Gitlab Inc

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors

GitLab Inc.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of GitLab Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of January 31, 2024 and January 31, 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2024, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II - valuation and qualifying accounts (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 31, 2024 and January 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 25, 2024 expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Evaluation of standalone selling prices (SSPs) for self-managed subscription and self-managed license performance obligations

As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recognized self-managed subscription revenue and self-managed license revenue of $355.7 million and $63.1 million, respectively, for the year ended January 31, 2024. The Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative SSP. To determine SSP the Company maximizes the use of observable standalone sales and observable data where available. In instances where performance obligations do not have observable standalone sales, the Company utilizes available information that may include market conditions, pricing strategies, the economic life of the software, and other observable inputs and uses the expected cost plus margin approach to estimate the price the Company would charge if the products and services were sold separately.

We identified the evaluation of SSPs for self-managed subscription and self-managed license performance obligations as a critical audit matter. We performed a sensitivity analysis to determine the key assumption used to determine SSP, which required challenging auditor judgment. Specifically, challenging and subjective auditor judgment was required to evaluate the estimated costs to develop the paid features in the expected cost plus margin approach. Additionally, the estimate of SSP was sensitive to variation in this key assumption.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter.

•We evaluated the overall methodology used to determine the estimate of SSPs based on the expected cost plus margin approach

•We performed sensitivity analyses over the Company’s assumptions used to determine the SSPs to identify the costs to develop the paid features as the key assumption and to assess the impact of changes in the assumption on the Company’s SSPs

•We assessed the reasonableness of the key assumption by comparing it to historical data, internal data, and relevant peer data, where available

•We evaluated the data utilized by management to estimate the cost to develop the paid features by examining a selection of requests to merge code and interviewing the Company’s engineering team

•We tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s calculations of estimated selling prices.

Evaluation of Unrecognized Tax Positions

As discussed in Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is involved in bilateral advance pricing agreement (BAPA) negotiations between the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Dutch Tax Authority (DTA) relating to the Company’s transfer pricing arrangements between the United States and the Netherlands. The proposed agreements between the Company, the IRS, and the DTA related to these transfer pricing arrangements have not been finalized. As of January 31, 2024, the Company recorded net tax expense of $254.9 million, which represented the unrecognized tax benefit related to the BAPA and the Company’s best estimate of the tax expense associated with the proposed agreements and their related effects.

We identified the evaluation of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefit related to the BAPA as a critical audit matter. Complex auditor judgment and specialized skills and knowledge were required to evaluate the Company’s interpretation of the applicable tax laws and regulations and its analysis of the recognition and measurement of its tax position related to transfer pricing.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits process, including controls related to 1) interpreting tax law, 2) evaluating which tax positions are more likely than not to be sustained when the BAPA negotiations are finalized, and 3) the measurement of the potential benefit to be realized. We involved tax professionals with specialized skill and knowledge, who assisted in evaluating:

•the Company’s communication with the relevant tax authorities to gain an understanding of the relevant facts

•the Company’s interpretation of applicable tax laws and judgments about the administrative practices of the relevant tax authorities, and the potential impact on the unrecognized tax benefit related to the BAPA

•the measurement of the potential benefit to be realized and related interest and penalties.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

March 25, 2024

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors

GitLab Inc.:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited GitLab Inc. and subsidiaries' (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness, described below, on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of January 31, 2024 and January 31, 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2024, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II - valuation and qualifying accounts (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated March 25, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A material weakness was identified and included in management's assessment related to the ineffective design and maintenance of effective controls over certain information technology ("IT") general controls for information systems related to the revenue process. The ineffective design and operation of IT general controls resulted in the ineffective operation of automated controls and manual controls using reports and information from the impacted information systems used in the financial reporting processes related to revenue. The material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2024 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

March 25, 2024