DROPBOX INC
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 21, 2025.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Business
Dropbox, Inc. (the “Company” or “Dropbox”) helps keep life organized and work moving. The Company was incorporated in May 2007 as Evenflow, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and changed its name to Dropbox, Inc. in October 2009. The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Basis of presentation and consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Dropbox and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. Management evaluates these estimates and assumptions on a regular basis. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates.
The Company’s most significant estimates and judgments are related to the valuation of right-of-use and other lease related property and equipment assets as well as income taxes.
The Company reviews the useful lives of long-lived assets on an ongoing basis, and effective January 1, 2024, the Company changed the estimate of the useful lives of certain infrastructure server and component assets, which are included in property and equipment, net and are depreciated through cost of revenue, from four tofive years. The Company has extended the economic life of these assets in light of recent technological advancements. The effect of this change in estimate during the year ended December 31, 2024 was a reduction in depreciation expense of $30.5 million, and a benefit to net income of $23.5 million or $0.07 per basic and diluted share. The impact from the change in the Company's estimate was calculated based on assets that existed as of the effective date of the change and applying the revised estimated useful lives prospectively.
Financial information about segments and geographic areas
The Company manages its operations and allocates resources as a single operating segment. Further, the Company manages, monitors, and reports its financial information as a single reportable segment. See Note 15 "Segment Information and Geographic Areas" for additional information.
Foreign currency transactions
The assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated from their respective functional currencies into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenue and expense amounts are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Foreign currency translation gains and losses are recorded in other comprehensive income, net of tax.
Gains and losses realized from foreign currency transactions (those transactions denominated in currencies other than the foreign subsidiaries’ functional currency) are included in other income (loss), net. Monetary assets and liabilities are remeasured using foreign currency exchange rates at the end of the period, and non-monetary assets are remeasured based on historical exchange rates. Foreign currency transaction gains or losses were immaterial during the year ended December 31, 2024 and the Company recorded net foreign currency transaction losses of $3.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Revenue recognition
The Company derives its revenue from subscription fees from customers for access to its platform. The Company’s policy is to exclude sales and other indirect taxes when measuring the transaction price of its subscription agreements. The Company accounts for revenue contracts with customers through the following steps:
Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer
Identification of the performance obligations in the contract
Determination of the transaction price
Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation
The Company’s subscription agreements are generally non-cancelable and have monthly or annual contractual terms with a small percentage having multi-year contractual terms. Revenue is recognized ratably over the related contractual term beginning on the date that the platform is made available to a customer. Access to the platform represents a series of distinct services as the Company continually provides access to, and fulfills its obligation to the end customer over the subscription term. The series of distinct services represents a single performance obligation that is satisfied over time. The Company recognizes revenue ratably because the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the platform throughout the contract period.
The Company bills in advance for monthly contracts and typically bills annually in advance for contracts with terms ofone year or longer. The Company also recognizes an immaterial amount of contract assets, or unbilled receivables, primarily related to consideration for services completed but not billed at the reporting date. Unbilled receivables are classified as receivables when the Company has the right to invoice the customer.
The Company records contract liabilities when cash payments are received or due in advance of performance to deferred revenue. Deferred revenue primarily relates to the advance consideration received from the customer.
The price of subscriptions is generally fixed at contract inception and therefore, the Company’s contracts do not contain a significant amount of variable consideration. As a result, the amount of revenue recognized in the periods presented from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods was not material.
The Company recognized$724.0 million, $701.6 million and$671.5 million of revenue during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, that was included in the deferred revenue balances at the beginning of their respective periods.
As of December 31, 2024, future estimated revenue related to performance obligations that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied was$810.4 million. The substantial majority of the unsatisfied performance obligations will be satisfied over the next twelve months.
Stock-based compensation
The Company has primarily granted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to its employees and members of the Board of Directors under the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (“2008 Plan”), the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (“2017 Plan”), and the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (“2018 Plan” and together with the 2008 Plan and 2017 Plan, the "Dropbox Equity Incentive Plans”). Since August 2015, the Company has granted RSUs, which have a service-based vesting condition over afour-year period vesting quarterly, as the only stock-based awards to its employees, with the exception of awards granted to its co-founder and certain executives, and has not granted any stock options to employees under the Dropbox Equity Incentive Plans. The Company recognizes compensation expense associated with RSUs on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period and accounts for forfeitures in the period in which they occur.
The Board of Directors determines the fair value of each share of underlying common stock based on the closing price of the Company's Class A common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date of the grant.
In December 2017, the Board of Directors approved the Company’s Co-Founder Grant, consisting of 10.3 million shares of Class A Common Stock in the form of RSAs which were granted to Drew Houston, the Company’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. This Co-Founder Grant has service-based, market-based, and performance-based vesting conditions. The Co-Founder Grant is excluded from Class A common stock issued and outstanding until the satisfaction of these vesting conditions. The Company estimated the grant date fair value of the Co-Founder Grant using a model based on multiple stock price paths developed through the use of a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates into the valuation the possibility that certain stock price targets may not be satisfied. The first tranche of the Co-Founder Grant vested in the fourth quarter of 2021. The stock-based compensation expense for the Co-Founder Grant is recognized utilizing the accelerated attribution method over the requisite service period identified as the derived service period over which the market conditions are expected to be achieved, and is not reversed if the market conditions are not satisfied. Therefore, no incremental stock-based compensation was recognized upon vesting of these RSAs. See Note 12 "Stockholders' Deficit" for additional information.
Cost of revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of expenses associated with the storage, delivery, and distribution of the Company’s platform for both paying users and free users. These costs, which are referred to as infrastructure costs, include depreciation of servers located in co-location facilities that the Company leases and operates, rent and facilities expense for those datacenters, network and bandwidth costs, support and maintenance costs for infrastructure equipment, and payments to third-party datacenter service providers. Cost of revenue also includes salaries, bonuses, benefits, travel-related expenses, and stock-based compensation, which are referred to as employee-related costs, for employees whose primary responsibilities relate to supporting the Company’s infrastructure and delivering user support. Other non-employee costs included in cost of revenue include credit card fees related to processing customer transactions and allocated overhead, such as facilities, including rent, utilities, depreciation on leasehold improvements and other equipment shared by all departments, and shared information technology costs. In addition, cost of revenue includes amortization of developed technologies, professional fees related to user support initiatives, and property taxes related to the datacenters.
Reduction in Workforce
2024 Reduction in Workforce
In October 2024, the Company announced a reduction of its global workforce by approximately 20% to streamline the Company’s team structure to better align with its long-term growth and profitability objectives. The Company paid $52.1 million in cash expenditures during the year ended December 31, 2024, and estimates that it will make total cash expenditures of $63 million to $68 million, which includes the pro rata amount of the fiscal year 2024 annual employee bonus through October 30, 2024. As a result, the Company expects to recognize $47 million to $52 million of incremental expense, consisting of severance payments, employee benefits and related costs. The Company incurred substantially all of these charges in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the remainder to be recognized and paid in the first half of 2025.
These severance and related charges are included within the Company's consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 as follows:
| Cost of revenue | $2.4 |
|---|---|
| Research and development | 29.7 |
| Sales and marketing | 12.5 |
| General and administrative | 2.6 |
| Total Charges | $47.2 |
For the year ended December 31, 2024, changes in liabilities resulting from the severance charges and related costs were as follows:
| Severance and Related Costs | |
|---|---|
| Balance as of December 31, 2023 | $— |
| Charges | 47.2 |
| Cash payments(1) | (39.9) |
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $7.3 |
(1)For the year ended December 31, 2024, total cash payments were $52.1 million when including the pro rata amount of the fiscal year 2024 annual employee bonus.
2023 Reduction in Workforce
On April 27, 2023, the Company announced a reduction of its global workforce by approximately 16% to streamline its team structure in support of its long-term growth and profitability objectives. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred $39.3 million in charges in connection with the reduction in workforce, primarily consisting of cash expenditures for severance payments, employee benefits and related costs.
These severance charges are included within the Company's consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 as follows:
| Cost of revenue | $2.9 |
|---|---|
| Research and development | 27.8 |
| Sales and marketing | 6.7 |
| General and administrative | 1.9 |
| Total Charges | $39.3 |
For the year ended December 31, 2023, changes in liabilities resulting from the severance charges and related accruals were as follows:
| Severance and Related Costs | |
|---|---|
| Balance as of December 31, 2022 | $— |
| Charges | 39.3 |
| Cash payments | (39.3) |
| Balance as of December 31, 2023 | $— |
Advertising and promotional expense
Advertising and promotional expenses are primarily included in sales and marketing expenses within the consolidated statements of operations and are expensed when incurred. Advertising and promotional expenses were $142.6 million, $131.7 million, and $94.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash consists primarily of cash on deposit with banks and includes amounts in transit from payment processors for credit and debit card transactions, which typically settle within five business days. Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity date of 90 days or less from the date of purchase. Restricted cash relates to cash collateral used to secure outstanding letters of credit primarily for the Company’s office lease agreements.
The Company had restricted cash of $32.2 million as of December 31, 2024. The letters of credit were previously issued under the Revolving credit facility (defined in Note 8 "Debt") which was terminated in December 2024. The Company didnot have any restricted cash as of December 31, 2023.
The Company monitors its credit risk by considering factors such as historical experience, credit ratings, current economic conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
Short-term investments
The Company’s short-term investments are primarily comprised of corporate notes and obligations, U.S. Treasury securities, certificates of deposit, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, U.S. agency obligations, foreign government securities, supranational securities, and municipal securities. The Company determines the appropriate classification of its short-term investments at the time of purchase and reevaluates such designation at each balance sheet date. The Company has classified and accounted for its short-term investments as available-for-sale securities as the Company may sell these securities at any time for use in its current operations or for other purposes, even prior to maturity. As a result, the Company classifies its short-term investments, including securities with stated maturities beyond twelve months, within current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company's short-term investments are recorded at fair value each reporting period. Unrealized gains and losses on these short-term investments are reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated balance sheets until realized. Unrealized gains and losses for any short-term investments that management intends to sell or it is more likely than not that management will be required to sell prior to their anticipated recovery are recorded in other income (loss), net. The Company segments its portfolio based on the underlying risk profiles of the securities and has a zero-loss expectation for U.S. treasury and U.S. government agency securities. The Company regularly reviews the securities in an unrealized loss position and evaluates the current expected credit loss by considering factors such as credit ratings, issuer-specific factors, current economic conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The Company did not record any material credit losses during the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, no allowance for credit losses in short-term investments was recorded.
Concentrations of risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and short-term investments. Although the Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents with multiple well-established financial institutions, the deposits, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents and management believes that the institutions where the Company has deposits are financially stable and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists.
Trade accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned from customers located around the world. Twodistribution partners accounted for 11% and 48% of total trade and other receivables, net as of December 31, 2024. Two distribution partners accounted for 11% and 43% of total trade and other receivables, net as of December 31, 2023. No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s revenue in the periods presented.
The Company hosts its services and serves all of its users using a combination of its own custom-built infrastructure that it leases and operates in co-location facilities and third-party datacenter services such as Amazon Web Services ("AWS"). The Company's technology infrastructure, combined with select use of AWS resources, provides a distributed and scalable architecture on a global scale. The Company has designed its platform with multiple layers of redundancy to guard against data loss and deliver high availability.
Trade and other receivables, net
Trade and other receivables, net consists primarily of trade receivables that are recorded at the invoice amount, net of an allowance for expected credit losses.
The allowance for expected credit losses is based on the Company’s assessment of the collectability of accounts receivable. The Company assesses collectability by reviewing accounts receivable on a collective basis where similar characteristics exist and on an individual basis when the Company identifies specific customers with known disputes or collectability issues. The Company regularly reviews the adequacy of the allowance for expected credit losses by considering the age of each outstanding invoice, the collection history of each customer, and other relevant factors, including contractual term and current and future economic conditions. The Company's allowance for expected credit losses was immaterial as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Non-trade receivables
The Company records non-trade receivables to reflect amounts due for activities outside of its subscription agreements, such as indemnification assets and receivables from tenants. Non-trade receivables totaled $5.0 million and $6.9 million, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and are classified within prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. See Note 9 "Leases" for additional information.
Deferred commissions, net
Deferred commissions, net is stated as gross deferred commissions less accumulated amortization. Deferred commissions are considered to be incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer such as sales commissions earned by the Company’s sales force including related payroll taxes and revenue share earned by strategic partners. These amounts have been capitalized as deferred commissions within prepaid and other current assets and other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company deferred incremental costs of obtaining a contract of $28.1 million and $24.7 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Deferred commissions, net included in prepaid and other current assets were $21.3 million and $23.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Deferred commissions, net included in other assets were $21.9 million and $22.0 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Commissions related to new contracts are typically deferred and amortized over a period of benefit offive years. The period of benefit was estimated by considering factors such as historical customer attrition rates, the useful life of the Company’s technology, and the impact of competition in its industry. Commissions that are commensurate with renewal contracts are typically amortized overone year. Amortization of deferred commissions was $30.3 million, $38.6 million and $39.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively. Amortization of deferred commissions costs are included in sales and marketing expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. There was no impairment loss in relation to the deferred costs for any period presented.
Property and equipment, net
Equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the related asset, which is generally three toseven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the term of the related lease.
The following table presents the estimated useful lives of property and equipment:
| Property and equipment | Useful life |
|---|---|
| Datacenter and other computer equipment | 3 to 5 years |
| Office equipment and other | 3 to 7 years |
| Leasehold improvements | Lesser of estimated useful life or remaining lease term |
Lease obligations
The Company leases office space, datacenters, and equipment under non-cancelable finance and operating leases with various expiration dates through 2036. The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception.
Operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the present value of the future lease payments at commencement date. The interest rate implicit in the Company’s operating leases is not readily determinable, and therefore an incremental borrowing rate is estimated to determine the present value of future payments. The estimated incremental borrowing rate factors in a hypothetical interest rate on a collateralized basis with similar terms, payments, and economic environments. Operating lease right-of-use assets also include any prepaid lease payments and lease incentives.
Certain of the operating lease agreements contain rent concession, rent escalation, and option to renew provisions. Rent concession and rent escalation provisions are considered in determining the single lease cost to be recorded over the lease term. Single lease cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property. The lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease. The Company generally uses the base, non-cancelable, lease term when recognizing the lease assets and liabilities, unless it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised.
In addition, certain operating lease agreements contain tenant improvement allowances from its landlords. These allowances are accounted for as lease incentives and decrease the Company's right-of-use asset and reduce single lease cost over the lease term.
As part of the Company's Virtual First strategy, Dropbox has retained a portion of its office space for in-person collaboration while the remainder will be subleased. The Company recorded total impairment charges of $0.1 million, $3.6 million and $175.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to real estate assets as a result of changes in the corporate real estate market which impacted the Company's subleasing strategy in conjunction with the Virtual First model. See Note 9 "Leases" for additional information.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company executed an amendment to partially terminate the lease ("the lease amendment") for its San Francisco, California corporate headquarters. As a result of the lease amendment, the Company recognized a one-time gain of $158.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 from the corresponding remeasurement of the lease liability and adjustment of the right-of-use asset (which was previously impaired), partially offset by an increase in the liability for unrecoverable common area maintenance costs.
The Company leases certain equipment from various third parties, through equipment finance leases. These leases either include a bargain purchase option, a full transfer of ownership at the completion of the lease term, or the terms of the leases are at least 75 percent of the useful lives of the assets and are therefore classified as finance leases. These leases are capitalized in property and equipment, net and the related amortization of assets under finance leases is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Initial asset values and finance lease obligations are based on the present value of future minimum lease payments.
The Company’s finance lease agreements may contain lease and non-lease components. The non-lease components include payments for support on infrastructure equipment obtained via finance leases, which when not significant in relation to the overall agreement, are combined with the lease components and accounted for together as a single lease component.
Internal use software
The Company capitalizes certain costs related to developed or modified software solely for its internal use and cloud-based applications used to deliver its platform. The Company capitalizes costs during the application development stage once the preliminary project stage is complete, management authorizes and commits to funding the project, and it is probable that the project will be completed and that the software will be used to perform the function intended. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post implementation activities are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal use software costs were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Business combinations
The Company uses best estimates and assumptions, including but not limited to, future expected cash flows, expected asset lives, and discount rates, to assign a fair value to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations as of the acquisition date. These estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed may be recorded, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
Long-lived assets, including goodwill and other acquired intangible assets, net
The Company evaluates the recoverability of its property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets for possible impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. The evaluation is performed at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. Recoverability of these assets is measured by comparing the carrying amounts to the future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If such review determines that the carrying amount of specific property and equipment or intangible assets is not recoverable, the carrying amount of such assets is reduced to its fair value.
The Company reviews goodwill for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances would more likely than not reduce the fair value of its single reporting unit below its carrying value. At December 31, 2024, the single reporting unit had a negative carrying value of net assets. Goodwill allocated to the single reporting unit was $442.8 million at December 31, 2024.
The Company hasnot recorded impairment charges on goodwill or intangible assets for the periods presented in these consolidated financial statements.
The Company recorded total impairment charges of $0.1 million, $3.6 million and $175.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to real estate assets as a result of changes in the corporate real estate market which impacted the Company's subleasing strategy in conjunction with its Virtual First model. See Note 9 "Leases" for additional information.
Acquired property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their useful lives. The Company evaluates the estimated remaining useful life of these assets when events or changes in circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining period of depreciation or amortization. If the Company revises the estimated useful life assumption for any asset, the remaining unamortized balance is amortized or depreciated over the revised estimated useful life on a prospective basis. Refer to "Change in Accounting Estimate" for additional information related to the revised useful life of certain assets in the first quarter of 2024.
Income taxes
Deferred income tax balances reflect the effects of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of the Company’s assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply when taxes are actually paid or recovered. In addition, deferred tax assets are recorded for net operating loss and credit carryforwards.
A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets unless it is more likely than not that they will be realized based on all available positive and negative evidence. Such evidence includes, but is not limited to, recent cumulative earnings or losses, expectations of future taxable income by taxing jurisdiction, and the carry-forward periods available for the utilization of deferred tax assets. As of December 31, 2022, the Company released the valuation allowance on its U.S. federal and certain state deferred tax assets resulting in an income tax benefit of $420.2 million.
The Company uses a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain income tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense.
Although the Company believes that it has adequately reserved for its uncertain tax positions, it can provide no assurance that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be materially different. The Company evaluates its uncertain tax positions on a regular basis and evaluations are based on a number of factors, including changes in facts and circumstances, changes in tax law, correspondence with tax authorities during the course of an audit, and effective settlement of audit issues.
To the extent that the final tax outcome of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will affect the provision for income taxes in the period in which such determination is made and could have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("TCJA") subjects a U.S. shareholder to current tax on global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI") earned by foreign subsidiaries. The Company accounts for GILTI as a period cost as incurred.
Fair value measurement
The Company applies fair value accounting for all financial assets and liabilities and non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining fair value measurements for assets and liabilities, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and the market-based risk measurements or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as risks inherent in valuation techniques, transfer restrictions, and credit risk. Fair value is estimated by applying the following hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement:
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3—Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to enhance income tax disclosures primarily through changes in rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company's consolidated financial statement disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disclosure of disaggregated information about the types of expenses (including employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization) in commonly presented expense captions in the statement of operations, as well as the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company's consolidated financial statement disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments, which clarifies the requirements for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion. The amendments in ASU 2024-04 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted for all entities that have adopted the amendments in ASU 2020-06. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Recently adopted accounting pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires public entities to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items . The ASU also clarifies that public entities, including those with a single reportable segment, are required to provide the new disclosures and all existing disclosures required by ASC 280, on both an annual and interim basis. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The adoption of the standard did not result in significant change to the Company's consolidated financial statement disclosures. See Note 15 "Segment Information and Geographic Areas".
Note 2. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments
The amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses and estimated fair value of the Company's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 consisted of the following:
| As of December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amortized Cost | Unrealized Gain | Unrealized Loss | Estimated Fair Value | |
| Cash | $98.3 | $— | $— | $98.3 |
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | 1,230.0 | — | — | 1,230.0 |
| Total cash & cash equivalents | $1,328.3 | $— | $— | $1,328.3 |
| Short-term investments | ||||
| Corporate notes and obligations | 133.1 | 0.2 | (3.3) | 130.0 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 85.0 | — | (2.6) | 82.4 |
| Municipal securities | 30.0 | — | (0.7) | 29.3 |
| Asset backed securities | 19.2 | — | (0.3) | 18.9 |
| U.S. agency obligations | 3.8 | — | (0.2) | 3.6 |
| Supranational securities | 1.8 | — | (0.1) | 1.7 |
| Total short-term investments | 272.9 | 0.2 | (7.2) | 265.9 |
| Total | $1,601.2 | $0.2 | $(7.2) | $1,594.2 |
| As of December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amortized Cost | Unrealized Gain | Unrealized Loss | Estimated Fair Value | |
| Cash | $81.3 | $— | $— | $81.3 |
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | 514.8 | — | — | 514.8 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 10.0 | — | — | 10.0 |
| Commercial paper | 4.4 | — | — | 4.4 |
| Corporate notes and obligations | 2.9 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Certificates of deposit | 1.3 | — | — | 1.3 |
| Municipal securities | 0.2 | — | — | 0.2 |
| Total cash & cash equivalents | $614.9 | $— | $— | $614.9 |
| Short-term investments | ||||
| Corporate notes and obligations | 359.6 | 0.4 | (10.3) | 349.7 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 231.2 | 0.2 | (6.1) | 225.3 |
| Asset backed securities | 72.3 | — | (2.3) | 70.0 |
| Municipal securities | 48.3 | — | (2.0) | 46.3 |
| Commercial paper | 30.7 | — | — | 30.7 |
| Certificates of deposit | 8.4 | — | — | 8.4 |
| U.S. agency obligations | 6.0 | — | (0.3) | 5.7 |
| Foreign government obligations | 3.5 | — | (0.2) | 3.3 |
| Supranational securities | 1.8 | — | (0.1) | 1.7 |
| Total short-term investments | 761.8 | 0.6 | (21.3) | 741.1 |
| Total | $1,376.7 | $0.6 | $(21.3) | $1,356.0 |
Included in cash and cash equivalents is cash in transit from payment processors for credit and debit card transactions of $9.9 million and $17.0 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
All short-term investments were designated as available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
The following table presents the contractual maturities of the Company’s short-term investments as of
December 31, 2024:
| As of December 31, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amortized cost | Estimated fair value | |
| Due within one year | $109.1 | $106.9 |
| Due between one to three years | 147.9 | 143.5 |
| Due after three years | 15.9 | 15.5 |
| Total | $272.9 | $265.9 |
The Company had 182 short-term investments in unrealized loss positions as of December 31, 2024. There were no material gains or losses from short-term investments that were reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2024 or 2023.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s short-term investments portfolio consisted ofsix security types, all of which were in an unrealized loss position. The Company’s short-term investments had unrealized losses of approximately $7.2 million as of December 31, 2024. The following tables present the breakdown of the short-term investments that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position aggregated by investment category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:
| As of December 31, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 12 months | More than 12 months | Total | ||||
| Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses | |
| Corporate notes and obligations | $1.9 | $— | $103.8 | $(3.3) | $105.7 | $(3.3) |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 9.0 | (0.1) | 65.7 | (2.5) | 74.7 | (2.6) |
| Asset backed securities | — | — | 16.0 | (0.3) | 16.0 | (0.3) |
| Municipal securities | 6.0 | (0.1) | 23.1 | (0.6) | 29.1 | (0.7) |
| U.S. agency obligations | — | — | 3.6 | (0.2) | 3.6 | (0.2) |
| Supranational securities | — | — | 1.7 | (0.1) | 1.7 | (0.1) |
| Total | $16.9 | $(0.2) | $213.9 | $(7.0) | $230.8 | $(7.2) |
| As of December 31, 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 12 months | More than 12 months | Total | ||||
| Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized Losses | |
| Corporate notes and obligations | $25.1 | $(0.1) | $240.3 | $(10.2) | $265.4 | $(10.3) |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 17.8 | (0.1) | 174.0 | (6.0) | 191.8 | (6.1) |
| Asset backed securities | 0.6 | — | 66.0 | (2.3) | 66.6 | (2.3) |
| Municipal securities | — | — | 46.1 | (2.0) | 46.1 | (2.0) |
| U.S. agency obligations | — | — | 3.5 | (0.3) | 3.5 | (0.3) |
| Foreign government obligations | — | — | 3.3 | (0.2) | 3.3 | (0.2) |
| Supranational securities | — | — | 1.6 | (0.1) | 1.6 | (0.1) |
| Total | $43.5 | $(0.2) | $534.8 | $(21.1) | $578.3 | $(21.3) |
Unrealized losses on short-term investments have not been recorded into income because management does not intend to sell nor will be required to sell these securities prior to their anticipated recovery, and for which the decline in fair value is largely due to changes in interest rates. The credit ratings associated with the corporate notes and obligations are mostly unchanged, are highly rated and the issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments.
The Company recorded interest income from its cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $39.0 million, $34.6 million and $15.7 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Note 3. Fair Value Measurements
The Company measures its financial instruments at fair value each reporting period using a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The following table presents information about the Company’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using the input categories discussed in Note 1:
| As of December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | $1,230.0 | $— | $— | $1,230.0 |
| Total cash equivalents | $1,230.0 | $— | $— | $1,230.0 |
| Short-term investments | ||||
| Corporate notes and obligations | — | 130.0 | — | 130.0 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | — | 82.4 | — | 82.4 |
| Municipal securities | — | 29.3 | — | 29.3 |
| Asset backed securities | — | 18.9 | — | 18.9 |
| U.S. agency obligations | — | 3.6 | — | 3.6 |
| Supranational securities | — | 1.7 | — | 1.7 |
| Total short-term investments | — | 265.9 | — | 265.9 |
| Total | $1,230.0 | $265.9 | $— | $1,495.9 |
| As of December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | $514.8 | $— | $— | $514.8 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | — | 10.0 | — | 10.0 |
| Commercial paper | — | 4.4 | — | 4.4 |
| Corporate notes and obligations | — | 2.9 | — | 2.9 |
| Certificates of deposit | — | 1.3 | — | 1.3 |
| Municipal securities | — | 0.2 | — | 0.2 |
| Total cash equivalents | $514.8 | $18.8 | $— | $533.6 |
| Short-term investments | ||||
| Corporate notes and obligations | — | 349.7 | — | 349.7 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | — | 225.3 | — | 225.3 |
| Asset backed securities | — | 70.0 | — | 70.0 |
| Municipal securities | — | 46.3 | — | 46.3 |
| Commercial paper | — | 30.7 | — | 30.7 |
| Certificates of deposit | — | 8.4 | — | 8.4 |
| U.S. agency obligations | — | 5.7 | — | 5.7 |
| Foreign government obligations | — | 3.3 | — | 3.3 |
| Supranational securities | — | 1.7 | — | 1.7 |
| Total short-term investments | — | 741.1 | — | 741.1 |
| Total | $514.8 | $759.9 | $— | $1,274.7 |
The Company had no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy during the periods presented.
The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including cash and restricted cash held in banks, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities and are excluded from the fair value table above.
The Company had $695.8 million in aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due in 2026 (the "2026 Notes"), and $693.3 million in aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due in 2028 (the "2028 Notes" and together with the 2026 Notes, the "Notes"), outstanding as of December 31, 2024. Refer to Note 8 "Debt" for additional information.
The estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, based on a market approach as of December 31, 2024 was approximately $695.8 million and $708.2 million, respectively. The Notes were categorized as Level 2 instruments as the estimated fair value was determined based on the trading activity of the Notes in an over-the-counter market on the last business day of the period.
The Company had $1.0 billion of term loans outstanding with a carrying value of $972.9 million as of December 31, 2024. Refer to Note 8 "Debt" for additional information. As of December 31, 2024, the fair value of the term loan approximated its carrying value as of such date. The term loans are categorized as Level 2 instruments as the estimated fair value was determined based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and maturities.
Note 4. Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Datacenter and other computer equipment | $830.2 | $783.2 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 10.7 | 11.6 |
| Leasehold improvements | 101.9 | 96.1 |
| Construction in progress | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| Total property and equipment | 943.0 | 895.5 |
| Accumulated depreciation | (584.2) | (586.3) |
| Property and equipment, net | $358.8 | $309.2 |
The Company leases certain infrastructure, computer equipment, and furniture from various third parties, through equipment finance leases. Infrastructure assets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 included a total of $501.1 million and$457.4 million, respectively, acquired under finance lease agreements. These leases are capitalized in property and equipment, and the related depreciation of assets under finance leases is included in depreciation expense. The accumulated depreciation of the equipment under finance leases totaled $223.3 million and $234.7 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $109.3 million and $139.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Note 5. Business Combinations
On July 26, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of Reclaim.ai Inc. (“Reclaim”) and entered into employment arrangements with its employees. Reclaim is an AI-powered calendar application that helps users optimize their schedules for better productivity, collaboration, and work-life balance. The Company paid $40.2 million in cash. The Company recorded $30.6 million of goodwill and $13.4 million of intangible assets resulting from the transaction. The goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.
Note 6. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
| As of December 31, | As of December 31, | Weighted-averageremaininguseful life(In years)As of December 31, | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Developed technology | $93.7 | $74.3 | 2.9 |
| Customer relationships | 48.5 | 43.2 | 2.1 |
| Patents | 16.6 | 19.4 | 2.5 |
| Software | 8.9 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| Trademarks and trade names | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| Licenses | 0.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Assembled workforce in asset acquisitions | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| Other | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Total intangibles | 178.6 | 160.9 | |
| Accumulated amortization | (123.7) | (102.8) | |
| Intangible assets, net | $54.9 | $58.1 |
Amortization expense was $27.8 million, $30.4 million and $16.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Expected future amortization expense for intangible assets as of December 31, 2024 is as follows:
| Intangible assets | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $25.2 |
| 2026 | 16.0 |
| 2027 | 7.3 |
| 2028 | 4.1 |
| 2029 | 1.8 |
| Thereafter | 0.5 |
| Total | $54.9 |
Note 7. Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired. The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill were as follows:
| Balance at December 31, 2023 | $402.2 |
|---|---|
| Acquisitions(1) | 40.9 |
| Effect of foreign currency translation | (0.3) |
| Balance at December 31, 2024 | $442.8 |
(1)The Company completedtwo acquisitions of private companies during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Goodwill amounts are not amortized, but tested for impairment on an annual basis. There wasno impairment of goodwill as of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Note 8. Debt
Term loan facility
During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company entered into a Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), with certain counterparties which provided for, among other things, a secured five-year term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2.0 billion, consisting of initial term loans and delayed draw term loan commitments each in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.0 billion, respectively. The Credit Agreement also provides for a secured letter of credit facility in an aggregate amount of up to $35.0 million. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain material subsidiaries of the Company and are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and such subsidiary guarantors. As of December 31, 2024, there were $1.0 billion of term loans outstanding, measured at amortized cost. In accounting for the term loans, issuance costs of $27.6 million were deducted from the carrying value of the term loan in the consolidated balance sheet. Issuance costs are amortized and recognized as a component of interest expense over thefive-year term using the effective interest method. Furthermore, there were $22.6 million and $0.2 million of deferred issuance costs related to the delayed draw term loan commitments and secured letter of credit facility, respectively, which will be recognized initially as deferred assets and subsequently reclassified and presented as a direct deduction to the carrying value of the related debt upon an eventual draw, and amortized over the remaining term on an effective interest method basis from the time of draw.
The delayed draw term loan commitments of $1.0 billion may be borrowed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, from the closing date of the Credit Agreement through December 11, 2026, provided that the delayed draw term loan commitments shall be reduced to $500.0 million as of December 11, 2025, if the undrawn delayed draw term loan commitments exceed $500.0 million at that date. The delayed draw term loan commitments can be drawn in increments of $5.0 million or greater and up to ten draws can be made. The initial term loans and the delayed draw term loans (if and when funded) shall have the same terms and shall be treated as a single fungible class of term loans for all purposes under the Credit Agreement, except that interest on any delayed draw term loan shall commence from the applicable date of draw. As of December 31, 2024, no amounts were outstanding on the delayed draw term loan commitments andno letters of credit were issued under the letter of credit facility.
Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee that accrues at a rate of 1.00% per annum on the unused portion of the delayed draw term loan commitments. The 1.00% fee will be capitalized each reporting period, as the draw is probable as of the issuance date, and reclassified against the carrying value of the debt upon draw and amortized over the debt term on an effective interest method basis from the time of draw. As of December 31, 2024, the accrued commitment fee was $0.6 million.
The term loans have a maturity date of December 11, 2029 with quarterly principal payments beginning on March 31, 2025 and continuing on the last business day of each quarter thereafter, equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of such term loans. In addition, the term loans are subject to mandatory prepayments upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in the Credit Agreement, including excess cash flows generated by the Company's operating activities, the proceeds of certain asset sales and the incurrence of certain indebtedness. The Company believes the occurrence of any such events is remote as of the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company is permitted to prepay the term loans at any time in whole or in part, subject to a prepayment premium equal to 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount prepaid on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date and 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount prepaid after the first anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the closing date. Term loans repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
Borrowings under the term loan facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (a) an alternate base rate, which is defined as a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the prime rate then in effect, (ii) the federal funds rate then in effect, plus 0.50% per annum, and (iii) a term SOFR rate determined on the basis of a one-month interest period plus 1.00% per annum, in each case, plus a margin of 2.75%, or (b) an overnight or term SOFR rate (based on one, three or six month interest periods), plus a margin of 3.75%. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to borrowings bearing interest at the alternative base rate on the last business day of an interest period, but at most monthly and at least quarterly, with respect to overnight and term SOFR rate borrowings.
Interest expense associated with the term loans for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $5.2 million.
The Credit Agreement permits the Company, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including obtaining commitments from new or existing lenders, to add new term loan facilities or increase the term loan commitments under the Credit Agreement, in each case, subject to certain limits. Additionally, the term loan agreement contains customary representations and warranties, customary affirmative and negative covenants, and customary events of default. Failure to comply with these covenants may result in a portion of the outstanding term loan debt becoming due immediately. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the term loan facility as of December 31, 2024.
Maturities on the Company's term loan debt are as follows:
| Term Loan | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $10.0 |
| 2026 | 10.0 |
| 2027 | 10.0 |
| 2028 | 10.0 |
| 2029 | 960.0 |
| Total | $1,000.0 |
Revolving credit facility
In December 2024, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company terminated its existing revolving credit facility and recorded a$0.6 million loss on debt extinguishment, which is included in other income (loss), net, for theyear ended December 31, 2024. The revolving credit facility provided for secured revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500.0 million, with a letter of credit sublimit of $65.0 million and would have matured in February 2026.
Pursuant to the terms of the revolving credit facility, the Company was required to pay an annual commitment fee that accrued at a rate of 0.20% per annum on the unused portion of the borrowing commitments under the revolving credit facility. In addition, the Company was required to pay a fee in connection with letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility, which accrued at a rate of 1.375% per annum on the amount of such letters of credit outstanding. There was an additional fronting fee of 0.125% per annum multiplied by the average aggregate daily maximum amount available under all letters of credit. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility accrued interest, at the Company’s option, at an annual rate based on credit spread adjusted SOFR plus a spread of 1.375% or at an alternative base rate plus a spread of 0.375%.
As part of the termination of the revolving credit facility, all remaining letters of credit were guaranteed by a single lender and secured with cash collateral, which is recorded as restricted cash and presented within prepaid expenses and other current assets and other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s letters of credit have final expiration dates through 2036.
Convertible senior notes
During the first quarter of 2021, the Company issued $695.8 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2021, the Company issued $693.3 million aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Notes. The Notes were issued in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $1.4 billion after deducting offering and issuance costs related to the Notes.
The Notes of each series do not bear regular interest. The Notes of each series may bear special interest as the remedy relating to the Company’s failure to comply with certain of its reporting obligations. The Company has complied with these reporting obligations from the issuance date through December 31, 2024. The 2026 Notes will mature on March 1, 2026, and the 2028 Notes will mature on March 1, 2028, in each case, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.
The initial conversion rate for the 2026 Notes is 26.1458 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of such Note, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $38.25 per share. The initial conversion rate for the 2028 Notes is 28.2889 shares of Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $35.35 per share. The conversion rate for each series of Notes will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events but will not be adjusted for accrued and unpaid special interest. In addition, upon the occurrence of a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes) or a notice of redemption, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate of the relevant series of Notes by a number of additional shares for a holder that elects to convert all or a portion of its Notes of such series in connection with such make-whole fundamental change or who elects to convert such Notes that are subject to such notice of redemption. The conversion rate for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes shall not exceed 43.1406 shares per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes, subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes). There have been no changes to the initial conversion price of the Notes since issuance as of December 31, 2024.
Upon conversion, the principal portion of the Notes of the applicable series being converted will be settled in cash, and any amount in excess of the principal portion of such Notes will be settled in cash or shares of the Company’s Class A common stock or any combination thereof at the Company’s option. The if-converted value of the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes was below the principal value of the respective series of Notes as of December 31, 2024. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2024 the conditions allowing holders of the Notes to convert during the following fiscal quarter were not met.
Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2025, in the case of the 2026 Notes, and prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2027, in the case of the 2028 Notes, the Notes of the applicable series will be convertible only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after June 30, 2021 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price for the relevant series of Notes on each applicable trading day; (2) during thefive business day period after anyfive consecutive trading day period in which, for each trading day of that period, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of 2026 Notes or 2028 Notes, as applicable, for such trading day was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock and the conversion rate for such series of Notes on each such trading day; (3) if the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption, such Notes of the applicable series called for redemption may be converted at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions.
On or after December 1, 2025, in the case of the 2026 Notes, and on or after December 1, 2027, in the case of the 2028 Notes, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the relevant maturity date, holders of the relevant series of Notes may convert all or a portion of their Notes of such series regardless of the foregoing conditions.
The Company may redeem for cash all or any part of the Notes, at its option, on or after March 6, 2024, in the case of the 2026 Notes, and on or after March 6, 2025, in the case of the 2028 Notes, if the last reported sale price of its Class A common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price for the relevant series of Notes then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the series of Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes) prior to the relevant maturity date, holders of the relevant series of Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes of such series for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the series of Notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. Additionally, and upon events of default (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes), the maturity of the Notes may be accelerated.
The Notes are the Company’s general unsecured obligations and will rank senior in right of payment to any existing and future indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes; rank equal in right of payment with the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated; effectively rank junior in right of payment to any of the
Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and be structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of subsidiaries of the Company.
In accounting for the Notes, issuance costs of $11.0 million and $11.0 million for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, respectively, were deducted from the carrying value of the Notes in the consolidated balance sheet. Issuance costs will be recognized as interest expense over thefive-year term andseven-year term for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, respectively.
The following is a summary of the Notes as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
| 2026 Notes | 2028 Notes | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal balance | $695.8 | $693.3 | $1,389.1 |
| Unamortized issuance costs | (2.6) | (4.9) | (7.5) |
| Carrying value, net | $693.2 | $688.4 | $1,381.6 |
| Principal balance | $695.8 | $693.3 | $1,389.1 |
| Unamortized issuance costs | (4.8) | (6.5) | (11.3) |
| Carrying value, net | $691.0 | $686.8 | $1,377.8 |
During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $2.2 million in interest expense for the 2026 Notes and $1.6 million in interest expense for the 2028 Notes, respectively, with such interest expense solely consisting of amortization of issuance costs. The effective interest rate for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes was 0.32% and 0.22%, respectively, as of December 31, 2024.
Maturities on the Company's long-term convertible debt are as follows:
| Convertible Debt | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $— |
| 2026 | 695.8 |
| 2027 | — |
| 2028 | 693.3 |
| 2029 | — |
| Thereafter | — |
| Total | $1,389.1 |
Convertible Note Hedges and Warrants
Concurrent with the offering of the Notes, the Company entered into convertible note hedge transactions with certain counterparties whereby the Company had the option to purchase a total of approximately 18.2 million shares for note hedges expiring in March 2026 (the “2026 Note Hedges”) and 19.6 million shares for note hedges expiring in March 2028 (the “2028 Note Hedges”, together with the 2026 Note Hedges, the “Note Hedges”), respectively, of its Class A common stock at a price of approximately $38.25 and $35.35 per share, respectively. The aggregate cost of the convertible note hedge transactions was $265.3 million.
The Note Hedges, or a portion thereof, are exercisable upon conversion of the Notes and the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Note Hedges. Additionally, the Note Hedges may be terminated and early settled upon the occurrence of certain events, including certain merger events, events of default, and upon a fundamental change (as defined in the relevant indentures for the Notes). The Note Hedges are settleable in cash, shares or a combination of cash and shares, at the option of the Company, and the settlement alternative will be the same as the settlement alternative of the conversion spread for the respective series of Notes.
The convertible note hedge transactions are expected generally to offset the potential dilution to the Class A common stock upon conversion of the relevant series of Notes and/or reduce any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of such converted Notes, as the case may be, in the event that the market price per share of the Class A common stock, as measured under the terms of the convertible note hedge transactions, is greater than the applicable strike price of those convertible note hedge transactions. As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s stock price was below the exercise price of the respective Note Hedges.
In addition, the Company sold warrants to certain counterparties whereby the holders of the warrants had the option to purchase a total of approximately 18.1 million shares of Class A common stock underlying such warrants expiring in 2026 (the “2026 Warrants”) and 20.1 million shares of Class A common stock underlying such warrants expiring in 2028 (the “2028 Warrants”, together with the 2026 Warrants, the “Warrants”), respectively, at an initial strike price of $46.36 and $46.36 per share, respectively. The Company received aggregate cash proceeds of $202.9 million from the sale of these Warrants.
If the market price per share of the Company’s Class A common stock, as measured under the terms of the Warrants, exceeds the strike price of the Warrants, the Warrants could have a dilutive effect, unless the Company elects, subject to certain conditions, to settle the Warrants in cash. The Warrants are only exercisable on the applicable expiration dates in accordance with the terms of the Warrants. Subject to the other terms of the Warrants, the first expiration date applicable to the 2026 Warrants and to the 2028 Warrants is June 1, 2026, and June 1, 2028, respectively, and the final expiration date applicable to the 2026 Warrants and 2028 Warrants is August 10, 2026 and August 10, 2028, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s Class A common stock price was below the exercise price of the Warrants.
Taken together, the purchase of the Note Hedges and the sale of the Warrants are intended to offset potential dilution from the conversion of the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes and/or reduce any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of such converted Notes, as the case may be, and to effectively increase the overall conversion price from $38.25 per share to $46.36 per share and from $35.35 per share to $46.36 for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, respectively.
The Note Hedges and the Warrants are equity-classified instruments as a result of being indexed to the Company’s Class A common stock and meeting certain equity classification criteria, and the instruments will not be remeasured in subsequent periods as long as the instruments continue to meet these accounting criteria. The premium paid for the Note Hedges has been included as a net reduction to additional paid-in capital within stockholders’ deficit and the premium received for the Warrants has been included as a net increase to additional paid-in capital within stockholders' deficit.
Note 9. Leases
The Company has operating leases for corporate offices and datacenters, and finance leases for infrastructure and office equipment. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of under 1 year to 12 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 5 years.
The Company also has subleases for several floors of its former corporate offices. The Company classifies its subleases as operating leases. The subleases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 9 years, some of which include options to extend the sublease for up to approximately 4 years. Sublease income, which is recorded as a reduction of rental expense, was $14.0 million and $15.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The components of lease cost were as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Operating lease cost (1) | $64.4 | $71.6 |
| Finance lease cost: | ||
| Amortization of assets under finance lease | 77.9 | 111.7 |
| Interest | 14.8 | 10.5 |
| Total finance lease cost | $92.7 | $122.2 |
(1) Is presented gross of sublease income and includes short-term leases, which are immaterial.
Other information related to leases was as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Supplemental Cash Flow Information: | ||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | ||
| Payments for operating leases included in cash from operating activities | $76.1 | $91.4 |
| Payments for finance leases included in cash from operating activities | 14.8 | 10.5 |
| Payments for finance leases included in cash from financing activities | 129.4 | 126.6 |
| Assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: | ||
| Operating leases | 11.1 | 34.3 |
| Finance leases | $171.6 | $144.7 |
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (in years) | ||
| Operating leases | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| Finance leases | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Weighted Average Discount Rate | ||
| Operating leases | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Finance leases | 5.5% | 4.4% |
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of December 31, 2024 were as follows:
| Operating leases(1) · Finance leases | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $78.6 | 138.4 |
| 2026 | $41.6 | 111.2 |
| 2027 | $41.0 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | $39.9 | 32.2 |
| 2029 | $39.1 | — |
| Thereafter | $138.4 | — |
| Total future minimum lease payments | $378.6 | $355.7 |
| Less imputed interest | (63.3) | (28.9) |
| Total liability | $315.3 | $326.8 |
(1)Consists of future non-cancelable minimum rental payments under operating leases for the Company’s corporate offices and datacenters where the Company has possession, excluding rent payments for short-term lease obligations, payments from the Company’s subtenants and variable operating expenses.
Future non-cancelable rent payments from the Company's subtenants as of December 31, 2024 were as follows:
| Operating leases | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.1 |
| 2026 | 9.4 |
| 2027 | 8.9 |
| 2028 | 8.6 |
| 2029 | 6.0 |
| Thereafter | 13.9 |
| Total future sublease rent payments, net | $59.9 |
In 2017, the Company signed a 15 year lease agreement for office space in San Francisco, California, to serve as its corporate headquarters which commenced in 2018. The Company's obligations under the lease are supported by a $17.5 million letter of credit, which is secured by cash collateral. As of December 31, 2024, the Company's remaining minimum obligation under the lease for its headquarters was $170.7 million, which excludes $200.1 million of future payments allocated to non-lease components.
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company announced a Virtual First work model pursuant to which remote work has become the primary experience for all of its employees. As part of the Virtual First strategy, the Company retained a portion of its office space to be used for the Company’s team collaboration use and a portion was marketed for sublease. In connection with these changes, the Company evaluated certain of its right-of-use assets and other lease related assets including leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment for impairment under ASC 360.
As part of this analysis, the Company reassessed its real estate asset groups and estimated the fair value of the office space to be subleased using current market conditions. Where the carrying value of the individual asset groups exceeded their fair value, an impairment charge was recognized for the difference.
The Company recorded total impairment charges of $0.1 million, $3.6 million and $175.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, for right-of-use and other lease related assets.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company executed an amendment to the lease ("the lease amendment") for its San Francisco, California corporate headquarters, whereby the Company will surrender to the landlord approximately 165,000 square feet of office space and pay an aggregate of $79.0 million in termination payments. The surrendering of space and payment of termination fees will occur inthree tranches: approximately 52,000 square feet and $28.1 million paid in October
2023 upon the execution of the lease amendment,54,000 square feet and $14.9 million paid in June 2024, and the remaining 59,000 feet and $36.0 million paid in January 2025.
As a result of the lease amendment, the Company remeasured its related lease liability and right-of-use asset using its estimated incremental borrowing rate as of the modification date and using a relative standalone price reallocation of total contract consideration between the lease and non-lease components of the contract. The non-lease components include common area maintenance costs, which are significant in relation to the overall agreement. The determination of the standalone price of the lease and non-lease components involved judgment and was based on assumptions including future market rent rates, free rent periods and anticipated increases to common area maintenance costs.
As a result of the lease amendment, the Company recognized a one-time gain of $158.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 from the corresponding remeasurement of the lease liability and adjustment of the right-of-use asset (which was previously impaired), partially offset by an increase in the liability for unrecoverable common area maintenance costs. The gain is recorded within net loss (gain) on real estate assets in the consolidated statement of operations.
The Company's remaining lease liability associated with its corporate headquarters lease was $133.3 million as of the year ended December 31, 2024. The liability for unrecoverable common area maintenance costs totaled $51.7 million and $70.0 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The liability for unrecoverable common area maintenance costs is recorded within accrued and other current liabilities and other liabilities.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company has $84.0 million in commitments for operating leases that have not yet commenced, and therefore are not included in right-of-use assets or operating lease liability. The operating leases will commence in 2025 with a lease term of 6 to 7 years.
Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies
Other commitments
Other commitments include payments to third-party vendors for services related to the Company's infrastructure, infrastructure warranty contracts, and asset retirement obligations for office modifications.
Future minimum payments under the Company's non-cancelable leases, finance lease obligations, and other commitments as of December 31, 2024, are as follows, and exclude non-cancelable rent payments from the Company's subtenants:
| Financeleasecommitments · Operating lease commitments(1) · Othercommitments(2) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year ended December 31: | ||||||
| 2025 | $138.4 | $115.9 | $70.0 | |||
| 2026 | 111.2 | 60.1 | 66.9 | |||
| 2027 | 73.9 | 60.1 | 1.7 | |||
| 2028 | 32.2 | 59.5 | 0.3 | |||
| 2029 | — | 59.4 | — | |||
| Thereafter | — | 223.8 | 15.2 | |||
| Future minimum payments | 355.7 | $578.8 | $154.1 | |||
| Less interest and taxes | (28.9) | |||||
| Less current portion of the present value of minimum lease payments | (123.3) | |||||
| Financing lease obligations, net of current portion | $203.5 | |||||
(1)This balance includes short-term lease obligations and $200.1 million of future contractual rent payments allocated to non-lease components.
(2)This balance excludes indemnification and founder holdbacks related to our acquisitions. See Note 5, "Business Combinations" for additional information.
Legal matters
From time-to-time, the Company is a party to a variety of claims, lawsuits, investigations, inquiries, and proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights, regulatory matters, and commercial disputes. The Company records a liability when it believes that it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount of loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. In its opinion, resolution of pending matters is not likely to have a material adverse impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, or its financial position. Given the unpredictable nature of legal proceedings, the Company bases its estimate on the information available at the time of the assessment. As additional information becomes available, the Company reassesses the potential liability and may revise the estimate.
Indemnification
The Company’s arrangements generally include certain provisions for indemnifying customers against liabilities if its products or services infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification obligations due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims.
Note 11. Accrued and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued and other current liabilities consisted of the following:
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Non-income taxes payable | $59.2 | $61.3 |
| Accrued legal and other external fees | 26.1 | 28.8 |
| Acquisition indemnification holdbacks(1) | 4.0 | 16.9 |
| Other accrued and current liabilities | 53.9 | 48.2 |
| Total accrued and other current liabilities | $143.2 | $155.2 |
(1)Acquisition indemnification holdbacks were released to the sellers' representative following the expiration of the applicable holdback period as of December 31, 2024.
Note 12. Stockholders’ Deficit
Common stock
The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock. Holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock are entitled to dividends on a pro rata basis, when, as, and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors, subject to the rights of the holders of the Company’s preferred stock. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled toone vote per share, holders of Class B common stock are entitled to 10 votes per share, and holders of Class C common stock are entitled tozero votes per share.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had authorized 2,400.0 million shares of Class A common stock,475.0 million shares of Class B common stock, and 800.0 million shares of Class C common stock, each at par value of $0.00001. Holders of Class B common stock voluntarily converted 3.2 million and 1.5 million shares into an equivalent number of shares of Class A common stock during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2024,218.4 million shares of Class A common stock,77.5 million shares of Class B common stock, andno shares of Class C common stock were issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2023,256.0 million shares of Class A common stock,80.7 million shares of Class B common stock, andno shares of Class C common stock were issued and outstanding. Class A shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 exclude unvested restricted stock awards granted to certain executives. Class A shares issued and outstanding also exclude 8.3 million unvested restricted stock awards granted to one of the Company's co-founders as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, resp ectively. See "Co-Founder Grant" section below for additional information.
Preferred stock
The Company's Board of Directors will have the authority, without further action by the Company's stockholders, to issue up to 240.0 million shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time-to-time by the Board of Directors.
Stock repurchase program
In February 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $1.2 billion of the Company's outstanding shares of Class A common stock. In July 2023, the Board of Directors further authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $1.2 billion of the Company's outstanding shares of Class A common stock. The Company completed the February 2022 authorization of $1.2 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and continued stock repurchases under the July 2023 authorization. In December 2024, the Board of Directors further authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $1.2 billion of the Company's outstanding shares of Class A common stock. Share repurchases will be made from time-to-time in private transactions or open market purchases, as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements and will be subject to a review of the circumstances in place at that time, including prevailing market prices. The program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares and may be discontinued at any time.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repurchased and subsequently retired 49.5 million shares of its Class A common stock for an aggregate amount of $1.2 billion. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased and subsequently retired 22.7 million shares of its Class A common stock, for an aggregate amount of $542.8 million. Included in the cost of treasury stock acquired pursuant to common share repurchases is the 1% excise tax imposed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Equity incentive plans
Under the 2018 Plan, the Company may grant stock-based awards to purchase or directly issue shares of common stock to employees, directors, and consultants. Options are granted at a price per share equal to the fair market value of the Company's common stock at the date of grant. Options granted are exercisable over a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant and generally vest over a period offour years. RSUs and RSAs are also granted under the 2018 Plan. The 2018 Plan will terminate 10 years after the later of (i) its adoption or (ii) the most recent stockholder-approved increase in the number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan, unless terminated earlier by the Company's Board of Directors. The 2018 Plan was adopted on March 22, 2018.
In connection with the acquisition of DocSend, the Company assumed unvested stock options and an immaterial number of unvested RSUs that had been granted under DocSend's 2013 Stock Plan and DocSend's 2015 Stock Option and Grant Plan.
As of December 31, 2024, there were 25.8 million stock-based awards issued and outstanding and 122.8 million shares available for issuance under the Dropbox Equity Incentive Plans, Dropbox Sign's 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, DocSend's 2013 Stock Plan and DocSend's 2015 Stock Option and Grant Plan (collectively, the "Plans").
Stock option and restricted stock activity for the Plans was as follows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Options outstanding · Restricted stockoutstanding | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ofsharesavailable forissuanceunder thePlans · Number ofsharesoutstandingunder thePlans · Weighted-averageexercisepriceper share · Weighted-averageremainingcontractualterm(In years) · Aggregate intrinsic value · Number ofsharesoutstandingunder thePlans · Weighted-averagegrant datefair valueper share | ||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2022 | 97.9 | 0.4 | $11.30 | 4.5 | $4.5 | 34.8 | $23.40 | |||||||
| Additional shares authorized | 17.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Options exercised and restricted stock units and awards released | — | (0.2) | 10.27 | — | — | (15.1) | 22.77 | |||||||
| Options and restricted stock units and awards canceled | 11.5 | — | — | — | — | (11.5) | 23.46 | |||||||
| Shares withheld related to net share settlement of restricted stock units and awards | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Options and restricted stock units and awards granted | (22.2) | — | — | — | — | 22.2 | $22.65 | |||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2023 | 110.0 | 0.2 | $13.54 | 3.9 | $2.2 | 30.4 | $23.16 | |||||||
| Additional shares authorized | 16.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Options exercised and restricted stock units and awards released | — | (0.1) | 11.68 | — | — | (14.4) | 23.61 | |||||||
| Options and restricted stock units and awards canceled / expired | 10.9 | — | — | — | — | (10.9) | 23.68 | |||||||
| Shares withheld related to net share settlement of restricted stock units and awards | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Options and restricted stock units and awards granted | (20.6) | — | — | — | — | 20.6 | 24.53 | |||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | 122.8 | 0.1 | $6.13 | 3.9 | $0.6 | 25.7 | $23.79 | |||||||
| Vested at December 31, 2024 | 0.1 | $6.13 | 3.9 | $0.6 | — | $— | ||||||||
| Unvested at December 31, 2024 | — | $— | — | $— | 25.7 | $23.79 | ||||||||
The following table summarizes information about the pre-tax intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Intrinsic value of options exercised | $1.0 | $3.3 |
As of December 31, 2024, unamortized stock-based compensation related to unvested stock options, restricted stock awards (excluding the Co-Founder Grant), and RSUs was$589.5 million. The weighted-average period over which such compensation expense will be recognized if the requisite service is provided is approximately 2.6 years as of December 31, 2024.
Co-Founder Grant
In December 2017, the Board of Directors approved the Company's Co-Founder Grant, consisting of 10.3 million shares of Class A common stock in the form of RSAs which were granted to Drew Houston, the Company’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. This Co-Founder Grant has service-based, market-based, and performance-based vesting conditions. The Co-Founder Grant is excluded from Class A common stock issued and outstanding until the satisfaction of these vesting conditions. The Co-Founder Grant also provides the holder with certain stockholder rights, such as the right to vote the shares with the other holders of Class A common stock and a right to cumulative declared dividends.
The Co-Founder Grant is eligible to vest over theten-year period following the date the Company’s shares of Class A common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in connection with the Company’s IPO. The Co-Founder Grant is comprised ofnine tranches that are eligible to vest based on the achievement of stock price goals, each of which are referred to as a Stock Price Target, measured over a consecutive thirty-day trading period during the Performance Period. The Performance Period began on January 1, 2019.
During the first four years of the Performance Period, no more than 20% of the shares subject to the Co-Founder Grant would be eligible to vest in any calendar year. After the first four years, all shares are eligible to vest based on the achievement of the Stock Price Targets.
The first tranche of the Co-Founder Grant, or 2.1 million shares of Class A common stock, vested in the fourth quarter of 2021. The stock-based compensation expense for Mr. Houston's Co-Founder Grant is recognized utilizing the accelerated attribution method over the requisite service period identified as the derived service period over which the market conditions are expected to be achieved, and is not reversed if the market conditions are not satisfied. Therefore, no incremental stock-based compensation was recognized upon vesting of these RSAs.
The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the Co-Founder Grant of $2.4 million and $9.4 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, there wasno unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to the Co-Founder Grant.
Note 13. Net Income Per Share
The Company computes net income per share using the two-class method required for multiple classes of common stock and participating securities. The rights, including the liquidation and dividend rights, of the Class A common stock and Class B common stock are substantially identical, other than voting rights. Accordingly, the Class A common stock and Class B common stock share equally in the Company’s net income and losses.
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of the Class A and Class B common stock outstanding.
Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of diluted common shares outstanding. The computation of the diluted net income per share of Class A common stock assumes the conversion of the Company's Class B common stock to Class A common stock, while the diluted net income per share of Class B common stock does not assume the conversion of those shares to Class A common stock. The dilutive effect of potentially dilutive common shares is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the if-converted method for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, and by application of the treasury stock method for the Company's other potentially dilutive securities.
The numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS computations for the Company's common stock are calculated as follows (in millions, except for per share amounts):
| Year EndedDecember 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Class A | Class B | Class A | Class B | Class A | Class B | |
| Basic net income per share: | ||||||
| Numerator | ||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $339.3 | $113.0 | $345.7 | $107.9 | $426.8 | $126.4 |
| Denominator | ||||||
| Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used in computing basic net income per share | 238.7 | 79.5 | 260.1 | 81.1 | 278.6 | 82.6 |
| Net income per common share, basic | $1.42 | $1.42 | $1.33 | $1.33 | $1.53 | $1.53 |
| Diluted net income per share: | ||||||
| Numerator | ||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $339.3 | $113.0 | $345.7 | $107.9 | $426.8 | $126.4 |
| Reallocation of net income as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A common stock | 113.0 | — | 107.9 | — | 126.4 | — |
| Reallocation of net income to Class B common stock | — | (1.7) | — | (1.4) | — | (0.7) |
| Net income attributable to common stockholders for diluted EPS | $452.3 | $111.3 | $453.6 | $106.5 | $553.2 | $125.7 |
| Denominator | ||||||
| Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used in computing basic net income per share | 238.7 | 79.5 | 260.1 | 81.1 | 278.6 | 82.6 |
| Weighted-average effect of dilutive restricted stock units and awards and employee stock options | 5.2 | — | 4.4 | — | 2.1 | — |
| Conversion of Class B to Class A common stock | 79.5 | — | 81.1 | — | 82.6 | — |
| Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used in computing diluted net income per share | 323.4 | 79.5 | 345.6 | 81.1 | 363.3 | 82.6 |
| Net income per common share, diluted | $1.40 | $1.40 | $1.31 | $1.31 | $1.52 | $1.52 |
The weighted-average impact of potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the diluted per share calculations because they would be anti-dilutive was as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Restricted stock units and awards | 4.0 | 6.9 | 20.4 |
| Options to purchase shares of common stock | — | — | 0.3 |
| Co-Founder Grant | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| Convertible Senior Notes | 37.8 | 37.8 | 37.8 |
| Warrants | 37.8 | 37.8 | 37.8 |
| Total | 87.9 | 90.8 | 104.6 |
Note 14. Income Taxes
For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, the Company’s income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes was as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Domestic | $280.4 | $385.8 | $37.8 |
| Foreign | 229.4 | 168.6 | 154.9 |
| Income before income taxes | $509.8 | $554.4 | $192.7 |
The components of the (provision for) benefit from income taxes in the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, were as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Current: | |||
| Federal | $(21.7) | $(37.6) | $(13.2) |
| State | (11.2) | (14.6) | (15.3) |
| Foreign | (30.9) | (10.7) | (7.5) |
| Deferred: | |||
| Federal | 2.6 | (23.0) | 386.7 |
| State | 4.5 | 2.7 | 30.0 |
| Foreign | (0.8) | (17.6) | (20.2) |
| (Provision for) benefit from income taxes | $(57.5) | $(100.8) | $360.5 |
A reconciliation of income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate to the benefit from (provision for) income taxes included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations is as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Provision for income taxes at federal statutory rate | $(107.1) | $(116.4) | $(40.5) |
| State taxes, net of federal benefit | (10.5) | (14.6) | (4.9) |
| Foreign rate differential | 2.3 | (20.9) | (34.0) |
| Research and other credits | 53.2 | 60.9 | 45.3 |
| Non-deductible compensation | (4.7) | (7.4) | (3.4) |
| Permanent differences | (1.4) | (0.8) | (1.8) |
| Change in valuation allowance | (5.4) | (2.4) | 409.9 |
| Stock-based compensation | 8.8 | 2.7 | (4.3) |
| Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 7.3 | (1.9) | (5.8) |
| (Provision for) benefit from income taxes | $(57.5) | $(100.8) | $360.5 |
The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Net operating loss carryforwards | $20.7 | $18.9 |
| Research credit carryforwards | 194.9 | 217.1 |
| Stock-based compensation | 25.7 | 24.8 |
| Accruals and reserves | 25.9 | 29.0 |
| Lease liability | 60.4 | 72.5 |
| Convertible senior notes | 26.5 | 37.1 |
| Capitalized research expenditures | 289.3 | 233.3 |
| Other | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Gross deferred tax assets | 644.0 | 632.9 |
| Valuation allowance | (122.8) | (116.3) |
| Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | 521.2 | 516.6 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Fixed assets and intangible assets | 25.9 | 21.8 |
| Right-of-use assets | 24.7 | 31.4 |
| Other | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Total deferred tax liability | 54.5 | 56.2 |
| Net deferred tax assets | $466.7 | $460.4 |
The Company periodically evaluates the realizability of its net deferred tax assets based on all available evidence, both positive and negative. The realization of net deferred tax assets is dependent on the Company's ability to generate sufficient future taxable income during periods prior to the expiration of tax attributes to fully utilize these assets. As of December 31, 2024, the Company continues to maintain valuation allowances against its deferred tax assets in certain states and one foreign jurisdiction.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $15.8 million of federal, $53.7 million of state, and $25.2 million of foreign net operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income. Of the federal net operating loss carryforwards, $4.0 million will begin to expire in 2032 and $11.8 million will carryforward indefinitely, while state net operating losses begin to expire in 2031. The foreign net operating loss carryforwards will carryforward indefinitely.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had research credit carryforwards of $192.9 million and $180.0 million for federal and state income tax purposes, respectively, of which $102.9 million and $49.7 million is the unrecognized tax benefit portion related to the research credit carryforwards for federal and state, respectively. The federal and state credit carryforwards will begin to expire in 2041 and 2032, respectively.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $0.5 million of foreign tax credit carryforwards, which will carryforward indefinitely.
Under Section 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards and other pre-change attributes, such as research tax credits, to offset its post-change income may be limited. In general, an “ownership change” will occur if there is a cumulative change in our ownership by “5-percent shareholders” that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. Similar rules may apply under state tax laws. The Company has determined that it has experienced multiple ownership changes and, as a result, the annual utilization of its net operating loss carryforwards and other pre-change attributes will be subject to limitation. However, the Company does not expect that the annual limitations will significantly impact its ability to utilize its net operating loss or tax credit carryforwards prior to expiration.
As of December 31, 2024, the balance of unrecognized tax benefits was $162.7 million of which $114.6 million, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate and $48.1 million would result in adjustment to deferred tax assets with corresponding adjustments to the valuation allowance.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefit is as follows:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the fiscal year | $149.8 | $127.2 | $107.3 |
| Gross increases related to prior period tax positions | 0.3 | 3.4 | — |
| Gross decreases related to prior period tax positions | (0.2) | (0.7) | — |
| Gross increases related to current period tax positions | 20.7 | 21.1 | 20.3 |
| Reductions due to lapse in statute of limitations | — | (1.2) | (0.4) |
| Reductions due to settlements with taxing authorities | (7.9) | — | — |
| Balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the fiscal year | $162.7 | $149.8 | $127.2 |
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to income tax matters as a component of income tax expense. As of December 31, 2024, the amount of accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions was $5.0 million. Net interest and penalties (released)/recognized for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 was $(1.6) million, $1.3 million, and $1.7 million, respectively.
It is reasonably possible that there could be changes to the amount of uncertain tax positions due to activities of the taxing authorities, settlement of audit issues, reassessment of existing uncertain tax positions, or the expiration of applicable statutes of limitations; however, the Company is not able to estimate the impact of these items at this time.
The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal, multiple states, and foreign jurisdictions. All of the Company’s tax years from 2011 and 2010 remain open for examination by the federal and state authorities, respectively, and from 2015 by foreign authorities.
The Company generally does not provide deferred income taxes for the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries that the Company intends to reinvest indefinitely. Should circumstances change and it becomes apparent that some or all of the undistributed earnings will no longer be indefinitely reinvested, the Company will accrue for income taxes not previously recognized. As of December 31, 2024, there was no deferred tax liability on undistributed earnings, and the Company determined the amount of undistributed deferred tax liability to be immaterial.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) and many countries have proposed to reallocate some portion of profits of large multinational companies with global revenues exceeding EUR20 billion to markets where sales arise (“Pillar One”), as well as enact a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% for multinationals with global revenue exceeding EUR750 million (“Pillar Two”), and many countries are considering or intend to adopt these proposals. In December 2022, the Council of the European Union (“EU”) formally adopted the EU Minimum Tax Directive, which would require member states to adopt Pillar Two into their domestic law, effective for fiscal years starting on or after December 31, 2023. The majority of the jurisdictions in which we operate have enacted legislation to implement Pillar Two. Other countries are actively considering changes to their tax laws to adopt certain parts of the OECD’s proposals. The enactment of Pillar Two legislation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's effective tax rate, financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The Company will continue to monitor and reflect the impact of such legislative changes in future financial statements as appropriate.
Note 15. Segment Information and Geographic Areas
Segment Information
The Company’s chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company's business activities as a single operating and reportable segment at the consolidated level. Accordingly, the CODM uses consolidated net income, as reported on the consolidated statements of operations, to allocate resources as part of the annual planning process and to assess the performance of the Company's single reportable segment, primarily by monitoring actual results versus the annual plan.
The significant expenses reviewed by the CODM are cost of revenue, research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and stock-based compensation, as presented in the consolidated statements of operations. Cost of revenue, research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses include depreciation and amortization expense, which are disclosed in Note 4 "Property and Equipment, Net" and Note 6 "Intangible Assets", respectively. Other segment items consist of interest income, net, other income (loss), net, and (provision for) benefit from income taxes, as presented in the consolidated statements of operations.
The CODM does not evaluate segment performance using balance sheet information.
Geographic Areas
Long-lived assets and revenue by geographic region, based on the physical location of the operations recording the asset or the sale, are as follows:
Long-lived assets
The following table sets forth long-lived assets by geographic area:
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| United States | $353.1 | $302.4 |
| International (1) | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| Total property and equipment, net | $358.8 | $309.2 |
(1)No single country other than the United States had a property and equipment balance greater than 10% of total property and equipment, net, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Revenue
Revenue by geography is generally based on the address of the customer as defined in the Company’s subscription agreement. The following table sets forth revenue by geographic area for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
| Year EndedDecember 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| United States | $1,448.5 | $1,419.4 | $1,264.2 |
| International (1) | 1,099.7 | 1,082.2 | 1,060.7 |
| Total revenue | $2,548.2 | $2,501.6 | $2,324.9 |
(1)No single country outside of the United States accounted for more than 10% of total revenue during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively.
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