BLACKLINE, INC.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 7, 2026.
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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 7, 2026
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-11-07.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-03-31; filed 2026-05-07.
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Item 2. 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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We offer a future-ready platform that drives digital finance transformation by empowering organizations with accurate, efficient, and intelligent financial operations. Built on the Studio360 platform, BlackLine unifies data, streamlines processes, and delivers real-time insights through automation and intelligence powered by Verity - a comprehensive suite of embedded, auditable AI capabilities that provides finance and accounting teams with a new digital workforce.
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Platform pricing ARR as a percentage of eligible ARR. Platform pricing ARR as a percentage of eligible ARR is calculated as platform annual recurring revenue divided by our eligible annual recurring revenue. We define eligible ARR as total annual recurring revenue, excluding revenue from SAP SolEx and the public sector.
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Management believes that this metric is useful for tracking the progress of the new pricing strategy launched in 2025.
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•$4.9 million increase in employee compensation and benefits; and
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•$5.0 million increase in employee compensation and benefits; and
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•$2.3 million increase in employee compensation and benefits;
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•$0.4 million increase in professional fees; and
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•$17.5 million decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities primarily due to annual bonus payments and payments related to our Fiscal 2025 restructuring programs, partially offset by timing of payments for salaries and employee benefits;
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For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, cash used in financing activities was $291.0 million primarily as a result of the following:
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•$3.3 million for the purchase of additional shares of common stock in BlackLine K.K., resulting in a decrease in the redeemable non-controlling interest.
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For the quarter ended March 31, 2025, cash used in financing activities was $54.3 million primarily as a result of the following:
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•$45.5 million of repurchases of common stock; and
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we had revenues totaling $517.2 million and $483.9 million, respectively. We generated net income attributable to BlackLine, Inc. of $19.6 million and $104.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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On March 4, 2025, we announced a restructuring program that was designed to reduce our global workforce by approximately 7%, or 130 total positions, and in September 2025, we approved additional workforce reductions of 25 positions, including the planned closure of selected facilities (the “Fiscal 2025 restructuring programs”). All of the actions are part of our ongoing organizational alignment as we continue to focus on key strategic priorities and enhance our operational efficiency through global talent optimization. Refer to "Note 9 - Restructuring Costs" in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on this program.
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Number of users. As the vast majority of our customers generally pay fees based on the number of users on our platform within their organization, we believe that the total number of users continues to be an indicator of the status of our business. We anticipate that in the future, we will see a higher volume of customers on our updated pricing models that are based on other factors including product mix, customer size, and volumetrics, such as transactions or entities.
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The increase in total cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the following:
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•$1.2 million increase in professional fees; and
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•$0.7 million increase in employee compensation and benefits; partially offset by
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•$1.9 million decrease in depreciation and amortization due to certain assets becoming fully amortized in prior periods.
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•$3.5 million increase primarily due to a change in the timing of our user conference and digital marketing expenses;
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•$3.4 million increase in employee compensation and benefits; and
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•$1.6 million decrease in depreciation and amortization due to certain assets becoming fully amortized in prior periods; and
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•$0.4 million decrease in professional fees.
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The increase in sales and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the following:
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•$9.7 million increase in employee compensation and benefits;
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•$4.8 million increase in digital marketing expenses and a change in the timing of our user conference, partially offset by streamlined marketing efforts;
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•$0.9 million increase in travel-related expenses primarily due to a change in the timing of our user conference; and
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•$0.8 million increase in computer software expenses to support internal automation and scalability initiatives; partially offset by
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•$4.5 million decrease in depreciation and amortization due to certain assets becoming fully amortized in prior periods.
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•$1.1 million increase in employee compensation and benefits, partially offset by a decrease in average compensation per employee due to an increase in offshore headcount;
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•$0.3 million decrease in capitalized software costs primarily due to a realignment of resources to prioritize key products, partially offset by required updates to access new markets, and ongoing development of cloud-based and new solution offerings. Collectively, these decreases resulted in an increase in net expenses; partially offset by
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The increase in research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the following:
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•$5.3 million increase in employee compensation and benefits, partially offset by a decrease in average compensation per employee due to an increase in offshore headcount; and
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•$0.6 million increase in computer software expenses due to higher spend on cloud hosting services as customers continue to migrate to GCP, as well as upgrades to support business growth; partially offset by
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•$1.2 million decrease in professional fees; and
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•$0.8 million increase in professional fees; partially offset by
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The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the following:
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•$0.6 million increase in computer software expenses due to higher spend to enhance automation and support scalability of our operations.
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Restructuring costs
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The gain on extinguishment of convertible senior notes during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 resulted from the partial repurchase of our 2026 Notes in May 2024. Refer to “Note 8 - Convertible Senior Notes” for additional information.
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On July 4, 2025, the legislation formally titled “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14” and commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (“OBBB”) was enacted. The OBBB adjusted a number of provisions affecting businesses, including the immediate expensing of domestic research and development costs, limitations on deductions for interest expense, and accelerated fixed asset depreciation. The OBBB provisions did not have a material impact on our effective tax rate, but several timing provisions are expected to result in significant 2025 cash tax savings.
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OBBB
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The OBBB provisions did not have a material impact on our effective tax rate, but several timing provisions are expected to result in significant 2025 cash tax savings. See Note 11 – “Incomes Taxes” contained in the “Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
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•$1.2 million increase in other assets due to net capitalization related to strategic projects and software upgrades.
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•$4.4 million net decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets primarily due to a decrease in accrued interest and amortization of prepaid balances;
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•$3.1 million increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities primarily due to payroll-related expenses and accrued interest on the 2029 Notes; and
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•$18.9 million decrease in deferred revenue primarily driven by timing of billings for subscription and support;
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, cash used in financing activities was $205.9 million primarily as a result of the following:
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•$4.6 million of proceeds from the employee stock purchase plan.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, cash used in financing activities was $503.4 million primarily as a result of the following:
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•$848.5 million for the partial repurchase of the 2026 Notes;
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•$59.7 million for the purchase of the associated Capped Calls for the 2029 Notes; and
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We provide a unified, scalable, and flexible platform tailored to the evolving needs of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and deliver purpose-built applications that address critical processes, including financial close & consolidation, intercompany accounting, and invoice-to-cash. Our software and services provide the critical technology and industry-leading practices that deliver accurate, efficient, and intelligent financial operations. We are a holding company and conduct our operations through our wholly-owned subsidiary, BlackLine Systems.
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We are a holding company and conduct our operations through our wholly-owned subsidiary, BlackLine Systems, Inc.
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At September 30, 2025, we had 385,336 individual users across 4,424 customers. Additionally, we continue to build strategic relationships with technology vendors, professional services firms, business process outsourcers, and resellers.
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At March 31, 2026, we had 4,301 customers, exclusive of on-premise software. Additionally, we continue to build strategic relationships with technology vendors, professional services firms, business process outsourcers, and resellers.
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Our cloud-based solutions, increasingly powered by our BlackLine Studio360 Platform, include Account Reconciliations, Transaction Matching, Task Management, Reporting & Analysis, Journal Entry, Journals Risk Analyser, Account Analysis, Consolidation, Compliance, Smart Close for SAP, Cash Application, Credit & Risk Management, Collections Management, Disputes & Deductions Management, Team & Task Management, AR Intelligence, Electronic Invoicing & Payments, Intercompany Create, Intercompany Balance & Resolve, and Intercompany Net & Settle. In September 2025, we launched Verity, a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities providing finance and accounting teams with a digital workforce of embedded, auditable AI. Our Verity AI capabilities are integrated across our solutions, which address many use cases across our customers’ financial operations and include comprehensive and flexible solutions that deliver best practices for end-to-end record-to-report and invoice-to-cash processes.
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Our cloud-based solutions, delivered by our BlackLine Studio360 Platform, include Account Reconciliations, Transaction Matching, Task Management, Reporting & Analysis, Journal Entry, Journals Risk Analyser, Account Analysis, Consolidation, Compliance, Smart Close for SAP, Cash Application, Credit & Risk Management, Collections Management, Disputes & Deductions Management, Team & Task Management, AR Intelligence, Electronic Invoicing & Payments, Intercompany Create, Intercompany Balance & Resolve, and Intercompany Net & Settle.
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We derived approximately 95% of our revenue from subscriptions to our cloud-based software platform and approximately 5% from professional services for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Our subscription contracts have initial non-cancellable terms of one year to three years with renewal options. The majority of new contracts in 2024 and during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 had an initial non-cancellable term of three years. We have updated our subscription pricing models to address the value of BlackLine solutions based on a number of factors, including customer size, the products involved in delivering our solutions, and volumetrics, such as transactions or entities. We typically invoice customers annually in advance for subscriptions, which is initially recorded as deferred revenue and recognized ratably over the term of the customer contract. The first year of subscription fees are typically payable within 30 days after execution of a contract, and thereafter upon renewal.
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We derived approximately 95% of our revenue from subscriptions to our cloud-based software platform and approximately 5% from professional services for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Our subscription contracts have initial non-cancellable terms of one year to three years with renewal options. The majority of new contracts in 2025 and during the quarter ended March 31, 2026 carried an initial non-cancellable term of three years. In 2025, we updated our pricing model to reflect the value of our solutions based on factors such as product mix, organization size, and volumetrics (e.g. number of transactions or entities). We typically invoice subscription fees annually in advance, which are initially recorded as deferred revenue and recognized ratably over the contract term. First-year subscription fees are generally payable within 30 days of contract execution, with subsequent fees due upon renewal.
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Professional services consist primarily of implementation and consulting services. Our product offerings are available for immediate use on our platform after granting access to a new customer. We typically help customers implement our solutions, and we also provide consulting services to help customers optimize the use of our products. We invoice customers for our consulting services on a time-and-materials basis and recognize that revenue as services are performed. A limited number of our customers are provided professional services for a fixed fee, for which we invoice in advance. The fee is initially recorded as deferred revenue and recognized on a proportional-performance basis as the services are rendered.
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Professional services consist primarily of implementation and consulting services. Our products are available for immediate use upon granting customer access. We typically assist customers with implementation and provide consulting services to help them optimize the use of our solutions. We invoice customers for our consulting services on a time-and-materials basis and recognize that revenue as services are performed. A limited number of our customers are provided professional services for a fixed fee, for which we invoice in advance. The fee is initially recorded as deferred revenue and recognized on a proportional-performance basis as the services are rendered.
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We sell our solutions primarily through our direct sales force, which leverages our relationships with technology vendors, professional services firms, and business process outsourcers. In particular, our solution integrates with SAP’s enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) solutions, and SAP is part of the reseller channel that we use in the ordinary course of business. SAP has the ability to resell our solutions as SAP solution-extensions (“SAP SolEx”), for which we receive a percentage of the revenues. We also have an agreement with Google Cloud in which we collaborate with them on joint selling and go-to-market activities and bring enhanced automation solutions for finance and accounting to new and existing customers.
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We sell our solutions primarily through our direct sales force, which leverages our relationships with technology vendors, professional services firms, and business process outsourcers. Our solutions integrate with SAP’s ERP systems, and SAP resells our product as SAP SolEx, for which we receive a percentage of the related revenues. We also maintain a strategic agreement with Google Cloud through which we jointly engage in selling and go-to-market activities to bring enhanced automation capabilities to customers.
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Our ability to maximize the lifetime value of our customer relationships depends, in part, on the willingness of customers to purchase additional user and customer licenses and products from us. We rely on our sales and customer success teams to support and grow our existing customers by maintaining high customer satisfaction and educating customers on the value all our products provide.
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Our ability to maximize the lifetime value of our customer relationships depends, in part, on the willingness of customers to purchase additional licenses and products from us. Our sales and customer success teams focus on maintaining high satisfaction and educating customers on the value of our full product portfolio to support account expansion.
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The length of our sales cycle depends on the size of a potential customer and contract, as well as the type of solution or product being purchased. The sales cycle for our global enterprise customers is generally longer than that of our mid-size customers. In addition, the length of the sales cycle tends to increase for larger contracts and for more complex, strategic products like Intercompany Financial Management. As we continue to focus on increasing our average contract size and selling more strategic products, we expect our sales cycle to lengthen and become less predictable, which could cause variability in our results for any particular period.
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The length of our sales cycle depends on the size of a potential customer and contract, as well as the type of solution or product being purchased. Sales cycles for global enterprise customers are generally longer than those for mid-size customers, and cycle duration increases for larger or more strategic products, such as our Intercompany solutions. As we focus on increasing average contract size and expanding adoption of strategic products, we expect the sales cycle to lengthen and remain less predictable which may contribute to variability in period-to-period results.
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We have historically signed a high percentage of agreements with new customers, as well as renewal agreements with existing customers, in the fourth quarter of each year and usually during the last month of the quarter. This can be attributed to buying patterns typical in the software industry. As the terms of most of our customer agreements are measured in full year increments, agreements initially entered into during the fourth quarter or last month of any quarter will generally come up for renewal at that same time in subsequent years. This seasonality is reflected in our revenues, though the impact to overall annual or quarterly revenues is nominal due to the fact that we recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of the customer contract.
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We have historically signed a high percentage of agreements with new customers, as well as renewal agreements with existing customers, in the fourth quarter of each year and usually during the last month of the quarter. Because most contracts have annual terms, agreements entered into late in the year typically renew during the same period in subsequent years. While this seasonality is reflected in our billings and bookings, the impact on overall revenue is minimal due to our ratable revenue recognition model.
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For the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we had revenues totaling $178.3 million and $165.9 million, respectively. We generated net income attributable to BlackLine, Inc. of $5.3 million and $17.2 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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For the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we had revenues totaling $183.2 million and $166.9 million, respectively. We generated net income attributable to BlackLine, Inc. of $8.1 million and $6.1 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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Our operating results may vary based on the impact of changes in our industry or the global economy on us or our customers. General macroeconomic conditions, such as a recession, inflation or rising interest rates, an economic downturn in the United States (“U.S.”) or internationally, adverse business conditions and liquidity concerns, has and could continue to adversely affect demand for our products and make it difficult to accurately forecast and plan our future business activities. As a result of economic uncertainty, we have seen customers delay and defer purchasing decisions, which has adversely impacted our near-term demand.
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Our operating results may vary due to the impact of industry or global economic conditions on us or our customers. General macroeconomic conditions, such as political conflicts, recession, inflation or rising interest rates, an economic downturn in the U.S. or internationally, adverse business conditions and liquidity concerns, have and could continue to adversely affect demand for our products and make it difficult to accurately forecast and plan our future business activities. As a result of economic uncertainty, we have seen customers delay and defer purchasing decisions, which has adversely impacted our near-term demand.
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We regularly review a number of metrics, including the following key metrics, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial projections, and make strategic decisions.
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We regularly review a number of metrics, including the following key metrics, to evaluate our business and performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial projections, and make strategic decisions.
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Dollar-based net revenue retention rate. We believe that dollar-based net revenue retention rate is an important metric to measure the long-term value of customer agreements and our ability to retain and grow our relationships with existing customers over time. We calculate dollar-based net revenue retention rate as the implied monthly subscription and support revenue at the end of a period for the base set of customers from which we generated subscription revenue in the year prior to the calculation, divided by the implied monthly subscription and support revenue one year prior to the date of calculation for that same customer base. This calculation does not reflect implied monthly subscription and support revenue for new customers added during the one-year period but does include the effect of customers who terminated during the period. We define implied monthly subscription and support revenue as the total amount of minimum subscription and support revenue contractually committed to, under each of our customer agreements over the entire term of the agreement, divided by the number of months in the term of the agreement. At September 30, 2025, our dollar-based net revenue retention rate decreased from the quarter ended June 30, 2025 due primarily to the impact of unfavorable foreign exchange rates. Our ability to maximize the lifetime value of our customer relationships will depend, in part, on the willingness of the customer to purchase additional user licenses and products from us. We rely on our customer success and sales teams to support and grow our existing customers by maintaining high customer satisfaction and educating the customer on the value our products provide.
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Dollar-based net revenue retention rate. We believe that dollar-based net revenue retention rate is an important metric to measure the long-term value of customer agreements and our ability to retain and grow our relationships with existing customers over time. We calculate dollar-based net revenue retention rate as the implied monthly subscription and support revenue at the end of a period for the base set of customers from which we generated subscription revenue in the year prior to the calculation, divided by the implied monthly subscription and support revenue one year prior to the date of calculation for that same customer base. This calculation does not reflect implied monthly subscription and support revenue for new customers added during the one-year period but does include the effect of customers who terminated during the period. We define implied monthly subscription and support revenue as the total amount of minimum subscription and support revenue contractually committed to, under each of our customer agreements over the entire term of the agreement, divided by the number of months in the term of the agreement. At March 31, 2026, our dollar-based net revenue retention rate remained consistent from the year ended December 31, 2025, reflecting continued customer engagement and retention, despite the impact of unfavorable foreign exchange rates. Our ability to maximize the lifetime value of our customer relationships will depend, in part, on the willingness of the customer to purchase additional products from us. We rely on our customer success and sales teams to support and grow our existing customers by maintaining high customer satisfaction and educating the customer on the value our products provide.
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Number of customers. We believe that our ability to expand our customer base is an indicator of our market penetration and the growth of our business. We define a customer as a company that contributes to our subscription and support revenue as of the measurement date. In situations where an organization has multiple subsidiaries or divisions, each entity that is invoiced as a separate entity is treated as a separate customer. However, where an existing customer requests its invoice be divided for the sole purpose of restructuring its internal billing arrangement without any incremental increase in revenue, such customer continues to be treated as a single customer. For the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.
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Number of customers. We believe that our ability to expand our customer base is an indicator of our market penetration and the growth of our business. We define a customer as a company that contributes to our subscription and support revenue as of the measurement date. In situations where an organization has multiple subsidiaries or divisions, each entity that is invoiced as a separate entity is treated as a separate customer. However, where an existing customer requests its invoice be divided for the sole purpose of restructuring its internal billing arrangement without any incremental increase in revenue, such customer continues to be treated as a single customer. For the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.
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Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin. Non-GAAP gross profit is defined as GAAP revenues less GAAP cost of revenue adjusted for amortization of acquired developed technology, stock-based compensation, and transaction-related costs (including, but not limited to, accounting, legal, and advisory fees related to the transaction, as well as transaction-related retention bonuses). Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit divided by GAAP revenues. We believe that presenting non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin is useful to investors as it eliminates the impact of certain non-cash expenses and allows a direct comparison between periods.
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Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin. Non-GAAP gross profit is defined as GAAP revenues less GAAP cost of revenue adjusted for amortization of acquired developed technology, stock-based compensation, and transaction-related costs (including, but not limited to, accounting, legal, and advisory fees related to the transaction, as well as transaction-related retention bonuses). Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit divided by GAAP revenues. We believe that presenting non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin is useful to investors as it eliminates the impact of certain non-cash expenses and allows a direct comparison of gross profit between periods.
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Non-GAAP Net Income Attributable to BlackLine and Diluted Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share Attributable to BlackLine, Inc. Non-GAAP net income attributable to BlackLine is defined as GAAP net income attributable to BlackLine adjusted for the income tax effects of acquisitions, stock-based compensation shortfalls and windfalls, and the discrete tax impact of other non-GAAP adjustments, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, amortization of debt issuance costs from our 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2029 (the “2029 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the “Notes” or “convertible senior notes”), change in fair value of contingent consideration, transaction-related costs, restructuring costs, legal settlement gains or costs, adjustment to the redeemable non-controlling interest to the redemption amount, and gain on extinguishment of convertible senior notes. Diluted non-GAAP net income per share attributable to BlackLine, Inc. includes the adjustment for shares resulting from the elimination of stock-based compensation. We believe that presenting non-GAAP net income attributable to BlackLine is useful to investors as it eliminates the impact of items that have been impacted by our acquisitions and other related costs to allow a direct comparison of net income between all periods presented.
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Non-GAAP Net Income Attributable to BlackLine and Diluted Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share Attributable to BlackLine, Inc. Non-GAAP net income attributable to BlackLine is defined as GAAP net income attributable to BlackLine adjusted for the income tax effects of acquisitions, stock-based compensation shortfalls and windfalls, and the discrete tax impact of other non-GAAP adjustments, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, amortization of debt issuance costs from our 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes which matured and were paid off in 2026 (the “2026 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes” or “convertible senior notes”), change in fair value of contingent consideration, transaction-related costs, restructuring costs, legal settlement gains or costs, adjustment to the redeemable non-controlling interest to the redemption amount, and gain on extinguishment of convertible senior notes. Diluted non-GAAP net income per share attributable to BlackLine, Inc. includes the adjustment for shares resulting from the elimination of stock-based compensation. We believe that presenting non-GAAP net income attributable to BlackLine is useful to investors as it eliminates the impact of items that have been impacted by our acquisitions and other related costs to allow a direct comparison of net income between all periods presented.
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Comparison of Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
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Comparison of Quarters Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
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The increase in revenues for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily driven by revenue from product expansion from existing customers and bookings from new customers. The total number of customers at September 30, 2025 remained relatively flat as compared to September 30, 2024. The total number of users at September 30, 2025 decreased by 3%, as compared to September 30, 2024, primarily due to our strategic initiative to migrate customers to new, more flexible platform pricing models. The platform enhances operational efficiency, and in certain cases, enables customers to streamline workflows and increase the number of users at no additional costs. This approach is designed to accelerate our customers' finance transformation by providing a scalable foundation to adopt our latest innovations, including our Studio360 and Verity AI offerings.
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The increase in revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, was primarily driven by revenue from product expansion from existing customers and bookings from new customers. The total number of customers at March 31, 2026 declined marginally compared to March 31, 2025, primarily due to our strategic prioritization of enterprise and mega‑enterprise customers. Importantly, this shift reflects our focus on higher‑quality revenue and long‑term growth.
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•$1.8 million increase in computer software expenses due to upgrades to support business growth;
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•$3.8 million increase in computer software expenses due to upgrades to support business growth;
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•$0.9 million increase in amortization of developed technology due to net additions to software placed into service; partially offset by
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•$0.7 million increase in amortization of developed technology due to net additions to software placed into service; partially offset by
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•$2.2 million decrease in employee compensation and benefits.
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•$1.1 million decrease in employee compensation and benefits; and
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•$0.5 million decrease in professional fees; partially offset by
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•$0.5 million decrease in professional fees.
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•$0.9 million increase in travel-related expenses primarily due to a change in the timing of our user conference; partially offset by
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•$1.0 million increase in travel-related expenses; partially offset by
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•$0.6 million decrease in depreciation and amortization due to certain assets becoming fully amortized in prior periods.
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•$0.6 million decrease in professional fees.
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•$0.5 million increase in computer software expenses due to higher spend on cloud hosting services, as well as upgrades to support business growth; and
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•$0.9 million increase in computer software expenses due to new investments in automation and higher spend on cloud hosting services; partially offset by
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•$0.6 million increase in capitalized software costs primarily due to required updates to access new markets, and ongoing development of cloud-based and new solution offerings. Collectively, these increases resulted in a decrease in net expenses.
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•$1.0 million increase in capitalized software costs primarily due to the continued development of new solution offerings. Collectively, these increases resulted in a decrease in net expenses; and
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•$2.1 million increase primarily due to decreased net foreign currency gains, net of the impact of foreign currency forward contracts; and
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•$1.9 million increase primarily due to an unfavorable change in foreign currency, net of the impact of foreign currency forward contracts;
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•$3.0 million increase primarily related to advisory and legal-related expenses; and
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•$0.3 million increase in advisory and legal-related expenses.
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Restructuring costs of $2.3 million and $8.6 million were incurred during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, primarily related to one-time termination benefits under the Fiscal 2025 restructuring programs, while restructuring costs of $0.4 million and $1.7 million were incurred during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, related to one-time termination benefits under the Fiscal 2023 restructuring program. Refer to “Note 9 - Restructuring Costs” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
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The decrease in restructuring costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, was primarily due to lower additional one-time termination benefits under the Fiscal 2025 restructuring programs. Refer to “Note 10 - Restructuring Costs” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
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The decrease in interest income during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to a decrease in average interest rates and, to a lesser extent, decreased average balances on our investments and cash balances.
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The decrease in interest income during the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, was primarily due to decreased average balances on our investments and cash balances, and to a lesser extent, a decrease in average interest rates on our investments and cash balances.
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The decrease in interest expense during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the repayment of our 2024 Notes in August 2024. The increase in interest expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to the cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs related to our 2029 Notes issued in May 2024, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense from the partial repurchase of our 2026 Notes and the repayment of our 2024 Notes in August 2024. Refer to “Note 8 - Convertible Senior Notes” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
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Interest expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, decreased slightly due to the repayment of our 2026 Notes in March 2026. Refer to “Note 9 - Convertible Senior Notes” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
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We are subject to federal and state income taxes in the U.S. and taxes in foreign jurisdictions. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2025, our annual estimated effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of non-deductible officer compensation, stock-based compensation shortfalls, foreign taxes, and changes in our valuation allowance for income taxes.
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We are subject to federal and state income taxes in the U.S. and taxes in foreign jurisdictions. For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, our annual estimated effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of non-deductible officer compensation, stock-based compensation shortfalls, foreign taxes, and changes in our valuation allowance for income taxes.
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For the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $4.7 million and $2.1 million in income tax expense, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $15.5 million and $7.3 million in income tax expense, respectively. The increase in income tax expense for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2024, resulted primarily from non-deductible officer compensation and stock-based compensation shortfalls, along with changes in the mix of profitable foreign jurisdictions, partially offset by the current quarter’s release of existing valuation allowance with respect to BlackLine K.K. deferred tax assets.
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For the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we recorded $5.9 million and $4.7 million in income tax expense, respectively. The increase in income tax expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, resulted primarily from non-deductible officer compensation and stock-based compensation shortfalls, along with changes in the mix of profitable foreign jurisdictions.
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At September 30, 2025, our principal sources of liquidity were an aggregate of $804.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, which primarily consist of short-term, money market mutual funds, U.S. treasury securities, and commercial paper.
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At March 31, 2026, our principal sources of liquidity were an aggregate of $525.1 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, which primarily consist of short-term, money market mutual funds, U.S. treasury securities, commercial paper, and corporate bonds.
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We had $905.2 million aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at September 30, 2025, of which $230.2 million is due in March 2026. We plan to, and believe we are able to, make all expected principal and interest payments in the next 12 months.
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At March 31, 2026, we had $675.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2029 Notes outstanding, following the repayment of the total outstanding $230.2 million aggregate principal amount of our 2026 Notes on March 15, 2026. We plan to, and believe we are able to, make all expected interest payments on the 2029 Notes in the next 12 months.
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At September 30, 2025, we have obligations totaling $25.0 million related to existing property and equipment leases.
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At March 31, 2026, we have obligations totaling $20.6 million related to existing property and equipment leases. As of March 31, 2026, we committed $28.2 million for leases signed but not yet commenced. These leases, which are expected to commence within the next twelve months, have lease terms ranging from 10.0 years to 15.5 years.
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Purchase obligations represent our most significant contractual obligations in the ordinary course of business for which we have not received the related goods or services, in whole or in part. At September 30, 2025, we have $192 million of contractual obligations, with $61 million payable within 12 months, and have additional contractual obligations with other vendors that are individually immaterial and which we can readily settle given our liquidity position and capital resources.
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Purchase obligations represent our most significant contractual obligations in the ordinary course of business for which we have not received the related goods or services, in whole or in part. At March 31, 2026, we had $156 million of contractual obligations, with approximately $53 million payable within 12 months, and have additional contractual obligations with other vendors that are individually immaterial and which we can readily settle given our liquidity position and capital resources.
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At September 30, 2025, while we have liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits of $19.7 million, due to their nature, there is a high degree of uncertainty regarding the timing of future cash outflows and other events that extinguish these liabilities.
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At March 31, 2026, while we have liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits of $22.3 million, due to their nature, there is a high degree of uncertainty regarding the timing of future cash outflows and other events that extinguish these liabilities.
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On November 17, 2024, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized the repurchase of up to $200 million of our common stock. On September 4, 2025, our Board approved an increase to our stock buyback program of an additional $200 million, for a total overall authorization to repurchase up to $400 million of our common stock. Our Board also approved the elimination of the expiration date of the program, which was previously set to expire on March 31, 2027. Repurchases may be made from time to time through open market repurchases or through privately-negotiated transactions subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other relevant factors. Open market repurchases may be structured to occur in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We may also, from time to time, enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to facilitate repurchases of its shares under this authorization. The repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of our common stock, and it may be suspended at any time in our discretion. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased may depend on a variety of factors, including price, general business and market conditions, and alternative investment opportunities.
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Under our stock repurchase program, which authorizes the periodic repurchase of our common stock, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved an increase to the stock repurchase program of an additional $100 million of common stock on March 13, 2026. This increased the total authorization for repurchases under our stock repurchase program from $400 million to $500 million. Repurchases may be made from time to time through open market repurchases or through privately-negotiated transactions subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other relevant factors. Open market repurchases may be structured to occur in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We may also, from time to time, enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to facilitate repurchases of its shares under this authorization. The repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of our common stock, and it may be suspended at any time in our discretion. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased may depend on a variety of factors, including price, general business and market conditions, and alternative investment opportunities.
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We repurchased and retired approximately 2.1 million shares of common stock for $113.0 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, and 3.9 million shares for $201.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. At September 30, 2025, $198.2 million of buyback capacity remained under this program.
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We repurchased and retired approximately 1.2 million shares of common stock for $47.1 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2026. At March 31, 2026, $217.4 million remained available for repurchases under this program.
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In September 2025, we launched Verity, a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities that provides finance and accounting teams with a digital workforce of embedded and auditable AI. Verity is integrated throughout our solutions and supports a broad range of use cases across our customers’ financial operations, offering flexible capabilities that help deliver best practices across end-to-end record-to-report and invoice-to-cash processes.
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•$8.0 million decrease in deferred revenue primarily due to seasonality in the sales cycle, which led to lower billings and higher revenue recognition;
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•$1.0 million increase in professional fees; and
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•$4.6 million increase in computer software expenses due to upgrades to support business growth;
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•$3.0 million increase in amortization of developed technology due to net additions to software placed into service;
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•$3.7 million decrease primarily due to increased net foreign currency gains, net of the impact of foreign currency forward contracts;
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•$3.0 million decrease in employee compensation and benefits; and
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The decrease in interest income during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily due to decreased average balances on our investments and, to a lesser extent, a decrease in average interest rates on our investments and cash balances.
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In connection with the offering of the 2026 Notes, we entered into privately-negotiated capped call transactions (the “2026 Capped Calls”) with certain counterparties covering, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, approximately 6.9 million shares of our common stock, and are generally expected to offset the potential economic dilution of our common stock upon any conversions of the 2026 Notes up to the initial cap price. The 2026 Capped Calls have an initial strike price of $166.23 per share subject to certain adjustments, which corresponds to the initial conversion price of the 2026 Notes and an initial cap price of $233.31 per share, subject to certain adjustments. At September 30, 2025, all of the 2026 Capped Calls remained outstanding.
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•$4.6 million decrease in operating lease liabilities; and
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•$5.2 million of proceeds from exercises of stock options; and
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10-Q. During the quarter ended September 30, 2025, there were no significant changes to our critical estimates as detailed in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.