Expensify Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 27, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 27, 2025
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-K
Period ended 2023-12-31; filed 2024-02-27.
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-02-27.
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Current report
We monetize bookings via Expensify Travel by charging a booking fee on each booking. We intend to continue to develop complimentary features to Expensify Travel to increase the number of existing companies using Expensify Travel and to attract new customers.
Current report
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Expensify Card consisted of two card programs operating concurrently: the "Legacy Card Program," which was the original program when the Expensify Card launched in 2020, and the "Updated Card Program," which launched in February 2024. All new Expensify Cards issued subsequent to the launch of the Updated Card Program operate under that program. As of December 31, 2024, our transition of cardholders from the Legacy Card Program to the Updated Card Program was substantially complete.
Current report
Under the Updated Card Program, we generate revenue from the authorization and settlement of Expensify Card transactions and are contractually entitled to all interchange generated on Expensify Card transactions based on our agreement with the issuing bank. Under the Updated Card Program, we are the principal in the transaction and recognize interchange as revenue on a gross basis within Revenue on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. Interchange revenue was $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Current report
General and administrative expenses decreased $10.8 million, or 22%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to (i) a decrease in total employee related expenses subject to allocation, (ii) a decrease in settlement losses, and (iii) a decrease in business insurance expense.
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Provision for Income Taxes
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2021 Loan and Security Agreement
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2024 Loan and Security Agreement
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In February 2024, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (as amended by the amendments described below, and as may be further amended from time to time, the "2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement") with CIBC. The 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement amended and restated the 2021 Amended Loan and Security Agreement in its entirety, to extend the maturity date of the revolving line of credit from September 2024 to September 2025, remove certain provisions related to the term loan that was repaid in full in October 2023, and make certain changes to the positive and negative covenants intended to better align with our operations. The 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement provides for a $25.0 million revolving credit facility. Borrowings under the revolving line of credit accrue interest at CIBC’s reference rate plus 1.00% and are secured by substantially all our assets.
Current report
We incurred animmaterial amount of costs in connection with entering into the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement. These debt issuance costs are reflected as a deferred asset within Other current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are being amortized to interest expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement.
Current report
On April 24, 2024, we entered into an irrevocable standby letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit") issued under the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement to reduce cash collateral requirements in connection with the Updated Card Program. The Letter of Credit was issued in the amount of$1.0 million for the benefit of The Bancorp Bank, N.A. and expires on March 20, 2025. No amounts have been drawn on the Letter of Credit as of December 31, 2024.
Current report
In May 2024, we entered into a First Amendment to the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, which amended the covenant restricting the amount of repurchases of common stock to allow for certain additional repurchase activity and provided a waiver for our non-compliance during prior periods with the previous version of such covenant.
Current report
The then-outstanding balance of $15.0 million and an immaterial amount of accrued interest on the revolving line of credit were repaid in full on July 10, 2024.
Current report
Upon full repayment of the amortizing term mortgage on August 29, 2024, we entered into a Second Amendment to the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, which permits our wholly-owned subsidiary, 401 SW 5th Ave LLC, to remain an excluded subsidiary provided that the subsidiary does not engage in any operations or activities except to maintain legal existence and ownership of the real property or any related activities thereto, does not hold assets other than real estate assets, and does not incur any indebtedness except for intercompany liabilities permitted under the agreement or grant any liens.
Current report
In February 2025, we entered into a Third Amendment to the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, which amended the covenant restricting the amount of repurchases of common stock, which includes net share settlements of stock-based awards, to allow for certain additional net share settlement activity and provided a waiver for our non-compliance of this covenant as of December 31, 2024 with the previous version of such covenant.
Current report
Upon full repayment of the amortizing term mortgage on August 29, 2024, we entered into a second amendment to the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, which permits our wholly-owned subsidiary, 401 SW 5th Ave LLC, to remain an excluded subsidiary provided that the subsidiary does not engage in any operations or activities except to maintain legal existence and ownership of the real property or any related activities thereto, does not hold assets other than real estate assets, and does not incur any indebtedness except for intercompany liabilities permitted under the agreement or grant any liens.
Current report
As of December 31, 2024, we were not in compliance with all debt coven ants under the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, specifically the covenant restricting the amount of repurchases of common stock, which includes net share settlements of stock-based awards. As described above, in February 2025, we entered into the Third Amendment to the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, which included a waiver for our non-compliance of this covenant as of December 31, 2024. We do not believe non-compliance with this covenant had any material impact on our operations.
Current report
Free Cash Flow
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We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities excluding changes in settlement assets and settlement liabilities, which represent funds held for customers and customer funds in transit, respectively, reduced by the purchases of property and equipment and software development costs.
Current report
Adjusted Operating Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow
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Under the Updated Card Program, we generate revenue from the authorization and settlement of Expensify Card transactions. We partner with an issuing bank to issue Expensify Cards to customers as a feature of the Company’s SaaS. Our agreement with the issuing bank allows for card transactions to be authorized and settled on the Visa network. We are contractually entitled to all interchange generated on Expensify Card transactions based on our agreement with the issuing bank. Based on our agreements with the payment processor and issuing bank, we are the principal in the transaction. As such, we recognize interchange as revenue on a gross basis within Revenue on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.
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Previous report
(Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
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General and administrative expenses decreased $9.3 million, or 16%, for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily related to a decrease in employee time allocated to administrative functions resulting from one-time planning and implementation activities incurred in 2022 for first year compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other new public company requirements.
Previous report
Net cash used in financing activities increased for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to an increase principal payments on the 2021 Amended Term Loan as the outstanding balance on the term loan was repaid in full on October 12, 2023, partially offset by a decrease in the repurchase and retirement of common stock.
Previous report
Loan and Security Agreement
Previous report
In September 2021, we amended and restated our loan and security agreement with CIBC (the "2021 Amended Term Loan") to refinance the existing non-amortizing and amortizing term loans, establish a single term loan of up to $75.0 million, consisting of a $45.0 million initial term loan effective immediately with an option to enter into an additional $30.0 million delayed term loan, and increase the monthly revolving line of credit to $25.0 million. The option for the delayed term loan expired in March 2023. The term loan and revolving line of credit mature in September 2026 and September 2024, respectively. Approximately $23.5 million of the loan proceeds were used to immediately repay the remaining balances under the amortizing and non-amortizing term loans at the time of the amendment, as well as commitment fees and other debt issuance costs associated with the amendment. The remaining proceeds from the initial term loan were utilized to fund our normal business operations. The outstanding balance of $36.0 million and $0.1 million of accrued interest on the term loan were repaid in full on October 12, 2023.
Previous report
On February 21, 2024 we further amended and restated our loan and security agreement with CIBC (the “2024 Amended Term Loan”) to, among other things, extend the maturity of the revolving line of credit by one year, to September 2025, and revise the positive and negative covenants in a manner intended to better align with our operations. The 2024 Amended Term Loan consists solely of the $25.0 million revolving line of credit and does not contain a term loan component.
Previous report
As of December 31, 2023, we were not in compliance with all debt covenants, then in effect pursuant to the 2021 Amended Term Loan, specifically the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio covenant, the covenant related to the requirement to maintain all deposit, operating and collateral accounts with CIBC with certain exceptions during the period, the covenant related to investments in non loan subsidiaries where investments cannot exceed twenty percent of our free cash flow as defined in the 2021 Amended Term Loan for the twelve month period then ended with certain exceptions, the covenant related to maintaining cash and other assets where the aggregate value of all subsidiaries cannot be in excess of ten percent of consolidated assets or individually by subsidiary in excess of five percent of consolidated assets, and the covenant related to subsidiary revenue where the aggregate value of all subsidiary revenue cannot be in excess of ten percent of consolidated revenue or individually by subsidiary in excess of five percent of consolidated revenue. We obtained a waiver from CIBC for our non-compliance with these covenants. We do not believe non-compliance with these covenants had any material impact on us or our operations. We expect to be in compliance with all debt covenants pursuant to the 2024 Amended Term Loan by the end of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
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We account for stock-based compensation under the fair value recognition and measurement provisions of GAAP. Those provisions require all stock-based awards granted to employees, including stock options and RSUs, to be measured based on fair value at the date of grant, with the resulting expense generally recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations over the period during which the employee is required to perform service in exchange for the award.
Previous report
We utilize the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the estimated fair value of stock options.
Previous report
The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires management to make a number of assumptions, including the fair value and expected volatility of our underlying common stock, expected life of the award, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend yield. Prior to the IPO, the fair value of common stock was determined by the Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including independent third-party valuations of our common stock, which considered estimates of our future performance and valuations of comparable companies. We also considered prices at which others have purchased our stock, and the likelihood and timing of achieving a liquidity event. When awards were granted or revalued between the dates of valuation reports, we considered the change in common stock fair value and the amount of time that lapsed between the two reports to determine whether to use the latest common stock valuation or an interpolation between two valuation dates for purposes of valuing stock-based awards. Subsequent to the completion of the IPO, the fair value of our underlying common stock is determined by the closing price, on the date of grant, of our Class A common stock, which is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Previous report
All RSUs granted to employees before the effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement were measured based on the fair value of the underlying common stock on the grant date, which was consistent with the factors described within the Black-Scholes option pricing model. All RSUs granted to employees after the effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement are measured based on the fair value of the underlying common stock on the grant date, which is determined by the closing price, on the date of the grant, of our Class A common stock, which is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Previous report
Refer to Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further detail over stock-based compensation and our stock incentive plans.
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Expensify is a cloud-based expense management software platform that helps the smallest to the largest businesses simplify the way they manage money. Every day, people from all walks of life in organizations around the world use Expensify to scan and reimburse receipts from flights, hotels, coffee shops, office supplies and ride shares. Since our founding in 2008, we have added over 15 million members to our community and processed and automated over 1.5 billion expense transactions on our platform as of December 31, 2023, freeing people to spend less time managing expenses and more time doing the things they love. For the year ended December 31, 2023, an average of 719,000 paid members across an average of 47,000 companies and over 200 countries and territories used Expensify to make money easy.
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Expensify is a cloud-based expense management software platform that helps the smallest to the largest businesses simplify the way they manage money. Every day, people from all walks of life in organizations around the world use Expensify to scan and reimburse receipts from flights, hotels, coffee shops, office supplies and ride shares. Since our founding in 2008, we have added over 15 million members to our community and processed and automated over 1.7 billion expense transactions on our platform as of December 31, 2024, freeing people to spend less time managing expenses and more time doing the things they love. For the year ended December 31, 2024, an average of 687,000 paid members across an average of 47,600 companies and over 200 countries and territories used Expensify to make money easy.
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We monetize transactions from the Expensify Card by receiving a percentage of the interchange for all spend on the card. As we expand our platform, we intend to increase the number of integrations and to more actively promote the Expensify Card with complementary use cases beyond expense management to both new and existing customers to drive increased adoption.
Current wording
We monetize transactions from the Expensify Card by receiving a percentage of the interchange for all spend on the card. As we expand our platform, we continue to increase the number of integrations and to more actively promote the Expensify Card with complementary use cases beyond expense management to both new and existing customers to drive increased adoption.
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We are focused on growing the number of paid members on our platform. Relative to other software companies, we invest more in product development and less in sales. This investment in product allows us to develop easy-to-use but powerful features that encourage adoption of our platform. Our ability to grow our paid members depends on our viral, bottom-up adoption cycle that starts with an individual employee. After downloading our free app to submit expenses and realizing the benefits of Expensify, our enthusiastic members champion our platform internally, spread it via word-of-mouth or invites to other employees and often convince decision makers to adopt Expensify company-wide. In order to continue to grow, we believe we must continue prioritizing investments in our platform to delight our members and drive viral expansion.
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We continue to focus on growing the number of paid members on our platform. Relative to other software companies, we invest more in product development and less in sales. This investment in product allows us to develop easy-to-use but powerful features that encourage adoption of our platform. Our ability to grow our paid members depends on our viral, bottom-up adoption cycle that starts with an individual employee. After downloading our free app to submit expenses and realizing the benefits of Expensify, our enthusiastic members champion our platform internally, spread it via word-of-mouth or invites to other employees and often convince decision makers to adopt Expensify company-wide. In order to continue to grow, we believe we must continue prioritizing investments in our platform to delight our members and drive viral expansion.
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Our viral and word-of-mouth adoption model is effective in part because we have established ourselves as a recognized leader in expense management for SMBs. We deploy large scale brand advertising to promote our platform strength and create market consensus that Expensify is a category leader for expense management software. Additionally, in 2023 we hosted our third ExpensiCon, an invite-only, all-expenses paid industry conference, with the goal of increasing our market consensus among our Approved! Accounting partners and increasing adoption of our platform. We believe investing in market consensus enables us to focus on creating great viral features for our members rather than relying on low-margin, unscalable activities of traditional sales and marketing to drive customer acquisition.
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Our viral and word-of-mouth adoption model is effective in part because we have established ourselves as a recognized leader in expense management for SMBs. We deploy large scale brand advertising to promote our platform strength and create market consensus that Expensify is a category leader for expense management software. Additionally, in 2023 we hosted our third ExpensiCon, an invite-only, all-expenses paid industry conference, with the goal of increasing our market consensus among our Approved! Accounting partners and increasing adoption of our platform. We believe investing in market consensus enables us to focus on creating great viral features for our members rather than relying on low-margin, unscalable activities of traditional sales and marketing to drive customer acquisition. In 2024 we invested in a promotional marketing opportunity to have Expensify heavily featured in Apple's biggest budget film, F1, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 27, 2025. Our goal is that this will increase our brand awareness and support our bottom-up, word of mouth marketing.
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Gross logo retention and net seat retention are important indicators of customer satisfaction and usage of our platform. We calculate our gross logo retention rate as of the end of a period by using (a) the number of distinct companies who have ever had five or more paid members paying for a subscription during the period ending one year prior as the denominator and (b) the number of those same companies that are still paying for at least one subscription during the more recent period as the numerator. In 2023 and 2022, our annual gross logo retention was 74% and 83%, respectively. We calculate our net seat retention rate as of the end of a period by using (a) the number of paid member seats from companies who have ever had five or more paid members paying for a subscription during the period ending one year prior as the denominator and (b) the number of paid member seats at those same companies during the more recent period as the numerator. In 2023 and 2022, our net seat retention was 99% and 108%, respectively. Our growth will depend on our ability to retain existing customers.
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Gross logo retention and net seat retention are important indicators of customer satisfaction and usage of our platform. We calculate our gross logo retention rate as of the end of a period by using (a) the number of distinct companies who have ever had five or more paid members paying for a subscription during the period ending one year prior as the denominator and (b) the number of those same companies that are still paying for at least one subscription during the more recent period as the numerator. In 2024 and 2023, our annual gross logo retention was 81% and 74%, respectively. We calculate our net seat retention rate as of the end of a period by using (a) the number of paid member seats from companies who have ever had five or more paid members paying for a subscription during the period ending one year prior as the denominator and (b) the number of paid member seats at those same companies during the more recent period as the numerator. In 2024 and 2023, our net seat retention was 86% and 99%, respectively. Our growth will depend on our ability to retain existing customers.
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We fully launched the Expensify Card in 2020 and, despite pullback in corporate expenses with the COVID-19 pandemic, customers began adopting the card. Going forward, we intend to more actively promote the Expensify Card to both new and existing customers to drive increased adoption. Outside of the Expensify Card, we have invested, and will continue to invest, in developing features complementary and adjacent to expense management. At most companies, not every employee generates expenses that would be submitted via an expense report on a monthly basis. As we add additional features that are used by all employers, we have the potential to monetize the segment of our customers’ employees that are not submitting expense reports.
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We fully launched the Expensify Card in 2020 and we intend to actively promote the Expensify Card to both new and existing customers to drive increased adoption. In 2024, we launched our travel platform, Expensify Travel, as a natural extension of our expense management product. Many companies look for combined travel and expenses solutions in order to streamline the booking to reimbursement flow. Outside of the Expensify Card and Expensify Travel, we have invested, and will continue to invest, in developing features complementary and adjacent to expense management. At most companies, not every employee generates expenses that would be submitted via an expense report on a monthly basis. As we add additional features that are used by all employers, we have the potential to monetize the segment of our customers’ employees that are not submitting expense reports.
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Our business and the operations of our customers, the majority of which are SMBs, were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn, which yielded inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, foreign currency fluctuations, supply chain issues and a softening in capital markets. See the section titled "Risk Factors" in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the possible impact of such macroeconomic trends on our business. Additionally, other potential challenging macroeconomic conditions, and the resulting impact on business continuity and travel, could negatively impact our business.
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Our business and the operations of our customers, the majority of which are SMBs, depend on the overall state of the economy, and we and they could be negatively impacted by slower economic growth and a potential for a recession. Although certain indicators have suggested that inflation has made downward progress, the economy continues to be impacted by elevated inflation rates and faces further inflation risk. Tariff and trade issues also continue to cause overall uncertainty with respect to the economy. See the section titled "Risk Factors" in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the possible impact of such macroeconomic trends on our business. Additionally, other potential challenging macroeconomic conditions, and the resulting impact on business continuity and travel, could negatively impact our business.
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We offer a cashback rewards program to all customers based on volume of Expensify Card transactions and software as a service ("SaaS") subscription tier. Cashback rewards are earned on a monthly basis and are applied against outstanding customer receivables or are paid out the following month. We consider our cashback rewards as consideration payable to a customer, and it is recorded as contra revenue within Revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Cashback rewards applied against outstanding customer receivables are reflected as a reduction to Accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Cashback rewards liability is recorded within Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The cashback rewards fluctuate over time as customers meet eligibility requirements in conjunction with the applicable SaaS subscription tier of each customer and the timing of payments made to customers.
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We offer a cashback rewards program to all customers on the Updated Card Program based on volume of Expensify Card transactions. Cashback rewards are earned on a monthly basis and are applied against outstanding customer receivables or are paid out the following month. We consider our cashback rewards as consideration payable to a customer, and it is recorded as contra revenue within Revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Cashback rewards applied against outstanding customer receivables are reflected as a reduction to Accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Cashback rewards liability is recorded within Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The cashback rewards fluctuate over time as customers meet eligibility requirements and timing of payments made to customers.
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Cost of revenue, net primarily consists of expenses related to hosting our service, including the costs of data center capacity, credit card processing fees, third-party software license fees, outsourcing costs to support customer service and outsourcing costs to support our patented scanning technology SmartScan, net of consideration from a vendor. Additional costs include amortization of finance right-of-use assets, amortization expense on capitalized software development costs and personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation and employee costs attributable to supporting our customers and maintenance of our platform.
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Cost of revenue, net primarily consists of expenses related to hosting our service, including the costs of data center capacity, credit card processing fees, third-party software license fees, outsourcing engineering costs to maintain our platform, outsourcing costs to support customer service and outsourcing costs to support our patented scanning technology SmartScan, net of consideration from a vendor for monetizing Expensify Card activities. Additional costs include amortization of finance right-of-use assets, amortization expense on capitalized software development costs and personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation and employee costs attributable to supporting our customers and maintenance of our platform.
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Consideration from a vendor is related to the Expensify Card. We use a third-party vendor to issue Expensify Cards and process the related transactions. The vendor is contractually entitled to the interchange through its relationships with the card network and card issuing bank. The vendor keeps a portion of the interchange for their services, and our agreement with the vendor results in us receiving the remainder of the interchange (our remainder portion, "Expensify interchange amount"). The vendor also charges us fees ("vendor fees") for the services it provides to us. Due to the nature of the vendor agreement, we do not record the Expensify interchange amount as revenue. Instead, the net of the Expensify interchange amount and vendor fees are paid to us, which we record as "Consideration from a vendor, net," a contra expense in Cost of revenue, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following summarizes these various amounts for each of the periods presented:
Current wording
Consideration from a vendor is related to the Expensify Card under the Legacy Card Program, where we use a third-party vendor to issue Expensify Cards and process the related transactions. The vendor is contractually entitled to the interchange through its relationships with the card network and card issuing bank. The vendor keeps a portion of the interchange for their services, and our agreement with the vendor results in us receiving the remainder of the interchange (our remainder portion, "Expensify interchange amount"). The vendor also charges us fees ("vendor fees") for the services it provides to us. Due to the nature of the vendor agreement, we do not record the Expensify interchange amount as revenue under the Legacy Card Program. Instead, the net of the Expensify interchange amount and vendor fees are paid to us, which we record as "Consideration from a vendor, net," a contra expense in Cost of revenue, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following summarizes these various amounts for each of the periods presented:
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Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, and external contributor costs incurred related to the planning and preliminary project stage and post-implementation stage of new products or enhancing existing products or services. We capitalize certain software development costs that are attributable to developing or adding significant functionality to our internal-use software during the application development stage of the projects. All research and development expenses, excluding capitalized software development costs, are expensed as incurred.
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Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, and external contributor costs incurred related to the planning and preliminary project stage of new products or enhancing existing products or services. We capitalize certain software development costs that are attributable to developing or adding significant functionality to our internal-use software during the application development stage of the projects. All research and development expenses, excluding capitalized software development costs, are expensed as incurred.
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General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, for any employee time allocated to administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal and compliance, and human resources. In addition to personnel-related expenses, general and administrative expenses consist of rent, utilities, depreciation on property and equipment, amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets, information technology and external professional services, including finance and accounting, audit, tax, legal and compliance, and human resources. We expect that general and administrative expenses will remain consistent as it relates to costs associated with being a publicly traded company, including legal, audit, business insurance and consulting fees.
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General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, for any employee time allocated to administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal and compliance, and human resources. In addition to personnel-related expenses, general and administrative expenses consist of business insurance, rent, utilities, depreciation on property and equipment, amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets, information technology and external professional services, including finance and accounting, audit, tax, legal and compliance, and human resources. We expect that general and administrative expenses will remain consistent as it relates to costs associated with being a publicly traded company, including legal, audit, business insurance and consulting fees.
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Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, advertising expenses, depreciation on property and equipment, outsourcing costs for sales and product demos, branding and public relations expenses, referral fees for strategic partners and other benefits that we provide to our referral and affiliate partners. We expect sales and marketing expenses will decrease as we reduce our outsourced activities as it relates to sales and product demos.
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Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, advertising expenses, depreciation on property and equipment, outsourcing costs for sales and product demos, branding and public relations expenses, referral fees for strategic partners and other benefits that we provide to our referral and affiliate partners. We expect sales and marketing expenses will increase as we expand our brand marketing.
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Interest and other expenses, net, consist primarily of interest paid under our credit facilities with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ("CIBC"). It also includes the results of operations of our Fifth & Harvey, LLC subsidiary, which holds title to and manages operations of the operating lease for lots in Portland, Oregon that are currently used to host multiple portable food vendors open to the general public, realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and foreign currency remeasurement. We expect interest and other expenses, net will decrease as we reduce our interest expense by paying down outstanding debt.
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Interest and other expenses, net, consist primarily of interest paid under our credit facilities with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ("CIBC"). It also includes the results of operations of our Fifth & Harvey, LLC subsidiary, which holds title to and manages operations of the operating lease for lots in Portland, Oregon that are currently used to host multiple portable food vendors open to the general public, realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and foreign currency remeasurement. We expect interest and other expenses, net will decrease as all outstanding debt has been paid off as of December 31, 2024.
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Revenue decreased $18.8 million, or 11%, for the year ended December, 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to (i) a decrease in billable activity across our user base, including a decrease in pay-per-use billable activity which has a higher average fee per member than our annual members, and (ii) an increase in contra revenue related to cashback payments driven by the increased adoption and spend captured from members using the Expensify Card.
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Revenue decreased $11.5 million, or 8%, for the year ended December, 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to (i) a decrease in billable activity across our user base, including a decrease in pay-per-use billable activity which has a higher average fee per member than our annual members, and (ii) an increase in contra revenue related to cashback payments driven by the increased adoption and spend captured from members using the Expensify Card. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in interchange revenue driven primarily by a shift in cardholder spend from the Legacy Card Program to the Updated Card Program.
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Cost of revenue, net increased by $4.2 million, or 7%, for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Cost of revenue, net increased primarily due to increased outsourcing activities related to maintaining our platform. These increases were partially offset by an increase in Consideration from a vendor, net, driven primarily by the increased adoption and spend captured from members using the Expensify Card, which reduced Cost of revenue, net by $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $6.2 million for the year ended December, 31 2022.
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Cost of revenue, net decreased by $2.6 million, or 4%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Cost of revenue, net decreased primarily due to (i) a decrease in outsourcing activities related to maintaining our platform, and (ii) a decrease in total employee and employee related expenses subject to allocation. These were partially offset by a decrease in Consideration from a vendor, net driven primarily by a shift in cardholder spend from the Legacy Card Program to the Updated Card Program.
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Gross margin decreased to 56% in 2023 compared to 63% in the same period in 2022 due to the factors described in the preceding paragraphs for Revenue and Cost of revenue, net.
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Gross margin decreased to 54% in 2024 compared to 56% in the same period in 2023 due to the factors described in the preceding paragraphs for Revenue and Cost of revenue, net.
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Research and development expenses increased by $9.7 million, or 71%, for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to an increase in employee and external contributor time spent on project initiatives and new product features.
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Research and development expenses increased by $1.3 million, or 5%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to an increase in employee time spent on project initiatives and new product features, partially offset by a decrease in total employee and employee related expenses subject to allocation.
Previous wording
Sales and marketing expenses decreased $5.5 million, or 11%, for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to a decrease in advertising spend partially offset by (i) an increase in outsourcing activities related to sales and product demos, and (ii) increased marketing event spend to gain further brand awareness.
Current wording
Sales and marketing expenses decreased $31.6 million, or 71%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to (i) a decrease in outsourcing activities related to sales and product demos, (ii) a decrease in total employee and employee related expenses subject to allocation and a decrease in time spent on sales and marketing activities, (iii) a decrease in advertising spend, and (iv) a decrease in marketing event spend.
Previous wording
Interest and other expenses, net decreased by $0.1 million, or 2%, for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 primarily due to a reduction in foreign currency losses partially offset by an increase in interest expense incurred under the 2021 Amended Term Loan (as defined below) due to increases in CIBC's reference rate.
Current wording
Interest and other expenses, net decreased by $3.8 million, or 70%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 primarily due to a decrease in interest expense incurred due to the repayments of the term loan component of the 2021 Amended Loan and Security Agreement (as defined below), the revolving line of credit and the amortizing term mortgage.
Previous wording
We recorded a provision for income taxes of $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to a $6.4 million provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2022. We follow the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby we recognize deferred income taxes for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we recorded an incremental valuation allowance of $3.7 million and $2.8 million, respectively. The provision for income taxes reflects taxable income earned and taxed in U.S. federal and state, and non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Current wording
We recorded a provision for income taxes of $7.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to a $3.0 million provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2023. We follow the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby we recognize deferred income taxes for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we recorded an incremental valuation allowance of $0.9 million and $3.7 million, respectively. The provision for income taxes reflects taxable income earned and taxed in U.S. federal and state, and non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Previous wording
Our effective income tax rate was (7.7)% and (30.8)%, for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The effective income tax rate differs from the statutory rate in 2023 primarily due to nondeductible stock-based compensation, the change in the valuation allowance, and the compensation limitations imposed by Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") Section 162(m). The effective income tax rate differs from the statutory rate in 2022 primarily due to nondeductible stock-based compensation, the compensation limitations imposed by IRC Section 162(m), and the change in the valuation allowance.
Current wording
Our effective income tax rate was (320.4)% and (7.7)%, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The effective income tax rate differs from the statutory rate in 2024 primarily due to nondeductible stock-based compensation, the compensation limitations imposed by Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") Section 162(m), and the change in the valuation allowance. The effective income tax rate differs from the statutory rate in 2023 primarily due to nondeductible stock-based compensation, the change in the valuation allowance, and the compensation limitations imposed by IRC Section 162(m).
Previous wording
Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through our cash flow from operations, sales of our equity securities and borrowings under our credit facilities. In November 2021, upon completion of our IPO, we received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $57.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $4.9 million and offering costs of approximately $8.0 million. As of December 31, 2023, we had $47.5 million in cash and cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2023, we had $22.7 million in outstanding indebtedness.
Current wording
Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through our cash flow from operations, sales of our equity securities and borrowings under our credit facilities. As of December 31, 2024, we had $48.8 million in cash and cash equivalents with no outstanding indebtedness and $24.0 million of capacity available for borrowings under the revolving line of credit.
Previous wording
Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to $32.9 million for the same period in 2022. The decrease is primarily due to a reduction in funds held for customers due to the timing of expense reimbursement activity, a decrease in revenue, increased outsourcing activities related to maintaining our platform along with design work for new project initiatives, partially offset by a decrease in insurance, advertising and professional service costs incurred for accounting, auditing and legal service as a result of cost saving measures.
Current wording
Net cash provided by operating activities was $23.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to $1.6 million for the same period in 2023. The increase is primarily due to a decrease in marketing and advertising spend and a decrease in outsourcing activities related to sales and product demos, partially offset by a decrease in revenue.
Previous wording
During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in investing activities was $7.3 million, primarily consisting of software development costs and the purchase of property and equipment.
Current wording
During the year ended December 31, 2024, net cash used in investing activities was $7.6 million, primarily consisting of software development costs.
Previous wording
Net cash used in investing activities increased for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to an increase in employee and external contributor software development costs.
Current wording
Net cash used in investing activities increased for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to an increase in employee and external contributor software development costs offset by a decrease in the purchase of property and equipment.
Previous wording
During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in financing activities was $45.3 million, primarily consisting of principal payments on the 2021 Amended Term Loan, the repurchase and retirement of common stock, and payment for employees taxes withheld from stock-based awards, which was partially offset by proceeds from common stock purchased under the Company's 2021 Stock Purchase and Matching Plan ("Matching Plan").
Current wording
During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in financing activities was $45.3 million, primarily consisting of principal payments on the term loan, the repurchase and retirement of common stock, and payment for employees taxes withheld from stock-based awards, which was partially offset by proceeds from common stock purchased under the Matching Plan.
Previous wording
On May 10, 2022, the Executive Committee approved a share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $50.0 million of shares of Class A common stock ("2022 Share Repurchase Program"). The Company may repurchase shares from time to time through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means, including the use of trading plans intended to qualify under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions. The actual timing, manner, price and total amount of future repurchases will depend on a variety of factors, including business, economic and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, prevailing stock prices, restrictions under the terms of loan agreements and other considerations. The 2022 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of Class A common stock, and the program may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company at any time at its discretion without prior notice.
Current wording
On May 10, 2022, the Executive Committee approved a share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $50.0 million of shares of Class A common stock ("2022 Share Repurchase Program"). We may repurchase shares from time to time through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means, including the use of trading plans intended to qualify under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions. The actual timing, manner, price and total amount of future repurchases will depend on a variety of factors, including business, economic and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, prevailing stock prices, restrictions under the terms of loan agreements and other considerations. The 2022 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of Class A common stock, and the program may be suspended or terminated by us at any time at our discretion without prior notice. As of December 31, 2024, there was approximately $39.5 million remaining under the share repurchase authorization.
Previous wording
In August 2019, we entered into an $8.3 million amortizing term mortgage agreement with CIBC for our commercial building in Portland, Oregon. The agreement requires interest and principal payments to be made each month over a five-year period. Interest accrues at a fixed rate of 5.00% per year until August 2024, at which point the remaining outstanding principal balance on the amortizing term mortgage is due in full. The borrowings are secured by the building. The outstanding balance of the amortizing term mortgage was $7.7 million as of December 31, 2023.
Current wording
In August 2019, we entered into an $8.3 million amortizing term mortgage agreement with CIBC for our commercial building located in Portland, Oregon. The agreement required principal and interest payments due each month over a five-year period. Interest accrued at a fixed rate of 5.00% per year until August 2024, at which point the remaining outstanding principal balance on the amortizing term mortgage was due in full. The borrowings were secured by the building. On August 29, 2024, we repaid in full the then-outstanding balance of $7.6 million and an immaterial amount of accrued interest and terminated the associated mortgage agreement with CIBC and secured promissory note. See Note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.
Previous wording
Under the 2021 Amended Term Loan, the initial term loan of $45.0 million was payable over a 60-month period with principal and accrued interest payments due each quarter thereafter, which commenced with the first payment due on September 30, 2021. Quarterly principal payments were fixed and escalate throughout the term. The amounts borrowed beared interest at the bank’s reference rate plus 2.25% and were to continue on a quarterly basis through the maturity of the term loan. The line of credit agreement, as amended with the 2021 Amended Term Loan, provides borrowings up to $25.0 million. Borrowings under the line of credit bear interest at CIBC’s reference rate plus 1.00%. The borrowings are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets. The outstanding balances of the 2021 Amended Term Loan and revolving line of credit were $0.0 million and $15.0 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2023.
Current wording
In September 2021, we amended and restated our loan and security agreement with CIBC (the "2021 Amended Loan and Security Agreement") which consisted of a $45.0 million initial term loan, the option to enter into an additional $30.0 million delayed term loan that expired in March 2023, and a monthly revolving line of credit of $25.0 million. Under the 2021 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, the initial term loan of $45.0 million was payable over a 60-month period with principal and accrued interest payments due each quarter, commencing on September 30, 2021. The term loan amortized in equal quarterly installments of $0.1 million through September 30, 2024, $0.2 million beginning October 1, 2024 and $0.6 million beginning October 1, 2025, with any remaining principal balance due and payable on maturity in September 2026. The amounts borrowed accrued interest at the bank’s reference rate plus 2.25% beginning on September 30, 2021 and continued on a quarterly basis through maturity of the term loan. The borrowings were secured by substantially all our assets. The then-outstanding balance of $36.0 million and $0.1 million of accrued interest on the term loan were repaid in full on October 12, 2023.
Previous wording
As of December 31, 2023, we were subject to customary covenants under the 2021 Amended Term Loan, which unless waived by CIBC, restrict our and our subsidiaries' ability to, among other things incur additional indebtedness, create or incur liens, permit a change of control, merge or consolidate with other companies, sell or transfer assets, pay dividends or make distributions, make acquisitions, investments or loans, or payments and prepayments of subordinated indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions. We must also maintain certain financial covenants: a total EBITDA net leverage ratio, as defined in the loan and security agreement, tested each quarter, of not less than 5.00 to 1.00 from the quarters ending September 30, 2022 through and including June 30, 2023, not less than 4.00 to 1.00 from the quarters ending September 30, 2023 through and including June 30, 2024, and not less than 3.00 to 1.00 from the quarters ending September 30, 2024 and each quarter thereafter, and a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.10 to 1.00, tested on the last day of each calendar quarter.
Current wording
We are subject to customary covenants under the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, which, unless waived by CIBC, restrict our and our subsidiaries' ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create or incur liens, permit a change of control, merge or consolidate with other companies, sell or transfer assets, pay dividends or make distributions, make acquisitions, investments or loans, or payments and prepayments of subordinated indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions. We must also maintain certain financial covenants: a total liquidity ratio, as defined in the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, tested each quarter, of not less than 1.10 to 1.00 from the quarter ending March 31, 2024, not less than 1.20 to 1.00 from the quarter ending June 30, 2024 and each quarter thereafter, and a total EBITDA net leverage ratio, as defined in the 2024 Amended Loan and Security Agreement, tested each quarter, of not less than 2.50 to 1.00 from the quarter ended March 31, 2025 and each quarter thereafter.
Previous wording
We define non-GAAP net income as net loss from operations in accordance with GAAP excluding stock-based compensation. We define non-GAAP net income margin as non-GAAP net income divided by total revenue for the same period. We are focused on profitable growth and we consider non-GAAP net income to be an important measure because it helps illustrate underlying trends in our business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of stock-based compensation. This expense is not considered indicative of the core operating performance of our business.
Current wording
We define non-GAAP net income as net loss from operations in accordance with GAAP excluding stock-based compensation. We define non-GAAP net income margin as non-GAAP net income divided by total revenue for the same period. We are focused on profitable growth and we consider non-GAAP net income to be an important measure because it helps illustrate underlying trends in our business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of stock-based compensation, which is not considered indicative of the core operating performance of our business.
Previous wording
In the ordinary course of business, we enter into agreements of varying scope and terms whereby we agree to indemnify customers, issuing banks, card networks, vendors and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the breach of such agreements, services to be provided by us or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and certain officers and employees that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors, officers or employees. No demands have been made upon us to provide indemnification under such agreements and there are no claims that we are aware of that could have a material effect on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations, Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit), or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Current wording
In the ordinary course of business, we enter into agreements of varying scope and terms whereby we agree to indemnify customers, issuing banks, card networks, vendors and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the breach of such agreements, services to be provided by us or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and certain officers and employees that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors, officers or employees. No demands have been made upon us to provide indemnification under such agreements and there are no claims that we are aware of that could have a material effect on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations, Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Previous wording
Revenue is recognized net of applicable taxes imposed on the related transaction. We charge customers on a monthly basis, in arrears, with typical payment terms being 30 days. A contract asset is the right to consideration for transferred goods or services and arises when the amount of revenue recognized exceeds amounts billed to a customer. Since our performance obligation is satisfied monthly, at any reporting period, we have no unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, performance obligations.
Current wording
Revenue is recognized net of applicable taxes imposed on the related transaction. We charge customers on a monthly basis, in arrears, with typical payment terms being 30 days. Since our performance obligation is satisfied monthly, at any reporting period, we have no unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, performance obligations.
Previous wording
See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for recently issued accounting pronouncements.
Current wording
See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements.
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
During the year ended December 31, 2024, net cash used in financing activities was $22.1 million, primarily consisting of the repayment of the revolving line of credit and the amortizing term mortgage, and the repurchase and retirement of common stock, which was partially offset by proceeds from common stock purchased under our 2021 Stock Purchase and Matching Plan ("Matching Plan").
Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
The 2022 Share Repurchase Program was scheduled to expire on March 31, 2025. On February 25, 2025, the Executive Committee approved a new share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $50.0 million of shares of Class A common stock ("2025 Share Repurchase Program") that replaces the 2022 Share Repurchase Program. Pursuant to the 2025 Share Repurchase Program, we may repurchase shares from time to time through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means, including the use of trading plans intended to qualify under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions. The actual timing, manner, price and total amount of future repurchases will depend on a variety of factors, including business, economic and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, prevailing stock prices, restrictions under the terms of loan agreements and other considerations. The 2025 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of Class A common stock, and the program may be suspended or terminated by us at any time at our discretion without prior notice.
Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
See Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.
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Previous report — wording carried elsewhere
As of February 21, 2024, pursuant to the 2024 Amended Term Loan we are subject to customary covenants similar to those under the 2021 Term Loan but with revised exceptions which, unless waived by CIBC, restrict our and our subsidiaries ability to take certain actions. Pursuant to the 2024 Amended Term Loan, we must also maintain certain financial covenants: a total liquidity ratio, as defined in the loan and security agreement, tested each quarter, of not less than 1.10 to 1.00 from the quarter ending March 31, 2024 through and including June 29, 2024, not less than 1.20 to 1.00 from the quarter ending June 30, 2024 and each quarter thereafter, a total EBITDA net leverage ratio, as defined in the loan and security agreement, tested each quarter, of not less than 2.50 to 1.00 from the quarters ending March 31, 2025 and each quarter thereafter.