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Form 10-K
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ý ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the annual period ended January 31, 2019
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DOMO, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
27-3687433
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
772 East Utah Valley Drive
American Fork, UT 84003
(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)
(801) 899-1000
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the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Domo, Inc.
Form 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1. Business
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2. Properties
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
PART I
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9B. Other Information
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Item 11. Executive Compensation
PART III
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 14. Principle Accountant Fees and Services
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
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As used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, unless expressly indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “Domo,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the
Company,” and similar references refer to Domo, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the sections titled “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations,” contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements containing words such as “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,”
“projections,” “business outlook,” “estimate,” or similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. You should read these statements carefully because
they discuss future expectations, contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition or state other “forward-looking” information. These
statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and financial performance and the assumptions that underlie these statements. They
include, but are not limited to, statements about:
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our ability to attract new customers and retain and expand our relationships with existing customers;
our future financial performance, including our expectations regarding our revenue, cost of revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, key metrics, ability
to generate cash flow and ability to achieve and maintain future profitability;
the anticipated trends, market opportunity, growth rates and challenges in our business and in the business intelligence software market;
the efficacy of our sales and marketing efforts;
our ability to compete successfully in competitive markets;
our ability to respond to and capitalize on rapid technological changes;
our expectations and management of future growth;
our ability to enter new markets and manage our expansion efforts, particularly internationally;
our ability to develop new product features;
our ability to attract and retain key employees and qualified technical and sales personnel;
our ability to effectively and efficiently protect our brand;
our ability to timely scale and adapt our infrastructure;
our ability to protect our customers' data and proprietary information;
our ability to maintain, protect, and enhance our intellectual property and not infringe upon others’ intellectual property; and
our ability to comply with all governmental laws, regulations and other legal obligations.
Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these
differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this report, including those factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A ("Risk Factors").
In light of the significant uncertainties and risks inherent in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or
warranty by us or anyone else that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all, or as predictions of future events. Moreover,
neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Item 1. Business
Overview
PART I
Domo is an operating system that powers a business, enabling all employees, from the CEO to front-line workers, to access real-time data and insights and
take action from their smartphone. This is possible because Domo digitally connects all the people, data and systems in an organization.
Through Domo’s platform, data from across the business is collected, stored, prepared, organized, analyzed, visualized, and shared. Algorithms and machine
learning can be applied to the data that allow alerts to be triggered and actions invited. Users can receive these notifications on any device and immediately act on
the invitation, after which the system can write back to the original system of record. Because Domo can digitally connect any organization and empower each of
its employees, we believe our market potential is every working person with a mobile device. Because we leverage the power of the cloud, our platform can
process extremely large volumes of quantitative and qualitative data while maintaining high performance levels. On a typical business day, our customers in the
aggregate typically query several hundred trillion rows from uncached queries. Even with this volume of data, we maintain a subsecond average query response
time. In aggregate, the data in Domo can be indexed anonymously.
We have made significant investments to build an enterprise-grade platform with the scale, speed and security to support the world's largest organizations,
regardless of where they are in their digital transformation journey. In many ways, building Domo was like building seven start-ups in one. We built connectors to
connect real-time to all of the data within a company and bring all that data into a warehouse and developed a data engine that is able to manage up to trillions of
rows of data. We built visualization tools that enable our users to explore the data on any device and enable them to collaborate on the data in real time. We built
our artificial intelligence and machine learning engine that is able to find correlations within the data and invites users to action. To enable our users to develop the
applications they wanted on top of this platform, we built an app store with pre-built applications as well as the tools for users to build their own applications.
That's why Domo is more than just a business intelligence, data warehouse, data discovery, analytics, collaboration, dashboarding, visualization or reporting tool.
These tools and technologies are typically provided by separate vendors today. Domo combines all of them in a single platform that can augment a customer's
existing infrastructure with the following:
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Connectors
: Domo offers more than 1,000 powerful, first-class connectors which we define as read/write, API and standards based connectors that are
available in the Domo Appstore, as well as a library of very flexible universal connectors that currently power over one hundred thousand Domo datasets,
enabling all users, regardless of technical ability, to connect to data across a broad range of sources and facilitate initiation of business processes. These
connectors enable data to be continuously synchronized in real time, fostering visibility and interoperability across a broad range of data sources.
Data
Warehouse
: Our data warehouse, Adrenaline, stores massive amounts of data from across the business, organizes that data across many factors or
variables and employs a massive number of processors to query that data in parallel, enabling employees across the organization to simultaneously access
the same data for their various needs with subsecond response times on average.
Domo
ETL
: Fusion is our data transformation engine that sorts customer data, making it possible for any dataset connected to Domo to be cleansed,
combined and prepared for use leveraging Magic ETL, Data Flows and hygiene algorithms.
Data
Analysis
and
Visualization
: Our Explorer analytics suite allows users to analyze, display, share and interact with data through pixel-perfect
visualizations. Explorer is a data discovery tool that seamlessly works on mobile as well as on wall monitors in executive offices or manufacturing facility
floors.
Collaboration
: Buzz is our standalone collaboration and productivity suite that integrates seamlessly with Domo's other features. Chat, sharing,
organizational charts, profiles, and project management all help foster an engaged and curious workforce, so that anyone in an organization can
participate in improving the business.
Artificial
Intelligence
Algorithms
: Domo's Mr. Roboto leverages machine learning algorithms, predictive analytics, and other artificial intelligence
technologies to create alerts, detect anomalies, optimize queries, and suggest areas of interest to help people focus on what matters most. Mr. Roboto
constantly scans incoming data to identify trends, anomalies and correlations, providing alerts and initiating business processes.
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•
Partner
Ecosystem
: With the Domo Appstore, APIs and developer tool kits, Domo enables an ecosystem of partners to quickly build applications on the
platform. We believe this will be a meaningful source of future lead generation as application creation investment thresholds are high.
As of January 31, 2019 , we had more than 1,700 organizations as customers, including 447 customers with more than $1 billion in revenue, which we refer to
as enterprise customers. For the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , our enterprise customers accounted for 47% , 46% and 45% of our revenue for
such periods, respectively. We focus our sales and marketing resources on obtaining customers with over $100 million in revenue, with a particular emphasis on
enterprise customers. We employ a land-and-expand business model and typically enter into enterprises within a specific division or for a specific use case. As our
users see the value of our platform and user engagement increases, we expand our footprint within the enterprise. Over the year ended January 31, 2019 , our
subscription net revenue retention rate, which compares the subscription revenue generated from a cohort of customers that generated subscription revenue at the
beginning of the same period in consecutive fiscal years (excluding customers from the cohort who canceled during the initial period), averaged over 100% , 110%
and 100% for all customers, enterprise customers and non-enterprise customers, respectively. By comparison, over the year ended January 31, 2018 , our
subscription net revenue retention rates averaged over 100%, 115% and 95% for all customers, enterprise customers and non-enterprise customers, respectively.
For the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , we had total revenue of $74.5 million , $108.5 million and $142.5 million , respectively, representing
year-over-year growth of 46% and 31% , respectively. For the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , our net loss was $183.1 million , $176.6 million and
$154.3 million , respectively.
The Domo Solution
We believe business technology must be as easy-to-use and intuitive as mobile consumer applications, while providing enterprise-grade scalability and
security features. Everyone, from a CEO to a front-line employee, benefits from the functionality that Domo provides. Our platform fosters collaboration, efficient
decision making, increased organizational productivity, and generates improved business results. The platform also is designed to help IT leaders deliver value
rapidly to the business by seamlessly complementing their existing systems and infrastructure and unlocking value from their fragmented data and systems. While
developing our platform, we have been focused on four key pillars.
All
of
Your
People
Our platform enables every type of employee to connect to, analyze, and leverage data from their smartphone. When everyone can use data, the value of the
data increases significantly and everyone is equipped with a common set of facts across all levels of an organization. As a result, data-driven knowledge
proliferates throughout an organization as more employees become capable of contributing to shared, collaborative analysis. When freed from the constraints of
traditional business intelligence tools, these employees tend to not only become increasingly productive, but also feel more connected to the broader organization.
All
of
Your
Data
in
Real
Time
Our platform provides real-time access to quantitative and qualitative data, including through more than 1,000 powerful first-class connectors as well as a
library of very flexible universal connectors that currently power over one hundred thousand Domo datasets. In addition, through Domo Workbench, organizations
can connect to proprietary data sources regardless of where those data sources reside within an organization. This comprehensive approach enables every type of
employee to design customized, real-time views of data and data trends. For example, a marketer can design a visualization that includes real-time data of the
click-through rates of the online advertisements, the impact of regional marketing campaigns, and the benchmarks of his organization's campaigns across the years.
Intelligence
that
Invites
Actions
Our platform leverages artificial intelligence, including machine learning algorithms and predictive analytics, to continuously power more advanced insights,
recommendations and alerts. We thereby enable employees to be aware of what is happening on a real-time basis, and take appropriate action where necessary. As
more organizations and users adopt our platform, we have access to more data, and our indices become more powerful, resulting in more effective benchmarking.
Our platform, based on ongoing variance analysis, is capable of providing personalized, proactive alerts and recommended actions to every employee and writing
back to source applications based on predetermined actions triggered after certain thresholds or behavior has occurred. In the case of a bakery, for example, our
platform can alert the owner that she does not have enough flour to meet tomorrow’s demand and recommend a supply schedule to prevent future stock-outs.
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Domo
Appstore
We have prebuilt applications for specific use cases, and our users, including development partners, can build tailored applications to address a wide range of
potential use cases, with limited training and no or limited IT involvement required. These applications range from a real-time social index to evaluate an
organization's engagement across various social media platforms to a predictive analytics toolkit that allows users to analyze "what if" scenarios and forecast the
direction of key business metrics to an aggregator for an organization’s relevant mobile application statistics. To date, these applications have been adopted across
a broad range of industries. Additionally, through the Domo Appstore, users have the option to make their applications available to all Domo users. This
application ecosystem generates a powerful network for our platform — as users build, adopt and use additional applications, usage increases within an
organization, which enables our platform to deliver even more powerful insights to those users.
Through the power of Domo’s comprehensive cloud- based platform, organizations can finally provide all of their data, to all of their employees, all of the
time.
Key Benefits of Our Solution
Domo is more than just a business intelligence, data connection, data warehouse, data transformation or ETL, data discovery, analytics, collaboration,
dashboarding, visualization or reporting tool. These tools and technologies are typically provided by separate vendors today. Domo combines all of them in a
single platform and enables truly digitally connected organizations.
The Domo platform delivers six core benefits, and from the combination of these six, customers benefit from a seventh, a virtuous cycle of optimization:
Executive
and
Outcome
Focused
Mobile
Solution
From the beginning, we targeted CEOs as key users of our platform. That concept has fundamentally influenced every aspect of the Domo platform from
architecture to user experience. CEOs have huge demands on their time, are constantly on the move, do not have time or desire to learn complex software, need
answers that quickly drive decisions, need to create alignment within their organization, need to focus on the exceptional items that should bubble up in their
business instead of turning over every stone to see if something is off, and hunger for as much collaborative and correlative signal as they can get. Our platform
was designed to meet each of these needs.
Our native mobile application enables all employees, not just CEOs, to effectively manage their businesses and responsibilities using any device. Employees
can see current status of business operations and receive automatic alerts for when they need to take action, delivered directly to their smartphone. Anyone can edit
and interact with data and share it with colleagues in real time directly from their smartphone. While Domo was designed with mobile users first in mind, it is
automatically accessible across laptops, TV screens, monitors, tablets and smartphones, via different browsers and visualization engines, which is a competitive
differentiator.
Universal
Data
Model
—
Data
Platform
and
Transformation
Domo is changing the way people think about data. Data is no longer a currency only to be banked, but is the fuel that drives the business. Domo puts data to
work, all of the data, together in an integrated, robust system, for all of the business’s employees. To accomplish this, Domo created a distributed data platform that
was engineered to ingest, process, clean, prepare and make queryable all of a business’s available data, and serve it back with a subsecond average query response
time, not just from a couple of databases or a single warehouse, or a few external cloud apps, but from all of the data, including systems that come online outside of
IT’s influence like the myriad of cloud software providers each department might be leveraging. We believe that all of a business’s quantitative and qualitative data
must be brought together, in one system, in order to deliver the types of encompassing views and timely insights today’s leaders must have. Our portfolio of
connectors and cloud-based data warehouse provides a massively scalable solution to enable businesses to connect to their data systems. Our cloud-based ETL
suite allows all of that data to be transformed and prepared together in a universal data format, enabling users to easily incorporate, change or discontinue different
data sources without disruption. Our fast query engine searches the data, enabling insights to be generated. Now business leaders can have fully comprehensive
views of what is happening, across all departments and across all systems.
Digitally
Connected
Organization
—
Interconnecting
and
Orchestrating
across
Disparate
Systems
Businesses use many separate software systems to facilitate core elements of managing their business. This means there is no natural opportunity to leverage a
broader, more holistic view of the state of the business or to take broadly informed actions and decision paths. It is very difficult to create alignment across the
disparate organizations that use the siloed systems. This
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often creates walled gardens of data inside the business and blocks departments and teams from being able to effectively work full life cycle problems with each
other. It also cripples the C-suite from being able to truly understand the nature of a problem or opportunity. Our comprehensive, cloud-based platform weaves
seven critical platform components together to exploit this opportunity to increase alignment, accuracy and effectiveness of business leaders: data connections, data
warehouse, data management, data analysis and visualization, artificial intelligence algorithms, and our partner ecosystem. An action in one system can have its
influence measured in another, combined together in the same view, such as when marketing automation affects sales revenue generation, which in turn affects
financial performance, to truly understand how best to guide the business.
Productivity
—
Fosters
Getting
Work
Done
Together
Our platform enables all employees to engage with each other with real-time data and business results at the center of the conversation. Employees can easily
find others in their organization who access similar data and invite them and others with the appropriate permissions to engage in richer conversations to achieve
business results. With Domo, users collaborate where the data lives, increasing everyone’s productivity and ability to act on the data. Our platform also enables
organizations to share their data and collaborate with customers, suppliers and other partners outside of the organization. Additionally, any user can schedule
critical insights to be delivered to the right inboxes, ensuring the right stakeholders are being kept up-to-date on relevant developments.
Enterprise
Security,
Scalability
and
Compliance
We have invested significantly to build security features in our platform that have enabled us to expand our presence within the enterprise. Because we
connect directly to data sources that hold companies’ CRM, HCM, ERP and other sensitive data in our system, we must maintain enterprise-grade security
standards for data access, privacy and administration. Our security protocols enabled us to attract enterprise customers across a wide array of industries, including
many in highly regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare. Our security features, such as customer-controlled encryption key management,
provide much needed confidence that the data on our platform is secure.
Our native multi-tenant, web-scale, massive parallel processing capabilities and multi-dimensional architecture manage extremely large volumes of data and
deliver real-time analysis at scale. On a typical business day, our customers in the aggregate typically query several hundred trillion rows from uncached queries.
Even with this volume of data, we maintain a subsecond average query response time. We leverage an organization’s existing data systems, meaning IT does not
have to re-architect what has already been built and does not have to invest in new infrastructure to implement our platform.
We also provide IT departments with centralized governance and administration capabilities. Our platform enables IT departments to not only monitor the
health of all data within an organization, but also actively control who has access to that data on a real-time, continuous basis. Our platform provides robust
controls down to row level security that enable leaders to tailor data access based on a variety of categories, including role, geography or department. We provide
the assurance of leading security and compliance certifications, including those relating to SOC 1, SOC 2 + HITRUST, HIPAA and more.
Benchmarks
and
Applications
—
Ecosystem
We built the Domo platform with the explicit goal that it be extended and leveraged by a rich ecosystem of partners, developers, business experts and
entrepreneurs. Each of the core pieces of the Domo platform has been engineered from the ground up to be extensible and accessible through APIs and SDKs. We
have also created the Domo Appstore, a marketplace for the distribution of additive capabilities and pre-built content from the Domo ecosystem, such as a new
data connector, a best-practice dashboard, or a fully functioning custom solution, to extend their Domo experience. Third parties are able to rapidly develop rich
applications that leverage the collective power of the Domo platform. Each of the core tenets of the platform are offered as services and functionality used to build
the types of products that typically would be expensive and time-consuming to replicate.
Virtuous
Cycle
of
Optimization
The combination of these six core benefits drives a seventh factor, a virtuous cycle of optimization. A digitally connected organization is able to leverage all of
the data, people, systems, behaviors, automation, write-back, predictive analytics, machine learning, natural language processing and workflows to achieve its
goals and improve the entire business. Customers get more value from their workforce, and get more value from their data. We believe this is only the beginning;
the network effect of digitizing complex workflows, automating well known outcomes, suggesting courses of action, unlocking crowd wisdom effects within the
business and anomaly detection across the entire organization will continue to improve as more of an organization's people, data and systems are connected to the
Domo platform.
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Competitive Strengths
Our key competitive strengths include:
• Mobile
Functionality.
We designed Domo with mobile functionality front of mind. Domo’s native mobile applications unlock users’ ability to access data
and collaborate in real time, from anywhere. When data is in Domo, it is immediately available for consumption on smartphones and other mobile devices
without requiring separate versions or visualizations.
• Functionality
That
Can
Be
Used
by
Everyone.
Employees can easily connect to relevant data sources, create powerful data transformations, analyze data,
build reports and applications, configure alerts, and collaborate through our desktop or mobile application. Employees without technical expertise can use
all of the features of our platform without involving a business analyst.
• Easy
to
Adopt.
Employees can begin using our platform within minutes, without the need for heavy IT involvement to procure and implement. We offer a
self-service subscription, as well as a free trial, through our website, in addition to traditional inside and field sales models for broad company
deployments.
• Scale
. Domo has been natively built on a cloud-based architecture that is capable of massive scale. The Domo data warehouse and our connector strategy
allows our platform to connect, house and make accessible all of the data within an organization and have a system that can make recommendations.
• Proven
Economic
Value.
The comprehensive capabilities of our solution enable organizations to benefit from cost savings that result from their ability to
remove previously deployed, limited systems. Also, because our solution enables employees to spend less time tracking down data or preparing
presentations for meetings, employees are able to dedicate more time to value added activities. As a result, in addition to cost savings, organizations that
deploy our solution are often able to generate incremental revenue.
• Proven
Enterprise
Readiness.
We have invested significantly to broaden our platform capabilities and enhance security and scalability requirements for
the enterprise. Our enterprise customer base has grown from 36 as of January 31, 2014, to 447 as of January 31, 2019 , representing a compound annual
growth rate, or CAGR, of 66% . We are investing in our field sales team to further increase our focus on attracting new enterprise customers and expanding
our footprint within our current enterprise customers.
• Continuous
Product
Innovation.
From inception through January 31, 2019 , we have invested $395.0 million in research and development to create our
comprehensive platform. These investments allowed us to create more than 1,000 first-class connectors as well as a library of very flexible universal
connectors that currently power over one hundred thousand Domo datasets, which enable everyone to connect and use all of the data within their
organization in real time, through our data explorer and ETL engine. We invested in creating our native mobile application, which empowers all employees
to effectively manage their responsibilities using their mobile device. We also invested in developing collaboration capabilities, resulting in our solution
being able to aggregate all collaboration activity within an organization in a context-sensitive, easily navigable view. These investments have also enabled
us to build a comprehensive cloud-based platform with enterprise-grade features. More recently, these investments have allowed us to develop machine
learning algorithms that invite all employees to action, based on the real-time data that is accessible within our platform. We developed the Domo Appstore
on top of that, which offers hundreds of applications, developed internally and by an open ecosystem of partners, providing expertise across a variety of
industries. Developer tools and programmatic APIs enable the rapid development and delivery of custom apps leveraging the Domo platform and services.
In many ways, building Domo was like building seven start-ups at once. Additionally, we believe that our significant investments in research and
development, which were required to build an operating system that powers a business, will provide tremendous leverage in our financial model as our
business continues to scale.
• Strong
Industry
Recognition.
Our brand is synonymous with the next generation of cloud-native, mobile-first data solutions. We have attracted and
retained top talent in our industry and have become a top choice for organizations looking for better ways to use data to run their businesses. We have
received multiple innovation awards and top-ranked recognition for ease-of-use and business value based on customer-based research from organizations
such as Dresner Advisory Services, Gartner Research and Ventana Research. We've also been recognized with workplace and growth awards including the
Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Forbes Cloud 100, Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000, CNBC Disruptor 50, Great Places to Work, Utah Business Best Places to Work
(7 consecutive years) as well and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2016. Additionally, our annual conference, Domopalooza, is renowned within the industry
and attracts thousands of passionate users each year.
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• Expanding
Third
Party
Ecosystem
with
Strong
Network
Effects.
We have developed pre-built applications for specific use cases and provide everyone
with the necessary tools to build applications that run on our platform. These applications can be tailored to the specific needs of a specific role,
organization or industry and leverage all the benefits of our solution to enable everyone to improve decision making, business outcomes and financial
results. Once built, users can share these applications within their organization, but can also elect to open the application to all our users, across industries
and geographies.
Growth Strategies
Key components of our growth strategy include:
•
Increasing
Our
Overall
Customer
Base.
The market for our platform is large and underpenetrated, as any organization of any size and in any industry is a
potential customer of Domo. We believe there is substantial opportunity to add additional customers both in the United States and internationally as the
need for all employees to access actionable, real-time data continues to drive market adoption of our platform. We are committed to further penetrating
international markets and are investing in markets such as Japan, Asia Pacific and EMEA.
• Accelerate
Expansion
within
Existing
Customers.
We employ a land-and-expand business model and typically enter into enterprises either within a
specific division or for a specific use case. As our users see the value of our platform and user engagement increases, we expand our footprint within the
enterprise. We are focused on helping our users quickly realize the value of our platform. We have substantial growth potential within our existing
customer base. We will continue to focus on showcasing the value of our platform to expand our footprint within our existing customers.
• Extend
Platform
Functionality
and
Value
Proposition.
Our goal is to continue to enhance and broaden the capabilities of our platform to address our
users’ evolving needs. To that end, we plan to continue to invest in enhancing the ease of use and self-service capabilities, scalability, security and
performance of our platform and expanding the IoT, artificial intelligence and data management functionality of our platform. We will also continue to
invest in additional features and capabilities.
• Expand
the
Domo
Ecosystem.
The ecosystem for our platform includes customer influencers, which share valuable best practices for and serve as proof
points for other customers, strategic partners, which efficiently expand our reach, and third party developers that create customized applications tailored for
specific customer use cases. We will continue to invest in establishing and strengthening these relationships to broaden this ecosystem.
• Leverage
the
Data.
The Domo platform is uniquely positioned to generate performance benchmarks and indices across a wide array of organizations and
disciplines, and in time we plan to capitalize on that position to attract additional customers and broaden and deepen our relationships with them. Although
no customer will have access to the data of another, given that customers bring their data into the same cloud-based platform, we could enable performance
comparisons based on index derived from similarly-situated organizations.
Our Technology
Our solution is comprised of seven core elements:
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connectors;
data warehouse and fast query engine;
Domo ETL;
data analysis and visualization tools;
collaboration tools;
artificial intelligence algorithms; and
apps and partner ecosystem.
These core elements were developed with two foundational considerations in mind:
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accessibility for all users, with a heavy emphasis on mobile-first functionality; and
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access, and applicability to business of all sizes, including those requiring enterprise-grade governance and security.
Connectors
The foundation of our technology is the ability to connect all of an organization’s relevant business data and then combine, cleanse and transform that data
into formats that can be easily visualized and analyzed.
Our platform provides real-time access to data through a broad and flexible set of connection options, including through more than 1,000 first-class
connectors, which we define as read/write, API and standards based connectors that are available in the Domo Appstore, as well as a library of very flexible
universal connectors that currently power over one hundred thousand Domo datasets. We also provide users an intuitive web-based toolkit, Connector Dev Studio,
which allows users to build their own connectors.
Our platform allows organizations to integrate directly with almost any source of data required to answer key business questions. Whether the necessary data
is located in other third party systems, on-premise data stores, or even local machines, Domo provides easy access across all platforms with no coding necessary in
most cases. Since Domo has built and maintains a large library of connectors, organizations no longer need to directly deal with the confusing and constantly
changing ecosystem. Typically, all that is necessary are the security credentials required to access the data. Additionally, the cloud-based nature of Domo means
that not only is it simple for an organization to import data, but such data will also be continually imported and updated creating a “living,” real-time dataset with
no hardware investment by the customer. For organizations with on-premises data solutions, or bespoke or legacy applications, we have developed Workbench, our
secure data acquisition tool designed to easily and securely connect on-premises data to our platform. We thereby enable organizations to connect to real-time
proprietary data sources regardless of where those data sources sit within the organization. QuickStart Apps help users load relevant data into a usable format with
the click of a button. With a growing library of popular data sources that draw from years of role and industry experience, Domo guides users on what KPIs they
should be measuring from the day they connect.
Data
Warehouse
and
Fast
Query
Engine
Adrenaline, the Domo data warehouse, stores massive amounts of data connected from across the business, enabling anyone to quickly access the data they
need.
After data has been imported into Domo, it is important that it is safe, secure, and available. Adrenaline uses industry-leading technologies to ensure that
customer data is secure and encrypted while stored in the system. It is also stored in redundant systems to provide a safe and reliable retrieval. In the case of
frequently changing, or updated data, Domo additionally stores historical versions of past data available for catastrophic recovery.
Availability of the data is handled through Domo’s fast query layer. All data is prepared and available for querying through this feature. Adrenaline organizes
the data across any number of factors or variables and employs a massive number of processors to query that data in parallel. This service supports queries while
building simple cards as well as complex, custom queries and dataset joins on datasets comprised of billions of records. Our fast query layer eliminates the need for
IT to perform time-consuming data summarizations or other complex processes in order to maintain high query performance. On top of the flexibility, it provides
subsecond average query response time, enabling real-time consumption of information. The speed and flexibility at this layer differentiate between Domo from
traditional solutions offered by our competitors.
Domo
ETL:
Data
Transformation
Our self-service ETL toolset, Fusion, enables users to easily join, aggregate and cleanse data from multiple sources. Unlike some solutions that require
separate tools to extract, transform and load, or ETL, data, Fusion permits users of all skill levels to clean and combine data within our platform.
With an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface, users with little or no expertise can easily combine all their data and transform it into a format that can be easily
manipulated, visualized and analyzed. For data analysts, our platform includes SQL-based dataflows, which allow more technical users to combine and transform
raw data sources for other users. Fusion also includes a variety of machine learning algorithm and predictive analytics tools to allow everyone to add intelligence to
any dataset, enabling a range of data science analysis, including:
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cluster analysis to perform cohort analysis and discover relationships to understand complex data;
predictive models built on a suite of regression algorithms to better understand core drivers and influencers of key business metrics;
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forecasting models using common forecasting methods;
time-series, multivariate, parametric and non-parametric algorithms to reveal abnormal or “interesting” data in any dataset; and
intelligent models built on machine learning algorithms.
All algorithms can be implemented using a simple wizard for configuration.
Real-time
Analysis
and
Visualization
Our Explorer analytics suite, consisting of Domo Analyzer, Domo Pages and Collections, Domo Stories, Publication Groups and Domo Everywhere, allows
users to analyze, display, share and interact with data through pixel-perfect visualizations.
Domo Analyzer allows users to analyze, display, share and interact with data across mobile devices and personal computers. Domo Analyzer combines an
intuitive simplicity that allows business users to find quick insights and advanced capabilities analysts expect. Analyzer allows users to create their own
workspace:
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over 300 chart types and a robust mapping engine that enable users to immediately visualize area-specific data, even suggesting charts based on the data
input so users never start with a blank slate;
the ability to see and manipulate the data in all columns that are applied to charts, along with any other unused columns that should be shown;
out-of-the-box visualizations that make it easy to review numerous time periods to see trends and comparisons;
pre-defined filters for any visualization, making it easy for viewers to explore the data and see results in specific areas;
the ability to change options, colors, series, and even chart types on the fly and get instant feedback; and
tools to allow users to verify that data is flowing correctly and on time.
Domo Pages and Collections allow everyone to consume and organize data in ways that are meaningful and personalized to them. It’s easy to drag-and-drop,
re-size and group reports, which we refer to as cards, into collections, and build slideshows to share both internally or externally.
Domo Stories allows users to combine cards, text, and images in a dashboard to tell a powerful story about the data. Rather than simply arranging cards on a
page, users can customize page layouts to emphasize certain points and guide other users through analysis of the data.
Other sharing tools include Publication Groups, which enable everyone to securely share filtered views of data with other individuals and groups, send a single
card or a slideshow of cards through scheduled emails, enabling everyone to share valuable information with teams or external stakeholders.
Domo Everywhere is a set of embedded analytics tools that enable organizations to securely share data with customers, partners and vendors, without having
to recreate new or special datasets. Content can be shared in portals, or web properties or even inside applications. Once embedded, any parameters applied to a
card can be reflected in the embedded report. In addition, user access can be controlled by using Single Sign On and personal data permissions, or PDPs, to pass
parameters back to Domo.
Real-time
Collaboration
Domo connects all employees across an organization, while also allowing everyone to customize and create personalized experiences to help them learn and
invite action on those items that are uniquely important to them.
Our Org Explorer and Profiles features bring a social component and transparency to an organization, allowing all employees to see other employees’ role
within the organization, find their contact information and learn how they contribute to the organization. Everyone can see what cards their coworkers are
following, and then follow the same information, or share their own data with them proactively.
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Once connected with the right people, Buzz aggregates all collaboration activity, in a single context-sensitive, easily navigable view. This allows an entire
organization to share and discuss data in real time, to make better decisions more quickly. With Buzz, users can:
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chat with individuals and teams around real-time data through both public and private channels and direct messages;
share alerts with other users; and
search for and share attachments with an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface.
Other features to promote collaboration are included throughout our platform, including:
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Report Scheduler, which allows users to schedule delivery of a card or page to anyone;
Snapshot Annotation, which allows users to call out a specific spike or trends in data, annotate on any card to highlight it for others and initiate a
conversation from any device;
Projects and Tasks, which help users quickly take action with simple planning and assignment tools, including creating a task directly from a Buzz thread;
and
Alerts, which prompt timely collaboration and action.
Artificial
Intelligence
Algorithms
Through Mr. Roboto, which leverages machine learning algorithms, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, Domo creates alerts, detects anomalies,
optimizes queries, and suggests areas of interest to help people focus on what matters most. We are also developing additional artificial intelligence capabilities to
enable users to develop benchmarks and indexes based on data in the Domo platform, as well as automatic write back to other systems.
Domo was designed and built from the ground up to deliberately and seamlessly combine all the traditional disparate technologies into a single system. This
seamless combination allows our customers to apply advanced analytics and machine learning to their data for a variety of uses, including:
• modeling access patterns to allow for intelligent alerts that inform users of what is happening with both their data and their organization — even if the
user didn’t explicitly ask for it; and
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analyzing popular consumption paths to allow for customized recommendations for data, reports, and even conversations that users may find interesting
or may have missed.
Partner
Ecosystem:
App
Development
Platform
and
Appstore
The Domo Appstore offers hundreds of apps, developed internally and by an open ecosystem of partners, providing expertise across a variety of industries.
Developer tools and programmatic APIs enable the rapid development and delivery of custom apps leveraging the Domo platform and services.
Domo’s developer portal provides all of the tools and documentation needed to build custom apps leveraging our platform. Our App Design Studio lets non-
technical users harness the power of Adobe Illustrator to build real-time infographics, and our App Dev Studio allows users to gain ultimate flexibility and develop
customer visualizations using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and just about any web technology.
Underlying our technology approach are two key considerations:
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accessibility for all users, which includes a heavy emphasis on mobile; and
applicability to business of all sizes, requiring enterprise-grade governance.
Mobile-First
Functionality
Domo’s native mobile applications for iOS and Android, and also mobile web browsers, enable employees to effectively manage their responsibilities using
their mobile device. Domo Mobile unlocks the ability for users to access their data and collaborate with their teams in real time, from anywhere.
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Build Once and Done . When data is loaded or content created in Domo, it is immediately available for consumption on mobile devices, tablets, and more.
There is no need to maintain separate mobile versions of visualizations.
Powerful Visualization Exploration . Domo’s powerful page filters tool is also available on mobile. Whether it’s an executive walking into a retail store or
a manufacturing manager looking at a specific product line, individuals can quickly filter a page to find the story they are interested in.
Collaborate on the Go . Just because users are out of the office doesn’t mean they can’t collaborate with their team around business. All the benefits of
Buzz, Domo’s powerful chat and collaboration platform, are available on any mobile device.
Share Key Metrics Internally and Externally . Data owners can share important information with internal or external collaborators while limiting their
access to sensitive or irrelevant data. Snapshot Annotations also help you make visuals clearer to your audience on mobile devices.
Browse Your Organization . As a platform for business management, understanding organizational structure is key. With Domo, an organization's contact
list and organizational chart are on any mobile device, for access to the people in the organization from anywhere, anytime.
Data
Management,
Governance,
Security
and
Access
Control
Domo is designed to meet the enterprise security, compliance and privacy requirements of our customers, particularly in highly regulated industries, such as
financial services, government, health care, pharmaceuticals, energy and technology.
In addition to advanced internal security controls, Domo provides extensive self-service features that enable administrators to stay in control of and have full
transparency into data at all times. These features include access management, data governance and logging and monitoring tools.
Access Management
Creating users and granting access rights in Domo is the first layer in maintaining information security. PDPs allow users to create robust entitlement policies
that govern access to specific data, increasing data usage while simultaneously helping to ensure that sensitive or irrelevant information remains secure. Pre-
defined security profile options are included to allow organizations to easily deploy our platform. Each profile contains clearly defined access privileges, which can
be turned on or off by default, and privileges and roles can be fully tailored to align with an organization’s unique policy.
Logging and Monitoring
Administrators can easily monitor global activity across Domo with our Activity Logs console. Authorized users can quickly access usage metrics like login
attempts, card views, card creation and card edits. The console also provides the times those events took place and by which user. Admins can filter and sort this
data, and export to an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file.
Data Governance
Once data is connected to Domo, the platform provides capabilities and tools to manage it across its lifecycle. The Domo Data Warehouse is a dynamic 3D
management console that enables IT professionals to interact with and curate every data source in Domo. Administrators can see which data sources are updating,
identify potential problems, understand existing data relationships, and gauge the size of each data source, all in one visually engaging platform.
Domo Bring Your Own Key, or BYOK, provides the ability to rotate encryption keys numerous times a day. Through this user-controlled encryption,
organizations can revoke encryption keys at any time, nullifying all data in the Domo platform and preventing access to their sensitive customer data.
Customers
As of January 31, 2019 , we had over 1,700 customers. We have customers in a wide variety of industries, geographies, with 77% of our revenue for the year
ended January 31, 2019 derived from customers in the United States, and sizes, ranging from small organizations to large enterprises. We define a customer at the
end of any particular quarter as an entity that generated revenue greater than $2,500 during that quarter. In situations where an organization has multiple
subsidiaries or divisions, each entity that is invoiced at a separate billing address is treated as a separate customer. In cases where customers purchase through a
reseller, each end customer is counted separately. For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , no single
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customer represented more than 10% of our revenue, nor did any single organization when accounting for multiple subsidiaries or divisions which may have been
invoiced separately.
We have invested in platform capabilities and online support resources that allow our customers to expand the use of our platform in a self-guided manner.
Our professional services, customer support and customer success functions also support our sales force by helping customers to successfully deploy our platform
and implement additional use cases. We work closely with our customers to drive increased engagement with our platform by identifying new use cases through
our customer success teams, as well as in-platform, self-guided experiences. We actively engage with our customers to assess whether they are satisfied and fully
realizing the benefits of our platform. While these efforts often require a substantial commitment and upfront costs, we believe our investment in product, customer
support, customer success and professional services will create opportunities to expand our customer relationships over time.
Sales and Marketing
We offer our platform to our customers as a subscription-based service. Subscription fees are based on the number of users and the tier of package deployed.
Business leaders and managers are typically the initial subscribers to our platform, deploying it for a specific use case or department. Over time, as customers
recognize the value of our platform, we increasingly engage with CIOs and other executives to facilitate broad enterprise adoption. A majority of our customers
subscribe to our services through one-year contracts, but recently a growing percentage of new and existing customers have entered into multi-year contracts. In
the year ended January 31, 2019 , 43% of our new customers entered into multi-year contracts compared to 38% and 11% in the years ended January 31, 2018 and
2017 , respectively. As of January 31, 2019 , 42% of all customers were under multi-year contracts and 58% of all customers were under one-year contracts. By
comparison, 32% of all customers were under multi-year contracts and 68% of all customers were under one-year contracts as of January 31, 2018 . This transition
to a higher percentage of multi-year contracts, among both new and existing customers, has enhanced the predictability of our subscription revenue. We typically
invoice our customers annually in advance. Our one-year and multi-year contracts generally automatically renew for additional one-year terms, with each party
having the option to elect not to renew, and generally may not be cancelled absent material breach by us or the customer.
We primarily generate sales through our direct sales team, which includes both inside sales personnel focused on customers with under $1 billion in revenue
and field sales to target enterprise customers with revenues over $1 billion. All sales personnel focus on attracting new customers as well as expanding usage
within our existing customer base. We also make it easy for users and organizations to sign up for free trials on our website, which can be converted to paid
subscriptions by the user.
We generate customer leads, accelerate sales opportunities and build brand awareness through our marketing programs. Our marketing programs target C-
level, and senior line of business leaders spanning all functional areas of a business, including sales, marketing, finance, human resources and information
technology. We also host Domopalooza, our annual user conference for current customers and prospects.
We have also developed go-to-market partnerships with a number of key technology, system integrator and consultant partners both domestically and
internationally to help customers and potential customers validate our solutions and provide introductions to potential customers, and in some cases to resell or
provide professional services related to our platform. We anticipate that we will continue to develop a select number of third-party relationships to help grow our
business.
Competition
Historically, software companies have not offered solutions that meet the needs of an organization with respect to providing real-time intelligence on business
operations to all users, from the CEO to the frontline. In many cases, organizations do not have any solution or otherwise rely on manual business processes such
as spreadsheets and reports, or combinations of single solution software. Certain features of our platform compete with products offered by various companies
including those that fall into the following categories:
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large software companies, including suppliers of traditional business intelligence products that provide one or more capabilities that are competitive with
our products, such as Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP AG and IBM;
business analytics software companies, such as Tableau Software, Inc., Qlik Technologies, Looker Data Services, Inc., Sisense, Inc., and Tibco Software,
Inc.; and
SaaS-based products or cloud-based analytics providers such as salesforce.com, Inc. and Infor, Inc.
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We believe that the principal competitive factors in our markets include the following:
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user-centric design;
ease of adoption and use;
features and platform experience;
enterprise-grade performance, including scalability, reliability and query response time;
brand;
security, governance and privacy;
accessibility across mobile devices, operating systems, and applications;
breadth of data source connectivity through third-party integration;
customer support;
continued innovation; and
pricing.
We believe that we compete effectively on each of the factors listed above; however, we expect competition to intensify in the future. It is possible that the
large software vendors who currently do not have a competitive offering, some of which operate in adjacent product categories today, may in the future bring such
a solution to market through product development, acquisitions or other means. In addition, several of our competitors have greater name recognition, much longer
operating histories, more and better-established customer relationships, larger sales forces, larger marketing and software development budgets and significantly
greater resources than we do. Therefore, it is possible that we may not compete favorably with respect to certain of the foregoing factors.
Data Center Operations
We rely heavily on data centers and other technologies and services provided by third parties in order to operate critical functions of our business. We serve
our customers from multiple data centers in the following geographies: North America, Western Europe, and Australia. The data centers we use are designed to
host mission-critical computer systems with fully redundant subsystems and compartmentalized security zones. Our platform runs within third-party data centers.
As of January 31, 2019 , we used Amazon Web Services, or AWS, data center facilities located in Western Europe, North America and Australia. We committed to
spend an aggregate of $60.0 million between April 2017 and March 2020 pursuant to our agreement with AWS. If we fail to meet the minimum purchase
commitment during any year, we are required to pay the difference. AWS may terminate the agreement upon written notice to us for cause, including any material
breach by us. We also use Microsoft Azure data centers in the United States to host customer data and partner with a third-party provider to maintain Company
owned physical servers at an Equinix data center in the United States.
We and our third party data center providers maintain a formal and comprehensive security program designed to ensure the security and integrity of customer
data, protect against security threats or data breaches, and prevent unauthorized access to the data of our customers. We and our third party data center providers
strictly regulate and limit all access to on-demand servers and networks at our production and remote backup facilities.
We apply a wide variety of strategies to achieve better than 99.9% systems availability for our subscription services, excluding scheduled maintenance. Our
systems are continually monitored for any signs of problems, and we strive to take preemptive action when necessary. Our data center facilities and the third party
data centers employ advanced measures designed to ensure physical integrity, including redundant power and cooling systems, and advanced fire and flood
prevention.
Research and Development
We focus our efforts on anticipating customer demand to remain competitive in the marketplace. Our ability to compete depends in large part on our
continuous commitment to research and development and our ability to introduce new platform enhancements, applications, technologies, features and capabilities
in a timely manner. Our research and development organization is responsible for design, development, testing, release and maintenance. Our efforts are focused
on developing
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new platform enhancements, use cases, and features and further enhancing the functionality, reliability, performance and flexibility of existing solutions.
Research and development expenses were $76.2 million , $78.3 million and $75.7 million for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ,
respectively.
Intellectual Property
We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other intellectual property laws, contractual arrangements, such as assignment,
confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and confidentiality procedures and technical measures to gain rights to and protect the technology and intellectual
property used in our business. We actively pursue registration of our trademarks and service marks in the United States and abroad.
As of January 31, 2019 , we owned 89 issued U.S. patents and 39 pending U.S. patent applications. We also owned five patents in the People's Republic of
China, one patent in Australia, one patent in Canada and one patent in Japan. The issued U.S. patents that we own are expected to expire between September 2020
and September 2035. We have sole ownership of all of our U.S. patents and pending U.S. patent applications.
Our applications use “open source” software. Open source software is made available to the general public in source code form for use, modification and
redistribution on an “as-is” basis under the terms of a non-negotiable license. We also rely on other technology that we license from third parties. Though such
third-party technology may not continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, we believe that alternative technology would be available to us.
Our policy is to require employees and independent contractors to sign agreements assigning to us any inventions, trade secrets, works of authorship, and other
technology and intellectual property created by them on our behalf and agreeing to protect our confidential information, and all of our key employees and
independent contractors have done so. In addition, we generally enter into confidentiality agreements with our vendors and customers. We also control and monitor
access to our software, source code and other proprietary information.
Regulatory Matters
Data privacy, information security and data protection with respect to the collection, storage, and other processing of personal data continue to be focuses of
worldwide legislation and regulation. We are subject to data privacy, data protection and information security regulation by data protection authorities in the
United States (including the states in which we conduct our business) and in other countries where we conduct our business. These regulations include laws
requiring holders of personal data to maintain safeguards and to take certain actions in response to a data breach. In the European Union, the General Data
Protection Regulation, or GDPR, requires comprehensive information privacy and security protections for natural persons with respect to personal data collected
about them. We post on our website our privacy policies and practices concerning the processing, use and disclosure of personal data, and certify adherence to and
compliance with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield Principles and the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks. Our publication of
our Privacy Shield certification, our privacy policy, and other statements we publish regarding privacy, data protection and information security may subject us to
potential governmental action if they are found to be deceptive or misrepresentative of our practices or in violation of applicable privacy law. We also may be
bound from time to time by contractual obligations, including model contract provisions approved by the European Commission, that impose additional restrictions
on our handling of personal data.
The legal environment of internet-based businesses is evolving rapidly in the United States, the European Union and elsewhere. The manner in which existing
laws and regulations are applied in this environment, and how they will relate to our business in particular, both in the United States and internationally, is often
unclear. For example, we sometimes cannot be certain which laws will be deemed applicable to us given the global nature of our business, including with respect
to such topics as data privacy and security, pricing, advertising, taxation, content regulation, and intellectual property ownership and infringement or other
violations of intellectual property rights. In particular, the various privacy, data protection and data security legal obligations that apply to us may evolve in a
manner that relates to our practices or the features of our applications or platform, and we may need to take additional measures to comply with such changes in
legal obligations and to maintain and improve our information security posture in an effort to avoid information security incidents or breaches affecting personal
data or other sensitive or proprietary information.
Data Security
Domo is designed to meet the enterprise security, compliance and privacy requirements of our customers, particularly in highly regulated industries, such as
financial services, health care, pharmaceuticals, energy and technology. Our architecture is
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designed to allow customers to maintain control of their data through various means including: multiple logical and physical security layers; least privilege and
separation of duties access model; threat assessments of each new feature; transport layer encryption and encryption at rest that allows customers to manage their
own encryption keys using Domo’s Bring Your Own Key, or BYOK; and extensive logging and monitoring of network, system and application events.
We voluntarily engage independent third-party security auditors to test our systems and controls at least annually against several widely recognized security
standards and regulations.
We have completed a SOC 1 and SOC 2 + HITRUST Common Security Framework, or CSF, examination. Service Organization Controls, or SOC, are
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for reporting on internal control environments implemented within an organization.
Our datacenter facilities and services providers also regularly undergo ISO 27001 or SOC 1 or SOC 2 audits and numerous other audits to verify their security
practices. We are also in the process of completing the ISO 27001 Information Security Management Standard Certification. The ISO 27001 security standard
specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving a documented Information Security
Management System within the context of the organization’s overall business risks. This standard addresses confidentiality, access control, vulnerability and risk
assessment. We are also in the process of completing the ISO/IEC 27018 certification. ISO 27018 establishes commonly accepted control objectives, controls and
guidelines for implementing measures to protect personal information in accordance with the privacy principles in ISO/IEC 29100 for a cloud computing
environment.
We complete the two industry-leading information security questionnaires. This includes the Shared Assessments Standardized Information Gathering, or SIG,
questionnaire, as well as the Cloud Security Alliance Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire, or CSA CAIQ. The SIG is composed of approximately
1,400 security questions spanning 17 domains. The CSA CAIQ is a set of security questions focused on cloud security controls, and it is mapped to numerous
industry programs and standards including ISO 27001, NIST SP 800-53, COBIT, amongst others. Both of these information security industry questionnaires assist
organizations in evaluating a cloud providers operations and processes.
Domo supports HIPAA and HITECH compliance. We sign business associate agreements with our customers who require them in support of compliance with
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH.
We also offer a HIPAA assessment report performed by an independent third party.
Employees
As of January 31, 2019 , we had 761 employees, of which 634 work in the United States. None of our employees are represented by a labor union, and we
believe our employee relations are good.
Corporate Information
We were originally incorporated in September 2010 under the corporate name Shacho, Inc. in Delaware and, in December 2011, we reincorporated in
Delaware as Domo, Inc. Our principal executive offices are loc ated at 772 East Utah Valley Drive, American Fork, UT 84003, and our telephone number is (801)
899-1000. Our website address is www.domo.com. Information cont ained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute part of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
Available Information
The following filings are available through our investor relations website after we file them with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"): Annual
Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Proxy Statement for our annual meeting of stockholders. These filings are also available for
download free of charge on our investor relations website. Our investor relations website is located at ir.domo.com. The SEC also maintains an Internet website
that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is
http://www.sec.gov.
We webcast our earnings calls and certain events we participate in or host with members of the investment community on our investor relations website.
Additionally, we provide notifications of news or announcements regarding our financial performance, including SEC filings, investor events, and press and
earnings releases as part of our investor relations website. Further corporate governance information, including our corporate governance guidelines and code of
conduct, is also available on our investor relations website under the heading "Governance." The contents of our websites are not intended to be incorporated by
reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be
inactive textual references only.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
You should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to the other information contained in this report, including the section of this report
captioned “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes. If any of the
events described in the following risk factors or the risks described elsewhere in this report occurs, our business, operating results and financial condition could be
seriously harmed. This report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of factors that are described below and elsewhere in this report.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
We
have
a
history
of
losses,
and
we
may
not
be
able
to
generate
sufficient
revenue
to
achieve
or
maintain
profitability
in
the
future.
We incurred net losses of $183.1 million , $176.6 million and $154.3 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively, and had an
accumulated deficit of $912.1 million at January 31, 2019 . We may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability. We expect to
continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and we expect costs to increase in future periods as we expend substantial financial and other resources on,
among other things:
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sales and marketing, including a continued expansion of our direct sales organization, which will require time before these investments generate sales
results;
technology and data center infrastructure, enhancements to cloud architecture, improved disaster recovery protection, increasing data security, compliance
and operations expenses;
data center costs as customers increase the amount of data that is available to our platform and the number of users on our platform;
other software development, including enhancements and modifications related to our platform;
international expansion in an effort to increase our customer base and sales;
general and administration, including significantly increasing expenses in accounting and legal related to the increase in the sophistication and resources
required for public company compliance and other work arising from the growth and maturity of the company;
competing with other companies, custom development efforts and open source initiatives that are currently in, or may in the future enter, the markets in
which we compete;
• maintaining high customer satisfaction and ensuring quality and timely releases of platform enhancements and applications;
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developing our indirect sales channels and strategic partner network;
• maintaining the quality of our cloud and data center infrastructure to minimize latency when using our platform;
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increasing market awareness of our platform and enhancing our brand;
• maintaining compliance with applicable governmental regulations and other legal obligations, including those related to intellectual property and
international sales; and
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attracting and retaining top talent in a competitive market.
These expenditures may not result in additional revenue or the growth of our business. If we fail to continue to grow revenue or to achieve or sustain
profitability, the market price of our Class B common stock could be adversely affected.
We
have
a
limited
operating
history,
which
makes
it
difficult
to
evaluate
our
prospects
and
future
operating
results.
We were incorporated in 2010 and publicly announced our platform in 2015. Our limited operating history makes our ability to forecast future operating
results difficult and subjects us to a number of uncertainties, including our ability to plan and model future growth. Revenue grew 46% in the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2018 compared to the prior year; however, revenue grew
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only 31% in the year ended January 31, 2019 compared to the prior year, and historical revenue growth is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Our
revenue growth rate is expected to decline in future periods due to a number of reasons, which may include the maturation of our business, increase in overall
revenue over time, slowing demand for our platform, increasing competition, a decrease in the growth of the markets in which we compete, or if we fail, for any
reason, to continue to capitalize on growth opportunities, a decrease in our renewal rates, or a decline in upsells.
We have encountered and will continue to encounter risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, such
as determining appropriate investments of our limited resources, market adoption of our platform, competition, acquiring and retaining customers, hiring,
integrating, training and retaining skilled personnel (including sales personnel), developing new platform enhancements and applications, determining prices and
contract terms, improving our internal controls and unforeseen expenses and challenges in forecasting accuracy. If our assumptions regarding these risks and
uncertainties, which we use to plan our business, are incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our prospects, operating results and
business could be adversely affected.
We
have
been
growing
and
expect
to
continue
to
invest
in
our
growth
for
the
foreseeable
future.
If
we
fail
to
manage
this
growth
effectively,
our
business
and
operating
results
will
be
adversely
affected.
We intend to continue to grow our business. For example, we plan to continue to increase our headcount, particularly in our sales group. If we cannot
adequately train these new employees, including our direct sales force, or if these new employees are not as productive as quickly as we would like, sales may
decrease or customers may lose confidence in the knowledge and capability of our employees. In addition, we intend to make direct investments to continue our
international expansion efforts. We must successfully manage growth to achieve our objectives. Although our business has experienced significant growth in the
past, we cannot provide any assurance that our business will continue to grow at any particular rate, or at all.
Our ability to effectively manage the growth of our business will depend on a number of factors, including our ability to do the following:
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effectively recruit, integrate, train and motivate new employees and make them productive, including our direct sales force, while retaining existing
employees, maintaining the beneficial aspects of our corporate culture and effectively executing our business plan;
attract new customers, and retain and increase usage by existing customers;
recruit and successfully leverage channel partners and app developers;
successfully enhance our platform;
continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls;
protect and further develop strategic assets, including intellectual property rights; and
• manage market expectations and other challenges associated with operating as a public company.
These activities will require significant financial resources and allocation of valuable management and employee resources, and growth will continue to place
significant demands on management and our operational and financial infrastructure.
Our future financial performance and ability to execute our business plan will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage any future growth. There
are no guarantees we will be able to do so. In particular, any failure to successfully implement systems enhancements and improvements will likely negatively
impact our ability to manage our expected growth, ensure uninterrupted operation of key business systems and comply with the rules and regulations that are
applicable to public reporting companies. Moreover, if we do not effectively manage the growth of our business and operations, the quality of our platform could
suffer, which could negatively affect our brand, operating results and business.
Our
ability
to
raise
capital
in
the
future
may
be
limited,
and
if
we
fail
to
raise
capital
when
needed
in
the
future,
we
could
be
prevented
from
growing
or
could
be
forced
to
delay
or
eliminate
product
development
efforts
or
other
operations.
Our business and operations may consume resources faster than we anticipate. We have incurred cumulative and recurring losses from operations since
inception and had an accumulated deficit of $912.1 million as of January 31, 2019 . We have also experienced negative cash flows from operating activities since
inception, including cash used in operating activities of $144.1 million , $148.7 million and $131.4 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ,
respectively. As of January 31, 2019 , we had cash and cash equivalents of $177.0 million and no amounts available to draw under our credit facility.
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We may need to raise additional funds to invest in growth opportunities, to continue product development and sales and marketing efforts, and for other
purposes. Additional financing may not be available on favorable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to meet
our obligations, invest in future growth opportunities, or continue operations at anticipated levels, which could harm our business and operating results. In addition,
current and future debt instruments may impose restrictions on our ability to dispose of property, make changes in our business, engage in mergers or acquisitions,
incur additional indebtedness, and make investments and distributions. Furthermore, if we issue additional equity securities, stockholders will experience dilution,
and the new equity securities could have rights senior to those of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on
market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of any such future offerings. As a result,
stockholders bear the risk that future securities offerings reduce the market price of our Class B common stock and dilute their interest.
We
face
intense
competition,
and
we
may
not
be
able
to
compete
effectively,
which
could
reduce
demand
for
our
platform
and
adversely
affect
our
business,
growth,
revenue
and
market
share.
The market for our platform is intensely and increasingly competitive and subject to rapidly changing technology and evolving standards. In addition, many
companies in our target market are offering, or may soon offer, products and services that may compete with our platform. Furthermore, many potential customers
have made significant investments in legacy software systems and may be unwilling to invest in new solutions.
Our current primary competitors generally fall into the following categories:
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large software companies, including suppliers of traditional business intelligence products that provide one or more capabilities that are competitive with
our products, such as Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP AG and IBM;
business analytics software companies, such as Tableau Software, Inc., Qlik Technologies, Looker Data Services, Inc., Sisense, Inc., and Tibco Software,
Inc.; and
SaaS-based products or cloud-based analytics providers such as salesforce.com, Inc. and Infor, Inc.
We expect competition to increase as other established and emerging companies enter the markets in which we compete, as customer requirements evolve and
as new products and technologies are introduced.
Many competitors, particularly the large software companies named above, have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, research
and development, marketing, distribution, professional services or other resources and greater name recognition than we do. In addition, many competitors have
strong relationships with current and potential customers, channel partners and development partners and extensive knowledge of markets in which we compete.
As a result, they may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, for example by devoting greater
resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we do.
Moreover, many of these competitors may bundle their data management and analytics products into larger deals or maintenance renewals, often at significant
discounts or at no charge. Increased competition may lead to price cuts, alternative pricing structures or the introduction of products available for free or a nominal
price, fewer customer orders, reduced gross margins, longer sales cycles and loss of market share. We may not be able to compete successfully against current and
future competitors, and our business, operating results and financial condition will be harmed if we fail to meet these competitive pressures. Even if we are
successful in acquiring and retaining customers, those customers may continue to use our competitors' products in addition to our products.
Our ability to compete successfully depends on a number of factors, both within and outside of our control. Some of these factors include ease and speed of
platform deployment and use, accessibility across mobile devices, operating systems, and applications, discovery and visualization capabilities, analytical and
statistical capabilities, performance and scalability, the quality of our data security infrastructure, the quality and reliability of our customer service and support,
total cost of ownership, return on investment and brand recognition. Any failure by us to compete successfully in any one of these or other areas may reduce the
demand for our platform, as well as adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
Moreover, current and future competitors may also make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with others. By
doing so, these competitors may increase their ability to meet the needs of customers. These relationships may limit our ability to sell or certify our platform
through specific distributors, technology providers, database companies and distribution channels and allow competitors to rapidly gain significant market share.
These developments could
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limit our ability to obtain revenue from existing and new customers. If we are unable to compete successfully against competitors, our business, operating results
and financial condition would be harmed.
If
we
are
unable
to
attract
new
customers
in
a
manner
that
is
cost-effective,
our
revenue
growth
could
be
slower
than
we
expect
and
our
business
may
be
harmed.
To increase our revenue, we must add new customers. Demand for our platform is affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control,
such as continued market acceptance of our platform for existing and new use cases, the timing of development and release of new applications and features,
technological change, growth or contraction in our addressable market, and accessibility across mobile devices, operating systems, and applications. In addition, if
competitors introduce lower cost or differentiated products or services that are perceived to compete with our features, our ability to sell our features based on
factors such as pricing, technology and functionality could be impaired. As a result, we may be unable to attract new customers at rates or on terms that would be
favorable or comparable to prior periods, which could negatively affect the growth of our revenue.
Even if we do attract customers, the cost of new customer acquisition may prove so high as to prevent us from achieving or sustaining profitability. We
recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of the subscription period. In general, customer acquisition costs and other upfront costs associated with new
customers are much higher in the first year than the aggregate revenue we recognize from those new customers in the first year. As a result, the profitability of a
customer to our business in any particular period depends in part upon how long a customer has been a subscriber and the degree to which it has expanded its usage
of our platform. Additionally, we intend to continue to hire additional sales personnel to grow our domestic and international operations. If our sales and marketing
efforts do not result in substantial increases in revenue, our business, results of operations, and financial condition may be adversely affected.
If
customers
do
not
renew
their
contracts
with
us
or
reduce
the
number
of
users
of
our
platform,
our
revenue
will
decline
and
our
operating
results
and
financial
condition
may
be
adversely
affected.
The initial terms of our customer contracts typically vary in length between one and three years, and our customers have no obligation to renew their
subscriptions after the expiration of their initial subscription periods. In some cases, the contracts automatically renew (with each party having the option to elect
not to renew), but in circumstances where that is not the case, our customers may unilaterally elect not to renew, may seek to renew for lower subscription amounts
or for shorter contract lengths, or may choose to renew for the same or fewer applications over time. Our renewal rates may decline or fluctuate as a result of a
number of factors, including leadership changes within our customers resulting in loss of sponsorship, limited customer resources, pricing changes by us or
competitors, customer satisfaction with our platform and related applications, the acquisition of customers by other companies, procurement or budgetary
decisions, and deteriorating general economic conditions. To the extent our customer base continues to grow, renewals and additional subscriptions by renewing
customers will become an increasingly important part of our results. If our customers do not renew their subscriptions, or decrease the amount they spend with us,
revenue will decline and our business will be harmed.
If
customers
do
not
expand
the
number
of
users
of
our
platform
or
adopt
additional
use
cases
our
growth
prospects,
operating
results
and
financial
condition
may
be
adversely
affected.
Our future success depends on our ability to increase the deployment of our platform within and across our existing customers and future customers. Many of
our customers initially deploy our platform to specific groups or departments within their organization or for a limited number of use cases. Our growth prospects
depend on our ability to persuade customers to expand their use of our platform to additional groups, departments and use cases across their organization.
Historically, we have made significant investments in research and development to build our platform and to offer enterprise customers the features and
functionality that they require.
Because our recent growth has resulted in the rapid expansion of our business, we do not have a long history upon which to base forecasts of customer renewal
rates, customer upsells or future revenue. As a result, future operating results may be significantly below the expectations of investors, which could harm the
market price of our Class B common stock.
The
loss
of
one
or
more
of
our
key
customers,
or
a
failure
to
renew
our
subscription
agreements
with
one
or
more
of
our
key
customers,
could
negatively
affect
our
ability
to
market
our
platform.
We rely on our reputation and recommendations from key customers in order to promote subscriptions to our platform. The loss of, or failure to renew by, any
of our key customers could have a significant effect on our revenue, reputation and our ability
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to obtain new customers. In addition, acquisitions of our customers could lead to cancellation of such customers’ contracts, thereby reducing the number of our
existing and potential customers.
Future
operating
results
and
key
metrics
may
fluctuate
significantly
due
to
a
wide
range
of
factors,
which
makes
our
future
results
difficult
to
predict.
Our operating results and key metrics could vary significantly from quarter to quarter as a result of various factors, some of which are outside of our control,
including:
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•
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the expansion of our customer base;
the size, duration and terms of our contracts with both existing and new customers;
the introduction of products and product enhancements by competitors, and changes in pricing for products offered by us or our competitors;
customers delaying purchasing decisions in anticipation of new products or product enhancements by us or our competitors or otherwise;
changes in customers’ budgets;
seasonal variations in our sales, which have generally historically been highest in our fourth fiscal quarter and lowest in the second and third fiscal
quarters;
the timing of satisfying revenue recognition criteria, particularly with regard to large transactions;
the amount and timing of payment for expenses, including infrastructure costs to deliver our platform, research and development, sales and marketing
expenses, employee benefit and stock-based compensation expenses and costs related to Domopalooza, our annual user conference that occurs in our first
fiscal quarter;
costs related to the hiring, training and maintenance of our direct sales force;
the timing and growth of our business, in particular through the hiring of new employees and international expansion; and
general economic and political conditions, both domestically and internationally, as well as economic conditions specifically affecting industries in which
our customers operate.
Any one of these or other factors discussed elsewhere in this report may result in fluctuations in our operating results, meaning that quarter-to-quarter
comparisons may not necessarily be indicative of our future performance.
Because
we
recognize
revenue
from
subscriptions
ratably
over
the
term
of
the
agreement,
near-term
changes
in
sales
may
not
be
reflected
immediately
in
our
operating
results.
We offer our platform primarily through subscription agreements, which typically vary in length between one and three years, and may in many cases be
subject to automatic renewal or renewal only at a customer's discretion. We generally invoice our customers in annual installments at the beginning of each year in
the subscription period. Amounts that have been invoiced are initially recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized ratably over the subscription period. As a
result, most of the revenue that we report in each period is derived from the recognition of deferred revenue relating to subscriptions entered into during previous
periods. A decline in new or renewed subscriptions in any one quarter is not likely to have a material impact on results for that quarter. However, declines would
negatively affect revenue and deferred revenue balances in future periods, and the effect of significant downturns in sales and market acceptance of our platform,
and potential changes in our rate of renewals, may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods. Our subscription model also makes it
difficult for us to rapidly increase our total revenue through additional sales in any period, as revenue from new customers is recognized over the applicable
subscription term. We may be unable to adjust our cost structure to reflect the changes in revenue. In addition, a significant majority of our costs are expensed as
incurred, while revenue is generally recognized over the life of the customer agreement. As a result, increased growth in the number of our customers could result
in our recognition of more costs than revenue in the earlier periods of the terms of our agreements.
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We
are
increasingly
targeting
sales
efforts
at
enterprise
customers
and
the
length,
cost
and
uncertainty
associated
with
sales
cycles
may
result
in
fluctuations
in
our
operating
results
and
our
failure
to
achieve
the
expectations
of
investors.
We are increasingly targeting sales efforts at enterprise customers, which we define as companies with over $1 billion in revenue, and face long sales cycles,
complex customer requirements, substantial upfront sales costs, and a relatively low and difficult to predict volume of sales on a quarter-by-quarter basis. This
makes it difficult to predict with certainty our sales and related operating performance in any given period. Our typical sales cycle for new enterprise customers is
approximately six months, but is variable and difficult to predict and can be longer. Customers often undertake a prolonged evaluation of our platform, including
assessing their own readiness, scoping the professional services involved, and comparing our platform to products offered by competitors and their ability to solve
the problem internally. Events may occur during this period that affect the size or timing of a purchase or even cause cancellations, which may lead to greater
unpredictability in our business and operating results. Moreover, customers often begin to use our platform on a limited basis with no guarantee that they will
expand their use of our platform widely enough across their organization to justify the costs of our sales efforts. We may also face unexpected implementation
challenges with enterprise customers or more complicated installations of our platform. It may be difficult to deploy our platform if the customer has unexpected
database, hardware or software technology issues.
Adherence to our financial plan in part depends on managing the mix of customers, the rate at which customers add users within their organizations, the
number of use cases they employ, and the timing and amount of upsells, all of which affect annual contract value. Our financial performance and the predictability
of our quarterly financial results may be harmed by intermittent failures to secure timely or at all the higher value enterprise agreements, or changes in the volume
of transactions overall, compared to our forecasts, and depends in large part on the successful execution of our direct sales team.
Additionally, our quarterly sales cycles are generally more heavily weighted toward the end of the quarter with an increased volume of sales in the last few
weeks and days of the quarter. This impacts the timing of recognized revenue and billings, cash collections and delivery of professional services. Furthermore, the
concentration of contract negotiations in the last few weeks and days of the quarter could require us to expend more in the form of compensation for additional
sales, legal and finance employees and contractors. Compression of sales activity to the end of the quarter also greatly increases the likelihood that sales cycles will
extend beyond the quarter in which they are forecasted to close for some sizeable transactions, which will harm forecasting accuracy and adversely impact billings
and new customer acquisition metrics for the quarter in which they are forecasted to close.
If
we
fail
to
effectively
develop
and
expand
our
sales
and
marketing
capabilities,
our
ability
to
increase
our
customer
base
and
increase
acceptance
of
our
platform
could
be
harmed.
To increase the number of customers and increase the market acceptance of our platform, we will need to expand our sales and marketing operations,
including our domestic and international sales force. We will continue to dedicate significant resources to sales and marketing programs. We believe that there is
significant competition for direct sales personnel with the sales skills and technical knowledge that we require. Our ability to achieve significant revenue growth in
the future will depend, in large part, on our success in recruiting, training and retaining a sufficient number of direct sales personnel and sales leadership. For
example, we recently hired a new chief revenue officer. New hires require significant training and time before they achieve full productivity, particularly in new
sales territories. Recent hires and planned hires may not become as productive as quickly as we would like, changes in sales leadership could adversely affect our
existing sales personnel, and we may be unable to hire or retain sufficient numbers of qualified individuals in the future in the markets where we do business. The
effectiveness of our sales and marketing has also varied over time and, together with the effectiveness of any partners or resellers we may engage, may vary in the
future. Our business and operating results may be harmed if our efforts do not generate a correspondingly significant increase in revenue. We may not achieve
anticipated revenue growth from expanding our sales force if we are unable to hire, develop and retain talented sales personnel, if our new sales personnel are
unable to achieve desired productivity levels in a reasonable period of time, or if our sales and marketing programs are not effective.
We
do
not
have
a
long
history
with
our
subscription
or
pricing
models
and
changes
could
adversely
affect
our
operating
results.
We have limited experience with respect to determining the optimal prices and contract length for our platform. As the markets for our features grow, as new
competitors introduce new products or services that compete with ours or reduce their prices, or as we enter into new international markets, we may be unable to
attract new customers or retain existing customers at the same price. Moreover, large customers, which are the focus of our direct sales efforts, may demand greater
price discounts.
As we expand internationally, we also must determine the appropriate price to enable us to compete effectively internationally. In addition, if the mix of
features we sell changes, then we may need to, or choose to, revise our pricing. As a result, in the future
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we may be required to reduce our prices or offer shorter contract durations, which could adversely affect our revenue, gross margin, profitability, financial
condition and cash flow.
In addition, our competitors may offer different subscription or pricing models, such as by number of queries or data size, which may be more attractive to
potential customers. We may be required to adjust our subscription or pricing models in response to these changes, which could adversely affect our financial
performance.
We
are
subject
to
governmental
laws,
regulation
and
other
legal
obligations,
particularly
those
related
to
privacy,
data
protection
and
information
security,
and
any
actual
or
perceived
failure
to
comply
with
such
obligations
could
impair
our
efforts
to
maintain
and
expand
our
customer
base,
causing
our
growth
to
be
limited
and
harming
our
business.
We receive, store and process personal information and other data from and about customers in addition to our employees and services providers. Also, in
connection with future feature offerings, we may receive, store and process additional types of data, including personally identifiable information, related to end
consumers. Our handling of data is subject to a variety of laws and regulations, including regulation by various government agencies, such as the U.S. Federal
Trade Commission, or FTC, and various state, local and foreign agencies. Our data handling also is subject to contractual obligations and may be deemed to be
subject to industry standards, including certain industry standards that we undertake to comply with.
The U.S. federal and various state and foreign governments have adopted or proposed limitations on the collection, distribution, use and storage of data
relating to individuals, including the use of contact information and other data for marketing, advertising and other communications with individuals and
businesses. In the United States, various laws and regulations apply to the collection, processing, disclosure, and security of certain types of data. Additionally, the
FTC and many state attorneys general are interpreting federal and state consumer protection laws as imposing standards for the online collection, use,
dissemination and security of data. The laws and regulations relating to privacy and data security are evolving, can be subject to significant change and may result
in ever-increasing regulatory and public scrutiny and escalating levels of enforcement and sanctions. For example, California recently enacted the California
Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, that will, among other things, require covered companies to provide new disclosures to California consumers, and afford such
consumers new abilities to opt-out of certain sales of personal information, when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Legislators have announced the intent to
modify the CCPA, and we cannot yet predict the impact of the CCPA on our business or operations. It may, however, require us to modify our data processing
practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply.
In addition, several foreign countries and governmental bodies, including the European Union, have laws and regulations dealing with the handling and
processing of personal information obtained from their residents, which in certain cases are more restrictive than those in the United States. Laws and regulations
in these jurisdictions apply broadly to the collection, use, storage, disclosure and security of various types of data, including data that identifies or may be used to
identify an individual, such as names, email addresses and in some jurisdictions, Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses. Such laws and regulations may be modified or
subject to new or different interpretations, and new laws and regulations may be enacted in the future. Within the European Union, in May 2018, the European
Union's new regulation governing data and privacy practices called the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR became effective and substantially replaced
the data protection laws of the individual European Union member states. The GDPR includes more stringent operational requirements for processors and
controllers of personal data and imposes significant penalties for non-compliance of up to the greater of €20 million or 4% of global annual revenues. Complying
with the GDPR, the CCPA, and other new data protection laws and regulations may cause us to incur substantial operational costs or require us to modify our data
handling practices. Actual or alleged non-compliance could result in proceedings against us by governmental entities or others (including a private right of action
for affected individuals in certain instances) and may otherwise adversely impact our business, financial condition and operating results.
We have certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield with respect to our transfer of certain personal data from the European
Union and Switzerland to the United States. The Privacy Shield program is subject to annual review and may be challenged, suspended or invalidated. At present,
the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and the use of EU Standard Contractual Clauses, or the Model Clauses, to protect data exports between the European Union
and the U.S. are both subject to ongoing legal challenges. The EU-US Privacy Shield is subject to a challenge by a French privacy group that is anticipated to be
heard in the near future. The Model Clauses are also the subject of court proceedings between the Irish Data Protection Commissioner and a private individual, and
this case has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Any or all of these court proceedings, or other challenges in the future, may result in a
ruling that the industry-standard measures we, and other companies, have taken are no longer sufficient. Additionally, it is possible that the Privacy Shield program
may need to be updated by the European Commission and Department of Commerce to take into account the GDPR. As a result, we may be unsuccessful in
maintaining legitimate means for our transfer and receipt of personal data from the European Union to
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the United States and may be at risk of experiencing reluctance or refusal of European or multi-national customers to use our solutions and incurring regulatory
penalties, which may have an adverse effect on our business.
Further, following a referendum in June 2016 in which voters in the United Kingdom approved an exit from the EU, the United Kingdom government has
initiated a process to leave the EU. This has created uncertainty with regard to the future regulation of data protection in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom
has enacted a Data Protection Bill, effective in May 2018, that substantially implements the GDPR. Uncertainty remains, however, regarding how matters such as
cross-border data transfers involving the United Kingdom will be handled in the medium to long term. We may experience reluctance or refusal by current or
prospective customers in Europe, including the United Kingdom, to use our products, and we may find it necessary or desirable to make further changes to our
handling of personal data of European residents. The regulatory environment applicable to the handling of European residents’ personal data, and our actions taken
in response, may cause us to assume additional liabilities or incur additional costs, and could result in our business, operating results and financial condition being
harmed.
We also handle credit card and other personal information. Due to the sensitive nature of such information, we have implemented policies and procedures in
an effort to preserve and protect our data and our customers' data against loss, misuse, corruption, misappropriation caused by systems failures, unauthorized
access or misuse. Notwithstanding these policies, we could be subject to liability claims by individuals and customers whose data resides in our databases for the
misuse of that information. If we fail to meet appropriate compliance levels, this could negatively impact our ability to utilize credit cards as a method of payment,
and/or collect and store credit card information, which could disrupt our business.
We sign business associate agreements with our customers who require them in order to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
or HIPAA, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH, and therefore we are directly subject to certain provisions
of HIPAA applicable to business associates. We may collect and process protected health information as part of our HIPAA compliant service, which may subject
us to a number of data protection, security, privacy and other government- and industry-specific requirements. In addition, if we are unable to protect the privacy
and security of protected health information, we could be found to have breached our contracts with customers with whom we have a business associate
relationship. Noncompliance with laws and regulations relating to privacy and security of personal information, including HIPAA, or with contractual obligations
under any business associate agreement may lead to significant fines, civil and criminal penalties, or liabilities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, or HHS, audits the compliance of business associates and enforces HIPAA privacy and security standards. HHS enforcement activity has become more
significant over the last few years and HHS has signaled its intent to continue this trend. In addition to HHS, state attorneys general are authorized to bring civil
actions seeking either injunctions or damages to the extent violation implicate the privacy of state residents.
Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with laws, regulations, policies, legal or contractual obligations, industry standards, or regulatory guidance
relating to privacy, data protection, information security, marketing or consumer communications may result in governmental investigations and enforcement
actions, litigation, fines and penalties or adverse publicity, and could cause our customers and partners to lose trust in us, which could have an adverse effect on our
reputation and business. We expect that there will continue to be new proposed laws, regulations and industry standards relating to privacy, data protection,
marketing, consumer communications and information security in the United States, the European Union and other jurisdictions, and we cannot determine the
impact such future laws, regulations and standards may have on our business. Future laws, regulations, standards and other obligations or any changed
interpretation of existing laws or regulations could impair our ability to develop and market new features and maintain and grow our customer base and increase
revenue. Future restrictions on the collection, use, sharing or disclosure of data or additional requirements for express or implied consent of our customers, partners
or end consumers for the use and disclosure of such information could require us to incur additional costs or modify our platform, possibly in a material manner,
which we may be unable to achieve in a commercially reasonable manner or at all, and which could limit our ability to develop new features. If our policies,
procedures, or measures relating to privacy, data protection, information security, marketing, or customer communications fail, or are perceived as failing, to
comply with laws, regulations, policies, legal obligations or industry standards, we may be subject to governmental enforcement actions, litigation, regulatory
investigations, fines, penalties and negative publicity and could cause our application providers, customers and partners to lose trust in us, which could materially
affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
If
our
network
or
computer
systems
are
breached
or
unauthorized
access
to
customer
data
is
otherwise
obtained,
our
platform
may
be
perceived
as
insecure
and
we
may
lose
existing
customers
or
fail
to
attract
new
customers,
our
reputation
may
be
damaged
and
we
may
incur
significant
liabilities.
Our operations involve the storage and transmission of our customers’ sensitive and proprietary information. Cyber-attacks and other malicious internet-based
activity continue to increase generally, and cloud-based platform providers of software and
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services have been targeted. If any unauthorized access to or security breach or security incident impacting our platform, our networks or systems, or any systems
or networks of our service providers, occurs, or is believed to have occurred, whether as a result of third-party action, employee, vendor, or contractor error,
malfeasance, phishing attacks, social engineering or otherwise, such an event or perceived event could result in the loss of, or unauthorized access to or acquisition
of, data or intellectual property of ourselves or our customers, loss of business, severe reputational or brand damage adversely affecting customer or investor
confidence, regulatory investigations and orders, litigation or other demands, indemnity obligations, damages for contract breach, penalties for violation of
applicable laws, regulations, or contractual obligations, and significant costs for remediation that may include liability for stolen assets or information and repair of
system damage that may have been caused, incentives offered to customers or other business partners in an effort to maintain business relationships after a breach
or other incident, and other liabilities. Additionally, any such event or perceived event could impact our reputation, harm customer confidence, hurt our sales and
expansion into existing and new markets, or cause us to lose existing customers. We could be required to expend significant capital and other resources to alleviate
problems caused by such actual or perceived breaches or other incidents and to remediate our systems, we could be exposed to a risk of loss, litigation or
regulatory action and possible liability, and our ability to operate our business may be impaired. Additionally, actual, potential or anticipated attacks may cause us
to incur increasing costs, including costs to deploy additional personnel and protection technologies, train employees and engage third-party experts and
consultants.
In addition, if the security measures of our customers are compromised, even without any actual compromise of our platform or systems, or any networks or
systems of our service providers, we may face negative publicity or reputational harm if customers or anyone else incorrectly attributes the blame for such security
breaches or other incidents to us, our platform, our systems or networks, or those of our service providers. If customers believe that our platform does not provide
adequate security for the storage of personal or other sensitive information or its transmission over the internet, our business will be harmed. Customers’ concerns
about security or privacy may deter them from using our platform for activities that involve personal or other sensitive information.
Our errors and omissions insurance covering certain security and privacy damages and claim expenses may not be sufficient to compensate for all liability.
Although we maintain insurance for liabilities incurred as a result of some security and privacy damages, we cannot be certain that our coverage will be adequate
for liabilities actually incurred, that insurance will continue to be available to us on economically reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer will not deny
coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of
changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material adverse
effect on our business, including our financial condition, operating results, and reputation.
Because the techniques used and vulnerabilities exploited to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not
identified until they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or vulnerabilities or implement adequate preventative measures.
We may also experience security breaches that may remain undetected for an extended period.
Additionally, with data security a critical competitive factor in our industry, we make public statements in our privacy policies, on our website, and elsewhere
describing the security of our platform. Should any of these statements be untrue, become untrue, or be perceived to be untrue, even if through circumstances
beyond our reasonable control, we may face claims, including claims of unfair or deceptive trade practices, brought by the FTC, state, local, or foreign regulators,
and private litigants.
If
we
fail
to
adapt
and
respond
effectively
to
rapidly
changing
technology,
evolving
industry
standards
and
changing
customer
needs
or
requirements,
our
solutions
may
become
less
competitive.
Our success depends on our customers' willingness to adopt and use our platform, including on their smartphone or mobile device, as well as our ability to
adapt and enhance our platform. To attract new customers and increase revenue from existing customers, we need to continue to enhance and improve our
platform, to meet customer needs at prices that customers are willing to pay. Such efforts will require adding new features, expanding related applications and
responding to technological advancements, which will increase our research and development costs. If we are unable to develop solutions that address customers’
needs, or enhance and improve our platform in a timely manner, we may not be able to increase or maintain market acceptance of our platform.
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Further, we may make changes to our platform that customers do not find useful. We may also discontinue certain features, begin to charge for certain features
that are currently free or increase fees for any features or usage of our platform. We may also face unexpected problems or challenges in connection with new
applications or feature introductions. Enhancements and changes to our platform could fail to attain sufficient market acceptance for many reasons, including:
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failure to predict market demand accurately in terms of platform functionality and capability or to supply features that meets this demand in a timely
fashion;
inability to operate effectively with the technologies, systems or applications of existing or potential customers;
defects, errors or failures;
negative publicity about their performance or effectiveness;
delays in releasing new enhancements and additional features to our platform to the market;
the introduction or anticipated introduction of competing products;
an ineffective sales force;
poor business conditions for our end-customers, causing them to delay purchases;
challenges with customer adoption and use of our platform on mobile devices or problems encountered in developing or supporting enhancements to our
mobile applications; and
the reluctance of customers to purchase subscriptions to software incorporating open source software.
Because our platform is designed to operate on and with a variety of systems, we will need to continuously modify and enhance our platform to keep pace with
changes in technology, and we may fail to do so.
In addition, issues in the use of artificial intelligence in our platform may result in reputational harm or liability. Domo’s Mr. Roboto leverages machine
learning algorithms, predictive analytics, and other artificial intelligence technologies to identify trends, anomalies and correlations, provide alerts and initiate
business processes. Artificial intelligence presents risks and challenges that could affect its adoption, and therefore our business. Artificial intelligence algorithms
may be flawed. Datasets may be insufficient or contain biased information. Inappropriate or controversial data practices by us or others could impair the
acceptance of artificial intelligence solutions. These deficiencies could undermine the decisions, predictions, or analysis artificial intelligence applications produce,
subjecting us to competitive harm, legal liability, and brand or reputational harm.
Our platform also provides real-time write-back capabilities to customer environments, including to IoT products and services. The development of the
internet of things, or IoT, presents security, privacy and execution risks. Many IoT devices have limited interfaces and ability to be updated or patched. IoT
solutions may collect large amounts of data, and our handling of IoT data may not satisfy customers or regulatory requirements. IoT scenarios may increasingly
affect personal health and safety. If IoT solutions that include our technologies do not work as intended, violate the law, or harm individuals or businesses, we may
be subject to legal claims or enforcement actions. These risks, if realized, may increase our costs, damage our reputation or brand, or negatively impact our
business and operating results.
Moreover, many competitors expend a considerably greater amount of funds on their research and development programs, and those that do not may be
acquired by larger companies that would allocate greater resources to competitors’ research and development programs. If we fail to maintain adequate research
and development resources or compete effectively with the research and development programs of competitors, our business could be harmed. Our ability to grow
is also subject to the risk of future disruptive technologies. If new technologies emerge that are able to deliver business intelligence solutions at lower prices, more
efficiently, more conveniently or more securely, such technologies could adversely affect our ability to compete.
We
are
dependent
on
the
continued
services
and
performance
of
our
senior
management
and
other
key
personnel,
the
loss
of
any
of
whom
could
adversely
affect
our
business.
Our future success depends in large part on the continued contributions of our founder and chief executive officer, other executive officers, members of senior
management and other key personnel. We do not maintain “key person” insurance for any employee. Our executive officers, senior management and key personnel
are all employed on an at-will basis, which means that they could terminate their employment with us at any time, for any reason and without notice. The loss of
any of our key
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management personnel could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our development and strategic objectives and adversely affect our business.
If
we
are
unable
to
attract,
integrate
and
retain
additional
qualified
personnel,
including
top
technical
talent,
our
business
could
be
adversely
affected.
Future success depends in part on our ability to identify, attract, integrate and retain highly skilled technical, managerial, sales and other personnel. We face
intense competition for qualified individuals from numerous other companies, including other software and technology companies, many of whom have greater
financial and other resources than we do. These companies also may provide more diverse opportunities and better chances for career advancement. Some of these
characteristics may be more appealing to high-quality candidates than those we have to offer. In addition, new hires often require significant training and, in many
cases, take significant time before they achieve full productivity. We may incur significant costs to attract and retain qualified personnel, including significant
expenditures related to salaries and benefits and compensation expenses related to equity awards, and we may lose new employees to competitors or other
companies before we realize the benefit of our investment in recruiting and training them. Moreover, new employees may not be or become as productive as we
expect, as we may face challenges in adequately or appropriately integrating them into our workforce and culture. In addition, as we move into new geographies,
we will need to attract and recruit skilled personnel in those areas. We have limited experience with recruiting in geographies outside of the United States, and may
face additional challenges in attracting, integrating and retaining international employees. If we are unable to attract, integrate and retain suitably qualified
individuals who are capable of meeting our growing technical, operational and managerial requirements, on a timely basis or at all, our business will be adversely
affected.
Volatility or lack of positive performance in our stock price may also affect our ability to attract and retain our key employees. Employees may be more likely
to leave us if the shares they own or the shares underlying their vested options have significantly appreciated in value relative to the original purchase prices of the
shares or the exercise prices of the options, or, conversely, if the exercise prices of the options that they hold are significantly above the market price of our
common stock. If we are unable to appropriately incentivize and retain our employees through equity compensation, or if we need to increase our compensation
expenses in order to appropriately incentivize and retain our employees, our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows would be adversely
affected.
If
we
are
unable
to
develop
and
maintain
successful
relationships
with
channel
partners,
our
business,
operating
results,
and
financial
condition
could
be
adversely
affected.
To date, we have been primarily dependent on our direct sales force to sell subscriptions to our platform. Although we have developed relationships with some
channel partners, such as referral partners, resellers, and integration partners, these channels have resulted in limited revenue historically. We believe that
continued growth in our business is dependent upon identifying, developing, and maintaining strategic relationships with additional channel partners that can drive
substantial revenue. If we fail to identify additional channel partners in a timely and cost-effective manner, or at all, or are unable to assist our current and future
channel partners in independently selling and deploying our products, our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Typically, agreements with channel partners are non-exclusive, meaning our channel partners may offer customers the products of several different companies,
including products that compete with our platform. They may also cease marketing our platform with limited or no notice and with little or no penalty.
Additionally, customer retention and expansion attributable to customers acquired through our channel partners may differ significantly from customers acquired
through our direct sales efforts. If our channel partners do not effectively market and sell our products, or fail to meet the needs of our customers, our reputation
and ability to grow our business may also be adversely affected.
Sales by channel partners are more likely than direct sales to involve collectability concerns. In particular sales by our channel partners into developing
markets, and accordingly, variations in the mix between revenue attributable to sales by channel partners and revenue attributable to direct sales, may result in
fluctuations in our operating results.
If
we
fail
to
offer
high-quality
professional
services
and
support,
our
business
and
reputation
may
suffer.
High-quality professional services and support, including training, implementation and consulting services, are important for the successful marketing, sale
and use of our platform and for the renewal of subscriptions by existing customers. Professional services may be provided by us or by a third-party partner. The
importance of high-quality professional services and support will increase as we expand our business and pursue new customers. If we or our third-party partners
do not provide effective ongoing support, our ability to retain and expand use of our platform and related applications to existing customers may suffer, and our
reputation with existing or potential customers may be harmed.
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We continue to pursue strategies to reduce the amount of professional services required for a customer to begin to use and gain value from our platform, lower
the overall costs of professional service fees to our customers, and improve the gross margin of our professional services business. If we are unable to successfully
accomplish these objectives, our operating results, including our profit margins, may be harmed.
We
may
not
timely
and
effectively
scale
our
existing
technology,
including
our
computing
architecture,
to
meet
the
performance
and
other
requirements
placed
on
our
systems,
which
could
increase
expenditures
unexpectedly
and
create
risk
of
outages
and
other
performance
and
quality
of
service
issues
for
our
customers.
Our future growth and renewal rates depend on our ability to meet customers’ expectations with respect to the speed, reliability and other performance
attributes of our platform, and to meet the expanding needs of customers as their use of our platform grows. The number of users, the amount and complexity of
data ingested, created, transferred, processed and stored by us, the number of locations where our platform is being accessed, and the number of processes and
systems managed by us on behalf of these customers, among other factors, separately and combined, can have an effect on the performance of our platform. In
order to ensure that we meet the performance and other requirements of customers, we continue to make significant investments to develop and implement new
technologies in our platform and infrastructure operations. These technologies, which include database, application and server advancements, revised network and
hosting strategies, and automation, are often advanced, complex, and sometimes broad in scope and untested through industry-wide usage. We may not be
successful in developing or implementing these technologies. To the extent that we do not develop offerings and scale our operations in a manner that maintains
performance as our customers expand their use, our business and operating results may be harmed.
We may not accurately assess the capital and operational expenditures required to successfully fulfill our objectives and our financial performance may be
harmed as a result. Further, we may make mistakes in the technical execution of these efforts to improve our platform, which may affect our customers. Issues that
may arise include performance, data loss or corruption, outages, and other issues that could give rise to customer satisfaction issues, loss of business, and harm to
our reputation. If any of these were to occur there would be a negative and potentially significant impact to our financial performance. Lastly, our ability to
generate new applications, and improve our current solutions may be limited if and to the extent resources are necessarily allocated to address issues related to the
performance of existing solutions.
Real
or
perceived
errors,
failures,
or
bugs
in
our
platform
could
adversely
affect
our
operating
results
and
growth
prospects.
We update our platform on a frequent basis. Despite efforts to test our updates, errors, failures or bugs may not be found in our platform until after it is
deployed to our customers. We have discovered and expect we will continue to discover errors, failures and bugs in our platform and anticipate that certain of these
errors, failures and bugs will only be discovered and remediated after deployment to customers. Real or perceived errors, failures or bugs in our platform could
result in negative publicity, government inquiries, loss of or delay in market acceptance of our platform, loss of competitive position, or claims by customers for
losses sustained by them. In such an event, we may be required, or may choose, for customer relations or other reasons, to expend additional resources in order to
help correct the problem.
We implement bug fixes and upgrades as part of our regular system maintenance, which may lead to system downtime. Even if we are able to implement the
bug fixes and upgrades in a timely manner, any history of inaccuracies in the data we collect for our customers, or the loss, damage, unauthorized access to or
acquisition of, or inadvertent release or exposure of confidential or other sensitive data could cause our reputation to be harmed and result in claims against us, and
customers may elect not to purchase or renew their agreements with us or we may incur increased insurance costs. The costs associated with any material defects
or errors in our software or other performance problems may be substantial and could harm our operating results.
If
we
fail
to
meet
our
service
level
commitments,
our
business,
results
of
operations
and
financial
condition
could
be
adversely
affected.
Our subscription agreements with many of our customers, including most of our top customers, provide certain service level commitments. If we are unable to
meet the stated service level commitments or suffer extended periods of downtime that exceed the periods allowed under our subscription agreements, we may be
obligated to provide these customers with service credits, or we could face subscription terminations, which could significantly impact our revenue. Any extended
service outages could also adversely affect our reputation, which would also impact our future revenue and operating results.
Our customers depend on our customer support organization to resolve technical issues relating to our platform. We may be unable to respond quickly enough
to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for support services. Increased customer demand for these services, without corresponding revenue,
could increase costs and adversely affect our operating
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results. In addition, our sales process is highly dependent on the ease of use of our services, on our reputation and on positive recommendations from our existing
customers. Any failure to maintain high-quality customer support, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality support, could adversely affect our
reputation and our ability to sell our services to existing and prospective customers.
Interruptions
or
performance
problems
associated
with
our
technology
and
infrastructure
may
adversely
affect
our
business
and
operating
results.
Our continued growth depends in part on the ability of existing and potential customers to access our platform at any time. We have experienced, and may in
the future experience, disruptions, outages, and other performance problems due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, introductions of new
capabilities, human or technology errors, distributed denial of service attacks, or other security related incidents. In some instances, we may not be able to identify
the cause or causes of these performance problems within an acceptable period of time. It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve our
performance, especially during peak usage times and as our platform becomes more complex and user traffic increases. If our platform is unavailable or if users are
unable to access our platform within a reasonable amount of time, or at all, our business will be harmed.
We also rely on SaaS and other technologies from third parties in order to operate critical functions of our business. To the extent that our third-party service
providers experience outages, disruptions, or other performance problems, or to the extent we do not effectively address capacity constraints, upgrade our systems
as needed, and continually develop our technology and network architecture to accommodate actual and anticipated changes in technology, our business and
operating results may be adversely affected. In addition, if our agreements with third-party software or services vendors are not renewed or the third-party software
or services become obsolete, fail to function properly, are incompatible with future versions of our products or services, are defective or otherwise fail to address
our needs, there is no assurance that we would be able to replace the functionality provided by the third-party software or services with software or services from
alternative providers.
We have taken steps to increase redundancy in our platform and infrastructure and have plans in place to mitigate events that could disrupt our platform's
service. However, there can be no assurance that these efforts would protect against interruptions or performance problems.
We
rely
upon
data
centers
and
other
systems
and
technologies
provided
by
third
parties,
and
technology
systems
and
electronic
networks
supplied
and
managed
by
third
parties,
to
operate
our
business
and
interruptions
or
performance
problems
with
these
systems,
technologies
and
networks
may
adversely
affect
our
business
and
operating
results.
We rely on data centers and other technologies and services provided by third parties in order to manage our cloud-based infrastructure and operate our
business. If any of these services becomes unavailable or otherwise is unable to serve our requirements due to extended outages, interruptions, facility closure, or
because it is no longer available on commercially reasonable terms, expenses could increase, our ability to manage finances could be interrupted and our operations
otherwise could be disrupted or otherwise impacted until appropriate substitute services, if available, are identified, obtained, and implemented.
We do not control, or in some cases have limited control over, the operation of the data center facilities we use, and they are vulnerable to damage or
interruption from earthquakes, floods, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures and similar events. They may also be subject to break-ins, sabotage,
intentional acts of vandalism and similar misconduct, to adverse events caused by operator error, and to interruptions, data loss or corruption, and other
performance problems due to various factors, including introductions of new capabilities, technology errors, infrastructure changes, distributed denial of service
attacks, or other security related incidents. For instance, in December 2017, researchers identified significant CPU architecture vulnerabilities commonly known as
“Spectre” and “Meltdown” that have required software updates and patches, including for providers of public cloud services, to mitigate such vulnerabilities and
such updates and patches have required servers to be offline and potentially slow their performance. We may not be able to rapidly switch to new data centers or
move customers from one data center to another in the event of any adverse event. Despite precautions taken at these facilities, the occurrence of a natural disaster,
an act of terrorism or other act of malfeasance, a decision to close the facilities without adequate notice or other unanticipated problems at these facilities could
result in lengthy interruptions in our service and the loss or corruption of, or unauthorized access to or acquisition of, customer data.
In addition, if we do not accurately predict our infrastructure capacity requirements, customers could experience service shortfalls. The provisioning of
additional cloud hosting capacity and data center infrastructure requires lead time. As we continue to add data centers, restructure our data management plans, and
increase capacity in existing and future data centers, we may be required to move or transfer our data and customers’ data. Despite precautions taken during such
processes and procedures,
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any unsuccessful data transfers may impair customers’ use of our platform, and we may experience costs or downtime in connection with the transfer of data to
other facilities, which may lead to, among other things, customer dissatisfaction and non-renewals. The owners of our data center facilities have no obligation to
renew their agreements with us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we are unable to renew these agreements on commercially reasonable terms, we may
be required to transfer to new data center facilities, and we may incur significant costs and possible service interruption in connection with doing so.
Our ability to provide services and solutions to customers also depends on our ability to communicate with customers through the public internet and
electronic networks that are owned and operated by third parties. In addition, in order to provide services on-demand and promptly, our computer equipment and
network servers must be functional 24 hours per day, which requires access to telecommunications facilities managed by third parties and the availability of
electricity, which we do not control. A severe disruption of one or more of these networks or facilities, including as a result of utility or third-party system
interruptions, could impair our ability to process information and provide services to our customers.
Any unavailability of, or failure to meet our requirements by, third-party data centers or other third-party technologies or services, or any disruption of the
internet or the third-party networks or facilities that we rely upon, could impede our ability to provide services to customers, harm our reputation, result in a loss of
customers, cause us to issue refunds or service credits to customers, subject us to potential liabilities, result in contract terminations, and adversely affect our
renewal rates. Any of these circumstances could adversely affect our business and operating results.
If
our
or
our
customers'
access
to
data
becomes
limited,
our
business,
results
of
operations
and
financial
condition
may
be
adversely
affected.
The success of our platform is dependent in large part on our customers’ ability to access data maintained on third party software and service platforms.
Generally, we do not have agreements in place with these third parties that guarantee access to their platforms, and any agreements that we do have in place with
these third parties are typically terminable for convenience by the third party. If these third parties restrict or prevent our ability to integrate our platform with their
software or platform, including but not limited to, by limiting the functionality of our data connectors, our ability to access the data maintained on their systems or
the speed at which such data is delivered, customers’ ability to access their relevant data in a timely manner may be limited, and our business and operating results
may be adversely affected.
Our
business
depends
on
continued
and
unimpeded
access
to
the
internet
and
mobile
networks.
Our customers who access our platform and services through mobile devices, such as smartphones, laptops and tablet computers, must have a high-speed
internet connection to use our services. Currently, this access is provided by telecommunications companies and internet access service providers that have
significant and increasing market power in the broadband and internet access marketplace. In the absence of government regulation, these providers could take
measures that affect their customers’ ability to use our products and services, such as degrading the quality of the data packets we transmit over their lines, giving
our packets low priority, giving other packets higher priority than ours, blocking our packets entirely, or attempting to charge their customers more for using our
platform and services. To the extent that internet service providers implement usage-based pricing, including meaningful bandwidth caps, or otherwise try to
monetize access to their networks, we could incur greater operating expenses and customer acquisition and retention could be negatively impacted. Furthermore, to
the extent network operators were to create tiers of internet access service and either charge us for or prohibit our services from being available to our customers
through these tiers, our business could be negatively impacted.
On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC, reclassified broadband internet access services in the United States as a
telecommunications service subject to some elements of common carrier regulation, including the obligation to provide service on just and reasonable terms, and
adopted specific net neutrality rules prohibiting the blocking, throttling or “paid prioritization” of content or services. However, in December 2017, the FCC once
again classified broadband internet access service as an unregulated information service and repealed the specific rules against blocking, throttling or “paid
prioritization” of content or services. It retained a rule requiring internet service providers to disclose their practices to consumers, entrepreneurs and the FCC. A
number of parties have already stated they would appeal this order and it is possible Congress may adopt legislation restoring some net neutrality requirements.
The elimination of net neutrality rules and any changes to the rules could affect the market for broadband internet access service in a way that impacts our business,
for example, if internet access providers begin to limit the bandwidth and speed for the transmission of data from independent software vendors.
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Catastrophic
events
may
disrupt
our
business
and
impair
our
ability
to
provide
our
platform
to
customers,
resulting
in
costs
for
remediation,
customer
dissatisfaction,
and
other
business
or
financial
losses.
Our operations depend, in part, on our ability to protect our facilities against damage or interruption from natural disasters, power or telecommunications
failures, criminal acts and similar events. Despite precautions taken at our facilities, the occurrence of a natural disaster, an act of terrorism, vandalism or sabotage,
spikes in usage volume or other unanticipated problems at a facility could result in lengthy interruptions in the availability of our platform. Even with current and
planned disaster recovery arrangements, our business could be harmed. Also, in the event of damage or interruption, our insurance policies may not adequately
compensate us for any losses that we may incur. These factors in turn could further reduce revenue, subject us to liability and cause us to issue credits or cause
customers to fail to renew their subscriptions, any of which could harm our business.
Our
long-term
growth
depends
in
part
on
being
able
to
expand
internationally
on
a
profitable
basis.
Historically, we have generated a substantial majority of our revenue from customers inside the United States. For example, approximately 86% , 82% and
77% of our total revenue for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively, was derived from sales within the United States. We have begun to
expand internationally and plan to continue to expand our international operations as part of our growth strategy. Expanding our international operations will
subject us to a variety of risks and challenges, including:
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the need to make significant investments in people, solutions and infrastructure, typically well in advance of revenue generation;
the need to localize and adapt our application for specific countries, including translation into foreign languages and associated expenses;
potential changes in public or customer sentiment regarding cloud-based services or the ability of non-local enterprises to provide adequate data
protection, particularly in the European Union;
technical or latency issues in delivering our platform;
dependence on certain third parties, including resellers with whom we do not have extensive experience;
the lack of reference customers and other marketing assets in regional markets that are new or developing for us, as well as other adaptations in our
market generation efforts that we may be slow to identify and implement;
unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, taxes or trade laws;
differing labor regulations, especially in the European Union, where labor laws are generally more advantageous to employees as compared to the United
States, including deemed hourly wage and overtime regulations in these locations;
challenges inherent in efficiently managing an increased number of employees over large geographic distances, including the need to implement
appropriate systems, policies, benefits and compliance programs;
difficulties in maintaining our company culture with a dispersed and distant workforce;
difficulties in managing a business in new markets with diverse cultures, languages, customs, legal systems, alternative dispute systems and regulatory
systems;
currency exchange rate fluctuations and the resulting effect on our revenue and expenses, and the cost and risk of entering into hedging transactions if we
choose to do so in the future;
limitations on our ability to reinvest earnings from operations in one country to fund the capital needs of our operations in other countries;
limited or insufficient intellectual property protection, or the risk that our products may conflict with, infringe or otherwise violate foreign intellectual
property;
political instability or terrorist activities;
requirements to comply with foreign privacy, information security, and data protection laws and regulations and the risks and costs of non-compliance;
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likelihood of potential or actual violations of domestic and international anticorruption laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K.
Bribery Act, or of U.S. and international export control and sanctions regulations, which likelihood may increase with an increase of sales or operations in
foreign jurisdictions and operations in certain industries;
requirements to comply with U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations and other restrictions on international trade;
likelihood that the United States and other governments and their agencies impose sanctions and embargoes on certain countries, their governments and
designated parties, which may prohibit the export of certain technology, products, and services to such persons;
adverse tax burdens and foreign exchange controls that could make it difficult to repatriate earnings and cash should we desire to do so; and
our ability to recruit and engage local channel and implementation partners.
Any of these risks could adversely affect our international operations, reduce our international revenue or increase our operating costs, adversely affecting our
business, operating results and financial condition and growth prospects.
For example, compliance with laws and regulations applicable to our international operations increases the cost of doing business in foreign jurisdictions. We
may be unable to keep current with changes in government requirements as they change from time to time. Failure to comply with these regulations could have
adverse effects on our business. In addition, in many foreign countries it is common for others to engage in business practices that are prohibited by our internal
policies and procedures or U.S. laws and regulations applicable to us. We have not historically had formal policies with respect to these laws and regulations, and
have only recently begun to implement compliance procedures designed to prevent violations of these laws and regulations. There can be no assurance that all of
our employees, contractors, and agents will comply with the formal policies we will implement, or applicable laws and regulations. Violations of laws or key
control policies by our employees, contractors, channel partners or agents could result in delays in revenue recognition, financial reporting misstatements, fines,
penalties, or the prohibition of the importation or exportation of our software and services and could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating
results.
Some of our business partners also have international operations and are subject to the risks described above. Even if we are able to successfully manage the
risks of international operations, our business may be adversely affected if our business partners are not able to successfully manage these risks.
Increased
sales
to
customers
outside
the
United
States
or
paid
for
in
currency
other
than
the
U.S.
dollar
exposes
us
to
potential
currency
exchange
losses.
As our international sales and operations increase, so too will the number and significance of transactions, including intercompany transactions, occurring in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar. In addition, our international subsidiaries may accumulate assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than
the U.S. dollar, which is the functional reporting currency of these entities. Accordingly, changes in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar can
affect our revenue and operating results due to foreign currency gains and losses that are reflected in our earnings. We do not currently maintain a program to
hedge transactional exposures in foreign currencies. However, in the future, we may use derivative instruments, such as foreign currency forward and option
contracts, to hedge certain exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The use of such hedging activities may not offset any or more than a
portion of the adverse financial effects of unfavorable movements in foreign exchange rates over the limited time the hedges are in place. Moreover, the use of
hedging instruments may introduce additional risks if we are unable to structure effective hedges with such instruments.
Future
changes
in
the
regulations
and
laws
of
the
United
States,
or
those
of
the
international
markets
in
which
we
do
business,
could
harm
our
business.
We are subject to general business regulations and laws, as well as regulations and laws specifically governing the internet and software, in the United States
as well as the international markets in which we do business. These regulations and laws may cover employment, taxation, privacy, data security, data protection,
pricing, content, copyrights and other intellectual property, mobile communications, electronic contracts and other communications, consumer protection,
unencumbered internet access to our services, the design and operation of websites, and the characteristics and quality of software and services. It is possible
changes to these regulations and laws, as well as compliance challenges related to the complexity of multiple, conflicting and changing sets of applicable
regulations and laws, may impact our sales, operations, and future growth.
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Economic
uncertainties
or
downturns
could
materially
adversely
affect
our
business.
Current or future economic uncertainties or downturns could adversely affect our business and operating results. Negative conditions in the general economy
both in the United States and abroad, including conditions resulting from changes in gross domestic product growth, the continued sovereign debt crisis, financial
and credit market fluctuations, political deadlock, natural catastrophes, warfare and terrorist attacks on the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific region or
elsewhere, could cause a decrease in business investments, including corporate spending on business intelligence software in general and negatively affect the rate
of growth of our business.
General worldwide economic conditions may experience significant downturns and may be unstable. These conditions make it extremely difficult for our
customers and us to forecast and plan future business activities accurately, and they could cause customers to reevaluate their decisions to subscribe to our
platform, which could delay and lengthen our sales cycles or result in cancellations of planned purchases. Furthermore, during challenging economic times
customers may tighten their budgets and face issues in gaining timely access to sufficient credit, which could result in an impairment of their ability to make timely
payments to us. In turn, we may be required to increase our allowance for doubtful accounts, which would adversely affect our financial results.
To the extent subscriptions to our platform are perceived by customers and potential customers to be discretionary, our revenue may be disproportionately
affected by delays or reductions in general information technology spending. Also, customers may choose to develop in-house software as an alternative to using
our platform. Moreover, competitors may respond to market conditions by lowering prices and attempting to lure away our customers. In addition, the increased
pace of consolidation in certain industries may result in reduced overall spending on our platform.
We cannot predict the timing, strength or duration of any economic slowdown, instability or recovery, generally or within any particular industry. If the
economic conditions of the general economy or industries in which we operate do not improve, or worsen from present levels, our business, operating results,
financial condition and cash flows could be adversely affected.
Our
business
is
highly
dependent
upon
our
brand
recognition
and
reputation,
and
the
failure
to
maintain
or
enhance
our
brand
recognition
or
reputation
would
likely
adversely
affect
our
business
and
operating
results.
We believe that maintaining and enhancing the Domo brand identity and our reputation are critical to our relationships with customers and channel partners
and to our ability to attract new customers and channel partners. We also believe that the importance of our brand recognition and reputation will continue to
increase as competition in our market continues to develop. Our success in this area will depend on a wide range of factors, some of which are beyond our control,
including the following:
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the efficacy of our marketing efforts;
our ability to maintain a high-quality, innovative and error- and bug-free platform;
our ability to obtain new customers and retain and increase usage by existing customers;
our ability to maintain high customer satisfaction;
the quality and perceived value of our platform;
our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce trademarks and other indicia of origin that are valuable to our brand;
our ability to successfully differentiate our platform from competitors’ products;
actions of competitors and other third parties;
our ability to provide customer support and professional services;
any actual or perceived data breach or data loss, or misuse or perceived misuse of our platform;
positive or negative publicity;
interruptions, delays or attacks on our platform;
challenges with customer adoption and use of our platform on mobile devices or problems encountered in developing or supporting enhancements to our
mobile applications; and
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litigation or regulatory related developments.
If our brand promotion activities are not successful, our operating results and growth may be harmed.
Independent industry analysts often provide reviews of our platform, as well as competitors’ products, and perception of our platform in the marketplace may
be significantly influenced by these reviews. If these reviews are negative, or less positive as compared to those of competitors’ products and services, our brand
may be adversely affected.
Furthermore, negative publicity, whether or not justified, relating to events or activities attributed to us, our employees, partners or others associated with any
of these parties, may tarnish our reputation and reduce the value of our brand. Damage to our reputation and loss of brand equity may reduce demand for our
platform and have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Moreover, any attempts to rebuild our reputation and restore the
value of our brand may be costly and time consuming, and such efforts may not ultimately be successful.
Contractual
disputes
with
our
customers
could
be
costly,
time-consuming
and
harm
our
reputation.
Our business is contract intensive and we are party to contracts with our customers all over the world. Our contracts can contain a variety of terms, including
service levels, security obligations, indemnification and regulatory requirements. Contract terms may not always be standardized across our customers and can be
subject to differing interpretations, which could result in disputes with our customers from time to time. If our customers notify us of an alleged contract breach or
otherwise dispute any provision under our contracts, the resolution of such disputes in a manner adverse to our interests could negatively affect our operating
results.
Additionally, if customers fail to pay us under the terms of our agreements, we may be adversely affected both from the inability to collect amounts due and
the cost of enforcing the terms of our contracts, including litigation. The risk of such negative effects increases with the term length of our customer arrangements.
Furthermore, some of our customers may seek bankruptcy protection or other similar relief and fail to pay amounts due to us, or pay those amounts more slowly,
either of which could adversely affect our operating results, financial position and cash flow.
Third-party
claims
that
we
are
infringing
or
otherwise
violating
the
intellectual
property
rights
of
others,
whether
successful
or
not,
could
subject
us
to
costly
and
time-consuming
litigation
or
require
us
to
obtain
expensive
licenses,
and
our
business
could
be
harmed.
The technology industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property
rights. Companies in the technology industry must often defend against litigation claims based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual
property rights. Third parties, including our competitors, may own patents or other intellectual property rights that cover aspects of our technology or business
methods and may assert patent or other intellectual property rights against us and others in the industry. Moreover, in recent years, individuals and groups that are
non-practicing entities, commonly referred to as “patent trolls,” have purchased patents and other intellectual property assets for the purpose of making claims of
infringement or other violation of intellectual property rights in order to extract settlements. From time to time, we have received and may receive in the future
threatening letters, notices or “invitations to license,” or may be the subject of claims that our technology and business operations infringe or otherwise violate the
intellectual property rights of others. Responding to such claims, regardless of their merit, can be time consuming, costly to defend in litigation, divert
management’s attention and resources, damage our reputation and brand and cause us to incur significant expenses. Claims of intellectual property infringement or
other violations of intellectual property rights might require us to stop using technology found to infringe or violate a third party’s rights, redesign our platform,
which could require significant effort and expense and cause delays of releases, enter into costly settlement or license agreements or pay costly damage awards, or
face a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from marketing or selling our platform. If we cannot or do not license the infringed or otherwise violated
technology on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or substitute similar technology from another source, we could be forced to limit or stop selling our
platform, we may not be able to meet our obligations to customers under our customer contracts, revenue and operating results could be adversely impacted, and
we may be unable to compete effectively. Even if we are successful in defending against allegations of intellectual property infringement, litigation may be costly
and may divert the time and other resources of our management. Additionally, customers may not purchase our platform if they are concerned that they may
infringe or otherwise violate third-party intellectual property rights. The occurrence of any of these events may harm our business.
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Indemnity
provisions
in
various
agreements
potentially
expose
us
to
substantial
liability
for
intellectual
property
infringement
and
other
losses.
Our agreements with customers and other third parties may include indemnification provisions under which we agree to indemnify them for losses suffered or
incurred as a result of claims of intellectual property infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights, damages caused by us to property or persons,
or other liabilities relating to or arising from our software, services or other contractual obligations. Large indemnity payments could harm our business, results of
operations and financial condition. Any dispute with a customer with respect to such obligations could have adverse effects on our relationship with that customer
and other existing customers and new customers and harm our business and results of operations.
The
success
of
our
business
depends
in
part
on
our
ability
to
protect
and
enforce
our
intellectual
property
rights.
Our success is dependent, in part, upon protecting our proprietary technology. As of January 31, 2019 , we had 89 issued U.S. patents covering our technology
and 39 patent applications pending for examination in the United States. Our issued patents, and any patents issued in the future, may not provide us with any
competitive advantages or may be challenged by third parties, and our patent applications may never be granted. Additionally, the process of obtaining patent
protection is expensive and time-consuming, and we may not be able to prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely
manner. Even if issued, there can be no assurance that these patents will adequately protect our intellectual property, as the legal standards relating to the validity,
enforceability and scope of protection of patent and other intellectual property rights are uncertain.
Any patents that are issued may subsequently be invalidated or otherwise limited, allowing other companies to develop offerings that compete with ours,
which could adversely affect our competitive business position, business prospects and financial condition. In addition, issuance of a patent does not guarantee that
we have a right to practice the patented invention. Patent applications in the United States are typically not published until 18 months after filing or, in some cases,
not at all, and publications of discoveries in industry-related literature lag behind actual discoveries. We cannot be certain that we were the first to use the
inventions claimed in our issued patents or pending patent applications or otherwise used in our platform, that we were the first to file for protection in our patent
applications, or that third parties do not have blocking patents that could be used to prevent us from marketing or practicing our patented technology. Effective
patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available to us in every country in which our platform is available. The laws of some foreign
countries may not be as protective of intellectual property rights as those in the United States (in particular, some foreign jurisdictions do not permit patent
protection for software), and mechanisms for enforcement of intellectual property rights may be inadequate. Additional uncertainty may result from changes to
intellectual property legislation enacted in the United States, including the America Invents Act, and other national governments and from interpretations of the
intellectual property laws of the United States and other countries by applicable courts and agencies. Accordingly, despite our efforts, we may be unable to prevent
third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating our intellectual property.
Although we generally enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and consultants that have access to material
confidential information and enter into confidentiality agreements with our customers and the parties with whom we have strategic relationships and business
alliances, no assurance can be given that these agreements will be effective in controlling access to and distribution of our platform and propriety information or
prevent reverse engineering. Further, these agreements may not prevent competitors from independently developing technologies that are substantially equivalent
or superior to our platform, and we may be unable to prevent this competition.
Unauthorized use of our intellectual property may have already occurred or may occur in the future. We may be required to spend significant resources to
monitor and protect our intellectual property rights. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights. Such litigation could be
costly, time consuming and distracting to management and could result in the impairment or loss of portions of our intellectual property. Furthermore, efforts to
enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with defenses, counterclaims and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual
property rights. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate. Any litigation, whether or not resolved in our favor, could subject us to substantial costs, divert
resources and the attention of management and technical personnel from our business and adversely affect our business. Our inability to protect our proprietary
technology against unauthorized copying or use, as well as any costly litigation, could delay further sales or the implementation of our platform, impair the
functionality of our platform, delay introductions of new features or enhancements, result in our substituting inferior or more costly technologies into our platform,
or injure our reputation.
We may initiate claims or litigation against third parties for infringement or other violation of our proprietary rights or to establish the validity of our
proprietary rights. Litigation also puts our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing.
Additionally, we may provoke third parties to assert counterclaims against us.
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We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate, and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially viable. Any litigation, whether or
not it is resolved in our favor, could result in significant expense to us and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, which may adversely
affect our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Incorrect
or
improper
implementation
or
use
of
our
platform
could
result
in
customer
dissatisfaction
and
negatively
affect
our
business,
results
of
operations,
financial
condition,
and
growth
prospects.
Our platform is deployed in a wide variety of technology environments. Increasingly, our platform has been deployed in large scale, complex technology
environments, and we believe our future success will depend on our ability to increase sales of our platform for use in such deployments. We must often assist our
customers in achieving successful implementations of our platform, which we do through our professional services organization. The time required to implement
our platform can vary. For complex deployments, implementation can take multiple months. If our customers are unable to implement our platform successfully, or
unable to do so in a timely manner, customer perceptions of our platform may be harmed, our reputation and brand may suffer, and customers may choose to cease
usage of our platform or not expand their use of our platform. Our customers and third-party partners may need training in the proper use of and the variety of
benefits that can be derived from our platform to maximize its benefits. If our platform is not effectively implemented or used correctly or as intended, or if we fail
to adequately train customers on how to efficiently and effectively use our platform, our customers may not be able to achieve satisfactory outcomes. This could
result in negative publicity and legal claims against us, which may cause us to generate fewer sales to new customers and reductions in renewals or expansions of
the use of our platform with existing customers, any of which would harm our business and results of operations.
Our
use
of
“open
source”
software
could
negatively
affect
our
ability
to
offer
our
platform
and
subject
us
to
possible
litigation.
Our platform uses “open source” software that we, in some cases, have obtained from third parties. Open source software is generally freely accessible, usable
and modifiable, and is made available to the general public on an “as-is” basis under the terms of a non-negotiable license. Use and distribution of open source
software may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software. Open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or other contractual
protections regarding infringement claims or other claims relating to violation of intellectual property rights or the quality of the software. In addition, certain open
source licenses, like the GNU Affero General Public License, or AGPL, may require us to offer for no cost the components of our platform that incorporate the
open source software, to make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create by incorporating or using the open source software, or to
license our modifications or derivative works under the terms of the particular open source license. If we are required, under the terms of an open source license, to
release our proprietary source code to the public, competitors could create similar products with lower development effort and time, which ultimately could result
in a loss of sales for us.
We may also face claims alleging noncompliance with open source license terms or infringement, misappropriation or other violation of open source
technology. These claims could result in litigation or require us to purchase a costly license, devote additional research and development resources to re-engineer
our platform, discontinue the sale of our products if re-engineering could not be accomplished on a timely or cost-effective basis, or make generally available our
proprietary code in source code form, any of which would have a negative effect on our business and operating results, including being enjoined from the offering
of the components of our platform that contained the open source software. We could also be subject to lawsuits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe
to be open source software. Litigation could be costly for us to defend, have a negative effect on our operating results and financial condition and require us to
devote additional research and development resources to re-engineer our platform.
Although we monitor our use of open source software and try to ensure that none is used in a manner that would subject our platform to unintended conditions,
few courts have interpreted open source licenses, and there is a risk that these licenses could be construed in a way that could impose unanticipated conditions or
restrictions on our ability to commercialize our platform. We cannot guarantee that we have incorporated open source software in our platform in a manner that
will not subject us to liability, or in a manner that is consistent with our current policies and procedures.
We
may
be
subject
to
litigation
for
a
variety
of
claims,
which
could
adversely
affect
our
operating
results,
harm
our
reputation
or
otherwise
negatively
impact
our
business.
In addition to intellectual property litigation, we may be subject to other claims arising from our normal business activities. These may include claims,
lawsuits, and proceedings involving labor and employment, wage and hour, commercial and other matters. The outcome of any litigation, regardless of its merits,
is inherently uncertain. Any claims and lawsuits, and the disposition of such claims and lawsuits, could be time-consuming and expensive to resolve, divert
management attention and resources,
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and lead to attempts on the part of other parties to pursue similar claims. Any adverse determination related to litigation could adversely affect our operating
results, harm our reputation or otherwise negatively impact our business. In addition, depending on the nature and timing of any such dispute, a resolution of a
legal matter could materially affect our future operating results, our cash flows or both.
Future
acquisitions
could
disrupt
our
business
and
adversely
affect
our
operating
results,
financial
condition
and
cash
flows.
We may make acquisitions that could be material to our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows. Our ability as an organization to
successfully acquire and integrate technologies or businesses is unproven. Acquisitions involve many risks, including the following:
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an acquisition may negatively affect our operating results, financial condition or cash flows because it may require us to incur charges or assume
substantial debt or other liabilities, may cause adverse tax consequences or unfavorable accounting treatment, may expose us to claims and disputes by
third parties, including intellectual property claims and disputes, or may not generate sufficient financial return to offset additional costs and expenses
related to the acquisition;
we may encounter difficulties or unforeseen expenditures in integrating the business, technologies, products, personnel or operations of any company that
we acquire, particularly if key personnel of the acquired company decide not to work for us;
an acquisition may disrupt our ongoing business, divert resources, increase our expenses and distract our management;
an acquisition may result in a delay or reduction of customer purchases for both us and the company we acquired due to customer uncertainty about
continuity and effectiveness of service from either company;
we may encounter difficulties in, or may be unable to, successfully sell any acquired products;
an acquisition may involve the entry into geographic or business markets in which we have little or no prior experience or where competitors have
stronger market positions;
the potential strain on our financial and managerial controls and reporting systems and procedures;
potential known and unknown liabilities associated with an acquired company;
if we incur debt to fund such acquisitions, such debt may subject us to material restrictions on our ability to conduct our business as well as financial
maintenance covenants;
the risk of impairment charges related to potential write-downs of acquired assets or goodwill in future acquisitions;
to the extent that we issue a significant amount of equity or convertible debt securities in connection with future acquisitions, existing stockholders may
be diluted and earnings per share may decrease; and
• managing the varying intellectual property protection strategies and other activities of an acquired company.
We may not succeed in addressing these or other risks or any other problems encountered in connection with the integration of any acquired business. The
inability to integrate successfully the business, technologies, products, personnel or operations of any acquired business, or any significant delay in achieving
integration, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
Our
credit
facility
contains
restrictive
covenants
that
may
limit
our
operating
flexibility.
Our credit facility contains restrictive covenants that limit our ability to transfer or dispose of assets, merge with other companies or consummate certain
changes of control, acquire other companies, open new offices that contain a material amount of assets, pay dividends, incur additional indebtedness and liens and
enter into new businesses. We therefore may not be able to engage in any of the foregoing transactions unless we obtain the consent of the lender or terminate the
credit facility, which may limit our operating flexibility. In addition, our credit facility is secured by all of our assets, including our intellectual property, and
requires us to satisfy certain financial covenants. There is no guarantee that we will be able to generate sufficient cash flow or sales to meet these financial
covenants or pay the principal and interest on any such debt. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that future working capital, borrowings or equity financing will be
available to repay or refinance any such debt. Any inability to make scheduled payments or meet the financial covenants on our credit facility would adversely
affect our business.
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Governmental
export
or
import
controls
could
limit
our
ability
to
compete
in
foreign
markets
and
subject
us
to
liability
if
we
violate
them.
Our software is subject to U.S. export controls, and we incorporate encryption technology into our platform. These products and the underlying technology
may be exported only with the required export authorizations, including by license, a license exception or other appropriate government authorizations. U.S. export
controls may require submission of a product classification and annual or semi-annual reports. Governmental regulation of encryption technology and regulation of
imports or exports of encryption products, or our failure to obtain required import or export authorization for our platform, when applicable, could harm our
international sales and adversely affect our revenue. Compliance with applicable regulatory requirements regarding the export of our platform, including with
respect to new releases of our platform, may create delays in the introduction of our product releases in international markets, prevent customers with international
operations from deploying our platform or, in some cases, prevent the export of our platform to some countries altogether. Furthermore, U.S. export control laws
and economic sanctions prohibit the shipment of certain products and services to countries, governments and persons targeted by U.S. sanctions. If we fail to
comply with export and import regulations and such economic sanctions, we may be fined or other penalties could be imposed, including a denial of certain export
privileges. Moreover, any new export or import restrictions, new legislation or shifting approaches in the enforcement or scope of existing regulations, or in the
countries, persons or technologies targeted by such regulations, could result in decreased use of our platform by, or in our decreased ability to export or sell
subscriptions to our platform to, existing or potential customers with international operations. Any decreased use of our platform or limitation on our ability to
export or sell subscriptions to our platform would likely adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
Failure
to
comply
with
anti-bribery,
anti-corruption,
and
anti-money
laundering
laws
could
subject
us
to
penalties
and
other
adverse
consequences.
We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act and other anti-corruption, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in
various jurisdictions both domestic and abroad. Anti-corruption, anti-bribery, and anti-money laundering laws have been enforced aggressively in recent years and
are interpreted broadly and generally prohibit companies and their directors, officers, employees and agents from promising, authorizing, making or offering
improper payments or other benefits to government officials and others in the private sector. Such laws apply to our agents/third parties, and we leverage third
parties, including channel partners, to sell subscriptions to our platform and conduct our business abroad. We and our third-party intermediaries may have direct or
indirect interactions with officials and employees of government agencies or state-owned or affiliated entities and may be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal
activities of these third-party business partners and intermediaries, our employees, representatives, contractors, channel partners, and agents, even if we do not
explicitly authorize such activities. While we have policies and procedures to address compliance with such laws, these policies and procedures were only recently
adopted and we cannot assure you that all of our employees and agents will not take actions in violation of our policies and applicable law, for which we may be
ultimately held responsible. Any violation of the FCPA or other applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption laws, and anti-money laundering laws could result in
whistleblower complaints, adverse media coverage, investigations, loss of export privileges, severe criminal or civil sanctions, a significant diversion of
management's resources and attention or suspension or debarment from U.S. government contracts, all of which may have a material adverse effect on our
reputation, business, operating results and prospects.
We
may
be
subject
to
additional
obligations
to
collect
and
remit
sales
tax
and
other
taxes,
and
we
may
be
subject
to
tax
liability
for
past
transactions,
which
could
harm
our
business.
We do not collect sales and use, value added and similar taxes in all jurisdictions in which we have sales, based on our belief that such taxes are not applicable
in certain jurisdictions. State, local and foreign jurisdictions have differing rules and regulations governing sales, use, value added and other taxes, and these rules
and regulations are subject to varying interpretations that may change over time. In particular, the applicability of such taxes on subscriptions to our platform in
various jurisdictions is unclear. Further, these jurisdictions’ rules regarding tax nexus are complex and vary significantly. As a result, we could face the possibility
of audits that could result in tax assessments, including associated interest and penalties. A successful assertion that we should be collecting additional sales, use,
value added or other taxes in those jurisdictions where we have not historically done so could result in substantial tax liabilities and related penalties for past
transactions, discourage customers from purchasing our application or otherwise harm our business and operating results.
Changes
in
tax
laws
or
regulations
that
are
applied
adversely
to
us
or
our
customers
could
increase
the
costs
of
our
platform
and
adversely
impact
our
business.
New income, sales, use or other tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be enacted at any time, which could affect the tax treatment of our
(and our subsidiaries’) domestic and foreign financial results. Any new taxes could adversely
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affect our domestic and international business operations, and our business and financial performance. Further, existing tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or
ordinances could be interpreted, changed, modified or applied adversely to us. Specifically, taxation of cloud-based software is constantly evolving as many state
and local jurisdictions consider the taxability of software services provided remotely. These events could require us or our customers to pay additional tax amounts
on a prospective or retroactive basis, as well as require us or our customers to pay fines or penalties and interest for past amounts deemed to be due. If we raise our
prices to offset the costs of these changes, existing and potential future customers may elect not to continue to use or purchase subscriptions to our platform in the
future. Additionally, new, changed, modified or newly interpreted or applied tax laws could increase our customers’ and our compliance, operating and other costs,
as well as the costs of our platform. Any or all of these events could harm our business and operating results.
Further, the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will bring about a wide variety of changes to the U.S. tax system, particularly at the corporate level. The
new tax law includes changes to the U.S. corporate tax system that will reduce U.S. corporate tax rates, change how U.S. multinational corporations, like us, are
taxed on international earnings and eliminate in whole or in part the deduction for net interest expense. The primary impact of the new legislation on our provision
for income taxes will be a reduction of the future tax benefits of existing temporary differences, which are primarily comprised of net operating loss carryforwards.
These net operating loss carryforwards may also be impacted by the one-time deemed income inclusion of deferred foreign income from our non-U.S.
subsidiaries. This amount is not expected to be material. Since we have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets, we do not anticipate
that these changes will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, but we will continue to examine the impact that this tax reform legislation
may have on our business. The impact of the new legislation will likely be subject to ongoing technical guidance and accounting interpretation, which we will
continue to monitor and assess. Provisional accounting impacts may change in future reporting periods until the accounting analysis is finalized, which will occur
no later than one year from the date the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted.
We
are
a
multinational
organization
faced
with
increasingly
complex
tax
issues
in
many
jurisdictions,
and
we
could
be
obligated
to
pay
additional
taxes
in
various
jurisdictions.
As a multinational organization, we are subject to taxation in several jurisdictions around the world with increasingly complex tax laws, the application of
which can be uncertain, and significant judgment and estimates are required in determining our provision for income taxes. Our tax expense may be impacted if
our intercompany transactions, which are required to be computed on an arm’s-length basis, are challenged and successfully disputed by tax authorities. Our
policies governing transfer pricing may be determined to be inadequate and could result in additional tax assessments. The amount of taxes we pay in these
jurisdictions could increase substantially as a result of changes in the applicable tax principles, including increased tax rates, new tax laws or revised interpretations
of existing tax laws and precedents, which could harm our liquidity and operating results. In addition, the authorities in these jurisdictions could review our tax
returns and impose additional tax, interest and penalties, and the authorities could claim that various withholding requirements or other taxes apply to us or our
subsidiaries or assert that benefits of tax treaties are not available to us or our subsidiaries, any of which could adversely affect our operating results.
Our
ability
to
use
our
net
operating
losses
to
offset
future
taxable
income
may
be
subject
to
certain
limitations.
As of January 31, 2019 , we had net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes of approximately $815.1 million and
$1,048.5 million , respectively, which may be available to offset taxable income in the future, and which expire in various years beginning in 2028 for federal
purposes if not utilized. The state NOLs will expire depending upon the various rules in the states in which we operate. A lack of future taxable income would
adversely affect our ability to utilize these NOLs before they expire. In general, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code,
a corporation that undergoes an "ownership change" (as defined under Section 382 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations) is subject to limitations on its
ability to utilize its pre-change NOLs to offset our future taxable income. We may experience a future ownership change under Section 382 of the Code that could
affect our ability to utilize the NOLs to offset our income. Furthermore, our ability to utilize NOLs of companies that we have acquired or may acquire in the future
may be subject to limitations. There is also a risk that due to regulatory changes, such as suspensions on the use of NOLs or other unforeseen reasons, our existing
NOLs could expire or otherwise be unavailable to reduce future income tax liabilities, including for state tax purposes. For these reasons, we may not be able to
utilize a material portion of the NOLs, even if we attain profitability, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us and could adversely affect
our operating results and financial condition.
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Our
reported
financial
results
may
be
harmed
by
changes
in
the
accounting
principles
generally
accepted
in
the
United
States.
Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States are subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, the SEC,
and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant
effect on our reported financial results, and may even affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement or effectiveness of a change. For
example, in May 2014 the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) , for which certain
elements affected our accounting for revenue and costs incurred to acquire contracts. We have adopted Topic 606 using the full retrospective transition method.
Other companies in our industry may apply these accounting principles differently than we do, adversely affecting the comparability of our financial statements.
See Note 2 to our accompanying financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information about Topic 606.
Risks Relating to Our Class B Common Stock
The
dual
class
structure
of
our
common
stock
has
the
effect
of
concentrating
voting
control
with
our
founder
and
chief
executive
officer,
which
will
limit
your
ability
to
influence
the
outcome
of
important
transactions,
including
a
change
in
control.
Our Class A common stock has 40 votes per share, and our Class B common stock has one vote per share. Cocolalla, LLC holds all of the shares of the
Class A common stock, and our founder and chief executive officer Joshua G. James, who is the managing member of Cocolalla, LLC, controls approximately
85% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock and therefore is able to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval. Our founder and
chief executive officer may have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This
concentrated control may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of our company, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity
to receive a premium for their capital stock as part of a sale of our company and might ultimately affect the market price of our Class B common stock.
Future transfers by the holder of Class A common stock will generally result in those shares converting into shares of Class B common stock, subject to
limited exceptions, such as certain transfers effected for estate planning or charitable purposes. Mr. James has informed us he and Cocolalla, LLC have entered into
arrangements under which he has pledged all of such shares to secure a loan with a financial institution. If these shares were to be sold or otherwise transferred
upon default of the underlying loan, the market price of our Class B common stock could decline or be volatile. For additional information, see the section of this
report captioned “Risk Factors - Future sales of our Class B common stock in the public market could cause our stock price to fall.”
We
have
elected
to
take
advantage
of
the
“controlled
company”
exemption
to
the
corporate
governance
rules
of
The
Nasdaq
Stock
Market,
which
could
make
our
common
stock
less
attractive
to
some
investors
or
otherwise
harm
our
stock
price.
Because we qualify as a “controlled company” under the corporate governance rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, we are not required to have a majority of
our board of directors be independent, nor are we required to have an entirely independent compensation committee or an independent nominating function.
Accordingly, should the interests of Cocolalla, LLC, or of our founder and chief executive officer, who controls Cocolalla, LLC, differ from those of other
stockholders, the other stockholders may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance
rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market. Our status as a controlled company could make our common stock less attractive to some investors or otherwise harm our stock
price.
We
cannot
predict
the
impact
our
dual
class
structure
may
have
on
our
stock
price
or
our
business.
We cannot predict whether our dual class structure, combined with the concentrated control of our stockholders who held our capital stock prior to the
completion of our initial public offering, including our executive officers, employees and directors and their affiliates, will result in a lower or more volatile market
price of our Class B common stock or in adverse publicity or other adverse consequences. For example, certain index providers have announced restrictions on
including companies with multiple-class share structures in certain of their indexes. In July 2017, FTSE Russell announced that it plans to require new constituents
of its indexes to have greater than 5% of the company's voting rights in the hands of public stockholders, and S&P Dow Jones announced that it will no longer
admit companies with multiple-class share structures to certain of its indexes. Because of our dual class structure, we will likely be excluded from these indexes
and we cannot assure you that other stock indexes will not take similar actions. Given the sustained flow of investment funds into passive strategies that seek to
track certain indexes, exclusion from stock indexes would likely preclude investment by many of these funds and could make our
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Class B common stock less attractive to other investors. As a result, the market price of our Class B common stock could be adversely affected.
The
market
price
of
our
Class
B
common
stock
may
be
volatile,
and
the
value
of
your
investment
could
decline
significantly.
The trading price of our Class B common stock may be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which
are beyond our control. The following factors, in addition to other risks described in this report, may have a significant effect on our Class B common stock price:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
actual or anticipated fluctuations in revenue and other operating results, including as a result of the addition or loss of any number of customers;
announcements by us or competitors of significant technical innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections;
failure of securities analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in ratings, key metrics and financial estimates and the publication of other
news by any securities analysts who follow our company, or our failure to meet these analyst estimates or the expectations of investors;
changes in operating performance and stock market valuations of cloud-based software or other technology companies, or those in our industry in
particular;
the size of our public float;
price and volume fluctuations in the trading of our Class B common stock and in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy
as a whole or in the technology industry;
new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations applicable to our business or industry, including those relating to data
privacy and data security;
lawsuits threatened or filed against us for claims relating to intellectual property, employment issues or otherwise;
changes in our board of directors or management;
short sales, hedging and other derivative transactions involving our Class B common stock;
sales of large blocks of our common stock including sales by our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders; and
other events or factors, including changes in general economic, industry and market conditions and trends, as well as any natural disasters that may affect
our operations.
In addition, the stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that
have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect our stock
price, regardless of our actual operating performance. These fluctuations may be even more pronounced in the trading market for our stock shortly following our
initial public offering. In addition, in the past, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies whose stock prices have declined,
especially following periods of volatility in the overall market. This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our
management’s attention and resources.
If
securities
or
industry
analysts
do
not
publish
research
reports
about
our
business,
or
if
they
issue
an
adverse
opinion
about
our
business,
our
stock
price
and
trading
volume
could
decline.
The trading market for our Class B common stock is influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our
business. If one or more of the analysts who cover us issues an adverse opinion about our company, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these
analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price
or trading volume to decline.
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Future
sales
of
our
Class
B
common
stock
in
the
public
market
could
cause
our
stock
price
to
fall.
Our stock price could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares after our initial public offering or the perception that these sales could occur.
These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that
we deem appropriate.
As of January 31, 2019 , 23,434,542 shares of our Class B common stock were outstanding. All shares of our Class B common stock sold in our initial public
offering are freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act unless held by our “affiliates,” as that term is defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act. The shares of Class B common stock subject to outstanding options and warrants, of which 1,709,661 and 132,062 were exercisable as of
January 31, 2019 , respectively, and the shares reserved for future issuance under our equity incentive plans will become available for sale immediately upon the
exercise of such options, subject to applicable securities law restrictions. Additionally, “sell-to-cover” transactions are utilized in connection with the vesting and
settlement of restricted stock units so that shares of our common stock are sold on behalf of our employees in an amount sufficient to cover the tax withholding
obligations associated with these awards. As a result of these transactions, a significant number of shares of our stock may be sold over a limited time period in
connection with significant vesting events. In June 2019, for example, approximately 114,697 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest and settle, which may
increase the volume of our shares that would otherwise be sold during this time. On June 29, 2018, we registered the offer and sale of all shares of common stock
that we may issue under our equity compensation plans. As a consequence, the sale of shares to be issued under our equity incentive plans can be freely sold in the
public market upon issuance, subject to the lockup agreements and the restrictions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
The holders of 14,098,937 shares, or approximately 53% , of our Class A and Class B common stock as of January 31, 2019 have rights, subject to some
conditions, to require us to file registration statements covering the sale of their shares or to include their shares in registration statements that we may file for
ourselves or other stockholders. Once we register the offer and sale of shares for the holders of registration rights, they can be freely sold in the public market upon
issuance, subject to the lock-up agreements and the restrictions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, in the case of our affiliates.
As of January 31, 2019, Cocolalla, LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. James, owned 3,263,659 shares of our Class A common stock and Mr. James owned
100,000 shares of Class B common stock. Collectively, these shares represent approximately 85% of the voting power of our company. These shares are eligible
for resale into the public market within the restrictions imposed by Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Sales of a significant amount of these shares could adversely
affect the market price for our Class B common stock. Mr. James has informed us he and Cocolalla, LLC have entered into an arrangement under which he has
pledged all of such shares to secure a loan with a financial institution , which Mr. James believes represents a convenient financial instrument . Mr. James has also
indicated th is loan has or will have various requirements to repay all or a portion of the loan upon the occurrence of various events, including when the price of the
Class B common stock goes below certain specified levels. Mr. James has indicated that (1) he has substantial assets other than shares of our common stock and (2)
if repayment of the loan is triggered there is a cure period to sell assets or restructure the loan. Although Mr. James has indicated his intention to sell other assets if
necessary, shares of our common stock may need to be sold to meet these repayment requirements. Upon a default under such loan following any applicable cure
period , the lender could sell the pledged shares into the market without limitation on volume or manner of sale. Sales of such shares to reduce the loan balance or
by the lender upon foreclosure are likely to adversely affect our stock price. Mr. James has also indicated to us that he may in the future from time to time
refinance such indebtedness, enter into derivative transactions based on the value of our Class B common stock, dispose of shares of common stock, otherwise
monetize shares of his common stock and/or engage in other transactions relating to shares of our common stock and/or other securities of the company. Any of
these activities may adversely affect the price of our common stock. Mr. James has also indicated that he intends to (1) continue to beneficially own a majority of
the Class A common stock that he currently beneficially owns and (2) continue to control at least a majority of the voting power of our company.
In addition, in the future, we may issue additional shares of Class B common stock or other equity or debt securities convertible into common stock in
connection with a financing, acquisition, litigation settlement, employee arrangement or otherwise. Any such issuance could result in substantial dilution to our
existing stockholders and could cause our stock price to decline.
We
have
broad
discretion
to
use
the
net
proceeds
from
our
initial
public
offering,
and
our
investment
of
these
proceeds
may
not
yield
a
favorable
return.
We
may
invest
the
proceeds
of
our
initial
public
offering
in
ways
you
disagree
with.
Our management has broad discretion as to how to spend and invest the proceeds from our initial public offering, and we may spend or invest these proceeds
in a way with which our stockholders may disagree. Accordingly, you will need to rely on our judgment with respect to the use of these proceeds. We expect to use
the net proceeds from our initial public offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes, which we currently expect will include continued
investment in developing
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technology to support our growth, increased investment in our sales team and marketing activities, as well as overall growth in our international operations. We
could spend the proceeds from our initial public offering in ways that our stockholders may not agree with or that do not yield a favorable return. You will not have
the opportunity as part of your investment decision to assess whether the net proceeds are being used appropriately and will need to rely upon the judgment of our
management with respect to the use of proceeds. If we do not use the net proceeds that we receive in our initial public offering effectively, our business, financial
condition, operating results and prospects could be harmed, and the market price of our Class B common stock could decline.
An
active
trading
market
for
our
Class
B
common
stock
may
not
develop.
Prior to our initial public offering, there was no public market for our Class B common stock, and an active trading market for our shares may never develop
or be sustained following our initial public offering. In addition, we may have one or more stockholders who continue to hold substantial blocks of our Class B
common stock for sustained periods following our initial public offering. As a result, the trading volume of our stock may be low relative to our total outstanding
shares. As a result of these and other factors, you may be unable to resell your shares of our Class B common stock at a price that you consider reasonable.
Anti-takeover
provisions
in
our
charter
documents
and
under
Delaware
law
could
make
an
acquisition
of
us
difficult,
limit
attempts
by
our
stockholders
to
replace
or
remove
our
current
management
and
limit
our
stock
price.
Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change in our control or change
in our management, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares, or transactions that our stockholders might
otherwise deem to be in their best interests. These provisions include the following:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
our dual-class common stock structure, which provides our holders of Class A common stock with the ability to significantly influence the outcome of
matters requiring stockholder approval, even if they own significantly less than a majority of the shares of our outstanding Class A common stock and
Class B common stock;
when the outstanding shares of Class A common stock represent less than a majority of the total combined voting power of our Class A and Class B
common stock, or the voting threshold date, our board of directors will be classified into three classes of directors with staggered three-year terms, and
directors will only be able to be removed from office for cause;
our amended and restated bylaws provide that, following the voting threshold date, approval of stockholders holding two-thirds of our outstanding voting
power voting as a single class will be required for stockholders to amend or adopt any provision of our bylaws;
our stockholders are able to take action by written consent for any matter until the voting threshold date;
following the voting threshold date, vacancies on our board of directors will be able to be filled only by our board of directors and not by stockholders;
only the chairman of our board of directors, chief executive officer, a majority of our board of directors or, until the voting threshold date, a stockholder
(or group of stockholders) holding at least 50% of the combined voting power of our Class A and Class B common stock are authorized to call a special
meeting of stockholders;
certain litigation against us can only be brought in Delaware;
our restated certificate of incorporation authorizes undesignated preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and shares of which may be
issued, without the approval of the holders of common stock; and
advance notice procedures apply for stockholders to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring matters before an annual meeting of
stockholders.
In addition, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which
generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with any “interested” stockholder for a period of three
years following the date on which the stockholder became an “interested” stockholder. See “Description of Capital Stock.”
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Our
amended
and
restated
bylaws
designate
a
state
or
federal
court
located
within
the
State
of
Delaware
as
the
exclusive
forum
for
substantially
all
disputes
between
us
and
our
stockholders,
which
could
limit
our
stockholders’
ability
to
choose
the
judicial
forum
for
disputes
with
us
or
our
directors,
officers,
or
employees.
Our amended and restated bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (1) any
derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (2) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, or other
employees to us or our stockholders, (3) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the certificate of incorporation
or the amended and restated bylaws or (4) any other action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware), in all cases subject to the court
having jurisdiction over indispensable parties named as defendants.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this provision.
This exclusive-forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of its choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers,
or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees. If a court were to find this exclusive-
forum provision in our amended and restated bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the
dispute in other jurisdictions, which could harm our results of operations.
Our amended and restated bylaws also provide that the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any
complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. In December 2018, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision in Matthew
Sciabacucchi v. Matthew B. Salzberg et al. , C.A. No. 2017-0931-JTL (Del. Ch.), finding that such provisions such as the federal forum provision are not valid
under Delaware law. In light of this decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery, we do not intend to enforce the federal forum provision in our amended and
restated bylaws unless and until such time there is a final determination by the Delaware Supreme Court regarding the validity of such provisions. To the extent the
Delaware Supreme Court makes a final determination that provisions such as the federal forum provision are not valid as a matter of Delaware law, we intend to
amend our bylaws to remove the federal forum provision.
As
an
emerging
growth
company
within
the
meaning
of
the
Securities
Act,
we
will
use
certain
modified
disclosure
requirements,
and
we
cannot
be
certain
if
these
reduced
requirements
will
make
our
Class
B
common
stock
less
attractive
to
investors.
We are an emerging growth company, and for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions
from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies” including:
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•
not being required to have our independent registered public accounting firm audit our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and
exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute
payments not previously approved.
We plan in future filings with the SEC to continue to use the modified disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result, our
stockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can use the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)
(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Thus, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting
standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period under the JOBS Act. As a
result, our consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of issuers who are required to comply with the effective dates for
new or revised accounting standards that are applicable to public companies, which may make our Class B common stock less attractive to investors.
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We could remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years following the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, or until the earliest of:
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•
•
the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenue exceeds $1.07 billion;
the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act,
which would occur if the market value of our Class B common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our
most recently completed second fiscal quarter; or
the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period.
We
have
incurred
and
will
continue
to
incur
increased
costs
by
being
a
public
company.
As a public company, we have incurred and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company,
including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We have incurred and will continue to incur costs associated with corporate governance
requirements, including requirements of the SEC and The Nasdaq Stock Market. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial
compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly. We also expect these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more
expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher
costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, we may have more difficulty attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve on our board of
directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the
additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.
So long as we remain an “emerging growth company,” we expect to avail ourselves of the exemption from the requirement that our independent registered
public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404. When our independent registered public
accounting firm is required to undertake an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, the cost of our compliance with Section 404 will
correspondingly increase. Moreover, if we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 applicable to us in a timely manner, or if we or our
independent registered public accounting firm identifies deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the
market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require
additional financial and management resources.
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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
Our headquarters is located in American Fork, Utah. Our current facility has approximately 54,000 square feet under a lease that expires in April 2020. We
also lease space in various locations throughout the United States for sales and professional services personnel. Our foreign subsidiaries lease office space for their
operations and sales and professional services personnel.
We believe the facilities we lease are sufficient to meet our needs for the immediate future.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we are not a party to any material legal proceedings. In the normal course of business, we may be named
as a party to various legal claims, actions and complaints. We cannot predict whether any resulting liability would have a material adverse effect on our financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
PART II
Market Information for Our Class B Common Stock
Our Class B common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “DOMO” on June 29, 2018. Prior to that date, there was no public
trading market for our Class B common stock. Our Class A common stock is not listed or traded on any stock exchange.
Holders of Record
As of January 31, 2019 , there was one holder of record of our Class A common stock and 301 holders of record of our Class B common stock. The actual
number of stockholders is greater than this number of record holders and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners but whose shares are held in street name
by brokers and other nominees.
Dividend Policy
We do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The information required by this item with respect to our equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference in our Proxy Statement for the 2019 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 .
Stock Performance Graph
The following performance graph and related information is "furnished" and shall not be deemed to be "soliciting material" or "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Exchange Act and Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any filing of Domo, Inc.
under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate it by reference in such filing.
The graph set forth below compares the cumulative total return to stockholders on our Class B common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, or the S&P 500, and the S&P 500 Information Technology Index between June 29, 2018 (the date our Class B common stock
commenced trading) through January 31, 2019 . All values assume a $100 initial investment at market close on June 29, 2018. The initial public offering price of
our Class B common stock, which had a closing stock price of $27.30 on June 29, 2018, was $21.00 per share. Data for the S&P 500 and the S&P
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500 Information Technology Index assume reinvestment of dividends. The comparisons are based on historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to
forecast, the future performance of our Class B common stock.
Comparison of Cumulative Total Return
Company/Index
Domo, Inc.
S&P 500
S&P 500 Information Technology
(1) Base period
Jun 29, 2018
$
(1)
100 $
Jul 31, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Oct 31, 2018 Nov 30, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 Jan 31, 2019
99
59 $
86 $
79 $
58 $
61 $
72 $
100
100
104
102
107
109
107
108
100
100
102
98
92
89
99
95
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Unregistered
Sales
of
Equity
Securities
In January 2019, we amended and restated warrants to purchase an aggregate of 66,664 shares of our Class B common stock at an exercise price of $45.00 per
share to be exercisable for an aggregate of 125,000 shares of Class B common stock at an exercise price of $17.8736 per share.
Use
of
Proceeds
In July 2018, we closed our initial public offering, in which we sold 10,580,000 shares of Class B common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 per share,
including shares sold in connection with the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The offer and sale of all of the shares in the initial
public offering were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-225348), which was declared effective by
the SEC on June 28, 2018. We raised $202.5 million in net proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $15.6 million and offering
expenses of $4.1 million. No payments were made by us to directors, officers or persons owning 10% or more of our capital stock or to their associates, or to our
affiliates, other than payments in the ordinary course of business to officers for salaries. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our
initial public offering as described in the prospectus, dated June 28, 2018, relating to our initial public offering. We invested the funds received in accordance with
our board approved investment policy, which provides for investments in obligations of the U.S. government, money market instruments, registered money market
funds and corporate bonds. The managing underwriters of our initial public offering were Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Allen & Company LLC, Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC.
There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in our final prospectus filed with the SEC on
June 28, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act.
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Issuer
Purchases
of
Equity
Securities
None.
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Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and related notes included within this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The consolidated statement
of operations data for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of January 31, 2018 and 2019 are derived
from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The consolidated balance sheet data
as of January 31, 2017 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our future results, and the results of operations for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 are
not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in the future. The selected consolidated financial data in this section are not intended to replace our
consolidated financial statements and the related notes, and are qualified in their entirety by the consolidated financial statements and related notes included
elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data
Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Cost of revenue:
Subscription (1)
Professional services and other (1)
Total cost of revenue
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing (1)
Research and development (1)
General and administrative (1)(2)(3)
Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
Other income (expense), net (1)
Loss before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net loss
Net loss per share, basic and diluted
Weighted-average number of shares used in
computing net loss per share, basic and diluted
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
(in thousands)
$
58,664 $
87,463 $
15,876
74,540
21,486
11,709
33,195
41,345
118,935
76,164
29,106
224,205
(182,860)
513
(182,347)
773
21,061
108,524
32,427
12,492
44,919
63,605
131,802
78,261
29,323
239,386
(175,781)
(396)
(176,177)
385
$
$
(183,120) $
(176,562) $
(124.90) $
(110.70) $
117,157
25,307
142,464
32,781
16,773
49,554
92,910
131,081
75,740
30,176
236,997
(144,087)
(8,974)
(153,061)
1,248
(154,309)
(9.43)
1,466
1,595
16,358
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________________
(1)
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Other income (expense), net
Total
2017
Year Ended January 31,
2018
(in thousands)
2019
$
46 $
45
1,930
2,206
5,099
17
48 $
40
1,845
2,311
5,090
36
219
154
7,387
6,519
7,492
30
$
9,343
$
9,370
$
21,801
(2)
Includes amortization of certain intangible assets of $0.3 million , $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively .
(3)
Includes reversal of a contingent tax-related accrual of $3.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2019.
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents
Working capital (deficit)
Total assets
Deferred revenue, current and non-current
Long-term debt
Convertible preferred stock
Total stockholders' (deficit) equity
As of January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
68,984 $
61,972 $
(in thousands)
5,762
137,922
49,936
—
594,187
(556,196)
(15,000)
155,355
70,956
46,332
693,158
(721,964)
176,973
107,047
292,632
93,902
97,245
—
44,527
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with the consolidated financial statements
and related notes that are included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K . This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current
plans, expectations and beliefs that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under "Risk Factors" and in other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10-K . Our fiscal year
ends on January 31. References to fiscal 2019, for example, refer to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019.
Overview
We founded Domo in 2010 with the vision of digitally connecting everyone within the enterprise with real-time, rich, relevant data and then encouraging all
employees to collaborate and act. We realized that many organizations were unable to access the massive amounts of data that they were collecting in siloed cloud
applications and on-premise databases. Furthermore, even for organizations that were capable of accessing their data, the process for doing so was time-
consuming, costly, and often resulted in the data being out-of-date by the time it reached decision makers. The delivery format, including alert functionality, and
devices were not adequate for the connected and real-time mobile workforce. Based on these observations, it was apparent that all organizations, regardless of size
or industry, were failing to unlock the power of all of their people, data and systems.
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Since inception, we have focused on creating a comprehensive platform that connects all the people, data and systems that exist within an organization. In
many ways, building Domo was like building seven start-ups in one. A foundational element of our platform is our more than 1,000 powerful first-class
connectors, which we define as read/write, API and standards based connectors, as well as a library of very flexible universal connectors, that currently power over
four hundred thousand Domo datasets, which integrate directly with data sources in real time on a single, intuitive platform. Adrenaline, our data warehouse and
fast query engine, stores massive amounts of data connected from across the business, enabling anyone to quickly access the data they need. To best prepare and
transform all of the connected data, a critical step in making that data available and usable for visualizations and analysis, we developed Domo ETL, a self-service
toolset that enables users, regardless of technical ability, to cleanse and prepare data for analysis. To facilitate data insights, we developed an analysis and
visualization toolkit that enables all employees to analyze, display, share and interact with data across mobile and desktop platforms in real time. Domo Buzz, our
collaborative communication platform, helps foster and engage a curious workforce so that anyone in an organization can participate in improving the business.
Domo leverages machine learning algorithms, predictive analytics, and other artificial intelligence technologies, to create alerts, detect anomalies, optimize
queries, and suggest areas of interest to help people focus on what matters most. We also extended the functionality and effectiveness of our platform, through the
introduction of the Domo Appstore and developer toolkits that enable a partner ecosystem to quickly build applications on the platform. We continue to broaden
our platform's ease of use and self-service capabilities and enhance security and scalability requirements for the enterprise.
We offer our platform to our customers as a subscription-based service. Subscription fees are based on the number of users and the tier of package deployed.
Business leaders and managers are typically the initial subscribers to our platform, deploying it for a specific use case or department. Over time, as customers
recognize the value of our platform, we increasingly engage with CIOs and other executives to facilitate broad enterprise adoption.
A majority of our customers subscribe to our services through one-year contracts, but recently a growing percentage of new and existing customers have
entered into multi-year contracts. In the year ended January 31, 2019 , 43% of our new customers entered into multi-year contracts compared to 38% and 11% in
the years ended January 31, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. As of January 31, 2019 , 42% of all customers were under multi-year contracts and 58% of all customers
were under one-year contracts. By comparison, 32% of all customers were under multi-year contracts and 68% of all customers were under one-year contracts as of
January 31, 2018 . This transition to a higher percentage of multi-year contracts, among both new and existing customers, has enhanced the predictability of our
subscription revenue. We typically invoice our customers annually in advance.
Our business model focuses on maximizing the lifetime value of a customer relationship. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of the
subscription period. In general, customer acquisition costs and other upfront costs associated with new customers are much higher in the first year than the
aggregate revenue we recognize from those new customers in the first year. Over the lifetime of the customer relationship, we also incur sales and marketing costs
to renew or increase usage per customer. However, these costs, as a percentage of revenue, are significantly less than those initially incurred to acquire the
customer. As a result, the profitability of a customer to our business in any particular period depends in part upon how long a customer has been a subscriber and
the degree to which it has expanded its usage of our platform.
Our platform addresses the diverse and evolving needs of employees. Historically, our sales and marketing efforts have been concentrated on initiatives,
including digital marketing, which allowed us to quickly attract a large number of customers and establish our platform in a crowded market. These initial efforts
were primarily targeted toward small and medium sized businesses, with smaller average annual contract values, or ACV, and lower renewal rates. Over time, the
breadth of our platform's capabilities attracted an increasing number of enterprise customers, and we have continued to expand our presence within those
customers. Given the higher average ACV and renewal rates we experience with larger customers, we are focusing on customers with over $100 million in
revenue, with a particular emphasis on enterprise customers, which we define as customers with over $1 billion in revenue. With a view towards improving sales
efficiency, we have shifted our strategy from broad-based digital marketing to enterprise-targeted marketing campaigns and user events to increase our growth with
enterprise customers.
From inception through January 31, 2019 , we have invested $395.0 million in the development of our platform. Given our investments, we believe that we
are well positioned to expand the number of, and increase contract values with enterprise customers. We have also introduced tools that allow customers to manage
their own encryption keys and maintain a broad array of security and compliance certifications that enterprise customers require, particularly those in regulated
industries. As of January 31, 2019 , we had 236 employees in our research and development organization. While we expect research and development expenses
to increase in absolute dollars, we anticipate that it will decrease as a percentage of revenue over time.
For the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , we had total revenue of $74.5 million , $108.5 million and $142.5 million , respectively, representing
year-over-year growth of 46% and 31% for the years ended January 31, 2018 and 2019 ,
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respectively. For the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , no single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue, nor did any single
organization when accounting for multiple subsidiaries or divisions which may have been invoiced separately. Revenue from customers with billing addresses in
the United States comprised 86% , 82% and 77% of our total revenue for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively. We are focused on
growing our international business and will continue to invest in sales operations outside the United States.
We have incurred significant net losses since our inception, including net losses of $183.1 million , $176.6 million and $154.3 million for the years ended
January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively, and had an accumulated deficit of $912.1 million at January 31, 2019 . We expect to incur losses for the
foreseeable future and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability.
Recent Developments
On July 3, 2018, we closed our initial public offering, or IPO, in which we issued and sold 10,580,000 shares of Class B common stock at $21.00 per share
for aggregate net proceeds of $202.5 million , after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses payable by us.
In January 2019, we entered into an amendment to our $100.0 million credit facility which extended the maturity date for all outstanding loans to October 1,
2022. The amendment also revised the maximum debt ratio financial covenant, increased the amount of the closing fee to $7.0 million, and increased the number
of warrants to purchase Class B common stock.
Factors Affecting Performance
Continue
to
Attract
New
Customers
We believe that our ability to expand our customer base is an important indicator of market penetration, the growth of our business, and future business
opportunities. We define a customer at the end of any particular quarter as an entity that generated revenue greater than $2,500 during that quarter. In situations
where an organization has multiple subsidiaries or divisions, each entity that is invoiced at a separate billing address is treated as a separate customer. In cases
where customers purchase through a reseller, each end customer is counted separately.
As of January 31, 2019 , we had over 1,700 customers. From January 31, 2014 to January 31, 2019 , the number of our customers with revenue over $1
billion increased from 36 to 447 , representing a 66% compound annual growth rate. For the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , our enterprise
customers accounted for 47% , 46% and 45% of our revenue, respectively. We focus our sales and marketing resources on obtaining customers with over $100
million in revenue, with a particular emphasis on enterprise customers. In order to accelerate customer growth, we intend to further develop our partner ecosystem
by establishing agreements with more software resellers, systems integrators and implementation partners to provide broader customer and geographic coverage.
We believe we are underpenetrated in the overall market and have significant opportunity to expand our customer base over time.
Customer
Upsell
and
Retention
We employ a land and expand sales model, and our performance depends on our ability to retain customers and expand the number of users and use cases at
existing customers over time. It currently takes multiple years for our customers to fully embrace the power of our platform. We believe that as customers deploy
greater volumes and sources of data for multiple use cases, the unique features of our platform can address the needs of everyone within their organization. We are
still in the early stages of expanding within many of our customers.
We have invested in platform capabilities and online support resources that allow our customers to expand the use of our platform in a self-guided manner.
Our professional services, customer support and customer success functions also support our sales force by helping customers to successfully deploy our platform
and implement additional use cases. In addition, we believe our partner ecosystem will become increasingly important over time. We work closely with our
customers to drive increased engagement with our platform by identifying new use cases through our customer success teams, as well as in-platform, self-guided
experiences. We actively engage with our customers to assess whether they are satisfied and fully realizing the benefits of our platform. While these efforts often
require a substantial commitment and upfront costs, we believe our investment in product, customer support, customer success and professional services will create
opportunities to expand our customer relationships over time.
Our ability to drive growth and generate incremental revenue depends heavily on our ability to retain our customers and increase their usage of our platform.
An important way that we measure our performance in this area is to track the growth in
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our subscription revenue generated from a cohort of customers over time. With that objective in mind, we allocate our customer success and customer support
resources to align with maximizing the retention and expansion of our subscription revenue.
Our subscription net revenue retention rate compares the subscription revenue in a given period from the cohort of customers that generated subscription
revenue at the beginning of the same period in the prior fiscal year, excluding customers from the cohort who canceled during the prior period. The subscription net
revenue retention rate is the quotient obtained by dividing the subscription revenue generated from that cohort in a period, by the subscription revenue generated
from that same cohort in the corresponding prior year period.
The following table sets forth our subscription net revenue retention rate for each of the eight quarters in the period ended January 31, 2019 :
Q1 2018
Q2 2018
Q3 2018
Q4 2018
Q1 2019
Q2 2019
Q3 2019
Q4 2019
All Customers
Enterprise Customers
Non-Enterprise Customers
101%
107%
107%
111%
105%
105%
106%
108
95
122
95
116
99
122
102
115
98
109
101
110
102
103%
106
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Our gross subscription dollars churned is equal to the amount of subscription revenue we lost in the current period from the cohort of customers who generated
subscription revenue in the prior year period. In the year ended January 31, 2019 , we lost $15.4 million of subscription revenue generated by the cohort in the prior
year period, or 18% of subscription revenue for the year ended January 31, 2018 . Of this amount, $6.5 million was lost from our cohort of enterprise customers
and $8.9 million was lost from our cohort of non-enterprise customers. By comparison, in the year ended January 31, 2018 , we lost $12.4 million of subscription
revenue generated by the cohort in the prior year period, or 21% of subscription revenue for the year ended January 31, 2017 . Of this amount, $5.0 million was
lost from our cohort of enterprise customers and $7.4 million was lost from our cohort of non-enterprise customers.
As we continue to enhance our product and develop methods to encourage wider and more strategic adoptions, including shifting our sales and marketing
activities towards enterprise customers, we expect that our subscription net revenue retention rate will increase over the long term; however, our ability to
successfully upsell and the impact of cancellations may vary from period to period, with greater variability on a quarterly basis, particularly among our cohort of
enterprise customers, due to fewer customers in this cohort compared to non-enterprise customers, higher average contract values and more significant expansion
opportunities. The extent of this variability depends on a number of factors including the size and timing of upsells and cancellations relative to the initial
subscriptions.
Sales
and
Marketing
Efficiency
We are focused on increasing the efficiency of our sales force and marketing activities by enhancing account targeting, messaging, field sales operations and
sales training in order to reduce our sales and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue and accelerate the adoption of our platform. Our sales strategy depends
on our ability to continue to attract top talent, increasing our pipeline of business, and enhancing sales productivity. We focus on productivity per quota-carrying
sales representative and the time it takes our sales representatives to reach full productivity. The ACV per sales representative per year increased by approximately
11% from January 31, 2018 to January 31, 2019 and 14% from January 31, 2017 to January 31, 2018 .
We manage our pipeline by sales representative to ensure sufficient coverage of our sales targets. Our ability to manage our sales productivity and pipeline are
important factors to the success of our business. We also intend to shift marketing spending from broad based initiatives that are better suited to attracting smaller
organizations towards enterprise-targeted marketing campaigns and user events that we believe will result in larger initial new customer ACV and more upsell
ACV potential.
Leverage
Research
and
Development
Investments
for
Future
Growth
Historically, given building Domo was like building seven start-ups in one, we had to make significant investments in research and development to build a
platform that powers a business and provides enterprises with features and functionality that they require. We plan to continue to make investments in areas of our
business to continue to expand our platform functionality. However, the amount of new investments required to achieve our plans is expected to decrease as a
percentage of revenue compared to historical years.
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Key Business Metric
Billings
Billings represent our total revenue plus the change in deferred revenue in a period. Billings reflect sales to new customers plus subscription renewals and
upsells to existing customers, and represent amounts invoiced for subscription, support and professional services. We typically invoice customers in advance in
annual installments for subscriptions to our platform. Because we generate most of our revenue from customers who are invoiced on an annual basis and have a
wide range of annual contract values, we may experience variability due to typical enterprise buying patterns and timing of large renewals.
The following table sets forth our billings for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 :
Billings (in thousands)
Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
92,412 $
129,544 $
165,410
We offer subscriptions to our cloud-based platform. We derive our revenue primarily from subscriptions and professional services. Subscription revenue
consists primarily of fees to provide our customers access to our cloud-based platform, which includes online customer support resources at no additional cost.
Professional service fees include implementation services, optimization services, and training.
Subscription revenue accounted for approximately 79% , 81% and 82% of our revenue for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively.
Subscription revenue is a function of the number of customers, the number of users at each customer, and the price per user.
Subscription revenue is recognized ratably over the related contractual term beginning on the date the platform is made available to the customer. Our new
business subscriptions typically have a term of one to three years, and we generally invoice our customers in annual installments at the beginning of each year in
the subscription period. Amounts that have been invoiced are initially recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized ratably over the subscription period.
Professional services and other revenue consists of implementation services sold with new subscriptions, as well as professional services sold separately,
including training and education. Professional services are generally billed in advance and revenue from these arrangements is recognized as the services are
performed. Our professional services engagements typically span from a few weeks to several months.
Cost
of
Revenue
Cost of subscription revenue consists primarily of third-party hosting services and data center capacity; salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based
compensation, or employee-related costs, directly associated with cloud infrastructure and customer support personnel; amortization expense associated with
capitalized software development costs; depreciation expense associated with computer equipment and software; certain fees paid to various third parties for the
use of their technology and services; and allocated overhead. Allocated overhead includes items such as information technology infrastructure, rent, and certain
employee benefit costs.
Cost of professional services and other revenue consists primarily of employee-related costs directly associated with these services, third-party consultant fees,
and allocated overhead.
Operating
Expenses
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs directly associated with our sales and marketing staff and
commissions. Other sales and marketing costs include digital marketing programs and promotional events to promote our brand, including Domopalooza, our
annual user conference, as well as tradeshows, advertising and allocated overhead. Contract acquisition costs, including sales commissions, are deferred and then
amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of benefit, which we have determined to be approximately four years for initial contracts. Contract
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acquisition costs related to renewal contracts and professional services are recorded as expense when incurred if the period of benefit is one year or less.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs for the design and development of our platform,
contractor costs to supplement staff levels, third-party web services, consulting services, and allocated overhead. Our cycle of frequent updates has facilitated rapid
innovation and the introduction of new product features throughout our history. We capitalize certain software development costs that are attributable to
developing new features and adding incremental functionality to our platform, and amortize such costs as costs of subscription revenue over the estimated life of
the new feature or incremental functionality, which is generally three years.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist of employee-related costs for executive, finance, legal, human resources, recruiting
and administrative personnel; professional fees for external legal, accounting, recruiting and other consulting services; and allocated overhead costs.
Other
Income
(Expense),
Net
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of interest expense related to long-term debt and interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents. It
also includes the effect of exchange rates on foreign currency transaction gains and losses as well as foreign currency gains and losses upon remeasurement of
intercompany balances. The transactional impacts of foreign currency are recorded as foreign currency losses (gains) in the consolidated statements of operations.
Provision
for
Income
Taxes
Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes related to foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business. Because of the
uncertainty of the realization of the deferred tax assets, we have a full valuation allowance for domestic net deferred tax assets, including net operating loss
carryforwards and tax credits related primarily to research and development.
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Results of Operations
The following tables set forth selected consolidated statements of operations data and such data as a percentage of total revenue for each of the periods
indicated:
Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Cost of revenue:
Subscription (1)
Professional services and other (1)
Total cost of revenue
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing (1)
Research and development (1)
General and administrative (1)(2)(3)
Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
Other income (expense), net (1)
Loss before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net loss
________________
(1)
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Other income (expense), net
Total
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
(in thousands)
$
58,664 $
87,463 $
15,876
74,540
21,486
11,709
33,195
41,345
118,935
76,164
29,106
224,205
(182,860)
513
(182,347)
773
21,061
108,524
32,427
12,492
44,919
63,605
131,802
78,261
29,323
239,386
(175,781)
(396)
(176,177)
385
$
(183,120) $
(176,562) $
117,157
25,307
142,464
32,781
16,773
49,554
92,910
131,081
75,740
30,176
236,997
(144,087)
(8,974)
(153,061)
1,248
(154,309)
2017
Year Ended January 31,
2018
(in thousands)
2019
$
46 $
45
1,930
2,206
5,099
17
48 $
40
1,845
2,311
5,090
36
219
154
7,387
6,519
7,492
30
$
9,343
$
9,370
$
21,801
(2)
Includes amortization of certain intangible assets of $0.3 million , $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively .
(3)
Includes reversal of a contingent tax-related accrual of $3.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2019.
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Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total cost of revenue
Gross margin
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
Other income (expense), net
Loss before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net loss
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
79 %
81 %
21
100
29
16
45
55
160
102
39
301
(246)
1
(245)
1
(246)%
19
100
30
12
42
58
121
72
27
220
(162)
—
(162)
—
(162)%
82 %
18
100
23
12
35
65
92
53
21
166
(101)
(6)
(107)
1
(108)%
Discussion of the Years Ended January 31, 2018 and 2019
Revenue
Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Percentage of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total
Year Ended January 31,
2018
2019
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
$
$
87,463
$
117,157
$
21,061
25,307
108,524
$
142,464
$
29,694
4,246
33,940
34%
20
31
81%
19
100%
82%
18
100%
Total revenue was $142.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $108.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , an increase of $33.9
million , or 31% . Subscription revenue was $117.2 million , or 82% of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $87.5 million , or 81%
of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2018 . The increase in subscription revenue was primarily due to a $23.4 million increase from new customers and
a $6.3 million increase from existing customers. Our customer count increased 15% from January 31, 2018 to January 31, 2019 . We anticipate that as we
continue to close new business and retain our customers that subscription revenue will continue to increase as a percent of total revenue.
Professional services and other revenue was $25.3 million , or 18% of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $21.1 million , or
19% of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2018 . This increase is due to a higher volume of implementation and training services provided to our
customers.
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Cost
of
Revenue,
Gross
Profit
and
Gross
Margin
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total cost of revenue
Gross profit
Gross margin:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total gross margin
Year Ended January 31,
2018
2019
$ Change
% Change
$
$
$
(in thousands)
32,427
$
32,781
$
12,492
44,919
63,605
$
$
63%
41
59
16,773
49,554
92,910
$
$
72%
34
65
354
4,281
4,635
29,305
1%
34
10
46
Cost of subscription revenue was $32.8 million for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $32.4 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , an
increase of $0.4 million , or 1% . The majority of the increase in cost of subscription revenue was due to employee-related costs, which increased by $2.1 million
primarily as a result of salary increases. Other increases included $0.9 million related to our data center and $0.7 million in amortization of capitalized software
development costs. These increases were offset by a decrease of $3.3 million related to optimization of our third-party hosting services.
Cost of professional services and other revenue was $16.8 million for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $12.5 million for the year ended January
31, 2018 . This increase is primarily due to a higher volume of services provided by third-party consultants related to implementation and training.
Subscription gross margin improved due to economies of scale driven by increased subscription revenue and cost improvements due to more proactive
management and optimization of our third-party hosting services. We expect subscription gross margin to improve as we continue to effectively manage our data
center operations and third-party hosting services.
Services gross margin declined due to heavier use of third-party consultants to perform services for our customers. In addition, rates for these consultants have
increased from the prior year. While we expect the cost of professional services will decline as a percentage of total revenue over the long term as our business
scales and as we continue to develop our partner ecosystem, such costs could fluctuate from period to period depending on the mix of our customer base,
particularly if in a given period we have a concentration of large professional services projects that we delivered which are typically associated with enterprise
customers.
Operating
Expenses
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Total operating expenses
Percentage of revenue:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Year Ended January 31,
2018
2019
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
$
$
131,802
$
131,081
$
78,261
29,323
75,740
30,176
239,386
$
236,997
$
(721)
(2,521)
853
(2,389)
(1)%
(3)
3
(1)
121%
72
27
92%
53
21
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Sales and marketing expenses were $131.1 million for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $131.8 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , a
decrease of $0.7 million , or 1% . The change was primarily due to a $10.2 million decrease in marketing programs and event costs. This decrease was offset by
an increase of $8.2 million in employee-related costs, including $5.6 million of stock-based compensation related to the performance vesting condition of certain
RSUs, which was deemed probable of being satisfied upon the effectiveness of the registration statement related to our initial public offering, or IPO, and $2.6
million attributable to higher headcount and salary increases. Other increases included commission expense, which increased by $0.7 million due to higher sales,
and travel expense, which increased by $0.4 million.
Sales and marketing expense as a percentage of total revenue decreased from 121% in the year ended January 31, 2018 to 92% in the year ended January 31,
2019 . We expect sales and marketing expense to continue to decline as a percentage of total revenue in the long term.
Research and development expenses were $75.7 million for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $78.3 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 ,
a decrease of $2.5 million , or 3% . Employee-related costs increased by $4.2 million due to stock-based compensation related to the performance vesting condition
of certain RSUs, which was deemed probable of being satisfied upon the effectiveness of the registration statement related to our IPO. This increase was offset by a
$3.6 million increase in capitalized software development costs (resulting in decreased expense) and a decrease of $3.0 million in third-party web services for
internal use.
Research and development expense as a percentage of revenue decreased from 72% in the year ended January 31, 2018 to 53% in the year ended January 31,
2019 . We expect research and development expense to continue to decline as a percentage of total revenue in the long term as we leverage previous investments in
our research and development organization.
General and administrative expenses were $30.2 million for the year ended January 31, 2019 , compared to $29.3 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 ,
an increase of $0.9 million , or 3% . Employee-related costs increased by $3.3 million, including $2.4 million of stock-based compensation related to the
performance vesting condition of certain RSUs, which was deemed probable of being satisfied upon the effectiveness of the registration statement related to our
IPO, and $0.9 million attributable to higher headcount and salary increases. Other increases included $0.8 million in costs associated with being a public company.
These increases were offset by a $3.5 million reversal of a contingent tax-related accrual.
General and administrative expenses as a percent of revenue decreased from 27% in the year ended January 31, 2018 to 21% in the year ended January 31,
2019 . In the long term, we expect general and administrative expense to decline as a percentage of total revenue as we leverage previous investments in our
general and administrative organization; however, we expect general and administrative expense to increase in absolute dollars due to additional costs associated
with operating as a public company including incremental costs for accounting, compliance, insurance, and investor relations.
Other
Income
(Expense),
Net
Other income (expense), net
$
(396) $
(8,974) $
(8,578)
2,166%
Other income (expense), net increased $8.6 million . This increase is primarily due to an increase in interest expense of $10.0 million related to the credit
facility, offset by interest income on IPO proceeds of $2.1 million. In the short term, we expect interest expense to increase due to a higher debt balance and higher
interest rates.
Year Ended January 31,
2018
2019
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
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Provision
for
Income
Taxes
Provision for income taxes
$
385 $
1,248 $
863
224%
Provision for income taxes increased $0.9 million due to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the income tax provision for the year ended January 31,
2018 and expanded foreign operations during the year ended January 31, 2019 . We expect income tax expense to continue to increase in conjunction with growth
in our international subsidiaries.
Year Ended January 31,
2018
2019
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
Discussion of the Years Ended January 31, 2017 and 2018
Revenue
Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Percentage of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
$
$
58,664
$
87,463
$
15,876
21,061
74,540
$
108,524
$
28,799
5,185
33,984
49%
33
46
79%
21
100%
81%
19
100%
Total revenue was $108.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $74.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2017 , an increase of $34.0
million , or 46% . Subscription revenue was $87.5 million , or 81% of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $58.7 million , or 79% of
total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2017 . The increase in subscription revenue was primarily due to a $15.9 million increase from existing customers and
a $12.9 million increase from new customers. Our customer count increased 27% from January 31, 2017 to January 31, 2018 .
Professional services and other revenue was $21.1 million , or 19% of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $15.9 million , or
21% of total revenue, for the year ended January 31, 2017 . This increase is due to a higher volume of implementation and training services provided to our
customers.
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Cost
of
Revenue,
Gross
Profit
and
Gross
Margin
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total cost of revenue
Gross profit
Gross margin:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total gross margin
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
$
$
$
21,486
$
32,427
$
11,709
33,195
41,345
$
$
12,492
44,919
63,605
$
$
10,941
783
11,724
22,260
51%
7
35
54
63%
26
56
63%
41
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Cost of subscription revenue was $32.4 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $21.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2017 , an
increase of $10.9 million , or 51% . The increase in cost of subscription revenue was primarily due to an increase of $5.3 million in expanded use of our third-
party hosting services by existing and new customers and $2.6 million in employee-related costs, as the average headcount in our cloud infrastructure and customer
support organizations increased from 88 for the year ended January 31, 2017 to 102 for the year ended January 31, 2018 . The increase was also attributable to an
increase of $1.7 million in amortization of capitalized software developments costs, and an increase of $1.2 million related to allocated overhead and outside
services costs driven by our overall growth.
Cost of professional services and other revenue was $12.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $11.7 million for the year ended January
31, 2017 . This increase is primarily due to a higher volume of services provided by third-party consultants related to implementation and training.
Subscription gross margin remained flat, while gross margin for professional services and other increased from 26% for the year ended January 31, 2017 to
41% for the year ended January 31, 2018 due to efficiencies gained in delivering our professional services.
Operating
Expenses
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Total operating expenses
Percentage of revenue:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
$
$
118,935
$
131,802
$
76,164
29,106
78,261
29,323
224,205
$
239,386
$
12,867
2,097
217
15,181
11%
3
1
7
160%
102
39
121%
72
27
Sales and marketing expenses were $131.8 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $118.9 million for the year ended January 31, 2017 , an
increase of $12.9 million , or 11% . The increase was primarily due to an increase of $11.2 million in marketing programs and event costs and $1.5 million in
costs related to third party consulting. The increase was also attributable to an increase of $1.1 million in personnel costs as the average sales and marketing
headcount increased from 289 for the year ended January 31, 2017 to 300 for the year ended January 31, 2018 . The increase is partially offset by a decrease
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of $1.7 million in commission expense primarily due to a decrease in the average commission rate relating to professional services.
Sales and marketing expense as a percentage of total revenue decreased from 160% in the year ended January 31, 2017 to 121% in the year ended January 31,
2018 .
Research and development expenses were $78.3 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $76.2 million for the year ended January 31, 2017 ,
an increase of $2.1 million , or 3% . The increase was primarily due to an increase of $2.2 million in employee-related costs as discretionary bonuses increased by
$1.4 million and our average research and development headcount increased from 257 during the year ended January 31, 2017 to 266 during the year ended
January 31, 2018 . The increase was also attributable to a $2.8 million decrease in capitalized software development costs. The increase is partially offset by a
decrease of $3.3 million in third-party web services for internal use.
Research and development expense as a percentage of revenue decreased from 102% in the year ended January 31, 2017 to 72% in the year ended January 31,
2018 .
General and administrative expenses were $29.3 million for the year ended January 31, 2018 , compared to $29.1 million for the year ended January 31, 2017 ,
an increase of $0.2 million , or 1% . The increase was primarily due to an increase of $1.3 million in employee-related costs as we prepare to operate as a public
company. The increase was partially offset by a decrease of $0.9 million in sales and other indirect taxes.
General and administrative expenses as a percent of revenue decreased from 39% in the year ended January 31, 2017 to 27% in the year ended January 31,
2018 .
Other
Income
(Expense),
Net
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
Other income (expense), net
$
513 $
(396) $
(909)
(177)%
Other income (expense), net increased $0.9 million . This decrease is primarily due to an increase in interest expense of $1.1 million due to the credit facility
entered into in December 2017 and as amended in April 2018. The increase in interest expense was slightly offset by an increase in other income due to foreign
currency transaction gains.
Provision
for
Income
Taxes
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
$ Change
% Change
(in thousands)
Provision for income taxes
$
773 $
385 $
(388)
(50)%
Provision for income taxes decreased $0.4 million due to effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Quarterly Results of Operations
The following tables set forth selected unaudited quarterly consolidated statements of operations data for each of the eight quarters in the period ended
January 31, 2019 , as well as the percentage of revenue that each line item represents for each quarter. The information for each of these quarters has been prepared
on the same basis as the audited annual consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and, in the opinion of
management, includes all adjustments, which consist only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of operations for these
periods in accordance with GAAP. This data should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These quarterly operating results are not necessarily indicative of our operating results for a full year or any future period.
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April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
April 30,
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
July 31,
2018
October 31,
January 31,
2018
2019
Three Months Ended
(in thousands)
21,052 $
22,656
$
24,652
$
Revenue:
Subscription
$
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Cost of revenue:
Subscription (1)
Professional services and other (1)
Total cost of revenue
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing (1)
Research and development (1)
General and administrative (1)(2)
Total operating expenses
19,103 $
5,143
24,246
6,936
2,802
9,738
14,508
35,517
19,703
7,245
62,465
4,851
25,903
7,570
3,083
10,653
15,250
31,413
20,191
7,288
58,892
5,646
28,302
9,102
3,292
12,394
15,908
33,552
18,787
7,280
59,619
Loss from operations
(47,957)
(43,642)
(43,711)
Other income (expense), net (1)
82
243
(74)
Loss before income taxes
(47,875)
(43,399)
(43,785)
Provision for income taxes
103
94
99
Net loss
________________
(1)
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):
$
(47,978)
$
(43,493)
$
(43,884)
$
(41,207)
$
5,421
30,073
8,819
3,315
12,134
17,939
31,320
19,580
7,510
58,410
(40,471)
(647)
(41,118)
89
26,663 $
5,282
31,945
28,166 $
6,101
34,267
30,398 $
6,446
36,844
8,056
3,510
11,566
20,379
39,656
19,064
4,644
63,364
(42,985)
(1,919)
(44,904)
603
(45,507) $
8,265
4,253
12,518
21,749
34,002
20,919
10,207
65,128
(43,379)
(2,898)
(46,277)
107
(46,384) $
8,193
4,734
12,927
23,917
28,034
18,803
7,055
53,892
(29,975)
(2,371)
(32,346)
199
(32,545) $
31,930
7,478
39,408
8,267
4,276
12,543
26,865
29,389
16,954
8,270
54,613
(27,748)
(1,786)
(29,534)
339
(29,873)
April 30,
2017
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
2019
Three Months Ended
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Other expense (income), net
Total
$
$
11 $
10
590
522
1,271
8
2,412 $
12 $
11
462
595
1,276
9
2,365 $
13 $
10
453
628
1,273
8
2,385 $
12 $
9
340
566
1,270
11
2,208 $
15 $
8
305
483
1,265
17
2,093 $
55 $
70
3,744
2,993
3,330
(26)
10,166 $
74 $
34
1,441
1,630
1,461
14
4,654 $
75
42
1,897
1,413
1,436
25
4,888
(2)
Includes amortization of certain intangible assets as follows (in thousands) :
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
2019
Three Months Ended
General and administrative
$
20 $
20 $
20 $
20 $
20 $
20 $
20 $
20
(3)
Includes reversals of contingent tax-related accruals as follows (in thousands) :
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
2019
Three Months Ended
General and administrative
$
— $
— $
— $
— $
(3,513) $
— $
— $
—
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April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
2019
Three Months Ended
(as a percentage of total revenue)
79 %
81 %
80 %
82 %
83 %
82 %
83 %
21
100
29
12
41
59
146
81
30
257
(198)
—
(198)
—
(198)%
19
100
29
12
41
59
121
78
28
227
(168)
1
(167)
—
(167)%
20
100
32
12
44
56
119
66
26
211
(155)
—
(155)
—
(155)%
18
100
29
11
40
60
104
65
25
194
(134)
(2)
(136)
17
100
25
11
36
64
124
60
15
199
(135)
(6)
(141)
—
(136)%
2
(143)%
18
100
24
13
37
63
99
61
30
190
(127)
(8)
(135)
—
(135)%
17
100
22
13
35
65
76
51
19
146
(81)
(6)
(87)
1
81 %
19
100
21
11
32
68
75
43
20
138
(70)
(5)
(75)
1
(88)%
(76)%
Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total cost of revenue
Gross margin
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
Other income (expense), net
Loss before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net loss
Quarterly
Trends
in
Revenue
Our quarterly revenue increased sequentially for all periods presented primarily due to increases in the number of new customers, average contract value and
expanded relationships with existing customers. In some cases, revenue for professional services decreased period over period due to timing of work completed on
large projects. Our professional services revenue has experienced significant volatility in the past and we expect this volatility to continue.
Quarterly
Costs
and
Expenses
Trends
Costs of subscription services increased across the first three quarters presented primarily due to the continued expansion of our cloud infrastructure and
increased employee headcount. For the three months ended January 31, 2018, April 30, 2018 and October 31, 2018, costs of subscription services decreased
compared to the preceding three month period due to optimization of our third-party hosting services. Costs of professional services fluctuated across the quarters
presented, primarily due to timing of work completed on large projects. For the three months ended January 31, 2019, costs of professional services decreased
compared to the preceding three month period, as we aligned the use of our implementation partner resources with the lower volume of projects delivered during
that period.
For all three categories of operating expenses (sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative), expenses for the three months
ended July 31, 2018 were higher than usual due to stock-based compensation related to the vesting of certain RSUs with a performance condition, which was
deemed probable of being satisfied upon the effectiveness of the registration statement related to our IPO.
Sales and marketing costs fluctuated across the quarters presented, primarily due to the timing of marketing events. These costs were higher than usual during
the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2018 due to increased costs associated with our annual Domopalooza user conference. Sales and marketing costs were
also higher than usual during the three months ended October 31, 2017 due to increased tradeshow activity relative to other periods. For the three months ended
October 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019, sales and marketing costs were lower relative to the other quarters presented due to lower employee-related costs and
reduction of advertising costs.
Research and development costs remained relatively flat across the quarters presented, with the exception of the three months ended October 31, 2018 and
January 31, 2019, where costs decreased due to lower employee-related costs.
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General and administrative costs also remained relatively flat across the quarters presented. These costs were lower than usual during the three months ended
April 30, 2018 due to the reversal of a contingent tax-related accrual and were higher during the three months ended January 31, 2019 due to costs associated with
being a public company.
Other income (expense), net has increased in recent quarters due to interest expense associated with the credit facility.
Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate due to various factors affecting our performance. In addition, we recognize revenue from subscriptions ratably
over the term of the contract. Therefore, changes in our contracting activity in the near term may not impact changes to our reported revenue until future periods.
Quarterly Billings
The following table sets forth billings for each of the eight quarters in the period ended January 31, 2019 .
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
April 30,
July 31,
October 31,
January 31,
Three Months Ended
Billings (in thousands)
$
27,663 $
26,464 $
30,015 $
45,402 $
33,714 $
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
35,664 $
2018
38,791 $
2019
57,241
Quarterly
Billings
Trends
The improvement in billings is due to the acquisition of additional customers and sales of larger subscription contracts to existing customers, which are
attributable to our continued focus on selling to larger enterprise customers. The increase in billings during the three months ended January 31, 2018 and 2019 is
primarily from seasonality due to the buying patterns of our larger customers and the higher concentration of customers renewing their subscriptions in our fiscal
fourth quarter.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of January 31, 2019 , we had $177.0 million of cash and cash equivalents. Our cash equivalents are comprised primarily of money market funds. On July 3,
2018, we closed our initial public offering of 10,580,000 shares of Class B common stock at an initial price to the public of $21.00 per share, resulting in aggregate
net proceeds to us of $202.5 million , after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses payable by us. In December 2017, we entered into an $80
million credit facility and drew $50 million. In April 2018, we amended the credit facility pursuant to which we were able to incur an additional $20 million in
term loan borrowings, for a total availability of $100 million under the amended facility. We drew the remaining $50 million during April 2018.
Since inception, we have financed operations primarily through the periodic sale of convertible preferred stock, cash collected from customers for our
subscriptions and services, our IPO and to a lesser extent, debt financing. Our principal uses of cash have consisted of employee-related costs, marketing programs
and events, and payments related to hosting our cloud-based platform.
We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements for at least the next 12 months. We may
need to raise additional funds to invest in growth opportunities, product development, sales and marketing, and other purposes. Our future capital requirements will
depend on many factors, including our growth rate, the level of investments we make in product development and sales and marketing activities, the continuing
market acceptance of our platform, customer retention rates and other investments to support the growth of our business, and may increase materially from those
currently planned. We may seek to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings. If we raise additional funds through the incurrence of indebtedness,
such indebtedness likely would have rights that are senior to holders of our equity securities and could contain covenants that restrict operations in the same or
similar manner as our credit facility. Any additional equity financing likely would be dilutive to existing stockholders. We cannot assure you that any additional
financing will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
Although we are not currently a party to any agreement or letter of intent with respect to potential investments in, or acquisitions of, complementary
businesses, services or technologies, we may enter into these types of arrangements in the future, which could also require us to seek additional equity financing,
incur indebtedness, or use cash resources. We have no present understandings, commitments or agreements to enter into any such acquisitions.
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Credit
Facility
The credit facility, as amended, permits us to incur up to $100 million in term loan borrowings, all of which had been drawn as of January 31, 2019 . Each
term loan requires that we pay only interest until the maturity date. A portion of the interest that accrues on the outstanding principal of each term loan is payable
in cash on a monthly basis, which portion accrues at a floating rate equal to the greater of (1) 7% and (2) three-month LIBOR plus 5.5% per year. As of January 31,
2019 , the interest rate was approximately 8.3% . In addition, a portion of the interest that accrues on the outstanding principal of each term loan is capitalized and
added to the principal amount of the outstanding term loan on a monthly basis, which portion accrues at a fixed rate equal to 2.5% per year. In December 2017, we
incurred $50 million in term loan borrowings under the credit facility.
We incurred the remaining $50 million in term loan borrowing under the amended credit facility in April 2018. The amendment increased the closing fee from
$3.6 million to $4.5 million. In addition, under the amended credit facility, we were required to pay a $2 million fee upon the earlier of (1) the closing of a
transaction in which we are acquired by a third party and (2) December 4, 2027. The obligation to pay this $2 million fee terminated upon the closing of our initial
public offering.
In January 2019, we entered into an amendment to this credit facility which extended the maturity date for both outstanding loans to October 1, 2022. The
amendment also revised the maximum debt ratio financial covenant and increased the amount of the closing fee from $4.5 million to $7.0 million.
The credit facility contains customary conditions to borrowing, events of default and covenants, including covenants that restrict our ability to dispose of
assets, make material changes to the nature, control or location of our business, merge with or acquire other entities, incur indebtedness or encumbrances, make
distributions to holders of our capital stock, make investments or enter into transactions with affiliates. In addition, we are required to comply with a financial
covenant based on the ratio of our outstanding indebtedness to our annualized recurring revenue. As amended, the minimum ratio is 0.85 on January 31, 2019 and
April 30, 2019; 0.80 on July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2019; 0.75 on January 31, 2020 and April 30, 2020; 0.70 on July 31, 2020 and October 31, 2020; 0.65 on
January 31, 2021 and April 30, 2021; and 0.60 on July 31, 2021 through the maturity date.
The credit facility defines our annualized recurring revenue as four times our aggregate revenue for the immediately preceding quarter (net of recurring
discounts and discounts for periods greater than one year) less the annual contract value of any customer contracts pursuant to which we were advised during such
quarter would not be renewed at the end of the current term plus annual contract value of existing customer contract increases during such quarter. This covenant is
measured quarterly on a three-month trailing basis. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, such as non-compliance with covenants, any outstanding principal,
interest and fees become due immediately. We were in compliance with the covenant terms of the credit facility at January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 . The
credit facility is secured by substantially all of our assets.
Backlog
Our new business subscriptions typically have a term of one to three years, and we generally invoice our customers in annual installments at the beginning of
each year in the subscription period. Due to this billing pattern, at any point in the contract term, there can be amounts that we have not yet been contractually able
to invoice. Until such time as these amounts are invoiced, they are not recorded in revenue, deferred revenue, or elsewhere in our consolidated financial statements,
and are considered by us to be backlog. The amount of backlog, which does not include deferred revenue, was $70.3 million and $102.3 million as of January 31,
2018 and 2019 , respectively. Of the January 31, 2019 amount, $44.3 million is not reasonably expected to be billed during the year ending January 31, 2020 .
We expect that the amount of backlog relative to the total value of our contracts will change from year to year for several reasons, including the amount billed
early in the contract term, the specific timing and duration of large customer subscription agreements, varying invoicing cycles of subscription agreements, the
specific timing of customer renewal, changes in customer financial circumstances, contract amendments and foreign currency fluctuations. Backlog may also vary
based on changes in the average non-cancellable term of subscription agreements. The change in backlog that results from changes in the average non-cancellable
term of subscription agreements may not be an indicator of the likelihood of renewal or expected future revenue. Accordingly, we believe that fluctuations in
backlog are not necessarily a reliable indicator of future revenue, and we do not utilize backlog as a key management metric internally.
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Historical Cash Flow Trends
Net cash used in operating activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Operating
Activities
2017
Year Ended January 31,
2018
(in thousands)
$
(144,144) $
(148,657) $
(12,144)
(3,466)
(7,596)
149,100
2019
(131,367)
(7,976)
254,335
Net cash used in operating activities is significantly influenced by the amount of cash we invest in our personnel, timing and amounts we use to fund
marketing programs and events to expand our customer base, and the costs to provide our cloud-based platform and related outsourced professional services to our
customers. These outflows are partially offset by the amount and timing of payments received from our customers.
Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended January 31, 2017 , consisted of cash outflows of $237.9 million exceeding the $93.8 million of cash
collected from customers. Significant components of cash outflows included $134.7 million for personnel costs and $56.9 million for marketing programs and
events, third-party costs to provide our platform and outsourced professional services.
Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended January 31, 2018 consisted of cash outflows of $274.0 million exceeding the $125.3 million of cash
collected from customers. Significant components of cash outflows included $146.4 million for personnel costs and $74.5 million for marketing programs and
events, third-party costs to provide our platform and outsourced professional services.
Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended January 31, 2019 consisted of cash outflows of $290.6 million exceeding the $159.2 million of cash
collected from customers. Significant components of cash outflows included $150.6 million for personnel costs and $74.1 million for marketing programs and
events, third-party costs to provide our platform and outsourced professional services.
Investing
Activities
Our investing activities have consisted primarily of property and equipment purchases. Significant components of purchased property and equipment include
computer equipment and software for our data center.
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended January 31, 2017 consisted primarily of $6.7 million of purchased property and equipment and $4.9
million of capitalized development costs related to internal-use software.
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended January 31, 2018 consisted primarily of $5.1 million of purchased property and equipment and $2.2
million of capitalized development costs related to internal-use software.
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended January 31, 2019 consisted primarily of $6.3 million of capitalized development costs related to
internal-use software and $1.6 million of purchased property and equipment.
Financing
Activities
Our financing activities have consisted primarily of proceeds from our IPO, issuances of convertible preferred stock, proceeds from our credit facility and to a
lesser extent, proceeds received from stock option exercises.
Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended January 31, 2017 consisted primarily of $4.1 million of issuance costs related to the issuance of
convertible preferred stock in the prior year offset in part by $0.7 million from proceeds received from stock option exercises.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended January 31, 2018 consisted primarily of $99.1 million of net proceeds from the issuance of
convertible preferred stock, $48.9 million of proceeds from our credit facility, net of issuance costs and $1.3 million from proceeds received from stock option
exercises.
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Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended January 31, 2019 consisted primarily of $202.6 million of IPO proceeds (net of underwriters'
discounts and commissions and offering costs paid during the period), $49.6 million of proceeds from our credit facility, net of issuance costs, and $2.3 million
from proceeds received from stock option exercises.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Contractual obligations are cash that we are obligated to pay as part of certain contracts that we have entered into during the normal course of business. At
January 31, 2019 , the future non-cancelable minimum payments under these commitments were as follows:
Long-term debt (1)
Operating lease obligations (2)
Other obligations (3)
Total contractual obligations
Less Than 1 Year
1 to 3 Years
3 to 5 Years
More Than 5 Years
Total
Payments Due by Period
(in thousands)
$
$
7,952 $
18,007 $
126,426 $
— $
7,162
20,144
4,829
22,867
2,257
486
4,799
—
35,258 $
45,703 $
129,169 $
4,799 $
152,385
19,047
43,497
214,929
________________
(1)
Includes interest payments of $45.4 million and a closing fee due at maturity of $7.0 million .
(2) We lease our facilities under long-term operating leases, which expire at various dates through 2027.
(3) Other obligations are associated with non-cancelable contracts primarily for cloud infrastructure services and software subscriptions, including Amazon Web Services.
Obligations under contracts that we can cancel without a significant penalty have been excluded.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of January 31, 2019 , we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as
structured finance or variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off balance sheet arrangements or other
contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation
of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and
expenses, and related disclosures. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our financial condition or results of
operations would be affected. We base our estimates on past experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and we
evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. We refer to accounting estimates of this type as critical accounting policies and estimates, which we discuss below.
Revenue
Recognition
We derive revenue primarily from subscriptions to our cloud-based platform and professional services. Revenue is recognized when control of these services
is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those services, net of sales taxes.
For sales through channel partners, we consider the channel partner to be the end customer for the purposes of revenue recognition as our contractual
relationships with channel partners do not depend on the sale of our services to their customers and payment from the channel partner is not contingent on
receiving payment from their customers. Our contractual relationships with channel partners do not allow returns, rebates, or price concessions.
Revenue recognition is determined through the following steps:
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•
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Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer
Identification of the performance obligations in the contract
Determination of the transaction price
Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
Recognition of revenue when, or as, performance obligations are satisfied
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Subscription Revenue
Subscription revenue primarily consists of fees paid by customers to access our cloud-based platform, including support services. Our subscription agreements
generally have annual contractual terms and a smaller percentage have multi-year contractual terms. Revenue is recognized ratably over the related contractual
term beginning on the date that the platform is made available to a customer. Access to the platform represents a series of distinct services as we continually
provide access to and fulfill our obligation to the end customer over the subscription term. The series of distinct services represents a single performance obligation
that is satisfied over time. We recognize revenue ratably because the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the platform throughout the contract period.
Our contracts are generally non-cancelable.
Professional Services and Other Revenue
Professional services revenue consists of implementation services sold with new subscriptions as well as professional services sold separately. Other revenue
includes training and education. Professional services arrangements are billed in advance, and revenue from these arrangements is recognized as the services are
provided, generally based on hours incurred. Training and education revenue is also recognized as the services are provided.
Contracts with Multiple Performance Obligations
Most of our contracts with new customers contain multiple performance obligations, generally consisting of subscriptions and professional services. For these
contracts, individual performance obligations are accounted for separately if they are distinct. The transaction price is allocated to the separate performance
obligations on a relative standalone selling price basis. Standalone selling prices are determined based on historical standalone selling prices, taking into
consideration overall pricing objectives, market conditions and other factors, including contract value, customer demographics and the number and types of users
within the contract.
As of January 31, 2019 , approximately $183.5 million of revenue was expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations for subscription
contracts. We expect to recognize approximately $109.1 million of this amount during the year ending January 31, 2020 , with an additional $42.5 million being
recognized during the year ending January 31, 2021 , and the balance recognized thereafter. As of January 31, 2019 , approximately $16.1 million of revenue was
expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations for professional services and other contracts, $14.3 million of which is expected to be
recognized during the year ending January 31, 2020 , and the balance recognized thereafter.
Contract
Acquisition
Costs
Contract acquisition costs, net are stated at cost net of accumulated amortization and primarily consist of deferred sales commissions, which are considered
incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. Contract acquisition costs for initial contracts are deferred and then amortized on a
straight-line basis over the period of benefit, which we have determined to be approximately four years. The period of benefit is determined by taking into
consideration contractual terms, expected customer life, changes in our technology and other factors. Contract acquisition costs for renewal contracts are not
commensurate with contract acquisition costs for initial contracts and are recorded as expense when incurred if the period of benefit is one year or less. If the
period of benefit is greater than one year, costs are deferred and then amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of benefit. Contract acquisition costs related
to professional services and other performance obligations with a period of benefit of one year or less are recorded as expense when incurred. Amortization of
contract acquisition costs is included in sales and marketing expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Capitalized
Internal-Use
Software
Costs
We capitalize certain costs related to development of our platform incurred during the application development stage. Costs related to preliminary project
activities and post-implementation activities are expensed as incurred. Maintenance and training costs are also expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs are included
in property and equipment.
Capitalized internal-use software is amortized as subscription cost of revenue on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life, which is generally three
years. Management evaluates the useful lives of these assets on an annual basis and tests for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that
could impact the recoverability of these assets.
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Valuation
of
Goodwill
Goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually on November 1, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may
not be recoverable. Triggering events that may indicate impairment include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in customer demand or business
climate or a significant decrease in expected cash flows.
Stock-Based
Compensation
We have granted stock-based awards, consisting of stock options and restricted stock units, to our employees, certain consultants and certain members of our
board of directors. We record stock-based compensation based on the grant date fair value of the awards, which include stock options and restricted stock units,
and recognize the fair value of those awards as expense using the straight-line method over the requisite service period of the award. For restricted stock units that
contain performance conditions, we recognize expense using the accelerated attribution method if it is probable the performance conditions will be met . We
estimate the grant date fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
Stock-based compensation expense related to purchase rights issued under the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, is based on the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model fair value of the estimated number of awards as of the beginning of the offering period. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized
using the straight-line method over the offering period.
The determination of the grant date fair value of stock-based awards is affected by the estimated fair value of our common stock as well as other assumptions
and judgments, which are estimated as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
Fair Value Per Share of Common Stock . Because there was no public market for our common stock prior to the IPO, the board of directors determined
the common stock fair value at the grant date by considering numerous objective and subjective factors, including contemporaneous valuations of our
common stock, actual operating and financial performance, market conditions, and performance of comparable publicly traded companies, business
developments, the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, and transactions involving preferred and common stock, among other factors. Subsequent to
the IPO, we determine the fair value of common stock as of each grant date using the market closing price of our Class B common stock on the date of
grant.
Expected Term . The expected term is determined using the simplified method, which is calculated as the midpoint of the option’s contractual term and
vesting period. We use this method due to limited stock option exercise history. For the ESPP, the expected term is the beginning of the offering period to
the end of each purchase period .
Expected Volatility . Since a public market for our common stock did not exist prior to the IPO and, therefore, we do not have a sufficient trading history
of our common stock, expected volatility is estimated based on the volatility of similar publicly held companies over a period equivalent to the expected
term of the awards.
Risk-free Interest Rate . The risk-free interest rate is determined using U.S. Treasury rates with a similar term as the expected term of the option.
Expected Dividend Yield . We have never declared or paid any cash dividends and do not presently plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Consequently, we use an expected dividend yield of zero.
JOBS Act Accounting Election
We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth
companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to
private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective
dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (1) are no longer an emerging growth company or (2) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of
the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or
revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
ASU
No.
2014-09
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or FASB issued Accounting Standards Update or ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (Topic 606). Topic 606 establishes a principle for recognizing revenue upon the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that
reflects the considerations to which the entity expects to be entitled
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to in exchange for those goods or services. ASU No. 2014-09 also added Subtopic 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs - Contracts with Customers , which
requires the deferral of incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. Topic 606 and Subtopic 340-40 are collectively referred to herein as the "new
standard."
We elected to early adopt the requirements of the new standard as of February 1, 2017 with an initial application date of February 1, 2016, utilizing the full
retrospective method of transition. The primary impact of adopting the new standard is the deferral of incremental costs of obtaining subscription contracts. Prior to
adopting the new standard, deferral of commissions was not required and our policy was to expense commission costs as incurred. Under the new standard, all
incremental costs to obtain the contract are deferred if the period of benefit is greater than one year. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the
period of benefit, the determination of which is discussed in the contract acquisition costs policy above.
ASU
No.
2016-09
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment
Accounting, which simplifies and improves several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions such as the income tax consequences,
classification of awards as either equity or liabilities on the balance sheet, and classification of employee taxes paid on statement of cash flows when an employer
withholds shares for tax-withholding purposes. The standard also provides an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur.
We elected to early adopt ASU 2016-09 as of February 1, 2016, and as part of the adoption elected to account for forfeitures as they occur. Therefore, stock-
based compensation expense for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 has been calculated based on actual forfeitures in the consolidated statements of
operations, rather than the previous approach, which was net of estimated forfeitures. The net cumulative effect of this change of $0.6 million was recorded as a
reduction to paid-in capital and accumulated deficit as of February 1, 2016. The other aspects of ASU 2016-09 did not have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
ASU
No.
2016-02
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to record most leases on the balance sheet and recognize the
expenses on the income statement in a manner similar to current practice. ASU 2016-02 states that a lessee would recognize a lease liability for the obligation to
make lease payments and a right-to-use asset for the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For public entities, the new standard is effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within that reporting period. For all other entities, this standard is effective for annual reporting
periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. We expect
to adopt this standard as of February 1, 2020, assuming we remain an emerging growth company. We are currently evaluating the impact to our consolidated
financial statements and related disclosures, but expect assets and liabilities related to leases to increase as a result of adopting this standard.
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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We are exposed to certain market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks primarily include interest rate sensitivities as follows:
Interest
Rate
Risk
We had cash and cash equivalents of $177.0 million as of January 31, 2019 , which consisted of bank deposits and money market funds. We hold cash and
cash equivalents for working capital purposes. We do not have material exposure to market risk with respect to our cash equivalents.
In December 2017, we entered into an $80 million credit facility and drew $50 million at closing. In April 2018, we entered into an amendment to this credit
facility pursuant to which we were able to incur an additional $20 million in term loan borrowings, for a total availability of $100 million under the amended
facility. We drew the remaining $50 million during April 2018. Both of these term loans mature on October 1, 2022. A portion of the interest that accrues on
outstanding principal of each term loan is payable in cash on a monthly basis, which portion accrues at a floating rate equal to the greater of (1) 7% and (2) three-
month LIBOR plus 5.5% per year. As of January 31, 2019 , the interest rate was approximately 8.3% . In addition, a portion of the interest that accrues on the
outstanding principal of each term loan is capitalized and added to the principal amount of the outstanding term loan on a monthly basis, which portion accrues at a
fixed rate equal to 2.5% per year.
Interest rate risk also reflects our exposure to movements in interest rates associated with our borrowings. At January 31, 2019 , we had total debt outstanding
with a carrying amount of $97.2 million , which approximates fair value. A hypothetical 10% change in interest rates after January 31, 2019 would not have a
material impact on the fair value of our outstanding debt, even at the borrowing limit, or in the returns on our cash.
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Risk
Due to our international operations, we have foreign currency risks related to revenue and operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar, primarily the Japanese Yen, British Pound Sterling, and the Australian Dollar. Our subscriptions and services contracts are primarily denominated in the
local currency of the customer making the purchase. In addition, a portion of operating expenses are incurred outside the United States and are denominated in
foreign currencies. Decreases in the relative value of the U.S. dollar to other currencies may negatively affect revenue and other operating results as expressed in
U.S. dollars. We do not believe that an immediate 10% increase or decrease in the relative value of the U.S. dollar to other currencies would have a material effect
on operating results.
We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in net loss as a result of transaction gains or losses related to remeasuring certain current
asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. We have not
engaged in the hedging of foreign currency transactions to date. We are considering the costs and benefits of initiating such a program and may in the future hedge
balances and transactions denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar as we expand international operations.
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I tem 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Domo, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Domo, Inc. (the Company) as of January 31, 2018 and 2019 , the related consolidated
statements of operations, comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended January 31, 2019 , and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial
statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at January 31, 2018 and 2019 , and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 31, 2019 , in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements
based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (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 financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were
we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control
over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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 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 financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2010.
Salt Lake City, Utah
April 12, 2019
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Domo, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Contract acquisition costs, net
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Property and equipment, net
Contract acquisition costs, noncurrent, net
Intangible assets, net
Goodwill
Other assets
Total assets
Liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders' (deficit) equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Deferred revenue
Total current liabilities
Deferred revenue, noncurrent
Other liabilities, noncurrent
Long-term debt
Total liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 15,328 and no shares authorized as of January 31, 2018 and 2019,
respectively; 14,099 and no shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively
693,158
Stockholders' (deficit) equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; no and 10,000 shares authorized as of January 31, 2018 and 2019,
respectively; no shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2018 and 2019
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 3,700 shares authorized as of January 31, 2018 and 2019; no and 3,264
shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 21,200 and 500,000 shares authorized as of January 31, 2018 and
2019, respectively; 1,639 and 23,435 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Accumulated deficit
Total stockholders' (deficit) equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity
—
—
2
35,301
506
(757,773)
(721,964)
$
155,355 $
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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As of January 31,
2018
2019
$
61,972 $
35,484
9,661
6,144
113,261
14,952
11,521
3,026
9,478
3,117
176,973
48,421
10,425
10,935
246,754
12,595
18,030
4,415
9,478
1,360
155,355 $
292,632
$
$
12,121 $
49,428
66,712
128,261
4,244
5,324
46,332
184,161
2,609
48,139
88,959
139,707
4,943
6,210
97,245
248,105
—
—
3
23
956,145
438
(912,082)
44,527
292,632
Revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total revenue
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total cost of revenue
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
Other income (expense), net
Loss before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net loss
Net loss per share, basic and diluted
Weighted-average number of shares used in
computing net loss per share, basic and diluted
Domo, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
58,664 $
87,463 $
15,876
74,540
21,486
11,709
33,195
41,345
118,935
76,164
29,106
224,205
(182,860)
513
(182,347)
773
21,061
108,524
32,427
12,492
44,919
63,605
131,802
78,261
29,323
239,386
(175,781)
(396)
(176,177)
385
$
$
(183,120) $
(176,562) $
(124.90) $
(110.70) $
117,157
25,307
142,464
32,781
16,773
49,554
92,910
131,081
75,740
30,176
236,997
(144,087)
(8,974)
(153,061)
1,248
(154,309)
(9.43)
1,466
1,595
16,358
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Domo, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands)
Net loss
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Comprehensive loss
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
$
(183,120) $
(176,562) $
(154,309)
112
176
(68)
(183,008) $
(176,386) $
(154,377)
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
( in thousands, except share amounts)
Domo, Inc.
Convertible Preferred Stock
Class A Common Stock
Class B Common Stock
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
Additional
Paid-in Capital
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Stockholders'
(Deficit) Equity
13,288,510 $
594,187
— $
—
1,417,691 $
1 $
14,610 $
218
$
(398,091) $
(383,262)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
13,288,510
594,187
810,427
98,971
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
14,098,937
693,158
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
113,546
1
747
—
9,326
—
—
—
—
748
9,326
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,531,237
—
—
—
111,688
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,638,648
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
112
—
—
(183,120)
112
(183,120)
24,683
330
(581,211)
(556,196)
—
1,338
9,334
67
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
176
—
—
(176,562)
—
1,338
(121)
9,334
67
176
(176,562)
35,301
506
(757,773)
(721,964)
—
(4,277)
—
(121)
—
—
—
—
10,580,000
10
202,526
—
—
202,536
(14,098,937)
(693,158)
3,263,659
3
10,835,278
11
693,144
—
—
693,158
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12,625
367,991
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,250
22,291
633
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(68)
—
—
(154,309)
—
2,250
22,291
633
(68)
(154,309)
— $
—
3,263,659 $
3
23,434,542 $
23 $
956,145 $
438
$
(912,082) $
44,527
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Balance as of
February 1, 2016
Exercise of stock
options
Stock-based
compensation
expense
Foreign currency
translation
adjustments
Net loss
Balance as of
January 31, 2017
Issuance of Series
D-2 convertible
preferred stock,
net of issuance
costs of $3,529
Exercise of stock
options
Repurchase of
Class B common
stock
Stock-based
compensation
expense
Class B common
stock warrant
Foreign currency
translation
adjustments
Net loss
Balance as of
January 31, 2018
Initial public
offering, net of
offering costs of
$4,091
Conversion of
convertible
preferred stock
Vesting of
restricted stock
units
Exercise of stock
options
Stock-based
compensation
expense
Common stock
warrants
Foreign currency
translation
adjustments
Net loss
Balance as of
January 31, 2019
Domo, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
( in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
(183,120)
$
(176,562) $
(154,309)
Depreciation and amortization
Amortization of intangible assets
Amortization of contract acquisition costs
Stock-based compensation expense
Reversal of contingent tax-related accrual
Capitalized interest
Remeasurement of warrant liability
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net
Contract acquisition costs
Prepaid expenses and other
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
Deferred revenue
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment
Purchases of intangible assets
Issuance of note receivable
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
Payments of costs related to initial public offering
Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs
Debt proceeds, net of issuance costs
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
Repurchases of common stock
Principal payments on capital lease obligations
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid for income taxes
Cash paid for interest
Non-cash investing and financing activities
Stock-based compensation capitalized as internal-use software
Debt issuance costs in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities, noncurrent
Deferred initial public offering costs in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Issuance of warrants in connection with credit facility
Convertible preferred stock issuance costs in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Conversion of convertible preferred stock to common stock
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
4,895
304
7,782
9,343
—
—
—
(2,802)
(11,742)
(826)
4,537
9,613
17,872
(144,144)
(11,644)
—
(500)
(12,144)
—
—
(4,060)
(112)
748
—
(42)
(3,466)
118
(159,636)
228,620
68,984
$
212
26
$
$
— $
— $
— $
— $
— $
— $
8,051
80
9,014
9,370
—
202
(28)
(13,186)
(17,160)
(1,610)
3,250
8,902
21,020
(148,657)
(7,281)
(315)
—
(7,596)
—
(38)
99,058
48,900
1,338
(121)
(37)
149,100
141
(7,012)
68,984
61,972 $
499 $
314 $
— $
2,726 $
1,675 $
257 $
87 $
— $
8,573
214
8,168
21,801
(3,513)
2,293
(56)
(12,937)
(15,677)
(4,824)
(8,651)
4,605
22,946
(131,367)
(6,373)
(1,603)
—
(7,976)
206,627
(4,053)
(87)
49,642
2,250
—
(44)
254,335
9
115,001
61,972
176,973
822
6,903
528
1,993
—
673
—
693,158
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Overview and Basis of Presentation
Description
of
Business
and
Basis
of
Presentation
Domo, Inc. (the Company) provides a cloud-based platform that digitally connects everyone from the CEO to the frontline employee with all the people, data
and systems in an organization, giving them access to real-time data and insights and allowing them to manage their business from their smartphones. The
Company is incorporated in Delaware. The Company's headquarters are located in American Fork, Utah and the Company has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom,
Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and Canada.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, have been prepared in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America or GAAP. All intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s fiscal year ends on January 31.
Initial
Public
Offering
On July 3, 2018, the Company closed its initial public offering (IPO), in which the Company issued and sold 10,580,000 shares (inclusive of the
underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase 1,380,000 shares, which was exercised on June 29, 2018) of Class B common stock at $21.00 per share. The
Company received aggregate proceeds of $206.6 million , net of underwriters' discounts and commissions, before deducting offering costs of $4.1 million .
Immediately prior to the closing of the Company’s IPO, 14,098,937 shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding converted into 3,263,659 shares of
Class A common stock and 10,835,278 shares of Class B common stock.
Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement for the Company's IPO, which was June 28, 2018, the liquidity event-related performance vesting
condition associated with restricted stock units (RSUs) granted prior to the IPO was deemed probable of being satisfied. As a result, the Company recognized
stock-based compensation related to these RSUs of $6.6 million attributable to service prior to such effective date.
Stock
Split
On June 15, 2018, the Company amended its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to effect a 15-to-one reverse stock split of its common stock
and convertible preferred stock. All of the share and per share information referenced throughout the consolidated financial statements and notes to the
consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
Use
of
Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that
affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on
other assumptions that its management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s estimates
and judgments include the determination of standalone selling prices for the Company’s services, which are used to determine revenue recognition for
arrangements with multiple performance obligations; the amortization period for deferred contract acquisition costs; valuation of the Company’s stock-based
compensation, including the underlying estimated fair value of common stock in periods prior to the date of the Company's IPO; useful lives of fixed assets;
capitalization and estimated useful life of internal-use software; valuation estimates used when evaluating impairment of long-lived and intangible assets including
goodwill; and the allowance for doubtful accounts.
Foreign
Currency
The functional currencies of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are the respective local currencies. The cumulative effect of translation adjustments arising
from the use of differing exchange rates from period to period is included in accumulated other comprehensive income within the consolidated balance sheets.
Changes in the cumulative foreign translation adjustment are reported in the consolidated statements of convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ (deficit)
equity and the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are remeasured at
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1. Overview and Basis of Presentation (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
the end of the period and when the related receivable or payable is settled, which may result in transaction gains or losses. Foreign currency transaction gains and
losses are included in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations and were not material for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018
and 2019 . All assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date. Revenue and
expenses are translated at the average exchange rate during the period, and equity balances are translated using historical exchange rates.
Segment
Information
The Company operates as one operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer, who reviews financial
information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Cash
and
Cash
Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and money market funds. The fair value of cash equivalents approximated their carrying value as of
January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 .
Accounts
Receivable
and
Allowance
for
Doubtful
Accounts
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount (net of allowances), do not require collateral, and do not bear interest. The Company’s payment
terms generally provide that customers pay within 30 days of the invoice date.
The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for amounts the Company does not expect to collect. In establishing the required allowance,
management considers historical losses, current market conditions, customers’ financial condition, the age of the receivables, and current payment patterns.
Account balances are written off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.
Changes in the Company's allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
Beginning balance
Additions
Write-offs
Balance as of January 31, 2017
Additions
Write-offs
Balance as of January 31, 2018
Additions
Write-offs
Balance as of January 31, 2019
Contract
Acquisition
Costs
$
$
771
3,519
(2,710)
1,580
5,003
(3,664)
2,919
5,033
(4,565)
3,387
Contract acquisition costs, net are stated at cost net of accumulated amortization and primarily consist of deferred sales commissions, which are considered
incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. Contract acquisition costs for initial contracts are deferred and then amortized on a
straight-line basis over the period of benefit, which the Company has determined to be approximately four years . The period of benefit is determined by taking
into consideration contractual terms, expected customer life, changes in the Company's technology and other factors. Contract acquisition costs for renewal
contracts are not commensurate with contract acquisition costs for initial contracts and are recorded as expense when incurred if the period of benefit is one year or
less. If the period of benefit is greater than one year, costs are deferred and then amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of benefit. Contract acquisition
costs related to professional services and
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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
other performance obligations with a period of benefit of one year or less are recorded as expense when incurred. Amortization of contract acquisition costs is
included in sales and marketing expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Amortization expense related to contract acquisition costs was $7.8 million , $9.0 million and $8.2 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and
2019 , respectively. There was no impairment charge in relation to contract acquisition costs for the periods presented.
Deferred
Offering
Costs
The Company capitalized qualified legal, accounting and other direct costs related to the IPO. As of January 31, 2018 , the balance of deferred offering costs
was $1.7 million , which was included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. During the year ended January 31, 2019 , the Company reclassified $4.2
million of offering costs into stockholders’ equity as a reduction of the net proceeds received from the IPO. As of January 31, 2019 , there were no deferred
offering costs.
Property
and
Equipment
Property and equipment, net, are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated
useful lives of the assets or over the related lease terms (if shorter). Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
The estimated useful lives of property and equipment are as follows:
Computer equipment and software
Furniture, vehicles and office equipment
Leasehold improvements
Capitalized
Internal-Use
Software
Costs
2-3 years
3 years
Shorter of remaining lease term or estimated useful life
The Company capitalizes certain costs related to development of its platform incurred during the application development stage. Costs related to preliminary
project activities and post-implementation activities are expensed as incurred. Maintenance and training costs are also expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs are
included in property and equipment.
Capitalized internal-use software is amortized as subscription cost of revenue on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life, which is generally three
years . Management evaluates the useful lives of these assets on an annual basis and tests for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that
could impact the recoverability of these assets.
Goodwill
and
Intangible
Assets
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired. Goodwill and
indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but rather tested for impairment at least annually on November 1 or more often if and when circumstances
indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their useful lives.
Goodwill is tested for impairment based on reporting units. The Company periodically reevaluates the business and has determined that it continues to operate
in one segment, which is also considered the sole reporting unit. Therefore, goodwill is tested for impairment at the consolidated level.
The Company reviews its long-lived assets, including property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever an event or change
in facts and circumstances indicates that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is measured by comparing the carrying
amount to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated. If the carrying amount exceeds the undiscounted cash flows, the assets are
determined to be impaired and an impairment charge is recognized as the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds fair value.
There was no goodwill acquired and no impairment charges for goodwill or long-lived assets recorded during the periods presented.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Revenue
Recognition
The Company derives revenue primarily from subscriptions to its cloud-based platform and professional services. Revenue is recognized when control of these
services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those services, net
of sales taxes.
For sales through channel partners, the Company considers the channel partner to be the end customer for the purposes of revenue recognition as the
Company's contractual relationships with channel partners do not depend on the sale of the Company's services to their customers and payment from the channel
partner is not contingent on receiving payment from their customers. The Company's contractual relationships with channel partners do not allow returns, rebates,
or price concessions.
The price of subscriptions is generally fixed at contract inception and therefore, the Company's contracts do not contain a significant amount of variable
consideration.
Revenue recognition is determined through the following steps:
•
•
•
•
•
Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer
Identification of the performance obligations in the contract
Determination of the transaction price
Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
Recognition of revenue when, or as, performance obligations are satisfied
Subscription Revenue
Subscription revenue primarily consists of fees paid by customers to access the Company’s cloud-based platform, including support services. The Company's
subscription agreements generally have annual contractual terms and a smaller percentage have multi-year contractual terms. Revenue is recognized ratably over
the related contractual term beginning on the date that the platform is made available to a customer. Access to the platform represents a series of distinct services as
the Company continually provides access to and fulfills its obligation to the end customer over the subscription term. The series of distinct services represents a
single performance obligation that is satisfied over time. The Company recognizes revenue ratably because the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the
platform throughout the contract period. The Company's contracts are generally non-cancelable.
Professional Services and Other Revenue
Professional services revenue consists of implementation services sold with new subscriptions as well as professional services sold separately. Other revenue
includes training and education. Professional services arrangements are billed in advance, and revenue from these arrangements is recognized as the services are
provided, generally based on hours incurred. Training and education revenue is also recognized as the services are provided.
Contracts with Multiple Performance Obligations
Most of the Company's contracts with new customers contain multiple performance obligations, generally consisting of subscriptions and professional
services. For these contracts, individual performance obligations are accounted for separately if they are distinct. The transaction price is allocated to the separate
performance obligations on a relative standalone selling price basis. Standalone selling prices are determined based on historical standalone selling prices, taking
into consideration overall pricing objectives, market conditions and other factors, including contract value, customer demographics and the number and types of
users within the contract.
Deferred
Revenue
The Company's contracts are typically billed annually in advance. Deferred revenue includes amounts collected or billed in excess of revenue recognized.
Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue as the related performance obligations are satisfied.
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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
Deferred revenue that will be recognized during the succeeding twelve-month period is recorded as a current liability and the remaining portion is recorded as a
noncurrent liability.
Cost
of
Revenue
Cost of subscription revenue consists primarily of third-party hosting services and data center capacity; employee-related costs directly associated with cloud
infrastructure and customer support personnel, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation; amortization expense associated with
capitalized software development costs; depreciation expense associated with computer equipment and software; certain fees paid to various third parties for the
use of their technology and services; and allocated overhead. Allocated overhead includes items such as information technology infrastructure, rent, and employee
benefit costs.
Cost of professional services and other revenue consists primarily of employee-related costs associated with these services, including stock-based
compensation; third-party consultant fees; and allocated overhead.
Advertising
Costs
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was $17.8 million , $26.4 million and $13.7 million for the years ended January 31, 2017,
2018 and 2019 , respectively.
Research
and
Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs for the design and development of the Company's platform, contractor costs
to supplement staff levels, third-party web services, consulting services, and allocated overhead. Research and development expenses, other than software
development costs qualifying for capitalization, are expensed as incurred.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The Company records stock-based compensation based on the grant date fair value of the awards, which include stock options and restricted stock units, and
recognizes the fair value of those awards as expense using the straight-line method over the requisite service period of the award. For restricted stock units that
contain performance conditions, the Company recognizes expense using the accelerated attribution method if it is probable the performance conditions will be met.
The Company estimates the grant date fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
Stock-based compensation expense related to purchase rights issued under the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) is based on the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model fair value of the estimated number of awards as of the beginning of the offering period. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized
using the straight-line method over the offering period.
The determination of the grant date fair value of stock-based awards is affected by the estimated fair value of the Company's common stock as well as other
assumptions and judgments, which are estimated as follows:
•
•
•
Fair Value Per Share of Common Stock . Because there was no public market for the Company's common stock prior to the IPO, the board of directors
determined the common stock fair value at the grant date by considering numerous objective and subjective factors, including contemporaneous
valuations of the Company’s common stock, actual operating and financial performance, market conditions, and performance of comparable publicly
traded companies, business developments, the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, and transactions involving preferred and common stock, among
other factors. Subsequent to the IPO, the Company determines the fair value of common stock as of each grant date using the market closing price of the
Company's Class B common stock on the date of grant.
Expected Term . The expected term is determined using the simplified method, which is calculated as the midpoint of the option’s contractual term and
vesting period. The Company uses this method due to limited stock option exercise history. For the ESPP, the expected term is the beginning of the
offering period to the end of each purchase period.
Expected Volatility . Since a public market for the Company's common stock did not exist prior to the IPO and, therefore, the Company does not have
sufficient trading history of its common stock, expected volatility is estimated based on the volatility of similar publicly held companies over a period
equivalent to the expected term of the awards.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
•
•
Risk-free Interest Rate . The risk-free interest rate is determined using U.S. Treasury rates with a similar term as the expected term of the option.
Expected Dividend Yield . The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends and does not presently plan to pay cash dividends in the
foreseeable future. Consequently, the Company uses an expected dividend yield of zero.
Income
Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, the Company recognizes
a liability or asset for the deferred income tax consequences of all temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in
the consolidated financial statements that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years when the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities are
recovered or settled. These deferred income tax assets or liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected
to affect taxable income.
Valuation allowances are provided when it is more-likely-than-not that some or all of the deferred income tax assets may not be realized. In assessing the need
for a valuation allowance, the Company has considered its historical levels of income, expectations of future taxable income and ongoing tax planning strategies.
Because of the uncertainty of the realization of its deferred tax assets, the Company has a full valuation allowance for domestic net deferred tax assets, including
net operating loss carryforwards, and tax credits related primarily to research and development. Realization of its deferred tax assets is dependent primarily upon
future U.S. taxable income.
Tax positions are recognized in the consolidated financial statements when it is more-likely-than-not the position will be sustained upon examination by the
tax authorities. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties related to income taxes, including uncertain tax positions, is to record such items as a
component of the provision for income taxes.
Concentrations
of
Risk
and
Significant
Customers
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts
receivable.
The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in bank accounts, which at times may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not
experienced any losses in these instruments and believes it is not exposed to any significant risk with respect to cash and cash equivalents.
No single customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 or more than 10% of accounts receivable as
of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 .
The Company is primarily dependent upon third parties in order to meet the uptime and performance requirements of its customers. Any disruption of or
interference with the Company's use of these third parties would impact operations.
Net
Loss
per
Share
The Company computes net loss per share using the two-class method required for multiple classes of common stock and participating securities. The rights,
including the liquidation and dividend rights, of the Class A common stock and Class B common stock are substantially identical, other than voting rights.
Accordingly, the Class A common stock and Class B common stock share equally in the Company’s net losses. Before the IPO, the Company’s participating
securities also included convertible preferred stock. The holders of convertible preferred stock did not have a contractual obligation to share in the Company’s
losses, and as a result net losses were not allocated to these participating securities.
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted
net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding
during the period increased by common shares that could be issued upon conversion or exercise of other outstanding securities to the extent those additional
common shares would be dilutive. The dilutive effect of potentially dilutive securities is reflected in diluted net loss per share by application of the treasury stock
method. During periods when the Company is in a net loss position, basic net loss per share is the same as diluted net loss per share as the effects of potentially
dilutive securities are anti-dilutive.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Recently
Adopted
Accounting
Pronouncements
ASU No. 2014-09
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or FASB issued Accounting Standards Update or ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (Topic 606). Topic 606 establishes a principle for recognizing revenue upon the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that
reflects the considerations to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. ASU No. 2014-09 also added Subtopic 340-40,
Other Assets and Deferred Costs - Contracts with Customers , which requires the deferral of incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. Topic 606
and Subtopic 340-40 are collectively referred to herein as the "new standard."
The Company elected to early adopt the requirements of the new standard as of February 1, 2017 with an initial application date of February 1, 2016, utilizing
the full retrospective method of transition. The primary impact of adopting the new standard is the deferral of incremental costs of obtaining subscription contracts.
Prior to adopting the new standard, deferral of commissions was not required and the Company's policy was to expense commission costs as incurred. Under the
new standard, all incremental costs to obtain the contract are deferred if the period of benefit is greater than one year. These costs are amortized on a straight-line
basis over the period of benefit, the determination of which is discussed in the contract acquisition costs policy above.
ASU No. 2016-09
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment
Accounting , which simplifies and improves several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions such as the income tax
consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities on the balance sheet, and classification of employee taxes paid on statement of cash flows when
an employer withholds shares for tax-withholding purposes. The standard also provides an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur.
The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2016-09 as of February 1, 2016, and as part of the adoption elected to account for forfeitures as they occur.
Therefore, stock-based compensation expense for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 has been calculated based on actual forfeitures in the
consolidated statements of operations, rather than the previous approach, which was net of estimated forfeitures. The net cumulative effect of this change of $0.6
million was recorded as a reduction to paid-in capital and accumulated deficit as of February 1, 2016. The other aspects of ASU 2016-09 did not have a material
impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Recently
Issued
Accounting
Pronouncements
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to record most leases on the balance sheet and recognize the
expenses on the income statement in a manner similar to current practice. ASU 2016-02 states that a lessee would recognize a lease liability for the obligation to
make lease payments and a right-to-use asset for the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For public entities, the new standard is effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within that reporting period. For all other entities, this standard is effective for annual reporting
periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The
Company expects to adopt this standard as of February 1, 2020, assuming it remains an emerging growth company. The Company is currently evaluating the
impact to its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, but expects assets and liabilities related to leases to increase as a result of adopting this
standard.
3. Fair Value Measurements
Assets
Measured
at
Fair
Value
on
a
Recurring
Basis
Financial instruments recorded at fair value in the financial statements are categorized as follows:
•
•
Level 1: Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2: Observable inputs, other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or
other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
•
Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting management's assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to determine fair value. These assumptions
are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.
The following table summarizes the assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 by level within the fair
value hierarchy (in thousands):
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
Financial liability:
Series D-2 convertible preferred stock warrants
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
January 31, 2018
15,210 $
— $
— $
15,210
— $
— $
229 $
229
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
January 31, 2019
170,998 $
— $
— $
170,998
$
$
$
There were no realized or unrealized losses or other-than-temporary impairments for money market funds as of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 .
Level 3 instruments consisted of a liability related to warrants to purchase Series D-2 convertible preferred stock, which warrants were originally issued in
December 2017 (see Note 9) and later converted to warrants to purchase Class B common stock in April 2018 (see Note 11) (warrant liability). The warrant
liability was recorded at fair value upon issuance and remeasured until the date the exercise price-related contingency on the warrants to purchase Class B common
stock was resolved, which was the effective date of the Company's IPO. On that date, the liability balance was reclassified to additional paid-in capital within
stockholders' equity. As such, no warranty liability balances existed as of January 31, 2019 .
These warrant liabilities were estimated using assumptions related to the remaining contractual term of the warrants, the risk-free interest rate, the volatility of
comparable public companies over the remaining term and the fair value of underlying shares. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value
measurement of the warrant liabilities are the fair value of the underlying stock at the valuation date and the estimated term of the warrants. Generally, increases
(decreases) in the fair value of the underlying stock and estimated term would result in a directionally similar impact to the fair value measurement, and are
recognized in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
The changes in the fair value of the Series D-2 convertible preferred stock and Class B common stock warrant liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
Balance as of January 31, 2017
Issuance of convertible preferred stock warrants
Decrease in fair value of convertible preferred stock warrants
Balance as of January 31, 2018
Decrease in fair value of convertible preferred stock warrants
Write-off of convertible preferred stock warrant liability due to conversion to warrants on Class B common stock
Issuance of Class B common stock warrants
Decrease in fair value of Class B common stock warrants
Reclassification to additional paid-in capital of Class B common stock warrant liability due to resolution of contingency
Balance as of January 31, 2019
$
$
—
257
(28)
229
(16)
(213)
166
(40)
(126)
—
At each reporting date or immediately prior to an event that changes the classification of the related warrants from liability to equity, the warrant liabilities are
remeasured to fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The assumptions used as of January 31, 2018 and during the year ended January 31, 2019
were as follows:
Expected stock price volatility
Expected term
Risk-free interest rate
Expected dividend yield
January 31,
2018
45%
2.6 years
2.72%
—
2019
42% - 44%
2.6 - 3.0 years
2.54% - 2.60%
—
During the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , the Company had no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy of its assets and liabilities
measured at fair value.
Fair
Value
of
Other
Financial
Instruments
The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including cash held in banks, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and other
liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities and are excluded from the fair value tables above.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
4. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
Computer equipment and software
Capitalized internal-use software development costs
Leasehold improvements
Furniture, vehicles and office equipment
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
As of January 31,
2018
2019
$
$
16,201 $
11,823
3,558
2,430
34,012
(19,060)
14,952 $
16,575
18,140
2,849
2,537
40,101
(27,506)
12,595
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment was $4.9 million , $8.1 million and $8.6 million for the years ended January 31,
2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively.
The Company capitalized $4.9 million , $2.2 million and $6.3 million in software development costs during the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ,
respectively. Amortization of capitalized software development costs was $1.5 million , $3.2 million and $3.9 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018
and 2019 , respectively.
5. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
Intellectual property excluding patents
Software licenses
Patents
Less accumulated amortization
As of January 31,
2018
2019
$
$
2,289 $
—
950
3,239
(213)
3,026 $
2,289
1,603
950
4,842
(427)
4,415
Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $0.3 million , $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ,
respectively. Intellectual property excluding patents is considered an indefinite-lived asset due to the fact that it is renewable in perpetuity. Software licenses are
amortized over an estimated useful life of three years . The patents were acquired and are being amortized over a weighted-average remaining useful life of
approximately 8 years.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
As of January 31, 2019 , future amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
Year Ending January 31,
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thereafter
6. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
Accrued payroll taxes
Accrued expenses
Accrued commissions
Accrued benefits
Accrued bonus
Employee stock purchase plan liability
Sales and other taxes payable
Other accrued liabilities
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$
$
614
614
481
80
80
257
2,126
As of January 31,
2018
2019
$
13,925 $
11,677
6,120
6,005
7,200
—
966
3,535
12,251
8,688
6,495
6,142
5,338
3,848
1,409
3,968
$
49,428 $
48,139
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
7. Deferred Revenue and Performance Obligations
Deferred
Revenue
Significant changes in the Company's deferred revenue balance for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
Beginning balance at February 1, 2016 (reflects cumulative effect adjustment from adoption of ASU 2014-09)
$
32,064
Revenue recognized that was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total
Increase due to billings excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period
Balance as of January 31, 2017
Revenue recognized that was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total
Increase due to billings excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period
Balance as of January 31, 2018
Revenue recognized that was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Total
Increase due to billings excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period
Balance as of January 31, 2019
Transaction
Price
Allocated
to
Remaining
Performance
Obligations
$
$
$
(26,964)
(4,664)
(42,383)
(6,079)
(61,283)
(4,991)
$
(31,628)
49,500
49,936
(48,462)
69,482
70,956
(66,274)
89,220
93,902
Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations represents the remaining amount of revenue the Company expects to recognize from existing
noncancelable contracts, whether billed or unbilled. As of January 31, 2019 , approximately $183.5 million of revenue was expected to be recognized from
remaining performance obligations for subscription contracts. The Company expects to recognize approximately $109.1 million of this amount during the year
ending January 31, 2020 , with an additional $42.5 million being recognized during the year ending January 31, 2021 , and the balance recognized thereafter. As of
January 31, 2019 , approximately $16.1 million of revenue was expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations for professional services and
other contracts, $14.3 million of which is expected to be recognized during the year ending January 31, 2020 , and the balance recognized thereafter.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
8. Geographic Information
Revenue by geographic area is determined by the billing address of the customer. The following table sets forth revenue by geographic area (in thousands):
United States
Outside the United States
Total
Percentage of revenue by geographic area:
United States
Outside the United States
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
$
64,144
$
88,748
$
10,396
19,776
74,540
$
108,524
$
110,181
32,283
142,464
86%
14%
82%
18%
77%
23%
Other than the United States, no other individual country exceeded 10% of total revenue for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 . As of
January 31, 2019 , substantially all of the Company’s property and equipment was located in the United States.
9. Line of Credit and Credit Facility
Line
of
Credit
In July 2016, the Company entered into a two -year secured line of credit that allowed for borrowings up to $20.0 million to fund working capital and
general corporate purposes with interest payable on the borrowed amounts at a floating rate equal to the prime rate plus 0.75% . The line of credit was secured by
the assets of the Company, excluding intellectual property. The Company was required to pay an annual commitment fee of $50,000 and a fee of 0.25% per year
(payable quarterly) on the unused portion of the facility. Origination fees were amortized over the term of the facility as interest expense. Any amounts outstanding
under this facility were originally scheduled to be due and payable on July 18, 2018; however, in November 2017 the line of credit was canceled in conjunction
with the Company entering into a new credit facility with a different lender. This credit facility is described in further detail below.
The Company did no t make any draws on the line of credit during the term of the agreement.
Credit
Facility
In December 2017, the Company entered into an $80.0 million credit facility and drew $50.0 million at closing, which was scheduled to mature on January 1,
2021. The Company had until April 30, 2018 to request an additional term loan of up to $30.0 million under the credit facility. In April 2018, the Company entered
into an amendment to this credit facility pursuant to which the Company was able to incur an additional $20.0 million in term loan borrowings, for a total
availability of $100.0 million under the amended facility. The Company drew the remaining $50.0 million during April 2018, which was scheduled to mature on
May 1, 2021. The credit facility is secured by substantially all of the Company's assets.
Under the amended credit facility, the Company was required to pay a $2.0 million fee upon the earlier of (1) the closing of a transaction in which the
Company was acquired by a third party and (2) December 4, 2027. The obligation to pay this $2.0 million fee terminated upon the closing of the IPO.
In January 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to this credit facility which extended the maturity date for both outstanding loans to October 1,
2022. The amendment also revised the maximum debt ratio financial covenant and increased the amount of the closing fee.
Each term loan under the credit facility requires interest-only payments until the maturity date. A portion of the interest that accrues on the outstanding
principal of each term loan is payable in cash on a monthly basis, which portion accrues at a floating rate equal to the greater of (1) 7% and (2) three-month LIBOR
plus 5.5% per year. This interest rate was approximately 8.3% as of January 31, 2019 . In addition, a portion of the interest that accrues on the outstanding principal
of each term loan is
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
capitalized and added to the principal amount of the outstanding term loan on a monthly basis, which portion accrues at a fixed rate equal to 2.5% per year. There
were no amounts capitalized during the year ended January 31, 2017 , and $0.2 million and $2.3 million of interest was capitalized during the years ended January
31, 2018 and 2019 , respectively.
The amended credit facility requires a closing fee of $7.0 million to be paid on the earliest of (1) the date the term loan is prepaid, (2) the term loan maturity
date, which is October 1, 2022, and (3) the date the term loan becomes due and payable. Due to the long-term nature of the closing fee, it was recorded at present
value as an increase to other liabilities, noncurrent and an increase to debt issuance costs. The closing fee liability will be accreted to its full value over the term of
the loan, with such accretion recorded as interest expense in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations. As of January 31, 2018 , the
Company had incurred other upfront issuance fees of $1.2 million , with an additional $0.3 million incurred during the year ended January 31, 2019 , which were
also recorded as debt issuance costs. Debt issuance costs are presented as an offset to the outstanding principal balance of the term loans on the consolidated
balance sheets and are being amortized as interest expense in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations over the term of the loan
using the effective interest rate method.
The balances in long-term debt consisted of the following:
Principal
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs
Net carrying amount
As of January 31,
2018
2019
$
$
50,201 $
(3,869)
46,332 $
102,494
(5,249)
97,245
The $100.0 million credit facility as amended contains customary conditions to borrowing, events of default and covenants, including covenants that restrict
the Company's ability to dispose of assets, make material changes to the nature, control or location of the business, merge with or acquire other entities, incur
indebtedness or encumbrances, make distributions to holders of the Company's capital stock, make investments or enter into transactions with affiliates. In
addition, the Company is required to comply with a financial covenant based on the ratio of outstanding indebtedness to annualized recurring revenue. Under the
amended facility, the minimum ratio is 0.85 on January 31, 2019 and April 30, 2019; 0.80 on July 31, 2019 and October 31, 2019; 0.75 on January 31, 2020 and
April 30, 2020; 0.70 on July 31, 2020 and October 31, 2020; 0.65 on January 31, 2021 and April 30, 2021; and 0.60 on July 31, 2021 through the maturity date.
The credit facility defines annualized recurring revenue as four times the Company's aggregate revenue for the immediately preceding quarter (net of recurring
discounts and discounts for periods greater than one year ) less the annual contract value of any customer contracts pursuant to which the Company was advised
during such quarter would not be renewed at the end of the current term plus annual contract value of existing customer contract increases during such quarter.
This covenant is measured quarterly on a three -month trailing basis. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, such as non-compliance with covenants, any
outstanding principal, interest and fees become due immediately. The Company was in compliance with the covenant terms of the credit facility at January 31,
2018 and January 31, 2019 .
The Company incurred interest expense of $0.1 million , $1.2 million and $11.1 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively.
Stock
Warrants
In connection with the credit facility described above, in December 2017 the Company issued fully vested warrants to purchase 28,462 shares of Series D-2
convertible preferred stock (Series D-2 warrants) with an exercise price of $126.47 per share. The fair value of the Series D-2 warrants at the time of issuance was
recorded as an increase to debt issuance costs. In connection with the April 2018 amendment, the Series D-2 warrants were amended to warrants to purchase
66,664 shares of Class B common stock with an exercise price of $45.00 per share (common warrants). Upon execution of the April 2018 amendment, unamortized
debt issuance costs related to the Series D-2 warrants were adjusted based on the difference in fair value of the Series D-2 warrants and the common warrants at the
time of the April 2018 amendment. In connection with the January 2019 amendment to the credit facility, the common warrants were amended to be exercisable
for an aggregate of 125,000 shares of Class B common stock at an exercise price of $17.8736 per share (amended common warrants). Upon execution of
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
the January 2019 amendment, unamortized debt issuance costs related to the common warrants were adjusted based on the difference in fair value of the common
warrants and the amended common warrants at the time of the January 2019 amendment. See Note 11 for further details regarding stock warrants.
10. Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, and penalties and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a
liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.
The Company is involved in legal proceedings from time to time arising in the normal course of business. As of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 , there
were no significant outstanding claims against the Company.
Warranties
and
Indemnification
The Company’s subscription services are generally warranted to perform materially in accordance with the terms of the applicable customer service order
under normal use and circumstances. Additionally, the Company’s arrangements generally include provisions for indemnifying customers against liabilities if its
subscription services infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights. Furthermore, the Company may also incur liabilities if it breaches the security or
confidentiality obligations in its arrangements. To date, the Company has not incurred significant costs and has not accrued a liability in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements as a result of these obligations.
The Company has entered into service-level agreements with some of its customers defining levels of uptime reliability and performance and permitting those
customers to receive credits for prepaid amounts related to unused subscription services if the Company fails to meet certain of the defined service levels. In very
limited instances, the Company allows customers to early terminate their agreements if the Company repeatedly or significantly fails to meet those levels. If the
Company repeatedly or significantly fails to meet contracted upon service levels, a contract may require a refund of prepaid unused subscription fees. To date, the
Company has not experienced any significant failures to meet defined levels of uptime reliability and performance as set forth in its agreements and, as a result, the
Company has not accrued any liabilities related to these agreements in the consolidated financial statements.
Operating
Leases
The Company has entered into noncancelable operating lease arrangements, primarily for office space, with various expiration dates through 2027. Certain of
the leases include periods of free rent beginning with the lease effective date and increasing rental rates over the term of the leases. The Company recognizes rent
expense on a straight-line basis over the lease period and has accrued for rent expense incurred but not paid. Rent expense under operating leases totaled $4.2
million , $5.3 million and $7.1 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively.
Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases were as follows as of January 31, 2019 (in thousands):
Year Ending January 31:
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thereafter
Total
Payments
Expected Sublease
Income
Net
Payments
$
$
7,162 $
(449) $
3,258
1,571
1,113
1,144
4,799
(706)
(619)
(338)
—
—
19,047 $
(2,112) $
6,713
2,552
952
775
1,144
4,799
16,935
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
10. Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)
Other
Purchase
Commitments
The Company has also entered into certain noncancelable contractual commitments related to cloud infrastructure services in the ordinary course of business.
As of January 31, 2019 , these commitments were $10.7 million and $20.0 million , which are due during the fiscal years ending January 31, 2020 and 2021,
respectively.
11. Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
Convertible
Preferred
Stock
The Company previously issued several series of convertible preferred stock, each with such designations, rights, qualifications, limitations, and restrictions as
set forth in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as in effect prior to the IPO. Immediately prior to the completion of the IPO, as described in Note 1, all
shares of convertible preferred stock then outstanding were automatically converted into 3,263,659 shares of Class A common stock and 10,835,278 shares of
Class B common stock.
Preferred
Stock
The Company's Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the Company's stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred
stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, and privileges thereof, including voting rights. As of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 , no
shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
Common
Stock
The Company has two classes of common stock, Class A and Class B. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to 40 votes per share and is
convertible at any time into one share of Class B common stock. Each share of Class A common stock will convert automatically into one share of Class B
common stock upon any transfer, whether or not for value. Each share of Class B common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Holders of Class A common
stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote of stockholders, unless
otherwise required by law or the Company's certificate of incorporation. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding preferred stock,
holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as may be declared by the Company's board of directors.
At January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 , there were 3,700,000 shares of Class A common stock authorized. There were no shares of Class A common stock
issued and outstanding at January 31, 2018 and 3,263,659 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding at January 31, 2019 .
At January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 , there were 21,200,000 and 500,000,000 shares of Class B common stock authorized, respectively, and 1,638,648
and 23,434,542 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, respectively.
Class
B
Common
Stock
Warrants
In connection with the amendment to the credit facility that occurred in April 2018, the warrants to purchase 28,462 shares of Series D-2 convertible preferred
stock described in Note 9 were amended to warrants to purchase 66,664 shares of Class B common stock at an exercise price equal to $45.00 per share. The
warrants are exercisable at any time prior to expiration, which was to occur on the earlier of the third anniversary of the IPO or December 2027. Due to the
exercise price-related contingency that existed with the Class B common stock warrants, they were being accounted for as a liability and were included in other
liabilities, noncurrent on the consolidated balance sheets. The liability was revalued each reporting period until the contingency was resolved and the change in fair
value was recorded in other income (expense), net. The contingency was resolved on the effective date of the Company's IPO, at which time the liability was
remeasured to fair value and the remaining liability balance was reclassified to additional paid-in capital within stockholders' equity.
In connection with the January 2019 amendment to the credit facility, the warrants to purchase 66,664 shares of Class B common stock were amended to be
exercisable for an aggregate of 125,000 shares of Class B common stock at an exercise price of $17.8736 per share. The warrants are exercisable at any time prior
to expiration, which occurs on June 28, 2021 (the third anniversary of the IPO). The difference in the fair value of the Class B common stock warrants at the time
of the amendment to the credit facility in January 2019 associated with the increase in shares and the lower exercise price was recorded as an adjustment to
additional paid-in capital and debt issuance costs.
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11. Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
In connection with the line of credit signed in July 2016, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 3,333 shares of Class B common stock with a strike price
of $34.35 per share. The warrant expires ten years from the date of issuance.
In connection with a loan signed in November 2011 and for which the last principal payment was made in September 2015, the Company issued a warrant to
purchase 3,729 shares of Class B common stock with a strike price of $4.80 per share. The warrant expires ten years from the date of issuance.
At January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 , all warrants were outstanding and exercisable.
12. Equity Incentive Plans
In April 2011, Domo established the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (2011 Plan), which was amended in September 2011 to provide for the issuance of stock
options and other stock-based awards. In June 2018, the Company adopted the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (2018 Plan). The 2018 Plan provides for the grant of
incentive and nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, stock appreciation rights, performance units, and performance shares to employees, consultants,
and members of the Company's board of directors.
A total of 5,238,423 shares of Class B common stock were initially reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan. The number of shares available for issuance
under the 2018 Plan also includes an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year equal to the least of: (1) 3,500,000 shares; (2) 5% of the outstanding
shares of Class A and Class B common stock as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year; and ( 3) such other amount as the Company's board of
directors may determine no later than the last day of the immediately preceding year . As of January 31, 2019 , there were 4,466,868 shares available for grant
under the 2018 Plan.
In connection with the IPO, the 2011 Plan was terminated. With the establishment of the 2018 Plan, the Company no longer grants equity-based awards under
the 2011 Plan and any shares that expire, terminate, are forfeited or repurchased by the Company, or are withheld by the Company to cover tax withholding
obligations, under the 2011 Plan, will become available for future grant under the 2018 Plan.
The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to its equity incentive plans as follows (in thousands):
Cost of revenue:
Subscription
Professional services and other
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative
Interest expense
Total
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
46 $
45
1,930
2,206
5,099
17
48 $
40
1,845
2,311
5,090
36
219
154
7,387
6,519
7,492
30
$
9,343 $
9,370 $
21,801
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
12. Equity Incentive Plans (Continued)
Stock
Options
Stock options typically vest over a four year period and have a term of ten years from the date of grant. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock
options granted was $12.89 per share and $13.20 per share for the years ended January 31, 2017 and 2018, respectively. No stock options were granted during the
year ended January 31, 2019 . The grant-date fair value of stock options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-
average assumptions:
Expected stock price volatility
Expected term
Risk-free interest rate
Expected dividend yield
Fair value of common stock
Year Ended January 31,
2017
48 %
6 years
1.28% - 1.42%
—
$27.60
2018
47 %
6 years
1.83 %
—
$28.20
The following table sets forth the outstanding common stock options and related activity for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 :
Shares
Subject to Outstanding
Options
Weighted- Average
Exercise
Price per Share
Weighted-Average
Remaining Contractual
Term (years)
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
Outstanding as of January 31, 2016
2,312,633 $
Granted
Exercised
Forfeited
Expired
Outstanding as of January 31, 2017
Granted
Exercised
Forfeited
Expired
Outstanding as of January 31, 2018
Exercised
Forfeited
Expired
Outstanding as of January 31, 2019
Vested and exercisable at January 31, 2019
399,239
(113,546)
(45,702)
(10,599)
2,542,025
161,715
(111,688)
(102,828)
(23,982)
2,465,242
(367,991)
(101,782)
(139,130)
1,856,339 $
1,709,661 $
20.20
27.60
6.58
33.64
22.21
21.72
28.20
12.00
35.79
31.63
21.90
6.09
30.69
34.06
23.64
23.20
8.0 $
59,509
7.3
19,377
6.4
12,185
5.6 $
5.4 $
8,443
8,443
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised was $2.8 million , $2.5 million and $4.5 million for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ,
respectively. The intrinsic value represents the excess of the estimated fair value of the Company's common stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of
each option. The intrinsic value of options as of January 31, 2019 is based on the market closing price of the Company's Class B common stock on that date.
As of January 31, 2019 , there was $1.8 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding stock options which is expected to
be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
12. Equity Incentive Plans (Continued)
Restricted
Stock
Units
Restricted stock units (RSUs) granted under the Plan vest and settle upon the satisfaction of a service-based condition and, for RSUs granted prior to the IPO,
a liquidity event-related performance vesting condition. The service-based condition for these awards is generally satisfied over three or four years with a cliff
vesting period of one or two years and quarterly vesting thereafter. Some RSUs have a two -year vesting schedule, with one third of the RSUs vesting at twelve,
eighteen, and twenty-four months. Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement for the Company's IPO, which was June 28, 2018, the liquidity event-related
performance vesting condition associated with RSUs granted prior to the IPO was deemed probable of being satisfied. As a result, the Company recognized stock-
based compensation related to these RSUs using the accelerated attribution method of $6.6 million attributable to service prior to such effective date.
The following table sets forth the outstanding RSUs and related activity for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 :
Outstanding as of January 31, 2016
Granted
Outstanding as of January 31, 2017
Granted
Canceled
Outstanding as of January 31, 2018
Granted
Vested
Canceled
Outstanding as of January 31, 2019
Number of Shares
Weighted- Average Grant
Date Fair Value
— $
33,666
33,666
988,601
(21,041)
1,001,226
1,743,393
(12,625)
(403,872)
2,328,122 $
—
27.60
27.60
23.40
27.60
23.40
18.06
27.60
21.29
19.77
As of January 31, 2019 , there was $30.7 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs which is expected to be
recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years.
Employee
Stock
Purchase
Plan
In June 2018, the Company's board of directors adopted the ESPP and a total of 1,047,684 shares of Class B common stock were initially reserved for
issuance under the ESPP. The number of shares of Class B common stock available for issuance under the ESPP increases on the first day of each fiscal year equal
to the least of: (1) 1,050,000 shares of Class B common stock, (2) 1.5% of the outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock of the Company on the
last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, and (3) such other amount as the administrator of the ESPP may determine on or before the last day of the
immediately preceding year .
The ESPP generally provides for consecutive overlapping 24 -month offering periods comprised of four six -month purchase periods; provided, however,
that the first purchase period in the first offering period will have a duration of approximately nine months . The offering periods are scheduled to start on the first
trading day on or after April 1 and October 1 of each year. The first offering period commenced on June 29, 2018 and is scheduled to end on the first trading day
on or after October 1, 2020. The ESPP is intended to qualify as a tax-qualified plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code and permits participants to
elect to purchase shares of Class B common stock through payroll deductions of up to 15% of their eligible compensation . A participant may purchase a maximum
of 2,000 shares during each purchase period.
Amounts deducted and accumulated by the participant will be used to purchase shares of Class B common stock at the end of each purchase period. The
purchase price of the shares will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value of Class B common stock on the first trading day of each offering period or the fair
market value of Class B common stock on the applicable exercise date . If the fair market value of a share of Class B common stock on the exercise date of an
offering period is less than it was on the first trading day of that offering period, participants automatically will be withdrawn from that offering period following
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12. Equity Incentive Plans (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
their purchase of shares on the exercise date and will be re-enrolled in a new offering period. Participants may end their participation at any time during an offering
period and will be paid their accrued contributions that have not yet been used to purchase shares of Class B common stock. Participation ends automatically upon
termination of employment.
As of January 31, 2019 , a total of 833,512 shares were issuable to employees based on contribution elections made under the ESPP and no shares had yet
been purchased. As of January 31, 2019 , total unrecognized stock-based compensation related to the ESPP was $4.1 million , which is expected to be recognized
over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years .
The fair value of the purchase rights for the ESPP are estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following
assumptions:
Expected stock price volatility
Expected term
Risk-free interest rate
Expected dividend yield
13. Income Taxes
The components of the income tax provision were as follows (in thousands):
Current income provision:
Federal
State
Foreign
Deferred income tax provision:
Federal
State
Foreign
31% - 36%
0.75 - 2.25 years
2.22% - 2.54%
–
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
— $
— $
89
443
532
45
8
188
241
3
233
236
(32)
12
169
149
Provision for income taxes
$
773 $
385 $
101
—
9
1,137
1,146
(125)
(39)
266
102
1,248
13. Income Taxes (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
Total income tax expense differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate to income before income tax expense as a result of
the following (in thousands):
Tax benefit at U.S. federal statutory rate (1)
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
Non-deductible expenses
Foreign taxes
Stock-based compensation
Research and development credits
Change in valuation allowance
Deferred tax effect of Tax Act rate change
Other
Provision for income taxes
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
(61,998) $
(57,992) $
(10,841)
1,522
37
1,081
(1,784)
72,769
—
(13)
773 $
(11,679)
1,095
48
896
(2,516)
(15,199)
85,725
7
385 $
$
(32,143)
(10,114)
997
697
1,469
(2,618)
42,975
—
(15)
1,248
________________
(1) The statutory tax rates used in this analysis were 34% , 33% and 21% for the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively. The rate used for the year ended
January 31, 2018 takes into account the number of days in the fiscal year after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted where the statutory rate decreased to 21% .
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards
Stock based compensation
Accruals and other reserves
Research and development credit carryforwards
Other
Gross deferred tax assets
Valuation allowance
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
Deferred tax liabilities:
Contract acquisition costs
Capitalized software
Basis difference in intangible assets
Total deferred tax liabilities
Net deferred tax liabilities
As of January 31,
2018
2019
$
186,299 $
223,765
6,892
5,821
9,615
1,871
210,498
(203,704)
6,794
(5,132)
(1,929)
(471)
(7,532)
$
(738) $
9,784
4,222
12,729
5,229
255,729
(246,679)
9,050
(6,987)
(2,581)
(297)
(9,865)
(815)
In assessing whether deferred tax assets should be recog nized, the Company considered whether it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the
deferred tax assets would be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods
in which those temporary differences become deductible. The Company considered the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable
income, and tax planning strategies
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13. Income Taxes (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
in making this assessment. The Company determined it was more-likely-than-not that its domestic deferred tax assets would not be realized as of January 31, 2018
and 2019 and, accordingly, recorded a full valuation allowance. Net deferred tax liabilities are included in other liabilities, noncurrent on the consolidated balance
sheets.
In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act) was enacted, which resulted in widespread changes to the U.S. tax code. One such change was
establishing a flat corporate income tax rate of 21% to replace previous rates that ranged from 15% to 35% . As a result, the Company remeasured its U.S. deferred
tax assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2018 to reflect the lower rate expected to apply when these temporary differences reverse.
The remeasurement resulted in a reduction in deferred tax assets of $85.7 million . This was fully offset by a corresponding change to the Company’s
valuation allowance. The Tax Act also provides for a transition to a new territorial system of taxation and generally requires companies to include certain untaxed
foreign earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries into taxable income in 2017. As a result, the Company realized a one-time deemed income inclusion of deferred foreign
income from the Company's non-U.S. subsidiaries of $0.7 million , which income was offset by the Company's net operating losses.
In December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (SAB 118),
which allowed the Company to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extend beyond one year of the enactment date. As of January 31,
2019 , the Company has finalized all provisional amounts related to the Tax Act. Finalizing provisional adjustments related to the Tax Act did not have a material
impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of January 31, 2019 .
As of January 31, 2019 , the Company had federal and state NOLs available to offset future taxable income, if any, of $815.1 million and $1,048.5 million ,
respectively. The federal NOLs will begin to expire in 2028 . The state NOLs will expire depending upon the various rules in the states in which the Company
operates. Full realization of the NOLs is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income prior to their expiration. The ability to realize the NOLs and other
deferred tax assets could also be limited by previous or future changes in ownership in accordance with rules in Internal Revenue Code Section 382.
As of January 31, 2019 , the Company also had unused federal and state research and development tax credits of $12.2 million and $6.0 million , respectively.
The federal credits begin to expire in 2020 and the state credits began to expire in 2016 . As of January 31, 2019 , the Company also had foreign tax credits of $0.4
million which begin to expire in 2020 .
During the fiscal years ended years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , the aggregate changes in the total gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits
were as follows (in thousands):
Beginning balance
(Decrease) increase in unrecognized tax benefits taken in prior years
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits related to current year
Year Ended January 31,
2017
2018
2019
$
$
2,055 $
2,737 $
(27)
709
675
225
2,737 $
3,637 $
3,637
872
49
4,558
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate is zero due to the valuation allowance. The Company does
not expect a significant change in its unrecognized tax benefits over the next twelve months.
The Company files U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign tax returns. For both federal and state tax returns, the Company is subject to examination for tax years
since 2009 due to carry forward of net operating losses and research and development credits. The Company could be subject to examination in Japan for tax years
since 2011 , in the UK for tax years since 2014 and in Australia for tax years since 2015 .
The Company paid income taxes of $0.2 million , $0.5 million and $0.8 million during the years ended years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ,
respectively.
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Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
14. Net Loss Per Share (Continued)
14. Net Loss Per Share
The Company computes net loss per share using the two-class method required for multiple classes of common stock and participating securities. The rights,
including the liquidation and dividend rights, of the Class A common stock and Class B common stock are substantially identical, other than voting rights.
Accordingly, the Class A common stock and Class B common stock share equally in the Company’s net losses. Before the IPO, the Company’s participating
securities also included convertible preferred stock. The holders of convertible preferred stock did not have a contractual obligation to share in the Company’s
losses, and as a result net losses were not allocated to these participating securities.
The following tables set forth the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share during the periods presented. The shares issued in the IPO and the shares
of Class A and Class B common stock issued upon conversion of the outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock in the IPO are included in the table below
weighted for the period outstanding in the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Numerator:
Net loss
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of shares used in
computing net loss per share, basic and
diluted
Net loss per share, basic and diluted
$
$
2017
2018
2019
Class A
Class B
Class A
Class B
Class A
Class B
Year Ended January 31,
— $
(183,120) $
— $
(176,562) $
(18,305) $
(136,004)
—
— $
1,466
(124.90) $
—
— $
1,595
(110.70) $
1,941
(9.43) $
14,417
(9.43)
Since the Company was in a loss position for all periods presented, basic net loss per share is the same as diluted net loss per share for all periods as the
inclusion of all potential common shares outstanding would have been anti-dilutive. The weighted-average impact of potentially dilutive securities that were not
included in the diluted per share calculations because they would be anti-dilutive was as follows:
Convertible preferred stock on an if-converted basis
Options to purchase common stock
Restricted stock units
Common stock warrants
15. Employee Benefit Plan
Year Ended January 31,
2017
13,288,510
676,467
—
3,179
2018
13,938,953
553,581
—
3,023
2019
5,716,829
469,936
310,811
4,357
13,968,156
14,495,557
6,501,933
The Company has a defined contribution retirement savings plan qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), which is a pretax savings
plan covering substantially all employees. Under the plan, employees may contribute up to 50% of their pretax salary, subject to certain IRC limitations.
Employees are eligible to participate beginning on the first day of the month following their first 30 days of employment. The Company recorded expenses for
contributions to its retirement savings plan of $2.9 million , $3.2 million and $3.4 million during the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , respectively.
16. Related Party Transactions
Certain members of the Company's board of directors serve as directors of and/or are executive officers of and, in some cases, are investors in, companies that
are customers or vendors of the Company. Certain of the Company’s executive officers also serve as directors of or serve in an advisory capacity to companies that
are customers or vendors of the Company. As of
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16. Related Party Transactions (Continued)
Domo, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2019 , the Company had $0.6 million and $0.6 million receivable from these customers, respectively. As of January 31, 2018 and
January 31, 2019 , amounts payable to these vendors were immaterial. During the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , the Company recognized revenue
of $0.8 million , $1.6 million and $1.9 million , respectively, related to these customers. During the years ended January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , the Company
recognized expense of $1.2 million , $0.8 million and $0.7 million , respectively, related to these vendors.
The Company previously utilized an aircraft owned by one of the Company's executive officers on an as-needed basis. This arrangement was terminated in
June 2018. The Company recorded expenses related to usage of the aircraft of $0.9 million , $0.7 million and $0.3 million during the years ended January 31, 2017,
2018 and 2019 , respectively.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of
Disclosure
Controls
and
Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)), as of the end of
the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded
that as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.
Management's
Report
on
Internal
Control
Over
Financial
Reporting
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management's assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation
report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by the rules of SEC for newly public companies.
Changes
in
Internal
Control
Over
Financial
Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred
during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Inherent
Limitations
on
Effectiveness
of
Disclosure
Controls
and
Procedures
Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our
internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only
reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are
resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation
of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities
that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented
by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also
based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals
under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures may deteriorate. Due to inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
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Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
PART III
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy
Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 .
Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the Code of Conduct, that applies to all officers, directors and employees, which
is available on our website at ir.domo.com under "Governance". The nominating and corporate governance committee of our board of directors is responsible for
overseeing the Code of Conduct and must approve any waivers of the Code of Conduct for employees, executive officers and directors. We expect that any
amendments to the Code of Conduct, or any waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on our website, as required by applicable law or the Nasdaq listing
standards.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy
Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 .
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy
Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 .
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy
Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 .
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement relating to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy
Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 .
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
The following documents are filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
(a) Financial Statements
PART IV
The information concerning our financial statements, including the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm required by this item is
incorporated by reference herein to the section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K in Item 8, entitled “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data.”
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
All schedules have been omitted because the required information is not present or not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedules, or
because the information required is included in Item 8, entitled “Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
(c) Exhibits
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See the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 12, 2019
DOMO, INC.
By:
/s/ Joshua G. James
Joshua G. James
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 12, 2019
By:
/s/ Bruce Felt
Bruce Felt
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joshua G. James, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her name, place and stead and to execute in the name and
on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing,
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ Joshua G. James
Joshua G. James
Chief Executive Officer and Director
( Principal Executive Officer )
/s/ Bruce Felt
Bruce Felt
Chief Financial Officer
( Principal Accounting and Financial Officer )
/s/ Fraser Bullock
Fraser Bullock
/s/ Carine S. Clark
Carine S. Clark
/s/ Dana Evan
Dana Evan
/s/ Mark Gorenberg
Mark Gorenberg
/s/ Nehal Raj
Nehal Raj
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Date
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
EXHIBIT INDEX
Incorporated by Reference
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Date
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Amended and Restated Bylaws
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the registrant
Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated April 13,
2017, by and among the registrant and the investors and founders
named therein
Warrant to purchase 50,000 shares of Class B common stock, issued to
Silicon Valley Bank on July 18, 2016
Form of Amended and Restated Warrant to Purchase Stock, dated as of
January 4, 2019
Form of Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreement
2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant and Stock Option Agreement
under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan and Form of RSU Agreement
under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan
2018 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreements thereunder
2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2017, between
the registrant, Wilmington Trust National Association and Obsidian
Agency Services, Inc.
First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement and Pledge
Agreement dated as of April 17, 2018, between the registrant,
Wilmington Trust National Association and Obsidian Agency Services,
Inc.
Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
January 4, 2019, by and among Domo, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Domo, Inc., a Utah corporation, the lenders from time to time party
thereto, and Obsidian Agency Services Inc.
Form of Change in Control and Severance Agreement
Outside Director Compensation Policy
Aircraft Dry Lease Agreement, dated October 15, 2015 between the
registrant and JJ Spud LLC
Confirmatory Employment Letter, dated June 17, 2018, between the
registrant and Joshua James
Confirmatory Employment Letter, dated June 15, 2018, between the
registrant and Bruce Felt
Confirmatory Employment Letter, dated June 16, 2018, between the
registrant and Catherine Wong
Subsidiaries of the registrant
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)
and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
S-1
S-1
S-1
8-K
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
001-38553
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
4.1
4.2
4.4
4.1
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
June 18, 2018
June 1, 2018
June 1, 2018
January 7, 2019
June 18, 2018
June 1, 2018
June 1, 2018
June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018
June 1, 2018
S-1
333-225348
10.8
June 1, 2018
8-K
001-38553
10.1
January 7, 2019
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
S-1
333-225348
333-225348
333-225348
10.9
10.10
10.11
June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018
June 1, 2018
333-225348
10.12
June 18, 2018
333-225348
10.13
June 18, 2018
333-225348
10.14
June 18, 2018
333-225348
21.1
June 1, 2018
Exhibit
Number
3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
10.1+
10.2+
10.3+
10.4+
10.5+
10.6+
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10+
10.11+
10.12
10.13+
10.14+
10.15+
21.1
23.1
31.1
Filed
Herewith
X
X
X
X
31.2
32.1*
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)
and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Linkbase Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
________________
+
*
Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.
The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 that accompany this Annual Report on Form 10-K are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are
not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Domo, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-K, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
DOMO, INC.
Domo, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), certifies
that:
1. The name of the Corporation is Domo, Inc. The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 20, 2010 under the name Shacho, Inc.
2. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and has been duly approved by the written consent of the stockholders of the
Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
3. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth
in EXHIBIT A attached hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed
by Joshua G. James, a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, on July 3, 2018.
DOMO, INC.
By:
/s/ Joshua G. James
Name:
Joshua G. James
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT A
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
DOMO, INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is Domo, Inc. (the “ Corporation
”).
ARTICLE II
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware
General
Corporation
Law
”).
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New
Castle County, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
ARTICLE IV
The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 513,263,659, consisting of
503,263,659 shares of Common Stock (the “ Common
Stock
”), $0.001 par value per share, 3,263,659 of which shall be designated
Class A Common Stock (the “ Class
A
Common
Stock
”), and 500,000,000 of which shall be designated Class B Common Stock
(the “ Class
B
Common
Stock
”), and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred
Stock
”), $0.001 par value per share .
ARTICLE V
The rights, powers, preferences, privileges, restrictions and other matters relating to the Common Stock are as follows:
1. Definitions . For purposes of this Article V, the following definitions apply:
1.1 “ Acquisition
” means (A) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or
other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, other than any such consolidation, merger or reorganization in which
the shares of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization continue to represent
a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity (or, if the surviving entity is a wholly owned subsidiary, its Parent)
immediately after such consolidation, merger or reorganization (provided that,
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for the purpose of this Section V.1.1, all stock, options, warrants, purchase rights or other securities exercisable for or convertible
into Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization shall be deemed to be
outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization and, if applicable, converted or exchanged in such
merger, consolidation or reorganization on the same terms as the actual outstanding shares of capital stock are converted or
exchanged); or (B) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Corporation is a party in which shares of the
Corporation are transferred such that in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Corporation’s voting power is transferred; provided that
an Acquisition shall not include any transaction or series of transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes in which
cash is received by the Corporation or any successor or indebtedness of the Corporation is cancelled or converted or a combination
thereof.
1.2 “ Amended
and
Restated
Certificate
” means this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, as may be amended.
1.3 “ Asset
Transfer
” means a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Corporation.
1.4 “ Board
” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
1.5 “ Disability
” or “ Disabled
” means the permanent and total disability of the Founder such that the Founder is
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which
can be expected to result in death within 12 months or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less
than 12 months as determined by a licensed medical practitioner jointly selected by a majority of the Independent Directors and the
Founder. If the Founder is incapable of selecting a licensed physician, then the Founder’s spouse shall make the selection, or in the
absence or incapacity of the Founder’s spouse, the Founder’s adult children by majority vote shall make the selection, or in the
absence of adult children of the Founder or their inability to act by majority vote, a natural person then acting as the successor trustee
of a revocable living trust which was created by the Founder and which holds more shares of all classes of capital stock of the
Corporation than any other revocable living trust created by the Founder shall make the selection, or in absence of any such
successor trustee, the legal guardian or conservator of the estate of the Founder shall make the selection.
1.6 “ Final
Conversion
Date
” means:
shares of Class A Common Stock by affirmative written election, acting as a separate class; or
(a) the date, or the occurrence of an event, specified by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding
(b) the date that is nine months after the death or Disability of the Founder, provided, that such date may be
extended but not for a total period of longer than eighteen (18) months from such death or Disability to a date approved by a
majority of the Independent Directors then in office.
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1.7 “ Founder
” means Joshua G. James.
1.8 “ Independent
Directors
” means the members of the Board designated as independent directors in accordance
with the Listing Standards.
1.9 “ IPO
Date
” means the first date that shares of a class of the Corporation’s capital stock have been listed for
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Global Select Market or NASDAQ Global Market or any successor markets or
exchanges (each, a “ Securities
Exchange
”).
1.10 “ Liquidation
Event
” means any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation, whether
voluntary or involuntary, or any Acquisition or Asset Transfer.
1.11 “ Listing
Standards
” means (i) the requirements of any national stock exchange under which the
Corporation’s equity securities are listed for trading that are generally applicable to companies with common equity securities listed
thereon or (ii) if the Corporation’s equity securities are not listed for trading on a national stock exchange, the requirements of the
New York Stock Exchange generally applicable to companies with equity securities listed thereon.
1.12 “ Parent
” of an entity means any entity that directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the voting
power of the voting securities of such entity.
1.13 “ Permitted
Entity
” means, with respect to any Qualified Stockholder , any trust, account, plan, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other individual or entity specified in Section V.1.14(b) with respect to such Qualified
Stockholder, so long as such Permitted Entity meets the requirements of the exception set forth in Section V.1.14 applicable to such
Permitted Entity.
1.14 “ Permitted
Transfer
” means
(a) any Transfer from the Founder, from the Founder’s Permitted Entities, from the Founder’s Qualified
Trustee or from the Founder’s Permitted Transferees, to the Founder’s estate as a result of the Founder’s death, to the Founder, to the
Founder’s Permitted Entities to the Founder’s Qualified Trustee or to any other individual or entity specified in Section V.1.14(b)
below; and
(b) any Transfer of a share of Class A Common Stock by a Qualified Stockholder to any of the Permitted
Entities listed below and from any of the Permitted Entities listed below to such Qualified Stockholder or to such Qualified
Stockholder’s other Permitted Entities:
(i) a trust for the benefit of such Qualified Stockholder or persons other than the Qualified
Stockholder so long as a Qualified Stockholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of
Class A Common Stock held by such trust; provided that in the event a Qualified Stockholder no longer has sole dispositive power
and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such trust,
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each such share of Class A Common Stock then held by such trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and
nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock;
(ii) a trust under the terms of which a Qualified Stockholder has retained a “qualified interest”
within the meaning of §2702(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or a reversionary interest, so long as a Qualified
Stockholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by
such trust; provided, however, that in the event a Qualified Stockholder no longer has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting
Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such trust, each such share of Class A Common Stock then
held by such trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock;
(iii) an Individual Retirement Account, as defined in Section 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
as amended, or a pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other type of plan or trust of which such Qualified Stockholder is a
participant or beneficiary and which satisfies the requirements for qualification under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended; provided that in each case such Qualified Stockholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with
respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held in such account, plan or trust, and provided, further, that in the event the
Qualified Stockholder no longer has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A
Common Stock held by such account, plan or trust, each such share of Class A Common Stock then held by such account, plan or
trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock;
(iv) a corporation in which such Qualified Stockholder directly, or indirectly, owns shares with
sufficient Voting Control in the corporation, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that the Qualified Stockholder retains
sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such
corporation; provided that in the event the Qualified Stockholder no longer owns sufficient shares or no longer has sufficient legally
enforceable rights to ensure the Qualified Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to
the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such corporation, each such share of Class A Common Stock then held by such
corporation shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock;
(v) a partnership in which such Qualified Stockholder directly, or indirectly, owns partnership
interests with sufficient Voting Control in the partnership, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that the Qualified
Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held
by such partnership; provided that in the event the Qualified Stockholder no longer owns sufficient partnership interests or no longer
has sufficient legally enforceable rights to ensure the Qualified Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting
Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such partnership, each such share of Class A Common Stock
then held by such partnership shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock;
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(vi) a limited liability company in which such Qualified Stockholder directly, or indirectly, owns
membership interests with sufficient Voting Control in the limited liability company, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights,
such that the Qualified Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A
Common Stock held by such limited liability company; provided that in the event the Qualified Stockholder no longer owns
sufficient membership interests or no longer has sufficient legally enforceable rights to ensure the Qualified Stockholder retains sole
dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such limited liability
company, each such share of Class A Common Stock then held by such limited liability company shall automatically convert into
one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock; or
(vii) any entity (including, without limitation, any charitable trust or other entity exempt from
taxation under 501(c)(3) of the of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended) in which such Qualified Stockholder directly, or
indirectly, owns equity interests with sufficient Voting Control in such entity, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that
the Qualified Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common
Stock held by such entity; provided that in the event the Qualified Stockholder no longer owns sufficient equity interests or no
longer has sufficient legally enforceable rights to ensure the Qualified Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive
Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such entity, each such share of Class A Common Stock
then held by such entity shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock.
For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any shares are deemed to be held by a trustee of a trust described in (i), (ii), (iii) or
(vii) above, the Transfer shall be a Permitted Transfer and the trustee shall be deemed a Permitted Entity so long as the other
requirements of (i), (ii), (iii) or (vii) above are otherwise satisfied.
1.15 “ Permitted
Transferee
” means a transferee of shares of Class A Common Stock, or rights or interests
therein, received in a Transfer that constitutes a Permitted Transfer.
1.16 “ Qualified
Stockholder
” means (a) the Founder or (b) a Permitted Transferee.
1.17 “ Qualified
Trustee
” means a professional in the business of providing trustee services, including private
professional fiduciaries, trust companies, accounting, legal or financial advisors, or bank trust departments, that (a) is subject to
appointment and removal solely by a Founder or, following a Founder’s death or during the Founder’s Disability, by the Founder’s
designated proxy (who may be another person selected by the Founder and approved to act in that role by the Independent
Directors), and (b) has no pecuniary interest in any Class A Common Stock held by any entity of which such person is a trustee.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Founder shall be deemed to have sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting
Control with respect to any shares of Class A Common Stock over which a Qualified Trustee exercises dispositive power or Voting
Control. In the event the Founder’s Qualified Trustee resigns as trustee, or becomes ineligible to be a Qualified Trustee, or otherwise
ceases to serve as a Qualified Trustee,
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the Founder shall have sixty (60) days to appoint a replacement Qualified Trustee before any shares of Class A Common Stock over
which the Qualified Trustee had sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control become subject to the automatic conversion
provisions of Section V.5 below.
1.18 “ Transfer
” of a share of Class A Common Stock means, directly or indirectly, any sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance, hypothecation or other transfer or disposition of such share or any legal or beneficial interest in such share, whether or
not for value and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise),
including, without limitation, a transfer of a share of Class A Common Stock to a broker or other nominee (regardless of whether
there is a corresponding change in beneficial ownership), or the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement with respect to,
Voting Control (as defined below) over such share by proxy or otherwise. A “ Transfer
” will also be deemed to have occurred with
respect to all shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially held by an entity that is a Qualified Stockholder, if after the IPO Date
there is a Transfer of the voting power of the voting securities of such entity or any direct or indirect Parent of such entity, such that
the previous holders of such voting power no longer retain sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the
shares of Class A Common Stock held by such entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following will not be considered a “
Transfer
”:
(a) granting a revocable proxy to officers or directors of the Corporation at the request of the Board in
connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or in connection with any action by written
consent of the stockholders solicited by the Board;
(b) entering into a voting trust, agreement or arrangement (with or without granting a proxy), and taking
any action contemplated thereunder, solely with stockholders who are holders of Class A Common Stock, which voting trust,
agreement or arrangement (i) is disclosed either in a Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in writing
to the Secretary of the Corporation, (ii) either has a term not exceeding one year or is terminable by the holder of the shares subject
thereto at any time and (iii) does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration to the holder of the
shares subject thereto other than the mutual promise to vote shares in a designated manner;
(c) pledging shares of Class A Common Stock by a stockholder that creates a mere security interest in such
shares pursuant to a bona fide loan or indebtedness transaction for so long as such stockholder continues to exercise Voting Control
over such pledged shares; provided, however, that a foreclosure on such shares or other similar action by the pledgee will constitute
a “Transfer” unless such foreclosure or similar action qualifies as a “Permitted Transfer” at such time;
(d) granting a proxy by the Founder, the Founder’s Permitted Entities or the Founder’s Permitted
Transferees to (i) a person or entity designated by the Founder and approved by a majority of the Independent Directors then in
office or (ii) a Qualified Trustee, to exercise dispositive power and/or Voting Control of shares of Class A Common Stock owned
directly or
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indirectly, beneficially and of record, by the Founder, the Founder’s Permitted Entities or the Founder’s Permitted Transferees,
effective either (A) on the death of the Founder or (B) during any Disability of the Founder, including the exercise of such proxy by
such person;
(e) entering into a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, with a broker or other nominee; provided, however, that a sale of such shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to such
plan shall constitute a “Transfer” at the time of such sale;
(f) the fact that the spouse of any Qualified Stockholder possesses or obtains an interest in such holder’s
shares of Class A Common Stock arising solely by reason of the application of the community property laws of any jurisdiction, so
long as no other event or circumstance shall exist or have occurred that constitutes a “Transfer”; and
(g) entering into a support, voting, tender or similar agreement, arrangement or understanding (with or
without granting a proxy), and taking any action contemplated thereunder, in connection with a Liquidation Event, provided that
such Liquidation Event was approved by a majority of the Independent Directors then in office.
1.19 “ Voting
Control
” means, with respect to a share of capital stock or other security, the power (whether
exclusive or shared) to vote or direct the voting of such security, including by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise.
1.20 “ Voting
Threshold
Date
” means the first date on which the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock
represent less than a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors.
1.21“ Whole
Board
” means the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies or
unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships.
2. Identical Rights . Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate or required by applicable law,
shares of Common Stock shall have the same rights and powers, rank equally (including as to dividends and distributions, and any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation but excluding voting and other matters as described in Section V.3 below),
share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters, including:
2.1 Subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes and series of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights
as to dividends, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of any
assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board. Any
dividends paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be paid pro rata, on an equal priority, pari passu basis, unless
different treatment of the shares of any such class is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of such applicable class of Common Stock treated adversely, voting separately as a class.
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2.2 The Corporation shall not declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution to the holders of Common
Stock payable in securities of the Corporation unless the same dividend or distribution with the same record date and payment date
shall be declared and paid on all shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that (i) dividends or other distributions payable in
shares of Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock may be declared and paid to the holders of
Class A Common Stock without the same dividend or distribution being declared and paid to the holders of the Class B Common
Stock if, and only if, a dividend payable in shares of Class B Common Stock or rights to acquire shares of Class B Common Stock
are declared and paid to the holders of Class B Common Stock at the same rate and with the same record date and payment date and
(ii) dividends or other distributions payable in shares of Class B Common Stock or rights to acquire shares of Class B Common
Stock may be declared and paid to the holders of Class B Common Stock without the same dividend or distribution being declared
and paid to the holders of the Class A Common Stock if, and only if, a dividend payable in shares of Class A Common Stock or
rights to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock are declared and paid to the holders of Class A Common Stock at the same rate
and with the same record date and payment date; and provided, further, that nothing in the foregoing shall prevent the Corporation
from declaring and paying dividends or other distributions payable in shares of one class of Common Stock or rights to acquire one
class of Common Stock to holders of all classes of Common Stock.
2.3 If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or
Class B Common Stock, then the outstanding shares of all Common Stock will be subdivided or combined in the same proportion
and manner.
3. Voting Rights.
3.1 Common Stock .
for each share thereof held at the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to vote on such matters.
(a) Class A Common Stock . Each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock will be entitled to forty votes
for each share thereof held at the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to vote on such matters.
(b) Class B Common Stock . Each holder of shares of Class B Common Stock will be entitled to one vote
3.2 General . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as required by law, the holders of Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock will vote together and not as separate series or classes.
3.3 Authorized Shares . The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or any class or series thereof may be
increased or decreased (but not below (i) the number of shares of Common Stock or, in the case of a class or series of Common
Stock, such class or series, then outstanding plus (ii) with respect to Class B Common Stock, the number of shares reserved for
issuance pursuant to Section V.8) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class,
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irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law; provided, that the number of
authorized shares of Class A Common Stock shall not be increased without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, voting as a separate class.
3.4 Election of Directors . Subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors
under specified circumstances, the holders of Common Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect and remove
all directors of the Company.
4. Liquidation Rights . In the event of a Liquidation Event, subject to the rights of any Preferred Stock that may then be
outstanding, the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to stockholders shall be distributed on an equal priority,
pro rata basis to the holders of Common Stock, unless different treatment of the shares of each such class is approved by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each
voting separately as a class; provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, consideration to be paid or received by a holder of
Common Stock in connection with any Liquidation Event pursuant to any employment, consulting, severance or similar services
arrangement shall not be deemed to be “distribution to stockholders” for the purpose of this Section V.4; provided , further,
however , that shares of such classes may receive, or have the right to elect to receive, different or disproportionate consideration in
connection with such consolidation, merger or other transaction if the only difference in the per share consideration to the holders of
the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock is that any securities distributed to the holder of a share of Class A
Common Stock have forty (40) times the voting power of any securities distributed to the holder of a share of Class B Common
Stock.
5. Conversion of the Class A Common Stock . The Class A Common Stock will be convertible into Class B Common
Stock as follows:
5.1 Each share of Class A Common Stock will automatically convert into one fully paid and nonassessable share of
Class B Common Stock on the Final Conversion Date.
5.2 With respect to any holder of Class A Common Stock, each share of Class A Common Stock held by such
holder will automatically be converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock, as follows:
(a) on the affirmative written election of such holder or, if later, at the time or the happening of a future
event specified in such written election (which election may be revoked by such holder prior to the date on which the automatic
conversion would otherwise occur unless otherwise specified by such holder);
Stock, other than a Permitted Transfer; or
(b) subject to Section V.5.2(c) below, on the occurrence of a Transfer of such share of Class A Common
or by the Founder’s Permitted Transferees, upon the death or
(c) with respect to Class A Common Stock held of record by the Founder, the Founder’s Permitted Entities
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Disability of the Founder; provided , however , that, with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock held of record by the
Founder, the Founder’s Permitted Entities or the Founder’s Permitted Transferees, each share of Class A Common Stock held of
record by the Founder, the Founder’s Permitted Entities or the Founder’s Permitted Transferees shall automatically convert into one
(1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock upon that date which is nine (9) months after the date of death or
Disability of the Founder or such later date not to exceed a total period of eighteen (18) months after the date of death or Disability
of the Founder as may be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors then in office, during which period prior to the
conversion of such shares of Class A Common Stock into Class B Common Stock, Voting Control over the Founder’s shares
(including shares held of record by the Founder’s Permitted Entities and Permitted Transferees) shall be exercised in accordance
with any applicable proxy or voting agreement in place at the time of such death or Disability entered into in accordance with
Section V.1.18 of this Amended and Restated Certificate or, if no such proxy or voting agreement is in place at the time of such
death or Disability, a person (including a person serving as trustee) previously designated by the Founder and approved by the Board
may exercise Voting Control over the Founder’s shares (including shares held of record by the Founder’s Permitted Entities and
Permitted Transferees) of Class A Common Stock.
6. Procedures . The Corporation may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures relating to the conversion
of the Class A Common Stock to Class B Common Stock and the general administration of this dual class stock structure, including
the issuance of stock certificates with respect thereto, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may from time to time request that
holders of shares of Class A Common Stock furnish certifications, affidavits or other proof to the Corporation as it deems necessary
to verify the ownership of Class A Common Stock and to confirm that a conversion to Class B Common Stock has not occurred. A
determination by the Corporation as to whether or not a Transfer has occurred and results in a conversion to Class B Common Stock
shall be conclusive and binding.
7. Immediate Effect . In the event of and upon a conversion of shares of Class A Common Stock to shares of Class B
Common Stock pursuant to Section V.5, such conversion(s) shall be deemed to have been made at the time that the Transfer of
shares, death or Disability, as applicable, occurred or immediately upon the Final Conversion Date subject in all cases to any
transition periods specifically provided for in this Amended and Restated Certificate. Upon any conversion of Class A Common
Stock to Class B Common Stock in accordance with this Amended and Restated Certificate, all rights of such holder of shares of
Class A Common Stock shall cease and the person or persons in whose names or names the certificate or certificates representing the
shares of Class B Common Stock are to be issued shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder or holders of
such shares of Class B Common Stock.
8. Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the
Class A Common Stock, such number of its shares of Class B Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the
conversion of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock; and if at any time the number of
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authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock will not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then-outstanding
shares of Class A Common Stock, the Corporation will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary
to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock to such number of shares as will be sufficient for such
purpose.
9. No Reissuance of Class A Common Stock . No share or shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by the Corporation
by reason of redemption, purchase, conversion or otherwise shall be reissued, and all such shares shall be cancelled, retired and
eliminated from the shares that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue.
10. Preemptive Rights . No stockholder of the Corporation shall have a right to purchase shares of capital stock of the
Corporation sold or issued by the Corporation except to the extent that such a right may from time to time be set forth in a written
agreement between the Corporation and a stockholder.
ARTICLE VI
1. Rights of Preferred Stock . The Board is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the
issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly
adopted by the Board (authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board), and by filing a certificate pursuant to the
applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “ Preferred
Stock
Designation
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establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designations, powers, preferences,
and rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.
The Board is further authorized to increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decrease (but
not below the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series, the number of which was
fixed by it, subsequent to the issuance of shares of such series then outstanding, subject to the powers, preferences and rights, and the
qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof stated in the Amended and Restated Certificate or the resolution of the Board
originally fixing the number of shares of such series. If the number of shares of any series is so decreased, then the shares
constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number
of shares of such series.
2. Vote to Increase or Decrease Authorized Shares . The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased
or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a vote of the holders of the
Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock
Designation, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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ARTICLE VII
1. Board Size . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under
specified circumstances, the number of directors that constitutes the entire Board shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the
Bylaws of the Corporation; provided that, from and after the Voting Threshold Date, the number of directors that constitutes the
entire Board shall be fixed by a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. At each annual meeting of stockholders,
directors of the Corporation shall be elected to hold office until the expiration of the term for which they are elected and until their
successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal; except that if any such election shall not
be so held, such election shall take place at a stockholders’ meeting called and held in accordance with the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
2. Board Structure . From and after the Voting Threshold Date, the directors, other than any who may be elected by the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock under specified circumstances, shall be divided into three (3) classes as nearly equal in size
as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The Board may assign members of the Board already in office to
such classes at the time such classification becomes effective. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first
regularly-scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders following the Voting Threshold Date, the term of office of the initial Class II
directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the Voting Threshold Date, and the term of office
of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders following the Voting Threshold Date. At
each annual meeting of stockholders, commencing with the first regularly scheduled annual meeting of stockholders following the
Voting Threshold Date, each of the successors elected to replace the directors of a Class whose term shall have expired at such
annual meeting shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term and until the third annual meeting next succeeding his or her
election and until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Prior to the Voting Threshold Date, all
directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders (except, for
the avoidance of doubt, as provided in this Section VII.2 in the event the Voting Threshold Date occurs) and until his or her
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VII, whether before or
after the Voting Threshold Date, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her
death, resignation, or removal. From and after the Voting Threshold Date, if the number of directors is thereafter changed, any newly
created directorships or decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in
number as is practicable. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board, whether before or after the Voting
Threshold Date, shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
3. Removal; Vacancies . Any director may be removed from office by the stockholders of the Corporation as provided in
Section 141(k) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Prior to the Voting Threshold Date, vacancies occurring on the Board for
any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled only by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares
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of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. From and after the Voting Threshold Date,
vacancies occurring on the Board for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number
of directors may be filled only by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director, and not by stockholders. A person elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office
until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be duly elected
and qualified.
ARTICLE VIII
The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation,
and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
1. Board Power . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. In
addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred by statute or by this Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws of the
Corporation, the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done
by the Corporation.
2. Written Ballot . Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws of the
Corporation.
3. Amendment of Bylaws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided that, prior to
the Voting Threshold Date, the Board shall not be authorized to amend or repeal, or adopt a provision inconsistent with, Article III,
Section 3.2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation.
4. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by (i) the Board pursuant to a resolution
adopted by a majority of the Whole Board; (ii) the chairman of the Board; (iii) the chief executive officer of the Corporation; (iv) the
president of the Corporation (in the absence of a chief executive officer); or (v) prior to the Voting Threshold Date, the holders of at
least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single
class and acting in compliance with the Bylaws of the Corporation.
5. No Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, and
except for any written election to convert shares of Class A Common Stock to Class B Common Stock as contemplated in this
Amended and Restated Certificate, from and after the Voting Threshold Date, any action required or permitted to be taken by the
stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and
may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock, and except for any written election to convert shares of Class A Common Stock to Class B Common Stock as contemplated in
this Amended and Restated Certificate, before the Voting Threshold Date, any
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action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting
6. No Cumulative Voting . No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of directors.
ARTICLE IX
To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Without limiting the effect of the preceding sentence, if the Delaware General Corporation
Law is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of a director
of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so
amended.
Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated
Certificate inconsistent with this Article IX, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal
liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of such an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE X
If any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate becomes or is declared on any ground by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary,
shall be severed from this Amended and Restated Certificate, and the court will replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision
of this Amended and Restated Certificate with a valid and enforceable provision that most accurately reflects the Corporation’s
intent, in order to achieve, to the maximum extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, void or
unenforceable provision. The balance of this Amended and Restated Certificate shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
Except as provided in Article IX above, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision
contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred
upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any other provision of
this Amended and Restated Certificate or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote, but in addition to any vote
of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Amended and Restated Certificate, (i)
prior to the Voting Threshold Date, (a) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares
of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to
amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate or adopt any new provision of this
Amended and Restated Certificate and (b) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and
the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, each voting separately as a class, shall be
required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this
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Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with, Article V or this clause (i)(b) of Article X of this Amended and Restated
Certificate (except in either (a) or (b) by virtue of a filing of a Preferred Stock Designation, but subject to any vote required by law
or by other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate with respect to such Preferred Stock Designation), and (ii) from and
after the Voting Threshold Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding
shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be
required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with, Article VII, Article
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
Domo, Inc.
(as amended on July 3, 2018 effective as of the
closing of the corporation’s initial public offering)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
1.2 OTHER OFFICES
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING
2.4 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES
2.5 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
2.6 QUORUM
2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
2.8 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
2.9 VOTING
2.10 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
2.11 RECORD DATES
2.12 PROXIES
2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
2.14 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
3.1 POWERS
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS
3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
3.8 QUORUM; VOTING
3.9 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
3.10 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
3.11 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
4.4 SUBCOMMITTEES
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
5.1 OFFICERS
5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
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5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
5.6 REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES
5.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
ARTICLE VI - STOCK
6.1 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES
6.2 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
6.3 LOST CERTIFICATES
6.4 DIVIDENDS
6.5 TRANSFER OF STOCK
6.6 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
6.7 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER
7.1 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
7.2 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
7.3 NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS
7.4 NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL
7.5 WAIVER OF NOTICE
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS
8.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION
8.3 SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE
8.4 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
8.5 ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
8.6 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION
8.7 DETERMINATION; CLAIM
8.8 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS
8.9 INSURANCE
8.10 SURVIVAL
8.11 EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION
8.12 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS
9.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
9.2 FISCAL YEAR
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9.4 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
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BYLAWS OF DOMO, INC.
ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of Domo, Inc. shall be fixed in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended from
time to time.
1.2 OTHER OFFICES
The corporation may at any time establish other offices at any place or places.
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or outside the State of Delaware, designated by the board of directors. The
board of directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held
solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”).
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year. The board of directors shall designate the date and time of the annual
meeting. At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business, brought in accordance with Section 2.4 of these
bylaws, may be transacted. The board of directors, acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, may cancel,
postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled annual meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the
stockholders. For purposes of these bylaws, the term “ Whole Board ” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not
there exist any vacancies or unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships.
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING
(i) A special meeting of the stockholders, other than as required by statute, may be called at any time by (a) the board of
directors, acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, (b) the chairperson of the board of directors, (c) the chief
executive officer or the president (in the absence of a chief executive officer) or (d) prior to the Voting Threshold Date (as such term is
defined in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation), by written request of the holders of at least 50% of the voting power of the
corporation’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class, provided that such written request is in
compliance with the requirements of Section 2.3(ii), but a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons. The board of
directors, acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously
scheduled special meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders.
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(ii) If any person(s) other than the board of directors calls a special meeting, the request shall:
(a) be in writing;
requirements as are set forth in Section 2.4(iii) and in Section 2.4(i)(b) (for the proposal of business other than nominations); and
(b) specify the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, subject to any additional applicable
(c) be delivered personally or sent by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation.
Upon receipt of such a request, the board of directors shall determine the date, time and place of such special meeting, which
must be scheduled to be held on a date that is not less than thirty (30) and not more than ninety (90) days after receipt by the secretary of the
request therefor, and the secretary of the corporation shall prepare a proper notice thereof. No business may be transacted at such special
meeting other than the business specified in the notice to stockholders of such meeting. A request to call a special meeting by any person
other than the board of directors will not be valid unless made in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in this Section
2.3(ii).
(iii) The notice of a special meeting shall include the purpose for which the meeting is called. Only such business shall be
conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors,
chairperson of the board of directors, chief executive officer or president (in the absence of a chief executive officer) or in the notice specified
in Section 2.3(ii) above. Nothing contained in this Section 2.3(iii) shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting
of stockholders called by action of the board of directors may be held.
2.4 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES
(i) Advance Notice of Stockholder Business. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be
conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be
brought: (A) pursuant to the corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the board of directors, or
(C) by a stockholder of the corporation who (1) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this
Section 2.4(i), on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the annual meeting and on the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has timely complied in proper written form with the notice
procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(i). In addition, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such
business must be a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to these bylaws and applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (C)
above shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring business (other than business included in the corporation’s proxy materials
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto (the “ 1934 Act ”)) before an annual
meeting of stockholders.
(a) To comply with clause (C) of Section 2.4(i) above, a stockholder’s notice must set forth all information
required under this Section 2.4(i) and must be timely received by the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must
be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the 45th day nor earlier than the 75th day
before the one-year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials or a notice of availability of proxy
materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided , however , that in the event that no annual meeting was
held in the previous year or if the date of the annual meeting is
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advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s
annual meeting, then, for notice by the stockholder to be timely, it must be so received by the secretary not earlier than the close of business
on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual
meeting, or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement (as defined below) of the date of such annual meeting is first
made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period
for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.4(i)(a). “ Public Announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by
the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
(b) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth as to each matter of business
the stockholder intends to bring before the annual meeting: (1) a brief description of the business intended to be brought before the annual
meeting, the text of the proposed business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration) and the reasons for conducting
such business at the annual meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such
business and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), (3) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of
record or are beneficially owned by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially
held by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, (4) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series
of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities
of the corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or
lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to
increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the
corporation, (5) any material interest of the stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person in such business, and (6) a statement whether
either such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the
percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal (such information provided and statements
made as required by clauses (1) through (6), a “ Business Solicitation Statement ”). In addition, to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s
notice to the secretary must be supplemented not later than ten days following the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
notice of the meeting to disclose the information contained in clauses (3) and (4) above as of such record date. For purposes of this
Section 2.4, a “ Stockholder Associated Person ” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in
concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the corporation owned of record or beneficially by such
stockholder and on whose behalf the proposal or nomination, as the case may be, is being made, or (iii) any person controlling, controlled by
or under common control with such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).
(c) Without exception, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Section 2.4(i) and, if applicable, Section 2.4(ii). In addition, business proposed to be brought by a stockholder may
not be brought before the annual meeting if such stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the
representations made in the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business or if the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to
such business contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that business was
not properly brought before the annual meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.4(i), and, if the
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chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting that any such business not properly brought before the
annual meeting shall not be conducted.
(ii) Advance Notice of Director Nominations at Annual Meetings. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the
contrary, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(ii) shall be eligible for election or re-
election as directors at an annual meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation
shall be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (B) by a stockholder of the
corporation who (1) was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.4(ii), on the record date for
the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the annual meeting and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(ii). In addition to any other
applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper
written form to the secretary of the corporation.
(a) To comply with clause (B) of Section 2.4(ii) above, a nomination to be made by a stockholder must set forth all
information required under this Section 2.4(ii) and must be received by the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of
the corporation at the time set forth in, and in accordance with, the final three sentences of Section 2.4(i)(a) above; provided, however, that in
the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors is increased and there is no Public Announcement naming all of
the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased board made by the corporation at least ten (10) days before the last day a
stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination pursuant to the foregoing provisions, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.4(ii)
shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the
secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which
such Public Announcement is first made by the corporation.
(b) To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth:
(1) as to each person (a “ nominee ”) whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-
election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (B) the principal occupation or employment
of the nominee, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the nominee and
any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the nominee, (D) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or
series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of the nominee with respect to any securities of the corporation, and a description
of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or
intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of
the nominee, (E) a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among the stockholder, any nominee or any other person or
persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, including a description of any
compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding involving the nominee and of any compensation or other
payment received by or on behalf of the nominee, in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the corporation, (F) a
written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging and representing that the nominee intends to serve a full term on the board of
directors if elected and that, as a director of the corporation, the nominee will owe a fiduciary duty under Delaware law with respect to the
corporation and its stockholders, and (G) any other information relating to the nominee that would be required
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to be disclosed about such nominee if proxies were being solicited for the election of the nominee as a director, or that is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation the nominee’s written consent to being named in
the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and
(2) as to such stockholder giving notice, (A) the information required to be provided pursuant to clauses (2)
through (5) of Section 2.4(i)(b) above, and the supplement referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.4(i)(b) above (except that the
references to “business” in such clauses shall instead refer to nominations of directors for purposes of this paragraph), and (B) a statement
whether either such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a number of
the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person to be necessary to elect such
nominee(s) (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses (A) and (B) above, a “ Nominee Solicitation Statement
”).
(c) At the request of the board of directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director must
furnish to the secretary of the corporation (1) that information required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of nomination of such
person as a director as of a date subsequent to the date on which the notice of such person’s nomination was given and (2) such other
information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an
independent director of the corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack
thereof, of such nominee; in the absence of the furnishing of such information if requested, such stockholder’s nomination shall not be
considered in proper form pursuant to this Section 2.4(ii).
(d) Without exception, no person shall be eligible for election or re-election as a director of the corporation at an
annual meeting of stockholders unless nominated in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.4(ii). In addition, a nominee
shall not be eligible for election or re-election if a stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the
representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or in any other notice to the corporation or if the
Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or any other relevant notice contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts
warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions prescribed by these
bylaws, and if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting, and the defective nomination shall be
disregarded.
(iii) Advance Notice of Director Nominations for Special Meetings.
(a) For a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to Section 2.3, nominations
of persons for election to the board of directors shall be made only (1) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (2) by any stockholder
of the corporation who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.4(iii), on the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the special meeting and on the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to vote at the special meeting and (B) delivers a timely written notice of the nomination to the secretary of the corporation that
includes the information set forth in Sections 2.4(ii)(b) and (ii)(c) above. To be timely, such notice must be received by the secretary at the
principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or
the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed
by the board of directors to be elected at
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such meeting. A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at a special meeting unless the person is nominated (i) by
or at the direction of the board of directors or (ii) by a stockholder in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(iii). In
addition, a nominee shall not be eligible for election or re-election if a stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes
action contrary to the representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or in any other notice to the
corporation or if the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or any other relevant notice contains an untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(b) The chairperson of the special meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a
nomination or business was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws, and if the chairperson should so
determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination or business shall be disregarded.
(iv) Other Requirements and Rights. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, a stockholder must also
comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters
set forth in this Section 2.4, including, with respect to business such stockholder intends to bring before the annual meeting that involves a
proposal that such stockholder requests to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement, the requirements of Rule 14a-8 (or any successor
provision) under the 1934 Act. Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect any right of the corporation to omit a proposal from the
corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act.
2.5 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which
shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy
holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided in the DGCL, the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, the written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before
the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to
notice of the meeting.
2.6 QUORUM
The holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. Where a separate vote by a
class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or
series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter,
except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the
meeting, or (ii) the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At such
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which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the
adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy
holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the
adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the
meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the board of directors
shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the DGCL and Section 2.11 of these
bylaws, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the
record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.
2.8 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including
such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business and discussion as seem to the chairperson in order. The chairperson of
any meeting of stockholders shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date or time. The chairperson of any
meeting of stockholders shall be designated by the board of directors; in the absence of such designation, the chairperson of the board, if any,
or the chief executive officer (in the absence of the chairperson of the board), or the president (in the absence of the chairperson of the board
and the chief executive officer), or in their absence any other executive officer of the corporation, shall serve as chairperson of the
stockholder meeting.
2.9 VOTING
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.11 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section
218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange, in
all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise
required by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or
series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the voting
power of the shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on
the subject matter shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of
incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange.
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2.10 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Subject to the rights of the holders of the shares of any series of Preferred Stock , and except for any written election to convert shares
of the corporation’s Class A Common Stock to Class B Common Stock as contemplated in the certificate of incorporation, any action
required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
2.11 RECORD DATES
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the board of directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such
meeting. If the board of directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at
such meeting unless the board of directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the
meeting shall be the date for making such determination.
If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at
the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment
of the meeting; provided, however , that the board of directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at
the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the
same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 213 of the
DGCL and this Section 2.11 at the adjourned meeting.
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the
purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is
fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of
directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
2.12 PROXIES
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by
proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the
meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The
revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.
A written proxy may be in the form of an electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can
be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or in any other form permitted by law.
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2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
The corporation shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to
vote at the meeting; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the
meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order,
and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The corporation shall not
be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination
of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible
electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during
ordinary business hours, at the corporation’s principal place of business. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available
on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the
corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the
time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be
held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time
of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the
notice of the meeting.
2.14 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or
its adjournment. The corporation may designate one (1) or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. Such
inspectors shall take all actions as contemplated under Section 231 of the DGCL or any successor provision thereto.
The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is
practical. If there are multiple inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act
or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
3.1 POWERS
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors, except as may be
otherwise provided in the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation.
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Unless the certificate of
incorporation fixes the number of directors, (1) prior to the Voting Threshold Date (as such term is defined in the corporation’s certificate of
incorporation), the number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the stockholders and (2) from and
after the Voting Threshold Date, the number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the
Whole Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of
office expires.
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3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until
the expiration of the term for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death,
resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. The
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.
If so provided in the certificate of incorporation, the directors of the corporation shall be divided into three classes. Until such time,
the directors of the corporation shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the chairperson of the board of
directors (or, if none, to the chief executive officer of the corporation) or to the secretary of the corporation. A resignation is effective when
the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an
event or events. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director may
provide that it is irrevocable.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, or applicable law or permitted in the specific case by
resolution of the board of directors, and subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, prior to the Voting Threshold Date (as such term is
defined in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation), any vacancy in the board of directors resulting from the death, resignation, removal
or disqualification of any director or for any other reason, and any newly created directorship resulting from any increase in the authorized
number of directors to be elected by all stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors may be filled by the stockholders.
Following the Voting Threshold Date (as such term is defined in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation), any vacancy in the board of
directors resulting from the death, resignation, removal or disqualification of any director or for any other reason, and any newly created
directorship resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors to be elected by all stockholders entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director,
and not by stockholders. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, and following the Voting Threshold
Date, when one or more directors resign from the board of directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office,
including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such
resignation or resignations shall become effective. If the directors are divided into classes as provided by the certificate of incorporation, a
person so chosen to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director
shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
The board of directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors may participate in a
meeting of the board of directors by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the board of directors.
3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the board of
directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary or a majority of the authorized number of directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;
sent by facsimile;
sent by electronic mail; or
otherwise given by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 7.2),
directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address or other contact for notice by
electronic transmission, as the case may be, as shown on the corporation’s records.
If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile, (iii) sent by electronic mail or (iv)
otherwise given by electronic transmission, it shall be delivered, sent or otherwise directed to each director, as applicable, at least 24 hours
before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least
four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director. The notice need not specify the
place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the corporation’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting, unless
required by statute.
3.8 QUORUM; VOTING
At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a
quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of
directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
3.9 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken
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without a meeting if all members of the board of directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic
transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of
directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the
minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent
or otherwise, that a consent to action will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later
than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given for purposes of
this Section 3.9 at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such
consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.
3.10 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the
compensation of directors.
3.11 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Prior to the Voting Threshold Date (as such term is defined in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation), any director may be
removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the
outstanding shares then entitled to vote for the election of directors. From and after the Voting Threshold Date, no director may be removed
except for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of
capital stock of the corporation then entitled to vote at an election of directors.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such
director’s term of office.
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each
committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as
alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or
disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting,
whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at
the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board
of directors or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no
such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than
the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or
repeal any bylaw of the corporation.
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4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);
Section 3.6 (regular meetings);
Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);
Section 3.8 (quorum; voting);
Section 3.9 (action without a meeting); and
Section 7.5 (waiver of notice)
with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and
its members. However :
resolution of the committee;
(i)
the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by
(ii)
special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors; and
notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to
attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the
provisions of these bylaws.
(iii)
4.4 SUBCOMMITTEES
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the resolutions of the board of directors designating the
committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and
delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.
5.1 OFFICERS
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation shall be a president and a secretary. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of
directors, a chairperson of the board of directors, a vice chairperson of the board of directors, a chief executive officer, a chief financial
officer or treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more assistant
secretaries, and
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any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the
same person.
5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
The board of directors shall appoint the officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 5.3 of these bylaws, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The board of directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the
president, to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require. Each of such officers shall hold office for such
period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time
determine.
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without
cause, by the board of directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the board of directors unless as otherwise provided by resolution
of the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the
receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any
contract to which the officer is a party.
5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors or as provided in Section 5.3.
5.6 REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES
The chairperson of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or
assistant secretary of this corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the chief executive officer, the president or
a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or other
securities of any other entity or entities standing in the name of this corporation, including the right to act by written consent. The authority
granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly
executed by such person having the authority.
5.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
All officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of
the corporation as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to
their respective offices, subject to the control of the board of directors.
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6.1 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES
ARTICLE VI - STOCK
The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or
resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the
board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the
corporation by any two officers of the corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the
signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature
has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued
by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The corporation
shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration
to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly-paid shares, or upon the books and
records of the corporation in the case of uncertificated partly-paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the
amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully-paid shares, the corporation shall declare a dividend upon
partly-paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
6.2 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the
designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the
certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided in
Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the
corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each
stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of
stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the
issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the registered owner thereof shall be given a notice, in writing or by electronic transmission,
containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 6.2 or Sections 156, 202(a), 218(a) or 364
of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 6.2 a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series
thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the
rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of
the same class and series shall be identical.
6.3 LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 6.3, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless
the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same
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time. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it,
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such
owner’s legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
6.4 DIVIDENDS
The board of directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay
dividends upon the shares of the corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the corporation’s
capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. The board of directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the
corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
6.5 TRANSFER OF STOCK
Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an
attorney duly authorized, and, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares,
properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.
6.6 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more
classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such
stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
6.7 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
The corporation:
receive dividends and to vote as such owner; and
(i)
shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to
another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
(ii)
shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER
7.1 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
Notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the corporation’s records. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of
the corporation or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima
facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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7.2 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to
whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any such consent
shall be deemed revoked if:
(i)
accordance with such consent; and
the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in
or other person responsible for the giving of notice.
(ii)
such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent,
However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given as provided under Section 232 of the DGCL. An
affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given by a
form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
An “ electronic transmission ” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper,
including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks
or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in
paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.
7.3 NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS
Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to
stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that
address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any
stockholder who fails to object in writing to the corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the corporation of its
intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. This Section 7.3 shall not apply
to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.
7.4 NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL
Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, to any person with whom
communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any
governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or
held without notice
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to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the
event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such
is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom
communication is unlawful.
7.5 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written
waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after
the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute
a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the
meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, or the board of directors or a committee thereof, as the case may be,
need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws.
8.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION
Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as
now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ Proceeding ”) (other than an action by or in the right of
the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the
corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.
8.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION
Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as
now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director
or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as
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a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation;
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
8.3 SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE
To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense
of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
8.4 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the corporation shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents to the
extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. The board of directors shall have the power to delegate to any person or persons
identified in subsections (1) through (4) of Section 145(d) of the DGCL the determination of whether employees or agents shall be
indemnified.
8.5 ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any
Proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of a written request therefor
(together with documentation reasonably evidencing such expenses) and an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts
if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or the DGCL. Such expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by former directors and officers or other current or former employees and agents
of the corporation or by persons currently or formerly serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the
corporation deems appropriate. The right to advancement of expenses shall not apply to any claim for which indemnity is excluded pursuant
to these bylaws, but shall apply to any Proceeding referenced in Section 8.6(ii) or 8.6(iii) prior to a determination that the person is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
8.6 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION
Subject to the requirements in Section 8.3 and the DGCL, the corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person pursuant to
this Article VIII in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):
(i) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such person under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity
provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;
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(ii) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, or similar provisions of federal,
state or local statutory law or common law, if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);
(iii) for any reimbursement of the corporation by such person of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based
compensation or of any profits realized by such person from the sale of securities of the corporation, as required in each case under the 1934
Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the corporation pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), or the payment to the corporation of profits arising from the purchase and sale by such
person of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any
settlement arrangements);
(iv) initiated by such person, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by such person against the
corporation or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (a) the board of directors authorized the Proceeding (or
the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (b) the corporation provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to
the powers vested in the corporation under applicable law, (c) otherwise required to be made under Section 8.7 or (d) otherwise required by
applicable law; or
(v) if prohibited by applicable law.
8.7 DETERMINATION; CLAIM
If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within 90 days after receipt by the
corporation of the written request therefor, the claimant shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her
entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. The corporation shall indemnify such person against any and all expenses
that are actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of expenses from
the corporation under this Article VIII, to the extent such person is successful in such action, and to the extent not prohibited by law. In any
such suit, the corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to the
requested indemnification or advancement of expenses.
8.8 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the certificate of
incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into
individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of expenses, to
the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.
8.9 INSURANCE
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity,
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or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the provisions of the DGCL.
8.10 SURVIVAL
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article VIII shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
8.11 EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION
A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall
not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission
that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of
expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after
such action or omission has occurred.
8.12 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “ corporation ” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had
continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “ other enterprises ” shall
include employee benefit plans; references to “ fines ” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit
plan; and references to “ serving at the request of the corporation ” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit
plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “ not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation ” as referred to in this Article VIII.
9.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors may authorize any officer
or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any document or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or
within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract
or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
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9.2 FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors and may be changed by the board of directors.
9.3 SEAL
The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the board of directors. The
corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
9.4 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the
construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number
includes the singular, and the term “ person ” includes both a corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
These bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however , that, from and after the
Voting Threshold Date (as such term is defined in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power of outstanding voting securities, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the
stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of these bylaws. However, the corporation may, in its
certificate of incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so
conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
A bylaw amendment adopted by stockholders which specifies the votes that shall be necessary for the election of directors shall not
be further amended or repealed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE XI - EXCLUSIVE FORUM
Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
(or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any
action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or
the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, except
for, as to each of (i) through (iv) above, any claim as to which such court determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the
jurisdiction of such court (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of such court within ten (10) days
following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than such court, or for which such court
does not have subject matter jurisdiction.
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Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of
America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice
of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI.
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Exhibit 23.1
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-225978) pertaining to the 2011 Equity
Incentive Plan, 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, and 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Domo, Inc. of our report dated April 12, 2019 , with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Domo, Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended January 31,
2019 .
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Salt Lake City, UT
April 12, 2019
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 31.1
I, Joshua G. James, certify that:
1.
2.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Domo, Inc.;
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, 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;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 12, 2019
/s/ Joshua G. James
Joshua G. James
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 31.2
I, Bruce Felt, certify that:
1.
2.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Domo, Inc.;
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, 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;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 12, 2019
/s/ Bruce Felt
Bruce Felt
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 , as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report") by Domo, Inc. (the "Company"), Joshua James, as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Bruce Felt, as
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:
1.
2.
the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date: April 12, 2019
/s/ Joshua G. James
Joshua G. James
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Bruce Felt
Bruce Felt
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be
retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
This certification accompanies the Report to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be
incorporated by reference into any filing of Domo, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(whether made before or after the date of the Report), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
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