1138804--12/14/2006--UNICA

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Our quarterly and annual revenue and other operating results can be difficult to predict and can fluctuate substantially, which may result in volatility in the price of our common stock. The long sales cycles for our software products may cause our quarterly revenue to fluctuate significantly, which may result in volatility in the price of our common stock. The delay or cancellation of one or more large transactions may adversely affect our quarterly or annual revenue. If we fail to develop or acquire new software products or enhance existing products, we will not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth. A substantial majority of our perpetual license revenue is derived from our Affinium Campaign software, and a decline in sales of licenses of this software could materially adversely affect our operating results. If we fail to protect our proprietary rights and intellectual property adequately, our business and prospects may be harmed. Competition from EMM, enterprise application and infrastructure software, as well as from internally developed solutions, could adversely affect our ability to sell our software products and related services and could result in pressure to price our products in a manner that reduces our margins. If we do not maintain and strengthen our strategic alliance relationships, our ability to generate revenue and manage expenses could be adversely affected. If we fail to retain our chief executive officer or other key personnel or if we fail to attract additional qualified personnel, we will not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our operating results could be adversely affected. Our international operations expose us to additional business risks, and failure to manage these risks may adversely affect our business and operating results. Our inability to sustain our historical maintenance renewal rates and pricing would adversely affect our operating results. If we fail to manage our expanding operations effectively, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our operating results could be adversely affected. Defects or errors in our software products could harm our reputation, impair our ability to sell our products and result in significant costs to us. We intend to increase the amount of revenue that we derive from term arrangements, which may cause our quarterly revenue and other operating results to fail to meet expectations. Privacy and security concerns, including evolving government regulation in the area of consumer data privacy, could adversely affect our business and operating results. Intellectual property litigation and infringement claims may cause us to incur significant expenses or prevent us from selling our software products. We may enter into acquisitions that may be difficult to integrate, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value or divert management attention. We will continue to incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives. Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock The price of our common stock may be volatile. If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common stock, the price of our common stock could decline. Future sales of our common stock by existing stockholders could cause our stock price to decline. Our directors and executive officers will continue to have substantial control over us and could limit the ability of stockholders to influence the outcome of key transactions, including changes of control.

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