BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

8. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS:

Acquisition of Meridian Consulting International: On May 17, 2010, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Meridian, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Meridian Acquisition”). Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Meridian is a specialty solution provider of Oracle’s Hyperion Strategic Finance (“HSF”) product which encompasses strategic planning and forecasting, scenario modeling and mergers and acquisitions analysis. Meridian has delivered its services to organizations across various vertical markets including Energy, Higher Education, Retail and Healthcare. The acquisition of Meridian continues the investment in our Enterprise Performance Management (“EPM”) - related service offerings and aligns with our product-centric service offering model.

In connection with the Meridian Acquisition, the Company entered into an earnout agreement under which the former Meridian stockholders are eligible to receive additional contingent consideration. Contingent earnout consideration to be paid, if any, to the former Meridian stockholders will be based upon the achievement of certain performance measures over three consecutive twelve-month earnout periods, concluding on May 17, 2013. The maximum amount of contingent earnout consideration that the former stockholders of Meridian can earn is capped at $2.7 million.

In May 2011, Meridian completed its first twelve-month earnout period, during which the required performance measurements were not achieved. The former Meridian stockholders did not receive any additional contingent consideration related to the first earnout period. The Company, as of March 31, 2012, has accrued $238 thousand in potential future contingent earnout consideration payable to the former Meridian stockholders related to the completion of the second and third twelve-month earnout periods. As of March 31, 2012, the maximum amount of contingent earnout consideration that the former stockholders of Meridian can earn during the final two earnout periods is capped at $1.8 million.