FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact
should be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "PSLRA"). In addition,
certain statements in our future filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), in press releases, and in oral and written statements made
by us or with our approval that are not statements of historical fact constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the PSLRA. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) projections of
revenue, income or loss, expenses, earnings or loss per share, the payment or
nonpayment of dividends, share repurchases, capital structure and other
statements concerning future financial performance; (ii) statements of our plans
and objectives by our management or Board of Directors, including those relating
to products or services, research and development, and the sufficiency of
capital resources; (iii) statements of assumptions underlying such statements,
including those related to economic conditions; (iv) statements regarding
results of business combinations or strategic divestitures; (v) statements
regarding business relationships with vendors, customers or collaborators,
including the proportion of revenues generated from international as opposed to
domestic customers; and (vi) statements regarding products, their
characteristics, performance, sales potential or effect in the hands of
customers. Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "intends,"
"targeted," "should," "potential," "goals," "strategy," "outlook," "plan,"
"estimated," "will," variations of these terms and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means
of identifying such statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in
such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
those described in Part II, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q. The performance of our business and our securities may be adversely
affected by these factors and by other factors common to other businesses and
investments, or to the general economy. Forward-looking statements are qualified
by some or all of these risk factors. Therefore, you should consider these risk
factors with caution and form your own critical and independent conclusions
about the likely effect of these risk factors on our future performance. Such
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which statements are
made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to
reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made
to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances. Readers
should carefully review the disclosures and the risk factors described in this
and other documents we file from time to time with the SEC, including our Annual
Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form
8-K.
                                    OVERVIEW
We were founded in 1956 on the premise that data, used intelligently, can
improve business decisions. Today, FICO's software and the widely used FICO®
Score operationalize analytics, enabling thousands of businesses in nearly 120
countries to uncover new opportunities, make timely decisions that matter, and
execute them at scale. Most leading banks and credit card issuers rely on our
solutions, as do insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers, automotive
companies, public agencies, and organizations in other industries. We also serve
consumers through online services that enable people to access and understand
their FICO Scores - the standard measure in the U.S. of consumer credit risk -
empowering them to increase financial literacy and manage their financial
health.
Our business consists of two operating segments: Scores and Software.
Our Scores segment includes our business-to-business ("B2B") scoring solutions
and services which give our clients access to predictive credit and other scores
that can be easily integrated into their transaction workflows and
decision-making processes. This segment also includes our business-to-consumer
("B2C") scoring solutions, including our myFICO.com subscription offerings.
Our Software segment includes pre-configured analytic and decision management
solutions designed for a specific type of business need or process - such as
account origination, customer management, customer engagement, fraud detection,
financial crimes compliance, and marketing - as well as associated professional
services. This segment also includes FICO® Platform, a modular software offering
designed to support advanced analytic and decision use cases, as well as
stand-alone analytic and decisioning software that can be configured by our
customers to address a wide variety of business use cases. Our offerings are
available to our customers as software-as-a-service ("SaaS") or as on-premises
software.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to conduct business with substantial
modifications to employee travel and work locations and also the virtualization
of sales and marketing events. We expect these modifications to remain in place
throughout calendar year 2022, along with substantially modified interactions
with customers and suppliers, among other adjustments. As certain offices
reopened due to the lifting of local government restrictions and a small number
of employees started returning to work locations on a limited basis during
fiscal 2021, we have maintained a "Voluntary Work-From-Home Policy" providing
our employees with valued flexibility. While we have not experienced material
disruptions to our operations from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to
predict the full impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our operations
and future financial performance, including demand for our offerings, impact to
our customers and partners, actions that may be taken by governmental
authorities, and other factors identified in "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item 1A
of this Report.
Highlights from the quarter ended December 31, 2021
•Total revenue was $322.4 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2021, a
3% increase from the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
•Total revenue for our Scores segment was $169.5 million during the quarter
ended December 31, 2021, a 17% increase from the quarter ended December 31,
2020.
•Annual Recurring Revenue for our Software segment as of December 31, 2021 was
$546.6 million, a 10% increase from December 31, 2020, excluding divestitures.
•Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate for our Software segment during the quarter
ended December 31, 2021 was 109%, excluding divestitures.
•Cash and cash equivalents was $162.2 million as of December 31, 2021, compared
with $195.4 million as of September 30, 2021.
•Operating income was $115.6 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2021,
a 22% increase from the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
•Net income was $85.0 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2021, a 2%
decrease from the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
•EPS was $3.09 during the quarter ended December 31, 2021, a 7% increase from
the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
•Cash flows from operations was $124.9 during the quarter ended December 31,
2021, compared with $77.9 million generated during the quarter ended December
31, 2020.
•Total debt balance was $1.65 billion as of December 31, 2021, compared with
$1.27 billion as of September 30, 2021.
•Total amount of share repurchases was $493.6 million during the quarter ended
December 31, 2021, compared with $50.0 million during the quarter ended December
31, 2020.
Key performance metrics for Software segment
Annual Contract Value Bookings ("ACV Bookings")
Management regards ACV Bookings as an important indicator of future revenues,
but they are not comparable to, nor are they a substitute for, an analysis of
our revenues and other GAAP measures. We define ACV Bookings as the average
annualized value of software contracts signed in the current reporting period
that generate current and future on-premises and SaaS software revenue. We only
include contracts with an initial term of at least 24 months and we exclude
perpetual licenses and other revenues that are non-recurring in nature. For
renewals of existing software subscription contracts, we count only incremental
annual revenue expected over the current contract as ACV Bookings.
ACV Bookings is calculated by dividing the total expected contract value by the
contract term in years. The expected contract value equals the fixed amount -
including guaranteed minimums - stated in the contract, plus estimates of future
usage-based fees. We develop estimates from discussions with our customers and
examinations of historical data from similar products and customer arrangements.
Differences between estimates and actual results occur due to variability in the
estimated usage. This variability is primarily caused by the economic trends in
our customers' industries; individual performance of our customers relative to
their competitors; and regulatory and other factors that affect the business
environment in which our customers operate.
We disclose estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to
remaining performance obligations in Note 8 to the accompanying condensed
consolidated financial statements. However, we believe ACV Bookings is a more
meaningful measure of our business as it includes estimated revenues and future
billings excluded from Note 8, such as usage-based fees and guaranteed minimums
derived from our on-premises software licenses, among others.
The following table summarizes our ACV Bookings during the periods indicated:
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                                                  Quarter Ended December 31,
                                                       2021                   2020
                                                        (In millions)
Total on-premises and SaaS software *     $         16.6                    $ 12.4

(*) During fiscal 2021, we sold all assets related to our cyber risk score operations, sold certain assets related to our Software segment to an affiliated joint venture in China, and divested our Collections and Recovery ("C&R") business. The amount for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 excluded these divested product lines and businesses.



Annual Recurring Revenue ("ARR")
Accounting Standards Codification 606 requires us to recognize a significant
portion of revenue from our on-premises software subscriptions at the point in
time when the software is first made available to the customer, or at the
beginning of the subscription term, despite the fact that our contracts
typically call for billing these amounts ratably over the life of the
subscription. The remaining portion of our on-premises software subscription
revenue including maintenance and usage-based fees are recognized over the life
of the contract. This point-in-time recognition of a portion of our on-premises
software subscription revenue creates significant variability in the revenue
recognized period to period based on the timing of the subscription start date
and the subscription term. Furthermore, this point-in-time revenue recognition
can create a significant difference between the timing of our revenue
recognition and the actual customer billing under the contract. We use ARR to
measure the underlying performance of our subscription-based contracts and
mitigate the impact of this variability. ARR is defined as the annualized
revenue run-rate of on-premises and SaaS software agreements within a quarterly
reporting period, and as such, is different from the timing and amount of
revenue recognized. All components of our software licensing and subscription
arrangements that are not expected to recur (primarily perpetual licenses) are
excluded. We calculate ARR as the quarterly recurring revenue run-rate
multiplied by four.
The following table summarizes our ARR at each of the dates presented:
                            March 31, 2020              June 30,          September 30, 2020         December 31, 2020            March 31, 2021              June 30,          September 30, 2021         December 31, 2021
                                                          2020                                                                                                  2021
ARR (*)                                                                                                             (In millions)
Platform (**)           $                 41.1       $         43.8       $              47.7       $              55.1       $                 60.2       $         67.7       $              75.2       $              92.2
Non-platform                             450.3                438.5                     443.6                     439.9                        437.1                445.9                     448.8                     454.4
   Total                $                491.4       $        482.3       $             491.3       $             495.0       $                497.3       $        513.6       $             524.0       $             546.6

Percentage
Platform                                  8  %                 9  %                     10  %                     11  %                        12  %                13  %                     14  %                     17  %
Non-platform                             92  %                91  %                     90  %                     89  %                        88  %                87  %                     86  %                     83  %
   Total                                100  %               100  %                    100  %                    100  %                       100  %               100  %                    100  %                    100  %

YoY Change
Platform                                 48  %                44  %                     45  %                     38  %                        47  %                54  %                     58  %                     67  %
Non-platform                              5  %                (3) %                     (2) %                     (2) %                        (3) %                 2  %                      1  %                      3  %
Total on-premises and
SaaS software                             7  %                 -  %                      1  %                      2  %                         1  %                 7  %                      7  %                     10  %




(*) During fiscal 2021, we sold all assets related to our cyber risk score
operations, sold certain assets related to our Software segment to an affiliated
joint venture in China, and divested our C&R business. The amounts and
percentages above excluded these divested product lines and businesses for all
periods presented.
(**) The FICO platform software is a set of interoperable services which use
software assets owned and/or governed by FICO for building solutions and which
conform to FICO architectural standards based on key elements of Cloud Native
Computing design principles. These standards encompass shared security context
and pre-integration using FICO standard application programming interfaces for
all services.

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Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate ("DBNRR")
We consider DBNRR to be an important measure of our success in retaining and
growing revenue from our existing customers. To calculate DBNRR for any period,
we compare the ARR at the end of the prior comparable quarter ("base ARR") to
the ARR from that same cohort of customers at the end of the current quarter
("retained ARR"); we then divide the retained ARR by the base ARR to arrive at
the DBNRR. Our calculation includes the positive impact among this cohort of
customers of selling additional products, price increases and increases in
usage-based fees, and the negative impact of customer attrition, price
decreases, and decreases in usage-based fees during the period. However, the
calculation does not include the positive impact from sales to any new customers
acquired during the period. Our DBNRR may increase or decrease from period to
period as a result of various factors, including the timing of new sales and
customer renewal rates.
The following table summarizes our DBNRR for each of the periods presented:
                                                                                                   Quarter Ended
                      March 31, 2020           June 30,            September 30,          December 31,          March 31,            June 30,            September 30,          December 31,
                                                  2020                  2020                  2020                 2021                2021                   2021                  2021
DBNRR (*)
Platform                       112  %                108  %                 116  %                123  %             130  %                137  %                 143  %                143  %
Non-platform                   103  %                 95  %                  96  %                 97  %              96  %                100  %                 100  %                102  %
Total on-premises and
SaaS software                  105  %                 98  %                  99  %                100  %             100  %                105  %                 106  %                109  %




(*) During fiscal 2021, we sold all assets related to our cyber risk score
operations, sold certain assets related to our Software segment to an affiliated
joint venture in China, and divested our C&R business. The percentages above
excluded these divested product lines and businesses for all periods presented.

                             RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
We are organized into the following two reportable segments: Scores and
Software. Although we sell solutions and services into a large number of end
user product and industry markets, our reportable business segments reflect the
primary method in which management organizes and evaluates internal financial
information to make operating decisions and assess performance.
Segment revenues, operating income, and related financial information, including
disaggregation of revenue are set forth in Note 8 and Note 12 to the
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
Revenues
The following tables set forth certain summary information on a segment basis
related to our revenues for the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
                                Quarter Ended December 31,                         Percentage of Revenues                       Period-to-Period              Period-to-Period
Segment                          2021                  2020                       2021                        2020                   Change                   Percentage Change
                                      (In thousands)                                                                             (In thousands)
Scores                     $      169,487          $ 144,651                                  53  %               46  %       $          24,836                                17  %
Software                          152,874            167,763                                  47  %               54  %                 (14,889)                               (9) %
Total                      $      322,361          $ 312,414                                 100  %              100  %                   9,947                                 3  %


Scores
Scores segment revenues increased $24.8 million due to an increase of $12.8
million in our business-to-business scores revenue and $12.0 million in our
business-to-consumer revenue. The increase in business-to-business scores
revenue was primarily attributable to a higher unit price across several
business-to-business offerings, as well as higher aggregate volumes during the
quarter ended December 31, 2021. The increase in business-to-consumer revenue
was attributable to an increase in both royalties derived from scores sold
indirectly to consumers through credit reporting agencies and direct sales
generated from the myFICO.com website.
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Revenues collectively generated by agreements with the three major consumer
reporting agencies, TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian accounted for 38% and 34%
of our total revenues in the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively, with two consumer reporting agencies each contributing more than
10% of our total revenues in each of the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and
2020.

Software
                                                     Quarter Ended December 31,              Period-to-Period               Period-to-Period
                                                      2021                  2020                  Change                    Percentage Change
                                                           (In thousands)                     (In thousands)
On-premises and SaaS software                   $      126,338          $ 126,455          $             (117)                                -  %
Professional services                                   26,536             41,308                     (14,772)                              (36) %
Total                                           $      152,874          $ 167,763                     (14,889)                               (9) %


Software segment revenues decreased $14.9 million due to a $14.8 million
decrease in services revenue and a $0.1 million decrease in our on-premises and
SaaS software revenue. The decrease in services revenue was primarily
attributable to our strategic shift to emphasize software over services, as well
as the divestiture of our C&R business in June 2021. The decrease in our
on-premises and SaaS software revenue was primarily attributable to the C&R
business divestiture, partially offset by an increase in our platform software
revenue. In total, $16.3 million of the quarter-over-prior year quarter decrease
- $8.3 million from on-premises and SaaS software and $8.0 million from services
- in our Software segment revenue was attributable to the divestiture of our C&R
business.

Operating Expenses and Other Income / Expenses
The following tables set forth certain summary information related to our
condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the
quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

                                        Quarter Ended December 31,                          Percentage of Revenues                                                      Period-to-
                                                                                                                                          Period-to-Period                Period
                                         2021                  2020                        2021                         2020                   Change                Percentage Change
                                          (In thousands, except                                                                            (In thousands,
                                                employees)                                                                                except employees)
Revenues                           $      322,361          $ 312,414                                  100  %               100  %       $            9,947                         3  %
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues                           69,203             89,528                                   21  %                29  %                  (20,325)                      (23) %
Research and development                   38,980             40,651                                   12  %                13  %                   (1,671)                       (4) %
Selling, general and
administrative                             98,048             93,911                                   31  %                30  %                    4,137                         4  %
Amortization of intangible assets             544                937                                    -  %                 -  %                     (393)                      (42) %

Gains on product line asset sales
and business divestiture                        -             (7,334)                                   -  %                (2) %                    7,334                      (100) %
Total operating expenses                  206,775            217,693                                   64  %                70  %                  (10,918)                       (5) %
Operating income                          115,586             94,721                                   36  %                30  %                   20,865                        22  %
Interest expense, net                     (12,195)            (9,641)                                  (4) %                (3) %                   (2,554)                       26  %
Other income, net                           1,429              2,880                                    -  %                 1  %                   (1,451)                      (50) %
Income before income taxes                104,820             87,960                                   32  %                28  %                   16,860                        19  %
Income tax provision                       19,861              1,468                                    6  %                 -  %                   18,393                     1,253  %
Net income                         $       84,959          $  86,492                                   26  %                28  %                   (1,533)                       (2) %
Number of employees at quarter end          3,516              3,890                                                                                  (374)                      (10) %




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Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of employee salaries and benefits for
personnel directly involved in delivering software products, operating SaaS
infrastructure, and providing support, implementation and consulting services;
allocated overhead, facilities and data center costs; software royalty fees;
credit bureau data and processing services; third-party hosting fees related to
our SaaS services; travel costs; and outside services.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter decrease in cost of revenues of $20.3
million was primarily attributable to a $16.6 million decrease in personnel and
labor costs and a $4.6 million decrease in allocated facilities and
infrastructure costs. Both were largely driven by a decrease in our headcount as
a result of the divestiture of our C&R business in June 2021, as well as reduced
resource requirements associated with decreased services revenue. Cost of
revenues as a percentage of revenues decreased to 21% during the quarter ended
December 31, 2021 from 29% during the quarter ended December 31, 2020, primarily
due to increased sales of our higher-margin Scores products and decreased sales
of lower-margin professional services.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses include personnel and related overhead costs
incurred in the development of new products and services, including research of
mathematical and statistical models and development of new versions of Software
products.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter decrease in research and development
expenses of $1.7 million was primarily attributable to a decrease in third-party
cloud computing cost. Research and development expenses as a percentage of
revenues decreased to 12% during the quarter ended December 31, 2021 from 13%
during the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist principally of employee
salaries, incentives, commissions and benefits; travel costs; overhead costs;
advertising and other promotional expenses; corporate facilities expenses; legal
expenses; business development expenses.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter increase in selling, general and
administrative expenses of $4.1 million was primarily attributable to a $1.3
million increase in allocated facilities cost, a $1.1 million increase in
personnel and labor costs, and a $0.5 million increase in travel cost. Selling,
general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues was 31% during
the quarter ended December 31, 2021, materially consistent with that incurred
during the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
Amortization of Intangible Assets
Amortization of intangible assets consists of amortization expense related to
intangible assets recorded in connection with acquisitions accounted for by the
acquisition method of accounting. Our finite-lived intangible assets, consisting
primarily of completed technology and customer contracts and relationships, are
being amortized using the straight-line method over periods ranging from four to
fifteen years.
Amortization expense was $0.5 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2021
compared to $0.9 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
Gains on Product Line Asset Sales and Business Divestiture
The $7.3 million gain on product line asset sales and business divestiture
during the quarter ended December 31, 2020 was attributable to the sale of all
assets related to our cyber risk score operations in October 2020 and the sale
of certain assets related to our Software operations to an affiliated joint
venture in China in December 2020.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense includes interest on the senior notes issued in December 2021,
December 2019 and May 2018, as well as interest and credit facility fees on the
revolving line of credit and term loan. Our condensed consolidated statements of
income and comprehensive income include interest expense netted with interest
income, which is derived primarily from the investment of funds in excess of our
immediate operating requirements.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter increase in interest expense of $2.6 million
was primarily attributable to a higher average outstanding debt balance during
the quarter ended December 31, 2021.
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Other Income, Net
Other income, net consists primarily of realized investment gains/losses,
exchange rate gains/losses resulting from remeasurement of
foreign-currency-denominated receivable and cash balances into their respective
functional currencies at period-end market rates, net of the impact of
offsetting foreign currency forward contracts, and other non-operating items.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter decrease in other income, net of $1.5
million was primarily attributable to a decrease in net unrealized gains on our
supplemental retirement and savings plan.
Income Tax Provision
The effective income tax rate was 18.9% and 1.7% during the quarters ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The provision for income taxes during
interim quarterly reporting periods is based on our estimates of the effective
tax rates for the full fiscal year. The effective tax rate in any quarter can
also be affected positively or negatively by adjustments that are required to be
reported in the specific quarter of resolution.
The effective tax rates for the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were
both impacted favorably by the recording of excess tax benefits relating to
stock awards. The impact is dependent upon grants of share-based compensation
and the future stock price in relation to the fair value of awards on the grant
date. The decrease in stock price for awards that vested in December 2021 has
resulted in a decreased net excess tax benefit for the quarter ended December
31, 2021.
Operating Income
The following tables set forth certain summary information on a segment basis
related to our operating income for the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and
2020:
                                                     Quarter Ended December 31,              Period-to-Period              Period-to-Period
Segment                                               2021                  2020                  Change                   Percentage Change
                                                           (In thousands)                     (In thousands)
Scores                                          $      147,503          $ 123,025          $          24,478                                20  %
Software                                                34,293             20,684                     13,609                                66  %
Unallocated corporate expenses                         (35,788)           (30,253)                    (5,535)                               18  %
Total segment operating income                         146,008            113,456                     32,552                                29  %
Unallocated share-based compensation                   (29,878)           (25,132)                    (4,746)                               19  %
Unallocated amortization expense                          (544)              (937)                       393                               (42) %

Unallocated gains on product line asset sales
and business divestiture                                     -              7,334                     (7,334)                             (100) %
Operating income                                $      115,586          $  94,721                     20,865                                22  %


Scores
                                  Quarter Ended                 Percentage of
                                   December 31,                   Revenues
                               2021           2020             2021          2020
                                  (In thousands)
Segment revenues            $ 169,487      $ 144,651              100  %     100  %
Segment operating expense     (21,984)       (21,626)             (13) %     (15) %
Segment operating income    $ 147,503      $ 123,025               87  %    

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Software
                                  Quarter Ended                 Percentage of
                                   December 31,                   Revenues
                               2021           2020             2021          2020
                                  (In thousands)
Segment revenues            $ 152,874      $ 167,763              100  %     100  %
Segment operating expense    (118,581)      (147,079)             (78) %     (88) %
Segment operating income    $  34,293      $  20,684               22  %      12  %


The quarter-over-prior year quarter $20.9 million increase in operating income
was primarily attributable to a $28.2 million decrease in segment operating
expenses and a $9.9 million increase in segment revenues, partially offset by a
$7.3 million gain on product line asset sales during the quarter ended December
31, 2020, a $5.5 million increase in corporate expenses, and a $4.7 million
increase in share-based compensation cost.
At the segment level, the quarter-over-prior year quarter $32.6 million increase
in segment operating income was the result of a $24.5 million increase in our
Scores segment operating income and a $13.6 million increase in our Software
segment operating income, partially offset by a $5.5 million increase in
corporate expenses.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter $24.5 million increase in Scores segment
operating income was due to a $24.8 million increase in segment revenue,
partially offset by a $0.3 million increase in segment operating expenses.
Segment operating income as a percentage of segment revenue for Scores increased
to 87% from 85%.
The quarter-over-prior year quarter $13.6 million increase in Software segment
operating income was due to a $28.5 million decrease in segment operating
expenses, partially offset by a $14.9 million decrease in segment revenue.
Segment operating income as a percentage of segment revenue for Software
increased to 22% from 12%, primarily attributable to the divestiture of our
lower-margin C&R business, and a reduction in lower-margin services revenue.
                        CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

Outlook


As of December 31, 2021, we had $162.2 million in cash and cash equivalents,
which included $95.5 million held by our foreign subsidiaries. Our cash position
could be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited
to, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other risks detailed in Part II,
Item 1A titled "Risk Factors" of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. However,
based on our current business plan and revenue prospects, we believe our cash
and cash equivalents balances, as well as available borrowings from our $600
million revolving line of credit and anticipated cash flows from operating
activities, will be sufficient to fund our working and other capital
requirements as well as the $15.0 million principal payments on our term loan
over the next twelve months. Under our current financing arrangements, we have
no other significant debt obligations maturing over the next twelve months. Our
undistributed earnings outside the U.S. are deemed to be permanently reinvested
in foreign jurisdictions. We currently do not foresee a need to repatriate cash
and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries. If these funds are needed
for our operations in the U.S., we may be required to accrue for state income or
foreign withholding taxes on the distributed foreign earnings, which we expect
to be immaterial.
In the normal course of business, we evaluate the merits of acquiring technology
or businesses, or establishing strategic relationships with or investing in
these businesses. We may elect to use available cash and cash equivalents to
fund such activities in the future. In the event additional needs for cash
arise, or if we refinance our existing debt, we may raise additional funds from
a combination of sources, including the potential issuance of debt or equity
securities. Additional financing might not be available on terms favorable to
us, or at all. If adequate funds were not available or were not available on
acceptable terms, our ability to take advantage of unanticipated opportunities
or respond to competitive pressures could be limited.
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