 1, 2014 and 2019. We have the right to redeem the Notes at any time on or after January 1, 2009. On January 5, 2009, we announced that holders of 95.5% of the Notes exercised the option to require us to repurchase those Notes on January 2, 2009 at a purchase price of 100.25% of the principal amount of each tendered Note. Notes with an aggregate principal amount of approximately $8.8 million remain outstanding. In light of the right of holders to require us to redeem the Notes on January 1, 2009, on January 1, 2008, we reclassified the Notes as short-term debt. As such right has expired and the exercise of the next right to require us to redeem the Notes will not occur until January 1, 2014, we have reclassified the remaining Notes as long-term debt.
In the third quarter of 2009 and 2008, we incurred interest expense of $0.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively, on the Notes and made interest payments of $0.1 million and $1.2 million in the third quarters of 2009 and 2008, respectively.
7. INVESTMENTS
As of September 30, 2009, and December 31, 2008, our available-for-sale securities consisted of the following (in thousands):
                                                 
            Unrealized Gain/(Loss)             Maturities/Reset Dates  
            Less than 12     Greater than 12             Less than 12     Greater than 12  
    Cost     Months   Months     Fair Value   Months     Months  
 
Balance, September 30, 2009
                                               
U.S. government sponsored agencies
  $ 4,999     $ 12             $ 5,011             $ 5,011  
Corporate Bonds
    8,573       (45 )             8,528       2,105       6,423  
Student loan bonds (1)
    101,900       (6,165 )           95,735       1,400       94,335  
 
                                   
Total available-for-sale securities
  $ 115,472     $ (6,198 )   $     $ 109,274     $ 3,505     $ 105,769  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Balance, December 31, 2008
                                               
U.S. government sponsored agencies
  $ 9,900     $ 100     $     $ 10,000     $ 10,000     $  
Student loan bonds (1)
    109,500       (16,287 )           93,213             93,213  
 
                                   
Total available-for-sale securities
  $ 119,400     $ (16,187 )   $     $ 103,213     $ 10,000     $ 93,213  
 
                                   
 
(1) Temporary impairment identified in December 2008 balance sheet. See Note 8. Fair Value Measurements for further information.
Realized gains or losses on investments are recorded in our statement of income within “Other income (expense), net”. All sales of investments for the nine months ending September 30, 2009, were retired at par.
8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
Level 1 — Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2 — Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumption.
As of September 30, 2009, we held certain assets that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. These included cash equivalents and investments.
As of September 30, 2009, we held $101.9 million of investments at par value, $95.7 million fair value, in auction-rate securities (ARS), all are AAA/Aaa rated and 105%-115% over collateralized by student loans guaranteed by the U.S. government with the exception of one security which is rated AAA/A3 and one security which is rated

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
AAA/Aa1. All the securities are 100% guaranteed by the Department of Education or the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) with the exception of two securities which are 82.5% and 99% guaranteed by FFELP. Almost all of these securities continue to fail at auction due to illiquid market conditions.
The Company determined a market value discount, due to current illiquid market conditions, was required and recorded a temporary fair value reduction of $16.3 million (14.9% of par value) recorded to “Accumulated other comprehensive income” on the December 31, 2008 balance sheet. In the third quarter, $0.5 million of our ARS were successfully liquidated at par. As of September 30, 2009, the Company adjusted the market value discount to $6.2 million (6.0% of par value) through “Accumulated other comprehensive income”.
The determination of fair value required management to make estimates and assumptions about the ARS. The discounted cash flow model we used to value these securities included the following assumptions:
    determination of the penalty coupon rate, frequency of reset period associated with each ARS
 
    an average redemption period of seven years
 
    a contribution of the ARS paying its contractually stated interest rate
 
    determination of the risk adjusted discount rate based on LIBOR rates for these maturities plus market information on student loan credit spreads
In aggregate the ARS portfolio is yielding 1.4% and we continue to receive 100% of the contractually required interest payments. We continue to believe that we will be able to liquidate at par over time. We do not intend to sell the investments prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis nor do we believe it is more likely than not we may be required to sell the investments prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis. Accordingly, we treated the fair value decline as temporary. We anticipate we will have sufficient cash flow from operations to execute our business strategy and fund our operational needs. We believe that capital markets are also available if we need to finance other investing alternatives.
The table below presents our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2009 (in thousands):
                                 
    Fair Value Measurements  
    As of September 30, 2009  
    Total     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
Cash equivalents
  $ 396,421     $ 396,421     $     $  
Short-term investments
    14,939       14,939                
Long-term investments
    94,335                   94,335  
 
                       
Total assets measured at fair value
  $ 505,695     $ 411,360     $     $ 94,335  
 
                       
Based on the current illiquid market conditions, the Company classifies its auction rate securities as Level 3 long-term investments until the Company has received a call or partial call on the securities. Upon receipt of a call or partial call, the Company classifies the securities subject to the call or partial call, as Level 1 short term investments. As of September 30, 2009 the fair value of the Company’s $95.7 million in auction rate securities was classified as $1.4 million Level 1 short-term and $94.3 million Level 3 long-term investments. Also as of September 30, 2009, the difference between fair value and par value of these auction rate securities was $6.2 million, or 1.2% of total assets measured at fair value or 0.6% of total assets reported in our financial statements.
The following is a reconciliation of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs) (in thousands):

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DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)
                         
    Fair Value Measurements Using  
    Significant Unobservable Inputs  
    (Level 3)  
    Short-term     Long-term        
    Investments     Investments     Total  
Balance as of December 31, 2007
  $ 119,750     $     $ 119,750  
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized)
                       
Included in other comprehensive income
          (16,287 )     (16,287 )
Purchases, issuances, and settlements
    (10,250 )           (10,250 )
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
    (109,500 )     109,500        
 
                 
Balance as of December 31, 2008
          93,213       93,213  
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized)
                       
Included in other comprehensive income
          8,784       8,784  
Purchases, issuances, and settlements
            1,338       1,338  
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
            (9,000 )     (9,000 )
 
                 
Balance as of September 30, 2009
  $     $ 94,335     $ 94,335  
 
                 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
As of September 30, 2009 and 2008, the fair value of our $8.8 million 1.25% fixed rate convertible senior notes was valued at $7.6 million and $8.5 million, respectively, based on the quoted fair market value of the debt.
9. LITIGATION
We are subject to legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. While the final outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, we believe there is no litigation pending against us that is likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Because of the uncertainty inherent in litigation, it is possible that unfavorable resolutions of these lawsuits, proceedings and claims could exceed the amount we have currently reserved for these matters. For more information on legal proceedings, please see Item 1 of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Symantec Announcement. As announced on October 12, 2009, Symantec Corporation has informed us that it has elected not to renew its e-commerce agreement with us, which will result in the termination of the e-commerce agreement on June 30, 2010. We expect a material decrease in revenue and operating income as a result of Symantec’s decision to not renew its e-commerce agreement with us as Symantec migrates its stores from our e-commerce infrastructure to their internally developed e-commerce platform. However, as Symantec has not yet informed us of its migration plans or the nature of the support Symantec will require from us during the transition period, we are currently unable to predict the magnitude or timing of the revenue impact on our business, our future revenues and our operating results. Year-to-date through September 2009 and 2008, Symantec-related revenues represented 30.5 percent and 34.0 percent of the Company’s total revenues, respectively.
Disclosure Standard. The Company has completed an evaluation of all subsequent events through November 9, 2009, which is the issuance date of these consolidated financial statements, and concluded no additional subsequent events occurred that required recognition or disclosure.

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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The discussion in this Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed below. Additional factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors,” included in Item 1A of Part II of this Quarterly Report and Item 1A of Part 1 of the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008. When used in this document, the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” and similar expressions, are intended to identify certain of these forward-looking statements. However, these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. The cautionary statements made in this document should be read as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this document. We have no obligation to update the matters set forth herein.
Overview
We provide end-to-end global e-commerce and marketing solutions to a wide variety of companies in software, consumer electronics, computer games, video games, and other markets. We offer our clients a broad range of services that enable them to quickly and cost effectively establish an online sales channel capability and to subsequently manage and grow online sales on a global basis while mitigating risks. Our services include design, development and hosting of online stores and shopping carts, store merchandising and optimization, order management, denied parties screening, export controls and management, tax compliance and management, fraud management, digital product delivery via download, physical product fulfillment, subscription management, online marketing including e-mail marketing, management of affiliate paid search programs, payment processing services, website optimization, web analytics and reporting, and CD production and delivery.
Our products and services allow our clients to focus on promoting and marketing their products and brands while leveraging our investments in technology and infrastructure to facilitate the purchase of products through their online websites. When shoppers visit one of our clients’ branded websites and purchase goods, they are transferred to an e-commerce store and / or shopping cart operated by us on our e-commerce platforms. Once on our system, shoppers can browse for products and make purchases online. We typically are the seller of record for transactions through our client branded stores. After a purchase is made, we either deliver the product digitally via download over the Internet or transmit instructions to a third party for physical fulfillment of the order. We also process the buyer’s payment as the merchant of record, including collection and remittance of applicable taxes. We have invested substantial resources to develop our e-commerce and marketing platforms and we provide access and use of our platforms to our clients as a service as opposed to selling the software to be operated on their own in-house computer hardware. Our e-commerce store solutions range from simple remote control models to more comprehensive online store models.
In addition to the services we provide that facilitate the completion of an online transaction, we also offer services designed to increase traffic to our clients’ websites and the associated online stores and to improve the sales productivity of those stores. Our services include paid search advertising, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, store optimization, multi-variant testing, web analytic services and e-mail optimization. All of our services are designed to help our clients acquire customers more effectively, sell to those customers more often and more efficiently, and increase the lifetime value of each customer.
Our clients include many of the largest software, consumer electronics, computer and video game companies, including Absolute Software Corporation, Adobe Systems, Inc., Aspyr Media, Inc., Autodesk, Inc., Canon Europa N.V., Computer Associates, Cyber Patrol, LLC, Eastman Kodak Company, Electronic Arts, Inc., Lexmark, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Nuance Communications, Inc., SanDisk Corporation, Smith Micro Software, Inc., Symantec Corporation, and Trend Micro, Inc.
As announced on October 12, 2009, Symantec Corporation has informed us that it has elected not to renew its e-commerce agreement with us, which will result in the termination of the e-commerce agreement on June 30, 2010. We expect a material decrease in revenue and operating income as a result of Symantec’s decision to not renew its e-commerce agreement with us as Symantec migrates its stores from our e-commerce infrastructure to their internally developed e-commerce platform. However, as Symantec has not yet informed us of its migration plans or the nature of the support Symantec will require from us during the transition period, we are currently unable to predict the magnitude or timing of the revenue impact on our business, our future revenues and our operating results. Our intention is to moderate the impact on our consolidated financial results of the expected reduction in revenue

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through acquisition of new clients, organic growth within existing clients, new product and service introductions, cost-saving initiatives and acquisition activities. Unless and until we generate sufficient new business to offset the loss of Symantec, our third quarter 2009 financial results will be difficult or impossible to duplicate in upcoming quarters. We just recently received this notice and have not had an opportunity to review our operating plan in light of this announcement. Therefore the statements we make below in terms of the items in our operating statement may not reflect this change in our client base.
We were incorporated in Delaware in February 1994. Our headquarters are located at 9625 West 76th Street, Eden Prairie, Minnesota and our telephone number is 952-253-1234.
General information about us can be found at www.digitalriver.com under the “Company/Investor Relations” link. Our annual report on Forms 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, as well as any amendments or exhibits to those reports, are available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth certain items from our condensed consolidated statements of income as a percentage of total revenue for the periods indicated:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
Revenue
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
                               
Costs and expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense shown separately below):
                               
Direct cost of services
    4.6       4.0       4.1       4.2  
Network and infrastructure
    11.9       11.0       11.1       10.4  
Sales and marketing
    38.3       36.8       38.7       38.3  
Product research and development
    14.2       13.5       13.2       13.0  
General and administrative
    9.4       10.2       9.5       10.4  
Depreciation and amortization
    5.2       4.2       4.6       4.0  
Amortization of acquisition-related costs
    1.8       2.1       1.9       2.1  
 
                               
Total costs and expenses
    85.4       81.8       83.1       82.4  
 
                               
Income from operations
    14.6       18.2       16.9       17.6  
Interest Income
    0.6       4.7       0.8       5.0  
Other income (expense), net
    0.3       (1.5 )           (1.3 )
 
                               
Income before income tax expense
    15.5       21.4       17.7       21.3  
Income tax expense
    4.4       5.2       4.5       5.5  
 
                               
Net income
    11.1 %     16.2 %     13.2 %     15.8 %
 
                               
REVENUE. Our revenue was $99.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $96.3 million for the same period in the prior year, an increase of $3.1 million or 3.2%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, revenue totaled $298.9 million, an increase of $0.6 million, or 0.2%, from revenue of $298.3 million in the same period of the prior year. The revenue increases were attributed to increased traffic, growth in the number of consumer electronic clients we serve, growth in our digital software business and expanded strategic marketing activities with a larger number of clients. The revenue increases were also partially driven by foreign currency impact year over year.
International e-commerce sales were approximately 41.9% of total sales in the three month period ended September 30, 2009, compared to 42.7% in the same period of the prior year. The decrease in international revenue was primarily driven by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and increased sales by key U.S. clients.
DIRECT COST OF SERVICES. Direct cost of services primarily includes costs related to personnel, product fulfillment, backup CD production and delivery solutions and certain client-specific costs. Direct cost of service expense increased to $4.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $3.9 million for the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily attributable to higher CD production and delivery costs associated with higher revenue. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, direct cost of service expense was $12.5 million, compared to $12.6 million for the same period of the prior year.

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As a percentage of revenue, direct cost of services were 4.6% and 4.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 4.0% and 4.2% in the same periods of the prior year.
NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE. Our network and infrastructure expenses primarily include personnel related expenses and costs to operate and maintain our technology platforms, customer service, data communication and data center operations. Network and infrastructure expenses were $11.8 million and $10.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, network and infrastructure expenses were $33.1 million, up from $31.1 million for the same period of the prior year. The increases were mainly due to increased data communication expenses and higher client website traffic as a result of various marketing campaigns and client product launches and one time severance and transition costs related to outsourcing our customer service operations to Tennessee-based Sitel Corporation (Sitel). We believe the partnership with Sitel, which has offices in 27 countries and 60,000 associates, will allow us to more efficiently scale to meet the growing requirements of our global client base. We will be able to offer more flexible staffing, expanded support in emerging markets, added multi-lingual capabilities, and in the near future, new global services such as in-bound and out-bound telesales.
As a percentage of revenue, network and infrastructure expenses were 11.9% and 11.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 11.0% and 10.4% in the same period of the prior year.
SALES AND MARKETING. Our sales and marketing expenses include credit card transaction and other payment processing fees, personnel and related costs, advertising, promotional and product marketing expenses, credit card chargebacks and bad debt expense. Sales and marketing expenses were $38.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $35.4 million for the same period in the prior year. Sales and marketing expense increased to $115.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $114.4 million for the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by higher payment processing related fees and new or expanded client paid search marketing programs in 2009.
As a percentage of revenue, sales and marketing expenses were 38.3% and 38.7% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 36.8% and 38.3% in the same periods in the prior year.
PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Our product research and development expenses include personnel and related expenses associated with developing, maintaining and enhancing our technology platforms and related systems. Product research and development expenses were $14.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $13.0 million for the same period in the prior year. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, product research and development expenses were $39.6 million compared to $38.7 million for the same period in the prior year. Higher research and development workforce related costs were incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September, 30 2009 as compared to the same periods of the prior year to support increased investment in technologies to strengthen our leadership position in software and unlock opportunities in markets such as consumer electronics, games, subscriptions, and business-to-business software. The higher research and development workforce related expenses were offset by the benefit of foreign currency translation and increased capitalization of internal and consulting labor to support on-going initiatives in our e-commerce infrastructure. These investments advance global system scalability, our e-marketing capabilities, data management and client reporting.
As a percentage of revenue, product research and development expenses were 14.2% and 13.2% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 13.5% and 13.0% for the same periods in the prior year.
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. Our general and administrative expenses primarily include executive, accounting and administrative personnel and related expenses, professional fees for legal, tax and audit services, bank fees and insurance. General and administrative expenses were $9.3 million and $28.3 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $9.9 million and $30.9 million for the same periods in the prior year. The decrease in general and administrative costs for the three and nine months ended September 30 2009, compared to the same periods in 2008 were mainly due to lower personnel related costs as a result of targeted cost control measures.
As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses were 9.4% and 9.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 10.2% and 10.4% for the same periods of the prior year.
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furniture are depreciated under the straight-line method using three to seven year lives and leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the life of the asset or the remaining length of the lease. Depreciation and amortization expense was $5.2 million and $13.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $4.0 million and $11.8 million for the same periods in the prior year.
AMORTIZATION OF ACQUISITION-RELATED INTANGIBLES. For the period ended September 30, 2009 our amortization of acquisition-related intangibles line item consisted of amortization of intangible assets recorded from eight acquisitions in the past four years. Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets was $1.8 million and $5.7 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $2.0 million and $6.3 million for the same periods in the prior year. The decreases in 2009 were primarily due to the benefit of foreign currency translation on our NetGiro acquisition.
INTEREST INCOME. Our interest income represents the total of interest income on our cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments. Interest income was $0.6 million and $2.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $4.5 million and $15.1 million for the same period in the prior year. The significant decrease in interest income was due to the use of approximately $188 million of cash in January 2009, to satisfy the majority of holders of our 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 who exercised their put option to require the company to repurchase their notes. Additionally, yields on fixed income investments have declined substantially from 2008.
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET. Our other income (expense), net line item includes the total of interest expense on our debt, foreign currency transaction gains and losses and asset disposal gains and losses. Interest expense was $0.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $0.6 million and $1.8 million for the same periods in the prior year. The decrease in other interest expense was due to the significant decrease in our outstanding Convertible Senior Notes in January 2009. Foreign currency re-measurement was a gain of $0.3 million and a $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to a loss of $0.8 million and $0.9 million for the same periods in the prior year. Gains and losses on asset disposals were immaterial for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to a loss of $0.0 million and $1.0 million for the same periods in the prior year. The loss on asset disposals included one-time charges of approximately $0.5 million each for a settlement of patent litigation and a write-down of intangible assets related to our 2007 Bitpass asset acquisition.
INCOME TAXES. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, our tax expense was $4.3 million and $5.0 million, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, our tax expense consisted of approximately $3.5 million of U.S. tax expense and $0.8 million of foreign tax expense. Tax expense was comparatively lower than in prior periods due to lower pre-tax income for the current period. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the tax rate was 28.2% and 24.3%, respectively. The current tax rate reflects $0.1 million of tax expense related to discrete provision-to-return adjustments. The lower prior year third quarter tax rate was primarily due to an adjustment to the prior year annual effective tax rate from 29.0% to 27.5% that occurred during that quarter.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, our tax expense was $13.5 million and $16.5 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our tax expense consisted of approximately $11.8 million of U.S tax expense and $1.7 million of foreign tax expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the tax rate was 25.6% and 25.9%, respectively. Differences in our effective tax rate from the U.S. statutory rate are primarily due to our mix of earnings from international operations and the differences in statutory rates in these countries from the U.S. rate.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2009, we had $396.4 million of cash and cash equivalents. Our primary source of internal liquidity is our operating activities. Net cash provided by operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, of $106.2 million was primarily the result of net income adjusted for non-cash expenses and balance sheet changes such as a decrease in prepaid and other assets. Net cash provided by operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, of $76.6 million was primarily the result of net income adjusted for non-cash expenses and balance sheet changes such as a decrease in accounts receivable and income tax payable.
Net cash used for investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, was $30.3 million and was the result of net sales of investments of $0.3 million, cash paid for acquisitions net of cash received of $4.5 million, and purchases of equipment and capitalized software of $26.1 million. Net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was $18.2 million and was the result of net sales of investments of $55.6 million, cash paid for acquisitions net of cash received of $22.2 million, and purchases of capital equipment of $15.2 million.
Net cash used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, was $176.2 million. Cash paid for convertible senior notes was $186.7 million, proceeds of $9.1 million were provided by the sale of stock through the exercise of stock options, proceeds of $1.3 million were provided by the sale of stock under the employee stock purchase plan, cash used in the repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation was $0.5 million and proceeds of $0.6 million were provided by the excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation. Net cash used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, was $128.3 million. Proceeds of $8.3 million were provided by the sale of stock through the exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan, cash used in the repurchase of restricted stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation was $0.4 million, and proceeds of $1.7 million were provided by the excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation and we repurchased $137.9 million of common stock.
As announced on October 12, 2009, Symantec Corporation has informed us that it has elected not to renew its e-commerce agreement with us, which will result in the termination of the e-commerce agreement on June 30, 2010. We expect a material decrease in revenue and operating profit as a result of Symantec’s decision to not renew its e-commerce agreement with us. However, as Symantec has not yet informed us of its migration plans or the nature of the support Symantec will require from us during the transition period, we are currently unable to predict the magnitude or timing of the revenue impact on our future revenues and our internal liquidity.
As of September 30, 2009, we held $101.9 million of investments at par value, $95.7 million fair value, in auction-rate securities (ARS); all are AAA/Aaa rated and 105%-115% over collateralized by student loans guaranteed by the U.S. government with the exception of one security which is rated AAA/A3 and one security which is rated AAA/Aa1. All the securities are 100% guaranteed by the Department of Education or the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) with the exception of two securities which are 82.5% and 99% guaranteed by FFELP. Almost all of these securities continue to fail at auction due to illiquid market conditions.
The Company determined a market value discount, due to current illiquid market conditions, was required and recorded a temporary fair value reduction of $16.3 million (14.9% of par value) recorded to “Accumulated other comprehensive income” on the December 31, 2008 balance sheet. In the third quarter, $0.5 million of our ARS were successfully liquidated at par. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has adjusted the market value discount of $6.2 million (6.0% of par value) through “Accumulated other comprehensive income”.
The determination of fair value required management to make estimates and assumptions about the ARS. The discounted cash flow model we used to value these securities included the following assumptions:
    determination of the penalty coupon rate, frequency of reset period associated with each ARS
 
    an average redemption period of seven years
 
    a contribution of the ARS paying its contractually stated interest rate
 
    determination of the risk adjusted discount rate based on LIBOR rates for these maturities plus market information on student loan credit spreads
In aggregate the ARS portfolio is yielding 1.4% and we continue to receive 100% of the contractually required interest payments. We continue to believe that we will be able to liquidate at par over time. We do not intend to sell the investments prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis nor do we believe it is more likely than not we may be required to sell the investments prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis. Accordingly, we treated the fair value

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decline as temporary. We anticipate we will have sufficient cash flow from operations to execute our business strategy and fund our operational needs. We believe that capital markets are also available if we need to finance other investing alternatives. See Note 8, “Fair Value Measurements” for further information.
Application of Critical Accounting Policies
Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies
A detailed description of our critical accounting policies can be found in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Codification (ASC): In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASC Topic No. 105. The new guidance establishes the FASB ASC as the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP, with exception to rules and interpretive releases from the SEC, which continue to be sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for SEC registrants. We have adopted the new guidance for the period ending September 30, 2009. As the new standard did not change U.S. GAAP, there was no change in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than conforming U.S. GAAP references into the ASC format.
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments: In April 2009, the FASB issued additional guidance related to ASC Topic No. 825, “Financial Instruments” (ASC 825). ASC 825 establishes additional disclosure requirements of fair values for certain financial instruments in the interim financial statements. We adopted the new guidance for the period ending June 30, 2009. The required disclosures are included in Note 8, “Fair Value Measurements”.
Other-than-temporary Impairments: In April 2009, the FASB issued new investment impairment guidance now codified in ASC Topic No. 320, “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities” (ASC 320). The guidance requires companies to provide greater clarity to investors about the credit and noncredit component of an other-than-temporary impairment event and to communicate more effectively when an other-than-temporary impairment event has occurred. The new guidance improves the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairment on investment securities and changes the calculation of the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings in the financial statements. The new guidance does not amend existing recognition and measurement guidance related to other-than-temporary impairment of equity securities.
For debt securities, the new guidance requires an entity to assess whether (a) it has the intent to sell the debt security, or (b) it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. If either of these conditions is met, an other-than-temporary impairment on the security must be recognized.
In instances in which a determination is made that a credit loss (defined as the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis) exists but the entity does not intend to sell the debt security and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the debt security before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis (i.e., the amortized cost basis less any current-period credit loss), the new guidance changes the presentation and amount of the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in the income statement.
When adopting the additional guidance related to ASC 320, an entity is required to record a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the beginning of the period of adoption to reclassify the noncredit component of a previously recognized other-than-temporary impairment from retained earnings to “Accumulated other comprehensive income” if the entity does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery of its amortized cost basis. We have adopted the additional guidance related to ASC 320 for the period ending June 30, 2009, and it did not have a material impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures: In April 2009, the FASB issued additional guidance related to ASC Topic No. 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (ASC 820). ASC 820 provisions define fair value, establish a framework for measuring fair value and expand disclosure requirements. The new guidance emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants.

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The guidance provides a number of factors to consider when evaluating whether there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability in relation to normal market activity. In addition, when transactions or quoted prices are not considered orderly, adjustments to those prices based on the weight of available information may be needed to determine the appropriate fair value. The guidance also requires increased disclosures. We adopted the new guidance for the period ending June 30, 2009, and it did not have a material impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The required disclosures are included in Note 8, “Fair Value Measurements”.
Subsequent Events: In May 2009, the FASB issued additional guidance related to ASC Topic No. 855, “Subsequent Events” (ASC 855). ASC 855 establishes that management must evaluate, as of each reporting period, events or transactions that occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements and the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date through the date that the financial statements are issued or available to be issued. It also requires the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events. We adopted ASC 855 for the period ending June 30, 2009. The required disclosures are included in Note 10, “Subsequent Events”.
Item 3.   Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosure about Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
Our portfolio of cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments is maintained in a variety of securities, including government agency obligations and money market funds. Investments are classified as available-for-sale securities and carried at their market value with cumulative unrealized gains or losses recorded as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income” within stockholders’ equity. A sharp rise in interest rates could have an adverse impact on the market value of certain securities in our portfolio. We do not currently hedge our interest rate exposure and do not enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
At September 30, 2009, we had long-term debt of $8.8 million associated with our Notes. The market value of our long-term debt will fluctuate with movements of interest rates, increasing in periods of declining rates of interest and declining in periods of increasing rates of interest.
Foreign Currency Risk
Growth in our international operations will incrementally increase our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations as well as other risks typical of international operations, including, but not limited to, differing economic conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures and other regulations and restrictions. Further, in September 2007 we acquired NetGiro Systems, a payment processor based in Stockholm, Sweden that processes international transactions, and the anticipated growth of this company will increase our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations. Accordingly, our future results could be materially adversely impacted by changes in these or other factors.
Foreign exchange rate fluctuations may adversely impact our consolidated results of operations as exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in currencies other than our functional currencies result in gains and losses that are reflected in our Consolidated Statement of Income. To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency-denominated transactions will result in increased net revenues and operating expenses. Conversely, our net revenues and operating expenses will decrease when the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies.
Transaction Exposure
The Company enters into short term foreign currency forward contracts to offset the foreign exchange gains and losses generated by the re-measurement of certain assets and liabilities recorded in non-functional currencies. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives, as well as re-measurement gains and losses, are recognized in current earnings in “Other income (expense), net”.
Translation Exposure
Foreign exchange rate fluctuations may adversely impact our consolidated financial position as the assets and liabilities of our foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars in preparing our consolidated balance sheet. These gains or losses are recognized as an adjustment to stockholders’ equity through “Accumulated other comprehensive income”, net of tax benefit or expense.

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Other Market Risks
Investments in auction-rate securities
At September 30, 2009, we held approximately $101.9 million of auction rate securities at par. Given current conditions in the auction rate securities market as described in Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we may incur temporary unrealized losses, or other-than-temporary realized losses, in the future if market conditions persist and we are unable to recover the investment principal in our auction rate securities.

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Item 4.   Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We are committed to maintaining disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a — 15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2009. The term “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and other procedures 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 such information 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 their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2009, our Chief Executive officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of that date, our disclosure controls were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We are in the process of converting to a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Implementation of the new ERP system is scheduled to occur in phases. During the quarter ended September 30, 2009, the majority of the Company’s US entities and certain non-US entities implemented the new ERP system which resulted in some changes in internal controls. This ERP system, along with the internal controls over financial reporting included in the related phases of implementation, were appropriately tested for effectiveness prior to implementation. There were no other changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a — 15(f) and 15d — 15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting. This system of internal accounting controls is designed to provide reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded, transactions are properly recorded and executed in accordance with management’s authorization and financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings
DDR Holdings, LLC (DDR Holdings) has brought a claim against us and several other defendants regarding U.S. Patents No. 6,629,135 (the “’135 patent”) and 6,993,572 (the “’572 patent”), which are owned by DDR Holdings. These patents claim e-commerce outsourcing systems and methods relating to the provision of outsourced e-commerce support pages having a common look and feel with a host’s website. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on January 31, 2006. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, declaratory relief, damages and attorneys’ fees. We have denied infringement of any valid claim of the patents-in-suit, and have asserted counter-claims which seek a judicial declaration that the patents are invalid and not infringed. In September 2006, DDR Holdings filed an application for reexamination of its patents based upon the prior art produced by us and the other defendants in the case. As part of that application, DDR Holdings asserted that this prior art raised a substantial question as to the patentability of the inventions claimed in the patents. In December 2006, the Court stayed the litigation pending a decision on the reexamination application. In February 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ordered reexamination of DDR Holdings’ patents. On January 5, 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final office action rejecting the claims in the ’135 patent which were subject to reexamination. On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final office action rejecting all but two of the claims in the ’572 patent which were subject to reexamination. Should the stay of litigation be lifted, we intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this matter.
We are subject to legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. While the final outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, we believe there is no litigation pending against us that is likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Because of the uncertainty inherent in litigation, it is possible that unfavorable resolutions of these lawsuits, proceedings and claims could exceed the amount we have currently reserved for these matters.
Third parties have from time-to-time claimed, and others may claim in the future, that we have infringed their intellectual property rights, or that certain products and services we resell infringed their intellectual property rights. We have been notified of several potential intellectual property disputes, and expect that we will increasingly be subject to intellectual property infringement claims as our services expand in scope and complexity. We have in the past been forced to litigate such claims in some instances. We also may become more vulnerable to third-party claims as laws, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act and the Communications Decency Act are interpreted by the courts and as we expand geographically into jurisdictions where the underlying laws with respect to the potential liability of online intermediaries like ourselves are either unclear or less favorable. These claims, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming and costly to resolve, cause service upgrade delays, require expensive changes in our methods of doing business, or could require us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements.

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Item 1A.   Risk Factors
The risk factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 filed with the SEC are modified and supplemented as follows:
Client development and retention is essential to our success, and our failure to do so may result in significant fluctuations in our revenues, operating results, growth rate, and stock price.
We generate revenue by providing services to a wide variety of companies, primarily in the software and high-tech products markets. Therefore, it is important to our ongoing success that we maintain our key client relationships and, at the same time, develop new client relationships. If we cannot develop and maintain satisfactory relationships with software and digital products publishers, manufacturers of consumer electronics and other goods, online retailers and online channel partners on acceptable commercial terms, or if clients elect to end their relationships with us, we will likely experience a decline in revenue and operating profit. We also depend on our clients creating and supporting products that consumers will purchase. If we are unable to obtain sufficient quantities of products for any reason, or if the quality of service provided by these publishers and manufacturers falls below a satisfactory level, we could also experience a decline in revenue, operating profit and consumer satisfaction, and our reputation could be harmed. Our contracts with our clients are generally one to two years in duration, with an automatic renewal provision for additional one-year periods, unless we are provided with a written notice before the end of the contract. We have no material long-term or exclusive contracts or arrangements with any clients that guarantee the availability of products. Clients that currently supply products to us may not continue to do so, and we may be unable to establish new relationships with clients to supplement or replace existing relationships. If an existing significant customer elects to end their relationship with us or if sales of a significant customer’s products by us materially decrease, our revenue would decline and it may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, growth rate, and stock price.
A significant portion of our revenues are derived from a limited number of clients, the loss of any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, and stock price.
Sales of products for one client, Symantec Corporation, accounted for approximately 24.3% of our revenue in 2008. In addition, revenues derived from proprietary Digital River services sold to Symantec consumers and sales of Symantec products through our oneNetworkDirectTM retail and affiliate channel together accounted for approximately 9.4% of total Digital River revenue in 2008. As announced on October 12, 2009, Symantec has informed us that it has elected not to renew its e-commerce agreement with us, which will result in the termination of the e-commerce agreement on June 30, 2010. As Symantec has not yet informed us of its migration plans or the nature of the support Symantec will require from us during the transition period, we are currently unable to predict the impact of the transition on our business, our future revenues and our operating results, which may result in continued volatility in our stock price. Until we are able to determine Symantec’s migration plans and the nature of the support Symantec will require from us during the transition assistance period, it will be difficult for us to implement steps to moderate the impact of this event to our business. Unless and until we generate sufficient new business to offset the loss of Symantec, our third quarter 2009 financial results will be difficult or impossible to duplicate in upcoming quarters, and our ability to sustain profitability may be materially adversely impaired.
In addition, a limited number of other software and physical goods clients contribute a large portion of our annual revenue. If any one of these key contracts is not renewed or otherwise terminates, or if revenues from these clients decline for any other reason (such as competitive developments), our revenue would decline and our ability to sustain profitability may be impaired.
Our stock price may be volatile.
Our stock price may experience significant volatility. For example, our stock price experienced a significant decline on October 12, 2009 in connection with the announcement by us that Symantec had informed us that it has elected not to renew its e-commerce agreement with us. A material decline in our stock price may result in the assertion of certain claims against us, and/or the commencement of inquiries and/or investigations against us. A prolonged decline in the price of our common stock could result in a reduction in the liquidity of our common stock and a reduction in our ability to raise capital, and the inability for you to obtain a favorable selling price for our shares. Any reduction in our ability to raise equity capital in the future may force us to reallocate funds from other planned uses and could have a significant negative effect on our business plans and operations.

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Because the e-commerce industry is highly competitive and has low barriers to entry, we may be unable to compete effectively.
The market for e-commerce solutions is extremely competitive and we may find ourselves unable to compete effectively. Because there are relatively low barriers to entry in the e-commerce market, we expect continued intense competition as current competitors expand their product offerings and new competitors enter the market. In addition, our clients and partners may become competitors in the future. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced margins, longer sales cycles and a decrease or loss of our market share, any of which could negatively impact our revenue and earnings. We face competition from the following sources:
    In-house development of e-commerce capabilities, whether using tools or applications from companies, such as Art Technology Group, Inc. and IBM Corporation or through internally developed solutions (e.g. as announced on October 12, 2009, Symantec has elected not to renew its e-commerce agreement with us and will migrate its online store traffic to an internally developed e-commerce system, which will result in the termination of our e-commerce agreement with Symantec on June 30, 2010);
 
    E-Commerce capabilities custom-developed by companies, such as IBM Global Services and Accenture, Inc.;
 
    Other providers of outsourced e-commerce solutions, such as GSI Commerce, Inc., and asknet Inc.;
 
    Companies that provide technologies, services or products that support a portion of the e-commerce process, such as payment processing, including CyberSource Corporation and PayPal Corp.;
 
    Companies that offer various online marketing services, technologies and products, including ValueClick, Inc. and aQuantive, Inc.;
 
    High-traffic, branded websites that generate a substantial portion of their revenue from e-commerce and may offer or provide to others the means to offer their products for sale, such as Amazon.com, Inc.; and
 
    Web hosting, web services and infrastructure companies that offer portions of our solution and are seeking to expand the range of their offering, such as Network Solutions, LLC, Akamai Technologies, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., eBay, Inc. and Hostopia.com, Inc.
We believe that the principal competitive factors for a participant in our market are the breadth of products and services offered, proven global platforms, the number of clients and online channel partnerships a participant has, brand recognition, system reliability and scalability, price, customer service, ease of use, speed to market, convenience and quality of delivery. The online channel partners and the other companies described above may compete directly with us by adopting a similar business model. Moreover, while some of these companies also are clients or potential clients of ours, they may compete with our e-commerce outsourcing solution to the extent that they develop e-commerce systems or acquire such systems from other software vendors or service providers, which could result in the loss of existing clients and/or the inability to pursue certain potential clients.
Many of our competitors have, and new potential competitors may have, more experience developing Internet-based software and e-commerce solutions, larger technical staffs, larger customer bases, more established distribution channels and customer relationships, greater brand recognition and greater financial, marketing and other resources than we have. In addition, competitors may be able to develop services that are superior to our services, achieve greater customer acceptance or have significantly improved functionality as compared to our existing and future products and services. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly to technological developments and changes in customers’ needs. If we are unable to compete successfully against current and future competitors could cause our revenue and earnings to decline.
Loss of our credit card acceptance privileges, changes to payment networks, fees, rules or practices, or the imposition of fines or increased fees from banks or payment processors, would seriously hamper our ability to process the sale of merchandise.

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The payment by consumers for the purchase of digital or physical goods that we process is typically made by credit card or similar payment method. As a result, we must rely on banks or payment processors to process transactions, and must pay a fee for this service. From time to time, credit card associations may increase the interchange fees that they charge for each transaction using one of their cards. In addition, reductions in the volume of transactions processed by us may result in increased per-transaction processing fees. Any such increased fees will increase our operating costs and reduce our profit margins. We also are required by our processors to comply with credit card association operating rules, and we have agreed to reimburse our processors for any fines they are assessed by credit card associations as a result of processing payments for us. The credit card associations and their member banks set and interpret the credit card rules. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or other card associations could adopt new operating rules or re-interpret existing rules that we, or our processors, might find difficult to follow. We have had payment processing agreements with certain of our payment processors terminated due to violations of their rules, and although we have been able to successfully migrate to new processors, such migrations require significant attention from our personnel, and often result in higher fees and customer dissatisfaction. Any disputes or problems associated with our payment processors could impair our ability to give customers the option of using credit cards to fund their payments. If we were unable to accept credit cards or other widely accepted forms of payment, our business would be seriously damaged. We also could be subject to fines or increased fees from MasterCard and Visa if we fail to detect that merchants are engaging in activities that are illegal or activities that are considered “high risk,” primarily the sale of certain types of digital content, or if the percentage of transactions subject to chargeback increases as an absolute percentage of our overall transaction volume. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to monitor these activities.
Failure to successfully implement a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system could adversely affect our business.
We are in the process of converting to a new ERP system. Failure to smoothly execute the implementation of the ERP system could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None

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Item 6.   Exhibits
(a) Exhibits
     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTS
 
   
3.1 (1)
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, as currently in effect.
 
   
3.2 (2)
  Amended and Restated Bylaws, as currently in effect.
 
   
4.1 (3)
  Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.
 
   
4.2 (4)
  Form of Senior Debt Indenture.
 
   
4.3 (4)
  Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture.
 
   
4.4
  References are made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2.
 
   
4.5 (5)
  Indenture dated as of June 1, 2004 between Digital River, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee, including therein the form of the Note.
 
   
31.1
  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.2
  Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
(1)   Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 1, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2)   Filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed on March 27, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3)   Filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-56787, declared effective on August 11, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(4)   Filed as exhibits 4.2 and 4.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-56787, declared effective on February 12, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(5)   Filed as exhibit 99.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 13, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
Date: November 9, 2009  DIGITAL RIVER, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Thomas M. Donnelly    
    Thomas M. Donnelly   
    Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTS
 
   
3.1 (1)
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, as currently in effect.
 
   
3.2 (2)
  Amended and Restated Bylaws, as currently in effect.
 
   
4.1 (3)
  Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.
 
   
4.2 (4)
  Form of Senior Debt Indenture.
 
   
4.3 (4)
  Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture.
 
   
4.4
  References are made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2.
 
   
4.5 (5)
  Indenture dated as of June 1, 2004 between Digital River, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee, including therein the form of the Note.
 
   
31.1
  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.2
  Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
(1)   Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 1, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2)   Filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed on March 27, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3)   Filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-56787, declared effective on August 11, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(4)   Filed as exhibits 4.2 and 4.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-56787, declared effective on February 12, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(5)   Filed as exhibit 99.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 13, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.

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