COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC - Quarter Report: 2015 December (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended: December 31, 2015

¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 1-33026

Commvault Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware		22-3447504
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Commvault Way Tinton Falls, New Jersey		07724
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(732) 870-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	o (Do not check if smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

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

As of January 25, 2016, there were 45,166,564 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.

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COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX



		Page
Part I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements and Notes
	Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015	1
	Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014	2
	Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014	3
	Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended December 31, 2015	4
	Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014	5
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	6
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	26
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	26

Part II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	28
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	28
Item 2.	Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	28
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	29
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	29
Item 5.	Other Information	29
Item 6.	Exhibits	29

SIGNATURES		30

Exhibit Index		31
Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.2

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Commvault Systems, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)



	December 31, 2015			March 31, 2015

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	316,396		$	337,673
Short-term investments	84,710			49,936
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $309 at December 31, 2015 and $104 at March 31, 2015	114,591			117,716
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	17,052			20,084
Total current assets	532,749			525,409
Deferred tax assets, net	49,115			41,045
Property and equipment, net	137,210			140,208
Equity method investment	4,576			—
Other assets	6,913			6,804
Total assets	$	730,563		$	713,466
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	762		$	860
Accrued liabilities	69,980			72,757
Deferred revenue	184,439			184,312
Total current liabilities	255,181			257,929
Deferred revenue, less current portion	45,924			45,423
Other liabilities	3,891			3,104
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 50,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015	—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 250,000 shares authorized, 45,405 shares and 45,122 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively	453			451
Additional paid-in capital	593,472			539,565
Accumulated deficit	(158,678		)	(125,502		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(9,680		)	(7,504		)
Total stockholders’ equity	425,567			407,010
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	730,563		$	713,466

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended December 31,						Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Revenues:
Software	$	71,389		$	71,729		$	185,449		$	213,202
Services	84,307			81,292			250,112			243,606
Total revenues	155,696			153,021			435,561			456,808
Cost of revenues:
Software	530			587			1,595			1,834
Services	19,899			19,354			60,320			59,320
Total cost of revenues	20,429			19,941			61,915			61,154
Gross margin	135,267			133,080			373,646			395,654
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	91,393			85,925			263,017			249,933
Research and development	17,963			16,468			50,876			47,343
General and administrative	20,002			23,103			59,717			58,350
Depreciation and amortization	2,400			2,687			7,336			6,013
Total operating expenses	131,758			128,183			380,946			361,639
Income (loss) from operations	3,509			4,897			(7,300		)	34,015
Interest expense	(234		)	(228		)	(692		)	(446		)
Interest income	207			202			587			592
Income (loss) before income taxes	3,482			4,871			(7,405		)	34,161
Income tax expense (benefit)	(1,396		)	1,798			(1,747		)	11,863
Net income (loss)	$	4,878		$	3,073		$	(5,658	)	$	22,298
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	0.11		$	0.07		$	(0.12	)	$	0.49
Diluted	$	0.10		$	0.07		$	(0.12	)	$	0.47
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	45,315			45,331			45,339			45,610
Diluted	46,577			46,976			45,339			47,385

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended December 31,						Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net income (loss)	$	4,878		$	3,073		$	(5,658	)	$	22,298
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(496		)	(2,509		)	(2,176		)	(3,930		)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	4,382		$	564		$	(7,834	)	$	18,368

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Common Stock					Additional Paid – In Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total
	Shares		Amount			Additional Paid – In Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total
Balance as of March 31, 2015	45,122		$	451		$	539,565		$	(125,502	)	$	(7,504	)	$	407,010
Stock-based compensation						47,516									47,516
Tax benefits relating to stock-based payments						3,677									3,677
Share issuances related to stock-based compensation	1,248		12			9,766									9,778
Repurchase of common stock	(965	)	(10		)	(7,052		)	(27,518		)				(34,580		)
Net loss									(5,658		)				(5,658		)
Other comprehensive loss												(2,176		)	(2,176		)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	45,405		$	453		$	593,472		$	(158,678	)	$	(9,680	)	$	425,567

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)	$	(5,658	)	$	22,298
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	8,509			6,232
Noncash stock-based compensation	47,516			45,501
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	(6,263		)	(4,221		)
Deferred income taxes	(7,880		)	1,803
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable	2,186			45
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,845			(10,683		)
Other assets	(397		)	578
Accounts payable	(625		)	46
Accrued liabilities	4,020			6,093
Deferred revenue	2,984			21,442
Other liabilities	(3		)	(1,269		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	47,234			87,865
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of short-term investments	(72,235		)	(56,458		)
Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments	37,461			31,478
Purchases of equity method investment	(4,576		)	—
Purchases for corporate campus headquarters	(2,111		)	(50,308		)
Purchase of property and equipment	(5,007		)	(3,742		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(46,468		)	(79,030		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Repurchase of common stock	(34,580		)	(155,125		)
Debt issuance costs	—			(1,262		)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan	9,778			12,057
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	6,263			4,221
Net cash used in financing activities	(18,539		)	(140,109		)
Effects of exchange rate — changes in cash	(3,504		)	(11,513		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(21,277		)	(142,787		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	337,673			457,733
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	316,396		$	314,946
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Purchases for corporate campus headquarters in accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	—		$	4,832

See accompanying unaudited notes to consolidated financial statements

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Commvault Systems, Inc

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited

(In thousands, except per share data)

1. Basis of Presentation

Commvault Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Commvault” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of data and information management software applications and related services. The Company develops, markets and sells a suite of software applications and services, primarily in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, that provides its customers with high-performance data protection, including backup and recovery; data migration and archiving; snapshot management and replication of data; integrated source, and target data deduplication; eDiscovery and compliance solutions; self-service access; a secure virtual repository using Commvault ContentStore; enterprise-wide search capabilities; protection, recovery and discovery of data in virtual server and cloud environments; and robust built-in analytics and troubleshooting tools. The Company’s unified suite of data and information management software applications shares an underlying architecture that has been developed to minimize the cost and complexity of managing data on globally distributed and networked storage infrastructures. The Company also provides its customers with a broad range of professional and customer support services.

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2015 and for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are unaudited, and in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2015. The results reported in these financial statements should not necessarily be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year.

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make judgments and estimates that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the Company’s balance sheets and the amounts of revenues and expenses reported for each of its periods presented are affected by estimates and assumptions, which are used for, but not limited to, the accounting for revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, income taxes and related reserves, stock-based compensation and accounting for research and development costs. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no other significant changes in the Company’s accounting policies during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In November 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued new accounting guidance regarding balance sheet classification of deferred taxes. The guidance requires companies to classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent on the balance sheet instead of separating deferred taxes into current and noncurrent. The Company has elected to early adopt the guidance on a retrospective basis. The adoption had an effect on the Consolidated Balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 and no effect on the Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss), Comprehensive Income (Loss), Cash Flow, or Statement of Stockholder’s Equity.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

The following table summarizes the Company's As Reported and As Adjusted changes to the Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2015.



	March 31, 2015
	As Reported		As Adjusted
Current assets:
Deferred tax assets, net	$	16,142	$	—
Total Current Assets	$	541,551	$	525,409

Deferred tax assets, net	$	24,903	$	41,045

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)." This amendment provides principles for recognizing revenue for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers with the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will apply to the Company in fiscal 2019 with early adoption allowable in fiscal 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the accounting, transition and disclosure requirements of the standard and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption.

There have been no other accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted by the Company which are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Revenue Recognition

The Company derives revenues from two primary sources: software licenses and services. Services include customer support, consulting, assessment and design services, installation services and training. A typical sales arrangement includes both licenses and services.

For sales arrangements involving multiple elements, the Company recognizes revenue using the residual method. Under the residual method, the Company allocates and defers revenue for the undelivered elements based on fair value and recognizes the difference between the total arrangement fee and the amount deferred for the undelivered elements as revenue. The determination of fair value of the undelivered elements in multiple-element arrangements is based on the price charged when such elements are sold separately, which is commonly referred to as vendor-specific objective-evidence, or VSOE.

The Company’s software licenses typically provide for a perpetual right to use the Company’s software and are sold on a per terabyte basis, on a per-copy basis, as site licenses or as a solution set. Software licenses sold on a capacity basis provide the customer with unlimited licenses of specified software products based on a defined level of terabytes of data under management. Site licenses give the customer the additional right to deploy the software on a limited basis during a specified term. Solution sets are generally sold on a per unit basis such as per virtual machine for our virtual machine backup, recovery and cloud management solution set; per mailbox for our email archive solution set and per user for our endpoint data protection solution set.

The Company recognizes software revenue through direct sales channels upon receipt of a purchase order or other persuasive evidence and when all other basic revenue recognition criteria are met as described below. The Company recognizes software revenue through all indirect sales channels on a sell-through model. A sell-through model requires that the Company recognize revenue when the basic revenue recognition criteria are met as described below and these channels complete the sale of the Company’s software products to the end-user. Revenue from software licenses sold through an original equipment manufacturer partner is recognized upon the receipt of a royalty report or purchase order from that original equipment manufacturer partner.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

Services revenue includes revenue from customer support and other professional services. Customer support includes software updates on a when-and-if-available basis, telephone support, integrated web-based support and bug fixes or patches. Customer support revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the customer support agreement, which is typically one year. To determine the price for the customer support element when sold separately, the Company primarily uses historical renewal rates. Historical renewal rates are supported by performing an analysis in which the Company segregates its customer support renewal contracts into different classes based on specific criteria including, but not limited to, the dollar amount of the software purchased, the level of customer support being provided and the distribution channel. As a result of this analysis, the Company has concluded that it has established VSOE for the different classes of customer support when the support is sold as part of a multiple-element sales arrangement. The Company’s determination of fair value for customer support has not changed for the periods presented.

The Company’s other professional services include consulting services, implementation and post-deployment services and education services. Other professional services provided by the Company are not mandatory and can also be performed by the customer or a third-party. In addition to a signed purchase order, the Company’s consulting services and implementation and post-deployment services are, in some cases, evidenced by a Statement of Work, which defines the specific scope of such services to be performed when sold and performed on a stand-alone basis or included in multiple-element sales arrangements. Revenues from consulting services and implementation and post-deployment services are based upon a daily or weekly rate and are recognized when the services are completed. Education services include courses taught by the Company’s instructors or third-party contractors either at one of the Company’s facilities or at the customer’s site. Education services fees are recognized as revenue after the course has been provided. Based on the Company’s analysis of such other professional services transactions sold on a stand-alone basis, the Company has concluded it has established VSOE for such other professional services when sold in connection with a multiple-element sales arrangement. The Company generally performs its other professional services within 90 days of entering into an agreement. The Company’s determination of fair value for other professional services has not changed for the periods presented.

The Company has analyzed all of the undelivered elements included in its multiple-element sales arrangements and determined that VSOE of fair value exists to allocate revenues to services. Accordingly, assuming all basic revenue recognition criteria are met, software revenue is recognized upon delivery of the software license using the residual method.

The Company considers the four basic revenue recognition criteria for each of the elements as follows:


•	Persuasive evidence of an arrangement with the customer exists. The Company’s customary practice is to require a purchase order and, in some cases, a written contract signed by both the customer and the Company, or other persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists prior to recognizing revenue related to an arrangement.

•

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

•

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

•

Collection is probable. Probability of collection is assessed on a customer-by-customer basis. Each new customer undergoes a credit review process to evaluate its financial position and ability to pay. If the Company determines from the outset of an arrangement that collection is not probable based upon the review process, revenue is recognized at the earlier of when cash is collected or when sufficient credit becomes available, assuming all of the other basic revenue recognition criteria are met.

The Company’s sales arrangements generally do not include acceptance clauses. However, if an arrangement does include an acceptance clause, revenue for such an arrangement is deferred and recognized upon acceptance. Acceptance occurs upon the earliest of receipt of a written customer acceptance, waiver of customer acceptance or expiration of the acceptance period.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company grants credit to customers in a wide variety of industries worldwide and generally does not require collateral. Credit losses relating to these customers have been minimal.

Sales through the Company’s distribution agreement with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, Inc. (“Arrow”) totaled 38% and 35% of total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Arrow accounted for approximately 47% of total accounts receivable as of December 31, 2015 and 41% of total accounts receivable as of March 31, 2015.

The Company has an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Hitachi Data Systems ("HDS") for them to market, sell and support our software applications and services on a stand-alone basis and/or incorporate our software applications into their own hardware products. HDS accounted for 11% and 10% of total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. HDS accounted for 12% of the total accounts receivable as of December 31, 2015.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenues represent amounts collected from, or invoiced to, customers in excess of revenues recognized. This results primarily from the billing of annual customer support agreements and billings for other professional services fees that have not yet been performed by the Company, and receipt of license fees that are deferred due to one or more of the revenue recognition criteria not being met. The value of deferred revenues will increase or decrease based on the timing of invoices and recognition of revenue. The Company expenses internal direct and incremental costs related to contract acquisition and origination as incurred.

Deferred revenue consists of the following:



	December 31, 2015		March 31, 2015
Current:
Deferred software revenue	$	1,479	$	1,305
Deferred services revenue	182,960		183,007
	$	184,439	$	184,312
Non-current:
Deferred services revenue	$	45,924	$	45,423
Total Deferred Revenue	$	230,363	$	229,735

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. The Company’s cash equivalents balance consists primarily of money market funds. The Company’s short-term investments balance consists of U.S. Treasury Bills with maturities of one year or less. The Company accounts for its short-term investments as held to maturity.

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for such asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value should maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. To measure fair value, the Company uses the following fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The following table summarizes the composition of the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015:



December 31, 2015	Level 1		Level 2	Level 3	Total
Cash equivalents	$	173,057	—	—	$	173,057
Short-term investments	$	—	84,762	—	$	84,762



March 31, 2015	Level 1		Level 2	Level 3	Total
Cash equivalents	$	204,939	—	—	$	204,939
Short-term investments	$	—	49,955	—	$	49,955

Equity Method Investment

In December of 2015, the Company acquired a minority ownership in Laitek, Inc. ("Laitek"). The Company also has an option to acquire the remaining ownership of Laitek at a fixed price for the next two years. Laitek develops solutions for acquiring, processing and presenting scientific and medical image information. The Company uses the equity method to account for its investment. In the event that management identifies an other than temporary decline in the estimated fair value of an equity method investment to an amount below its carrying value, such investment is written down to its estimated fair value. The Company also has development and original equipment manufacturing agreements with Laitek to jointly develop healthcare related software products.

3. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following:



	December 31,			March 31,
	2015			2015
Land	$	9,445		$	9,445
Buildings	103,186			102,880
Computers, servers and other equipment	33,878			33,914
Furniture and fixtures	14,730			14,399
Leasehold improvements	6,888			4,621
Purchased software	2,008			2,463
Construction in process	248			619
	170,383			168,341
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(33,173		)	(28,133		)
	$	137,210		$	140,208

The Company recorded depreciation and amortization expense of $8,320 and $6,106 for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

4. Net Income (Loss) per Common Share

Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, vesting of restricted stock units and shares to be purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The dilutive effect of such potential common shares is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share:



	Three Months Ended December 31,				Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2015			2014
Net income (loss)	$	4,878	$	3,073	$	(5,658	)	$	22,298
Basic net income (loss) per common share:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	45,315		45,331		45,339			45,610
Basic net income (loss) per common share	$	0.11	$	0.07	$	(0.12	)	$	0.49
Diluted net income (loss) per common share:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	45,315		45,331		45,339			45,610
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock units, performance stock options, performance restricted stock units and employee stock purchase plan	1,262		1,645		—			1,775
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	46,577		46,976		45,339			47,385
Diluted net income (loss) per common share	$	0.10	$	0.07	$	(0.12	)	$	0.47

The diluted weighted average shares outstanding in the table above exclude outstanding stock options, restricted stock units, performance stock options, performance restricted stock units and shares to be purchased under the employee stock purchase plan totaling approximately 4,273 and 3,594 for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 8,202 and 3,044 for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

5. Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of its business, the Company may be involved in various claims, negotiations and legal actions. As of December 31, 2015, the Company is not aware of any asserted or unasserted claims, negotiations and legal actions for which a loss is considered reasonably possible of occurring and would require disclosure under the guidance.

On September 10, 2014, a purported class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer. The case is captioned In re Commvault Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation (Master File No. 3:14-cv-05628-MAS-LHG). The suit alleges that the defendants made materially false and misleading statements, or failed to disclose material facts, regarding our financial results, business, operations and prospects in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The suit asserts claims covering an alleged class period from May 7, 2013 through April 24, 2014. It is purportedly brought on behalf of purchasers of our common stock during that period, and seeks compensatory damages, costs and expenses, as well as equitable or other relief. Lead plaintiff, the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, was appointed on January 12, 2015, and on March 18, 2015, an amended complaint was filed by the plaintiffs. Defendants filed their motion to dismiss the complaint on May 26, 2015, and the plaintiff’s filed their opposition brief on July 1, 2015. The Company's reply was filed on August 24, 2015 and a hearing on the motion to dismiss was held on October 13, 2015. On December 17, 2015, the court issued an order (i) granting our motion to dismiss in its entirety without prejudice, and (ii) allowing the plaintiffs the opportunity to amend their complaint to “demonstrate the GAAP violation.” The Company continues to believe that the suit is without merit and we intend to defend ourselves and our officers vigorously. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter and cannot currently estimate a range of any possible losses that it may experience. Accordingly, the Company is unable at this time to estimate the effects of this lawsuit on its financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. As of December 31, 2015 the Company has not recorded a reserve for this matter.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

6. Revolving Credit Facility

On June 30, 2014, the Company entered into a five-year $250,000 revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility is available for share repurchases, general corporate purposes, and letters of credit. The Credit Facility contains financial maintenance covenants including a leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods. The Credit Facility also limits the Company's ability to incur certain additional indebtedness, create or permit liens on assets, make acquisitions, make investments, loans or advances, sell or transfer assets, pay dividends or distributions, and engage in certain transactions with foreign affiliates. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.50% subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. The unused balance on the Credit Facility is also subject to a 0.25% annual interest charge subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. As of December 31, 2015, there were no borrowings under the Credit Facility and the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

The Company has deferred the expense related to debt issuance costs, which are classified as Other Assets, and will amortize the costs into interest expense over the term of the Credit Facility. Unamortized amounts at December 31, 2015 were $883. The amortization of debt issuance costs was $63 and $189 in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015 and is included in Interest expense.

7. Capitalization

During the three months ended December 31, 2015, the Company repurchased $1,776 of common stock (53 shares). During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company repurchased $34,580 of common stock (965 shares). As of December 31, 2015, $150,000 remained in the stock repurchase authorization that expires on March 31, 2017.

8. Stock Plans

The following table presents the stock-based compensation expense included in Cost of services revenue, Sales and marketing, Research and development and General and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. Stock-based compensation is attributable to stock options, restricted stock units, performance based awards and the employee stock purchase plan.



	Three Months Ended December 31,				Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Cost of services revenue	$	870	$	785	$	2,258	$	2,186
Sales and marketing	7,971		7,396		21,011		20,140
Research and development	1,813		1,567		4,888		4,284
General and administrative	6,573		6,266		19,359		18,891
Stock-based compensation expense	$	17,227	$	16,014	$	47,516	$	45,501

As of December 31, 2015, there was approximately $124,163 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested stock option and restricted stock unit awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.14 years. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate is different from what the Company has estimated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from the Company’s current estimate.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

Stock Options

Stock Option activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:



Options	Number of Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2015	6,853		$	40.91
Options granted	148		41.84
Options exercised	(683	)	8.25
Options forfeited	(85	)	57.01
Options expired	(85	)	63.26
Outstanding as of December 31, 2015	6,148		$	44.03	5.93	$	45,679
Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2015	6,062		$	44.20	5.89	$	45,670
Exercisable as of December 31, 2015	4,366		$	37.42	5.04	$	45,576

The weighted average fair value of stock options granted was $14.46 and $15.20 per option during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, and $20.09 per option and $20.23 per option during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $1,794 and $21,768 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively, and $1,286 and $12,231 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. The Company’s policy is to issue new shares upon exercise of options as the Company does not hold shares in treasury.

The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:



	Three Months Ended December 31,		Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015	2014	2015	2014
Dividend yield	None	None	None	None
Expected volatility	39-42%	43-47%	39-43%	43-47%
Weighted average expected volatility	41%	46%	41%	46%
Risk-free interest rates	1.29-1.67%	1.45%-1.95%	1.29%-1.75%	1.45%-2.18%
Weighted average expected life (in years)	4.7	5.8	4.6	5.7

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock unit activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:



Non-vested Restricted Stock Units	Number of Awards		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested as of March 31, 2015	1,412		$	56.82
Awarded	1,495		37.31
Vested	(435	)	39.27
Forfeited	(114	)	52.34
Non-vested as of December 31, 2015	2,358		$	43.93

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

The weighted average fair value of restricted stock units awarded was $36.69 and $37.31 per unit during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, and $45.80 per unit and $46.75 per unit during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively.

Performance Based Awards

On March 31, 2015, the Company’s CEO was granted 48 performance stock options (“PSO”) and 24 performance restricted stock units (“PSU”). This performance grant is subject to the Company's performance in fiscal year 2016. Vesting is contingent upon the Company meeting certain company-wide revenue and non-GAAP operating margin performance goals (performance-based) in fiscal 2016. The related stock-based compensation expense is determined based on the value of the underlying shares on the date of grant and is recognized over the vesting term using the accelerated method. During the interim financial periods, management estimates the probable number of PSO’s and PSU’s that will be vested until the achievement of the performance goals is known. The awards are included in the tables above.

Awards with a Market Condition

In October 2015, the Company granted 133 market performance stock units to select executives. The vesting of these awards is contingent upon the Company meeting certain total shareholder return (TSR) levels as compared to a market index over the next three years. The awards vest in three annual tranches and have a maximum potential to vest at 200% (266 shares) based on TSR performance. The related stock-based compensation expense is determined based on the estimated fair value of the underlying shares on the date of grant and is recognized using the accelerated method over the vesting term. The estimated fair value was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The fair value of the awards granted in October was $42.69. The awards are included in the restricted stock unit table above.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) is a shareholder approved plan under which substantially all employees may purchase the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market values of the stock as of the beginning or the end of six-month offering periods. An employee’s payroll deductions under the Purchase Plan are limited to 10% of the employee’s salary and employees may not purchase more than $25 of stock during any calendar year. As of December 31, 2015, 2,776 shares were reserved for future issuance under the Purchase Plan. The Purchase Plan is considered compensatory and the fair value of the discount and look back provision are estimated using the Black-Scholes formula and recognized over the six month withholding period prior to purchase. The total expense associated with the Purchase Plan was $588 and $1,784 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015 and $850 and $2,226 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014.

9. Income Taxes

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax benefit was $(1,396) and $(1,747) in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively. The effective rate of the income tax benefit in the nine month period is lower than the federal statutory rate due to the impact of unfavorable permanent differences, partially offset by the permanently extended research credit.

Income tax expense was $1,798 and $11,863 in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively with an effective tax rate of 37% and 35% in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. The effective rate in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014 approximates the federal statutory rate but is impacted by state income taxes and permanent differences in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions. These items were partially offset by tax benefits from research and development tax credits, foreign tax credits and domestic production activities deductions.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Unaudited (continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

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



Balance as of March 31, 2015	$	2,005
Additions for tax positions related to fiscal 2016	173
Additions for tax positions related to prior years	—
Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities and remeasurements	(327		)
Reductions related to the expiration of statutes of limitations	—
Foreign currency translation adjustment	14
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	1,865

All of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits would favorably impact the effective tax rate if they were recognized. Components of the reserve are classified as either current or long-term in the Consolidated Balance Sheet based on when the Company expects each of the items to be settled. Unrecognized tax benefits and the related accrued interest and penalties totaling $2,097 are recorded as Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, of which $408 represents interest and penalties. The Company also has unrecognized tax benefits and related accrued interest and penalties totaling $197 as a reduction of Deferred Tax Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, of which $21 represents interest and penalties.

Other Tax Items

Excess tax benefits related to share-based payments are credited to equity. When determining this excess tax benefit, the Company elected to follow the tax law approach. As a result, the Company’s excess tax benefit which was recorded to equity was approximately $3,677 and $1,943 for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Company conducts business globally and as a result, files income tax returns in the United States and in various state and foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom. The years subject to income tax examination in the Company’s foreign jurisdictions cover the maximum time period with respect to these jurisdictions. Due to net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards, in some cases the tax years continue to remain subject to examination with respect to such NOLs.

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

You should read the following discussion and analysis along with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The statements in this discussion regarding our expectations of our future performance, liquidity and capital resources, and other non-historical statements are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements.

Overview

We are a leading provider of data and information management software applications and related services in terms of product breadth and functionality and market penetration. We develop, market and sell a unified suite of data and information management software applications. Commvault software is built from the ground up on a single platform and unified code base for integrated data and information management. Our platform contains licensable modules that work together seamlessly, sharing a single code and common function set to deliver Backup and Recovery, Archive, Replication, eDiscovery and Analytic capabilities across physical, virtual and cloud environments. With a single platform approach, our software is specifically designed to protect, manage and access data throughout its lifecycle in less time, at lower cost and with fewer resources than alternative solutions. Our product features and capabilities enable our customers to deploy solutions for data protection, business continuance, corporate compliance and centralized management and reporting. We also provide our customers with a broad range of professional services that are delivered by our worldwide support and field operations. As of December 31, 2015, we had licensed our software applications to over 22,000 registered customers.

Our software licenses typically provide for a perpetual right to use our software and are sold on a per-terabyte capacity basis, on a per-copy basis, as site licenses or as a solution set. During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, approximately 74% of software license revenue was sold on a per-terabyte capacity basis. Capacity based software licenses provide our customers with unlimited licenses of specified software products based on a defined level of terabytes of data under management. As a result, when we sell our platform through a capacity license, certain of the various Commvault functionalities are bundled into one capacity based price. We anticipate that capacity based licenses will continue to account for the majority of our software license revenue for the near future. Site licenses give the customer the additional right to deploy the software on a limited basis during a specified term. During our fiscal 2015, we released solution sets for our software suite for virtual machine backup, recovery and cloud management; endpoint data protection; and email archive. These solution sets can be individually deployed or combined as part of a comprehensive data protection and information management solution. Our solution sets are generally sold on a per unit basis such as per virtual machine for our virtual machine backup, recovery and cloud management solution set; per mailbox for our email archive solution set and per user for our endpoint data protection solution set.

Historically, an insignificant amount of our revenue has been sold under subscription, or term based, license arrangements. In these arrangements, the customer has the right to use the software on either a capacity basis or per-copy or per-unit basis over a designated period of time. Revenue in these arrangements is recognized ratably over the term of the agreement. Over the next several years, we expect revenue from these types of arrangements to become a more significant portion of our total revenue.

The industry in which we currently operate continues to go through accelerating changes as the result of compounding data growth and the introduction of new technologies. We are continuing to pursue an aggressive product development program in both data and information management solutions. Our data management solutions include not only traditional backup, but also new innovations in de-duplication, data movement, virtualization, snap-based backups and enterprise reporting. Our information management innovations are primarily in the areas of archiving, eDiscovery, records management, governance, operational reporting and compliance. We remain focused on both the data and information management trends in the marketplace and, in fact, a material portion of our existing research and development expenses are utilized toward the development of such new technologies discussed above. While we are confident in our ability to meet these changing industry demands with our Commvault suite and potential future releases, the development, release and timing of any features or functionality remain at our sole discretion and our solutions or other technologies may not be widely adopted.

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Given the nature of the industry in which we operate, our software applications are subject to obsolescence. As noted above, we continually develop and introduce updates to our existing software applications in order to keep pace with evolving industry technologies. In addition, we must address evolving industry standards, changing customer requirements and competitive software applications that may render our existing software applications obsolete. For each of our software applications, we provide full support for the current generally available release and one prior release. When we declare a product release obsolete, a customer notice is delivered twelve months prior to the effective date of obsolescence announcing continuation of full product support for the first six months. We provide an additional six months of extended assistance support in which we only provide existing workarounds or fixes that do not require additional development activity. We do not have existing plans to make any of our software products permanently obsolete.

In fiscal 2015, we commenced a business transformation plan to improve the performance of the Company. This business transformation plan has continued into fiscal 2016. Our wide ranging plan includes initiatives related to products, packaging, pricing, distribution, sales enablement, territory alignment and a business unit product management structure. While we remain committed to this strategic direction, the execution of such a broad plan as ours can be disruptive, making execution of business strategies more difficult. These changes also present potential execution challenges as we may not be successful in implementing our initiatives, we may experience delays in the completion of such initiatives, or the initiatives may not have the desired effect on the business. In addition, the cost and related investments needed to address our business transformation may be more than expected. Given the dynamic industry we operate in, we are also vulnerable to increased product technology and competitive risks associated with these efforts. As a result, if we do not succeed in implementing these efforts, if they do not have the intended effect on the business, or if these efforts are more costly or time-consuming than expected, it could have a material adverse effect on our sales and profitability.

Sources of Revenues

We derive a significant portion of our total revenues from sales of licenses of our software applications. We do not customize our software for a specific end-user customer. We sell our software applications to end-user customers both directly through our sales force and indirectly through our global network of value-added reseller partners, systems integrators, corporate resellers and original equipment manufacturers. Our software revenue was 43% and 47% of our total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

In recent fiscal periods, we have generated approximately three-quarters of our software revenue from our existing customer base and approximately one-quarter of our software revenue from new customers. In addition, our total software revenue in any particular period is, to a certain extent, dependent upon our ability to generate revenues from large customer software deals, which we refer to as enterprise software transactions. Enterprise software transactions (transactions greater than $0.1 million) represented approximately 51% and 56% of our total software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Software revenue generated through indirect distribution channels was 85% of total software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and was approximately 82% of total software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. Software revenue generated through direct distribution channels was approximately 15% of total software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and was approximately 18% of total software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The dollar value of software revenue generated through indirect distribution channels decreased approximately $16.3 million, or 9%, in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The dollar value of software revenue generated through direct distribution channels decreased approximately $11.5 million, or 30%, in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The decrease in the dollar value of software revenue generated through our direct sales force is primarily the result of several large enterprise transactions which were conducted through our direct sales force in the prior year. Deals initiated by our direct sales force are sometimes transacted through indirect channels based on end-user customer requirements, which are not always in our control and can cause this overall percentage split to vary from period to period. As such, there may be fluctuations in the dollars and percentage of software revenue generated through our direct distribution channels from time to time. We believe that the growth of our software revenue, derived from both our indirect channel partners and direct sales force, are key attributes to our long-term growth strategy. We will continue to invest in both our channel relationships and direct sales force in the future, but we continue to expect more revenue to be generated through indirect distribution channels over the long term. The failure of our indirect distribution channels or our direct sales force to effectively sell our software applications could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations.

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We have an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Hitachi Data Systems for them to market, sell and support our software applications and services on a stand-alone basis and/or incorporate our software applications into their own hardware products. We also have a global original equipment manufacturer agreement with NetApp under which NetApp will integrate elements of our Commvault software suite with NetApp SnapShot™ and replication technology, under the NetApp SnapProtect ® brand. Hitachi Data Systems and NetApp have no obligation to recommend or offer our software applications exclusively or at all, and they have no minimum sales requirements and can terminate our relationship at any time. Sales through our original equipment manufacturer agreements, accounted for 15% of our total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 15% of our total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

We also have non-exclusive distribution agreements covering our North American commercial markets and our U.S. Federal Government market with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, Inc. ("Arrow"), a subsidiary of Arrow Electronics, Inc., and Avnet Technology Solutions ("Avnet"), a subsidiary of Avnet, Inc. Pursuant to these distribution agreements, these distributors’ primary role is to enable a more efficient and effective distribution channel for our products and services by managing our reseller partners and leveraging their own industry experience. We generated approximately 38% of our total revenues through Arrow in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and approximately 35% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. If Arrow or Avnet were to discontinue or reduce the sales of our products or if our agreement with Arrow or Avnet was terminated, and if we were unable to take back the management of our reseller channel or find another North American distributor to replace Arrow or Avnet, then it could have a material adverse effect on our future business.

Historically, we have derived approximately half of our total revenues from services revenue. Our services revenue is made up of fees from the delivery of customer support and other professional services, which are typically sold in connection with the sale of our software applications. Customer support agreements provide technical support and unspecified software updates on a when-and-if-available basis for an annual fee based on licenses purchased and the level of service subscribed. Other professional services include consulting, assessment and design services, implementation and post-deployment services and training, all of which to date have predominantly been sold in connection with the sale of software applications. Our services revenue was 57% of our total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 53% of our total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Most of our customer support agreements are for a one year term. As the end of the annual period approaches, we pursue the renewal of the agreement with the customer. Historically, maintenance renewals have represented a significant portion of our total revenue. Because of this characteristic of our business, if our customers choose not to renew their maintenance and support agreements with us on beneficial terms, or at all, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed. In addition, in conjunction with our current business transformation and operational performance initiatives, we are evaluating the pricing and competitiveness of our maintenance and support costs to our customers. Our objective is to minimize the overall financial impact of such potential changes by replacing reduced revenue streams with additional sales of our software and services. However, if we reduce the price of our annual maintenance and support agreements to our customers without replacing this reduced revenue stream with sales of other software products or services, it could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

The gross margin of our services revenue was 75.9% for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 75.6% for the nine months ended December 31, 2014. Overall, our services revenue has lower gross margins than our software revenue. The gross margin of our software revenue was approximately 99% for both the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and for the nine months ended December 31, 2014. An increase in the percentage of total revenues represented by services revenue may adversely affect our overall gross margins.

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Foreign Currency Exchange Rates’ Impact on Results of Operations

Sales outside the United States were approximately 43% of our total revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. The income statements of our non-U.S. operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates for each applicable month in a period. To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions generally results in increased revenue, operating expenses and income from operations for our non-U.S. operations. Similarly, our revenue, operating expenses and net income will generally decrease for our non-U.S. operations if the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies.

Using the average foreign currency exchange rates from the three months ended December 31, 2014 our software revenue would have been higher by $3.3 million, our services revenue would have been higher by $3.9 million, our cost of sales would have been higher by approximately $1.0 million and our operating expenses would have been higher by $4.1 million from non-U.S. operations for the three months ended December 31, 2015. Using the average foreign currency exchange rates from the nine months ended December 31, 2014 our software revenue would have been higher by $11.4 million, our services revenue would have been higher by $14.6 million, our cost of sales would have been higher by approximately $3.9 million and our operating expenses would have been higher by $15.5 million from non-U.S. operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2015.

In addition, we are exposed to risks of foreign currency fluctuation primarily from cash balances, accounts receivables and intercompany accounts denominated in foreign currencies and are subject to the resulting transaction gains and losses, which are recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses. We recognized a net foreign currency transaction loss of $0.1 million and gain $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively. We recognized net foreign currency transaction gains of $0.4 million and $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. In many instances, we could have reasonably used different accounting estimates, and in other instances changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period-to-period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be affected.

In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application, while in other cases, significant judgment is required in selecting among available alternative accounting standards that allow different accounting treatment for similar transactions. We consider these policies requiring significant management judgment to be critical accounting policies. These critical accounting policies are:

•Revenue Recognition;

•Stock-Based Compensation;

•Accounting for Income Taxes; and

•Software Development Costs

There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015. In addition, please see Note 2 of Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our fiscal 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for a description of our accounting policies.

In October of 2015, we granted certain executive officers and other senior employees a total of 133,000 performance stock units that vest over three years based upon our stock's performance versus the Russell 3000 Index. The performance of our stock versus the index is a market condition performance criteria so we used a Monte Carlo simulation model to determine the fair value of the restricted stock units. We recognize expense related to stock based compensation that includes market or performance conditions using the accelerated method.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth each of our sources of revenues and costs of revenues for the specified periods as a percentage of our total revenues for those periods (due to rounding, numbers in column may not sum to totals):



	Three Months Ended December 31,				Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues:
Software	46	%	47	%	43	%	47	%
Services	54	%	53	%	57	%	53	%
Total revenues	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%
Cost of revenues:
Software	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
Services	13	%	13	%	14	%	13	%
Total cost of revenues	13	%	13	%	14	%	13	%
Gross margin	87	%	87	%	86	%	87	%

Three months ended December 31, 2015 compared to three months ended December 31, 2014

Revenues

Total revenues increased $2.7 million, or 2%, from $153.0 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $155.7 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015.

Software Revenue. Software revenue decreased $0.3 million from $71.7 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $71.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. Software revenue represented 46% of our total revenues in the three months ended December 31, 2015 compared to 47% of total revenues in the three months ended December 31, 2014.

We track software revenue on a geographic basis. The geographic regions that are tracked are the Americas (United States, Canada, Latin America), EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and APAC (Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, China). Americas, EMEA and APAC represented 60%, 29% and 11% of total software revenue, respectively, for the three months ended December 31, 2015. The year over year movement of Software Revenue in the Americas, EMEA and APAC was an increase of 7% and decreases of 9% and, 11%, respectively.


▪	The Americas software revenue increased for the three months ended December 31, 2015 was the result of a 21% increase in enterprise transaction revenue. Enterprise transaction revenue increased as a result of an increase in the average deal size of enterprise transactions.


▪	EMEA software revenue decreased due to a decline in enterprise transaction revenue.

Year over year software revenue growth in EMEA was adversely impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates as the U.S. dollar strengthened significantly against the Euro and British pound sterling. Using average foreign exchange rates from the third quarter of fiscal 2015, third quarter fiscal 2016 EMEA software revenue would have been flat compared to an actual decrease of 9%.


▪	The decline in APAC software revenue was primarily the result of a decline in both enterprise transaction revenue and non-enterprise transaction revenue.

APAC software revenue growth was also impacted by the strengthening of the US dollar. Using fiscal 2015 second quarter average exchange rates the decline in year over year software revenue would have been 2% compared to the actual decline of 11%.


▪	Our software revenue in EMEA and APAC is subject to changes in foreign exchange rates as more fully discussed above in the “Foreign Currency Exchange Rates’ Impact on Results of Operations” section.

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Software revenue derived from enterprise software transactions (transactions greater than $0.1 million) represented approximately 54% of our software revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2015 and approximately 51% of our software revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2014. As a result, enterprise software transactions increased by $2.0 million, or 6%, in the three months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. This increase was driven by a 12% increase in the average dollar amount of such transactions partially offset by a 5% decline in the number of transactions. The average dollar amount of such transactions was approximately $278,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2015 and approximately $248,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2014. There was a decrease in software revenue derived from transactions less than $0.1 million of $2.4 million, or 7%, in the three months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Services Revenue. Services revenue increased $3.0 million, or 4%, from $81.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $84.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. Services revenue represented 54% of our total revenues in the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 53% in the three months ended December 31, 2014. The increase in services revenue is due to a $3.3 million increase in revenue from customer support agreements as a result of software sales to new customers and renewal agreements with our installed software base. The increase in customer support revenue was partially offset by a decline in professional services revenue.

Cost of Revenues. Total cost of revenues increased $0.5 million, or 2%, from $19.9 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $20.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. Total cost of revenues represented 13% of our total revenues in both the three months ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Cost of Software Revenue. Cost of software revenue was $0.5 million and $0.6 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Cost of Services Revenue. Cost of services revenue increased $0.5 million, or 3%, from $19.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $19.9 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. Cost of services revenue represented 24% of our services revenue in both the three months ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Operating Expenses

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $5.5 million, or 6%, from $85.9 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $91.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. The increase is due to a $5.5 million increase in employee compensation and related expenses mainly attributable to the expansion of our sales force from the prior year. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased to 59% in the three months ended December 31, 2015 from 56% in the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $1.5 million, or 9%, from $16.5 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $18.0 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. The increase is due to an increase in salary and related expenses resulting from the expansion of our engineering group. Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 12% in the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 11% in the three months ended December 31, 2014. Investing in research and development has been a priority for Commvault, and we anticipate continued spending related to the development of our data and information management software applications.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses decreased $3.1 million, or 13%, from $23.1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $20.0 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. The decrease is the result of the $3.6 million charge recorded in the prior year quarter associated with our move to a new corporate headquarters. General and administrative expenses in the three months ended December 31, 2015 includes approximately $0.1 million of net foreign currency transaction loss compared to $0.4 million of net foreign currency transaction gains recognized in general and administrative expenses in the three months ended December 31, 2014. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 13% in the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 15% in the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation expense decreased by $0.3 million from $2.7 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to $2.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2015. The decrease is the result of $0.6 million of accelerated depreciation related to our previous headquarters incurred in the prior year.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax benefit was $(1.4) million in the three months ended December 31, 2015 compared to an expense of $1.8 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014. The income tax benefit recorded in the three months ended December 31, 2015 is primarily the result of federal research and development tax credits recorded as a result of legislation that made the credits permanent.

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The effective tax rate in the three months ended December 31, 2014 was 37%. The effective rate in the three months ended December 31, 2014 approximates the federal statutory rate but is impacted by state income taxes and permanent differences in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions. These items were partially offset by tax benefits from research and development tax credits, foreign tax credits and domestic production activities deductions.

Nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to nine months ended December 31, 2014

Revenues

Total revenues decreased $21.2 million, or 5%, from $456.8 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $435.6 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015.

Software Revenue. Software revenue decreased $27.8 million, or 13%, from $213.2 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $185.4 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. Software revenue represented 43% of our total revenues in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and compared to 47% of total revenues in the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Americas, EMEA and APAC represented 60%, 28% and 12% of total software revenue, respectively, for the nine months ended December 31, 2015. The year over year decline of Software Revenue in the Americas, EMEA and APAC was 14%, 9% and 16%, respectively.


▪	The Americas software revenue decline for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 was the result of a decrease in enterprise transaction revenue. Enterprise transaction revenue declined as a result of a decline in both the number of enterprise transactions and the average dollar amount of enterprise transactions.


▪	EMEA software revenue decreased due to a decline in enterprise transaction revenue. The decrease in enterprise transaction revenue was partially offset by an increase in non-enterprise transaction revenue.

Year over year software revenue growth in EMEA was adversely impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates as the U.S. dollar strengthened significantly against the Euro and British pound sterling. Using average foreign exchange rates from the first nine months of fiscal 2015, the first nine months of fiscal 2016 EMEA software revenue increased 3% compared to an actual EMEA software revenue decrease of 9%.


▪	The decline in APAC software revenue was primarily the result of a decline in enterprise transaction revenue.

APAC software revenue was also impacted by the strengthening of the US dollar. Using fiscal 2015 first nine month average exchange rates the decrease in year over year software revenue would have been 5% compared to the actual decline of 16%.


▪	Our software revenue in EMEA and APAC is subject to changes in foreign exchange rates as more fully discussed above in the “Foreign Currency Exchange Rates’ Impact on Results of Operations” section.

Software revenue derived from enterprise software transactions (transactions greater than $0.1 million) represented approximately 51% of our software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and approximately 56% of our software revenue in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. Enterprise software transaction revenue decreased by $26.1 million, or 22%, in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. This decrease was driven by a 14% decrease in the number of transactions and a 9% decline in the average dollar amount of such transactions. The average sales price was approximately $267,000 in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and approximately $292,000 in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. Software revenue derived from transactions less than $0.1 million decreased $1.7 million, or 2%, in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Services Revenue. Services revenue increased $6.5 million, or 3%, from $243.6 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $250.1 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. Services revenue represented 57% of our total revenues in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 53% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The increase in services revenue is due to a $8.9 million increase in revenue from customer support agreements as a result of software sales to new customers and renewal agreements with our installed software base. The increase in customer support revenue was partially offset by a decline in professional services revenue.

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Cost of Revenues. Total cost of revenues increased $0.8 million, or 1%, from $61.2 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $61.9 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. Total cost of revenues represented 14% of our total revenues in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 13% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Cost of Software Revenue. Cost of software revenue was $1.6 million and $1.8 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Cost of Services Revenue. Cost of services revenue increased $1.0 million, or 2%, from $59.3 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $60.3 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. Cost of services revenue represented 24% of our services revenue in both the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.

Operating Expenses

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $13.1 million, or 5%, from $249.9 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $263.0 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. The increase is primarily due to a $12.8 million increase in employee compensation and related expenses mainly attributable to the expansion of our sales force from the prior year. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased to 60% in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 from 55% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $3.5 million, or 7%, from $47.3 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $50.9 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. The increase is due to a $3.8 million increase in salary and related expenses resulting from the expansion of our engineering group. Research and development expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 12% in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 10% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. Investing in research and development has been a priority for Commvault, and we anticipate continued spending related to the development of our data and information management software applications.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses increased $1.4 million, or 2%, from $58.4 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $59.7 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. This increase is due to a $4.1 million increase in employee compensation and related expenses partially offset by a $3.6 million charge recorded in the prior year quarter associated with our move to a new corporate headquarters. General and administrative expenses in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 includes approximately $0.1 million of net foreign currency transaction gains. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 14% in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 13% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation expense increased by $1.3 million from $6.0 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 to $7.3 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015. The increase in depreciation expense is the result of the move to our corporate campus headquarters in the second half of fiscal 2015.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax benefit was $(1.7) million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to an expense of $11.9 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The income tax benefit recorded in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 is primarily the result of federal research and development tax credits recorded as a result of legislation that made the credits permanent.

The effective rate of 35% in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 approximates the federal statutory rate but is impacted by the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits, tax benefits from research and development tax credits, foreign tax credits and domestic production activities deductions that are partially offset by permanent differences in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents balance of $316.4 million primarily consisted of money market funds. In addition, as of December 31, 2015 we have short-term investments invested in U.S. Treasury Bills totaling $84.7 million. In recent fiscal years, our principal source of liquidity has been cash provided by operations.

As of December 31, 2015, the amount of cash and cash equivalents held outside of the United States by our foreign legal entities was approximately $125 million. These balances are dispersed across many international locations around the world. We believe that such dispersion meets the current and anticipated future liquidity needs of our foreign legal entities. In addition, it is our intention to indefinitely reinvest undistributed earnings of our foreign legal entities. In the event we needed to repatriate funds from outside of the United States, such repatriation would likely be subject to restrictions by local laws and/or

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tax consequences including foreign withholding taxes or U.S. income taxes. It is not currently practical to estimate the legal restrictions or tax liability that would arise from such repatriations.

On June 30, 2014, we entered into a five-year $250 million revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility is available for share repurchases, general corporate purposes, and letters of credit. The Credit Facility contains financial maintenance covenants including a leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio. The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods. The Credit Facility also limits our ability to incur certain additional indebtedness, create or permit liens on assets, make acquisitions, make investments, loans or advances, sell or transfer assets, pay dividends or distributions, and engage in certain transactions with foreign affiliates. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.50% subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. The unused balance on the Credit Facility is also subject to a 0.25% annual interest charge subject to increases based on the Company's actual leverage. As of December 31, 2015, there were no borrowings under the Credit Facility and we believe we are in compliance with all covenants.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, we repurchased $34.6 million of our common stock under our share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2015, there was $150 million remaining in the share repurchase program which expires on March 31, 2017. Under our stock repurchase program, repurchased shares are constructively retired and returned to unissued status. Our stock repurchase program has been funded by our existing cash and cash equivalent balances as well as cash flows provided by our operations.

Our future stock repurchase activity is subject to the business judgment of our management and Board of Directors, taking into consideration our historical and projected results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and other anticipated capital requirements or investment alternatives. Our stock repurchase program reduces the dilutive impact on our common shares outstanding associated with stock option exercises and our previous public and private stock offerings through the repurchase of common stock we believe is undervalued.

Our summarized cash flow information is as follows (in thousands):



	Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Cash provided by operating activities	$	47,234		$	87,865
Net cash used in investing activities	(46,468		)	(79,030		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(18,539		)	(140,109		)
Effects of exchange rate-changes in cash	(3,504		)	(11,513		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	$	(21,277	)	$	(142,787	)

Net cash provided by operating activities was $47.2 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and $87.9 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. In the nine months ended December 31, 2015, cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to net loss adjusted for the impact of non-cash charges, and increases in accrued expenses. In the nine months ended December 31, 2014, cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to net income adjusted for the impact of non-cash charges, and increases in deferred revenue in the prior fiscal year.

Net cash used in investing activities was $46.5 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and $79.0 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. In the nine months ended December 31, 2015, cash used in investing activities was due to $34.8 million in net purchases of U.S. Treasury Bills, $5.0 million of capital expenditures, $4.6 million related to the purchase of an equity method investment, and $2.1 million of incremental spending associated with the Company’s new corporate campus headquarters. In the nine months ended December 31, 2014, cash used in investing activities was primarily due to $50.3 million of spending on the Company's corporate campus headquarters and $25.0 million in net purchases of U.S. Treasury Bills.

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Net cash used in financing activities was $18.5 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and $140.1 million in the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The cash used in financing activities in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 was due to $34.6 million of common stock repurchases partially offset by $9.8 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan and $6.3 million of excess tax benefits recognized as a result of the stock option exercises and restricted stock vesting. The net cash used in financing activities in the nine months ended December 31, 2014 was primarily due to $155.1 million used to repurchase shares of our common stock under our repurchase program, partially offset by $4.2 million of excess tax benefits recognized as a result of the stock option exercises and $12.1 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and the employee stock purchase plan.

Working capital increased $10.1 million from $267.5 million as of March 31, 2015 to $277.6 million as of December 31, 2015. The increase in working capital is due primarily to a net increase in cash and short-term investments as a result of cash flow generated from operations, partially offset by cash used for the repurchase of our common stock. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and our cash from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for working capital, capital expenditures and potential stock repurchases for at least the next 12 months. We may seek additional funding through public or private financings or other arrangements during this period. Adequate funds may not be available when needed or may not be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If additional funds are raised by issuing equity securities, dilution to existing stockholders will result. If we raise additional funds by obtaining loans from third parties, including borrowing under our revolving credit facility, the terms of those financing arrangements may include negative covenants or other restrictions on our business that could impair our operational flexibility, and would also require us to fund additional interest expense. If funding is insufficient at any time in the future, we may be unable to develop or enhance our products or services, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2015, other than our operating leases, we do not have off-balance sheet financing arrangements, including any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities.

Indemnifications

Certain of our software licensing agreements contain certain provisions that indemnify our customers from any claim, suit or proceeding arising from alleged or actual intellectual property infringement. These provisions continue in perpetuity along with our software licensing agreements. We have never incurred a liability relating to one of these indemnification provisions in the past and we believe that the likelihood of any future payout relating to these provisions is remote. Therefore, we have not recorded a liability during any period related to these indemnification provisions.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

The following table summarizes the Company's As Reported and As Adjusted changes to the Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2015 (in thousands).



	March 31, 2015
	As Reported		As Adjusted
Current assets:
Deferred tax assets, net	$	16,142	$	—
Total Current Assets	$	541,551	$	525,409

Deferred tax assets, net	$	24,903	$	41,045

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In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)." This amendment provides principles for recognizing revenue for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers with the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will apply to the Company in fiscal 2019 with early adoption allowable in fiscal 2018. We are currently evaluating the accounting, transition and disclosure requirements of the standard and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption.

Item 3 - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

As of December 31, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments consisted primarily of money market funds and U.S. Treasury Bills. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we are not subject to any material interest rate risk on these balances.

Foreign Currency Risk

Economic Exposure

As a global company, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. Our international sales are generally denominated in foreign currencies and this revenue could be materially affected by currency fluctuations. Approximately 43% of our sales were outside the United States for the nine months ended December 31, 2015. Our primary exposures are to fluctuations in exchange rates for the U.S. dollar versus the Euro, and to a lesser extent, the Australian dollar, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, Korean won and Singapore dollar. Changes in currency exchange rates could adversely affect our reported revenues and require us to reduce our prices to remain competitive in foreign markets, which could also have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Historically, we have periodically reviewed and revised the pricing of our products available to our customers in foreign countries and we have not maintained excess cash balances in foreign accounts.

Transaction Exposure

Our exposure to foreign currency transaction gains and losses is primarily the result of certain net receivables due from our foreign subsidiaries and customers being denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the subsidiary. Our foreign subsidiaries conduct their businesses in local currency and we generally do not maintain excess U.S. dollar cash balances in foreign accounts.

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are recorded in “General and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Income. We recognized a net foreign currency transaction loss of $0.1 million and gain of $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively. We recognized net foreign currency transaction gains of $0.4 million and $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively. The net foreign currency transaction gains and losses recorded in “General and administrative” expenses include settlement gains and losses on forward contracts disclosed below.

To date, we have selectively hedged our exposure to foreign currency transaction gains and losses on the balance sheet through the use of forward contracts, which were not designated as hedging instruments. The duration of forward contracts utilized for hedging our balance sheet exposure is generally one to three months. Gains and losses from these contracts are recorded in general and administrative expenses. As of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, we did not have any forward contracts outstanding. We recorded net realized gains of less than $0.1 million and losses of $0.1 million related to the settlement of forward exchange contracts in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively. We recorded net realized losses of less than $0.1 million in both the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014. In the future, we may enter into additional foreign currency based hedging contracts to reduce our exposure to significant fluctuations in currency exchange rates on the balance sheet.

Item 4 - Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 31, 2015. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2015.

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on Internal Controls

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

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are subject to claims in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of our business. Except as discussed below, we do not believe that we are currently party to any pending legal action that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business or operating results.

On September 10, 2014, a purported class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer. The case is captioned In re Commvault Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation (Master File No. 3:14-cv-05628-MAS-LHG). The suit alleges that the defendants made materially false and misleading statements, or failed to disclose material facts, regarding our financial results, business, operations and prospects in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The suit asserts claims covering an alleged class period from May 7, 2013 through April 24, 2014. It is purportedly brought on behalf of purchasers of our common stock during that period, and seeks compensatory damages, costs and expenses, as well as equitable or other relief. Lead plaintiff, the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, was appointed on January 12, 2015, and on March 18, 2015, an amended complaint was filed by the plaintiffs. Defendants filed their motion to dismiss the complaint on May 26, 2015, and the plaintiff’s filed their opposition brief on July 1, 2015. Our reply was filed on August 24, 2015 and a hearing on the motion to dismiss was held on October 13, 2015. On December 17, 2015, the court issued an order (i) granting our motion to dismiss in its entirety without prejudice, and (ii) allowing the plaintiffs the opportunity to amend their complaint to “demonstrate the GAAP violation.” We continue to believe that the suit is without merit and we intend to defend ourselves and our officers vigorously. At this time, we are unable to predict the outcome of this matter and cannot currently estimate a range of any possible losses that it may experience. Accordingly, we are unable at this time to estimate the effects of this lawsuit on its financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. As of December 31, 2015 we have not recorded a reserve for this matter.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial conditions or results of operations could be negatively affected. In that case, the trading price of our stock could decline, and our stockholders may lose part or all of their investment.

Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer

During the third fiscal quarter of the fiscal 2016, we repurchased $1.8 million of common stock, or 52,539 shares, under our share repurchase program. A summary of our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:



Period	Total number of shares purchased	Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs	Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the program
October 2015	52,539	$	33.79	52,539	$	150,000,000	*
November 2015	—	$	—	—	$	150,000,000
December 2015	—	$	—	—	$	150,000,000	***
Three months ended December 31, 2015 **	52,539	$	33.79	52,539

*On October 22, 2015, the Board of Directors extended the expiration date of the share repurchase program to March 31, 2017 and authorized an increase to the existing share repurchase program so that $150.0 million was available at that time.

**Based on trade date (settlement date)

***As of January 27, 2016 $135.2 million remains in the program.

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Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable

Item 5. Other Information

None

Item 6. Exhibits

A list of exhibits filed herewith is included on the Exhibit Index, which immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Signatures

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



		Commvault Systems, Inc.

Dated:	January 28, 2016	By:	/s/ N. Robert Hammer
		N. Robert Hammer
		Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated:	January 28, 2016	By:	/s/ Brian Carolan
		Brian Carolan
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX



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