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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the Transition Period from                          to                         

Commission file number: 000-30221

SABA SOFTWARE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(650) 696-3840

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of class)

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

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).   Yes  ¨  No  x

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of November 30, 2002 was approximately $73,984,267 (based on a closing sale price of $6.68 per share as reported for the Nasdaq National Market). Shares of common stock beneficially held by each executive officer and director and by each person who beneficially owns 5% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded since such persons may be deemed affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.001 par value per share, outstanding as of July 31, 2003 was 13,347,736.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on November 6, 2003 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K to the extent stated herein.

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PART I

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). All statements in this Annual Report other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of these provisions, including any statements of the plans and objectives for future operations and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Statements that include the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “believes,” “plans,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include (i) in Item 1, statements regarding competition and the merit of claims in litigation, (ii) in Item 2, statements regarding the adequacy of our existing facilities to meet anticipated needs, (iii) in Item 3, statements regarding the resolution and effect of pending litigation, (iv) in Item 5, statements regarding payment of cash dividends in the future, and (v) in Item 7, statements regarding an increase in operating expenses, including sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative, incurrence of non-cash expenses relating to stock compensation, amortization of purchased intangible assets and any potential goodwill impairment, growth of our operations and personnel, fluctuations in operating results from quarter to quarter, long sales cycles, effects of our voluntary stock option exchange program, possible acquisitions and strategic ventures, expansion of our sales and marketing organization, sufficiency of cash resources, credit facilities and cash flows to meet working capital, capital expense and business expansion requirements, development of new or enhanced applications and services, market risk exposure, impact of SFAS No. 143, 144, 146, 148 and 149 and EITF No. 01-14 and 00-21, and the significance of Saba Enterprise Learning Suite and related services, as well as other products, for our revenues. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and it is important to note that our actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in such forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the factors detailed under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Factors That May Impact Future Operating Results.” All forward-looking statements and risk factors included in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or risk factor. You should consult the risk factors listed from time to time in our Reports on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 1:    BUSINESS

Overview

We are a leading provider of human capital development and management solutions, which are designed to increase organizational performance through the implementation of a management system for aligning, developing and managing people. Our solutions can help large enterprises to efficiently manage regulatory compliance, increase sales and channel readiness, accelerate time-to-competency of people across the extended enterprise, increase speed of customer acquisition, shorten time-to-market of new products and increase visibility into organizational performance.

We were incorporated in Delaware in April 1997. Our headquarters are located at 2400 Bridge Parkway, Redwood Shores, California 94065, and our telephone number is (650) 696-3840.

Our Internet address is www.saba.com. On our Investor Relations page on this web site we post the following filings as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission: our annual report on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All such filings on our Investor Relations web page are available to be viewed free of charge. Information contained on our web site is not part of this annual report on Form 10-K

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or our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this annual report on Form 10-K, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless we are required to do so by law. A copy of this annual report on Form 10-K is available without charge upon written request to: Investor Relations, Yvonne Selner, Saba Software, Inc., 2400 Bridge Parkway, Redwood Shores, California 94065.

All share and per share data included in the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto has been retroactively adjusted to reflect a one-for-four reverse split approved by our stockholders in May 2003.

Products and Services

Saba Enterprise Learning Suite

The Saba Enterprise Learning Suite is a family of products designed to deliver configurable, targeted functionality in a single solution to address five key enterprise learning areas:

By implementing multiple enterprise learning solutions in a single system, organizations can lower the overall cost of supporting learning processes, leverage internally-created content in multiple areas and create a common pool of knowledge for and about people. This unified solution also offers the flexibility to change processes and develop new opportunities from a common foundation, while creating the visibility needed to operate as an integrated “virtual enterprise.”

The Saba Enterprise Learning Suite combines enterprise learning with collaboration for informal learning, virtual classroom technology, analytics, and content creation and management. It also provides support for blended learning, and supports 15 different languages and locales for global deployments. The Saba Enterprise Learning Suite includes the following applications:

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Saba Performance

We also offer Saba Performance, which is a performance management system that helps organizations improve their business goals by aligning their workforces with their most important business objectives. Saba Performance is designed to provide real-time views into an organization’s progress against goals, allowing users to make adjustments based on changing requirements and competitive situations. Saba Performance is used by Global 2000 companies and government agencies to automate process functions associated with managing performance across the extended enterprise of employees, customers, partners and suppliers, including goal setting and tracking, performance reviews and development planning.

Saba Exchange

Saba Exchange is designed to enable enterprises and learning providers to buy and sell learning and knowledge content and to promote informal learning and collaboration within communities of practice. Saba Exchange has broad functionality, including search capability for thousands of publicly available learning offerings by competency, certification, role, industry, geography, language, provider and delivery method; and community features such as chat rooms and discussion groups.

Services

We offer comprehensive services to assist in the successful implementation of our products. As of May 31, 2003, we employed approximately 83 people worldwide in services-related activities.

Our global services organization supports multiple offerings, including:

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Customers

Our customers include a wide spectrum of large, global organizations in the automotive, communications, computer and electronics, consumer package goods, energy, financial services, government, manufacturing, medical equipment, pharmaceutical, professional services, software and transportation industries. Of the companies on the Fortune 500, three of the top five are our customers, as well as all of the ‘Big Three’ automakers and a number of global and regional consulting firms. In the public sector, our customers include the Army University Access Online, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and several branches of the U.S. Government.

Alliances

As of May 31, 2003, we have entered into strategic partnership agreements with a number of global and regional consulting firms who act as systems integrators and implementation partners for our solutions. These partnerships and the associated training of qualified personnel in these organizations greatly increase the number of consulting professionals trained to implement our solutions. We have several hundred trained consultants including third-party consultants. Additionally, systems integrators provide opportunities for our sales managers to gain entry to executive levels at our target accounts.

We have also entered into several alliance agreements with packaged content providers, custom content developers, and content authoring and learning delivery tool providers in order to increase the range of content offerings available to our customers. The Saba Content Alliance Program helps our content partners create and deliver learning content for use in conjunction with Saba solutions through support of industry standards applicable to a broad variety of media formats, including web-based training, computer-based training, video, and asynchronous and synchronous delivery, as well as through support of traditional forms of learning such as instructor-led classes, seminars, and workshops. Content Alliance members also provide numerous content offerings available through Saba Exchange. In support of this program, we also operate a content developers resource center and testing lab that provides our content partners with direct access to our systems for standards compliance testing.

Sales and Marketing

We license our products to organizations through a worldwide direct sales force and global network of alliance partners. Our direct sales efforts target large organizations including Global 2000 businesses and government organizations. As of May 31, 2003, we had 68 sales and marketing professionals located in 8 sales offices, 3 of which are in the United States. Our channel sales efforts involve value-added resellers around the globe, as well as systems-integrator partnerships.

We focus our marketing efforts on establishing market positioning, generating sales leads, supporting proposal and sales efforts, creating market awareness of our solutions and establishing strategic relationships. Our marketing activities include public relations/analyst relations, direct marketing (email, tele-contact and direct mail campaigns), industry trade shows, web and in-person seminar programs, speaking engagements and web presence.

Technology

Our product architecture facilitates the rapid development, deployment and customization of Internet-based solutions for organizational learning and performance management. Our products share a common core foundation, based on widely adopted standard Internet technologies that leverage thin client computing and electronic commerce capabilities over the Internet.

The Core Foundation

Our core foundation consists of a scalable application server and a database server and uses standard web-browser clients. The core foundation accelerates application development by providing transaction management,

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persistence management and resource pooling services so application developers can focus on building business logic and user interfaces. Key features of this core foundation include:

Research and Development

Our research and development operations are organized around software platform and applications development initiatives. These two development activities share resources and collaborate on design and development. Core teams are responsible for platform and infrastructure development, application development, user interface and application design, enterprise connectivity, Internet applications and design, quality assurance, documentation and release management. As of May 31, 2003, we had 102 research and development employees in the U.S. and India.

Our development methodology provides guidelines for planning, controlling and implementing projects. To continue to address market requirements, we consult with our consulting, support, and sales teams, as well as our customers, in the product development cycle. We conduct our development efforts at multiple sites in the United States and India, which enables continuous development and debugging on a 7 days per week, 24 hours per day schedule.

Competition

The market for our products and services is intensely competitive, dynamic and subject to rapid technological change. The intensity of competition and the pace of change are expected to increase in the future. Competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of the products and services they offer. Although we believe that we offer the most comprehensive Internet-based learning and performance management platform, we encounter competition with respect to different aspects of our solutions from a variety of sources including:

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We expect additional competition from other established and emerging companies as the market for Internet-based, human capital development and management solutions continues to evolve. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share, any one of which could seriously harm our business.

We believe the principal competitive features affecting our market include:

Although we believe that our solutions currently compete favorably with respect to these factors, our market is relatively new and is changing rapidly. We may not be able to maintain our competitive position against current and potential competitors, especially those with significantly greater financial, technical, service, support, marketing and other resources.

Proprietary Rights

Proprietary rights are important to our success and our competitive position. To protect our proprietary rights, we rely on copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions.

We license rather than sell our software products and require our customers to enter into written license agreements, which impose restrictions on the use, copying and disclosure of our software. In addition, we seek to avoid disclosure of our trade secrets through a number of means, including but not limited to, requiring those persons with access to our proprietary information to execute confidentiality agreements with us. These contractual provisions, however, may be unenforceable under the laws of some jurisdictions and foreign countries.

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We seek to protect our software, documentation and other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws, which afford only limited protection. In addition, we have one patent issued in the United States and seven patent applications pending in the United States. We cannot assure you that any patents will be issued for any of the pending patent applications. Even for the issued patent, or any patent issued to us in the future, there can be no assurance that such patent (i) will protect our intellectual property, or (ii) will not be challenged by third parties. Furthermore, other parties may independently develop similar or competing technologies or design around any patents that may be issued to us. It is possible that any patent issued to us may not provide any competitive advantages, that we may not develop future proprietary products or technologies that are patentable, and that the patents of others may seriously limit our ability to do business. In this regard, we have not performed any comprehensive analysis of patents of others that may limit our ability to do business.

We have obtained registration of various trademarks, including Saba and the Saba S-design logo, in the United States and in certain other countries. In addition, we have an additional registration application pending in the United States, and registration applications pending in various foreign countries. We will continue to register additional trademarks as appropriate. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining registration of the trademarks for which we have applied. Even for any registered trademarks that we have obtained, or will obtain, the trademarks may be successfully challenged by others or invalidated. If the applications are not approved because third parties own the trademarks, or if our registered trademarks are successfully challenged or invalidated, the use of the trademarks will be restricted unless we enter into arrangements with third parties that may be unavailable on commercially reasonable terms.

We cannot assure you that any of our proprietary rights with respect to our products or services will be viable or of value in the future since the validity, enforceability and type of protection of proprietary rights in Internet-related industries are uncertain and still evolving.

Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of our products is difficult, and while we are unable to determine the extent to which piracy of our software products exists, software piracy can be expected to be a persistent problem. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States, and effective copyright, trademark and trade secret protection may not be available in those jurisdictions. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate to protect us from the infringement or misappropriation of such rights by others.

In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patents and other intellectual property rights, particularly in the software and Internet-related industries. On May 31, 2002, IP Learn, LLC (IP Learn) filed a lawsuit against us alleging that we infringed a number of patents assigned to IP Learn and asking the court for a preliminary and permanent injunction, as well as unspecified damages. We believe that IP Learn’s claims are without merit, and we intend to defend against them vigorously. We could become subject to additional intellectual property infringement claims as the number of our competitors grows and our products and services overlap with competitive offerings. Any of these claims, even if not meritorious, could be expensive to defend and could divert management’s attention from operating our company. If we become liable to third parties for infringing their intellectual property rights, we could be required to pay a substantial award of damages and to develop noninfringing technology, obtain a license or cease selling the products that contain the infringing intellectual property. We may be unable to develop noninfringing technology or obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

Employees

As of May 31, 2003, we had a total of 285 employees, including 102 in research and development, 68 in sales and marketing, 83 in services and 32 in administration and finance. Of these employees, 183 were located in North America and 102 were located outside of North America. None of our employees is represented by a

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collective bargaining agreement, and we have not experienced any work stoppages. We consider our relations with our employees to be good. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified technical, sales and senior management personnel.

ITEM 2:    PROPERTIES

Facilities

Our principal executive offices occupy approximately 36,000 square feet in Redwood Shores, California under a lease that expires in April 2014. We have additional leased facilities in the Annapolis, Denver, New Jersey, and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas and in Australia, France, Germany, India, United Kingdom and Japan. We believe that our facilities are adequate to meet our needs for the foreseeable future.

ITEM 3:    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In November 2001, a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against us, certain of our officers and directors, and certain underwriters of our initial public offering. The complaint was purportedly filed on behalf of a class of certain persons who purchased our common stock between April 6, 2000 and December 6, 2000. The complaint alleges violations by us and our officers and directors of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with certain alleged compensation arrangements entered into by the underwriters in connection with the offering. An amended complaint was filed in April 2002. Similar complaints have been filed against hundreds of other issuers that have had initial public offerings since 1998. The complaints were later consolidated into a single action. On July 16, 2003, a committee of our board of directors conditionally approved a proposed partial settlement with the plaintiffs in this matter. The settlement would provide, among other things, a release of us and of the individual defendants for the conduct alleged in the action to be wrongful in the amended complaint. We would agree to undertake other responsibilities under the partial settlement, including agreeing to assign away, not assert, or release certain potential claims we may have against our underwriters. Any direct financial impact of the proposed settlement is expected to be borne by our insurers. The committee agreed to approve the settlement subject to a number of conditions, including the participation of a substantial number of other issuer defendants in the proposed settlement, the consent of our insurers to the settlement, and the completion of acceptable final settlement documentation. Furthermore, the settlement is subject to a hearing on fairness and approval by the court overseeing the initial public offering litigation.

On May 31, 2002, IP Learn, LLC (IP Learn) filed a complaint against us in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The compliant alleged that we infringed four U.S. patents assigned to IP Learn and asks the court for a preliminary and permanent injunction, as well as unspecified damages. IP Learn later amended the complaint to add a fifth patent to the suit. Substantially similar complaints have been filed against at least four other companies in our industry. We believe that the complaint is without merit and intend to defend against it vigorously. Document and deposition discovery is now underway. The Court denied our initial summary judgment motions, finding factual issues which needed to be resolved. We are presently petitioning to have the patents reexamined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. We are simultaneously seeking to stay proceedings in the Northern District until the reexamination petition is resolved. Although no assurance can be given that this matter will be resolved favorably, we believe that the resolution of this lawsuit will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We are also party to various legal disputes and proceedings arising from the ordinary course of general business activities. While, in the opinion of management, resolution of these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, the ultimate outcome of any litigation is uncertain. Were an unfavorable outcome to occur, the impact could be material to us.

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ITEM 4:    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

We held a special meeting of stockholders on May 1, 2003. Of the 52,999,040 shares outstanding as of the record date, 43,705,534 shares were present or represented by proxy at the meeting. At this meeting the stockholders voted to approve proposed amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock. The results of the voting were as follows:

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ITEM 5:    MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Since our initial public offering on April 7, 2000, our common stock has traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “SABA.” On May 12, 2003, we effected a one-for-four reverse split of our outstanding common stock. The following table sets forth the range of the quarterly high and low closing sales prices of our common stock for the periods indicated. The price per share has been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-four reverse stock split.

We had approximately 145 stockholders of record as of May 31, 2003. We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock, and presently we intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business and, therefore, do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

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ITEM 6:    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes to our consolidated financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The consolidated statements of operations data for each of the three years ended May 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of May 31, 2003 and 2002 are derived from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The consolidated statement of operations data for the year ended May 31, 2000 and 1999 and the balance sheet data as of May 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 are derived from our audited financial statements previously filed with the SEC.

ITEM 7:    MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

We are a leading provider of human capital development and management solutions, which are designed to increase organizational performance through the implementation of a management system for aligning, developing and managing people. Our solutions can help large enterprises to efficiently manage regulatory compliance, increase sales and channel readiness, accelerate time-to-competency of people across the extended enterprise, increase speed of customer acquisition, shorten time-to-market of new products and increase visibility into organizational performance.

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General

We commenced operations in April 1997 and, through March 1998, focused substantially all of our efforts on research activities, developing our products and building our business infrastructure. We shipped our first Saba Learning products and began to generate revenues from software license fees, implementation and consulting services fees and support fees in April 1998. We began to operate Saba Exchange in December 1999 and our application service provider (ASP) edition of Saba Learning in September 2000, and first shipped our limited release version of Saba Performance in May 2001. To date, we have not generated significant revenues from Saba Exchange, Saba Learning ASP Edition or Saba Performance.

Sources of Revenues and Revenue Recognition

To date, we have generated revenues primarily from licensing Saba Enterprise Learning Suite, and providing related services, including implementation, consulting, support, hosting and education.

We recognize revenues in accordance with the provisions of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended by SOP 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions.” Under SOP 97-2, as amended, we recognize revenues when all of the following conditions are met:

SOP 97-2, as amended, requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple elements to be allocated to each element based on the relative fair values of the elements. We have analyzed each element in our multiple-element arrangements and determined that we have sufficient vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) to allocate revenues to support, consulting and education services. Accordingly, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met, revenues from perpetual licenses are recognized upon delivery using the residual method in accordance with SOP 98-9. We limit our assessment of VSOE for each element to either the price charged when the same element is sold separately or the price established by management, having the relevant authority to do so, for an element not yet sold separately.

A substantial majority of our licenses entered into from November 30, 1999 to August 31, 2001 included rights to unspecified additional platform versions of our software, extended payment terms and/or services essential to the functionality of the software. For licenses that included rights to unspecified additional platform versions, we recognized license revenues ratably over the period during which we were required to provide the additional platform versions beginning in the month when all other revenue recognition criteria had been met. Revenue from contracts with extended payment terms is recognized at the lesser of amounts due and payable or the amount of the arrangement fee otherwise recognizable. For contracts that involve significant customization and implementation or consulting services that are essential to the functionality of the software, the license and services revenues are recognized over the service delivery period using the percentage-of-completion method. We use labor hours incurred as a percentage of total expected hours as the measure of progress towards completion. A substantial majority of our licenses entered into after August 31, 2001 do not provide for unspecified additional platform versions, extended payment terms or services that are essential to the functionality of the software. Revenues derived from these licenses are recognized on delivery if the other conditions of SOP 97-2 are satisfied. Revenues from our application service provider offering and from our hosting services are generally recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement.

Support revenue is recognized ratably over the support term, typically 12 months, and revenue related to implementation, consulting, education and other services is generally recognized as the services are performed. Although we primarily provide implementation and consulting services on a time and materials basis, a significant portion of these services is provided on a fixed-fee basis.

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Cost of Revenues

Our cost of revenues includes cost of our license revenues and cost of our services revenues. Our cost of license revenues includes the cost of manuals and product documentation, production media, shipping costs and royalties to third parties. Our cost of services revenues includes salaries and related expenses for our professional services organization, as well as third-party hosting costs and billed expenses. Because our cost of services revenues is greater than cost of license revenues, cost of total revenues as a percentage of total revenues may fluctuate based on the mix of licenses and services sold.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses are classified into three general operational categories: research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative. In addition, our operating expenses include amortization of deferred stock compensation and other stock charges, and amortization of purchased intangible assets.

We classify all charges, except stock compensation and other stock charges, to the research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative expense categories based on the nature of the expenses. Each of these three categories includes commonly recurring expenses such as salaries, employee benefits, travel and entertainment costs, and allocated communication, rent and depreciation costs. We allocate these expenses to each of the functional areas that derive a benefit from such expenses based upon their respective headcounts. The sales and marketing category of operating expenses also includes sales commissions and expenses related to public relations and advertising, trade shows and marketing collateral materials. The general and administrative category of operating expenses also includes allowances for doubtful accounts and administrative and professional services fees.

In connection with the granting of stock options to, and restricted stock purchases by, our employees, prior to our initial public offering, we recorded deferred stock compensation totaling approximately $38.4 million. This amount represents the difference between the exercise or purchase price, as applicable, and the deemed fair value of our common stock for financial accounting purposes on the date these stock options were granted or purchase agreements for restricted stock were signed. As of May 31, 2003, deferred stock compensation amounted to $45,000 and will result in additional charges to operations through fiscal 2004.

Our March 2001 acquisition of Human Performance Technologies, Inc. resulted in purchased intangible assets of $4.6 million, and our June 2001 acquisition of Ultris Inc. resulted in goodwill of $7.8 million and purchased intangible assets of $1.3 million. Purchased intangible assets consist of intellectual property, customer base and noncompetition agreements. The intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortization and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of six months to three years. Effective June 1, 2002, we adopted SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” As required by SFAS No. 142, we no longer amortize goodwill, but review it annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise) for impairment. Prior to June 1, 2002, goodwill was being amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of three years.

There was no acquisition activity during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003. Acquired in-process research and development in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2002 represents the write-off of the fair value of acquired research and development work obtained in connection with the acquisition of Ultris Inc. For the acquisition of Ultris Inc., the write-off was necessary because the acquired in-process research and development had not yet reached technological feasibility and the related products under development had not achieved commercial viability.

We allocated the purchase price of Ultris Inc. with the assistance of an independent appraiser. Values were assigned to acquired developed technology, in-process research and development, goodwill and workforce. The fair value of the acquired in-process research and development was determined by estimating the projected net

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cash flows related to the products, including costs to complete the development of the technology and the future revenues to be earned upon commercialization of the products. These cash flows were then discounted back to their net present value. The projected net cash flows from the project were based on management’s estimates of future revenues and operating profits.

History of Losses

We have incurred significant losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception. As of May 31, 2003, we had an accumulated deficit of $172.3 million. We have not achieved profitability and cannot be certain that we will be able to realize sufficient revenues to achieve or, if achieved, sustain profitability. We also expect to incur non-cash expenses relating to stock compensation, amortization of purchased intangible assets and any potential goodwill impairment. We need to generate higher revenues in order to achieve profitability. If we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it.

We had 285 full-time employees as of May 31, 2003. To manage future growth of our operations and personnel, we must continue to invest in scalable operational systems, procedures and controls. We expect any future expansion to continue to challenge our ability to hire, train, manage and retain our employees.

Limited Operating History

We have a limited operating history that makes it difficult to forecast our future operating results. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results should not be relied upon as predictive of future performance. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties encountered by companies at a relatively early stage of development, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets, such as human capital development and management. We may not be successful in addressing these risks and difficulties.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

YEARS ENDED MAY 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001

Revenues

Total revenues were $44.4 million in fiscal 2003, $55.6 million in fiscal 2002 and $55.0 million in fiscal 2001. The decrease in total revenues in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to a decrease in license revenues. The modest increase in total revenues in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to an increase in license revenues. As a percentage of total revenues, revenues from customers outside the United States represented 28% in fiscal 2003, 28% in fiscal 2002 and 29% in fiscal 2001. In fiscal 2003, one customer accounted for 12% of our revenues. In fiscal 2002 and 2001, no customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenues.

License revenues were $16.4 million in fiscal 2003, or 37% of total revenues, $27.3 million in fiscal 2002, or 49% of total revenues, and $24.8 million in fiscal 2001, or 45% of total revenues. The decrease in license revenues in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to a greater amount of deferred license revenues recognized in fiscal 2002 that were attributable to software licenses sold in earlier periods. As a result, revenues from license sales made in fiscal 2003 were essentially flat in comparison to revenues from license sales made in fiscal 2002. The increase in license revenues in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to the fact that fewer software licenses included provisions for future deliverables and, as a result, substantially more license revenues were recognized upon delivery in fiscal 2002 than in fiscal 2001. Therefore, license revenues in fiscal 2002 increased over the prior fiscal year despite a decline in new software agreements.

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Services revenues were $28.0 million in fiscal 2003, or 63% of total revenues, $28.4 million in fiscal 2002, or 51% of total revenues, and $30.1 million in fiscal 2001, or 55% of total revenues. The decrease in services revenue in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to a decrease in consulting revenues due primarily to a reduction in the average project size resulting from product configuration improvements. The decrease in services revenue in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to a decrease in consulting revenues as a result of the decline in new software agreements. The decreases in consulting revenues in both fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 were partially offset by increases in support revenues.

The mix of license and services revenues as a percentage of total revenues has varied significantly due to our relatively early stage of development.

Cost of Revenues

Total cost of revenues decreased to $14.8 million in fiscal 2003, from $16.2 million in fiscal 2002 and $23.5 million in fiscal 2001. The decrease in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to a reduction in consulting personnel in response to a decrease in the consulting component of services revenues and improved labor utilization rates (billable hours as a percent of total hours). The decrease in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to a reduction in services personnel in response to lower services revenue. Cost of services revenues represented 47% of services revenues for fiscal 2003, 51% of services revenues for fiscal 2002 and 78% of services revenues for fiscal 2001. The decrease in the cost of services as a percentage of services revenues in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to increased utilization of our consultants, as well as an increased percentage of higher margin support revenues as a percentage of total services revenues. The decrease in the cost of services as a percentage of services revenues in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to an increased average billing rate of consultants and reduced reliance on lower margin third party sub-contractors.

Cost of revenues includes amortization of acquired developed technology from the acquisitions of Human Performance Technologies, Inc. and Ultris Inc. of $1.4 million in fiscal 2003 and $1.5 million in fiscal 2002. The developed technology of $2.3 million acquired from Human Performance Technologies, Inc. is being amortized over a two-year estimated useful life and the developed technology of $1.2 million acquired from Ultris Inc. is being amortized over a three-year estimated useful life.

Operating Expenses

Research and development. Research and development expenses decreased to $11.8 million in fiscal 2003, from $14.6 million in fiscal 2002 and $19.5 million in fiscal 2001. The decreases in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 and in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 are primarily attributable to reduced personnel costs associated with a decrease in research and development personnel in the U.S. and a decrease in the use of third-party consultants. These decreases were partially offset by increased staffing in our lower-cost development center in India.

Sales and marketing. Sales and marketing expenses decreased to $26.0 million in fiscal 2003, from $30.4 million in fiscal 2002 and $52.0 million in fiscal 2001. The decrease in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to reduced personnel costs associated with a decrease in sales and marketing personnel and related costs. The decrease in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to reduced personnel and related costs associated with a decrease in sales and marketing personnel and a reduction in advertising, public relations and other marketing events.

General and administrative. General and administrative expenses decreased to $6.5 million in fiscal 2003, from $6.9 million in fiscal 2002 and $9.7 million in fiscal 2001. The decrease in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to reduced personnel costs associated with a decrease in general and administrative

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personnel. The decrease in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to reduced personnel costs associated with a decrease in general and administrative personnel, as well as a decrease in bad debt expense.

Amortization of deferred stock compensation and other stock charges. Amortization of deferred stock compensation and other stock charges decreased to $1.9 million in fiscal 2003, from $7.1 million in fiscal 2002 and $15.3 million in fiscal 2001. Included in the charges for fiscal 2003 is $741,000 for compensation expense resulting from the acceleration of vesting of common stock for certain terminated employees. This charge was partially offset by a reduction in amortization of deferred stock compensation of $647,000 that resulted from the cancellation of unvested stock options as a result of employee attrition and reductions in workforce. Also included in fiscal 2003 is compensation expense of $171,000 related to the acceleration of amortization of deferred stock compensation for options that were cancelled in accordance with our voluntary stock option exchange program. The exchange program is not expected to result in any additional compensation charges or variable plan accounting.

Included in amortization of deferred stock compensation and other stock charges in fiscal 2002 is $1.9 million related to the post-acquisition amortization of the deferred stock compensation for the intrinsic value of common stock subject to repurchase assumed in connection with the acquisition of Ultris Inc. The estimated intrinsic value of the 49,616 shares subject to repurchase was approximately $2.8 million. Included in amortization of deferred stock compensation and other stock charges in fiscal 2001 is $1.2 million for the issuance of a warrant to a third-party and $528,000 for stock options granted to non-employees.

Amortization of purchased intangible assets. Amortization of purchased intangible assets was $855,000 in fiscal 2003, $1.2 million in fiscal 2002 and $424,000 in fiscal 2001. The amortization resulted from our March 2001 acquisition of Human Performance Technologies, Inc. and June 2001 acquisition of Ultris Inc. Purchased intangible assets consist of intellectual property, customer base and noncompetition agreements. The intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortization and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of six months to three years.

Amortization of goodwill. Effective June 1, 2002, we adopted SFAS No. 142 and are no longer amortizing goodwill, but will be reviewing it annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise) for impairment. As of May 31, 2003, there had been no impairment of goodwill. During fiscal 2002, amortization of goodwill was $2.5 million. The amortization resulted from our March 2001 acquisition of Human Performance Technologies, Inc. and June 2001 acquisition of Ultris Inc.

Restructuring Charges

During fiscal 2003, fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001, we implemented restructuring programs to reduce expenses to align our operations and cost structure with market conditions. The restructuring programs included worldwide workforce reductions across all functions and consolidation of excess facilities. Workforce reduction charges consist primarily of severance and fringe benefits. The restructuring charges are classified in the statement of operations as follows:

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During fiscal 2003, we recorded workforce reduction charges of $1.2 million and facilities related charges of $676,000. The workforce reduction charges, which resulted from the reduction of 40 employees across all business functions and geographic regions, are expected to be paid by the end of fiscal 2004. The annual cost of these employees was approximately $4.0 million. The facilities related charges relate to non-cancelable lease costs that will be paid over the estimated vacancy period through fiscal 2004.

During fiscal 2002, we recorded workforce reduction charges of $1.8 million and facilities related charges of $1.4 million. The workforce reduction charges, which resulted from the reduction of 147 employees across all business functions and geographic regions, were paid by the end of fiscal 2003. The facilities related charges relate to non-cancelable lease costs that will be paid over the estimated vacancy period through fiscal 2005.

During fiscal 2001, we recorded workforce reduction charges of $1.8 million and facilities related charges of $750,000. The workforce reduction charges, which resulted from the reduction of 60 employees across all business functions and geographic regions, were paid by the end of fiscal 2002. Included in the charges for excess facilities is $300,000 relating to non-cancelable lease costs that will be paid over the estimated vacancy period through fiscal 2005. Also included is a charge of $450,000 for leasehold improvements and office furniture and fixtures that were no longer used in operations.

Our estimated costs to exit these facilities are based on available commercial rates. The actual loss incurred in exiting these facilities could be different from our estimates.

Interest Income and Other, Net

Interest income and other, net consists of interest income, interest expense and other non-operating expenses. Interest income and other, net was $407,000 in fiscal 2003, $39,000 in fiscal 2002 and $2.7 million in fiscal 2001. The increase in fiscal 2003 over fiscal 2002 is primarily attributable to a reduction in interest expense due to payments on prior capital lease obligations. The decrease in fiscal 2002 over fiscal 2001 is primarily attributable to decreases in short-term investments and the decline in short-term interest rates during fiscal 2002.

Provision for Income Taxes

From inception through May 31, 2003, we incurred net losses for federal and state tax purposes. We recorded income tax expense of $175,000 in fiscal 2003 compared to $164,000 in fiscal 2002 and $69,000 in fiscal 2001. The income tax expense consists entirely of foreign income tax expense incurred as a result of local country profits.

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QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth consolidated statement of operations data for each of the eight quarters in the period ended May 31, 2003. This information has been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements that, in the opinion of our management, include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of this information. You should read this information in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We have experienced and expect to continue to experience fluctuations in operating results from quarter to quarter. We incurred net losses in each quarter since inception and expect to continue to incur losses in the foreseeable future. You should not draw any conclusions about our future results from the results of operations for any quarter, as quarterly results are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full fiscal year or any other period.

Our results of operations could vary significantly from quarter to quarter. If revenues fall below our expectations, we will not be able to reduce our spending rapidly in response to the shortfall and operating losses will increase. We anticipate that we will continue to experience long sales cycles. Therefore, the timing of future customer contracts could be difficult to predict, making it difficult to predict revenues between quarters.

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exercised based on actual gains realized by employees, measured by the difference between the price of our common stock on the date of exercise and the exercise price. We receive domestic tax deductions for gains realized by domestic employees on the exercise of non-qualified stock options for which the benefit is recorded as additional paid-in capital when realized. Our taxes and cash flows could vary significantly from quarter to quarter depending on the number of non-qualified stock options exercised by employees in any quarter and, consequently, our results of operations.

Other factors that could affect our quarterly operating results include those described below and under the caption “Factors That May Affect Future Operating Results:”

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Since inception, we have funded our operations primarily through the sale of equity securities, through which we have raised net proceeds of $135.8 million through May 31, 2003, equipment leases and other debt. As of May 31, 2003, we had outstanding equipment lease obligations of $77,000, debt of $1.8 million and $21.2 million of cash, cash equivalent and short-term investments.

Cash used in operating activities was $10.0 million during fiscal 2003, $12.9 million during fiscal 2002 and $43.6 million during fiscal 2001. Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2003 was primarily attributable to a net loss of $17.2 million, which was partially offset by depreciation and amortization of $2.7 million, a decrease in accounts receivable of $2.7 million, and amortization of acquired developed technology of $1.4 million. Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2002 was primarily attributable to a net loss of $25.5 million, which was partially offset by depreciation and amortization of $3.5 million, amortization of deferred stock compensation of $7.0 million, amortization of goodwill of $2.5 million and a charge for acquired in-process research and development of $2.2 million. Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2001 was primarily attributable to a net loss of $62.8 million and an increase in accounts receivable of $9.2 million, which was partially offset by amortization of deferred stock compensation of $13.5 million and an increase in deferred revenue of $5.3 million.

Cash provided by investing activities in fiscal 2003 was primarily attributable to net redemptions and maturities of short-term investments of $9.6 million. Cash provided by investing activities in fiscal 2002 was primarily attributable to net redemptions and maturities of short-term investments of $9.9 million. Cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2001 was primarily attributable to net purchases of short-term investments of $17.6 million.

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Cash provided by financing activities was $8.9 million during fiscal 2003, $1.5 million during fiscal 2002 and $1.8 million during fiscal 2001. Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2003 was primarily attributable to proceeds from the issuance of stock of $9.5 million. Included in this amount are net proceeds of $9.2 million we received from a private placement of common stock at fair market value with funds affiliated with Sequoia Capital, a related party. Michael Moritz, a director on our Board of Directors, is a General Partner of Sequoia Capital. Mr. Moritz disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by these funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in these funds. Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2002 was primarily attributable to proceeds from the issuance of stock under our stock incentive programs of $3.0 million, partially offset by $1.7 million of payments of principal on capital lease obligations. Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2001 was primarily attributable to proceeds from the issuance of stock under our stock incentive programs of $3.0 million, partially offset by $1.3 million for payments of principal on capital lease obligations.

As of May 31, 2003, we did not have any material commitments for capital expenses. Our principal commitments consisted of obligations under operating leases and our credit facility. In August 2002, we entered into a credit facility with a bank that provides for an equipment term loan of up to $1.0 million and a revolving line of credit secured by eligible accounts receivable of up to $6.0 million. In March 2003, we modified the credit facility by adding a term loan of $1.2 million. Borrowings under the credit facility are secured by substantially all of our tangible assets. The revolving line of credit expires in August 2003 and borrowings are at a variable interest rate using the bank’s Prime Rate plus 1%. As of May 31, 2003, there were no amounts outstanding under the line of credit. Under the term loan borrowings must be repaid in 36 equal monthly installments of principal plus interest and outstanding principal bears interest at either a fluctuating rate equal to the bank’s Prime Rate plus 1.25% or a fixed rate equal to the 36-month U.S. Treasury note plus 3.25%. As of May 31, 2003, we had outstanding equipment term loans of $444,000 that carry fixed interest rates ranging from 4.90% to 5.81% with maturities from August 2005 to May 2006. As of May 31, 2003, we also had an outstanding term loan of $1.1 million that carried a variable interest rate with a maturity of March 2006. In August 2003, we renewed our credit facility through August 2004.

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at May 31, 2003 and the effect these obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods. Of the $29.2 million in operating leases, net of sublease income, $880,000 has been included in accrued restructuring charges as of May 31, 2003. Sublease income included in the table below amounted to $255,000 for fiscal 2004, $182,000 for fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2006 and $30,000 for fiscal 2007.

We currently anticipate that our available cash resources and credit facilities, combined with cash flows generated from revenues, will be sufficient to meet our presently anticipated working capital, capital expense and business expansion requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, we may be required, or could choose, to raise additional funds at any time. Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including our future revenues, the timing and extent of spending to support product development efforts and expansion of sales and marketing and general and administrative activities, the success of our existing and new product and service offerings and competing technological and market developments. There can be no assurance that additional funding, if needed, will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements describes the significant accounting policies used in preparation of the consolidated financial statements. While there are a number of accounting policies, methods and estimates affecting our financial statements, areas that are particularly significant include revenue recognition policies, the allowance for doubtful accounts, the assessment of recoverability of goodwill and purchased intangible assets and restructuring costs.

Revenue recognition. Our revenue recognition policies are described at the beginning of Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts receivable are recorded net of allowance for doubtful accounts and totaled $9.3 million as of May 31, 2003.The allowance for doubtful accounts, which totaled $654,000 as of May 31, 2003, is based on our assessment of the collectibility of specific customer accounts and the aging of the accounts receivable. If there is a deterioration of a major customer’s credit worthiness or actual defaults are higher than our historical experience, we may be required to increase the allowance for doubtful accounts. We recorded charges to operations that increased allowance for doubtful accounts by $265,000 in fiscal 2003, $411,000 in fiscal 2002 and $1.2 million in fiscal 2001. Amounts written-off as reductions to the allowance totaled $250,000 in fiscal 2003, $465,000 in fiscal 2002 and $1.0 million in fiscal 2001.

Recoverability of goodwill and purchased intangible assets. Effective June 1, 2002, we adopted SFAS No. 142. As such, we ceased amortization of goodwill as of May 31, 2002. In addition, we evaluated our purchased intangible assets and determined that all such assets have determinable lives. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 142, we amortized goodwill on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of three years and performed impairment analyses under SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of.” Total amortization of goodwill prior to June 1, 2002 was $2.5 million and our remaining goodwill balance at May 31, 2003 was $5.3 million. Amortization of purchased intangible assets was $855,000 in fiscal 2003, $1.2 million in fiscal 2002 and $424,000 in fiscal 2003. Our remaining purchased intangible asset balance was $542,000 as of May 31, 2003.

SFAS No. 142 prescribes a two-phase process for impairment testing of goodwill. The first phase screens for impairment; while the second phase, if necessary, measures the impairment. We consider Saba to be a single reporting unit. Accordingly, all of our goodwill is associated with the entire company. We perform the required impairment analysis of goodwill annually, or on an interim basis if circumstances dictate. Any reduction of enterprise fair value below the amount of stockholders’ equity could require us to write down the value of goodwill to its fair value and record an expense for the impairment loss.

Restructuring costs. During fiscal 2003, fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001 we implemented restructuring programs to reduce expenses to align our operations and cost structure with market conditions. The restructuring charges included worldwide workforce reductions across all functions and consolidation of excess facilities. We have reduced the amount of the facilities restructuring charge by the estimated amount of sublease income. The restructuring charges amounted to $1.9 million in fiscal 2003, $3.2 million in fiscal 2002 and $2.6 million in fiscal 2001. Our remaining accrued restructuring charges included in the balance sheet as of May 31, 2003 was $1.0 million, which is comprised of $129,000 for workforce reduction charges and $880,000 for facilities related charges. The assumptions we have made are based on the current market conditions in the various areas where we have vacant space and necessarily entail a high level of management judgment. These market conditions can fluctuate greatly due to such factors as changes in property occupancy rates and the rental prices charged for

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comparable properties. These changes could materially affect our accrual. If, in future periods, it is determined that we have over accrued for restructuring charges for the consolidation of facilities, the reversal of such over accrual would have a favorable impact on our results of operations in the period this was determined and would be recorded as a credit to restructuring costs. Conversely, if it is determined that our accrual is insufficient, an additional charge would have an unfavorable impact on our results of operations in the period this was determined.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” SFAS No. 143 requires businesses to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity capitalizes a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Over time, the liability is accreted to its present value each period, and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity either settles the obligation for its recorded amount or incurs a gain or loss upon settlement. We will adopt SFAS No. 143 for our fiscal year beginning June 1, 2003 and do not expect it to have a material effect on our financial position and results of operations.

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.” SFAS No. 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies EITF No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).” SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under EITF No. 94-3, a liability for an exit cost as generally defined in EITF No. 94-3 was recognized at the date of an entity’s commitment to an exit plan. SFAS No. 146 also establishes that fair value is the objective for initial measurement of the liability. SFAS No. 146 is effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002 and could result in us recognizing the cost of future restructuring activities, if any, over a period of time as opposed to as a single event.

In December 2002 the FASB issued SFAS No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure” that amends SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” The standard provides for (1) alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair-value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation; (2) requires more prominent disclosure of the effects of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock-based employee compensation on reported income; and (3) amends APB Opinion No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting,” to require disclosure of those effects in interim financial information. SFAS No. 148 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2002, and for financial reports containing condensed financial statements for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2002. We continue to account for employee stock options using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and we apply the disclosure provisions of Statement 123, as amended by Statement 148.

In February 2003, the FASB issued EITF No. 00-21, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.” EITF No. 00-21 requires revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables to be divided into separate units of accounting. If the deliverables in the arrangement meet certain criteria, arrangement consideration should be allocated among the separate units based on their relative fair values. Applicable revenue recognition criteria should be considered separately for each unit. The guidance in EITF No. 00-21 is effective for revenue arrangements entered into in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2003. We do not expect the adoption of EITF No. 00-21 to have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” which amends and clarifies the accounting guidance on derivative instrument and hedging activities that fall within the scope of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and

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Hedging Activities.” SFAS No. 149 is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, with certain exceptions, and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. SFAS No. 149 is to be applied prospectively. We do not expect SFAS No. 149 to have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Factors That May Impact Future Operating Results

We have a limited operating history and are subject to the risks encountered by early-stage companies

We were founded in April 1997 and shipped our first products in April 1998. Because we have a limited operating history, you should consider and evaluate our operating prospects in light of the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by early-stage companies in rapidly evolving markets. For us, these risks include:

These risks and other risks are described in more detail below. Our future growth will depend substantially on our ability to address these and the other risks described in this section. If we do not successfully address these risks, our business would be significantly harmed.

We have a history of losses, expect future losses and cannot assure you that we will achieve profitability

We have incurred significant losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception. We have not achieved profitability and cannot be certain that we will realize sufficient revenues to achieve or sustain profitability. We expect to derive substantially all of our revenues for the foreseeable future from the licensing of Saba Learning and providing related services. Over the longer term, we expect to derive revenues from Saba Exchange, which is based on an evolving and unproven business model, and new products such as Saba Learning ASP Edition and Saba Performance, which is in limited release, and services related to these offerings. In the future, we expect to continue to incur substantial non-cash expenses relating to the amortization of deferred compensation and purchased intangible assets that will contribute to our net losses. As of May 31, 2003, we had $542,000 of purchased intangible assets to be amortized. As a result of all of the foregoing, we expect to incur losses for the foreseeable future and will need to generate significantly higher revenues in order to achieve profitability. If we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it.

Fluctuations of our results could cause our stock price to experience significant fluctuations or declines

Our operating results have varied significantly in the past and will likely fluctuate significantly in the future. We believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our revenues and operating results are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied on as indicators of future performance. Our operating expenses are based on our expectations of future revenues and are relatively fixed in the short-term. During fiscal 2003, fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001 we took actions to reduce our operating expenses and, while we may from time to time reduce operating expenses in response to variability in our revenues, including variabilities caused by downturns in the United States and/or international economies, over the long term we generally expect to increase our operating

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expenses to expand our sales and marketing operations, fund greater levels of research and development, develop new alliances, increase our services and support capabilities and improve our operational and financial systems. If our revenues do not increase along with these expenses, our business would be seriously harmed and net losses in a given quarter would be even larger than expected. It is possible that in some future quarter our operating results may be below the expectations of public market analysts or investors, which could cause the market price of our common stock to fall.

Our quarterly revenues are especially subject to fluctuations because they depend on the sale of a small number of relatively large orders, principally orders for Saba Learning and related services. As a result, our quarterly operating results may fluctuate if we are unable to complete a sufficient number of large orders in any particular quarter. We have not fully developed our business model for Saba Exchange, including the structure and amount of the fees we intend to charge. As this business model evolves, the potential for fluctuations in our quarterly results could increase. Furthermore, our quarterly revenues may be affected significantly by changes in revenue recognition policies and procedures based on changes to, or new, applicable accounting standards and how these standards are interpreted.

Our lengthy sales cycle could cause delays in revenue growth

The period between our initial contact with a potential customer and the purchase of our products and services is often long. A customer’s decision to purchase our products and services requires the commitment to increase performance through human capital development and management, involves a significant allocation of resources, and is influenced by a customer’s budgetary cycles. To successfully sell our products and services, we generally must educate our potential customers regarding the use and benefits of our products and services, which can require significant time and resources. Many of our potential customers are large enterprises that generally take longer to make significant business decisions. Our typical sales cycle has been approximately 6 to 12 months. The delay or failure to complete sales in a particular quarter could reduce our revenues in that quarter. If our sales cycle unexpectedly lengthens in general or for one or more large orders, it would adversely affect the timing of our revenues. If we were to experience a delay on a large order, it could harm our ability to meet our forecasts for a given quarter.

A decline in the price of, or demand for, our main product, Saba Learning or our related services offerings would seriously harm our revenues and operating margins

To date, Saba Learning and related services have accounted for a substantial majority of our revenues. We anticipate that revenues from Saba Learning and related services will continue to constitute a substantial majority of our revenues for the foreseeable future. Consequently, a decline in the price of, or demand for, Saba Learning or failure to achieve broad market acceptance would seriously harm our business.

We are exposed to recent unfavorable economic conditions

We have seen a rapid and increasingly severe downturn in the United States economy since the first quarter of fiscal 2001 (ended August 31, 2000), which has been further stalled by terrorist attacks in September 2001 and the war in Iraq in early 2003. There can be no certainty as to the severity or duration of this downturn. Although we cannot predict the extent and timing, if any, of the impact of economic downturns in the United States on economies in other countries or geographic regions, we are seeing an economic slowdown in certain international markets in which we conduct business. If the economic conditions in the United States continue or worsen or if a global economic slowdown intensifies, the demand for our products and services may be reduced. Not only may these economic slowdowns reduce our customers’ and prospects’ budgets for our products and services, but also they may adversely affect our customers’ ability to pay for our products and services. Accordingly, these economic slowdowns may have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.

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Our performance depends on a new market: human capital development and management

The market for software solutions that automate human capital development and management is relatively new and rapidly evolving. Substantially all of our revenues are attributable to the suite of products and services in this market. If this market fails to develop or develops more slowly than we expect, or if we fail to identify the challenges and risks in this new market or successfully address these risks, our business would be harmed.

Our strategy of establishing Saba Exchange is unproven and may not be successful

We must more fully establish and enhance Saba Exchange, where organizations and learning providers can transact business and collaborate. Our success depends on a significant number of organizations implementing Saba Learning and conducting business with learning providers over the Internet through Saba Exchange. If this business strategy is flawed, or if we are unable to execute it effectively, our revenues may be seriously harmed. We began operating Saba Exchange in December 1999. Accordingly, we have limited experience developing and operating Saba Exchange. To date, only a limited number of learning providers and organizations are connected to Saba Exchange. It is possible that we, together with the organizations and learning providers who comprise this exchange, will not be able to effectively operate this exchange, both in terms of technical performance as well as commercial viability. It is possible that an insufficient number of organizations and/or learning providers will join and remain in Saba Exchange, and that we will be unable to generate significant revenues from Saba Exchange. Unless a critical mass of organizations and learning providers join Saba Exchange, our solutions may not achieve widespread market acceptance and our business would be seriously harmed. To date, we have not generated significant revenues from Saba Exchange.

If we lose key personnel or are unable to attract and retain additional qualified personnel, we may not be able to successfully manage our business and achieve our objectives

We believe our future success will depend upon our ability to retain our key management personnel. These employees are not subject to employment contracts. We may not be successful in attracting, assimilating and retaining our key employees in the future. Our future success and our ability to expand our operations will also depend in large part on our ability to attract and retain additional qualified technical, sales and marketing personnel. Competition for these types of employees is intense due to the limited number of qualified professionals and the high demand for them, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, where our headquarters is located. We have in the past experienced difficulty in recruiting qualified personnel. Failure to attract, assimilate and retain personnel, particularly technical, sales and marketing personnel, would have a material adverse effect on our business and potential growth. Additionally, volatility or a lack of positive performance in our stock price may adversely affect our ability to retain key employees, all of whom have been granted stock options or been sold restricted stock.

Difficulties we may encounter managing our growth could adversely affect our results of operations

We intend to grow our business significantly. To support our growth plans, we may need to expand our existing management, operational, financial and human resources, customer service and management information systems and controls. We may be unable to expand these systems and to manage our planned growth successfully, and this inability would adversely affect our business.

Intense competition in our target market could impair our ability to grow and to achieve profitability

The market for our products and services is intensely competitive, dynamic and subject to rapid technological change. The intensity of the competition and the pace of change are expected to increase in the future. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share, any one of which could seriously harm our business. Competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth

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of the products and services offered. We encounter competition with respect to different aspects of our solution from a variety of sources including:

Because there are relatively low barriers to entry in the electronic commerce market, which comprises a portion of our business model, we expect competition from a variety of established and emerging companies

Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, substantially greater financial, technical, marketing or other resources, or greater name recognition than we do. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Competition could seriously impede our ability to sell additional products and services on terms favorable to us. Our current and potential competitors may develop and market new technologies that render our existing or future products and services obsolete, unmarketable or less competitive. Our current and potential competitors may make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with other learning solution providers, thereby increasing the availability of their services to address the needs of our current and prospective customers. We may not be able to compete successfully against our current and future competitors, and competitive pressures that we encounter may seriously harm our business.

If we are unable to manage the complexity of conducting business globally, our international revenues may suffer

International revenues accounted for 28% of our revenues in fiscal 2003, 28% in fiscal 2002 and 29% in fiscal 2001. We intend to expand our international presence in the future. Conducting business outside of the United States is subject to certain risks, including:

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We might not successfully market, sell or distribute our products and services in foreign markets, and we cannot be certain that one or more of the factors indicated above will not materially adversely affect our future international operations, and consequently, our business and future growth.

We may become subject to government regulation and legal uncertainties that could reduce demand for our products and services or increase the cost of doing business, thereby adversely affecting our financial results

We are not currently subject to direct regulation by any domestic or foreign governmental agency, other than regulations applicable to businesses generally, export control laws and laws or regulations directly applicable to Internet commerce. However, due to the increasing popularity and use of the Internet, it is possible that a number of laws and regulations may become applicable to us or may be adopted in the future with respect to the Internet covering issues such as:

The applicability of existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, copyrights, and other intellectual property issues, encryption, taxation, libel, export or import matters and personal privacy to the Internet is uncertain. The vast majority of these laws were adopted prior to the broad commercial use of the Internet and related technologies. As a result, they do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the Internet and related technologies. Changes to these laws, including some recently proposed changes, could create uncertainty in the Internet marketplace. Such uncertainty could reduce demand for our services or increase the cost of doing business due to increased costs of litigation or increased service delivery costs.

In addition, we could be liable for the misuse of personal information. The Federal Trade Commission, the European Union and certain state and local authorities have been investigating some Internet companies regarding their use of personal information. We could incur additional expenses if new regulations regarding the use of personal information are introduced or if these authorities choose to investigate our privacy practices.

Our market is subject to rapid technological change and, to compete, we must continually enhance our products and services

We must continue to enhance and improve the performance, functionality and reliability of our products and services. The software and electronic commerce industries are characterized by rapid technological change, changes in user requirements and preferences, frequent new product and services introductions embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards and practices that could render our products and services obsolete. In the past, we have discovered that some of our customers desire additional performance and functionality not currently offered by our products. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to both internally develop and license leading technologies to enhance our existing products and services, develop new products and services that address the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of our customers, and respond to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices on a cost-effective and timely basis. In addition, the development of our technology and other proprietary technology involves significant technical and business risks. We may fail to use new technologies effectively or to adapt our proprietary technology and systems to customer requirements or emerging industry standards. If we are unable to adapt to changing market conditions, customer requirements or emerging industry standards, we may not be able to increase our revenues and expand our business.

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Delays in releasing new products or enhanced versions of our existing products could adversely affect our competitive position

As part of our strategy, we expect to regularly release new products and new versions of our existing products. Even if our new products or new versions of our existing products contain the features and functionality our customers want, in the event we are unable to timely introduce these new products or product releases, our competitive position may be harmed. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully complete the development of currently planned or future products or product releases in a timely and efficient manner. Due to the complexity of our products, internal quality assurance testing and customer testing of pre-commercial releases may reveal product performance issues or desirable feature enhancements that could lead us to postpone the release of these products. In addition, the reallocation of resources associated with any postponement would likely cause delays in the development and release of other future products or enhancements to our currently available products. Any delay in releasing future products or enhancements of our products could cause our stock price to decline.

If we release products containing defects, we may need to halt further shipments and our business and reputation would be harmed

Products as complex as ours often contain unknown and undetected errors or performance problems. Many serious defects are frequently found during the period immediately following introduction and initial shipment of new products or enhancements to existing products. Although we attempt to resolve all errors that we believe would be considered serious by our customers before shipment to them, our products are not error-free. These errors or performance problems could result in lost revenues or delays in customer acceptance and would be detrimental to our business and reputation. As is typical in the software industry, with each release we have discovered errors in our products after introduction. We will not be able to detect and correct all errors before releasing our products commercially and these undetected errors could be significant. We cannot assure you that undetected errors or performance problems in our existing or future products will not be discovered in the future or that known errors considered minor by us will not be considered serious by our customers, resulting in a decrease in our revenues.

Claims by third parties that we infringe their intellectual property rights may result in costly litigation

In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patents and other intellectual property rights, particularly in the software and Internet-related industries. On May 31, 2002, IP Learn, LLC (IP Learn) filed a lawsuit against us alleging that we infringed a number of patents assigned to IP Learn, and asking the court for a preliminary and permanent injunction as well as unspecified damages. We believe that IP Learn’s claims are without merit, and we intend to defend against them vigorously. We could become subject to additional intellectual property infringement claims as the number of our competitors grows and our products and services overlap with competitive offerings. Any of these claims, even if not meritorious, could be expensive to defend and could divert management’s attention from operating our company. If we become liable to third parties for infringing their intellectual property rights, we could be required to pay a substantial award of damages and to develop noninfringing technology, obtain a license or cease selling the products that contain the infringing intellectual property. We may be unable to develop noninfringing technology or obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

We may not be able to adequately protect our proprietary technology, and our competitors may be able to offer similar products and services that would harm our competitive position

Our success depends upon our proprietary technology. We rely primarily on copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to establish and protect our proprietary rights. As part of our confidentiality procedures, we enter into non-disclosure agreements with our employees. Despite these precautions, third parties could copy or otherwise obtain and use our technology without authorization, or develop similar technology independently. In addition, we have one patent issued in the United States and seven

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patent applications pending in the United States. We cannot assure you that any patents will be issued for any of the pending patent applications. Even for the issued patent, or any patent issued to us in the future, there can be no assurance that such patent will protect our intellectual property, or will not be challenged by third parties. Furthermore, effective protection of intellectual property rights is unavailable or limited in certain foreign countries. We cannot assure you that the protection of our proprietary rights will be adequate or that our competitors will not independently develop similar technology, duplicate our products and services or design around any patents or other intellectual property rights we hold.

We do not have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan or back-up system, and a disaster could severely damage our operations

We currently do not have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in effect and do not have fully redundant systems for our services at an alternate site. A disaster could severely harm our business because our services could be interrupted for an indeterminate length of time. Our operations depend upon our ability to maintain and protect the computer systems needed for the day-to-day operation of Saba Exchange and Saba Learning ASP Edition. A number of these computer systems are located on or near known earthquake fault zones. Although these systems are designed to be fault tolerant, they are vulnerable to damage from fire, floods, earthquakes, power loss, telecommunications failures and other events. Additionally, we do not carry sufficient business insurance to compensate us for all potential losses that could occur.

We outsource the management and maintenance of our hosted and ASP solutions to third parties and will depend upon them to provide adequate management and maintenance services

We rely on third parties to provide key components of our networks and systems. For instance, we rely on third-party Internet service providers to host Saba Exchange and Saba Enterprise Learning Suite for customers who desire to have these solutions hosted. We also rely on third-party communications service providers for the high-speed connections that link our and our Internet service providers’ Web servers and office systems to the Internet. Any Internet or communications systems failure or interruption could result in disruption of our service or loss or compromise of customer orders and data. These failures, especially if they are prolonged or repeated, would make our services less attractive to customers and tarnish our reputation.

We depend upon continuing our relationship with third-party integrators who support our solutions

Our success depends upon the acceptance and successful integration by customers of our products. We often rely on third-party systems integrators to assist with implementation of our products. We will need to continue to rely on these systems integrators even as we increase the size of our professional services group. If large systems integrators fail to continue to support our solution or commit resources to us, if any of our customers are not able to successfully integrate our solution or if we are unable to adequately train our existing systems integration partners, our business, operating results and financial condition could suffer. In addition, we have only limited control over the level and quality of service provided by our current and future third-party integrators.

We may not be able to secure necessary funding in the future; additional funding may result in dilution to our stockholders

We require substantial working capital to fund our business. We have had significant operating losses and negative cash flow from operations since inception and expect this to continue for the foreseeable future. We expect to use our available cash resources and credit facilities primarily to fund sales and marketing activities, research and development, and continued operations, and possibly make future acquisitions. We believe that our existing capital resources will be sufficient to meet our capital requirements for the next twelve months. However, if our capital requirements increase materially from those currently planned or if revenues fail to materialize, we may require additional financing sooner than anticipated. If additional funds are raised through

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the issuance of equity securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced, stockholders may experience dilution, or such equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the holders of our common stock. Additional financing may not be available when needed on terms favorable to us or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to develop or enhance our products and services, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures.

Our past and future acquisitions may result in disruptions to our business if we fail to adequately integrate acquired businesses

In March 2001, we acquired Human Performance Technologies, Inc. and, in June 2001, we acquired Ultris Inc. As part of our overall business strategy, we expect to continue to acquire complementary businesses or technologies that will provide additional products or services offerings, additional industry expertise or an expanded geographic presence. These acquisitions could result in the use of significant amounts of cash, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, or the incurrence of debt. In addition, any acquisition may increase the risk of future write-offs for acquired in-process research and development, write-offs for the impairment of goodwill or long-lived assets, or amortization of expenses related to intangible assets, any of which could materially adversely affect our business and our operating results. For example, as of May 31, 2003, we had an aggregate of $542,000 of purchased intangible assets to be amortized as a result of the acquisition of Human Performance Technologies, Inc. and Ultris Inc. Although these two acquisitions are fully integrated, future acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:

Our stock price may fluctuate substantially

The market price for our common stock may be affected by a number of factors, including those described above and the following:

In addition, the stock market in general, and the Nasdaq National Market and technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of particular companies. Broad market and industry trends may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class-action litigation has often been initiated against that company. Class-action litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.

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Sales of shares eligible for future sale could cause our stock price to decline

If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants) in the public market, the market price of our common stock could fall. Such sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate.

The anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common stock

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws contain provisions that could make it harder for a third-party to acquire us without the consent of our board of directors. For example, if a potential acquiror were to make a hostile bid for us, the acquiror would not be able to call a special meeting of stockholders to remove our board of directors or act by written consent without a meeting. In addition, our board of directors has staggered terms that make it difficult to remove all directors at once. The acquiror would also be required to provide advance notice of its proposal to remove directors at an annual meeting. The acquiror will not be able to cumulate votes at a meeting, which will require the acquiror to hold more shares to gain representation on the board of directors than if cumulative voting were permitted.

Our board of directors also has the ability to issue preferred stock that would significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquiror. In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law limits business combination transactions with 15% stockholders that have not been approved by the board of directors. These provisions and other similar provisions make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without negotiation. These provisions may apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some stockholders.

Our board of directors could choose not to negotiate with an acquiror that it did not feel was in our strategic interests. If the acquiror was discouraged from offering to acquire us or prevented from successfully completing a hostile acquisition by our anti-takeover measures, you could lose the opportunity to sell your shares at a favorable price.

ITEM 7A:    QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest Rate Risk

Our investments are made in accordance with an investment policy approved by our Board of Directors. All investments are carried at market value, which approximates cost. At May 31, 2003, all of our investments were considered available-for-sale securities and the average maturity of our investment securities was approximately one month. The weighted average interest rate of our portfolio was approximately 1.2% at May 31, 2003. Due to the nature of our cash equivalents and short-term investments, which are primarily money market funds, commercial paper, and U.S. government agency bonds, we believe that there is no material market risk exposure.

The revolving line of credit portion of our credit facility entered into in August 2002 allows us to make draws at a variable interest rate using the bank’s Prime Rate plus 1%. As of May 31, 2003 there were no outstanding borrowings under the line of credit. Therefore, only future borrowings would be affected by changes in market interest rates.

The equipment term loan portion of our credit facility allows us to make draws at either a variable interest rate equal to the bank’s Prime Rate plus 1.25% or a fixed interest rate equal to the 36-month U.S. Treasury note plus 3.25%. As of May 31, 2003, we had outstanding equipment term loans of $444,000 that carry fixed interest rates ranging from 4.9% to 5.81%. Therefore, only future borrowings on the equipment term loan portion of our credit facility would be affected by changes in market interest rates.

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As of May 31, 2003, we also had an outstanding term loan of $1.1 million that carried a variable interest rate based on the bank’s Prime Rate plus 1.25 %. If the bank’s Prime Rate were to change by 10% from its level at May 31, 2003, the impact would not be material to our financial position or results of operations.

Foreign Currency Risk

We provide our products and services to customers in the United States, Europe and elsewhere throughout the world. As a result, our financial results could be affected by risks typical of an international business. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, local regulations and restrictions and political climates, weak economic conditions in foreign markets, differing tax structures and foreign currency rate volatility. Sales are primarily made in U.S. Dollars, and to a lesser but increasing extent, British Pounds and Euros; however, as we continue to expand our operations, more of our contracts may be denominated in Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars and Japanese Yen. A strengthening of the U.S. Dollar could make our products less competitive in foreign markets.

Our exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations also arises in part from the translation of the financial results of foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars in consolidation. As exchange rates vary, these results, when translated, may vary from expectations and adversely impact overall expected profitability.

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ITEM 8:    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

SABA SOFTWARE, INC.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Saba Software, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Saba Software, Inc. as of May 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended May 31, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Saba Software, Inc. at May 31, 2003 and 2002, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended May 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

As discussed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, in 2003 Saba Software, Inc. changed its method of accounting for goodwill and purchased intangible assets.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Palo Alto, California

June 17, 2003

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SABA SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SABA SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)