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Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 001-34628

QuinStreet, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

77-0512121

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor

Foster City, California

94404

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

650-578-7700

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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

Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2012: 44,170,857

QUINSTREET, INC.

INDEX


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION			3

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			3

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011			4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.			5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.			6

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			7

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			23

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			35

Item 4. Controls and Procedures			35

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION			37

Item 1. Legal Proceedings			37

Item 1A. Risk Factors			37

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			55

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities			55

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures			55

Item 5. Other Information			55

Item 6. Exhibits			56

SIGNATURES			57

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

QUINSTREET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)


	March 31,			June 30,
	2012			2011
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	77,861		$	132,290
Marketable securities		37,532			34,927
Accounts receivable, net		50,030			48,225
Deferred tax assets		10,249			10,253
Prepaid expenses and other assets		6,041			5,773

Total current assets		181,713			231,468

Property and equipment, net		9,211			8,875
Goodwill		238,133			211,856
Other intangible assets, net		77,606			65,847
Deferred tax assets, noncurrent		5,866			5,866
Other assets, noncurrent		1,049			1,012

Total assets	$	513,578		$	524,924


Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	24,228		$	23,300
Accrued liabilities		28,568			33,238
Deferred revenue		2,565			2,531
Debt		13,169			10,038

Total current liabilities		68,530			69,107

Debt, noncurrent		94,992			96,010
Other liabilities, noncurrent		5,416			4,418

Total liabilities		168,938			169,535


Commitments and contingencies (See Note 8)

Stockholders’ equity
Common stock: $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 44,061,728 and 49,564,877 shares issued, and 44,061,728 and 47,387,425 shares outstanding at March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively		44			50
Additional paid-in capital		224,603			255,689
Treasury stock, at cost (0 and 2,177,452 shares at March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011)		—			(7,779	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		(185	)		51
Retained earnings		120,178			107,378

Total stockholders’ equity		344,640			355,389

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	513,578		$	524,924

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

QUINSTREET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net revenue	$	93,023		$	107,705		$	284,770		$	308,903
Cost of revenue ⁽¹⁾		72,278			78,578			216,422			222,869

Gross profit		20,745			29,127			68,348			86,034
Operating expenses: ⁽¹⁾
Product development		5,069			6,836			16,245			18,320
Sales and marketing		3,394			4,687			11,114			14,097
General and administrative		6,239			5,525			16,303			15,190

Operating income		6,043			12,079			24,686			38,427
Interest income		31			25			105			139
Interest expense		(1,111	)		(1,091	)		(3,309	)		(3,108	)
Other income (expense), net		3			66			(121	)		151

Income before income taxes		4,966			11,079			21,361			35,609
Provision for taxes		(2,093	)		(4,740	)		(8,561	)		(14,841	)

Net income	$	2,873		$	6,339		$	12,800		$	20,768


Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.06		$	0.14		$	0.28		$	0.45

Diluted	$	0.06		$	0.13		$	0.27		$	0.42


Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share:
Basic		44,870			46,792			46,491			45,910
Diluted		45,794			50,593			47,584			48,960
⁽¹⁾Cost of revenue and operating expenses include stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Cost of revenue	$	962		$	1,138		$	3,338		$	3,411
Product development		637			669			1,979			2,084
Sales and marketing		816			918			2,436			3,116
General and administrative		781			782			2,338			2,242

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

QUINSTREET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012			2011
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income	$	12,800		$	20,768
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		22,657			20,252
Provision for sales returns and doubtful accounts receivable		1,557			(143	)
Stock-based compensation		10,091			10,853
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		(146	)		(6,744	)
Other non-cash adjustments, net		1,476			208
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		(656	)		(486	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(259	)		1,896
Other assets, noncurrent		(36	)		133
Accounts payable		942			6,567
Accrued liabilities		(6,826	)		3,403
Deferred revenue		(256	)		947
Other liabilities, noncurrent		1,033			923

Net cash provided by operating activities		42,377			58,577

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Capital expenditures		(2,017	)		(4,430	)
Business acquisitions, net of notes payable and cash acquired		(54,639	)		(91,723	)
Internal software development costs		(1,746	)		(1,322	)
Purchases of marketable securities		(37,807	)		(33,923	)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities		34,163			8,484
Other investing activities		29			—

Net cash used in investing activities		(62,017	)		(122,914	)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Payments for issuance of common stock		—			(106	)
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options		3,526			12,580
Proceeds from bank debt		5,884			24,425
Principal payments on bank debt		(3,875	)		(2,650	)
Payment of bank loan upfront fees		(1,370	)		—
Principal payments on acquisition-related notes payable		(2,190	)		(7,725	)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		146			6,744
Withholding taxes related to restricted stock net share settlement		(346	)		—
Repurchases of common stock		(36,593	)		—

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(34,818	)		33,268

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		29			(17	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(54,429	)		(31,086	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		132,290			155,770

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	77,861		$	124,684


Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest		2,781			2,836
Cash paid for taxes		8,642			13,017
Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities
Notes payable issued in connection with business acquisitions		3,261			3,217
Retirement of treasury stock		44,372			—

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

1. The Company

QuinStreet, Inc. (the “Company”) is an online vertical marketing and media company. The Company was incorporated in California on April 16, 1999 and reincorporated in Delaware on December 31, 2009. The Company provides vertically oriented customer acquisition programs for its clients. The Company also provides hosted solutions for direct selling companies. The corporate headquarters are located in Foster City, California, with offices in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Brazil, India and the United Kingdom.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2012 and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 are unaudited. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Accordingly, these interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the SEC on August 30, 2011. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2011 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures, including notes required by GAAP.

The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and in the opinion of management include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2012, its condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, and its condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or any other future period.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates these estimates, judgments and assumptions, including those related to revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets and income taxes. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results and trends and on various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. These estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and recorded revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences could affect the results of operations reported in future periods.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. There have been no significant changes in the accounting policies subsequent to June 30, 2011, except for the addition of a derivative instrument as described below.

Derivative instrument

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge the interest rate exposure relating to its borrowing under its term loan. The Company does not speculate using derivative instruments. The Company entered into this derivative instrument arrangement solely for the purpose of risk management.

The interest rate swap is recorded in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value based upon quoted market prices. Changes in the fair value of this interest rate swap are recorded in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) because the Company has designated the swap as a cash flow hedge. Gains or losses on the interest rate swap as reported in OCI are classified to interest expense in the period the hedged item affects earnings. If the term loan ceases to exist, any associated amounts reported in other comprehensive income are reclassified to earnings at that time. Any hedge ineffectiveness is recognized immediately in earnings in the current period. Refer to Note 7, Debt, for additional information regarding our credit facility and interest rate swap.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

No client accounted for 10% or more of total revenue for the three or nine months ended March 31, 2012 or for the same period in fiscal year 2011. No client accounted for 10% or more of net accounts receivable as of March 31, 2012 or June 30, 2011.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist principally of cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable, acquisition-related promissory notes, and a term loan. The fair value of the Company’s cash equivalents is determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets for its money market funds; and quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets for its U.S municipal securities and certificates of deposits that mature within 90 days. The recorded values of the Company’s accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their current fair values due to the relatively short-term nature of these accounts. The fair value of acquisition-related promissory notes approximate their recorded amounts as the interest rates on similar financing arrangements available to the Company at March 31, 2012 approximates the interest rates implied when these acquisition-related promissory notes were originally issued and recorded. The Company believes that the fair value of the term loan approximates its recorded amount at March 31, 2012 as the interest rate on the term loan is variable and is based on market interest rates and after consideration of default and credit risk.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the FASB issued an update to the accounting standard for goodwill and intangibles. The revised standard is intended to simplify the goodwill impairment test by providing an option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary. The revised standard is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not anticipate that its adoption of the revised standard on July 1, 2012 will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. Instead, an entity will be required to present either a continuous statement of net income and other comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. This portion of the guidance will be effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2012 and will require financial statement presentation changes only. The new guidance also required entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the statement in which net income is presented and the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented. However, in December 2011, the FASB issued guidance which indefinitely defers the guidance related to the presentation of reclassification adjustments.

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The new guidance amends current fair value measurement and disclosure guidance to include increased transparency around valuation inputs and investment categorization. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company’s adoption of the new guidance in the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 did not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

3. Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders and Net Income per Share

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed by using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding, including potential dilutive shares of common stock assuming the dilutive effect of outstanding stock options and restricted stock units using the treasury stock method.

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share:


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands, except per share data)				(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Basic and Diluted:
Net income	$	2,873	$	6,339	$	12,800	$	20,768


Denominator:
Basic:
Weighted average shares of common stock used in computing basic net income per share		44,870		46,792		46,491		45,910


Diluted:
Weighted average shares of common stock used in computing basic net income per share		44,870		46,792		46,491		45,910
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options		923		3,691		1,080		2,990
Restricted stock units		1		110		13		60

Weighted average shares of common stock used in computing diluted net income per share		45,794		50,593		47,584		48,960


Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.06	$	0.14	$	0.28	$	0.45

Diluted	$	0.06	$	0.13	$	0.27	$	0.42


Securities excluded from weighted average shares used in computing diluted net income per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive: ⁽¹⁾		7,347		1,315		6,566		2,860

⁽¹⁾	These weighted shares relate to anti-dilutive stock options and restricted stock units as calculated using the treasury stock method and could be dilutive in the future.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

4. Fair Value Measurements and Marketable Securities

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received on sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (“exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The FASB has established a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the guidance for fair value measurement are described below:


Level 1 —		Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Pricing inputs are based upon quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. The valuations are based on quoted prices of the underlying security that are readily and regularly available in an active market, and accordingly, a significant degree of judgment is not required. As of March 31, 2012, the Company used Level 1 assumptions for its money market funds.

Level 2 —		Pricing inputs are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. As of March 31, 2012, the Company used Level 2 assumptions for its U.S. municipal securities, certificates of deposits, acquisition-related promissory notes, term loan, and interest rate swap.

Level 3 —		Pricing inputs are generally unobservable for the assets or liabilities and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the investment. The inputs into the determination of fair value require management’s judgment or estimation of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities. The fair values are therefore determined using model-based techniques that include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, and similar techniques. As of March 31, 2012, the Company did not have any Level 3 financial assets or liabilities.

The securities held by the Company as of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011 were categorized as follows in the fair value hierarchy:


	Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2012 Using
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Total
Assets:
U.S. municipal securities	$	—	$	32,798	$	32,798
Certificates of deposit		—		9,069		9,069
Money market funds		21,861		—		21,861

	$	21,861	$	41,867	$	63,728

Liabilities:
Acquisition-related promissory notes	$	—	$	11,652	$	11,652
Term loan		—		96,509		96,509
Revolving credit line		—		—		—
Interest rate swap		—		288		288

	$	—	$	108,449	$	108,449


	Fair Value Measurements as of June 30, 2011 Using
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Total
Assets:
U.S. municipal securities	$	—	$	23,637	$	23,637
Certificates of deposit		—		19,036		19,036
Money market funds		51,654		—		51,654
Interest Rate Swap		—		—		—

	$	51,654	$	42,673	$	94,327

Liabilities:
Acquisition-related promissory notes	$	—	$	10,545	$	10,545
Term loan		—		29,801		29,801
Revolving credit line		—		65,702		65,702
Interest rate swap		—		—		—

	$	—	$	106,048	$	106,048

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

Marketable Securities

All liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase are classified as cash equivalents. Investments with maturities greater than three months at the date of purchase are classified as marketable securities. The Company’s marketable securities have been classified and accounted for as available-for-sale. Management determines the appropriate classification of its investments at the time of purchase and reevaluates the available-for-sale designation as of each balance sheet date. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported as a component of stockholders’ equity.

The following table summarizes unrealized gains and losses related to available-for-sale securities held by the Company as of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011:


	As of March 31, 2012
	Gross		Gross		Gross		Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
U.S. municipal securities	$	32,790	$	8	$	—	$	32,798
Certificates of deposit		9,081		—		12		9,069
Money market funds		21,861		—		—		21,861

	$	63,732	$	8	$	12	$	63,728


	As of June 30, 2011
	Gross		Gross		Gross		Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
U.S. municipal securities	$	23,625	$	12	$	—	$	23,637
Certificates of deposit		19,046		—		10		19,036
Money market funds		51,654		—		—		51,654

	$	94,325	$	12	$	10	$	94,327

The Company did not realize any gains or losses from sales of its securities in the periods presented. As of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011, the Company did not hold securities that had maturity dates greater than one year.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

5. Acquisitions

Acquisitions in Fiscal Year 2012

Acquisition of Ziff Davis Enterprise

On February 3, 2012, the Company acquired certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise from Enterprise Media Group, Inc., a New York-based online media and marketing company in the business-to-business technology market, for $17,526 in cash. The results of the acquired assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise have been included in the consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date.

The Company is currently evaluating the purchase price allocation following the consummation of the transaction.


	Amount
Cash	$	17,526

The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination. The Company allocated the purchase price to tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair value was recorded as goodwill. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase price and the estimated useful lives of the identifiable intangible assets acquired as of the date of the acquisition:


	Estimated Fair Value			Estimated Useful Life
Liabilities assumed	$	(255	)
Customer/publisher/advertiser relationships		4,120		5 years
Content		500		2 years
Website/trade/domain names		4,630		5 years
Registered user database and other		6,320		3 years
Goodwill		2,211		Indefinite

	$	17,526

Acquisition of NarrowCast Group, LLC (“IT Business Edge” or “ITBE”)

On August 25, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding equity interests of ITBE, in exchange for $23,961 in cash. The results of ITBE’s operations have been included in the consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date. The Company acquired ITBE to broaden its media access in the business-to-business market.


	Amount
Cash	$	23,961

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Estimated Fair Value			Estimated Useful Life
Tangible assets acquired	$	3,597
Liabilities assumed		(1,868	)
Customer/publisher/advertiser relationships		3,230		5 years
Content		420		2 years
Website/trade/domain names		2,220		5 years
Registered user database and other		4,220		3 years
Noncompete agreements		100		3 years
Goodwill		12,042		Indefinite

	$	23,961

Other Acquisitions in Fiscal Year 2012

During the nine months ended March 31, 2012, in addition to the acquisition of certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise, and the acquisition of ITBE, the Company also acquired operations from nine other online publishing businesses in exchange for an aggregate of $16,791 in cash, $3,125 in non-interest-bearing, promissory notes payable over a period of two years, secured by the assets acquired in respect to which the notes were issued and $260 in non-interest-bearing, unsecured promissory notes payable over a period of one year. The Company also recorded $4,500 in earn-out payments related to a prior period acquisition as an addition to goodwill. The aggregate purchase price recorded was as follows:


	Amount
Cash	$	9,030
Fair value of debt (net of $123 of imputed interest)		7,761

	$	16,791

The acquisitions were accounted for as purchase business combinations. In each of the acquisitions, the Company allocated the purchase price to identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair value was recorded as goodwill. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase prices of these other acquisitions during the nine months ended March 31, 2012 and the estimated useful lives of the identifiable intangible assets acquired as of the respective dates of these acquisitions:


	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life
Customer/publisher/advertiser relationships	$	199	3 years
Content		3,151	2-3 years
Website/trade/domain names		797	4 years
Acquired technology and other		560	4-5 years
Noncompete agreements		60	1-3 years
Goodwill		12,024	Indefinite

	$	16,791

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

Acquisitions in Fiscal Year 2011

In fiscal year 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Car Insurance.com, Inc., a Florida-based online insurance business, and certain of its affiliated companies, for its capacity to generate online visitors in the financial services market, the website business of Insurance.com, an Ohio-based online insurance business for its capacity to generate online visitors in the financial services market, as well as 13 other online publishing businesses. The Company also recorded $4,500 in earn-out payments related to a prior period acquisition as addition to goodwill.

The total purchase prices recorded were as follows:


	CarInsurance.com		Insurance.com		Other		Total
Cash	$	49,655	$	33,000	$	9,222	$	91,877
Fair value of debt (net of imputed interest)		—		2,483		828		3,311

	$	49,655	$	35,483	$	10,050	$	95,188

The acquisitions were accounted for as purchase business combinations. The Company allocated the purchase price to tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair value was recorded as goodwill. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price and the estimated useful lives of the identifiable intangible assets acquired as of the date of the acquisitions:


											Estimated
	CarInsurance.com			Insurance.com		Other		Total			Useful Life
Tangible assets acquired	$	661		$	1,204	$	—	$	1,865
Liabilities assumed		(807	)		—		—		(807	)
Customer/publisher/advertiser relationships		260			2,120		233		2,613		3-7 years
Content		16,130			4,290		1,274		21,694		3-7 years
Website/trade/domain names		4,350			2,940		541		7,831		4-10 years
Acquired technology		3,000			5,530		—		8,530		2-4 years
Noncompete agreements		40			60		88		188		1-5 years
Goodwill		26,021			19,339		7,914		53,274		Indefinite

	$	49,655		$	35,483	$	10,050	$	95,188

Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations for the Company and other companies that were acquired since the beginning of fiscal year 2011. The pro forma financial information includes the business combination accounting effects resulting from these acquisitions, including amortization charges from acquired intangible assets and the related tax effects as though the acquisitions were effected as of the beginning of fiscal year 2011. The unaudited pro forma financial information as presented below is for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the acquisitions had taken place at the beginning of fiscal year 2011.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Net revenue	$	99,807	$	131,992	$	293,197	$	340,842
Net income		3,326		17,147		12,679		30,611

Basic net income per share	$	0.07	$	0.37	$	0.27	$	0.67
Diluted net income per share	$	0.07	$	0.34	$	0.27	$	0.63

6. Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill

Intangible assets, net balances, excluding goodwill, consisted of the following:


	March 31, 2012							June 30, 2011
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Customer/publisher/advertiser relationships	$	36,818	$	(21,334	)	$	15,484	$	29,269	$	(16,892	)	$	12,377
Content		60,734		(32,112	)		28,622		56,663		(25,142	)		31,521
Website/trade/domain names		31,180		(11,607	)		19,573		23,533		(8,569	)		14,964
Acquired technology and others		31,450		(17,523	)		13,927		20,190		(13,205	)		6,985

	$	160,182	$	(82,576	)	$	77,606	$	129,655	$	(63,808	)	$	65,847

Amortization of intangible assets was $6,821 and $18,768 in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively, and $6,124 and $16,575 in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively.

Future amortization expense for the Company’s acquisition-related intangible assets as of March 31, 2012 was as follows:


Year Ending June 30,	Amortization
2012 (remaining three months)	$	7,103
2013		23,692
2014		18,543
2015		11,523
2016		8,030
Thereafter		8,715

	$	77,606

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the Company’s DMS and DSS segments, discussed in Note 11, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 was as follows:


	DMS		DSS		Total
Balance at June 30, 2011	$	210,625	$	1,231	$	211,856
Additions		26,277		—		26,277

Balance at March 31, 2012	$	236,902	$	1,231	$	238,133

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

In the nine months ended March 31, 2012, the additions to goodwill relate to the Company’s acquisitions as described in Note 5, and primarily reflect the value of the synergies expected to be generated from combining the Company’s technology and know-how with the acquired businesses’ access to online visitors.

7. Debt

Promissory Notes

During the nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company issued promissory notes for the acquisition of businesses in the aggregate amount of $3,385 and $3,217, respectively, net of imputed interest amounts of $123 and $197, respectively. For these notes, interest was imputed such that the notes carry an interest rate commensurate with that available to the Company in the market for similar debt instruments. The Company recorded accretion of promissory notes of $86 and $253 as interest expense for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively, and $133 and $436 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. Certain of the promissory notes are secured by the assets acquired in respect to which the notes were issued.

Credit Facility

On November 4, 2011, the Company replaced its existing $225,000 credit facility with a new $300,000 credit facility. The new facility consists of a $100,000 five-year term loan, with annual principal amortization of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 50%, and a $200,000 five-year revolving credit line.

Borrowings under the credit facility are collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets. Interest is payable at specified margins above either the Eurodollar Margin or the Prime Rate. The interest rate varies dependent upon the ratio of funded debt to adjusted EBITDA and ranges from Eurodollar Margin + 1.625% to 2.375% or Prime + 1.00% for the revolving credit line and from Eurodollar Margin + 2.00% to 2.75% or Prime + 1.00% for the term loan. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income less provision for taxes, depreciation expense, amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, interest and other income (expense), and acquisition costs for business combinations. The interest rate margins for the new facility are 0.50% less than the commensurate margins under the Company’s previous credit facility. The revolving credit line requires an annual facility fee of 0.375% of the revolving credit line capacity.

To reduce the Company’s exposure to rising interest rates under the term loan, on February 24, 2012, the Company entered into an interest rate swap encompassing the principal balances scheduled to be outstanding as of January 1, 2014 and thereafter, such principal amount totaling $85,000 on January 1, 2014 and amortizing to $35,000 on November 4, 2016. The interest rate swap effectively fixes the Eurodollar Margin at 0.97%.

The credit facility expires in November 2016. The credit facility agreement restricts the Company’s ability to raise additional debt financing and pay dividends, and also requires the Company to comply with other nonfinancial covenants. In addition, the Company is required to maintain financial ratios computed as follows:

1. A minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.15:1, calculated as the ratio of: (i) trailing twelve months of adjusted EBITDA to (ii) the sum of capital expenditures, net cash interest expense, cash taxes, cash dividends and trailing twelve months payments of indebtedness. Payment of unsecured indebtedness is excluded to the degree that sufficient unused revolving credit line exists such that the relevant debt payment could be made from the credit facility.

2. A maximum funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of 3:1, calculated as the ratio of: (i) the sum of all obligations owed to lending institutions, the face amount of any letters of credit, indebtedness owed in connection with acquisition-related notes and indebtedness owed in connection with capital lease obligations to (ii) trailing twelve months of adjusted EBITDA.

The Company was in compliance with the covenants of this new credit facility as of March 31, 2012.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

Upfront arrangement fees incurred in connection with the credit facility totaled $1,500 and will be deferred and amortized over the remaining term of the arrangement. As of March 31, 2012, $98,750 was outstanding under the term loan. There was no outstanding balance amount under the revolving credit line.

As of June 30, 2011, $30,188 was outstanding under the term loan under the previous credit facility. As of June 30, 2011, $66,553 was outstanding under the revolving credit line of the previous credit facility. The Company was in compliance with the covenants of its previous credit facility as of June 30, 2011.

Interest Rate Swap

As discussed in the derivative instrument section in Notes 2, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to reduce its exposure to the financial impact of changing interest rates under its term debt. The effective date of the swap is April 9, 2012 with a maturity date of November 4, 2016. At March 31, 2012, the Company had approximately $85,000 of notional amount outstanding in the swap agreement that exchanges a variable interest rate base (Eurodollar margin) for a fixed interest rate of 0.97% over the term of the agreement. This interest rate swap is designated as a cash flow hedge of the interest rate risk attributable to forecasted variable interest payments. The effective portion of the fair value gains or losses on this swap will be included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

Any hedge ineffectiveness will be immediately recognized in earnings in the current period. At March 31, 2012, the fair value of the interest rate swap was ($287) and the effective and ineffective portion of the interest rate swap was $258 and $30, respectively.

Debt Maturities

The maturities of debt as of March 31, 2012 were as follows:


	Promissory			Credit
Year Ending June 30,	Notes			Facility
2012 (remaining three months)	$	1,260		$	1,250
2013		6,759			7,500
2014		3,364			12,500
2015		560			17,500
2016		50			20,000
2017		—			40,000

		11,993			98,750

Less: imputed interest and unamortized discounts		(341	)		(2,241	)

Less: current portion		(7,408	)		(5,761	)


Noncurrent portion of debt	$	4,244		$	90,748

Letters of Credit

The Company has a $350 letter of credit agreement with a financial institution that is used as collateral for fidelity bonds placed with an insurance company and a $500 letter of credit agreement with a financial institution that is used as collateral for the Company’s corporate headquarters’ operating lease. The letters of credit automatically renew annually without amendment unless cancelled by the financial institutions within 30 days of the annual expiration date.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company leases office space and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases with various expiration dates through 2018. Rent expense for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 was $852 and $2,546, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 was $758 and $2,472, respectively. The Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease period and accrues for rent expense incurred but not paid.

Future annual minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases as of March 31, 2012 were as follows:


	Operating
Year Ending June 30,	Leases
2012 (remaining three months)	$	678
2013		3,144
2014		3,251
2015		3,117
2016		3,060
2017 and thereafter		6,335

	$	19,585

In February 2010, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for office space located at 950 Tower Lane, Foster City, California. The term of the lease began on November 1, 2010 and expires on October 31, 2018. The Company has the option to extend the term of the lease twice by one additional year. The monthly base rent was abated for the first year of the lease, is $118 in the current lease year and will be $182 in the third year of the lease term. In the following years the monthly base rent will increase approximately 3% annually.

Guarantor Arrangements

The Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the officer or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has a director and officer insurance policy that limits its exposure and enables the Company to recover a portion of any future amounts paid under certain circumstances and subject to deductibles and exclusions. As a result of its insurance policy coverage, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is not material. Accordingly, the Company had no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011.

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company from time to time enters into standard indemnification provisions in its agreements with its clients. Pursuant to these provisions, the Company may be obligated to indemnify its clients for certain losses suffered or incurred, including losses arising from violations of applicable law by the Company or by its third-party website publishers, losses arising from actions or omissions of the Company or its third party publishers, and for third-party claims that a Company product infringed upon any United States patent, copyright or other intellectual property rights. Where applicable, the Company generally limits its liabilities under such indemnities. With respect to its DSS products, the Company also generally reserves the right to resolve intellectual property infringements claims by providing a non-infringing alternative or by obtaining a license on reasonable terms, and failing that, by terminating its relationship with the client and thus terminating the infringing activity. Subject to these limitations, the term of such indemnity provisions is generally coterminous with the corresponding agreements but in some cases survives for a short period of time after termination of the agreement.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

The potential amount of future payments to defend lawsuits or settle indemnified claims under these indemnification provisions is generally limited and the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnity provisions is not material, and accordingly, the Company had no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011.

Litigation

In September 2010, Lending Tree, LLC (“Lending Tree”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, seeking a judgment that the Company has infringed a patent held by LendingTree, an injunctive order against the alleged infringing activities and an award for damages. If an injunction were to be granted, it could force the Company to stop or alter certain of its business activities, such as its lead generation in certain client verticals. On April 12, 2012, the Court held a claim construction hearing and issued an order construing certain disputed terms of the patent-in-suit. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses against LendingTree’s claims. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will prevail in this matter and any adverse ruling may have a significant impact on its business and operating results. In addition, regardless of the outcome of the matter, the Company may incur significant legal fees defending the action until it is resolved. While the Company intends to vigorously defend its position, neither the outcome of the litigation nor the amount or potential range of exposure, if any, associated with the litigation can be assessed at this time.

On August 12, 2011, the attorney general of Kentucky sent a letter of inquiry to the Company regarding marketing services that the Company provides to for-profit schools. The attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and Tennessee (the “States”) have joined Kentucky in the inquiry. The marketing services at issue relate to the Company’s websites, such as www.gibill.com, www.armystudyguide.com, and others, whose intended audience comprises service members and veterans of the United States military. The attorneys general expressed concerns that the websites could mislead consumers into believing that the websites are affiliated with the government or that the featured schools are the only ones that accept scholastic subsidies (such as through the GI Bill) from service members and veterans and may thus violate the consumer protection laws of the respective States. On August 25, 2011, the Kentucky attorney general initiated a civil investigative demand, requesting information about the Company’s marketing, pricing structure, business relationships, and financial data with respect to the for-profit schools that appear on www.gibill.com and similar websites. Other of the 14 States initiated identical civil investigative demands, too. On April 13, 2012, the attorney general of Kentucky sent the Company an additional letter requesting the Company’s continued cooperation to address aspects of its websites, including through potential commitments or stipulated injunctive relief to future compliance and monetary compensation for the States’ costs of investigations and civil penalties. The Company has responded to and continues to cooperate with the investigation of the attorneys general. Neither the outcome of the investigation nor the amount or potential range of exposure, if any, associated with the investigation can be assessed at this time.

9. Stock Benefit Plans

Stock Incentive Plans

The Company may grant incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonstatutory stock options (“NQSOs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance-based stock awards and other forms of equity compensation, as well as performance cash awards under its 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2010 Incentive Plan”), or NQSOs and restricted stock units to non-employee directors under the 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan (the “Directors’ Plan”). To date, the Company has issued only ISOs, NQSOs and restricted stock units under the plans.

As of March 31, 2012, 4,905,132 shares were reserved and 3,404,749 shares were available for issuance under the 2010 Incentive Plan and 820,000 shares were reserved and 550,000 shares were available for issuance under the Directors’ Plan.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Options are granted with an exercise price equal to the fair value of the common stock at the date of grant. The weighted average Black-Scholes model assumptions and the weighted average grant date fair value of employee stock options for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Expected term (in years)		4.6			4.6			4.6			4.6
Expected volatility		56	%		54	%		55	%		54	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.9	%		2.1	%		1.1	%		1.7	%
Grant date fair value	$	4.54		$	10.48		$	5.31		$	7.81

The fair value of restricted stock units is determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.

Compensation expense is amortized net of estimated forfeitures on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the stock-based compensation awards.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

10. Stockholders’ Equity

Comprehensive Income

The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011:


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net income	$	2,873		$	6,339		$	12,800		$	20,768
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments		(10	)		(6	)		(6	)		(19	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			7			28			(17	)
Interest rate swap fair value change and reclassification, net		(258	)		—			(258	)		—

Comprehensive income	$	2,604		$	6,340		$	12,564		$	20,732

Stock Repurchase Program

On November 3, 2011, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program allowing the Company to repurchase up to $50,000 of its outstanding shares of its common stock. The repurchase program expires in November 2012. Repurchases under this program may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and may be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares that will be repurchased by the Company, and the Company may discontinue repurchases at any time. The amount authorized by the Company’s board of directors excludes broker commissions.

As of March 31, 2012, the Company had repurchased an aggregate of 3,760,319 shares of its common stock under this repurchase program at a weighted average price of $9.71 per share for a total of $36,517 and the remaining amount available for the repurchase of the Company’s common stock was $13,483.

Retirement of Treasury Stock

For the quarter ended, March 31, 2012, the Company retired 5,937,771 shares of treasury stock. These retired shares are now included in the Company’s pool of authorized but unissued shares. The retired treasury stock was initially recorded using the cost method and had a carrying value of approximately $44,372 at March 31, 2012. The Company’s accounting policy upon the formal retirement of treasury stock is to deduct its par value from common stock, reduce additional paid-in capital by the amount recorded in APIC when the stock was originally issued and any remaining excess of cost as a deduction from retained earnings.

11. Segment Information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The Company’s chief executive officer reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by information about operating segments, including net sales and operating income before depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense.

The Company determined its operating segments to be direct marketing services, or “DMS”, which derives revenue from fees earned through the delivery of qualified leads, clicks and, to a lesser extent, impressions, and direct selling services, or “DSS”, which derives revenue from the sale of direct selling services through a hosted solution. The Company’s reportable operating segments consist of DMS and DSS. The accounting policies of the two reportable operating segments are the same as those described in Note 2.

QUINSTREET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on net sales and operating income before depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense.

The Company does not allocate most of its assets, nor its depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, interest income, interest expense or income tax expense by segment. Accordingly, the Company does not report such information.

Summarized information by segment was as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net revenue by segment:
DMS	$	92,644		$	107,344		$	283,628		$	307,878
DSS		379			361			1,142			1,025

Total net revenue		93,023			107,705			284,770			308,903


Segment operating income before depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation expense:
DMS		17,076			22,987			56,761			68,898
DSS		197			231			675			634

Total segment operating income before depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation expense		17,273			23,218			57,436			69,532
Depreciation and amortization		(8,032	)		(7,632	)		(22,657	)		(20,252	)
Stock-based compensation expense		(3,196	)		(3,507	)		(10,091	)		(10,853	)

Total operating income	$	6,045		$	12,079		$	24,688		$	38,427

The following tables set forth net revenue and long-lived assets by geographic area:


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Net revenue:
United States	$	92,796	$	107,390	$	284,211	$	307,883
International		227		315		559		1,020

Total net revenue	$	93,023	$	107,705	$	284,770	$	308,903


	March 31		June 30,
	2012		2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	8,933	$	8,641
International		278		234

Total long-lived assets	$	9,211	$	8,875

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 30, 2011.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions or variations intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified in “Part II —Item 1A. Risk Factors” below, and those discussed in the sections titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the SEC on August 30, 2011. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Management Overview

Quinstreet is a leader in vertical marketing and media online. We have built a strong set of capabilities to engage Internet visitors with targeted media and to connect our marketing clients with their potential customers online. We focus on serving clients in large, information-intensive industry verticals where relevant, targeted media and offerings help visitors make informed choices, find the products that match their needs, and thus become qualified customer prospects for our clients.

We deliver cost-effective marketing results to our clients most typically in the form of a qualified lead or inquiry, or in the form of a qualified click. These leads or clicks can then convert into a customer or sale for clients at a rate that results in an acceptable marketing cost to them. We are typically paid by clients when we deliver qualified leads or clicks as defined by our agreements with such clients. Because we bear the costs of media, our programs must deliver value to our clients and provide for a media yield, or our ability to generate an acceptable margin on our media costs, that provides a sound financial outcome for us. Our general process is:

•

We own or access targeted media;

•

We run advertisements or other forms of marketing messages and programs in that media to create visitor responses or clicks through to client offerings;

•

We match these responses or clicks to client offerings that meet visitor interests or needs, converting visitors into qualified leads or clicks; and

•

We optimize client matches and media yield such that we achieve desired results for clients and a sound financial outcome for us.

Our primary financial objective has been and remains creating revenue growth from sustainable sources, at target levels of profitability. Our primary financial objective is not to maximize profits, but rather to achieve target levels of profitability while investing in various growth initiatives, as we believe we are in the early stages of a large, long-term market.

Our Direct Marketing Services, or DMS, business accounted for 99.6% of our net revenue in both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, and 99.7% of our net revenue in both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011. Our DMS business derives

net revenue from fees earned through the delivery of qualified leads and clicks and, to a lesser extent, display advertisements, or impressions. Through a vertical focus, targeted media presence and our technology platform, we are able to deliver targeted, measurable marketing results to our clients.

Our two largest client verticals within our DMS business are education and financial services. Our education client vertical represented 42% of net revenue in both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, and 45% and 43% of net revenue in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. Our financial services client vertical represented 42% of net revenue in both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, and 45% and 46% of net revenue in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively. Other DMS client verticals, consisting primarily of business-to-business technology, home services and medical, represented 16% and 15% of net revenue in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively, and 10% and 11% of net revenue in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, respectively.

In addition, we derived less than 1% of our net revenue in both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively, and for the same periods last fiscal year, from the provision of a hosted solution and related services for clients in the direct selling industry, also referred to as our Direct Selling Services, or DSS, business.

We generated substantially all of our revenue from sales to clients in the United States.

No client accounted for 10% of our net revenue in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, or for the same period in fiscal year 2011.

Trends Affecting our Business

Client Verticals

To date, we have generated the majority of our revenue from clients in our education and financial services client verticals. We expect that a majority of our revenue in fiscal year 2012 will be generated from clients in these two client verticals.

Our education client vertical has been significantly affected by the adoption in 2010 and 2011 of new regulations affecting for-profit educational institutions. The regulations have affected and are expected to continue to affect our clients’ businesses and marketing practices, including resulting in what we estimate to be an overall decrease in our clients’ external marketing expenditures and a related decrease in our revenues from this client vertical. The affect of these regulations may continue to result in fluctuations in the volume and mix of our business with these clients.

In our financial services client vertical, prices are largely determined by bidding. Over the past three quarters we have seen pricing that we receive from clients stabilize. Our revenue has declined primarily due to volume declines caused by losses of traffic from third-party publishers resulting from acquisitions of media sources by competitors, changes in a search engine’s algorithms which reduced or eliminated traffic from some third-party publishers and increased competition for quality media.

Acquisitions

Acquisitions in Fiscal Year 2012

In February 2012, we acquired certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise from Enterprise Media Group, Inc., a New York-based online media and marketing company in the business-to-business technology market, in exchange for $17.5 million in cash.

In August 2011, we acquired 100% of the outstanding equity interests of NarrowCast Group, LLC, or IT BusinessEdge, a Kentucky-based Internet media company in the business-to-business technology market, in exchange for $24.0 million in cash.

During the nine months ended March 31, 2012, in addition to the acquisition of certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise and the acquisition of IT BusinessEdge, we acquired nine other online publishing businesses.

Acquisitions in Fiscal Year 2011

In November 2010, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Car Insurance.com, Inc., a Florida-based online insurance business, and certain of its affiliated companies, in exchange for $49.7 million in cash, for its capacity to generate online visitors in the

financial services market. In July 2010, we acquired the website business Insurance.com from Insurance.com Group, Inc., an Ohio-based online insurance business, in exchange for $33.0 million in cash and the issuance of a $2.6 million non-interest-bearing, unsecured promissory note, for its capacity to generate online visitors in the financial services market. During fiscal year 2011, in addition to the acquisitions of CarInsurance.com and Insurance.com, we acquired 13 other online publishing businesses.

Our acquisition strategy may result in significant fluctuations in our available working capital from period to period and over the long term. We may use cash, stock or promissory notes to acquire various businesses or technologies, and we cannot accurately predict the timing of those acquisitions or the impact on our cash flows and balance sheet. Large acquisitions or multiple acquisitions within a particular period may significantly affect our financial results for that period. We may utilize debt financing to make acquisitions, which could give rise to higher interest expense and more restrictive operating covenants. We may also utilize our stock as consideration, which could result in substantial dilution.

Development and Acquisition of Targeted Media

One of the primary challenges of our business is finding or creating media that is targeted enough to attract prospects for our clients at costs that work for our business model. In order to continue to grow our business, we must be able to continue to find, develop or retain quality targeted media on a cost-effective basis. Our inability to find, develop or retain high quality targeted media has limited, during some periods, and may continue to limit our growth.

Seasonality

Our results are subject to significant fluctuation as a result of seasonality. In particular, our quarters ending December 31 (our second fiscal quarter) are typically characterized by seasonal weakness. In our second fiscal quarters, there is lower availability of lead supply from some forms of media during the holiday period on a cost effective basis and some of our clients request fewer leads due to holiday staffing. In our quarters ending March 31 (our third fiscal quarter), this trend generally reverses with better lead availability and often new budgets at the beginning of the year for our clients with fiscal years ending December 31.

Basis of Presentation

General

We operate in two segments: DMS and DSS. For further discussion and financial information about our reporting segments, see Note 11 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Net Revenue

DMS. Our DMS business generates revenue from fees earned through the delivery of qualified leads, clicks and, to a lesser extent, display advertisements, or impressions. We deliver targeted and measurable results through a vertical focus that we classify into the following client verticals: financial services, education and “other” (which includes business-to-business technology, home services and medical).

DSS. Our DSS business generated less than 1% of net revenue in each of the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. We expect DSS to continue to represent an immaterial portion of our business.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue consists primarily of media costs, personnel costs, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, depreciation expense and amortization of internal software development costs relating to revenue-producing technologies. Media costs consist primarily of fees paid to website publishers that are directly related to a revenue-generating event and pay-per-click, or PPC, ad purchases from Internet search companies. We pay these Internet search companies and website publishers on a revenue-share, a cost-per-lead, or CPL, cost-per-click, or CPC, and cost-per-thousand-impressions, or CPM basis. Personnel costs include salaries, stock-based compensation expense, bonuses and employee benefit costs. Personnel costs are primarily related to individuals associated with maintaining our servers and websites, our editorial staff, client management, creative team, compliance group and media purchasing analysts. Costs associated with software incurred in the development phase or obtained for internal use are capitalized, and amortized in cost of revenue over the software’s estimated useful life. We anticipate that our cost of revenue will trend with our overall revenue.

Operating Expenses

We classify our operating expenses into three categories: product development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative. Our operating expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and, to a lesser extent, professional services fees, rent and allocated costs. Personnel costs for each category of operating expenses generally include salaries, stock-based compensation expense, bonuses, commissions and employee benefit costs.

Product Development. Product development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and professional services fees associated with the development and maintenance of our technology platforms, development and launching of our websites, product-based quality assurance and testing. We believe that continued investment in technology is critical to attaining our strategic objectives and, as a result, we expect product development expenses to increase in absolute dollars in the future.

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and, to a lesser extent, allocated overhead costs, professional services fees, travel costs, advertising and marketing materials. We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we hire additional personnel in sales and marketing to support our product offerings.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs of our executive, finance, legal, corporate and business development, employee benefits and compliance, technical support and other administrative personnel, as well as accounting and legal professional services fees and other corporate expenses. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars in future periods as we continue to invest in corporate infrastructure and expanding our business internationally, including increased legal and accounting costs, and higher insurance premiums.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Interest and other income (expense), net, consists primarily of interest expense, other income and expense and interest income. Interest expense is related to our credit facility, interest rate swap and promissory notes issued in connection with our acquisitions, and includes imputed interest on non-interest bearing notes. Borrowings under our credit facility and related interest expense could increase as we continue to implement our acquisition strategy. Interest income represents interest earned on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, which may increase or decrease depending on market interest rates and the amounts invested.

Other income (expense), net, includes foreign currency exchange gains and losses and other non-operating items.

Income Tax Expense

We are subject to tax in the United States as well as other tax jurisdictions or countries in which we conduct business. Earnings from our limited non-U.S. activities are subject to local country income tax and may be subject to U.S. income tax.

Critical Accounting Policies, Estimates and Judgments

In presenting our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepting accounting principles, or GAAP, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures.

Some of the estimates and assumptions we are required to make relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. We base these estimates and assumptions on historical experience or on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, we reconsider and evaluate our estimates and assumptions. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates.

We believe that the critical accounting policies listed below involve our more significant judgments, assumptions and estimates and, therefore, could have the greatest potential impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Revenue recognition;

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Stock-based compensation;

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Valuation of goodwill and intangible assets;

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Valuation of long-lived assets; and

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Income taxes.

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies, estimates and judgments disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K subsequent to June 30, 2011, except for the addition of a derivative instrument, which is discussed further below. For further information on our critical and other significant accounting policies and estimates, see Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the SEC on August 30, 2011.

Derivative instrument

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge the interest rate exposure relating to our borrowing under our term loan. We do not speculate using derivative instruments. We entered into this derivative instrument arrangement solely for the purpose of risk management.

The interest rate swap is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value based upon quoted market prices. Changes in the fair value of this interest rate swap are recorded in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) because we designated the swap as a cash flow hedge. Gains or losses on the interest rate swap as reported in OCI are classified to interest expense in the period the hedged item affects earnings. If the term loan ceases to exist, any associated amounts reported in other comprehensive income are reclassified to earnings at that time. Any hedge ineffectiveness is recognized immediately in earnings in the current period.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

See Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our consolidated statement of operations for the periods indicated ($ in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,										Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012					2011					2012					2011

Net revenue	$	93,023		100.0	%	$	107,705		100.0	%	$	284,770		100.0	%	$	308,903		100.0	%
Cost of revenue ⁽¹⁾		72,278		77.7			78,578		73.0			216,422		76.0			222,869		72.1

Gross profit		20,745		22.3			29,127		27.0			68,348		24.0			86,034		27.9
Operating expenses: ⁽¹⁾
Product development		5,069		5.4			6,836		6.3			16,245		5.7			18,320		5.9
Sales and marketing		3,394		3.6			4,687		4.4			11,114		3.9			14,097		4.6
General and administrative		6,239		6.7			5,525		5.1			16,303		5.7			15,190		4.9

Operating income		6,043		6.5			12,079		11.2			24,686		8.7			38,427		12.4
Interest income		31		0.0			25		0.0			105		0.0			139		0.0
Interest expense		(1,111	)	(1.1	)		(1,091	)	(1.0	)		(3,309	)	(1.2	)		(3,108	)	(1.0	)
Other income (expense), net		3		0.0			66		0.1			(121	)	(0.0	)		151		0.0

Income before income taxes		4,966		5.3			11,079		10.3			21,361		7.5			35,609		11.5
Provision for taxes		(2,093	)	(2.2	)		(4,740	)	(4.4	)		(8,561	)	(3.0	)		(14,841	)	(4.8	)

Net income	$	2,873		3.1	%	$	6,339		5.9	%	$	12,800		4.5	%	$	20,768		6.7	%

⁽¹⁾ Cost of revenue and operating expenses include stock-based compensation expense as follows:

Cost of revenue	$	962		1.0	%	$	1,138		1.1	%	$	3,338		1.2	%	$	3,411		1.1	%
Product development		637		0.7			669		0.6			1,979		0.7			2,084		0.7
Sales and marketing		816		0.9			918		0.9			2,436		0.9			3,116		1.0
General and administrative		781		0.8			782		0.7			2,338		0.8			2,242		0.7

Net Revenue


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,				Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	2012		2011		2012		2011		Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	(in thousands)

Net revenue	$	93,023	$	107,705	$	284,770	$	308,903		(14	%)		(8	%)
Cost of revenue		72,278		78,578		216,422		222,869		(8	%)		(3	%)

Gross profit	$	20,745	$	29,127	$	68,348	$	86,034		(29	%)		(21	%)

Net revenue decreased $14.7 million, or 14%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to a decrease from our education and financial services client verticals, which was partially offset by growth in our other client verticals. Our education client vertical decreased $9.1 million, or 19%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to lower lead volumes as a result of new regulations affecting for-profit educational institutions. Our financial services client vertical decreased $9.9 million, or 20%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to lower click volumes as a result of losses of publisher media. Our other client verticals increased $4.3 million, or 39%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to the acquisition of IT BusinessEdge and certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise in the business-to-business technology client vertical and, to a lesser extent, higher lead volumes in the home services client vertical.

Net revenue decreased $24.1 million, or 8%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to a decrease from our education and financial services client verticals, which was partially

offset by growth in our other client verticals. Our education client vertical decreased $13.9 million, or 10%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011, as lower lead volumes as a result of new regulations affecting for-profit educational institutions were partially offset by higher prices. Our financial services client vertical decreased $21.7 million, or 15%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011, as lower click volumes as a result of losses of publisher media and lower prices were partially offset by increases in lead volumes. Our other client verticals increased $11.5 million, or 35%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to the acquisition of IT BusinessEdge and certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise in the business-to-business technology client vertical and, to a lesser extent, higher lead volumes in the home services client vertical.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue decreased $6.3 million, or 8%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to decreased media costs of $6.6 million driven by lower overall lead and click volumes, decreased personnel costs of $0.7 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount, which were partially offset by increased professional service fees of $0.6 million, and increased amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets of $0.7 million resulting from acquisitions during the past twelve months. Gross margin, which is the difference between net revenue and cost of revenue as a percentage of net revenue was 22% in the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to 27% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to a lower mix of traffic from owned and operated media, lower margins from publisher arrangements and higher amortization expenses, which were partially offset by the above-mentioned decreased personnel costs.

Cost of revenue decreased $6.4 million, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to decreased media costs of $7.1 million due to lower click volumes and decreased personnel costs of $2.5 million, which were partially offset by increased amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets of $2.6 million resulting from acquisitions during the past twelve months and a one-time offline marketing event of $0.9 million related to an acquisition. The decreased personnel costs were attributable to a reduction in average headcount and decreased performance bonus expenses associated with the lower achievement of specified financial metrics. Gross margin, which is the difference between net revenue and cost of revenue as a percentage of net revenue was 24% in the nine months ended March 31, 2012 compared to 28% in the nine months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to a lower mix of traffic from owned and operated media, lower margins from publisher arrangements and higher amortization expenses, which were partially offset by the above-mentioned decreased personnel costs.

Operating Expenses


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,				Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	2012		2011		2012		2011		Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	(in thousands)

Product development	$	5,069	$	6,836	$	16,245	$	18,320		(26	%)		(11	%)
Sales and marketing		3,394		4,687		11,114		14,097		(28	%)		(21	%)
General and administrative		6,239		5,525		16,303		15,190		13	%		7	%

Operating expenses	$	14,702	$	17,048	$	43,662	$	47,607		(14	%)		(8	%)

Product Development Expenses

Product development expenses decreased $1.8 million, or 26%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to decreased personnel costs of $1.1 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount and increased capitalized software expenses of $0.2 million.

Product development expenses decreased $2.1 million, or 11%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to decreased personnel costs of $0.9 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount, increased capitalized software expenses of $0.4 million and decreased professional services of $0.4 million.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Sales and marketing expenses decreased $1.3 million, or 28%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to decreased personnel costs of $1.1 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount.

Sales and marketing expenses decreased $3.0 million, or 21%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to decreased personnel costs of $1.9 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount and decreased stock-based compensation expense of $0.7 million.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased $0.7 million, or 13%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to increased bad debt expense of $1.4 million resulting from the insolvency of an advertising agency of record of one of our clients, partially offset by decreased personnel costs of $0.5 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount.

General and administrative expenses increased $1.1 million, or 7%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily due to increased bad debt expense of $1.4 million resulting from the insolvency of an advertising agency of record of one of our clients, partially offset by decreased personnel costs of $0.2 million resulting from a reduction in average headcount.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,						Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	2012			2011			2012			2011			Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	(in thousands)

Interest income	$	31		$	25		$	105		$	139			24	%		(24	%)
Interest expense		(1,111	)		(1,091	)		(3,309	)		(3,108	)		2	%		6	%
Other income (expense), net		3			66			(121	)		151			(95	%)		(180	%)

Interest and other income (expense), net	$	(1,077	)	$	(1,000	)	$	(3,325	)	$	(2,818	)		8	%		18	%

Interest and other income (expense), net remained approximately the same for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Interest and other income (expense), net increased $0.5 million, or 18%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to increased interest expense of $0.2 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2012 and $0.2 million attributable to proceeds from a settlement of a legal matter in the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

Provision for Taxes


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,						Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	2012			2011			2012			2011			Three Months % Change			Nine Months % Change
	(in thousands)

Provision for taxes	$	2,093		$	4,740		$	8,561		$	14,841			(56	%)		(42	%)
Effective tax rate		42	%		43	%		40	%		42	%		(1	%)		(4	%)

The decrease in our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2011, was primarily due to a reduction in California state income tax rates as a result of law changes in the state’s apportionment factor.

The decrease in our effective tax rate for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2011, was primarily due to a reduction in California state income tax rates as a result of law changes in the state’s apportionment factor and lower non-deductible stock-based compensation expense in the nine months ended March 31, 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity as of March 31, 2012, consisted of cash and cash equivalents of $77.9 million, short-term marketable securities of $37.5 million, cash we expect to generate from operations, and our $200.0 million revolving credit facility, which is committed until November 2016, all of which is available to be drawn. Our cash and cash equivalents are maintained in highly liquid investments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase. We believe our cash equivalents are liquid and accessible.

In November 2011, we replaced our existing $225.0 million credit facility with a new credit facility that expanded our overall borrowing capacity by $75.0 million to $300.0 million, consisting of a $100.0 million term loan and a $200.0 million revolving credit facility. Additionally, in November 2011, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program allowing us to repurchase up to $50.0 million, excluding broker commissions, of our outstanding shares of common stock. The repurchase program expires in November 2012. Repurchases under this program may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and may be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares that will be repurchased by us and we may discontinue repurchases at any time. Through March 31, 2012, we have repurchased an aggregate of 3.8 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate of $36.5 million. As of March 31, 2012, the remaining amount available for the repurchase of our common stock under this program was $13.5 million. We expect to use the remaining amount available under the repurchase program for repurchases in the three months ended June 30, 2012.

Additionally, on February 3, 2012, we acquired certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise from Enterprise Media Group, Inc., a New York-based online media and marketing company in the business-to-business technology market, for $17.5 million in cash.

Our short-term and long-term liquidity requirements primarily arise from our working capital requirements, acquisitions from time to time and any share repurchases we may choose to make under our share repurchase program. Our primary operating cash requirements include the payment of media costs, personnel costs, costs of information technology systems and office facilities. Our ability to fund these requirements will depend on our future cash flows, which are determined by future operating performance and are, therefore, subject to prevailing global macroeconomic conditions and financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, and also our ability to access our credit facility.

We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities, cash generated from operations and our available borrowings under the credit facility will be sufficient to satisfy our currently anticipated cash requirements through at least the next 12 months.

Our ability to service any indebtedness we have incurred or may incur, including under our current credit facility, will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. In addition, even though we may not need additional funds, we may still elect to obtain additional debt or equity securities or draw down on or increase our borrowing capacity under our current credit facility for other reasons.

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:


	Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
	(in thousands)

Cash flows provided by operating activities	$	42,377		$	58,577
Cash flows used in investing activities		(62,017	)		(122,914	)
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities, including stock repurchase		(34,818	)		33,268

Operating Activities

Our net cash provided by operating activities is primarily the result of our net income adjusted for non-cash expenses such as depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense and changes in working capital components, and is influenced by the timing of cash collections from our clients and cash payments for purchases of media and other expenses.

Net cash flows provided by operating activities was $42.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 as compared to $58.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

Net cash flow provided by operating activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 consisted of non-cash charges of $35.6 million and net income of $12.8 million, partially offset by contributions to working capital of $6.1 million. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization of $22.7 million and stock-based compensation expense net of tax benefits of $9.9 million. The contribution to working capital accounts was primarily due to a net decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $5.9 million, a decrease in accounts receivable of $0.7 million, and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.3 million, . The decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets, accounts receivable, as well as the net decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, is primarily due to timing of payments.

Net cash flow provided by operating activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 consisted of net income of $20.8 million, non-cash charges of $24.4 million and contributions from working capital of $13.4 million. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization of $20.3 million and stock-based compensation expense net of tax benefits of $10.9 million, partially offset by stock-based compensation expense net of tax benefits of $6.7 million. The contribution from working capital accounts was primarily due to a net increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $10.0 million and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $2.0 million. The net increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities is due to timing of payments and increased cost of sales associated with increased revenue. The decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets is primarily due to timing of payments.

Investing Activities

Our investing activities include acquisitions of media websites and businesses, capital expenditures and capitalized internal development costs.

Net cash flows used in investing activities was $62.0 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 as compared to net cash flows used in investing activities of $122.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

Cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended March 31, 2012 was primarily due to our acquisition of ITBE for a cash payment of $24.0 million, acquisition of certain assets of Ziff Davis Enterprise of $17.5 million and the purchases of the operations of nine other online publishing businesses for an aggregate of $9.0 million in cash payments, as well as net investments in marketable securities of $3.6 million. Capital expenditures and internal software development costs totaled $3.8 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2012.

Cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was primarily due to our acquisition of CarInsurance.com for an initial cash payment of $49.7 million and Insurance.com for an initial cash payment of $33.0 million. Cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was also impacted by purchases of the operations of 12 other

online publishing businesses for an aggregate of $9.1 million in cash payments, which included $4.5 million of contingent consideration related to a prior period acquisition, as well as net investments in marketable securities of $25.4 million. Capital expenditures and internal software development costs totaled $5.8 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

Financing Activities

Net cash flows used in financing activities was $34.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 as compared to net cash flows provided by financing activities of $33.3 million for the nine months ended march 31, 2011.

Cash used in financing activities in the nine months ended March 31, 2012 was primarily due to repurchases of our common stock of $36.6 million and principal payments on acquisition-related notes payable and our term loan and related fees of $7.4 million, partially offset by proceeds from bank debt of $5.9 million and exercise of stock options of $3.5 million.

Cash provided by financing activities in the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was primarily due to net proceeds from the draw-down of our revolving credit line of $24.4 million, proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $12.6 million and excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation of $6.7 million, partially offset by $10.4 million in principal payments on acquisition-related notes payable and our term loan.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During the periods presented, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations relate primarily to borrowings under our credit facility, acquisition-related notes payable, operating leases and purchase obligations. Aside from the replacement of our credit facility in November 2011, as discussed further below, there have been no significant changes to our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011.

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations for the periods indicated:


Year Ending June 30,	Promissory Notes		Credit Facility		Operating Leases		Total
2012 (remaining three months)	$	1,260	$	1,250	$	678	$	3,188
2013		6,759		7,500		3,144		17,403
2014		3,364		12,500		3,251		19,115
2015		560		17,500		3,117		21,177
2016		50		20,000		3,060		23,110
2017 and thereafter		—		40,000		6,335		46,335

Total	$	11,993	$	98,750	$	19,585	$	130,328

Credit Facility

On November 4, 2011, we replaced our existing $225.0 million credit facility with a new $300.0 million credit facility. The new facility consists of a $100.0 million five-year term loan, with annual principal amortization of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 50%, and a $200.0 million five-year revolving credit line.

Borrowings under the credit facility are collateralized by substantially all of our assets. Interest is payable at specified margins above either the Eurodollar Margin or the Prime Rate. The interest rate varies dependent upon the ratio of funded debt to adjusted EBITDA and ranges from Eurodollar Margin + 1.625% to 2.375% or Prime + 1.00% for the revolving credit line and from Eurodollar

Margin + 2.00% to 2.75% or Prime + 1.00% for the term loan. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income less provision for taxes, depreciation expense, amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, interest and other income (expense), and acquisition costs for business combinations. The interest rate margins for the new facility are 0.50% less than the commensurate margins under our previous credit facility. The revolving credit line requires a facility fee of 0.375% of the revolving credit line capacity.

To reduce our exposure to rising interest rates under the term loan, on February 24, 2012, we entered into an interest rate swap encompassing the principal balances scheduled to be outstanding as of January 1, 2014 and thereafter, such principal amount totaling $85.0 million on January 1, 2014 and amortizing to $35.0 million on November 4, 2016. The interest rate swap effectively fixes the Eurodollar Margin at 0.97%.

The credit facility expires in November 2016. The credit facility restricts our ability to raise additional debt financing and pay dividends, and also requires us to comply with other nonfinancial covenants. In addition, we are required to maintain financial ratios computed as follows:

1. A minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.15:1, calculated as the ratio of (i) trailing twelve months of adjusted EBITDA to (ii) the sum of capital expenditures, net cash interest expense, cash taxes, cash dividends and trailing twelve months payments of indebtedness. Payment of unsecured indebtedness is excluded to the degree that sufficient unused revolving credit line capacity exists such that the relevant debt payment could be made from the credit facility.

2. A maximum funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of 3:1, calculated as the ratio of (i) the sum of all obligations owed to lending institutions, the face amount of any letters of credit, indebtedness owed in connection with acquisition-related notes and indebtedness owed in connection with capital lease obligations to (ii) trailing twelve months of adjusted EBITDA.

We were in compliance with the covenants of our new credit facility as of March 31, 2012. We were in compliance with the covenants of our previous credit facility as of June 30, 2011.

Interest Rate Swap

As discussed above, we entered into an interest rate swap to reduce our exposure to the financial impact of changing interest rates under our term loan. The effective date of the swap is April 9, 2012 with a maturity date of November 4, 2016. At March 31, 2012, we had approximately $85.0 million of notional amount outstanding in the swap agreement that exchanges a variable interest rate base (Eurodollar margin) for a fixed interest rate of 0.97% over the term of the agreement. This interest rate swap is designated as a cash flow hedge of the interest rate risk attributable to forecasted variable interest payments. The effective portion of the fair value gains or losses on this swap will be included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

At March 31, 2012, our interest rate swap qualifies as a cash flow hedge. For this qualifying hedge, the effective portion of the change in fair value will be recognized through earnings when the underlying transaction being hedged affects earnings, thereby allowing the swap’s gains and losses to offset interest expense from the term loan on the income statement. Any hedge ineffectiveness is recognized in earnings in the current period.

Headquarter Lease

As the previous lease for our corporate headquarters located at 1051 Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, California expired in October 2010, we entered into a new lease agreement in February 2010 for approximately 63,998 square feet of office space located at 950 Tower Lane, Foster City, California. The term of the lease began on November 1, 2010 and expires on October 31, 2018. The monthly base rent was abated for the first 12 calendar months under the lease. Thereafter the base rent is $118,000 through the 24th calendar month of the term of the lease, after which the monthly base rent will increase to $182,000 for the subsequent 12 months. In the following years the monthly base rent will increase approximately 3% after each 12-month anniversary during the term of the lease, including any extensions under our options to extend.

We have two options to extend the term of the lease for one additional year for each option following the expiration date of the lease or renewal term, as applicable.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks include primarily interest rate and risks foreign currency exchange.

Interest Rate Risk

We invest our cash equivalents and short-term investments primarily in money market funds, US government securities and short-term deposits with original maturities of less than three months. Unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments are held for working capital purposes and acquisition financing. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes. We believe that we do not have material exposure to changes in the fair value as a result of changes in interest rates due to the short-term nature of our investments. Declines in interest rates may reduce future investment income. However, a hypothetical decline of 1% in the interest rate on our investments would not have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

As of March 31, 2012, our credit facility had a borrowing capacity of $300.0 million with $98.8 million in term loans outstanding and we did not have any amounts outstanding on our revolving line of credit. Interest on borrowings under the credit facility is payable quarterly at specified margins above either Eurodollar Margin or the Prime Rate. Our exposure to interest rate risk under the credit facility will depend on the extent to which we utilize such facility. To reduce our exposure to rising interest rates under the term loan, on February 24, 2012, we entered into an interest rate swap encompassing the principal balances scheduled to be outstanding as of January 1, 2014 and thereafter, such principal amount totaling $85.0 million on January 1, 2014 and amortizing to $35.0 million on November 4, 2015. The interest rate swap effectively fixes the Eurodollar Margin at a fixed rate of 0.97%. A hypothetical increase of 1% from prevailing interest rates as of March 31, 2012 favorably increases interest income by $0.3 million.

In addition to the $85.0 million of term loan outstanding as of March 31, 2012, and encompassed by the interest rate swap, the Company also had variable rate debt outstanding of $13.8 million. A hypothetical increase of 1% in the Eurodollar Margin or Prime Rate-based interest rate on our credit facility would result in an increase in our interest expense of $0.1 million per year, assuming constant borrowing levels.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

To date, our international client agreements have been predominately denominated in U.S. dollars, and accordingly, we have limited exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations related to client agreements, and do not currently engage in foreign currency hedging transactions. As the local accounts for some of our foreign operations are maintained in the local currency of the respective country, we are subject to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations associated with the remeasurement to U.S. dollars. A hypothetical change of 10% in foreign currency exchange rates would not have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2012. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2012, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we may become involved in other legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of our business.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If any of such risks actually occur, our business, operating results or financial condition could be adversely affected. In those cases, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We operate in an immature industry and have a relatively new business model, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects.

We derive nearly all of our revenue from the sale of online marketing and media services, which is an immature industry that has undergone rapid and dramatic changes in its short history. The industry in which we operate is characterized by rapidly-changing Internet media, evolving industry standards, and changing user and client demands. Our business model is also evolving and is distinct from many other companies in our industry, and it may not be successful. As a result of these factors, the future revenue and income potential of our business is uncertain and we may not be able to return to our previous growth rates. Any evaluation of our business and our prospects must be considered in light of these factors and the risks and uncertainties often encountered by companies in an immature industry with an evolving business model such as ours. Some of these risks and uncertainties relate to our ability to:

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maintain and expand client relationships;

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sustain and increase the number of visitors to our websites;

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sustain and grow relationships with third-party website publishers and other sources of web visitors;

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manage our expanding operations and implement and improve our operational, financial and management controls;

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overcome challenges presented by adverse global economic conditions as they impact spending in our client verticals;

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raise capital at attractive costs, or at all;

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acquire and integrate websites and other businesses;

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successfully expand our footprint in our existing client verticals and enter new client verticals;

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respond effectively to competition and potential negative effects of competition on profit margins;

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attract and retain qualified management, employees and independent service providers;

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successfully introduce new processes and technologies and upgrade our existing technologies and services;

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protect our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights; and

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respond to government regulations relating to the Internet, marketing in our client verticals, personal data protection, email, software technologies and other aspects of our business.

If we are unable to address these risks, our business, results of operations and prospects could suffer.

We are dependent on two market verticals for a majority of our revenue. Negative changes in the economic condition, market dynamics or regulatory environment in these verticals has caused and may continue to cause our revenue to decline and our business and growth to suffer.

To date, we have generated a majority of our revenue from clients in our education and financial services client verticals. We expect that a majority of our revenue in the near term will continue to be generated from clients in our education and financial services client verticals. Changes in the market conditions or the regulatory environment in these two highly-regulated client verticals has negatively impacted and may continue to negatively impact our clients’ businesses, marketing practices and budgets and, therefore, adversely affect our financial results.

There is significant activity and uncertainty in the regulatory and legislative environment in the for-profit education sector. These regulatory or legislative changes have negatively affected and could continue to negatively affect our clients’ businesses, marketing practices and budgets and could impact demand, pricing or form of our services, any or all of which could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.

We generate nearly half of our revenue from our education client vertical and nearly all of that revenue is generated from for-profit educational institutions. There is intense governmental interest in and scrutiny of the for-profit education industry and a high degree of focus on marketing practices in the industry. The Department of Education has promulgated regulations that have adversely impacted and could continue to adversely impact us and our education clients. The intense focus on the for-profit education industry could result in further regulatory or legislative action. We cannot predict whether this will happen or what the impact could be on our financial results.

The Higher Education Act, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, provides that to be eligible to participate in Federal student financial aid programs, an educational institution must enter into a program participation agreement with the Secretary of the Department of Education. The agreement includes a number of conditions with which an institution must comply to be granted initial and continuing eligibility to participate. Among those conditions is a prohibition on institutions providing to any individual or entity engaged in recruiting or admission activities any commission, bonus, or other incentive payment based directly or indirectly on success in securing enrollments. The Department of Education issued final regulations on incentive compensation and other matters which became effective July 1, 2011. The Department’s regulations repeal all safe harbors regarding incentive compensation which existed under the prior regulations, including the safe harbor for Internet-based recruiting and admissions activities. The elimination of the safe harbors has created uncertainty for us and our education clients and impacts the way in which we are paid by our clients and, accordingly, has reduced the amount of revenue we generate from the education client vertical. Moreover, given the regulatory uncertainty affecting our education client base, we believe that overall external market spending by such companies has declined in recent periods, and there can be no assurance as to when or if such spending will return to prior levels.

In addition, the same regulations impose strict liability on educational institutions for misrepresentations made by entities, like us, who contract with the institutions to provide marketing services. As a result, some of our clients have demanded and we have agreed in some cases to increased assumptions of risk in our contracts as well as indemnification for actions by us and our third-party publishers. As a result of this increased contractual exposure with some clients, we could become subject to costly litigation and be required to pay substantial damages or indemnification claims. We could also experience damage to our reputation for our violation of any applicable regulation and the unauthorized or unlawful acts of third-party website publishers.

Other regulations could also negatively impact our for-profit education clients. For example, the regulations on “gainful employment” that will restrict or eliminate federal financial aid to students in programs where certain debt-to-income ratios and loan default rates are not satisfied could result in the elimination or reduction in some of our clients’ programs. This regulation is expected to take effect on July 1, 2012. Over the past year, enrollments have dropped significantly at some of our clients, caused in part by

changes being made in anticipation of the implementation of this regulation. In addition, some of our large for-profit education clients have indicated that in coming years they may violate the “90/10 rule,” whereby for-profit institutions must receive at least 10 percent of their revenue from sources other than federal student financial aid. If a for-profit institution fails to comply with the rule for two consecutive fiscal years, it may lose its eligibility to receive student-aid funds for at least two years. These and other regulations or a failure of our clients to comply with such regulations, could adversely affect our clients’ businesses and, as a result, affect or materially reduce the amount of revenue we generate from those clients.

Moreover, some of our education clients have had and may in the future have issues regarding their academic accreditation, which could adversely affect their ability to offer certain degree programs. If any of our significant education clients lose their accreditation, they are likely to reduce and may even eliminate their external marketing spending, which could adversely affect our financial results.

Any of the aforementioned regulatory or legislative risks could cause some or all of our education clients to significantly shrink or even to cease doing business, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial results.

We depend on third-party website publishers for a significant portion of our visitors, and any decline in the supply of media available through these websites or increase in the price of this media could cause our revenue to decline or our cost to reach visitors to increase.

A significant portion of our revenue is attributable to visitors originating from arrangements that we have with third-party publishers. In many instances, website publishers can change the media inventory they make available to us at any time and, therefore, impact our revenue. In addition, website publishers may place significant restrictions on our offerings. These restrictions may prohibit advertisements from specific clients or specific industries, or restrict the use of certain creative content or formats. If a website publisher decides not to make media inventory available to us, or decides to demand a higher revenue share or places significant restrictions on the use of such inventory, we may not be able to find advertising inventory from other websites that satisfy our requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner. In addition, the number of competing online marketing service providers and advertisers that acquire inventory from websites continues to increase. Consolidation of Internet advertising networks and website publishers could eventually lead to a concentration of desirable inventory on websites or networks owned by a small number of individuals or entities, which could limit the supply of inventory available to us or increase the price of inventory to us. We cannot assure you that we will be able to acquire advertising inventory that meets our clients’ performance, price and quality requirements. If any of these things occur, our revenue could decline or our operating costs may increase.

Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and may do so in the future, which makes our results of operations difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall short of analysts’ and investors’ expectations.

Historically, our prior quarterly and annual operating results have fluctuated due to changes in our business, our industry and the general economic climate. Similarly, our future operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. We expect our results to continue to fluctuate for the foreseeable future. Our fluctuating results could cause our performance to be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, causing the price of our common stock to fall. Because our business is changing and evolving, our historical operating results may not be useful to you in predicting our future operating results. Factors that may increase the volatility of our operating results include the following:

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changes in demand and pricing for our services;

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changes in our pricing policies, the pricing policies of our competitors, or the pricing of Internet advertising or media;

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the addition of new clients or the loss of existing clients;

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changes in our clients’ advertising agencies or the marketing strategies our clients or their advertising agencies employ;

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changes in the regulatory environment for us or our clients;

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changes in the economic prospects of our clients or the economy generally, which could alter current or prospective clients’ spending priorities, or could increase the time or costs required to complete sales with clients;

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changes in the availability of Internet advertising or the cost to reach Internet visitors;

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changes in the placement of our websites on search engines;

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the introduction of new product or service offerings by our competitors; and

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costs related to acquisitions of businesses or technologies.

We depend upon Internet search companies to attract a significant portion of the visitors to our websites, and any change in the search companies’ search algorithms or perception of us or our industry could result in our websites being listed less prominently in either paid or algorithmic search result listings, in which case the number of visitors to our websites and our revenue could decline.

We depend in significant part on various Internet search companies, such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, and other search websites to direct a significant number of visitors to our websites to provide our online marketing services to our clients. Search websites typically provide two types of search results, algorithmic and paid listings. Algorithmic, or organic, listings are determined and displayed solely by a set of formulas designed by search companies. Paid listings can be purchased and then are displayed if particular words are included in a user’s Internet search. Placement in paid listings is generally not determined solely on the bid price, but also takes into account the search engines’ assessment of the quality of the website featured in the paid listing and other factors. We rely on both algorithmic and paid search results, as well as advertising on other websites, to direct a substantial share of the visitors to our websites.

Our ability to maintain the number of visitors to our websites from search websites and other websites is not entirely within our control. For example, Internet search websites frequently revise their algorithms in an attempt to optimize their search result listings or to maintain their internal standards and strategies. Changes in the algorithms could cause our websites to receive less favorable placements, which could reduce the number of users who visit our websites. We have experienced fluctuations in the search result rankings for a number of our websites. Some of our sites and paid listing campaigns have been negatively impacted by Google algorithmic changes. In addition, our business model may be deemed similar to those of our competitors and others in our industry that Internet search websites may consider to be unsuitable or unattractive. Internet search websites could deem our content to be unsuitable or below standards or less attractive or worthy than those of other or competing websites. In either such case, our websites may receive less favorable placement in algorithmic or paid listings, or both.

In addition, we may make decisions that are suboptimal regarding the purchase of paid listings or our proprietary bid management technologies may contain defects or otherwise fail to achieve their intended results, either of which could also reduce the number of visitors to our websites or cause us to incur additional costs. We may also make decisions that are suboptimal regarding the placement of advertisements on other websites and pricing, which could increase our costs to attract such visitors or cause us to incur unnecessary costs. A reduction in the number of visitors to our websites could negatively affect our ability to earn revenue. If visits to our websites decrease, we may need to resort to more costly sources to replace lost visitors, and such increased expense could adversely affect our business and profitability.

A substantial portion of our revenue is generated from a limited number of clients and, if we lose a major client, our revenue will decrease and our business and prospects would be adversely impacted.

A substantial portion of our revenue is generated from a limited number of clients. Our top three clients accounted for 19% and 22% of our net revenue for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively. Our clients can generally terminate their contracts with us at any time, with limited prior notice or penalty. Our clients may also reduce their level of business with us, leading to lower revenue. In addition, reductions in business by one or more significant clients may lead to price reductions to our other clients for those products whose prices are determined in whole or in part by client bidding or competition, resulting in lower revenue. We expect that a limited number of clients will continue to account for a significant percentage of our revenue, and the loss of, or material reduction in, their marketing spending with us could decrease our revenue and harm our business.

If we are unable to retain the members of our management team or attract and retain qualified management team members in the future, our business and growth could suffer.

Our success and future growth depend, to a significant degree, on the continued contributions of the members of our management team. Each member of our management team is an at-will employee and may voluntarily terminate his or her employment with us at any time with minimal notice. We also may need to hire additional management team members to adequately manage our business. We may not be able to retain or identify and attract additional qualified management team members.

Competition for experienced management-level personnel in our industry is intense. Qualified individuals are in high demand, particularly in the Internet marketing industry, and we may incur significant costs to attract and retain them. Members of our management team have also become, or will soon become, substantially vested in their stock option grants. We have recently experienced the loss of certain senior members of our management team, including our Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and President of QuinStreet International. If we lose the services of additional members of our management team or if we are unable to attract and retain additional qualified senior managers, our business and growth could suffer.

We need to hire and retain additional qualified personnel to grow and manage our business. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified personnel, our business and growth could be seriously harmed.

Our performance depends on the talents and efforts of our employees. Our future success will depend on our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled personnel in all areas of our organization and, in particular, in our engineering/technology, sales and marketing, media, finance and legal/regulatory teams. We plan to continue to grow our business and will need to hire additional personnel to support this growth. We have found it difficult from time to time to locate and hire suitable personnel. If we experience similar difficulties in the future, our growth may be hindered. Qualified individuals are in high demand, particularly in the Internet marketing industry, and we may incur significant costs to attract and retain them. Many of our employees have also become, or will soon become, substantially vested in their stock option grants and may be more likely to leave us as a result. If we are unable to attract and retain the personnel we need to succeed, our business and growth could be harmed.

We rely on certain advertising agencies for the purchase of various advertising and marketing services on behalf of their clients. Such agencies may have or develop high-risk credit profiles which may result in credit risk to us.

A portion of our client business is sourced through advertising agencies and, in many cases, we contract with these agencies and not directly with the underlying client. Contracting with these agencies, which in certain cases have or may develop high-risk credit profiles, subjects us to greater credit risk than where we contract with clients directly. This credit risk may vary depending on the nature of an agency’s aggregated client base. In the quarter ended March 31, 2012 we wrote off as bad debt of approximately $1.4 million from an advertising agency whose business became insolvent. There can be no assurances that we will not experience similar bad debt in the future. Any such write-offs will negatively affect, potentially in a material way, the results of operation for the periods in which the write-offs occur.

Our future growth depends in part on our ability to identify and complete acquisitions. Any acquisitions that we pursue or complete will involve a number of risks. If we are unable to address and resolve these risks successfully, such acquisition activity could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our growth over the past several years is in significant part due to the large number of acquisitions we have completed of third-party website publishing businesses and other businesses that are complementary to our own. We intend to evaluate and pursue additional acquisitions of complementary businesses and technologies to expand our capabilities, client base and media. We have also evaluated, and expect to continue to evaluate, a wide array of potential strategic transactions. However, we may not be successful in identifying suitable acquisition candidates or be able to complete acquisitions of such candidates. In addition, we may not be able to obtain financing on favorable terms, or at all, to fund acquisitions that we may wish to pursue. The anticipated benefit of acquisitions that we complete may not materialize and the process of integrating acquired businesses or technologies may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. Some of the areas where we may face acquisition-related risks include:

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diversion of management time and potential business disruptions;

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difficulties integrating and supporting acquired products or technologies;

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disruptions or reductions in client revenues associated with changes to the business models of acquired businesses;

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expenses, distractions and potential claims resulting from acquisitions, whether or not they are completed;

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retaining and integrating employees from any businesses we may acquire;

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issuance of dilutive equity securities, incurrence of debt or reduction in cash balances;

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integrating various accounting, management, information, human resource and other systems to permit effective management;

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incurring possible impairment charges, contingent liabilities, amortization expense or write-offs of goodwill;

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unexpected capital expenditure requirements;

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insufficient incremental revenue to offset increased expenses associated with acquisitions;

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underperformance of acquired businesses or assets; and

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becoming involved in acquisition-related litigation.

Foreign acquisitions involve risks in addition to those mentioned above, including those related to integration of operations across different cultures and languages, currency risks and the particular economic, political, administrative and management, and regulatory risks associated with specific countries. We may not be able to address these risks successfully, or at all, without incurring significant costs, delay or other operating problems. Our inability to resolve such risks could harm our business and results of operations.

If we fail to compete effectively against other online marketing and media companies and other competitors, we could lose clients and our revenue may decline.

The market for online marketing is intensely competitive, and we expect this competition to continue to increase in the future both from existing competitors and, given the relatively low barriers to entry into the market, from new competitors. We compete both for clients and for limited high quality advertising inventory. We compete for clients on the basis of a number of factors, including return on marketing expenditures, price, and client service.

We compete with Internet and traditional media companies for a share of clients’ overall marketing budgets, including:

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online marketing or media services providers such as Halyard Education Partners in the education client vertical and BankRate in the financial services client vertical;

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offline and online advertising agencies;

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major Internet portals and search engine companies with advertising networks such as Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft;

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other online marketing service providers, including online affiliate advertising networks and industry-specific portals or lead generation companies;

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website publishers with their own sales forces that sell their online marketing services directly to clients;

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in-house marketing groups and activities at current or potential clients;

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offline direct marketing agencies;

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mobile and social media; and

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television, radio and print companies.

Competition for web traffic among websites and search engines, as well as competition with traditional media companies, could result in significant price pressure, declining margins, reductions in revenue and loss of market share. In addition, as we continue to expand the scope of our services, we may compete with a greater number of websites, clients and traditional media companies across an increasing range of different services, including in vertical markets where competitors may have advantages in expertise, brand recognition and other areas. Large Internet companies with brand recognition, such as Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, have significant numbers of direct sales personnel and substantial proprietary advertising inventory and web traffic that provide a significant competitive advantage and have significant impact on pricing for Internet advertising and web traffic. These companies may also develop more vertically targeted products that match consumers with products and services, such as Google’s mortgage rate and credit card comparison products, and thus compete with us more directly. The trend toward consolidation in the Internet advertising arena may also affect pricing and availability of advertising inventory and web traffic. Many of our current and potential competitors also enjoy other competitive advantages over us, such as longer operating histories, greater brand recognition, larger client bases, greater access to advertising inventory on high-traffic websites, and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources. As a result, we may not be able to compete successfully. Competition from other marketing service providers’ on- and offline offerings could affect both volume and price, and thus revenue. If we fail to deliver results that are superior to those that other online marketing service providers achieve, we could lose clients and our revenue may decline.

We may need additional capital in the future to meet our financial obligations and to pursue our business objectives. Additional capital may not be available or may not be available on favorable terms and our business and financial condition could therefore be adversely affected.

While we anticipate that our existing cash and cash equivalents, together with availability under our credit facility and cash from operations, will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months, we may need to raise additional capital to fund operations in the future or to finance acquisitions. If we seek to raise additional capital in order to meet various objectives, including developing future technologies and services, increasing working capital, acquiring businesses and responding to competitive pressures, capital may not be available on favorable terms or may not be available at all. In addition, pursuant to the terms of our credit facility, we are required to use a portion of the net proceeds of certain equity financings to repay the outstanding balance of our term loan. Lack of sufficient capital resources could significantly limit our ability to take advantage of business and strategic opportunities. Any additional capital raised through the sale of equity or debt securities with an equity component would dilute our stock ownership. If adequate additional funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate material parts of our business strategy, including potential additional acquisitions or development of new technologies.

We have a significant amount of debt, which may limit our ability to fund general corporate requirements and obtain additional financing, limit our flexibility in responding to business opportunities and competitive developments and increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions.

As of March 31, 2012, we had an outstanding term loan with a principal balance of $98.8 million and a revolving credit line pursuant to which we can borrow up to an additional $200 million, all of which is available to be drawn. As of such date, we also had outstanding notes to sellers arising from numerous acquisitions in the total principal amount of $12.0 million. As a result of obligations associated with our debt:

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we may not have sufficient liquidity to respond to business opportunities, competitive developments and adverse economic conditions;

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we may not have sufficient liquidity to fund all of our costs if our revenue declines or costs increase; and

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we may not have sufficient funds to repay the principal balance of our debt when due.

Our debt obligations may also impair our ability to obtain additional financing, if needed. Our indebtedness is secured by substantially all of our assets, leaving us with limited collateral for additional financing. Moreover, the terms of our indebtedness restrict our ability to take certain actions, including the incurrence of additional indebtedness, certain mergers and acquisitions, investments and asset sales. In addition, even if we are able to raise needed equity financing, we are required to use a portion of the net proceeds of certain types of equity financings to repay the outstanding balance of our term loan. A failure to pay interest or indebtedness when due could result in a variety of adverse consequences, including the acceleration of our indebtedness. In such a situation, it is unlikely that we would be able to fulfill our obligations under our credit facility or repay the accelerated indebtedness or otherwise cover our costs.

The continued global macroeconomic uncertainty poses additional risks to our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The United States and the global economy are experiencing a prolonged period of economic uncertainty following severe economic downturns in many countries. The slow pace of recovery in the United States, deterioration of global economies, potential insolvency of one or more countries globally, high unemployment and reduced and/or volatile equity valuations all create risks that could harm our business. If macroeconomic conditions were to worsen, we are not able to predict the impact such worsening conditions will have on the online marketing industry in general, and our results of operations specifically. Clients in particular client verticals such as financial services, particularly mortgage, credit cards and deposits, small- and medium-sized business customers and home services are facing very difficult conditions and their marketing spend has been negatively affected. These conditions could also damage our business opportunities in existing markets, and reduce our revenue and profitability. While the effect of these and related conditions poses widespread risk across our business, we believe that it may particularly affect our efforts in the mortgage, credit cards and deposits, small- and medium-sized business and home services client verticals, due to reduced availability of credit for households and businesses and reduced household disposable income. Economic conditions may not improve or may worsen.

Poor perception of our business or industry as a result of the actions of third parties could harm our reputation and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business is dependent on attracting a large number of visitors to our websites and providing leads and clicks to our clients, which depends in part on our reputation within the industry and with our clients. There are companies within our industry that regularly engage in activities that our clients’ customers may view as unlawful or inappropriate. These activities by third parties, such as spyware or deceptive promotions, may be seen by clients as characteristic of participants in our industry and, therefore, may have an adverse effect on the reputation of all participants in our industry, including us. Any damage to our reputation, including from publicity from legal proceedings against us or companies that work within our industry, governmental proceedings, consumer class action litigation, or the disclosure of information security breaches or private information misuse, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our quarterly revenue and operating results may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter due to seasonal fluctuations in advertising spending.

Our results are subject to significant fluctuation as a result of seasonality. In particular, our quarters ending December 31 (our second fiscal quarter) generally demonstrate seasonal weakness. In our second fiscal quarters, there is generally lower availability of lead supply from some forms of media during the holiday period on a cost effective basis and some of our clients request fewer leads due to holiday staffing. Our fluctuating results could cause our performance to be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, causing the price of our common stock to fall. To the extent our rate of growth slows or our revenue contracts, we expect that the seasonality in our business may become more apparent and may in the future cause our operating results to fluctuate to a greater extent.

If we do not effectively manage our growth, our operating performance will suffer and we may lose clients.

Although we are currently experiencing challenges in growing our business, we have historically experienced rapid growth in our operations and operating locations. This growth has placed, and if we return to growth, will continue to place, significant demands

on our management and our operational and financial infrastructure. In addition, we have actively acquired the assets of complementary businesses as part of our strategy to expand our portfolio of targeted media on a cost effective basis. Rapid growth and acquisitions may make it more difficult for us to accomplish the following:

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successfully scale our technology to accommodate a larger business and integrate acquisitions;

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maintain our standing with key vendors, including Internet search companies and third-party website publishers;

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maintain our client service standards; and

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develop and improve our operational, financial and management controls and maintain adequate reporting systems and procedures.

In addition, our personnel, systems, procedures and controls may be inadequate to support our future operations. The improvements required to manage such growth would require us to make significant expenditures, expand, train and manage our employee base and allocate valuable management resources. If we fail to effectively manage our growth or acquisitions, our operating performance will suffer and we may lose clients, key vendors and key personnel.

If the market for online marketing services fails to continue to develop, our future growth may be limited and our revenue may decrease.

The online marketing services market is relatively new and rapidly evolving, and it uses different measurements than traditional media to gauge its effectiveness. Some of our current or potential clients have little or no experience using the Internet for advertising and marketing purposes and have allocated only limited portions of their advertising and marketing budgets to the Internet. The adoption of Internet advertising, particularly by those entities that have historically relied upon traditional media for advertising, requires the acceptance of a new way of conducting business, exchanging information and evaluating new advertising and marketing technologies and services. In particular, we are dependent on our clients’ adoption of new metrics to measure the success of online marketing campaigns. We may also experience resistance from traditional advertising agencies who may be advising our clients. We cannot assure you that the market for online marketing services will continue to grow. If the market for online marketing services fails to continue to develop or develops more slowly than we anticipate, our ability to grow our business may be limited and our revenue may decrease.

Third-party website publishers may engage in unauthorized or unlawful acts that could subject us to significant liability or cause us to lose clients.

We generate a significant portion of our web visitors from media advertising that we purchase from third-party website publishers. Some of these publishers are authorized to display our clients’ brands, subject to contractual restrictions. In the past, some of our third-party website publishers have engaged in activities that certain of our clients have viewed as harmful to their brands, such as displaying outdated descriptions of a client’s offerings or outdated logos. Any activity by publishers that clients view as potentially damaging to their brands can harm our relationship with the client and cause the client to terminate its relationship with us, resulting in a loss of revenue. In addition, the law is unsettled on the extent of liability that an advertiser in our position has for the activities of third-party website publishers. Recent Department of Education regulations impose strict liability on our education clients for misrepresentations made by their marketing service providers and many of our contracts in the education client vertical impose liability on us for the acts of our third-party publishers. We could be subject to costly litigation and, if we are unsuccessful in defending ourselves, damages for the unauthorized or unlawful acts of third-party website publishers.

Because many of our client contracts can be cancelled by the client with little or no prior notice or penalty, the cancellation of one or more contracts could result in an immediate decline in our revenue.

We derive our revenue from contracts with our Internet marketing clients, most of which are cancelable with little or no prior notice. In addition, these contracts do not contain penalty provisions for cancellation before the end of the contract term. The non-renewal, renegotiation, cancellation, or deferral of large contracts, or a number of contracts that in the aggregate account for a significant amount of our revenue, is difficult to anticipate and could result in an immediate decline in our revenue.

Unauthorized access to or accidental disclosure of consumer personally-identifiable information that we collect may cause us to incur significant expenses and may negatively affect our credibility and business.

There is growing concern over the security of personal information transmitted over the Internet, consumer identity theft and user privacy. Despite our implementation of security measures, our computer systems may be susceptible to electronic or physical computer break-ins, viruses and other disruptions and security breaches. Any perceived or actual unauthorized disclosure of personally-identifiable information regarding website visitors, whether through breach of our network by an unauthorized party, employee theft, misuse or error or otherwise, could harm our reputation, impair our ability to attract website visitors and attract and retain our clients, or subject us to claims or litigation arising from damages suffered by consumers, and thereby harm our business and operating results. In addition, we could incur significant costs in complying with the multitude of state, federal and foreign laws regarding the unauthorized disclosure of personal information.

If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property rights, our competitive position and business may suffer.

Our ability to compete effectively depends upon our proprietary systems and technology. We rely on trade secret, trademark and copyright law, confidentiality agreements, technical measures and patents to protect our proprietary rights. We currently have one patent application pending in the United States and no issued patents. Effective trade secret, copyright, trademark and patent protection may not be available in all countries where we currently operate or in which we may operate in the future. Some of our systems and technologies are not covered by any copyright, patent or patent application. We cannot guarantee that: (i) our intellectual property rights will provide competitive advantages to us; (ii) our ability to assert our intellectual property rights against potential competitors or to settle current or future disputes will not be limited by our agreements with third parties; (iii) our intellectual property rights will be enforced in jurisdictions where competition may be intense or where legal protection may be weak; (iv) any of the patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights that we presently employ in our business will not lapse or be invalidated, circumvented, challenged, or abandoned; (v) competitors will not design around our protected systems and technology; or (vi) that we will not lose the ability to assert our intellectual property rights against others.

We are a party to a number of third-party intellectual property license agreements and in the future may need to obtain additional licenses or renew existing license agreements. We are unable to predict with certainty whether these license agreements can be obtained or renewed on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.

We have from time to time become aware of third parties who we believe may have infringed on our intellectual property rights. The use of our intellectual property rights by others could reduce any competitive advantage we have developed and cause us to lose clients, third-party website publishers or otherwise harm our business. Policing unauthorized use of our proprietary rights can be difficult and costly. In addition, litigation, while it may be necessary to enforce or protect our intellectual property rights or to defend litigation brought against us, could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention and could adversely affect our business, even if we are successful on the merits.

Confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.

We have devoted substantial resources to the development of our proprietary systems and technology. In order to protect our proprietary systems and technology, we enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, independent contractors and other advisors. These agreements may not effectively prevent unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or unauthorized parties from copying aspects of our services or obtaining and using information that we regard as proprietary. Moreover, these agreements may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of such unauthorized disclosures of confidential information and we cannot assure you that our rights under such agreements will be enforceable. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information, and in such cases we could not assert any trade secret rights against such parties. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could reduce any competitive advantage we have and cause us to lose clients, publishers or otherwise harm our business.

Third parties may sue us for intellectual property infringement which, if successful, could require us to pay significant damages or curtail our offerings.

We cannot be certain that our internally-developed or acquired systems and technologies do not and will not infringe the intellectual property rights of others. In addition, we license content, software and other intellectual property rights from third parties and may be subject to claims of infringement if such parties do not possess the necessary intellectual property rights to the products they license to us. For example, we are currently defending a patent infringement action brought against us by LendingTree. While we believe that we have meritorious defenses against LendingTree’s claims, and intend to vigorously defend the matter, there can be

no assurance that we will prevail in this matter and any adverse ruling may have a significant impact on our business and operating results. In addition, regardless of the outcome of the matter, we may incur significant legal fees defending the action until it is resolved.

In addition, we have in the past and may in the future be subject to legal proceedings and claims that we have infringed the patent or other intellectual property rights of third-parties. These claims sometimes involve patent holding companies or other adverse patent owners who have no relevant product revenue and against whom our own patents, if any, may therefore provide little or no deterrence. In addition, third parties have asserted and may in the future assert intellectual property infringement claims against our clients, which we have agreed in certain circumstances to indemnify and defend against such claims. Any intellectual property related infringement claims, whether or not meritorious, could result in costly litigation and could divert management resources and attention. Moreover, should we be found liable for infringement, we may be required to enter into licensing agreements, if available on acceptable terms or at all, pay substantial damages, or limit or curtail our systems and technologies. Moreover, we may need to redesign some of our systems and technologies to avoid future infringement liability. Any of the foregoing could prevent us from competing effectively and increase our costs.

Additionally, the laws relating to use of trademarks on the Internet are currently unsettled, particularly as they apply to search engine functionality. For example, other Internet marketing and search companies have been sued in the past for trademark infringement and other intellectual property-related claims for the display of ads or search results in response to user queries that include trademarked terms. The outcomes of these lawsuits have differed from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For this reason, it is conceivable that certain of our activities could expose us to trademark infringement, unfair competition, misappropriation or other intellectual property related claims which could be costly to defend and result in substantial damages or otherwise limit or curtail our activities, and adversely affect our business or prospects.

If we fail to keep pace with rapidly-changing technologies and industry standards or if our technologies fail to perform as intended, we could lose clients or advertising inventory and our results of operations may suffer.

The business lines in which we currently compete are characterized by rapidly-changing Internet media and marketing standards, changing technologies, frequent new product and service introductions, and changing user and client demands. The introduction of new technologies and services embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards and practices could render our existing technologies and services obsolete and unmarketable or require unanticipated investments in technology. Our future success will depend in part on our ability to adapt to these rapidly-changing Internet media formats and other technologies. We will need to enhance our existing technologies and services and develop and introduce new technologies and services to address our clients’ changing demands. If we fail to adapt successfully to such developments or timely introduce new technologies and services, we could lose clients, our expenses could increase and we could lose advertising inventory.

In addition, our proprietary technologies are relatively new, and they may contain design or performance defects that are not yet apparent. The use of our proprietary technologies may not achieve the intended results as effectively as other technologies that exist now or may be introduced by our competitors, in which case our business could be harmed.

Changes in government regulation and industry standards applicable to the Internet and our business could decrease demand for our technologies and services or increase our costs.

Laws and regulations that apply to Internet communications, commerce and advertising are becoming more prevalent. These regulations could increase the costs of conducting business on the Internet and could decrease demand for our technologies and services.

In the United States, federal and state laws have been enacted regarding copyrights, sending of unsolicited commercial email, user privacy, search engines, Internet tracking technologies, direct marketing, data security, children’s privacy, pricing, sweepstakes, promotions, intellectual property ownership and infringement, trade secrets, export of encryption technology, taxation and acceptable content and quality of goods. Other laws and regulations may be adopted in the future. Laws and regulations, including those related to privacy and use of personal information, are changing rapidly outside the United States as well which may make compliance with such laws and regulations difficult and which may negatively affect our ability to expand internationally. This legislation could: (i) hinder growth in the use of the Internet generally; (ii) decrease the acceptance of the Internet as a communications, commercial and advertising medium; (iii) reduce our revenue; (iv) increase our operating expenses; or (v) expose us to significant liabilities.

The laws governing the Internet remain largely unsettled, even in areas where there has been some legislative action. While we actively monitor this changing legal and regulatory landscape to stay abreast of changes in the laws and regulations applicable to our business, we are not certain how our business might be affected by the application of existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, copyrights, encryption and other intellectual property issues, libel, obscenity and export or import matters to the Internet advertising industry. The vast majority of such laws were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet. As a result, they do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the Internet and related technologies. Changes in laws intended to address such issues could create uncertainty in the Internet market. It may take years to determine how existing laws apply to the Internet and Internet marketing. Such uncertainty makes it difficult to predict costs and could reduce demand for our services or increase the cost of doing business as a result of litigation costs or increased service delivery costs.

In particular, a number of U.S. federal laws impact our business. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, is intended, in part, to limit the liability of eligible online service providers for listing or linking to third-party websites that include materials that infringe copyrights or other rights. Portions of the Communications Decency Act, or CDA, are intended to provide statutory protections to online service providers who distribute third-party content. We rely on the protections provided by both the DMCA and CDA in conducting our business. The U.S. Department of Education issued final regulations on incentive compensation and other matters which became effective July 1, 2011. These regulations repeal all safe harbors regarding incentive compensation which existed under the prior regulations. The elimination of the safe harbors create uncertainty for us and our education clients and impact the way in which we are paid by our clients and, accordingly, could reduce the amount of revenue we generate from the education client vertical.

In addition, the Department has issued final regulations that also restrict Title IV funding for programs not meeting prescribed income-to-debt ratios (i.e., programs not leading to “gainful employment” as defined under the proposed regulation). These provisions, could negatively affect our business with education clients. Any changes in these laws or judicial interpretations narrowing their protections could subject us to greater risk of liability and may increase our costs of compliance with these regulations or limit our ability to operate certain lines of business.

The financial services, education and medical industries are highly regulated and our marketing activities on behalf of our clients in those industries are also regulated. As described above, and for example, the regulations from the Department of Education on incentive compensation, “gainful employment” and other matters could limit our clients’ businesses and limit the revenue we receive from our education clients. As an additional example, our mortgage and insurance websites and marketing services we offer are subject to various federal, state and local laws, including state licensing laws, federal and state laws prohibiting unfair acts and practices, and federal and state advertising laws. Any failure to comply with these laws and regulations could subject us to revocation of required licenses, civil, criminal or administrative liability, damage to our reputation or changes to or limitations on the conduct of our business. Any of the foregoing could cause our business, operations and financial condition to suffer.

If any regulatory audit, investigation or other proceeding finds us not in compliance with the numerous laws and regulations applicable to us, we may not be able to successfully challenge such finding and our business could suffer.

We are subject to audits, inquiries, investigations, claims of non-compliance and lawsuits by federal and state governmental agencies, regulatory agencies, attorneys general and other governmental or regulatory bodies, any of whom may allege violations of the legal or regulatory requirements applicable to us. We are currently responding to a civil investigation being conducted by the attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and Tennessee into certain of our marketing and business practices related to our education client vertical. If the results of this investigation or any other regulatory claims or actions are unfavorable to us, we may be required to pay monetary fines or penalties or have restrictions placed on our business. Any one of these sanctions could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows and result in the imposition of significant restrictions on us and our ability to operate.

Increased taxation of companies engaged in Internet commerce may adversely affect the commercial use of our marketing services and our financial results.

The tax treatment of Internet commerce remains unsettled, and we cannot predict the effect of current attempts to impose sales, income or other taxes on commerce conducted over the Internet. Tax authorities at the international, federal, state and local levels are currently reviewing the taxation of Internet commerce, particularly as many governmental agencies seek to address fiscal concerns and budgetary shortfalls by introducing new taxes or expanding the applicability of existing tax laws. We have experienced certain states taking expansive positions with regard to their taxation of our services. The imposition of new laws requiring the collection of sales or other transactional taxes on the sale of our services via the Internet could create increased administrative burdens or costs, discourage clients from purchasing services from us, decrease our ability to compete or otherwise substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Limitations on our ability to collect and use data derived from user activities could significantly diminish the value of our services and cause us to lose clients and revenue.

When a user visits our websites, we use technologies, including “cookies,” to collect information such as the user’s Internet Protocol, or IP, address, offerings delivered by us that have been previously viewed by the user and responses by the user to those offerings. In order to determine the effectiveness of a marketing campaign and to determine how to modify the campaign, we need to access and analyze this information. The use of cookies is the subject of regulatory scrutiny and industry self-regulatory activities, including the discussion of “do-not-track” technologies and guidelines and to litigation. Additionally, users are able to block or delete cookies from their browser. Periodically, certain of our clients and publishers seek to prohibit or limit our collection or use of this data. Interruptions, failures or defects in our data collection systems, as well as privacy concerns regarding the collection of user data, could also limit our ability to analyze data from our clients’ marketing campaigns. This risk is heightened when we deliver marketing services to clients in the financial and medical services client verticals. If our access to data is limited in the future, we may be unable to provide effective technologies and services to clients and we may lose clients and revenue.

As a creator and a distributor of Internet content, we face potential liability and expenses for legal claims based on the nature and content of the materials that we create or distribute. If we are required to pay damages or expenses in connection with these legal claims, our operating results and business may be harmed.

We create original content for our websites and marketing messages and distribute third-party content on our websites and in our marketing messages. As a creator and distributor of original content and third-party provided content, we face potential liability based on a variety of theories, including defamation, negligence, deceptive advertising (including the Department of Education’s regulations regarding misrepresentation in education marketing), copyright or trademark infringement or other legal theories based on the nature, creation or distribution of this information. It is also possible that our website visitors could make claims against us for losses incurred in reliance upon information provided on our websites. In addition, as the number of users of forums and social media features on our websites increases, we could be exposed to liability in connection with material posted to our websites by users and other third parties. These claims, whether brought in the United States or abroad, could divert management time and attention away from our business and result in significant costs to investigate and defend, regardless of the merit of these claims. In addition, if we become subject to these types of claims and are not successful in our defense, we may be forced to pay substantial damages.

Wireless devices and mobile phones are increasingly being used to access the Internet, and our online marketing services may not be as effective when accessed through these devices, which could cause harm to our business.

The number of people who access the Internet through mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has increased substantially in the last few years. Our online marketing services were designed for persons accessing the Internet on a desktop or laptop computer. The smaller screens, lower resolution graphics and less convenient typing capabilities of these devices may make it more difficult for visitors to respond to our offerings. In addition, the cost of mobile advertising is relatively high and may not be cost-effective for our services. If our services continue to be less effective or economically attractive for clients seeking to engage in marketing through these devices and this segment of web traffic grows at the expense of traditional computer Internet access, we will experience difficulty attracting website visitors and attracting and retaining clients and our operating results and business will be harmed.

We may not succeed in expanding our businesses outside the United States, which may limit our future growth.

One potential area of growth for us is in the international markets and we have recently entered into certain markets. However, we have limited experience in marketing, selling and supporting our services outside of the United States and we may not be successful in introducing or marketing our services abroad. There are risks inherent in conducting business in international markets, such as:

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the adaptation of technologies and services to foreign clients’ preferences and customs;

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application of foreign laws and regulations to us, including marketing and privacy regulations;

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changes in foreign political and economic conditions;

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tariffs and other trade barriers, fluctuations in currency exchange rates and potentially adverse tax consequences;

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language barriers or cultural differences;

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reduced or limited protection for intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions;

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difficulties and costs in staffing, managing or overseeing foreign operations;

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education of potential clients who may not be familiar with online marketing;

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challenges in collecting accounts receivables; and

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employment regulations and local labor conditions.

If we are unable to successfully expand and market our services abroad, our business and future growth may be harmed and we may incur costs that may not lead to future revenue.

We could be adversely affected by violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws.

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We operate in parts of the world outside the United States that have experienced governmental corruption to some degree. There can be no assurance that our internal control policies and procedures will always protect us from reckless or criminal acts committed by our employees or agents. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and result in a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.

We rely on Internet bandwidth and data center providers and other third parties for key aspects of the process of providing services to our clients, and any failure or interruption in the services and products provided by these third parties could harm our business.

We rely on third-party vendors, including data center and Internet bandwidth providers. Any disruption in the network access or co-location services provided by these third-party providers or any failure of these third-party providers to handle current or higher volumes of use could significantly harm our business. Any financial or other difficulties our providers face may have negative effects on our business, the nature and extent of which we cannot predict. We exercise little control over these third-party vendors, which increases our vulnerability to problems with the services they provide. We license technology and related databases from third parties to facilitate analysis and storage of data and delivery of offerings. We have experienced interruptions and delays in service and availability for data centers, bandwidth and other technologies in the past. Any errors, failures, interruptions or delays experienced in connection with these third-party technologies and services could adversely affect our business and could expose us to liabilities to third parties.

Our systems also heavily depend on the availability of electricity, which also comes from third-party providers. If we or third-party data centers which we utilize were to experience a major power outage, we would have to rely on back-up generators. These back-up generators may not operate properly through a major power outage and their fuel supply could also be inadequate during a major power outage or disruptive event. Furthermore, we do not currently have backup generators at our Foster City, California headquarters. Information systems such as ours may be disrupted by even brief power outages, or by the fluctuations in power resulting from switches to and from back-up generators. This could give rise to obligations to certain of our clients which could have an adverse effect on our results for the period of time in which any disruption of utility services to us occurs.

Interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems could impair our ability to effectively deliver our services, which could cause us to lose clients and harm our operating results.

Our delivery of marketing and media services depends on the continuing operation of our technology infrastructure and systems. Any damage to or failure of our systems could result in interruptions in our ability to deliver offerings quickly and accurately and/or process visitors’ responses emanating from our various web presences. Interruptions in our service could reduce our revenue and profits, and our reputation could be damaged if people believe our systems are unreliable. Our systems and operations are vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes, terrorist attacks, floods, fires, power loss, break-ins, hardware or software failures, telecommunications failures, computer viruses or other attempts to harm our systems, and similar events.

We lease or maintain server space in various locations, including in San Francisco, California. Our California facilities are located in areas with a high risk of major earthquakes. Our facilities are also subject to break-ins, sabotage and intentional acts of vandalism, and to potential disruptions if the operators of these facilities have financial difficulties. Some of our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities. The occurrence of a natural disaster, a decision to close a facility we are using without adequate notice for financial reasons or other unanticipated problems at our facilities could result in lengthy interruptions in our service.

Any unscheduled interruption in our service would result in an immediate loss of revenue. If we experience frequent or persistent system failures, the attractiveness of our technologies and services to clients and website publishers could be permanently harmed. The steps we have taken to increase the reliability and redundancy of our systems are expensive, reduce our operating margin, and may not be successful in reducing the frequency or duration of unscheduled interruptions.

Any constraints on the capacity of our technology infrastructure could delay the effectiveness of our operations or result in system failures, which would result in the loss of clients and harm our business and results of operations.

Our future success depends in part on the efficient performance of our software and technology infrastructure. As the numbers of websites and Internet users increase, our technology infrastructure may not be able to meet the increased demand. A sudden and unexpected increase in the volume of user responses could strain the capacity of our technology infrastructure. Any capacity constraints we experience could lead to slower response times or system failures and adversely affect the availability of websites and the level of user responses received, which could result in the loss of clients or revenue or harm to our business and results of operations.

We could lose clients if we fail to detect click-through or other fraud on advertisements in a manner that is acceptable to our clients.

We are exposed to the risk of fraudulent clicks or actions on our websites or our third-party publishers’ websites. We may in the future have to refund revenue that our clients have paid to us and that was later attributed to, or suspected to be caused by, fraud. Click-through fraud occurs when an individual clicks on an ad displayed on a website or an automated system is used to create such clicks with the intent of generating the revenue share payment to the publisher rather than to view the underlying content. Action fraud occurs when on-line forms are completed with false or fictitious information in an effort to increase the compensable actions in respect of which a web publisher is to be compensated. From time to time we have experienced fraudulent clicks or actions and we do not charge our clients for such fraudulent clicks or actions when they are detected. It is conceivable that this activity could negatively affect our profitability, and this type of fraudulent act could hurt our reputation. If fraudulent clicks or actions are not detected, the affected clients may experience a reduced return on their investment in our marketing programs, which could lead the clients to become dissatisfied with our campaigns, and in turn, lead to loss of clients and the related revenue. Additionally, we have from time to time had to terminate relationships with web publishers who we believed to have engaged in fraud and we may have to do so in the future. Termination of such relationships entails a loss of revenue associated with the legitimate actions or clicks generated by such web publishers.

An impairment in the carrying value of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets could negatively affect our operating results.

We have a substantial amount of goodwill and purchased intangible assets on our balance sheet as a result of acquisitions we have completed. The carrying value of goodwill represents the fair value of an acquired business in excess of identifiable assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date. The carrying value of intangible assets with identifiable useful lives represents the fair value of relationships, content, domain names, acquired technology, among others, as of the acquisition date and are amortized based on their economic lives. Goodwill expected to contribute indefinitely to our cash flows are not amortized, but must be evaluated for impairment at least annually. If the carrying value exceeds current fair value as determined based on the discounted future cash flows of the related business, the goodwill or intangible asset is considered impaired and is reduced to fair value via a non-cash charge to earnings. Events and conditions that could result in impairment include adverse changes in the regulatory environment, or other factors leading to reduction in expected long-term growth or profitability. If the value of goodwill or intangible assets is impaired, our earnings could be adversely affected.

Goodwill impairment analysis and measurement is a process that requires significant judgment. Our stock price and any estimated control premium are factors impacting the assessment of the fair value of our underlying reporting units for purposes of performing any goodwill impairment assessment. Our Common Stock price fluctuated from a high of $13.61 to a low of $8.44 during the nine months ended March 31, 2012. If our stock price remains depressed and our market capitalization remains below our book value for a sustained period, then it is possible that this may be an indicator of goodwill impairment. A non-cash goodwill impairment charge would have the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses in such period. If we are required to take a substantial impairment charge, then our operating results would be materially adversely affected in such period.

If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired, which would adversely affect our ability to operate our business.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. We may in the future discover areas of our internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that need improvement. Our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected. If we are unable to maintain proper and effective internal controls, we may not be able to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and could result in regulatory action.

Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Common Stock

Our stock price may be volatile, and you may not be able to resell shares of our common stock at or above the price you paid.

The trading price of our common stock has been highly volatile since our initial public offering and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include those discussed in this “Risk Factors” section of this report on Form 10-Q and others such as:

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changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts;

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announcements about our revenues, earnings or growth rates that are not in line with analyst expectations, the risk of which is heightened because it is our policy not to give quarterly guidance on revenue, earnings, or growth rates.

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changes in governmental regulations;

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announcements regarding our share repurchase program and the timing and amount of shares we purchase under such program;

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announcements by us or our competitors of new services, significant contracts, commercial relationships, acquisitions or capital commitments;

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changes in the search engine rankings of our sites or our ability to access PPC advertising;

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developments with respect to intellectual property rights;

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our ability to develop and market new and enhanced products on a timely basis;

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our commencement of, or involvement in, litigation;

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negative publicity about us, our industry, our clients or our clients’ industries; and

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a slowdown in our industry or the general economy.

In recent years, the stock market in general, and the market for technology and Internet-based companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they issue an adverse opinion regarding our stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock is influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our business. If any of the analysts who cover us issue an adverse opinion regarding our stock, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

Material differences between our results and security analysts’ estimates could cause our stock price to decrease.

Our results may differ materially from security analysts’ estimates, either in total or for a specific client vertical and such difference could cause the market price of our stock to decrease.

We have generally not provided specific guidance or forecasts for near-term operating results, increasing the likelihood that analyst estimates could differ from our own expectations and increasing the likelihood that our future results could differ from analyst estimates, either in total or for a specific client vertical.

Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders and their respective affiliates have substantial control over us and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control.

As of March 31, 2012, our directors and executive officers, together with their affiliates, beneficially owned approximately 33.5% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders, acting together, have substantial control over the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. In addition, these stockholders, acting together, have significant influence over the management and affairs of our company. Accordingly, this concentration of ownership may have the effect of:

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delaying, deferring or preventing a change in corporate control;

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impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving us; or

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discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

Future sales of shares by existing stockholders could cause our stock price to decline.

If our directors, officers and/or their affiliates were to sell, or indicate an intent to sell, substantial amounts of our common stock held by them, the trading price of our common stock could decline significantly.

Provisions in our charter documents under Delaware law and in contractual obligations, could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable and may lead to entrenchment of management.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control or changes in our management without the consent of our board of directors. These provisions include:

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a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which may delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors;

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no cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;

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the exclusive right of our board of directors to elect a director to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the board of directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;

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the ability of our board of directors to determine to issue shares of preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer;

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a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders;

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the requirement that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by the chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the board of directors, which may delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors; and

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advance notice procedures that stockholders must comply with in order to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquiror’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

We are subject to certain anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law. Under Delaware law, a corporation may not, in general, engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its capital stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the board of directors has approved the transaction.

We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.

We do not intend to declare and pay dividends on our capital stock for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to invest our future earnings, if any, to fund our growth. Additionally, the terms of our credit facility restrict our ability to pay dividends. Therefore, you are not likely to receive any dividends on your common stock for the foreseeable future.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

Purchases of Equity Securities by QuinStreet

In November 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program allowing us to repurchase our outstanding shares of common stock up to $50.0 million. The repurchase program expires in November 2012. Repurchases under this program may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and may be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares that will be repurchased by the Company, and the Company may discontinue repurchases at any time. The amount authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors excludes broker commissions.

All of our stock repurchases for the second and third quarter of fiscal year 2012 were made pursuant to our publicly announced stock repurchase plan through open market purchases. The following table summarizes the stock repurchase activity for the second and third quarter of fiscal year 2012 and the approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased pursuant to our stock repurchase program that was available as of March 31, 2012:


	Shares Repurchases
	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share ⁽¹⁾		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announce Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Programs (in millions)
October 1, 2011 - October 31, 2011		—		—		—		—
November 1, 2011 - November 30, 2011		863,200	$	8.97		863,200	$	42.3
December 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011		925,200	$	9.51		925,200	$	33.5
January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2012		758,622	$	9.89		758,622	$	25.9
February 1, 2012 - February 29, 2012		622,097	$	10.50		622,097	$	19.4
March 1, 2012 - March 31, 2012		591,200	$	10.04		591,200	$	13.5


Total		3,760,319	$	9.71		3,760,319

(1)	Excludes $0.02 per share broker commission.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description of Document

31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1‡		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS**		XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*	Filed herewith.

‡	Furnished herewith.

XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

SIGNATURES

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

QUINSTREET, INC.

/s/ Kenneth Hahn

Kenneth Hahn

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and duly authorized signatory)

Date: May 8, 2012

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description of Document

31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1‡		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS**		XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE**		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*	Filed herewith.

‡	Furnished herewith.

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Douglas Valenti, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of QuinStreet, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the company’s most recent fiscal quarter (the company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Douglas Valenti

Douglas Valenti

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 8, 2012

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Kenneth Hahn, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of QuinStreet, Inc.;

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Kenneth Hahn

Kenneth Hahn

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: May 8, 2012

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the report on Form 10-Q of QuinStreet, Inc. (the “Report”) for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

Douglas Valenti, the Chief Executive Officer and Kenneth Hahn, the Chief Financial Officer of QuinStreet, Inc., each certifies that, to the best of his knowledge:

the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and

the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of QuinStreet, Inc.


Date: May 8, 2012				/s/ Douglas Valenti
				Douglas Valenti
				Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
				(Principal Executive Officer)

				/s/ Kenneth Hahn
				Kenneth Hahn
				Chief Financial Officer
				(Principal Financial Officer)