ROKU, INC
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Oct 31, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Oct 31, 2025
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17. Restructuring Charges
- RESTRUCTURING CHARGES
Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company implemented measures to reduce its operating expense growth rate due to economic conditions, including consolidating its office space utilization, performing a strategic review of its content portfolio, reducing outside services expenses, and slowing its year-over-year headcount expense growth rate through a workforce reduction and limiting new hires, among other measures.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded restructuring charges associated with decisions to sub-lease and cease the use of certain office facilities, and there were no restructuring charges recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2025. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded restructuring charges associated with employee termination expenses consisting primarily of severance payments, employee benefits contributions, payroll taxes and related costs, and impairment charges related to decisions to sub-lease and cease the use of certain office facilities and related property and equipment.
Restructuring charges are recorded as follows (in thousands):
| Employee Terminations | Facilities Exit Costs | Asset Impairment Charges | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of revenue, platform | $— | $— | $— | $— |
| Cost of revenue, devices | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | 52 | (1,418) | (1,366) |
| Sales and marketing | — | 717 | 16,271 | 16,988 |
| General and administrative | — | 140 | 2,759 | 2,899 |
| Total restructuring charges | $— | $909 | $17,612 | $18,521 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 · Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities Exit Costs | Asset Impairment Charges | Total | Employee Terminations | Facilities Exit Costs | Asset Impairment Charges | Total | |
| Cost of revenue, platform | $— | $— | $— | $(3) | $— | $— | $(3) |
| Cost of revenue, devices | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 6 |
| Research and development | 194 | 2,133 | 2,327 | 368 | 98 | (603) | (137) |
| Sales and marketing | — | 175 | 175 | 697 | 719 | 24,641 | 26,057 |
| General and administrative | — | 562 | 562 | (116) | 117 | 5,075 | 5,076 |
| Total restructuring charges | $194 | $2,870 | $3,064 | $947 | $934 | $29,118 | $30,999 |
The asset impairment charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 are primarily comprised of $2.9 million of operating lease right-of-use assets impairment. The asset impairment charges for the three months ended September 30, 2024 are primarily comprised of $11.4 million of operating lease right-of-use assets impairment and $6.5 million of property and equipment impairment. The asset impairment charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 include $22.6 million of operating lease right-of-use assets impairment and $7.0 million of property and equipment impairment, partially offset by $0.5 million of adjustments to other long-term liabilities and assets.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of employee termination restructuring charges and facilities exit costs, which are included in Accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, is as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Terminations | Facilities Exit Costs | Total | Employee Terminations | Facilities Exit Costs | Total | |
| Beginning balance | $— | $1,226 | $1,226 | $181 | $839 | $1,020 |
| Restructuring charges incurred | — | — | — | — | 909 | 909 |
| Payments made | — | — | — | (181) | (326) | (507) |
| Ending balance | $— | $1,226 | $1,226 | $— | $1,422 | $1,422 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Terminations | Facilities Exit Costs | Total | Employee Terminations | Facilities Exit Costs | Total | |
| Beginning balance | $— | $1,381 | $1,381 | $12,661 | $1,198 | $13,859 |
| Restructuring charges incurred | — | 194 | 194 | 947 | 934 | 1,881 |
| Payments made | — | (349) | (349) | (13,608) | (710) | (14,318) |
| Ending balance | $— | $1,226 | $1,226 | $— | $1,422 | $1,422 |
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