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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Form 10-Q
 
     
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010
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: 001-31216
 
McAfee, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Delaware   77-0316593
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
     
3965 Freedom Circle
Santa Clara, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
  95054
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(408) 988-3832
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ     No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant 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 þ     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
 
As of April 30, 2010, 156,018,166 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value, were outstanding.
 


 

 
MCAFEE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
FORM 10-Q
March 31, 2010
 
 

CONTENTS
 
                 
Item
       
Number       Page
 
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
  Item 1.     Financial Statements (Unaudited)     3  
        Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets: March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009     3  
        Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income: Three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009     4  
        Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows: Three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009     5  
        Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements     6  
  Item 2.     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     24  
  Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk     40  
  Item 4.     Controls and Procedures     40  
 
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
  Item 1.     Legal Proceedings     41  
  Item 1A.     Risk Factors     41  
  Item 2.     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds     54  
  Item 3.     Defaults upon Senior Securities     55  
  Item 5.     Other Information     55  
  Item 6.     Exhibits     55  
Signatures     56  
Exhibit Index     57  
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 EX-32.1
 EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
MCAFEE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2010     2009  
    (Unaudited)
 
    (In thousands, except share data)  
 
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 631,346     $ 677,137  
Short-term marketable securities
    221,225       215,894  
Accounts receivable, net
    230,657       294,315  
Deferred income taxes
    289,500       312,080  
Prepaid expenses and deferred costs of revenue
    239,495       228,102  
Other current assets
    33,160       35,789  
                 
Total current assets
    1,645,383       1,763,317  
Long-term marketable securities
    48,956       57,137  
Property and equipment, net
    129,284       133,016  
Deferred income taxes
    312,723       292,657  
Intangible assets, net
    261,815       292,583  
Goodwill
    1,274,838       1,284,574  
Other assets
    135,408       139,902  
                 
Total assets
  $ 3,808,407     $ 3,963,186  
                 
 
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 48,307     $ 55,104  
Accrued compensation and benefits
    98,619       108,332  
Other accrued liabilities
    190,623       203,967  
Deferred revenue
    1,061,705       1,068,682  
                 
Total current liabilities
    1,399,254       1,436,085  
Deferred revenue, less current portion
    316,799       338,791  
Accrued taxes and other long-term liabilities
    75,048       70,772  
                 
Total liabilities
    1,791,101       1,845,648  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 8, 9 and 15)
               
 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:
               
Authorized: 5,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding: none in 2010 and 2009
           
Common stock, $0.01 par value:
               
Authorized: 300,000,000 shares; Issued: 188,475,015 shares at March 31, 2010 and 186,700,719 shares at December 31, 2009
               
Outstanding: 155,855,389 shares at March 31, 2010 and 158,286,352 shares at December 31, 2009
    1,885       1,868  
Treasury stock, at cost: 32,619,626 shares at March 31, 2010 and 28,414,367 shares at December 31, 2009
    (1,014,892 )     (845,118 )
Additional paid-in capital
    2,294,200       2,251,916  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (13,626 )     (3,291 )
Retained earnings
    749,739       712,163  
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    2,017,306       2,117,538  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 3,808,407     $ 3,963,186  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2010     2009  
    (Unaudited)
 
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
 
Net revenue:
               
Service, support and subscription
  $ 452,864     $ 410,345  
Product
    49,881       37,364  
                 
Total net revenue
    502,745       447,709  
Cost of net revenue:
               
Service, support and subscription
    88,155       72,728  
Product
    23,927       20,934  
Amortization of purchased technology
    20,493       19,394  
                 
Total cost of net revenue
    132,575       113,056  
Operating costs:
               
Research and development
    84,124       78,904  
Sales and marketing
    166,245       148,764  
General and administrative
    44,851       40,160  
Amortization of intangibles
    7,642       9,995  
Restructuring charges
    15,754       5,060  
                 
Total operating costs
    318,616       282,883  
                 
Income from operations
    51,554       51,770  
Interest and other income, net
    570       2,811  
Impairment of marketable securities
          (710 )
(Loss) gain on sale of investments, net
    (41 )     166  
                 
Income before provision for income taxes
    52,083       54,037  
Provision for income taxes
    14,507       581  
                 
Net income
  $ 37,576     $ 53,456  
                 
Other comprehensive income:
               
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net
  $ 540     $ (274 )
Foreign currency translation loss
    (10,875 )     (6,718 )
                 
Comprehensive income
  $ 27,241     $ 46,464  
                 
Net income per share — basic
  $ 0.24     $ 0.35  
                 
Net income per share — diluted
  $ 0.23     $ 0.34  
                 
Shares used in per share calculation — basic
    157,738       153,721  
                 
Shares used in per share calculation — diluted
    160,567       156,169  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2010     2009  
    (Unaudited)
 
    (In thousands)  
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 37,576     $ 53,456  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    43,013       41,909  
Impairment of marketable securities
          710  
Deferred income taxes
    2,983       4,113  
Non-cash restructuring charge
    13,566       3,912  
Stock-based compensation expense
    29,308       24,035  
Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards
    (3,844 )     (4,241 )
Other non-cash items
    2,190       969  
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
               
Accounts receivable, net
    55,647       74,018  
Prepaid expenses, deferred costs of revenue and other assets
    (11,774 )     5,865  
Accounts payable
    (5,458 )     10,583  
Accrued compensation and benefits and other liabilities
    (11,406 )     (80,287 )
Deferred revenue
    5,460       10,934  
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    157,261       145,976  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchase of marketable securities
    (110,431 )     (133,932 )
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities
    2,549       10,147  
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities
    111,464       17,292  
Purchase of property and equipment
    (17,489 )     (11,029 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          (2,455 )
Other investing activities
    1,511        
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (12,396 )     (119,977 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under our employee stock benefit plans
    9,446       7,757  
Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards
    3,844       4,241  
Repurchase of common stock
    (169,774 )     (16,504 )
Bank borrowings
          100,000  
Other financing activities
    (9,469 )      
                 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
    (165,953 )     95,494  
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash
    (24,703 )     (18,998 )
                 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
    (45,791 )     102,495  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    677,137       483,302  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 631,346     $ 585,797  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1.   Organization and Business
 
McAfee, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiaries (“we”, “us” or “our”) are a global dedicated security technology company that delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the internet, browse and shop the web more securely. We create innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their security. We operate our business in five geographic regions: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”); Japan; Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan (“APAC”); and Latin America.
 
2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by us, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The December 31, 2009 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. However, we believe the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
In the opinion of our management, all adjustments (which consist of normal recurring adjustments, except as disclosed herein) necessary to fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented have been included. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or for any future periods.
 
Significant Accounting Policies
 
Deferred Costs of Revenue and Prepaid Expenses
 
Deferred costs of revenue consist primarily of costs related to revenue-sharing and royalty arrangements and the direct cost of materials that are associated with product revenue and revenue from licenses under subscription arrangements. These costs are deferred over a service period, including arrangements that are deferred due to lack of Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value on an undelivered element. Deferred costs are classified as current or non-current consistent with the associated deferred revenue. We recognize deferred costs ratably as revenue is recognized. Our short-term deferred costs of revenue are in the “prepaid expenses and deferred costs of revenue” line item and our long-term deferred costs of revenue are in the “other assets” line item on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, deferred costs of revenue are as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2010     2009  
 
Short-term deferred costs of revenue
  $ 96,127     $ 89,618  
Long-term deferred costs of revenue
    17,773       17,739  
                 
Total deferred costs of revenue
  $ 113,900     $ 107,357  
                 


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Prepaid expenses consist primarily of revenue sharing costs that have been paid in advance of the anticipated renewal transactions, royalty costs paid in advance of revenue transactions, prepaid insurance, prepaid rent and prepaid taxes. Our short-term prepaid expenses are in the “prepaid expenses and deferred costs of revenue” line item and our long-term prepaid expenses are in the “other assets” line item on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The current and non-current classification of advance payments related to revenue sharing and royalties is based upon estimates of the anticipated timing of future transactions that give rise to revenue sharing or royalty obligations. These estimates rely on forecasted future revenues, which are subject to adjustment as forecasts are revised. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, prepaid expenses associated with revenue-sharing and royalty arrangements are as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2010     2009  
 
Short-term prepaid expenses
  $ 67,235     $ 71,388  
Long-term prepaid expenses
    89,243       93,069  
                 
Total prepaid expenses
  $ 156,478     $ 164,457  
                 
 
Inventory
 
Inventory, which consists primarily of finished goods held at our warehouse and other fulfillment partner locations and finished goods sold to our channel partners but not yet sold through to the end user, is stated at lower of cost or market. Cost is computed using standard cost, which approximates actual cost on a first in, first out basis. Inventory balances, net of write downs for excess and obsolete inventory, are included in other current assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets and were $10.4 million as of March 31, 2010 and $11.4 million at December 31, 2009.
 
Reclassifications
 
During the fourth quarter of 2009, we reclassified a limited number of Stock Keeping Units (“SKUs”) which were incorrectly classified as service and support net revenue instead of subscription net revenue. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, such service and support net revenue should have been $212.0 million, a decrease of $16.0 million from the amount previously reported. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, such subscription net revenue should have been $198.4 million, an increase of $16.0 million from the amount previously reported. Total net revenue, gross profit and net income were not impacted by this reclassification. We have combined service and support net revenue and subscription net revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income into one line item labeled service, support and subscription net revenue. The combination of these two line items is consistent with how we manage our business as the entire amount relates to service revenue that is primarily recognized ratably over the performance period.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
Revenue Recognition
 
In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance on revenue recognition that will become effective for us beginning January 1, 2011, with earlier adoption permitted. Under the new guidance tangible products that have software components that are essential to the functionality of the tangible product will no longer be within the scope of the software revenue recognition guidance; such software-enabled products will now be subject to other relevant revenue recognition guidance. Additionally, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables that are outside the scope of the software revenue recognition guidance. Under the new guidance, when VSOE or third party evidence for deliverables in an arrangement cannot be determined, a best estimate of the selling price is required to separate deliverables and allocate arrangement consideration using the relative selling price method. The new guidance includes new


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disclosure requirements on how the application of the relative selling price method affects the timing and amount of revenue recognition. We believe that when we adopt this new guidance our consolidated financial statements will be impacted and we are currently assessing the magnitude of the impact.
 
3.   Business Combinations
 
In 2009, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Endeavor Security, Inc. (“Endeavor”) for $3.2 million, Solidcore Systems, Inc. (“Solidcore”) for $40.5 million and MX Logic, Inc. (“MX Logic”) for $163.1 million. The results of operations for these acquisitions have been included in our results of operations since their respective acquisition dates.
 
Our management determined the purchase price allocations for these acquisitions based on estimates of the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We utilized recognized valuation techniques, including the income approach for intangible assets and earn-out liabilities and the cost approach for certain tangible assets, using a discount rate reflective of the risk of the respective cash flows. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, we had purchase price tax adjustments totaling $1.0 million for Solidcore, which were recorded to goodwill and deferred taxes.
 
The Solidcore purchase agreement provides for earn-out payments up to $14.0 million contingent upon the achievement of certain Solidcore financial and product delivery targets. The fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement at acquisition of $8.4 million was accrued as part of the purchase price. Since the acquisition date, the range of outcomes and the assumptions used to develop the estimates of the remaining accrual has not changed significantly, and the amount accrued in the financial statements has increased by $1.2 million due to an increase in the net present value of the liability due to the passage of time, of which $0.6 million was expensed in the three months ended March 31, 2010. One of the product development and integration milestones was achieved in the fourth quarter of 2009, which resulted in the payment of $2.0 million of contingent consideration during the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
The MX Logic purchase agreement provides for earn-out payments up to $30.0 million contingent upon the achievement of certain MX Logic revenue targets. The fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement at acquisition of $24.6 million was accrued as part of the purchase price. One of the revenue targets was achieved in the first quarter of 2010 and $15.0 million will be paid in the second quarter of 2010. Since the acquisition date, the range of outcomes and the assumptions used to develop the estimates of the accrual has not changed significantly, and the amount accrued in the financial statements has increased by $2.9 million primarily due to an increase in the net present value of the liability due to the passage of time, of which $1.3 million was expensed in the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
Pro Forma Effect of Acquisitions
 
Pro forma results of operations have not been presented for Endeavor or MX Logic as the effect of these acquisitions was not material to our results of operations. The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents our combined results with Solidcore as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of 2009 (in thousands, except per share data):
 
         
    Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2009
 
Pro forma net revenue
  $ 448,160  
Pro forma net income
  $ 49,589  
Pro forma net income per share — basic
  $ 0.32  
Pro forma net income per share — diluted
  $ 0.32  
Shares used in per share calculation — basic
    153,721  
Shares used in per share calculation — diluted
    156,169  


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
The above unaudited pro forma financial information includes adjustments for amortization of identifiable intangible assets that were acquired, adjustments to interest income and related tax effects. In management’s opinion, the unaudited pro forma combined results of operations are not indicative of the actual results that would have occurred had the acquisition been consummated at the beginning of 2009, nor are they indicative of future operations of the combined companies.
 
4.   Financial Instruments
 
Marketable Securities
 
Marketable securities, which are classified as available-for-sale, are summarized as follows (in thousands):
 
                                 
    March 31, 2010  
    Amortized
    Gross
    Gross
       
    Cost
    Unrealized
    Unrealized
    Aggregate
 
    Basis     Gains     Losses     Fair Value  
 
United States treasury and agency securities
  $ 91,113     $ 116     $ (18 )   $ 91,211  
Foreign government securities
    25,108       19       (15 )     25,112  
Certificates of deposit and time deposits
    47,463             (2 )     47,461  
Corporate debt securities
    83,133       797       (26 )     83,904  
Mortgage-backed securities
    7,980       1,099       (307 )     8,772  
Asset-backed securities
    12,663       1,776       (718 )     13,721  
                                 
    $ 267,460     $ 3,807     $ (1,086 )   $ 270,181  
                                 
 
                                 
    December 31, 2009  
    Amortized
    Gross
    Gross
       
    Cost
    Unrealized
    Unrealized
    Aggregate
 
    Basis     Gains     Losses     Fair Value  
 
United States treasury and agency securities
  $ 95,310     $ 208     $ (243 )   $ 95,275  
Foreign government securities
    26,882       4       (58 )     26,828  
Certificates of deposit and time deposits
    39,212                   39,212  
Corporate debt securities
    91,636       618       (46 )     92,208  
Mortgage-backed securities
    9,153       783       (560 )     9,376  
Asset-backed securities
    9,017       1,991       (876 )     10,132  
                                 
    $ 271,210     $ 3,604     $ (1,783 )   $ 273,031  
                                 
 
At March 31, 2010, $221.2 million of marketable debt securities had scheduled maturities of less than one year and are classified as current assets. Marketable securities of $49.0 million have maturities greater than one year with most of the maturities being greater than ten years, and are classified as non-current assets.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
The following table summarizes the fair value and gross unrealized losses related to those available-for-sale securities that have unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time that the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 (in thousands):
 
                                                 
    Less Than 12 Months     12 Months or Greater     Total  
          Gross
          Gross
          Gross
 
    Fair
    Unrealized
    Fair
    Unrealized
    Fair
    Unrealized
 
As of March 31, 2010   Value     Losses     Value     Losses     Value     Losses  
 
United States treasury and agency securities
  $ 19,102     $ (18 )   $     $     $ 19,102     $ (18 )
Foreign government securities
    6,177       (15 )                 6,177       (15 )
Certificates of deposit and time deposits
    5,803       (2 )                 5,803       (2 )
Corporate debt securities
    22,497       (26 )                 22,497       (26 )
Mortgage-backed securities
                4,669       (307 )     4,669       (307 )
Asset-backed securities
    3,729       (7 )     2,241       (711 )     5,970       (718 )
                                                 
    $ 57,308     $ (68 )   $ 6,910     $ (1,018 )   $ 64,218     $ (1,086 )
                                                 
 
                                                 
    Less Than 12 Months     12 Months or Greater     Total  
          Gross
          Gross
          Gross
 
    Fair
    Unrealized
    Fair
    Unrealized
    Fair
    Unrealized
 
As of December 31, 2009   Value     Losses     Value     Losses     Value     Losses  
 
United States treasury and agency securities
  $ 20,652     $ (36 )   $ 2,565     $ (207 )   $ 23,217     $ (243 )
Foreign government securities
    14,865       (58 )                 14,865       (58 )
Corporate debt securities
    28,635       (46 )                 28,635       (46 )
Mortgage-backed securities
                5,449       (560 )     5,449       (560 )
Asset-backed securities
    1,719       (2 )     2,192       (874 )     3,911       (876 )
                                                 
    $ 65,871     $ (142 )   $ 10,206     $ (1,641 )   $ 76,077     $ (1,783 )
                                                 
 
We do not intend to sell the securities with unrealized losses and other-than-temporary impairments recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and it is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell the securities before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be maturity. When assessing other-than-temporary impairments, we consider factors including: the likely reason for the unrealized loss, period of time and extent to which the fair value was below amortized cost, changes in the performance of the underlying collateral, changes in ratings, and market trends and conditions. As of March 31, 2010, the amount of previously recognized credit losses remaining in retained earnings for securities for which a portion of other-than-temporary impairment was recorded in other comprehensive income was $6.2 million.
 
Prior to April 1, 2009, any “other-than-temporary decline” in value was reported in earnings and a new cost basis for the marketable security was established. In the first quarter of 2009, we recorded $0.7 million of other-than-temporary impairments. We had no impairment of marketable securities in 2010. If we have an impairment in future periods, the credit loss component of the impairment will be recognized in earnings and the non-credit loss component will be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.


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We recognize gains (losses) upon the sale of investments using the specific identification cost method. The following table summarizes the gross realized gains (losses) for the periods indicated and does not reflect other-than-temporary impairments recognized within the “interest and other income” line item on our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income (in thousands):
 
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Realized gains
  $ 36     $ 167  
Realized losses
    (77 )     (1 )
                 
Net realized (loss) gain
  $ (41 )   $ 166  
                 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments
 
We conduct business globally. As a result, we are exposed to movements in foreign currency exchange rates. From time to time we enter into forward exchange contracts to reduce exposures associated with monetary assets and liabilities that are not denominated in the functional currency, such as accounts receivable and accounts payable denominated in Euro, British Pound, and Japanese Yen. The forward contracts typically range from one to three months in original maturity. We recognize derivatives, which are included in “other current assets” and “other accrued liabilities” line items on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, at fair value. On the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, the derivatives offset the increase or decrease in cash related to the underlying asset or liability. In general, we do not hedge anticipated foreign currency cash flows, nor do we enter into forward contracts for trading or speculative purposes.
 
The forward contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting and accordingly are marked to market at the end of each reporting period with any unrealized gain or loss being recognized in the “interest and other income, net” line item on our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
 
Forward contracts outstanding are presented below (in thousands):
 
                                                 
    March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
    Notional U.S.
                Notional U.S.
             
    Dollar
    Asset
    Liability
    Dollar
    Asset
    Liability
 
    Equivalent     Fair Value     Fair Value     Equivalent     Fair Value     Fair Value  
 
Euro
  $ 52,687     $ 108     $ (178 )   $ 46,165     $ 35     $ (193 )
British Pound
    8,848       122             9,422       146        
Japanese Yen
    1,792             (15 )                  
                                                 
    $ 63,327     $ 230     $ (193 )   $ 55,587     $ 181     $ (193 )
                                                 
 
In the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, we recorded a $2.7 million and a $1.6 million realized loss, respectively, on derivatives. These amounts are recognized in the “interest and other income, net” line item on our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income along with the remeasurement of the assets and liabilities.
 
5.   Fair Value Measurements
 
Carrying amounts of our financial instruments including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short maturities. Accounting guidance establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure that is based on the extent and level of judgment used to estimate the fair value of assets and liabilities. Level 1 classification is applied to any financial instrument that has a readily available quoted price from an active market where there is significant transparency in the executed/quoted price. Our Level 1 measurements


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relate primarily to United States treasury and agency securities and foreign currency contracts. Level 2 classification is applied to financial instruments that have evaluated prices received from fixed income vendors with data inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly, but do not represent quoted prices from an active market for each individual security. Our Level 2 measurements relate primarily to certificates of deposit and corporate debt securities. Level 3 classification is applied to fair value measurements when fair values are derived from significant unobservable inputs. Our Level 3 measurements relate to our contingent purchase consideration liabilities. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, we did not have any transfers amongst Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.
 
The following table presents the types of fair value measurements for our marketable debt securities, foreign currency contracts and contingent purchase consideration liabilities as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 (in thousands):
 
                                 
          Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2010 Using  
          Quoted Prices in
             
          Active Markets
    Significant Other
    Significant
 
    March 31,
    Using Identical
    Observable Inputs
    Unobservable
 
Description   2010     Assets (Level 1)     (Level 2)     Inputs (Level 3)  
 
Assets:
                               
Cash equivalents(1)
  $ 189,272     $ 12,749     $ 176,523     $  
United States treasury and agency securities(2)
    91,211       70,642       20,569        
Foreign government securities(2)
    25,112       15,202       9,910        
Certificates of deposit and time deposits(2)
    47,461             47,461        
Corporate debt securities(2)
    83,904             83,904        
Mortgage-backed securities(2)
    8,772             8,772        
Asset-backed securities(2)
    13,721             13,721        
Foreign exchange derivative assets(3)
    230       230              
                                 
Total assets measured at fair value
  $ 459,683     $ 98,823     $ 360,860     $  
                                 
Liabilities:
                               
Foreign exchange derivative liabilities(4)
  $ 193     $ 193     $     $  
Contingent purchase consideration liabilities(5)
    35,550                   35,550  
                                 
Total liabilities measured at fair value
  $ 35,743     $ 193     $     $ 35,550  
                                 
 


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          Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009 Using  
          Quoted Prices in
             
          Active Markets
    Significant Other
    Significant
 
    December 31,
    Using Identical
    Observable Inputs
    Unobservable
 
Description   2009     Assets (Level 1)     (Level 2)     Inputs (Level 3)  
 
Assets:
                               
Cash equivalents(1)
  $ 152,632     $     $ 152,632     $  
United States treasury and agency securities(2)
    95,275       79,539       15,736        
Foreign government securities(2)
    26,828       5,094       21,734        
Certificates of deposit and time deposits(2)
    39,212             39,212        
Corporate debt securities(2)
    92,208             92,208        
Mortgage-backed securities(2)
    9,376             9,376        
Asset-backed securities(2)
    10,132             10,132        
Foreign exchange derivative assets(3)
    181       181              
                                 
Total assets measured at fair value
  $ 425,844     $ 84,814     $ 341,030     $  
                                 
Liabilities:
                               
Foreign exchange derivative liabilities(4)
  $ 193     $ 193     $     $  
Contingent purchase consideration liabilities(5)
    36,061                   36,061  
                                 
Total liabilities measured at fair value
  $ 36,254     $ 193     $     $ 36,061  
                                 
 
 
(1) Includes certificates of deposit, corporate debt securities, commercial paper and United States agency securities that have maturities less than 90 days on the date of purchase. Balance is included in cash and cash equivalents on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
(2) Included in short-term or long-term marketable securities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
(3) Included in other current assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
(4) Included in other accrued liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
(5) Included in other accrued liabilities and in accrued taxes and other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 3 for further discussion.
 
Market values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio. For marketable securities and foreign currency contracts reported at fair value, quoted market prices or pricing services that utilize observable market data inputs are used to estimate fair value. We utilize pricing service quotes to determine the fair value of our securities for which there are not active markets for the identical security. The primary input for the pricing service quotes are recent trades in the same or similar securities, with appropriate adjustments for yield curves, prepayment speeds, default rates and subordination level for the security being measured. Similar securities are selected based on the similarity of the underlying collateral and level of subordination for asset-backed and collateralized mortgage securities, and similarity of the issuer, including credit ratings, for corporate debt securities. Investments are held by a custodian who obtains investment prices from a third party pricing provider that uses standard inputs to models that vary by asset class. We corroborate the prices obtained from the pricing service against other independent sources and, as of March 31, 2010, have not found it necessary to make any adjustments to the prices obtained. Our corporate debt securities, with the exception of one impaired security with a fair value of

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$1.3 million that has no rating, are high quality, investment-grade securities with a minimum credit rating of A- and 83% have a credit rating of A+ or better.
 
The fair values of the foreign exchange derivatives do not reflect any adjustment for nonperformance risk as the contract terms are three months or less and the counterparties have high credit ratings.
 
The fair value of the contingent purchase consideration liabilities were determined for each arrangement individually. The fair value is determined using the income approach with significant inputs that are not observable in the market. Key assumptions include discount rates consistent with the level of risk of achievement and probability adjusted financial projections. The expected outcomes are recorded at net present value.
 
6.   Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
 
Goodwill by geographic region is as follows (in thousands):
 
                                 
                Effects of
       
                Foreign
       
    December 31,
          Currency
    March 31,
 
    2009     Adjustments     Exchange     2010  
 
North America
  $ 912,958     $ (982 )   $ (1,839 )   $ 910,137  
EMEA
    256,207       (11 )     (6,768 )     249,428  
Japan
    41,578       (44 )           41,534  
APAC
    52,303       (5 )           52,298  
Latin America
    21,528       (3 )     (84 )     21,441  
                                 
Total
  $ 1,284,574     $ (1,045 )   $ (8,691 )   $ 1,274,838  
                                 
 
The adjustments to goodwill are a result of our final purchase accounting tax adjustments for the Solidcore acquisition.
 
The components of intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):
 
                                                         
    March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
                Accumulated
                Accumulated
       
                Amortization
                Amortization
       
                (Including
                (Including
       
    Weighted
          Effects of
                Effects of
       
    Average
    Gross
    Foreign
    Net
    Gross
    Foreign
    Net
 
    Useful
    Carrying
    Currency
    Carrying
    Carrying
    Currency
    Carrying
 
    Life     Amount     Exchange)     Amount     Amount     Exchange)     Amount  
 
Other intangible assets:
                                                       
Purchased technologies
    4.2 years     $ 440,093     $ (271,967 )   $ 168,126     $ 444,732     $ (255,148 )   $ 189,584  
Trademarks and patents
    5.1 years       42,966       (37,851 )     5,115       43,206       (37,604 )     5,602  
Customer base and other intangibles
    5.8 years       216,287       (127,713 )     88,574       218,967       (121,570 )     97,397  
                                                         
            $ 699,346     $ (437,531 )   $ 261,815     $ 706,905     $ (414,322 )   $ 292,583  
                                                         
 
The aggregate amortization expenses for the intangible assets listed above totaled $28.1 million and $29.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.


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Expected future intangible asset amortization expense as of March 31, 2010 is as follows (in thousands):
 
         
Remainder of 2010
  $ 82,190  
2011
    85,584  
2012
    47,803  
2013
    22,247  
2014
    14,058  
Thereafter
    9,933  
         
    $ 261,815  
         
 
7.   Restructuring Charges
 
We have initiated certain restructuring actions to reduce our cost structure and enable us to invest in certain strategic growth initiatives to enhance our competitive position.
 
During 2010 (the “2010 Restructuring”), we continued our efforts to consolidate and took the following measures: (i) disposed of excess facilities and (ii) realigned our staffing across various departments.
 
During 2009 (the “2009 Restructuring”), we took the following measures: (i) realigned our sales and marketing workforce and staffing across various departments, (ii) disposed of excess facilities and (iii) eliminated redundant positions related to acquisitions.
 
During 2008 (the “2008 Restructuring”), we took the following measures: (i) eliminated redundant positions related to the SafeBoot and Secure Computing acquisitions, (ii) realigned our sales force and (iii) realigned staffing across various departments.
 
Restructuring charges in the three months ended March 31, 2010 totaled $15.8 million, consisting of $11.3 million related to five facilities that were vacated in the first quarter of 2010, $4.4 million related to the elimination of certain positions and $0.1 million net additional accruals over the service period for our 2009 Restructuring.
 
Restructuring charges in the three months ended March 31, 2009 totaled $5.1 million, consisting of $2.9 million related to the 2009 Restructuring and a $2.2 million additional accrual over the service period for our 2008 elimination of certain positions at Secure Computing.
 
2010 Restructuring
 
Activity and liability balances related to our 2010 Restructuring are as follows (in thousands):
 
                         
    Lease
             
    Termination
    Severance and
       
    Costs     Other Benefits     Total  
 
Balance, January 1, 2010
  $     $     $  
Restructuring accrual
    8,831       4,408       13,239  
Accretion
    10             10  
Cash payments
    (391 )     (2,090 )     (2,481 )
Effects of foreign currency exchange
    (21 )     (8 )     (29 )
                         
Balance, March 31, 2010
  $ 8,429     $ 2,310     $ 10,739  
                         
 
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related to accelerated depreciation net of deferred rent associated with the terminated leases that are not included in the restructuring accrual. Lease termination costs will be paid through 2018.
 
Of the total 2010 restructuring charge for severance and other benefits, $2.4 million, $1.5 million and $0.5 million was recorded in North America, EMEA and APAC, respectively. Severance and other benefits are expected to be paid in 2010.
 
2009 Restructuring
 
Activity and liability balances related to our 2009 Restructuring are as follows (in thousands):
 
                         
    Lease
             
    Termination
    Severance and
       
    Costs     Other Benefits     Total  
 
Balance, January 1, 2009
  $     $     $  
Restructuring accrual
    1,523       11,227       12,750  
Adjustment to liability
    144       80       224  
Accretion
    15             15  
Cash payments
    (512 )     (9,326 )     (9,838 )
Effects of foreign currency exchange
          (45 )     (45 )
                         
Balance, December 31, 2009
  $ 1,170     $ 1,936     $ 3,106  
Restructuring accrual
          205       205  
Adjustment to liability
    99       (297 )     (198 )
Accretion
    8             8  
Cash payments
    (139 )     (1,576 )     (1,715 )
Effects of foreign currency exchange
          (14 )     (14 )
                         
Balance, March 31, 2010
  $ 1,138     $ 254     $ 1,392  
                         
 
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2008 Restructuring
 
Activity and liability balances related to our 2008 Restructuring are as follows (in thousands):
 
                         
    Lease
             
    Termination
    Severance and
       
    Costs     Other Benefits     Total  
 
Balance, January 1, 2009
    6,171       1,175       7,346  
Restructuring accrual
          2,961       2,961  
Adjustment to liability
    357       (156 )     201  
Accretion
    251             251  
Cash payments
    (3,106 )     (3,940 )     (7,046 )
Effects of foreign currency exchange
    189       (7 )     182  
                         
Balance, December 31, 2009
  $ 3,862     $ 33     $ 3,895  
Adjustment to liability
          7       7  
Accretion
    41             41  
Cash payments
    (559 )     (40 )     (599 )
Effects of foreign currency exchange
    (82 )           (82 )
                         
Balance, March 31, 2010
  $ 3,262     $     $ 3,262  
                         
 
Lease termination costs will be paid through 2015.
 
8.   Warranty Accrual and Guarantees
 
We offer a warranty of 90 days on our hardware products and a warranty period from 30 to 60 days on our software products. We record a liability for the estimated future costs associated with warranty claims, which is based upon historical experience and our estimate of the level of future costs. A reconciliation of the change in our warranty obligation as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 follows (in thousands):
 
         
    Warranty
 
    Accrual  
 
Balance, January 1, 2009
  $ 1,110  
Additional accruals
    3,519  
Costs incurred during the period
    (3,323 )
         
Balance, December 31, 2009
    1,306  
Additional accruals
    864  
Costs incurred during the period
    (1,071 )
         
Balance, March 31, 2010
  $ 1,099  
         
 
The following is a summary of certain guarantee and indemnification agreements as of March 31, 2010:
 
  •  Under the indemnification provision of our software license agreements and selected managed service agreements, we agree that in the event the software sold infringes upon any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary right of a third-party, we will indemnify our customer against any loss, expense, or liability from any damages that may be awarded against our customer. We have not incurred any significant expense or recorded any liability associated with this indemnification.
 
  •  Under the indemnification provision of certain vendor agreements we have agreed that in the event the service provided to the customer by the vendor on behalf of us infringes upon any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary right of a third- party, we will indemnify our vendor against any loss,


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  expense, or liability from any damages. We have not incurred any significant expense or recorded any liability associated with this indemnification. The estimated fair value of these indemnification clauses is minimal.
 
  •  Under the indemnification provision of our agreements to sell Magic in January 2004, Sniffer in July 2004, and McAfee Labs assets in December 2004, we agreed to indemnify the purchasers for breach of any representation or warranty as well as for any liabilities related to the assets prior to sale incurred by the purchaser that were not expressly assumed in the purchase. Subject to limited exceptions, the maximum liability under these indemnifications is $10.0 million, $200.0 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Subject to limited exceptions, the representations and warranties made in these agreements have expired. We have not paid any amounts, incurred any significant expense or recorded any accruals under these indemnifications. The estimated fair value of these indemnification clauses is minimal.
 
  •  We indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in such capacity. Our maximum potential liability under these indemnification agreements is not limited; however, we have director and officer insurance coverage that we believe will enable us to recover a portion or all of any future amounts paid.
 
  •  Under the indemnification provision of the agreement entered into by Secure Computing in July 2008 to sell its SafeWord assets, we are obligated to indemnify the purchaser for breach of any representation or warranty as well as for any liabilities related to the assets prior to sale incurred by the purchaser that were not expressly assumed in the purchase. Subject to limited exceptions, the maximum potential liability under this indemnification is $64.3 million. We have not paid any amounts, incurred any significant expense or recorded any accruals related to this indemnification. The purchaser has made claims against the escrow and we are currently evaluating the validity of these claims.
 
If we believe a liability associated with any of our indemnifications becomes probable and the amount of the liability is reasonably estimable or the minimum amount of a range of loss is reasonably estimable, then an appropriate liability will be established.
 
9.   Credit Facilities
 
In December 2008, we entered into a credit agreement with a group of financial institutions, which we amended in February 2010 (“Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility provides for a $450.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a $25.0 million letter of credit sublimit. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, we may further increase the revolving loan commitments to an aggregate of $600.0 million. Loans may be made in U.S. Dollars, Euros or other currencies agreed to by the lenders. Commitment fees range from 0.38% to 0.63% of the unused portion on the Credit Facility depending on our consolidated leverage ratio. Loans bear interest at our election at the prime rate or at an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin (ranging from 2.5% to 3.0%) that varies with our consolidated leverage ratio (a “eurocurrency loan”). Interest on the loans is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to prime rate loans and at the end of an interest period (or at each three month interval in the case of loans with interest periods greater than three months) in the case of eurocurrency loans. No balances were outstanding under the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
The credit facility, which is subject to certain quarterly financial covenants, terminates on December 22, 2012, on which date all outstanding principal of, together with accrued interest on, any revolving loans will be due. We may prepay the loans and terminate the commitments at any time, without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of certain costs in the case of eurocurrency loans. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all financial covenants in the Credit Facility.
 
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agreed between us and the bank at the time of each specific transaction. The Euro Credit Facility is intended to be used for short-term credit requirements, with terms of one year or less. The Euro Credit Facility can be canceled at any time. No balances were outstanding under the Euro Credit Facility as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
10.   Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments are included in our components of comprehensive income (loss), which are excluded from net income.
 
The components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes, is comprised of the following items (in thousands):
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Other comprehensive loss, before tax:
               
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net
  $ 859     $ (1,000 )
Reclassification adjustment for net loss on marketable securities recognized during the period
    41       544  
Foreign currency translation loss
    (10,875 )     (6,718 )
                 
Total other comprehensive loss, before tax
    (9,975 )     (7,174 )
Income tax related to items of other comprehensive income
    (360 )     182  
                 
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax
  $ (10,335 )   $ (6,992 )
                 
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss is comprised of the following items (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2010     2009  
 
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
  $ 1,632     $ 1,092  
Cumulative translation adjustment
    (15,258 )     (4,383 )
                 
Total
  $ (13,626 )   $ (3,291 )
                 
 
11.   Employee Stock Benefit Plans
 
We record compensation expense for stock-based awards issued to employees and outside directors in exchange for services provided based on the estimated fair value of the awards on their grant dates. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the required service or performance period of the awards. Our stock-based awards include stock options (“options”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”), restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), restricted stock units with performance-based vesting (“PSUs”) and employee stock purchase rights issued pursuant to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP grants”).


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense recorded by condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income line item (in thousands):
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Cost of net revenue — service, support and subscription
  $ 1,503     $ 831  
Cost of net revenue — product
    383       340  
                 
Stock-based compensation expense included in cost of net revenue
    1,886       1,171  
Research and development
    7,748       6,850  
Sales and marketing
    12,306       9,763  
General and administrative
    7,368       6,251  
                 
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating costs
    27,422       22,864  
                 
Total stock-based compensation expense
    29,308       24,035  
Deferred tax benefit
    (8,600 )     (7,080 )
                 
Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax
  $ 20,708     $ 16,955  
                 
 
We had no stock-based compensation costs capitalized as part of the cost of an asset.
 
At March 31, 2010, the estimated fair value of all unvested options, RSUs, RSAs, PSUs and ESPP grants that have not yet been recognized as stock-based compensation expense was $172.4 million, net of expected forfeitures. We expect to recognize this amount over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years. This amount does not reflect stock-based compensation expense relating to 0.5 million PSUs for which the performance criteria had not been set as of March 31, 2010.
 
12.   Income Taxes
 
We estimate our annual effective tax rate based on year to date operating results and our forecast of operating results for the remainder of the year, by jurisdiction, and apply this rate to the year to date operating results. If our actual results, by jurisdiction, differ from each successive interim period’s forecasted operating results or if we change our forecast of operating results for the remainder of the year, our effective tax rate will change accordingly, affecting tax expense for both that successive interim period as well as year-to-date interim results.
 
Our consolidated provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $14.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 28% and 1%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2010 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate (“statutory rate”) primarily due to the benefit of lower tax rates in certain foreign jurisdictions. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2009 differs from the statutory rate primarily due to the benefit of lower tax rates in certain foreign jurisdictions, as well as tax benefits recognized in the first quarter as a result of statute expirations in various jurisdictions.
 
The earnings from our foreign operations in India are subject to a tax holiday. In August 2009, the Indian government extended the holiday period to March 31, 2011. The tax holiday provides for zero percent taxation on certain classes of income and requires certain conditions to be met. We were in compliance with these conditions as of March 31, 2010.
 
We apply a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold for all tax uncertainties. Accounting guidance only allows the recognition of those tax benefits that have a greater than 50% likelihood of being sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities. We believe it is reasonably possible that, in the next 12 months, the amount of


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unrecognized tax benefits related to the resolution of federal, state and foreign matters could be reduced by $19.0 million to $25.1 million as audits close and statutes expire.
 
We are presently under audit in many jurisdictions, including notably the United States, California, Germany and Japan. The Internal Revenue Service is presently conducting an examination of our federal income tax returns for the calendar years 2006 and 2007. We are also currently under examination by the State of California for the years 2004 to 2007, in Germany for the years 2002 to 2007 and in Japan for the years 2007 to 2009. We cannot reasonably determine if these examinations will have a material impact on our financial statements. Further, we cannot predict the timing regarding the resolution of any tax examinations. In January 2009 we concluded pre-filing discussions with the Dutch tax authorities with respect to the 2004 tax year resulting in a tax benefit of approximately $2.2 million. In addition, in the first quarter of 2009, the statute of limitations related to various domestic and foreign jurisdictions expired, resulting in a tax benefit of approximately $9.1 million.
 
13.   Net Income Per Share
 
Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. Dilutive potential common shares include options, RSUs, RSAs, PSUs and ESPP grants. A reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of basic and diluted net income per share is provided as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Numerator — basic and diluted net income
  $ 37,576     $ 53,456  
                 
Denominator — basic
               
Basic weighted-average common stock outstanding
    157,738       153,721  
                 
Denominator — diluted
               
Basic weighted-average common stock outstanding
    157,738       153,721  
Effect of dilutive securities:
               
Options, RSUs, RSAs, PSUs and ESPP grants(1)
    2,829       2,448  
                 
Diluted weighted-average shares
    160,567       156,169  
                 
Net income per share — basic
  $ 0.24     $ 0.35  
                 
Net income per share — diluted
  $ 0.23     $ 0.34  
                 
 
 
(1) In the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, 4.5 million and 6.6 million RSUs and options, respectively, were excluded from the calculation since the effect was anti-dilutive. In addition, we excluded 1.2 million and 1.1 million PSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, as they are contingently issuable shares.
 
14.   Business Segment Information
 
We have one business and operate in one industry. We develop, market, distribute and support computer and network security solutions for large enterprises, governments, and small and medium-sized business and consumer users, as well as resellers and distributors. Management measures operations based on our five operating segments: North America; EMEA; Japan; APAC; and Latin America. Our chief operating decision maker is our chief executive officer.


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We market and sell anti-virus and security software, hardware and services through our geographic regions. These products and services are marketed and sold worldwide primarily through resellers, distributors, systems integrators, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, internet service providers and directly by us. In addition, we offer on our web site, suites of online products and services personalized for the user based on the users’ personal computer configuration, attached peripherals and resident software. We also offer managed security and availability applications to corporations and governments on the internet.
 
Our chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based on income from operations, which includes only cost of revenue and selling expenses directly attributable to a sale. Summarized financial information concerning our net revenue and income from operations by geographic region is as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Net revenue by region:
               
North America
  $ 284,197     $ 254,442  
EMEA
    137,548       120,619  
Japan
    36,435       35,509  
APAC
    25,160       20,603  
Latin America
    19,405       16,536  
                 
Net revenue
  $ 502,745     $ 447,709  
                 
Income from operations by region:
               
North America
  $ 216,296     $ 189,234  
EMEA
    103,452       92,862  
Japan
    27,182       27,271  
APAC
    15,301       13,590  
Latin America
    14,063       12,457  
Corporate and other
    (324,740 )     (283,644 )
                 
Income from operations
  $ 51,554     $ 51,770  
                 
 
Corporate and other includes research and development expenses, cost of net revenues and sales and marketing expenses not directly related to the sale of our products and services, general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of purchased technology and other intangibles and restructuring charges. These expenses are either not attributable to any specific geographic region or are not included in the segment measure of profit and loss reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. Additionally, operating income by region, excluding corporate and other, reflects certain costs such as sales commissions and customer acquisition costs that are recognized over the period during which the related revenue is recognized for consolidated GAAP operating income and are reflected as period expense in the operating income above. The difference between income from operations and income before taxes is reflected on the face of our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
 
15.   Litigation
 
Settled Cases
 
In July 2006, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California consolidated several purported stockholder derivative suits as In re McAfee, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Master File No. 5:06CV03484 (JF) (the “Consolidated Action”). In September 2006, three identical lawsuits that had been filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, were consolidated in that court (the “State Action”). The


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Consolidated Action and State Action asserted that we improperly backdated stock option grants for a period ending in May 2006. In December 2007, we reached a tentative settlement with the plaintiffs in both Actions. The Court preliminarily approved the settlement in October 2008 and granted final approval in February 2009. We paid $13.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 for this previously accrued settlement.
 
In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recorded a benefit of $6.5 million related to reimbursements from insurance for legal fees we incurred related to cost of defense incurred in connection with our stock option investigation that commenced in May 2006. This benefit is reflected in the general and administrative line on our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
 
Open Cases
 
While we cannot predict the likelihood of future claims or inquiries, we expect that new matters may be initiated against us from time to time. As of March 31, 2010, we had accrued aggregate liabilities of approximately $38.2 million for all of our litigation matters. The results of claims, lawsuits and investigations cannot be predicted, and it is possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters, individually and in the aggregate, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
In June 2006, Finjan Software, Ltd. (“Finjan”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Secure Computing, which we acquired in November 2008, alleging Webwasher Secure Content Management suite and CyberGuard TSP infringe three Finjan patents. In March 2008, a jury found that Secure Computing willfully infringed certain claims of three Finjan patents and awarded $9.2 million in damages. This was recorded as an assumed liability in the allocation of the purchase price for Secure Computing. In August 2009, the judge amended the jury damages award to include additional infringing sales through March 2008 as well as specified pre-judgment and post-judgment interest. The judge also awarded enhanced damages in the amount of 50% of the amended jury damages award and enjoined Secure Computing from infringing the asserted claims of the Finjan patents. We have accrued the amended jury damages. We have appealed and will vigorously challenge the verdict and post-trial rulings.
 
We have other patent infringement cases pending against us that we intend to vigorously defend.
 
In addition, we are engaged in other legal and administrative proceedings incidental to our normal business activities.
 
16.   Subsequent Events
 
On April 21, 2010, we released a faulty signature file update that caused some of our customers’ computers to be rendered inoperable or significantly impaired. We are assisting our customers to resolve their computer problems and taking steps to ensure that a similar problem will not reoccur. We anticipate that our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows will be negatively impacted as a result of this file update.


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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
Forward-Looking Statements; Trademarks
 
This Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are statements that look to future events and consist of, among other things, statements about our anticipated future income including the amount and mix of revenue among type of product, category of customer, geographic region and distribution method and our anticipated future expenses and tax rates. Forward-looking statements include our business strategies and objectives and include statements about the expected benefits of our strategic alliances and acquisitions, our plans for the integration of acquired businesses, our continued investment in complementary businesses, products and technologies, our expectations regarding product acceptance, product and pricing competition, cash requirements and the amounts and uses of cash and working capital that we expect to generate, as well as statements involving trends in the security risk management market and statements including such words as “may,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “could,” “estimate,” “predict,” “goals,” “continue,” “project,” and similar expressions or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Report on Form 10-Q and are subject to business and economic risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including those discussed in “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A in this quarterly report and in Item 1, “Business,” Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Therefore, our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. We cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of forward-looking statements, and we undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
 
This report includes registered trademarks and trade names of McAfee and other corporations. Trademarks or trade names owned by McAfee and/or its affiliates include, but are not limited to: “McAfee,” “ePolicy Orchestrator,” “AntiVirus Plus,” “VirusScan,” “IntruShield,” “Foundstone,” “SiteAdvisor,” “Total Protection,” “AntiSpyware,” “SecurityAlliance,” “McAfee Security,” “SafeBoot,” “ScanAlert,” “McAfee SECURE,” “McAfee Family Protection,” “McAfee Labs,” “McAfee Total Care,” “McAfee Online Backup,” “McAfee Security Center,” “McAfee Virtual Technician,” “McAfee Web Protection,” “Policy Auditor,” and “TrustedSource.” Any other non-McAfee related products, registered and/or unregistered trademarks contained herein are only by reference and are the sole property of their respective owners.
 
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report. The results shown herein are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any future periods.
 
Overview and Executive Summary
 
We are the world’s largest dedicated security technology company. We deliver proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the internet, browse and shop the web more securely. We create innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their security.
 
We have one business and operate in one industry: developing, marketing, distributing and supporting computer security solutions for large enterprises, governments, small and medium-sized businesses and consumers either directly or through a network of qualified distribution partners. We derive our revenue from two sources: (i) service, support and subscription revenue, which includes maintenance, training and consulting revenue as well as revenue from licenses under subscription arrangements and (ii) product revenue, which includes revenue from perpetual licenses (those with a one-time license fee) and from hardware product sales. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, service, support and subscription revenue accounted for 90% of net revenue and product revenue accounted for 10% of net revenue.


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Operating Results and Trends
 
We evaluate our consolidated financial performance utilizing a variety of indicators. Five of the primary indicators that we utilize to evaluate the growth and health of our business are total net revenue, operating income, net income, net cash provided by operating activities and deferred revenue. In addition, our management considers certain “non-GAAP” metrics (derived by adjusting operating income and net income for certain items) when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends. These items include stock-based compensation expense, amortization of purchased technology and intangibles, restructuring charges, acquisition-related costs, loss on sale/disposal of assets and technology, investigation-related and other costs, marketable securities (accretion) impairment, GAAP income taxes and certain other items. See the “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
 
Net Revenue.  As discussed more fully below, our net revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2010 grew by $55.0 million, or 12%, to $502.7 million from $447.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. Our net revenue is directly impacted by corporate information technology, government and consumer spending levels. Net revenue from our 2009 acquisitions contributed $11.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010. Changes in the U.S. Dollar compared to foreign currencies positively impacted our revenue growth by $10.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
Operating Income.  Operating income decreased $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 as the increase in costs of net revenue and operating costs slightly exceeded the increase in net revenue. The increase in expenses included: (i) a $10.7 million increase in restructuring charges due to vacating five facilities and realigning our staffing across all departments, (ii) a $9.1 million increase in salaries and benefits due to increases in headcount, (iii) a $5.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense primarily due to increased grants of RSUs and PSUs and (iv) increases in costs of revenues primarily related to infrastructure costs and costs related to our online subscription arrangements.
 
The $13.1 million increase in non-GAAP operating income (which is adjusted for certain items excluded by management when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 resulted from a $55.0 million increase in net revenue that exceeded (i) the $17.7 million increase in non-GAAP costs of net revenue and (ii) the $24.2 million increase in non-GAAP operating expenses that was primarily related to an increase in salaries and benefits due to an increase in headcount and an increase in overall expenses due to the U.S. Dollar weakening against both the Euro and the Yen on an average quarterly exchange basis. See the “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
 
On April 21, 2010, we released a faulty signature file update that caused some of our customers’ computers to be rendered inoperable or significantly impaired. We are assisting our customers to resolve their computer problems and taking steps to ensure that a similar problem will not reoccur. We anticipate that our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows will be negatively impacted as a result of this file update.
 
Net Income.  The $15.9 million decrease in net income in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to an increase in our effective tax rate discussed more fully in “Provision for Income Taxes” below.
 
The $7.8 million increase in non-GAAP net income (which is adjusted for certain items excluded by management when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 resulted from the increase in non-GAAP operating income described above, offset by using a 24% non-GAAP effective tax rate to calculate non-GAAP net income in both periods. See the “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
 
Net cash provided by operating activities.  The $11.3 million increase in net cash provided by operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to management’s continued focus on operating cash flows. The decrease in net income of $15.9 million was offset by a $15.8 million increase in non-cash adjustments to net income, which included a $9.7 million increase in non-cash restructuring charges and a $5.3 million increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense, and a $11.4 million increase in operating cash flows from working capital, primarily driven by changes in our accrued taxes and other liabilities. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 the change in accrued compensation and benefits and other liabilities was a $11.4 million decrease compared to an $80.3 million decrease in the three months ended


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March 31, 2009. The $80.3 million decrease in 2009 was primarily related to payments of our derivative lawsuit settlement, taxes and commissions. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below. As a result of our release of a faulty signature file on April 21, 2010, we anticipate that our consolidated cash flows will be negatively impacted.
 
Deferred Revenue.  Our deferred revenue balance at March 31, 2010 decreased 2% to $1,378.5 million, compared to $1,407.5 million at December 31, 2009. Our deferred revenue decreased primarily due the negative impact of the U.S dollar strengthening against the Euro and, to a lesser extent, the Japanese Yen during the three months ended March 31, 2010. Excluding the impact of changes in exchange rates, our deferred revenue increased $5.5 million as a result of growing sales of maintenance renewals from our expanding customer base and increased sales of subscription-based products. We receive up-front payments for maintenance and subscriptions, but we recognize revenue over the service or subscription term. We monitor our deferred revenue balance because it represents a significant portion of revenue to be recognized in future periods. Approximately 75 to 85% of our total net revenue during both 2010 and 2009 came from prior-period deferred revenue. As with revenue, we believe that deferred revenue is a key indicator of the growth and health of our business.
 
Acquisitions.  We continue to focus our efforts on building a full line of system and network protection solutions and technologies that support our multi-platform strategy of personal computer, internet and mobile security solutions. In 2009, we acquired MX Logic, for $163.1 million and Solidcore for $40.5 million. We expect that the 2009 acquisitions of MX Logic and Solidcore will have a dilutive impact on net income for the remainder of 2010, primarily due to the amortization of intangibles. We expect that the 2009 acquisitions of MX Logic and Solidcore will have a slightly accretive impact for the remainder of 2010 when adjusting net income for certain items excluded by management when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends. See the “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for such items excluded by management.
 
Net Revenue by Product Groups and Customer Category.  Transactions from our corporate business include the sale of product offerings intended for enterprise, mid-market and small business use. Net revenue from our corporate products increased $36.5 million, or 13%, to $312.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010 from $276.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. The year-over-year increase in revenue was due to a $33.6 million increase in revenue from our network security solutions due to increased revenue from our Secure acquisition and new revenue from our MX Logic acquisition. These increases were offset in part by slight decreases in revenue from our risk and compliance solutions and service solutions. In 2009, we experienced an increase in the sale of our hardware solutions, which resulted in higher upfront revenue recognition. During 2009, we also experienced an increase in both the number and size of larger transactions sold to customers through a solution selling approach, which bundles multiple products and services into suite offerings. This positively impacted revenue and deferred revenue and should continue to positively impact revenue in future periods.
 
Transactions from our consumer business include the sale of product offerings primarily intended for consumer use, as well as any revenue or activities associated with providing an overall safe consumer experience on the internet or cellular networks. Net revenue from our consumer security market increased $18.5 million, or 11%, to $190.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 from $171.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. The increase in revenue from our consumer market in the three months ended March 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to our continued relationships with strategic channel partners, such as Acer, Dell, Sony Computer, and Toshiba.
 
Foreign Exchange Fluctuations.  The Euro and Japanese Yen are the two predominant non-U.S. currencies that affect our financial statements. As the U.S. Dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, our revenues from transactions outside the U.S. and operating income may be negatively impacted. As the U.S. Dollar weakens against foreign currencies, our revenues may be positively impacted. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, on an average quarterly exchange basis, the U.S. Dollar weakened against both the Euro and the Yen compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. Overall, the U.S. Dollar weakening against the Euro had the most significant impact to our financial statements and this has resulted in an increase in the revenue and expense amounts in certain foreign countries in our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. The recent volatility in the European capital markets has caused the U.S. Dollar to strengthen against the Euro. If this continues, our revenues and operating income may be negatively impacted.


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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
We had no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
Results of Operations
 
Management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations has been revised for the effects of correcting previously reported components of net revenue discussed in the reclassification disclosure within Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1.
 
Net Revenue
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a year-over-year comparison of the key components of our net revenue:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     2010 vs. 2009  
    2010     2009     $     %  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Net revenue:
                               
Service, support and subscription
  $ 452,864     $ 410,345     $ 42,519       10 %
Product
    49,881       37,364       12,517       34  
                                 
Total net revenue
  $ 502,745     $ 447,709     $ 55,036       12 %
                                 
Net revenue by geography:
                               
North America
  $ 284,197     $ 254,442     $ 29,755       12 %
EMEA
    137,548       120,619       16,929       14  
Japan
    36,435       35,509       926       3  
APAC
    25,160       20,603       4,557       22  
Latin America
    19,405       16,536       2,869       17  
                                 
Total net revenue
  $ 502,745     $ 447,709     $ 55,036       12 %
                                 
 
Our net revenue in a specific period is an aggregation of thousands of transactions ranging from high-volume, low-dollar transactions to high-dollar, multiple-element transactions that are individually negotiated. The impact of pricing and volume changes on revenue is complex as substantially all of our transactions contain multiple elements, primarily software licenses and post-contract support. Additionally, approximately 75 to 85% of our revenue in a specific period is derived from prior-period transactions for which revenue has been deferred and is being amortized into income over the period of the arrangement. Therefore, the impact of pricing and volume changes on revenue in a specific period results from transactions in multiple prior periods.
 
Net Revenue by Geography
 
Net revenue outside of North America accounted for approximately 43% of net revenue in both the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. Net revenue from North America and EMEA has historically comprised between 80% and 90% of our total net revenue.
 
The increase in net revenue in North America during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily related to (i) a $25.3 million increase in corporate revenue and (ii) a $4.4 million increase in consumer revenue. The increase in corporate revenue was due to a $26.0 million increase in revenue from our network security offerings due to increased revenue from our Secure acquisition and new revenue from our MX Logic acquisition. The increase in revenue from our consumer market in the three


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months ended March 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to our continued relationships with strategic channel partners, such as Acer, Dell, Sony Computer, and Toshiba.
 
The increase in net revenue in EMEA during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was attributable to revenue growth from both our consumer and corporate offerings and the positive impact of the U.S. Dollar weakening against the Euro on an average exchange basis for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. Corporate revenue increased $10.0 million due to increased revenue from our network security offerings. Consumer revenue increased $6.9 million due to an increase in our customer base. Included in the increased corporate and consumer revenue is a positive foreign exchange impact of approximately $10.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to March 31, 2009.
 
Our Japan, APAC and Latin America operations combined have historically comprised less than 20% of our total net revenue and we expect this trend to continue. Net revenue in Japan was positively impacted by the weakening U.S. Dollar against the Japanese Yen, which resulted in an approximate $0.7 million contribution to Japan net revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, respectively. The increase in net revenue from Japan, APAC and Latin America during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to increased revenue from our consumer offerings in all three geographic regions and increased revenue from our corporate offerings in both APAC and Latin America.
 
Service, Support and Subscription Revenue
 
The increase in service, support and subscription revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was attributable to (i) an increase in sales of support and subscription renewals to existing and new customers, (ii) amortization of previously deferred revenue from support arrangements, (iii) increases in our online subscription arrangements due to our continued relationships with strategic partners such as Acer, Dell, Sony Computer and Toshiba, (iv) increases in revenue from our McAfee Total Protection Service for small and mid-market businesses and (v) increases in royalties from sales by our strategic channel partners. Revenue from consulting increased due to growth in integration and implementation services.
 
Although we expect our service, support and subscription revenue to continue to increase, our growth rate and net revenue depend significantly on renewals of support arrangements as well as our ability to respond successfully to the pace of technological change and expand our customer base. If our renewal rate or our pace of new customer acquisition slows, our net revenue and operating results would be adversely affected.
 
Product Revenue
 
The increase in product revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was attributable to (i) increased revenue from our Secure Computing acquisition, (ii) increased revenue from our network security solutions that have a higher hardware content and, therefore, more upfront revenue realization and (iii) increased revenue from our data protection solutions and upgrade initiatives related to our total protection solutions.


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Cost of Net Revenue
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated a comparison of cost of net revenue:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     2010 vs. 2009  
    2010     2009     $     %  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Cost of net revenue:
                               
Service, support and subscription
  $ 88,155     $ 72,728     $ 15,427       21 %
Product
    23,927       20,934       2,993       14  
Amortization of purchased technology
    20,493       19,394       1,099       6  
                                 
Total cost of net revenue
  $ 132,575     $ 113,056     $ 19,519       17 %
                                 
Components of Gross margin:
                               
Service, support and subscription
  $ 364,709     $ 337,617                  
Product
    25,954       16,430                  
Amortization of purchased technology
    (20,493 )     (19,394 )                
                                 
Total gross margin
  $ 370,170     $ 334,653                  
                                 
Total gross margin percentage
    74 %     75 %                
                                 
 
Cost of Service, Support and Subscription Revenue
 
Cost of service, support and subscription revenue consists primarily of costs related to the sale of online subscription arrangements and the costs of providing customer support, training, and consulting services which include salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation for employees and fees related to professional service subcontractors. The costs related to the sale of online subscription arrangements include revenue-share arrangements and royalties paid to our strategic partners as well as the costs of media, manuals and packaging related to our subscription-based product offerings. The cost of service, support and subscription revenue increased in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 due to increased infrastructure costs and increased costs related to our online subscription arrangements. The cost of service, support and subscription revenue as a percentage of service, support and subscription revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased slightly compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to increased infrastructure costs.
 
We anticipate the cost of service, support and subscription revenue will increase in absolute dollars driven primarily by (i) increased demand for our subscription-based products with associated revenue-sharing costs, (ii) increased costs attributable to providing customer and technical support to existing and new customers, (iii) increased infrastructure costs and (iv ) additional growth in our consulting services, which provide end users with product design, user training and deployment support.
 
Cost of Product Revenue
 
Cost of product revenue consists primarily of the cost of media, manuals and packaging for products distributed through traditional channels and, with respect to hardware-based security products, the cost of computer platforms, other hardware and embedded third-party components and technologies. The cost of product revenue increased in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 due primarily to increased transactions associated with our network security solutions. The cost of product revenue as a percentage of product revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased as a percentage of product revenue compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to an increase in both the number and size of higher margin corporate transactions sold to customers through a solution selling approach.
 
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Amortization of Purchased Technology
 
The increase in amortization of purchased technology in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to our acquisition of Solidcore in June 2009 and MX Logic in September 2009, offset by purchased technology that became fully amortized during 2009. Amortization for the purchased technology related to Solidcore and MX Logic was $2.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
Assuming no new acquisitions, we expect amortization of purchased technology will decrease slightly in absolute dollars during the remainder of 2010 as a result of certain purchased technology becoming fully amortized during 2010.
 
Gross Margin
 
The slight decrease in our gross margin in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was due primarily to (i) our product mix, (ii) the increase in the cost of service, support and subscription revenue as a percentage of service, support and subscription revenue and (iii) a slight increase in amortization of purchased technology related to acquisitions made during 2009. Gross margin may fluctuate in the future due to various factors, including the mix of products sold, upfront revenue realization, sales discounts, revenue-sharing arrangements, material and labor costs, warranty costs and amortization of purchased technology and patents.
 
Stock-based Compensation Expense
 
Stock-based compensation expense consists of expense associated with all stock-based awards made to our employees and outside directors. Our stock-based awards include options, RSUs, RSAs, PSUs and ESPP grants.
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of our stock-based compensation expenses:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
Stock-based compensation expense
  $ 29,308     $ 24,035     $ 5,273       22 %
 
The $5.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to (i) a $3.2 million increase in expense relating to increased grants of RSUs and PSUs and (ii) a $1.8 million increase in expense related to options. See Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
 
Operating Costs
 
Research and Development
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of our research and development expenses:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
Research and development(1)
  $ 84,124     $ 78,904     $ 5,220       7 %
Percentage of net revenue
    17 %     18 %                
 
 
(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense of $7.7 million and $6.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
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enhancement of existing products and services and development of new products and services. The increase in research and development expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to (i) a $1.9 million increase in salary and benefit expense for individuals performing research and development activities due to an increase in headcount, (ii) a $1.4 million increase in the use of third-party contractors for research and development activities, (iii) a $0.8 million increase in stock-based compensation expense and (iv) increases in various other expenses associated with research and development activities. The overall increase in research and development expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 included a net increase of $1.7 million due to the net impact of foreign exchange rates, primarily driven by the average U.S. Dollar exchange rate weakening against foreign currencies.
 
We believe that continued investment in product development is critical to attaining our strategic objectives. We expect research and development expenses will increase in absolute dollars during the remainder of 2010 when compared to the same prior-year periods.
 
Sales and Marketing
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of our sales and marketing expenses:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
Sales and marketing(1)
  $ 166,245     $ 148,764     $ 17,481       12 %
Percentage of net revenue
    33 %     33 %                
 
 
(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense of $12.3 million and $9.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salary, commissions, stock-based compensation and benefits and costs associated with travel for sales and marketing personnel, advertising and marketing promotions. The increase in sales and marketing expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 reflected (i) a $9.2 million increase in salary and benefit expense, including commissions, for individuals performing sales and marketing activities due to an increase in headcount and increased commissions, (ii) a $2.5 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, (iii) a $1.6 million increase related to agreements with certain PC OEM partners and (iv) increases in various other expenses associated with sales and marketing activities. The increase in sales and marketing expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 included a net increase of $6.1 million due to the net impact of foreign exchange rates, primarily driven by the average U.S. Dollar exchange rate weakening against foreign currencies.
 
We anticipate that sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars during the remainder of 2010 when compared to the same prior year periods primarily due to agreements with our strategic partners, primarily our PC OEM partners, where we have seen growth in volume and an increase in the number of partner agreements, our planned branding initiatives and our additional investment in sales capacity.
 
General and Administrative
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of our general and administrative expenses:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
General and administrative(1)
  $ 44,851     $ 40,160     $ 4,691       12 %
Percentage of net revenue
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(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense of $7.4 million and $6.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salary, stock-based compensation and benefit costs for executive and administrative personnel, professional services and other general corporate activities. The increase in general and administrative expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 reflected changes in legal expense and increased stock-based compensation expense, offset by decreases in various other expenses associated with general and administrative activities, including decreased professional fees and decreased salary and benefit expense for individuals performing general corporate activities. Our legal expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 were flat, however, in the three months ended March 31, 2009, we received a $6.5 million reimbursement from an insurance carrier for legal fees incurred related to the cost of defense in connection with our investigation of historical stock option granting practices that concluded in 2007.
 
We anticipate that general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars during the remainder of 2010 when compared to the same prior-year periods.
 
Amortization of Intangibles
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of the amortization of intangibles:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
Amortization of intangibles
  $ 7,642     $ 9,995     $ (2,353 )     (24 )%
 
Intangibles consist primarily of customer-related intangible assets. The decrease in amortization of intangibles during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily attributable to (i) decreased amortization of Secure Computing’s customer-related intangible assets that are being amortized using an accelerated method and (ii) certain intangibles acquired in previous acquisitions becoming fully amortized in the fourth quarter of 2009, offset by the acquisitions of Solidcore in June 2009 and MX Logic in September 2009, in which we acquired $38.0 million of customer-related intangible assets.
 
Assuming no new acquisitions, we expect amortization of intangibles will be flat or decrease slightly in absolute dollars during the remainder of 2010 as a result of certain intangibles acquired in previous acquisitions becoming fully amortized during 2010.
 
Restructuring Charges
 
Restructuring charges in the three months ended March 31, 2010 totaled $15.8 million, of which $11.3 million related to five facilities that were vacated and $4.4 million related to the realignment of staffing across all departments in the first quarter of 2010.
 
Restructuring charges in the three months ended March 31, 2009 totaled $5.1 million, of which $2.7 million related to the realignment of our sales and marketing workforce and $2.2 million related to additional accrual over the service period for our 2008 elimination of certain positions at Secure Computing. See Note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for a description of restructuring activities.
 
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Interest and Other Income, Net
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of our interest and other income, net:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest and other income, net
  $ 570     $ 2,811     $ (2,241 )     (80 )%
 
Interest and other income, net includes interest earned on investments and interest expense related to our credit facility, as well as net foreign currency transaction gains or losses and net forward contract gains or losses. The decrease in interest and other income, net in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily due to net foreign currency transaction losses of $0.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to a gain of $1.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
We anticipate that interest and other income, net will decrease during the remainder of 2010 as a result of lower cash balances due to our stock repurchase program and acquisitions, the declining interest rate environment, our shifting a large percentage of our investment portfolio to shorter-term and U.S. government and FDIC guaranteed investments, which have a lower yield, and higher costs on our revised credit facility.
 
Provision for Income Taxes
 
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a comparison of our provision for income taxes:
 
                             
    Three Months Ended
   
    March 31,   2010 vs. 2009
    2010   2009   $   %
    (Dollars in thousands)
 
Provision for income taxes
  $ 14,507     $ 581     $ 13,926     *
Effective tax rate
    28 %     1 %            
 
 
* Calculation not meaningful
 
We estimate our annual effective tax rate based on year to date operating results and our forecast of operating results for the remainder of the year, by jurisdiction, and apply this rate to the year to date operating results. If our actual results, by jurisdiction, differ from each successive interim period’s forecasted operating results or if we change our forecast of operating results for the remainder of the year, our effective tax rate will change accordingly, affecting tax expense for both that successive interim period as well as year-to-date interim results.
 
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2010 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate (“statutory rate”) primarily due to the benefit of lower tax rates in certain foreign jurisdictions. The increase in the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the prior period is primarily due to the tax impact of a shift in jurisdictional earnings and the tax benefits recognized in the first quarter 2009 that did not recur in the first quarter 2010. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2009 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate (“statutory rate”) primarily due to the benefit of lower tax rates in certain foreign jurisdictions as well as tax benefits recognized in the first quarter as a result of statute expirations in various jurisdictions.
 
Our future tax rates could be adversely affected if pretax earnings are proportionally less than amounts in prior years in countries where we have lower statutory rates or by unfavorable changes in tax laws and regulations. We cannot reasonably estimate the impact to our future effective tax rates for possible changes in earnings or tax laws and regulations. The Internal Revenue Service is presently conducting an examination of our federal income tax returns for the calendar years 2006 and 2007. We are also currently under examination by the State of California for the years 2004 to 2007, in Germany for the years 2002 to 2007, and in Japan for years 2007 to 2009. We cannot reasonably determine if these examinations will have a material impact on our financial statements.


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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
 
The following presentation includes non-GAAP measures.  Our non-GAAP measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures. For a detailed explanation of the adjustments made to comparable GAAP measures, the reasons why management uses these measures, the usefulness of these measures and the material limitation of these measures, see items (1) — (9) below.
 
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
 
Operating income:
               
GAAP operating income
  $ 51,554     $ 51,770  
Stock-based compensation expense(1)
    29,308       24,035  
Amortization of purchased technology(2)
    20,493       19,394  
Restructuring charges(3)
    15,754       5,060  
Amortization of intangibles(2)
    7,642       9,995  
Acquisition-related costs(4)
    2,000       3,276  
Loss on sale/disposal of assets and technology(5)
    8       59  
Investigation-related and other costs(6)
          46  
                 
Non-GAAP operating income
  $ 126,759     $ 113,635  
                 
Net income:
               
GAAP net income
  $ 37,576     $ 53,456  
Stock-based compensation expense(1)
    29,308       24,035  
Amortization of purchased technology(2)
    20,493       19,394  
Restructuring charges(3)
    15,754       5,060  
Amortization of intangibles(2)
    7,642       9,995  
Acquisition-related costs(4)
    2,000       3,276  
Loss on sale/disposal of assets and technology(5)
    8       59  
Investigation-related and other costs(6)
          46  
Marketable securities (accretion) impairment(7)
    (428 )     710  
Provision for income taxes(8)
    14,507       581  
                 
Non-GAAP income before provision for income taxes
    126,860       116,612  
Non-GAAP provision for income taxes(9)
    30,446       27,987  
                 
Non-GAAP net income
  $ 96,414     $ 88,625  
                 
Net income per share — diluted *:
               
GAAP net income per share — diluted
  $ 0.23     $ 0.34  
Stock-based compensation expense per share(1)
    0.18       0.15  
Other adjustments per share(2-9)
    0.18       0.07  
                 
Non-GAAP net income per share — diluted*
  $ 0.60     $ 0.57  
                 
Shares used to compute non-GAAP net income per share — diluted
    160,567       156,169  
                 
 
 
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The non-GAAP financial measures are non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share — diluted, which adjust for the following items: stock-based compensation expense, amortization of purchased technology and intangibles, restructuring charges, acquisition-related costs, loss on sale/disposal of assets and technology, investigation-related and other costs, marketable securities (accretion) impairment, income taxes and certain other items discussed below. We believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors, and such measures are used by our management, for the reasons associated with each of the adjusting items as described below:
 
(1) Stock-based compensation expense consist of expense relating to stock-based awards issued to employees and outside directors including stock options, restricted stock awards and units, restricted stock units with performance-based vesting and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types, we believe that the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense allows for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies, and for a more accurate comparison of our financial results to previous periods. In addition, we believe it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of stock-based compensation expense on our operating results.
 
(2) Amortization of purchased technology and intangibles are non-cash charges that can be impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisitions. We consider our operating results without these charges when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends, and therefore exclude such charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures. We believe the assessment of our operations excluding these costs is relevant to our assessment of internal operations and comparisons to the performance of other companies in our industry.
 
(3) Restructuring charges include excess facility and asset-related restructuring charges and severance costs resulting from reductions of personnel driven by modifications to our business strategy, such as acquisitions or divestitures. These costs may vary in size based on our restructuring plan. In addition, our assumptions are continually evaluated, which may increase or reduce the charges in a specific period. Our management excludes these costs when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends, and therefore excludes these charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.
 
(4) Acquisition-related costs include direct costs of the acquisition and expenses related to acquisition integration activities. Examples of costs directly related to an acquisition include transactions fees, due diligence costs, acquisition retention bonuses and severance, fair value adjustments related to contingent consideration, amounts or recoveries subject to escrow provisions, and certain legal costs related to acquired litigation. These expenses vary significantly in size and amount and are disregarded by our management when evaluating and predicting earnings trends because these charges are unique to specific acquisitions, and are therefore excluded by us when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.
 
(5) Loss on sale/disposal of assets and technology relate to the sale or disposal of our assets. These losses or gains can vary significantly in size and amount. Our management excludes these losses or gains when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends, and therefore excludes these items when presenting non-GAAP financial measures. In addition, in periods where we realize gains or incur losses on the sale of assets and/or technology, we believe it is useful to investors to highlight the specific impact of these amounts on our operating results.
 
(6) Investigation-related and other costs are charges related to discrete and unusual events where we have incurred significant costs which, in our view, are not incurred in the ordinary course of operations. Recent examples of such charges include legal expenses related to the special committee investigation into our past stock option granting practices which was completed in December 2007. Our management excludes these costs when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends, and therefore excludes these charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures. Further, we believe it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of these charges on our operating results.
 
(7) Marketable securities (accretion) impairment includes “other than temporary” declines in the fair value of our available-for-sale securities and subsequent recoveries of these losses. Our management excludes these losses/income when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends, and therefore excludes these losses/income when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.


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(8) Provision for income taxes is our GAAP provision that must be added back to GAAP net income to reconcile to non-GAAP income before taxes.
 
(9) Non-GAAP provision for income taxes reflects a 24% non-GAAP effective tax rate in 2010 and 2009 which is used by our management to calculate non-GAAP net income. Management believes that the 24% effective tax rate is reflective of a long-term normalized tax rate under the global McAfee legal entity and operating structure as of the respective period end.
 
Non-GAAP Operating Income
 
The $13.1 million increase in non-GAAP operating income (which is adjusted for certain items excluded by management when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 resulted from a $55.0 million increase in net revenue that exceeded (i) the $17.7 million increase in non-GAAP costs of net revenue and (ii) the $24.2 million increase in non-GAAP operating expenses that was primarily related to an increase in salaries and benefits due to an increase in headcount and an increase in overall expenses due to the U.S. Dollar weakening against both the Euro and the Yen on an average quarterly exchange basis.
 
Non-GAAP Net Income
 
The $7.8 million increase in non-GAAP net income (which is adjusted for certain items excluded by management when evaluating our ongoing performance and/or predicting our earnings trends) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 resulted from the increase in non-GAAP operating income described above, offset by using a 24% non-GAAP effective tax rate to calculate non-GAAP net income in both periods.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
See Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
Acquisitions
 
MX Logic
 
In September 2009, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of MX Logic, a Software-as-a-Service provider of on-demand email, web security and archiving solutions for a total purchase price of $163.1 million. With this acquisition, we plan to deliver a comprehensive, cloud-based security portfolio. The results of operations for MX Logic have been included in our results of operations since the date of acquisition.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2010   2009
    (In thousands)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 157,261     $ 145,976  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (12,396 )     (119,977 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
    (165,953 )     95,494  
 
Overview
 
At March 31, 2010, our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $901.5 million. Our principal sources of liquidity were our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities of $852.6 million and our operating cash flows. Our principal uses of cash were operating costs, which consist primarily of employee-related expenses, such as compensation and benefits, as well as other general operating expenses, partner and OEM arrangements, acquisitions, and purchases of marketable securities.


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During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we had net income of $37.6 million and we received $9.4 million from proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock benefit plans. In addition, we used $169.8 million for repurchases of our common stock and $17.5 million for purchases of property and equipment. Of the $169.8 million used for stock repurchases, $150.0 million was used for share repurchases in the open market and $19.8 million was used to repurchase shares of common stock in connection with our obligation to holders of RSUs, RSAs and PSUs to withhold the number of shares required to satisfy the holders’ tax liabilities in connection with the vesting of such shares.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2009, we had proceeds of $100.0 million from the draw down under an unsecured term loan, net income of $53.5 million and $7.8 million from proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock benefit plans. We used $16.5 million to repurchase shares of common stock in connection with our obligation to holders of RSUs, RSAs and PSUs to withhold the number of shares required to satisfy the holders’ tax liabilities in connection with the vesting of such shares, $11.0 million for purchases of property and equipment and $2.5 million for the acquisition of Endeavor.
 
We classify our investment portfolio as “available-for-sale,” and our investments are made with a policy of capital preservation and liquidity as the primary objectives. We generally hold investments in money market, U.S. government fixed income, U.S. government agency fixed income and investment grade corporate fixed income securities to maturity. We may sell an investment at any time if the quality rating of the investment declines, the yield on the investment is no longer attractive or we are in need of cash. We expect to continue our investing activities, including holding investment securities of a short-term and long-term nature. During the current challenging markets, we are investing new cash in instruments with short to medium-term maturities of highly-rated issuers, including U.S. government and FDIC guaranteed investments.
 
In December 2008, we entered into a credit agreement with a group of financial institutions, which we amended in February 2010 (“Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility provides for a $450.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a $25.0 million letter of credit sublimit. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, we may further increase the revolving loan commitments to an aggregate of $600.0 million. We borrowed $100.0 million under the term loan portion of the Credit Facility in January 2009 and paid the principal and accrued interest on our term loan in December 2009. We had no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Our management continues to monitor the financial markets and general global economic conditions as a result of the recent distress in the financial markets. As we monitor market conditions, our liquidity position and strategic initiatives, we may seek either short-term or long-term financing from external credit sources in addition to the credit facilities discussed herein. Our ability to raise funds may be adversely affected by a number of factors, including factors beyond our control, such as the current weakness in the economic conditions in the markets in which we operate and into which we sell our products, and increased uncertainty in the financial, capital and credit markets. There can be no assurance that additional financing would be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
 
Our management plans to use our cash and cash equivalents for future operations, potential acquisitions and earn-out payments related to current acquisitions. We may in the future repurchase our common stock on the open market. We believe that our cash and cash equivalent balances and cash that we generate over time from operations, along with amounts available for borrowing under the Credit Facility, will be sufficient to satisfy our anticipated cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months and the foreseeable future.
 
Operating Activities
 
Net cash provided by operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was primarily the result of our net income of $37.6 million and $53.5 million, respectively, net of non-cash related expenses. During the three months ended March 2010, our primary working capital sources were decreased accounts receivable due to significant cash collections in the first quarter of the year associated with a higher accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2009. Our primary working capital uses of cash was increased prepaid expenses, deferred costs of revenue and other assets primarily attributable to prepayments to our partners. The amounts for changes in assets and liabilities presented in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows reflect adjustments to exclude certain asset items that have not been paid in the current period.


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During the three months ended March 31, 2009, our primary working capital source was decreased accounts receivable primarily due to significant cash collections in the first quarter of the year due to a higher accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2008. Working capital uses of cash included decreased accrued taxes and other liabilities primarily due to payments of our derivative lawsuit settlement, taxes and commissions.
 
Our cash and marketable securities balances are held in numerous locations throughout the world, including substantial amounts held outside the United States. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, $624.5 million and $580.6 million, respectively, were held outside the United States. We utilize a variety of operational and financing strategies to ensure that our worldwide cash is available in the locations in which it is needed.
 
In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various agreements with minimum contractual commitments including telecom contracts, advertising, software licensing, royalty and distribution-related agreements. In the first three months of 2010, we entered into lease agreements for a new corporate headquarters facility, which expire in 2020, for approximately $49 million. In addition, in April 2010, we entered into an additional distribution-related agreement for approximately $39 million, which expires in 2011. These commitments were in the ordinary course of our business and we expect to meet these and other obligations as they become due through available cash, borrowings under the Credit Facility, and internally generated funds. We expect to continue generating positive working capital through our operations. However, we cannot predict whether current trends and conditions will continue or what the effect on our business might be from the competitive environment in which we operate. In addition, we currently cannot predict the outcome of the litigation described in Note 15 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
Investing Activities
 
Net cash used in investing activities was $12.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $120.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, we had net proceeds from marketable securities totaling $3.6 million compared to net purchases of marketable securities totaling $106.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
We had no acquisitions in the three months ended March 31, 2010. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we paid $2.5 million, net of cash acquired, to purchase Endeavor.
 
Our cash used for purchases of property and equipment increased to $17.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $11.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. The property and equipment purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was primarily for purchases of computers, equipment and software. The property and equipment purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily for upgrades of our existing systems and purchases of computers, equipment and software and for leasehold improvements at various offices.
 
For the remainder of 2010, we expect to continue to have slight increases in capital expenditures compared to the prior year.
 
Financing Activities
 
Net cash used in financing activities was $166.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $95.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
In February 2010, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions through December 2011, depending upon market conditions, share price and other factors. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we used $150.0 million to repurchase approximately 3.7 million shares of our common stock in the open market, including commissions paid on these transactions. We had no repurchases of our common stock in the open market during the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
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RSAs and PSUs to withhold the number of shares required to satisfy the holders’ tax liabilities in connection with the vesting of such shares. These shares were not part of the publicly announced repurchase program.
 
The primary source of cash provided by financing activities is proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock benefit plans. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, we received proceeds of $9.4 million compared to $7.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 from issuance of stock under such plans. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2009, cash provided by financing activities included $100.0 million borrowed under the term loan portion of the Credit Facility.
 
While we expect to continue to receive proceeds from our employee stock benefit plans in future periods, the timing and amount of such proceeds are difficult to predict and are contingent on a number of factors including the type of equity awards granted to our employees, the price of our common stock, the number of employees participating in the plans and general market conditions.
 
Credit Facilities
 
In December 2008, we entered into a credit agreement with a group of financial institutions, which we amended in February 2010 (“Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility provides a $450.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a $25.0 million letter of credit sublimit. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, we may further increase the revolving loan commitments to an aggregate of $600.0 million. Loans may be made in U.S. Dollars, Euros or other currencies agreed to by the lenders. Commitment fees range from 0.38% to 0.63% of the unused portion on the Credit Facility depending on our consolidated leverage ratio. Loans bear interest at our election at the prime rate or at an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin (ranging from 2.5% to 3.0%) that varies with our consolidated leverage ratio (a “eurocurrency loan”). Interest on the loans is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to prime rate loans and at the end of an interest period (or at each three month interval in the case of loans with interest periods greater than three months) in the case of eurocurrency loans. No balances were outstanding under the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
The Credit Facility contains financial covenants, measured at the end of each of our quarters, providing that our consolidated leverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility) cannot exceed 2.0 to 1.0 and our consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility) cannot be less than 3.0 to 1.0. Additionally, the Credit Facility contains affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding the payment of taxes, maintenance of insurance, reporting requirements and compliance with applicable laws. The Credit Facility contains negative covenants, among other things, limiting our ability and our subsidiaries’ ability to incur debt, liens, make acquisitions, make certain restricted payments and sell assets. The events of default under the Credit Facility include payment defaults, cross defaults with certain other indebtedness, breaches of covenants, judgment defaults, bankruptcy events and the occurrence of a change in control (as defined in the Credit Facility). At December 31, 2009, we had $1.5 million of restricted cash deposited at one of our lenders. The $1.5 million deposit was released in the three months ended March 31, 2010 when we amended the Credit Facility. We borrowed $100.0 million under the term loan portion of the Credit Facility in January 2009. No balances were outstanding under the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all covenants in the Credit Facility.
 
The credit facility terminates on December 22, 2012, on which date all outstanding principal of, together with accrued interest on, any revolving loans will be due. We may prepay the loans and terminate the commitments at any time, without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of certain costs in the case of eurocurrency loans. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all financial covenants in the Credit Facility.
 
In addition, we have a 14.0 million Euro credit facility with a bank (“the Euro Credit Facility”). The Euro Credit Facility is available on an offering basis, meaning that transactions under the Euro Credit Facility will be on such terms and conditions, including interest rate, maturity, representations, covenants and events of default, as mutually agreed between us and the bank at the time of each specific transaction. The Euro Credit Facility is intended to be used for short-term credit requirements, with terms of one year or less. The Euro Credit Facility can be canceled at any time. No balances were outstanding under the Euro Credit Facility as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.


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Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
Our market risks at March 31, 2010, are consistent with those discussed in Item 7A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC.
 
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Based on their evaluation as of March 31, 2010, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q was (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.


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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings
 
Information with respect to this item is incorporated by reference to Note 15 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q, which information is incorporated into this Part II, Item 1 by reference.
 
Item 1A.   Risk Factors
 
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Some but not all of the risks we face are described below. Any of the following risks could materially adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows and reduce the value of an investment in our common stock.
 
Adverse conditions in the national and global economies and financial markets may adversely affect our business and financial results.
 
National and global economies and financial markets have experienced a prolonged downturn stemming from a multitude of factors, including adverse credit conditions impacted by the sub-prime mortgage crisis, slower or receding economic activity, concerns about inflation and deflation, fluctuating energy costs, high unemployment, decreased consumer confidence, reduced corporate profits and capital spending, adverse business conditions and liquidity concerns and other factors. The U.S. and many other countries have been experiencing slowed or receding economic growth and disruptions in the financial markets. These conditions have been heightened recently by increased volatility in the European capital markets. The severity or length of time these economic and financial market conditions may persist is unknown. During challenging economic times, periods of heightened volatility in the capital markets, periods of high unemployment and in tight credit markets, many customers may delay or reduce technology purchases. This could result in reductions in sales of our products, longer sales cycles, difficulties in collection of accounts receivable, slower adoption of new technologies, lower renewal rates, and increased price competition. These results may persist even if certain economic conditions improve. In addition, weakness in the end-user market could negatively affect the cash flow of our distributors and resellers who could, in turn, delay paying their obligations to us. This would increase our credit risk exposure and cause delays in our recognition of revenue on future sales to these customers. Specific economic trends, such as declines in the demand for PCs, servers, and other computing devices, or softness in corporate information technology spending, could have a more direct impact on our business. Any of these events would likely harm our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.
 
If our products do not work properly, we could experience negative publicity, damage to our reputation, legal liability, declining sales and increased expenses.
 
Failure to protect against security breaches.  Because of the complexity of our products, we have in the past found errors in versions of our products that were not detected before first introduced, or in new versions or enhancements, and we may find such errors in the future. Because of the complexity of the environments in which our products operate, our products may have errors or defects that customers identify after deployment. Failures, errors or defects in our products could result in security breaches or compliance violations for our customers, disruption or damage to their networks or other negative consequences and could result in negative publicity, damage to our reputation, declining sales, increased expenses and customer relation issues. Such failures could also result in product liability damage claims against us by our customers, even though our license agreements with our customers typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential product liability claims. Furthermore, the correction of defects could divert the attention of engineering personnel from our product development efforts. A major security breach at one of our customers that is attributable to or not preventable by our products could be very damaging to our business. Any actual or perceived breach of network or computer security at one of our customers, regardless of whether the breach is attributable to our products, could adversely affect the market’s perception of our security products and our stock price.
 
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actually exist. These false alarms or false positives, while typical in the security industry, can damage or impair the affected computers or network, for example causing the affected computers or network to slow or even shut down, which may have adverse economic consequences to our customers. Our license agreements typically contain provisions, such as disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability, which seek to limit our exposure to potential product liability claims. However, these provisions may not be enforceable on statutory, public policy or other grounds. In addition, these false alarms or false positives could impair the perceived reliability of our products and could therefore adversely impact market acceptance of our products. Damage to our reputation or product liability or related claims brought against us could materially adversely affect our sales or subject us to significant liabilities, including litigation damages. On April 21, 2010, we released a faulty signature file that caused some of our customers’ computers to be rendered inoperable or significantly impaired. We may be subject to litigation claiming damages related to a false alarm or false positive. We anticipate that our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow will be negatively impacted as a result of this file update.
 
Our email and web solutions (anti-spam, anti-spyware and safe search products) may falsely identify emails, programs or web sites as unwanted “spam”, “potentially unwanted programs” or “unsafe.” They may also fail to properly identify unwanted emails, programs or unsafe web sites, particularly because spam emails, spyware or malware are often designed to circumvent anti-spam or spyware products and to incorrectly identify legitimate web sites as unsafe. Parties whose emails or programs are incorrectly blocked by our products, or whose web sites are incorrectly identified as unsafe or as utilizing phishing techniques, may seek redress against us for labeling them as spammers or unsafe and/or for interfering with their businesses. In addition, false identification of emails or programs as unwanted spam or potentially unwanted programs may discourage potential customers from using or continuing to use these products.
 
Customer misuse of products.  Our products may also not work properly if they are misused or abused by customers or non-customer third parties who obtain access and use of our products. These situations may arise where an organization uses our products in a manner that impacts their end users’ or employees’ privacy or where our products are misappropriated to censor private access to the internet. Any of these situations could impact the perceived reliability of our products, result in negative press coverage, negatively affect our reputation and adversely impact our financial results.
 
We face intense competition and we expect competitive pressures to increase in the future. This competition could have a negative impact on our business and financial results.
 
The markets for our products are intensely competitive and we expect both product and pricing competition to increase. If our competitors gain market share in the markets for our products, our sales could grow more slowly or decline. Competitive pressures could also lead to increases in expenses such as advertising expenses, product rebates, product placement fees, and marketing funds provided to our channel partners.
 
Advantages of larger competitors.  Our principal competitors in each of our product categories are described in “Business — Competition” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Our competitors include some large enterprises such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Symantec, IBM and Google. Large vendors of hardware or operating system software increasingly incorporate system and network security functionality into their products, and enhance that functionality either through internal development or through strategic alliances or acquisitions. Some of our competitors have longer operating histories, more extensive international operations, greater name recognition, larger technical staffs, established relationships with more distributors and hardware vendors, significantly greater product development and acquisition budgets, and/or greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do.
 
Consumer business competition.  More than 35% of our revenue comes from our consumer business. Our growth of this business relies on direct sales and sales through relationships with ISPs such as AOL, Cox, Verizon and AT&T and PC OEMs, such as Acer, Dell, Sony Computer, Hewlett Packard and Toshiba. As competition in this market increases, we have and will continue to experience pricing pressures that could have a negative effect on our ability to sustain our revenue, operating margin and market share growth. Further, as penetration of the consumer anti-virus market through the ISP model increases, we expect that pricing and competitive pressures in this market will become even more acute.


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Low-priced or free competitive products.  Security protection is increasingly being offered by third parties at significant discounts to our prices or, in some cases is bundled for free. The widespread inclusion of lower-priced or free products that perform the same or similar functions as our products within computer hardware or other companies’ software products could reduce the perceived need for our products or render our products unmarketable — even if these incorporated products are inferior or more limited than our products. It is possible that a major competitor may offer a free anti-malware enterprise product. Purchasers of mini notebooks or netbooks, which generally are sold at a lower price than laptops, may place a greater emphasis on price in making their security purchasing decision as they did in making their computer purchasing decision. The expansion of these competitive trends could have a significant negative impact on our sales and financial results.
 
We also face competition from numerous smaller companies, shareware and freeware authors and open source projects that may develop competing products, as well as from future competitors, currently unknown to us, who may enter the markets because the barriers to entry are fairly low. Smaller and/or newer companies often compete aggressively on price.
 
We face product development risks due to rapid changes in our industry. Failure to keep pace with these changes could harm our business and financial results.
 
The markets for our products are characterized by rapid technological developments, continually-evolving industry trends and standards and ongoing changes in customer requirements. Our success depends on our ability to timely and effectively keep pace with these developments.
 
Keeping pace with industry changes.  We must enhance and expand our product offerings to reflect industry trends, new technologies and new operating environments as they become increasingly important to customer deployments. For example, we must expand our offerings for virtual computer environments; we must continue to expand our security technologies for mobile environments to support a broader range of mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants and smart phones; we must develop products that are compatible with new or otherwise emerging operating systems, while remaining compatible with popular operating systems such as Linux, Sun’s Solaris, UNIX, Macintosh OS_X, and Windows XP, NT, Vista and 7; and we must continue to expand our business models beyond traditional software licensing and subscription models, specifically, software-as-a- service is becoming an increasingly important method and business model for the delivery of applications. We must also continuously work to ensure that our products meet changing industry certifications and standards. Failure to keep pace with any changes that are important to our customers could cause us to lose customers and could have a negative impact on our business and financial results.
 
Impact of product development delays or competitive announcements.  Our ability to adapt to changes can be hampered by product development delays. We may experience delays in product development as we have at times in the past. Complex products like ours may contain undetected errors or version compatibility problems, particularly when first released, which could delay or adversely impact market acceptance. We may also experience delays or unforeseen costs associated with integrating products we acquire with products we develop because we may be unfamiliar with errors or compatibility issues of products we did not develop ourselves. We may choose not to deliver a partially-developed product, thereby increasing our development costs without a corresponding benefit. This could negatively impact our business.
 
We face risks associated with past and future acquisitions.
 
We may buy or make investments in complementary or competitive companies, products and technologies. We may not realize the anticipated benefits from these acquisitions. Future acquisitions could result in significant acquisition-related charges and dilution to our stockholders. In addition, we face a number of risks relating to our acquisitions, including the following, any of which could harm our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of our past or future acquisitions.
 
Integration.  Integration of an acquired company or technology is a complex, time consuming and expensive process. The successful integration of an acquisition requires, among other things, that we integrate and retain key management, sales, research and development and other personnel; integrate the acquired products into our product offerings from both an engineering and sales and marketing perspective; integrate and support pre-existing suppliers, distribution and customer relationships; coordinate research and development efforts; and consolidate


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duplicate facilities and functions and integrate back-office accounting, order processing and support functions. If we do not successfully integrate an acquired company or technology, we may not achieve the anticipated revenue or cost reduction synergies.
 
The geographic distance between the companies, the complexity of the technologies and operations being integrated and the disparate corporate cultures being combined may increase the difficulties of integrating an acquired company or technology. Management’s focus on the integration of operations may distract attention from our day-to-day business and may disrupt key research and development, marketing or sales efforts. In addition, it is common in the technology industry for aggressive competitors to attract customers and recruit key employees away from companies during the integration phase of an acquisition. If integration of our acquired businesses or assets is not successful, we may experience adverse financial or competitive effects.
 
Internal controls, policies and procedures.  Acquired companies or businesses are likely to have different standards, controls, contracts, procedures and policies, making it more difficult to implement and harmonize company-wide financial, accounting, billing, information and other systems. Acquisitions of privately held and/or non-US companies are particularly challenging because their prior practices in these areas may not meet the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and public accounting standards.
 
Use of cash and securities.  Our available cash and securities may be used to acquire or invest in companies or products. Moreover, when we acquire a company, we may have to incur or assume that company’s liabilities, including liabilities that may not be fully known at the time of acquisition. To the extent we continue to make acquisitions, we will require additional cash and/or shares of our common stock as payment. The use of securities would cause dilution for our existing stockholders.
 
Key employees from acquired companies may be difficult to retain and assimilate.  The success of many acquisitions depends to a great extent on our ability to retain key employees from the acquired company. This can be challenging, particularly in the highly competitive market for technical personnel. Retaining key executives for the long-term can also be difficult due to other opportunities available to them. Disputes that may arise out of earn-outs, escrows and other arrangements related to an acquisition of a company in which a key employee was a principal may negatively affect the morale of the employee and make retaining the employee more difficult. It could be difficult, time consuming and expensive to replace any key management members or other critical personnel that do not accept employment with McAfee following the acquisition. In addition to retaining key employees, we must integrate them into our company, which can be difficult and costly. Changes in management or other critical personnel may be disruptive to our business and might also result in our loss of some unique skills and the departure of existing employees and/or customers.
 
Accounting charges.  Acquisitions may result in substantial accounting charges for restructuring and other expenses, amortization of purchased technology and intangible assets and stock-based compensation expense, any of which could materially adversely affect our operating results.
 
Potential goodwill, intangible asset and purchased technology impairment.  We perform an impairment analysis on our goodwill balances on an annual basis or whenever events occur that may indicate impairment. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, then we must write down goodwill to its estimated fair value. We perform an impairment analysis on our intangible assets and purchased technologies whenever events occur that may indicate impairment. If the undiscounted cash flows expected to be derived from the intangible asset or purchased technology are less than its carrying amount, then we must write down the intangible asset or purchased technology to its estimated fair value. We cannot be certain that a future downturn in our business, changes in market conditions or a long-term decline in the quoted market price of our stock will not result in an impairment of goodwill, intangible assets or purchased technologies and the recognition of resulting expenses in future periods, which could adversely affect our results of operations for those periods.
 
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affect our operating margins. Similarly, companies that we acquire may operate with different cost and margin structures, which could further cause fluctuations in our operating results and adversely affect our operating margins. If our quarterly financial results or our predictions of future financial results fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts and investors, our stock price could be negatively affected.
 
Our international operations involve risks that could divert the time and attention of management, increase our expenses and otherwise adversely impact our business and financial results.
 
Our international operations increase our risks in several aspects of our business, including but not limited to risks relating to revenue, legal and compliance, currency exchange and interest rate, and general operating. Net revenue in our operating regions outside of North America represented 43% of total net revenue in both the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009. The risks associated with our continued focus on international operations could adversely affect our business and financial results.
 
Revenue risks.  Revenue risks include, among others, longer payment cycles, greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable, tariffs and other trade barriers, seasonality, currency fluctuations, and the high incidence of software piracy and fraud in some countries. The primary product development risk to our revenue is our ability to deliver new products in a timely manner and to successfully localize our products for a significant number of international markets in different languages.
 
Legal and compliance risks.  We face a variety of legal and compliance risks. For example, international operations pose a compliance risk with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Some countries have a reputation for businesses to engage in prohibited practices with government officials to consummate transactions. Although we have implemented training along with policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with this and similar laws, there can be no assurance that all employees and third-party intermediaries will comply with anti-corruption laws. Any such violation could have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
Another legal risk is that some of our computer security solutions incorporate encryption technology that is governed by U.S. export regulations. The cost of compliance with those regulations can affect our ability to sell certain products in certain markets and could have a material adverse effect on our international revenue and expense. If we, or our resellers, fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we may become subject to penalties and fines or restrictions that may adversely affect our business.
 
Increasingly, the United States Congress (“Congress”) is taking a more active interest in information and communications technology companies doing business in China and other countries whose governments pressure businesses to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy. Congress has not prohibited companies from doing business in many of these countries, however, Congress could change the export laws and regulations to prohibit or restrict the sale of products in many of these countries, which could have a material adverse effect upon our international revenue.
 
Other legal risks include international labor laws and our relationship with our employees and regional work councils; compliance with more stringent consumer protection and privacy laws; unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; and compliance with our code of conduct and other internal policies.
 
Currency exchange and interest rate risks.  A significant portion of our transactions outside of the U.S. are denominated in foreign currencies. We translate revenues and costs from these transactions into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes. As a result, our future operating results will continue to be subject to fluctuations in foreign currency rates. This combined with economic instability, such as higher interest rates in the U.S. and inflation, could reduce our customers’ ability to obtain financing for software products, or could make our products more expensive or could increase our costs of doing business in certain countries. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recorded net foreign currency transaction losses of $0.7 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recorded net foreign currency transaction gains of $1.3 million. We may be positively or negatively affected by fluctuations in foreign currency rates in the future, especially if international sales continue to grow as a percentage of our total sales. Additionally, fluctuations in currency exchange rates will impact our deferred revenue balance,


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which is a key financial metric at each period end. The risk associated with fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates may be heightened due to the recent volatility in the European capital markets.
 
General operating risks.  More general risks of international business operations include the increased costs of establishing, managing and coordinating the activities of geographically dispersed and culturally diverse operations (particularly sales and support and shared service centers) located on multiple continents in a wide range of time zones.
 
We face a number of risks related to our product sales through distributors and other third parties.
 
We sell substantially all of our products through third-party intermediaries such as distributors, value-added resellers, PC OEMs, ISPs and other distribution channel partners (referred to collectively as distributors). Reliance on third parties for distribution exposes us to a variety of risks, some of which are described below, which could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial results.
 
Limited control over timing of product delivery.  We have limited control over the timing of the delivery of our products to customers by third-party distributors. We generally do not require our resellers and OEM partners to meet minimum sales volumes, so their sales may vary significantly from period to period. For example, the volume of our products shipped by our OEM partners depends on the volume of computers shipped by the PC OEMs, which is outside of our control. These factors can make it difficult for us to forecast our revenue accurately and they also can cause our revenue to fluctuate unpredictably.
 
Competitive aspects of distributor relationships.  Our distributors may sell other vendors’ products that compete with our products. Although we offer our distributors incentives to focus on sales of our products, they often give greater priority to products of our competitors, for a variety of reasons. In order to maximize sales of our products rather than those of our competitors, we must effectively support these partners with, among other things, appropriate financial incentives to encourage them to invest in sales tools, such as online sales and technical training and product collateral needed to support their customers and prospects and technical expertise through local sales engineers. If we do not properly support our partners, they may focus more on our competitors’ products, and their sales of our products would decline.
 
A significant portion of our revenue is derived from sales through our OEM partners that bundle our products with their products. Our reliance on this sales channel is significantly affected by our partners’ sales of new products into which our products are bundled. Our revenue from sales through our OEM partners is affected by the number of personal computers on which our products are bundled and the rate at which consumers purchase or subscribe for the bundled products. Adverse developments in global economic conditions, competitive risks and other factors may adversely affect personal computer sales and could adversely affect our sales and financial results. In addition, decreases in the rate at which consumers purchase or subscribe for our bundled products would adversely affect our sales and financial results. For example, if our PC OEM partners begin selling a greater percentage of netbooks and the conversion rate on netbooks is lower than the conversion rate on laptops, our sales would be adversely affected.
 
Our PC OEM partners are also in a position to exert competitive pricing pressure. Competition for OEMs’ business continues to increase, and it gives the OEMs leverage to demand lower product prices or other financial concessions from us in order to secure their business. Even if we negotiate what we believe are favorable pricing terms when we first establish a relationship with an OEM, at the time of the renewal of the agreement, we may be required to renegotiate our agreement with them on less favorable terms. Lower net prices for our products would adversely impact our operating margins.
 
Reliance on a small number of distributors.  A significant portion of our net revenue is attributable to a fairly small number of distributors. Our top ten distributors represented 36% and 35% of our net revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009, respectively. Reliance on a relatively small number of third parties for a significant portion of our distribution exposes us to significant risks to net revenue and net income if our relationship with one or more of our key distributors is terminated for any reason.
 
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without cause with no or minimal notice or penalties. If any significant distributor terminates its agreement with us, we could experience a significant interruption in the distribution of our products and our revenue could decline. We could also lose the benefit of our investment of time, money and resources in the distributor relationship.
 
Although a distributor can terminate its relationship with us for any reason, one factor that may lead to termination is a divergence of our business interests and those of our distributors and potential conflicts of interest. For example, our acquisition activity has resulted in the termination of distributor relationships that no longer fit with the distributors’ business priorities. Future acquisition activity could cause similar termination of, or disruption in, our distributor relationships, which could adversely impact our revenue.
 
Credit risk.  Some of our distributors may experience financial difficulties, which could adversely impact our collection of accounts receivable. Our allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $6.2 million as of March 31, 2010. We regularly review the collectability and credit-worthiness of our distributors to determine an appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts. Our uncollectible accounts could exceed our current or future allowances, which could adversely impact our financial results.
 
Other.  We also face legal and compliance risks with respect to our use of third party intermediaries operating outside the United States. As described above in “Our international operations involve risks that could divert the time and attention of management, increase our expenses and otherwise adversely impact our business and financial results,” any violations by such third party intermediaries of FCPA or similar laws could have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
We face numerous risks relating to the enforceability of our intellectual property rights and our use of third-party intellectual property, many of which could result in the loss of our intellectual property rights as well as other material adverse impacts on our business and financial results and condition.
 
Limited protection of our intellectual property rights against potential infringers.  We rely on a combination of contractual rights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents and copyrights to establish and protect proprietary rights in our technology. However, the steps we have taken to protect our proprietary technology may not deter its misuse, theft or misappropriation. Competitors may independently develop technologies or products that are substantially equivalent or superior to our products or that inappropriately incorporate our proprietary technology into their products. Competitors may hire our former employees who may misappropriate our proprietary technology. We are aware that a number of users of our security products have not paid license, technical support, or subscription fees to us. Certain jurisdictions may not provide adequate legal infrastructure for effective protection of our intellectual property rights. Changing legal interpretations of liability for unauthorized use of our software or lessened sensitivity by corporate, government or institutional users to refraining from intellectual property piracy or other infringements of intellectual property could also harm our business.
 
Frequency, expense and risks of intellectual property litigation in the network and system security market.  Litigation may be necessary to enforce and protect our trade secrets, patents and other intellectual property rights. Similarly, we may be required to defend against claimed infringement by others.
 
The security technology industry has increasingly been subject to patent and other intellectual property rights litigation, particularly from special purpose entities that seek to monetize their intellectual property rights by asserting claims against others. We expect this trend to continue and that in the future as we become a larger and more profitable company, we can expect this trend to accelerate and that we will be required to defend against this type of litigation. The litigation process is subject to inherent uncertainties, so we may not prevail in litigation matters regardless of the merits of our position. In addition to the expense and distraction associated with litigation, adverse determinations could cause us to lose our proprietary rights, prevent us from manufacturing or selling our products, require us to obtain licenses to patents or other intellectual property rights that our products are alleged to infringe (licenses may not be available on reasonable commercial terms or at all), and subject us to significant liabilities.
 
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competitors and those employees inadvertently or deliberately incorporate proprietary technology of our competitors into our products despite efforts by our competitors and us to prevent such infringement.
 
Litigation may be necessary to enforce and protect our trade secrets, patents and other intellectual property rights.
 
Potential risks of using “open source” software.  Like many other software companies, we use and distribute “open source” software in order to expedite development of new products. Open source software is generally licensed by its authors or other third parties under open source licenses, including, for example, the GNU General Public License. These license terms may be ambiguous, in many instances have not been interpreted by the courts and could be interpreted in a manner that results in unanticipated obligations regarding our products. Depending upon how the open source software is deployed by our developers, we could be required to offer our products that use the open source software for no cost, or make available the source code for modifications or derivative works. Any of these obligations could have an adverse impact on our intellectual property rights and revenue from products incorporating the open source software.
 
Our use of open source code could also result in us developing and selling products that infringe third-party intellectual property rights. It may be difficult for us to accurately determine the developers of the open source code and whether the code incorporates proprietary software. We have processes and controls in place that are designed to address these risks and concerns, including a review process for screening requests from our development organizations for the use of open source. However, we cannot be sure that all open source is submitted for approval prior to use in our products.
 
We also have processes and controls in place to review the use of open source in the products developed by companies that we acquire. Despite having conducted appropriate due diligence prior to completing the acquisition, products or technologies that we acquire may nonetheless include open source software that was not identified during the initial due diligence. Our ability to commercialize products or technologies of acquired companies that incorporate open source software or to otherwise fully realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition may be restricted for the reasons described in the preceding two paragraphs.
 
Pending or future litigation could have a material adverse impact on our results of operation, financial condition and liquidity.
 
In addition to intellectual property litigation, from time to time, we have been, and may be in the future, subject to other litigation including stockholder derivative actions or actions brought by current or former employees. If we continue to make acquisitions in the future, we are more likely to be subject to acquisition related shareholder derivative actions and actions resulting from the use of earn-outs, purchase price escrow holdbacks and other similar arrangements. Where we can make a reasonable estimate of the liability relating to pending litigation and determine that an adverse liability resulting from such litigation is probable, we record a related liability. As additional information becomes available, we assess the potential liability and revise estimates as appropriate. However, because of the inherent uncertainties relating to litigation, the amount of our estimates could be wrong. In addition to the related cost and use of cash, pending or future litigation could cause the diversion of management’s attention. Managing, defending and indemnity obligations related to these actions have caused significant diversion of management’s and the board of directors’ time and resulted in material expense to us. See Note 15 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information with respect to certain currently pending legal matters.
 
Our financial results can fluctuate significantly, making it difficult for us to accurately estimate operating results.
 
Impact of fluctuations.  Over the years our revenue, gross margins and operating results, which we disclose from time to time on a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and non-GAAP basis, have fluctuated significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year, and we expect this to continue in the future. Thus, our operating results for prior periods may not be effective predictors of our future performance. These fluctuations make it difficult for us to accurately forecast operating results. We try to adjust expenses based in part on our expectations regarding future revenue, but in the short term expenses are relatively fixed. This makes it difficult for us to adjust our expenses in time to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall in a given period.


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Volatility in our quarterly financial results may make it more difficult for us to raise capital in the future or pursue acquisitions that involve issuances of our stock. If our quarterly financial results or our predictions of future financial results fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts and investors, our stock price could be negatively affected.
 
Factors that may cause our revenue, gross margins and other operating results to fluctuate significantly from period to period, include, but are not limited to, the following:
 
Establishment of VSOE.  We may in the future sell products in an arrangement for which we have not established VSOE for the undelivered elements in the arrangement and would be required to delay the recognition of revenue. A delay in the recognition of revenue from sales of products may cause fluctuations in our quarterly financial results and may adversely affect our operating margins.
 
Timing of product orders.  A significant portion of our revenue in any quarter comes from previously deferred revenue, which is a somewhat predictable component of our quarterly revenue. However, a meaningful part of revenue depends on contracts entered into or orders booked and shipped in the current quarter. Typically we generate the most orders in the last month of each quarter and significant new orders generally close at the end of the quarter. Some customers believe they can enhance their bargaining power by waiting until the end of our quarter to place their order. Personnel limitations and system processing constraints could adversely impact our ability to process the large number of orders that typically occur near the end of a quarter, which could adversely affect our results for the quarter. Any failure or delay in closing significant new orders in a given quarter also could have a material adverse impact on our results for that quarter.
 
Reliability and timeliness of expense data.  We increasingly rely upon third-party manufacturers to manufacture our hardware-based products; therefore, our reliance on their ability to provide us with timely and accurate product cost information exposes us to risk, negatively impacting our ability to accurately and timely report our operating results.
 
Issues relating to third-party distribution, manufacturing and fulfillment relationships.  We rely heavily on third parties to manufacture and distribute our products. Any changes in the performance of these relationships can impact our operating results. Changes in our supply chain could result in product fulfillment delays that contribute to fluctuations in operating results from period to period. We have in the past and may in the future make changes in our product delivery network, which may disrupt our ability to timely and efficiently meet our product delivery commitments, particularly at the end of a quarter. As a result, we may experience increased costs in the short term as temporary delivery solutions are implemented to address unanticipated delays in product delivery. In addition, product delivery delays may negatively impact our ability to recognize revenue if shipments are delayed at the end of a quarter.
 
Product and geographic mix.  Another source of fluctuations in our operating results and, in particular, gross profit margins, is the mix of products we sell and services we offer, as well as the mix of countries in which our products and services are sold, including the mix between corporate versus consumer products; hardware-based compared to software-based products; perpetual licenses versus subscription licenses; and maintenance and support services compared to consulting services or product revenue. Product and geographic mix can impact operating expenses as well as the amount of revenue and the timing of revenue recognition, so our profitability can fluctuate significantly.
 
Timing of new products and customers.  The timing of the introduction and adoption of new products, product upgrades or updates can have a significant impact on revenue from period to period. For example, revenue tends to be higher in periods shortly after we introduce new products compared to periods without new products. Our revenue may decline after new product introductions by competitors. In addition, the volume, size, and terms of new customer licenses can cause fluctuations in our revenue.
 
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disposition activities, arrangements with minimum contractual commitments including royalty and distribution-related agreements, stock-based compensation expense, unanticipated costs associated with litigation or investigations, costs related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts, costs and charges related to certain extraordinary events such as restructurings, substantial declines in estimated values of long-lived assets below the value at which they are reflected in our financial statements, impairment of goodwill, intangible assets or purchased technologies and changes in GAAP, such as increased use of fair value measures, new guidance relating to GAAP, such as the guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in October 2009 on software revenue recognition and on revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables, changes in tax laws and the potential requirement that U.S. registrants prepare financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).
 
Material weaknesses in our internal control and financial reporting environment may impact the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of our external financial reporting.
 
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that management report annually on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and identify any material weaknesses in our internal control and financial reporting environment. If management identifies any material weaknesses, their correction could require remedial measures that could be costly and time-consuming. In addition, the presence of material weaknesses could result in financial statement errors that in turn could require us to restate our operating results. This in turn could damage investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could affect our stock price and potentially subject us to litigation.
 
Our strategic alliances and our relationships with manufacturing partners expose us to a range of business risks and uncertainties that could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial results.
 
Uncertainty of realizing anticipated benefit of strategic alliances.  We have entered into strategic alliances with numerous third parties to support our future growth plans. For example, these relationships may include technology licensing, joint technology development and integration, research cooperation, co-marketing activities and sell-through arrangements. We face a number of risks relating to our strategic alliances, including those described below. These risks may prevent us from realizing the desired benefits from our strategic alliances on a timely basis or at all, which could have a negative impact on our business and financial results.
 
Challenges relating to integrated products from strategic alliances.  Strategic alliances require significant coordination between the parties involved, particularly if an alliance requires that we integrate their products with our products. This could involve significant time and expenditure by our technical staff and the technical staff of our strategic partner. The integration of products from different companies may be more difficult than we anticipate, and the risk of integration difficulties, incompatible products and undetected programming errors or defects may be higher than that normally associated with new products. The marketing and sale of products that result from strategic alliances might also be more difficult than that normally associated with new products. Sales and marketing personnel may require special training, as the new products may be more complex than our other products.
 
We invest significant time, money and resources to establish and maintain relationships with our strategic partners, but we have no assurance that any particular relationship will continue for any specific period of time. Generally, our strategic alliance agreements are terminable without cause with no or minimal notice or penalties. If we lose a significant strategic partner, we could lose the benefit of our investment of time, money and resources in the relationship. In addition, we could be required to incur significant expenses to develop a new strategic alliance or to determine and implement an alternative plan to pursue the opportunity that we targeted with the former partner.
 
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Less control of the manufacturing process and outcome with third party manufacturing relationships.  Our use of third-party manufacturers results in a lack of control over the quality and timing of the manufacturing process, limited control over the cost of manufacturing, and the potential absence or unavailability of adequate manufacturing capacity.
 
Risk of inadequate capacity with third party manufacturing relationships.  If any of our third-party manufacturers fails for any reason to manufacture products of acceptable quality, in required volumes, and in a cost-effective and timely manner, it could be costly as well as disruptive to product shipments. We might be required to seek additional manufacturing capacity, which might not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if additional capacity was available, the process of qualifying a new vendor could be lengthy and could cause significant delays in product shipments and could strain partner and customer relationships. In addition, supply disruptions or cost increases could increase our costs of goods sold and negatively impact our financial performance. Our risk is relatively greater in situations where our hardware products contain critical components supplied by a single or a limited number of third parties. Any significant shortage of components could lead to cancellations of customer orders or delays in placement of orders, which would adversely impact revenue.
 
Risk of hardware obsolescence and excess inventory with third party manufacturing relationships.  Hardware-based products may face greater obsolescence risks than software products. We could incur losses or other charges in disposing of obsolete hardware inventory. In addition, to the extent that our third-party manufacturers upgrade or otherwise alter their manufacturing processes, our hardware-based products could face supply constraints or risks associated with the transition of hardware-based products to new platforms. This could increase the risk of losses or other charges associated with obsolete inventory. We determine the quantities of our products that our third-party manufacturers produce and we base these orders upon our expected demand for our products. Although we order products as close in time to the actual demand as we can, if actual demand is not what we project, we may accumulate excess inventory, which may adversely affect our financial results.
 
Our global operations may expose us to tax risk.
 
We are generally required to account for taxes in each jurisdiction in which we operate. This process may require us to make assumptions, interpretations and judgments with respect to the meaning and application of promulgated tax laws and related administrative and judicial interpretations. The positions that we take and our interpretations of the tax laws may differ from the positions and interpretations of the tax authorities in the jurisdictions in which we operate. We are presently under examination in many jurisdictions, including notably the U.S., California, Germany and Japan. An adverse outcome in one or more of these ongoing examinations, or in any future examinations that may occur, could have a significant negative impact on our cash position and net income. Although we have established reserves for these examination contingencies, there can be no assurance that the reserves will be sufficient to cover our ultimate liabilities.
 
Our provision for income taxes is subject to volatility and can be adversely affected by a variety of factors, including but not limited to: unanticipated decreases in the amount of revenue or earnings in countries with low statutory tax rates, changes in tax laws and the related regulations and interpretations (including various proposals currently under consideration), changes in accounting principles (including accounting for uncertain tax positions), and changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets. Significant judgment is required to determine the recognition and measurement attributes prescribed in certain accounting guidance. This guidance applies to all income tax positions, including the potential recovery of previously paid taxes, which if settled unfavorably could adversely impact our provision for income taxes.
 
Critical personnel may be difficult to attract, assimilate and retain.
 
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management or other critical personnel may be disruptive to our business and might also result in our loss of unique skills and the departure of existing employees and/or customers.
 
Other personnel related issues that we may encounter include:
 
Competition for personnel; need for competitive pay packages.  Competition for qualified individuals in our industry is intense and we must provide competitive compensation packages, including equity awards. Increases in shares available for issuance under our equity incentive plans require stockholder approval, and there may be times, as we have seen in the past, where we may not obtain the necessary approval. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified individuals, our ability to compete in the markets for our products could be adversely affected, which would have a negative impact on our business and financial results.
 
Risks relating to senior management changes and new hires.  From 2006 to 2008, we experienced significant changes in our senior management team as a number of officers resigned or were terminated and several key management positions were vacant for a significant period of time. We may continue to experience changes in senior management going forward.
 
We continue to hire in key areas and have added a number of new employees in connection with our acquisitions. For new employees, including senior management, there may be reduced levels of productivity as it takes time for new hires to be trained or otherwise assimilated into the company.
 
Increased customer demands on our technical support services may adversely affect our relationships with our customers and negatively impact our financial results.
 
We offer technical support services with many of our products. We may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for support services. We also may be unable to modify the format of our support services to compete with changes in support services provided by competitors or successfully integrate support for our customers. Further customer demand for these services, without corresponding revenue, could increase costs and adversely affect our operating results.
 
We have outsourced a substantial portion of our worldwide consumer support functions to third-party service providers. If these companies experience financial difficulties, service disruptions, do not maintain sufficiently skilled workers and resources to satisfy our contracts, or otherwise fail to perform at a sufficient level under these contracts, the level of support services to our customers may be significantly disrupted, which could materially harm our relationships with these customers.
 
We face risks related to customer outsourcing to system integrators.
 
Some of our customers have outsourced the management of their information technology departments to large system integrators. If this trend continues, our established customer relationships could be disrupted and our products could be displaced by alternative system and network security solutions offered by system integrators that do not bundle our solutions. Significant product displacements could negatively impact our revenue and have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
If we fail to effectively upgrade or modify our information technology system, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.
 
We may experience difficulties in transitioning to new or upgraded information technology systems and in applying maintenance patches to existing systems, including loss of data and decreases in productivity as personnel become familiar with new, upgraded or modified systems. Our management information systems will require modification and refinement as we grow and as our business needs change, which could prolong the difficulties we experience with systems transitions, and we may not always employ the most effective systems for our purposes. If we experience difficulties in implementing new or upgraded information systems or experience significant system failures, or if we are unable to successfully modify our management information systems and respond to changes in our business needs, our operating results could be harmed or we may fail to meet our reporting obligations. We may also experience similar results if we have difficulty applying routine maintenance patches to existing systems in a timely manner.


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Computer “hackers” may damage our products, services and systems.
 
Due to our high profile in the network and system protection market, we have been a target of computer hackers who have, among other things, created viruses to sabotage or otherwise attack our products and services, including our various web sites. For example, we have seen the spread of viruses, or worms, which intentionally delete anti-virus and firewall software. Similarly, hackers may attempt to penetrate our network security and misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions of our internal systems and services. Also, a number of web sites have been subject to denial of service attacks, where a web site is bombarded with information requests eventually causing the web site to overload, resulting in a delay or disruption of service. If successful, any of these events could damage users’ or our own computer systems. In addition, since we do not control disk duplication by distributors or our independent agents, media containing our software may be infected with viruses.
 
Business interruptions may impede our operations and the operations of our customers.
 
We are continually updating or modifying our accounting and other internal and external facing business systems. Modifications of these types of systems are often disruptive to business and may cause us to incur higher costs than we anticipate. Failure to properly manage this process could materially harm our business operations.
 
In addition, we and our customers face a number of potential business interruption risks that are beyond our respective control. Natural disasters or other events could interrupt our business or the business of our customers, and each of us is reliant on external infrastructure that may be antiquated. Our corporate headquarters in California is located near a major earthquake fault. The potential impact of a major earthquake on our facilities, infrastructure and overall operations is not known, but could be quite severe. Despite business interruption and disaster recovery programs that have been implemented, an earthquake could seriously disrupt our entire business process. We are largely uninsured for losses and business disruptions caused by an earthquake and other natural disasters.
 
Our investment portfolio is subject to volatility, losses and liquidity limitations. Continued negative conditions in the global credit markets could impair the value of or limit our access to our investments.
 
Historically, investment income has been a significant component of our net income. The ability to achieve our investment objectives is affected by many factors, some of which are beyond our control. We invest our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities in a variety of investment vehicles in a number of countries with and in the custody of financial institutions with high credit ratings. While our investment policy and strategy attempt to manage interest rate risk, limit credit risk, and only invest in what we view as very high-quality debt securities, the outlook for our investment holdings is dependent on general economic conditions, interest rate trends and volatility in the financial marketplace, which can all affect the income that we receive, the value of our investments, and our ability to sell them. Current economic conditions have had widespread negative effects on the financial markets and global economies. These conditions have been heightened recently by increased volatility in the European capital markets. During these challenging markets, we are investing new cash in instruments with short to medium-term maturities of highly-rated issuers, including U.S. government guaranteed investments. We do not hold any auction rate securities or structured investment vehicles. The underlying collateral for certain of our mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities is comprised of some sub-prime mortgages, as well as prime and Alt-A mortgages.
 
The outlook for our investment income is dependent on the amount of any acquisitions that we effect, the timing of our stock repurchases under our stock repurchase program and the amount of cash flows from operations that are available for investment. Our investment income is also affected by the yield on our investments and our recent shift to a larger percentage of our investment portfolio to shorter-term and U.S. government guaranteed investments. This shift has negatively impacted our income from our investment portfolio in light of declining yields. Continued decline in our investment income or the value of our investments will have an adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
 
During 2009, we recorded additional impairment on previously impaired marketable securities totaling $0.7 million. We believe that our investment securities are carried at fair value. However, over time the economic and market environment may provide additional insight regarding the fair value and the expected recoverability of certain securities, which could change our judgment regarding impairment. This could result in realized losses


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being charged against future income. Given the current market conditions involved, there is continuing risk additional impairments may be charged to income in future periods.
 
Most of our cash and investments held outside the U.S. are subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. A repatriation of these non-U.S. investment holdings to the U.S. under current law could be subject to foreign and U.S. federal income and withholding taxes, less any applicable foreign tax credits. Local regulations and potential further capital market turmoil could limit our ability to utilize these offshore funds.
 
Our stock price has been volatile and is likely to remain volatile.
 
During 2009 and through April 30, 2010, our stock price was highly volatile, ranging from a high of $45.68 to a low of $26.65. On April 30, 2010, our stock’s closing price was $34.75. Announcements, business developments, such as material acquisitions or dispositions, litigation developments and our ability to meet the expectations of investors with respect to our operating and financial results, may contribute to current and future stock price volatility. In addition, third-party announcements such as those made by our partners and competitors may contribute to current and future stock price volatility. For example, future announcements by major competitors related to consumer and corporate security solutions may contribute to future volatility in our stock price. Certain types of investors may choose not to invest in stocks with this level of stock price volatility.
 
Our stock price may also experience volatility that is completely unrelated to our performance or that of the security industry. For the past year, the major U.S. and international stock markets have been extremely volatile. Fluctuations in these broad market indices can impact our stock price regardless of our performance.
 
Our charter documents and Delaware law may impede or discourage a takeover, which could lower our stock price.
 
Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 5.0 million shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of those shares without any further vote or action by our stockholders. The issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock and could have the effect of discouraging a change of control of the company or changes in management.
 
Delaware law and other provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could also delay or make a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving us or changes in our board of directors and management more difficult. For example, any stockholder wishing to make a stockholder proposal (including director nominations) at our 2010 annual meeting must meet the qualifications and follow the procedures specified under both the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and our bylaws. In addition, we have a classified board of directors; however, our board of directors will be declassified over the three year period ending with our annual meeting of stockholders in 2012.
 
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
Common Stock Repurchases
 
In February 2010, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions through December 2011, depending upon market conditions, share price and other factors. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we repurchased approximately 3.7 million shares of our common stock in the open market for approximately $150.0 million.


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The table below sets forth all repurchases by us of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2010:
 
                                 
                Total Number of
    Approximate Dollar
 
    Total
          Shares Purchased as
    Value of Shares That
 
    Number of
    Average
    Part of Publicly
    May yet be Purchased
 
    Shares
    Price Paid
    Announced Plan or
    Under Our Stock
 
Period   Purchased     per Share     Repurchase Program     Repurchase Program  
    (In thousands, except price per share)  
 
January 1, 2010 through January 31, 2010
    4     $ 38.37           $ 500,000  
February 1, 2010 through February 28, 2010
    1,568       39.73       1,093       456,426  
March 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010
    2,626       40.87       2,604       350,000  
                                 
Total
    4,198     $ 40.44       3,697          
                                 
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, we repurchased approximately 0.5 million and 0.6 million shares, respectively, of our common stock for approximately $19.8 million and $16.5 million in connection with our obligation to holders of RSUs, RSAs and PSUs to withhold the number of shares required to satisfy the holders’ tax liabilities in connection with the vesting of such shares. These shares were not part of the publicly announced repurchase program.
 
Item 3.   Defaults upon Senior Securities
 
None.
 
Item 5.   Other Information
 
None.
 
Item 6.   Exhibits
 
(a) Exhibits.  The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Report.


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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.
 
McAfee Inc.
 
/s/  Albert A. “Rocky” Pimentel
Albert A. “Rocky” Pimentel
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
 
May 7, 2010


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
                                 
        Incorporated by Reference    
Exhibit
          File
  Exhibit
      Filed with
Number   Description   Form   Number   Number   Filing Date   this 10-Q
 
  3 .1   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended on April 27, 2009   8-K   001-31216     3 .1   May 1, 2009    
  3 .2   Certificate of Ownership and Merger between Registrant and McAfee, Inc.   10-Q   001-31216     3 .2   November 8, 2004    
  3 .3   Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.   8-K   001-31216     3 .2   May 1, 2009    
  3 .4   Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock of the Registrant   10-Q   000-20558     3 .3   November 14, 1996    
  3 .5   Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant   8-K   000-20558     5 .0   October 22, 1998    
  10 .1   First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated February 10, 2010, by and among the Registrant, McAfee Ireland Holdings Limited, the subsidiaries of the Registrant party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer   8-K   001-31216     10 .1   February 17, 2010    
  10 .2   Form of Change of Control and Retention Agreement (Mr. DeWalt and Tier 2 Executives)   8-K   001-31216     10 .1   February 22, 2010    
  31 .1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                       X
  32 .1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                       X
  101     The following materials from McAfee, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.                       X


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