Annual Report
2024
Executive
Officers
Eddie Capel
Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board
Eric Clark
President and Chief Executive Officer
Stewart Gantt
Executive Vice President,
Professional Services
Bob Howell
Executive Vice President, Americas
Dennis Story
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Linda Pinne
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Bruce Richards
Senior Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Board of
Directors
John J. Huntz, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Managing Director
Huntz & Co., LLC
Eddie Capel
Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board
Eric A. Clark
President and Chief Executive Officer
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Edmond I. Eger III
Chief Executive Officer
Rewards Network Establishment
Services, Inc.
Linda T. Hollembaek
Former Senior Vice President and
Integration Management Officer
Lexmark International, Inc.
Kimberly A. Kuryea
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
General Dynamics Corporation
Charles E. Moran
Former Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Skillsoft Corporation
Thomas E. Noonan
General Partner
TechOperators, LLC
Deepak Raghavan, Ph.D.
Co-founder
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Professor of Practice,
Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University
Eric Clark
President and Chief Executive Officer
FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS,
2024 was another momentous year for Manhattan
Associates. I’m proud to say that for the first time, we
reached $1 billion in revenue. When I joined the team
25 years ago, that number would have seemed
unattainable. But with the collective efforts of our
talented global organization, we achieved this important
milestone. I believe there will be many more to come.
In 2024, we also released Manhattan Active® Supply
Chain Planning, completing a 10-year journey to move
all our industry-leading products to the cloud. We now are the only software
vendor to unify every aspect of the supply chain on a single platform — planning,
execution and commerce operations. The synergies and competitive advantages
from this unification to our customers and Manhattan are just beginning.
After a quarter-century here at Manhattan, I feel now is the ideal time to pass the
torch to our new CEO, Eric Clark. I will continue to stay involved in the Manhattan
community as executive vice-chairman of the board. I’d like to thank our
employees and shareholders for their support over the years. It’s been an honor
to lead an organization with such a unique culture and dedication to innovation.
The best is certainly ahead of us.
Eddie Capel
Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board
I could not be more excited to work with Eddie, the Board
and the management team to build on Manhattan’s prior
achievements and chart a course for our future success.
We have a material market opportunity before us, and I look
forward to bringing a fresh perspective on how to further
develop our culture of innovation, excellence and collaboration
to capitalize on it. It’s an honor to lead our team of talented
individuals, and I’m excited for us to embark on the next
chapter of Manhattan’s growth.
Let’s get to work.
10K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
☑
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
to
Commission File Number: 000-23999
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
58-2373424
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization+ )
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Tenth Floor
Atlanta, Georgia
30339
( Address of principal executive offices )
( Zip Code )
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 955-7070
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of July 1, 2024 was $15,012,530,787, which was calculated
based upon a closing sales price of $245.12 per share of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the same day. As of February 3, 2025, the
Registrant had outstanding 61,124,051 shares of Common Stock.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 13, 2025 is incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K to the
extent stated herein.
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
Annual Report on Form 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024
Table of Contents
Item Number
Item Description
Page Number
PART I
Item 1
Business...............................................................................................................................................................
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Item 1A
Risk Factors.........................................................................................................................................................
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Item 1B
Unresolved Staff Comments ...............................................................................................................................
23
Item 1C
Cybersecurity ......................................................................................................................................................
23
Item 2
Properties.............................................................................................................................................................
25
Item 3
Legal Proceedings ...............................................................................................................................................
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Item 4
Mine Safety Disclosures .....................................................................................................................................
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PART II
Item 5
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities.............................................................................................................................................................
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Item 6
[Reserved] ...........................................................................................................................................................
26
Item 7
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.............................
27
Item 7A
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk............................................................................
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Item 8
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data...................................................................................................
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Item 9
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.............................
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Item 9A
Controls and Procedures .....................................................................................................................................
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Item 9B
Other Information................................................................................................................................................
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Item 9C
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections................................................................
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PART III
Item 10
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance..................................................................................
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Item 11
Executive Compensation.....................................................................................................................................
67
Item 12
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters...........
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Item 13
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ...................................................
67
Item 14
Principal Accountant Fees and Services .............................................................................................................
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PART IV
Item 15
Exhibits ...............................................................................................................................................................
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Item 16
Form 10-K Summary ..........................................................................................................................................
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Exhibit Index............................................................................................................................................................................
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Signatures.................................................................................................................................................................................
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this filing are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to statements related to expectations about global macroeconomic trends and industry
developments, plans for future business development activities, anticipated costs of revenues, product mix and service revenues,
research and development, selling, general and administrative activities, and liquidity and capital needs and resources. When used in
this Annual Report, on Form 10-K (this “Form 10-K”) the words “may,” “expect,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” "design",
“believe,” “could,” “seek,” “estimate,” “project,” and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which reflect opinions only as of the date of this
Form 10-K. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-
looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ
materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.
Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in forward-looking statements
include:
• ongoing disruption and transformation in our vertical markets;
• general economic, political and market conditions, including interest and inflation rates, trends and fluctuations of each, and
efforts to control them;
• our ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees;
• competition;
• our dependence on a single line of business;
• our dependence on generating revenue from cloud subscriptions and software licenses to drive business;
• undetected errors or “bugs” in our software;
• the risk of defects, delays or interruptions in our cloud subscription services;
• possible compromises of our data protection and IT security measures;
• risks associated with our use of generative artificial intelligence;
• risks associated with large system implementations;
• possible liability to customers if our products fail;
• the requirement to maintain high quality professional service capabilities;
• the risks of international operations, including foreign currency exchange risk;
• the possibility that research and developments investments may not yield sufficient returns;
• the long sales cycle associated with our products;
• the difficulty of predicting operating results;
• the need to continually improve our technology;
• risks associated with managing growth;
• reliance on third party and open source software;
• the need for our products to interoperate with other systems;
• the need to protect our intellectual property, and our exposure to intellectual property claims of others;
• general geo-political developments, including political instability, economic sanctions, terrorist activities or international
conflicts, such as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East;
• natural disasters, weather events and pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or other major public health crises;
• the possible effects on international commerce of new or increased tariffs, or a “trade war;” and
• other risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this Form 10-K, as there may be updated from time
to time in subsequent documents that we file with the Security and Exchange Commission.
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We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of
unanticipated events or changes in future operating results.
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PART I
Item 1. Business
Overview
Manhattan Associates was founded in 1990 in Manhattan Beach, California and incorporated in Georgia in 1998. References in this
filing to the “Company,” “Manhattan,” “Manhattan Associates,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Manhattan Associates, Inc., our
predecessors, and our wholly-owned and consolidated subsidiaries. Our principal executive offices are located at 2300 Windy Ridge
Parkway, Tenth Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, and our telephone number is 770-955-7070.
We develop, sell, deploy, service and maintain software solutions designed to manage supply chains, inventory and omnichannel
operations for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, logistics providers and other organizations. Our customers include many of the
world’s premier and most profitable brands. We run our Manhattan Active® applications in the cloud and deliver them as
subscription-based software as a service (SaaS), and its architecture is highly differentiated among enterprise application providers,
particularly within the Omni Channel and Supply Chain categories. We believe our application architecture delivers a versionless yet
highly extensible experience for our customers. We offer our customers access to new innovation on a quarterly basis, ensuring all
customers are running on a single fully up-to-date codebase. Manhattan Active also provides zero downtime updates, so we are able to
deliver innovation seamlessly into customer environments without the need for planned maintenance windows.
Manhattan Associates develops modern commerce solutions that help its customers in three distinct areas of their business:
• Supply Chain Execution - We provide companies the tools needed to manage distribution and optimize transportation costs
throughout their entire commercial network. Manhattan’s Warehouse Management solutions are widely regarded as industry-
leading systems designed to optimize productivity and throughput in distribution centers and warehouses around the world. Our
software helps optimize fulfillment models to support our customers across a wide range of channels and fulfillment methods.
Likewise, we design our offerings to provide shippers and carriers the most comprehensive transportation management solutions
in the market. This includes software to help them move freight via the most cost-effective means possible while also meeting
service-level expectations, to model their transportation network, and to automate the procurement-to-pay process.
• Omnichannel Commerce - Meeting ever-evolving consumer expectations of service, inventory availability, and delivery
convenience is a challenge every merchant must meet head on. Manhattan’s Omnichannel solutions provide an operating
platform for digital commerce, retailers, and wholesale businesses. Comprising Order Management, Store Inventory Fulfillment,
Call Center, Point of Sale (POS), and Customer Engagement as their core applications, Manhattan Omnichannel solutions
provide CRM capabilities for contact center agents; end-to-end process enablement for store associates, and enterprise-wide
inventory availability determination, order fulfillment optimization, and POS capabilities.
• Supply Chain Planning – Manhattan’s solutions provide distributors of finished goods (apparel, food, auto parts,
pharmaceuticals, etc.) the ability to forecast demand, determine when, where and how much inventory is needed, and translate
this into profitable inventory buying plans. These areas are ever more complex and critical to profitability as more wholesalers
and retailers engage in omnichannel operations. Through the use of advanced science and sophisticated analytics, customer
service level is maximized with minimum inventory investment. Industry changes driven by omnichannel retail, pharmaceutical
regulations and other trends make this an area of particular need for many retailers and wholesale distributors.
Manhattan Associates’ Software Solution Portfolios
Our portfolio of solutions is built around holistic-based, technology platform, which provides customers with two major benefits:
• Industry Leading Feature Function – Manhattan solutions are consistently rated by customers and industry analysts alike as
providing the most comprehensive and innovative feature functionality in the market. From warehouse management to POS, our
solutions are consistently at the top of the market with respect to configurability, capability and usability. Customers choose
Manhattan applications to solve the industry’s most complex supply chain problems. Our combination of deep domain expertise,
an in-house data science and operations research team, and a specialized user experience team combine to differentiate
Manhattan solutions.
• Solution Unification – Manhattan solutions are organized into three groups: omni-channel, supply chain, and inventory. Each
one of these groups are engineered to provide cross-application benefit that simplifies and improves operations within those
three areas. This approach significantly reduces complexity, maintenance and application risk for our customers, providing an
expanded set of end-to-end capabilities. As complexity continues to grow for our customers, Manhattan provides value by
eliminating the need to design, build and maintain complex system to system integration.
Manhattan’s Supply Chain Solutions are focused on the distribution and transportation operations of the enterprise. There are two
main components of Manhattan’s Supply Chain Solutions:
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• Distribution Management - These applications comprise Manhattan’s Warehouse Management Solutions (WMS) commonly
used to manage the complexity of the modern distribution center. WMS manages the flow of goods and information across the
distribution center. WMS is delivered for new and upgrading customers in the form of Manhattan Active Warehouse
Management (MAWM), a cloud native and versionless application that delivers new innovation on a quarterly basis. Manhattan
Active WM runs on Google Cloud Platform, is offered exclusively via subscription, and includes state of the art fulfillment
optimization technology, a consumer grade mobile app experience for the associate, and embedded gamification capabilities to
improve associate engagement and performance. Manhattan Active WM is fully configurable and technically extensible,
meaning customers can build their own componentry to work alongside our base application. Manhattan Active WM also
embeds labor management and slotting optimization capabilities. Manhattan’s WMS customers benefit from its embedded
warehouse execution system that coordinates the interaction between automation, robotics and labor for maximum efficiency.
Manhattan’s WMS also enables the efficient utilization of a single distribution center for direct-to-consumer, retail
replenishment and high-volume wholesale fulfilment. Our WMS provides the customer the most productive operation that can
scale to meet the highest demands during peak season while operating effectively and profitably throughout the course of the
year.
• Transportation Management - Organizations today face a complex transportation environment with ever-changing demands
driven by macro-economic trends and governmental regulations. Manhattan’s Transportation Management Solutions (TMS) are
designed to help shippers navigate their way through these demands while meeting customer service expectations at the lowest
possible freight costs. TMS components include procurement and modeling tools to setup a successful network, along with
planning, execution and settlement tools to manage day-to-day transportation requirements. Our TMS can also connect shippers
with a network of partners that can increase shipping capacity on an as-needed basis. Manhattan Carrier is a suite of solutions
built specifically to help motor carriers optimize load assignments, minimize fuel costs, manage drivers’ hours of service and
accommodate demand fluctuations.
Manhattan SCALETM (SCALE)
SCALE is our portfolio of logistics execution solutions built on Microsoft’s .NET® platform. Purpose-built for rapid
development and a value-based total cost of ownership, SCALE is targeted toward companies with execution-focused supply
chain needs that require speed-to-value, resource-light system configuration and maintenance, and the ability to quickly scale
their logistics operations up or down in response to market fluctuations or business requirement changes. SCALE combines the
features of Trading Partner Management, Yard Management, Optimization, Warehouse Management and Transportation
Execution.
Because SCALE solutions leverage a common platform, they share common data elements, and each user can access all
applications through a single sign-on. Users also can set up “dashboards” that enable easy access to real-time information most
relevant to their jobs. SCALE’s ease of deployment, operation and support make it a popular choice for organizations operating in
countries with emerging and developing economies, and where technical support resources are limited.
SCALE is delivered as a cloud-based solution on Microsoft’s Azure platform. Through this platform, Manhattan Active
SCALE customers receive new capability on an annual basis and enjoy full configurability and elements of technical extensibility
even when delivered on Azure. We continue to offer SCALE on premise via perpetual licenses.
Omnichannel Solutions
As omnichannel retail has placed new demands on retailers, it has also created new software solution needs. These range
from the ability to leverage inventory across the entire network to meet any demand, to providing store associates and call center
representatives the means to take advantage of the available inventory. Our Manhattan Active Omni set of solutions brings
together Order Management, Store Inventory & Fulfillment, POS and Customer Engagement tools into a single application built
on a shared, cloud-native, microservices platform. This architecture enables our customers to more easily expand their systems to
include more capabilities and quarterly product enhancements while always maintaining their customizations.
• Enterprise Omnichannel Solutions - There is a wide range of new capabilities that must be leveraged at a corporate or
‘central’ level in retail today to enable best-in-class customer service, full inventory visibility, direct to client distribution and
seamless fulfillment operations. Our goal is to enable an omnichannel commerce platform that can be tapped into by any selling
system—such as webstore, ERP, point-of-sale, call center, and mobile app, to more cost-effectively promise and then meet
delivery dates. Manhattan’s Enterprise Inventory builds out a complete inventory availability picture that can be updated in
near-real time with feeds from the warehouse, the store and other fulfillment locations in the network. Enterprise Order
Management merges this inventory availability data with demand feeds from across the organization to match supply with
demand - satisfying customer delivery expectations while striving to maximize revenue and profitability. Finally, Manhattan
offers a unique Customer Engagement solution that enables contact center associates to see a holistic view of the customer,
including a complete customer sales and interaction history, to better satisfy shopper needs while optimizing potential revenue
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and profit opportunities through new orders, exchanges or a returns. Manhattan Active Omni now also includes a set of Digital
Self-Service capabilities, allowing consumers to manage their orders after they have placed them.
• Omnichannel Solutions for the Store - As the consumer enters the store with more information than ever, it is vital to equip
the sales associate with relevant information and capabilities to satisfy their demands. Store solutions available on mobile and
fixed stations include POS to process purchase transactions and Customer Engagement to provide the associate with a complete
picture of the shopper’s purchase history. Manhattan brings these solutions together on a single mobile platform to enable
retailers to offer unparalleled service and convenience for the shopper.
• Store Inventory and Fulfillment - Most retailers are now looking to leverage store inventory to fulfill e-commerce demand
(driving greater sales revenue with less inventory). This requires solutions that can accurately maintain inventory integrity and
enable productive, reliable fulfillment. Manhattan’s Store Fulfillment solutions provide store associates with capabilities that
power fulfillment experiences like buy online, pickup in store, curbside pickup, same day delivery and ship from store.
Inventory Solutions
The ability to accurately forecast demand and project inventory needs is heightened by omnichannel retail requirements that change
traditional approaches to inventory management. Manhattan’s Inventory solutions address which products should be carried and the
quantity that will be needed at each location by date.
• Inventory Optimization - This set of applications includes sophisticated demand forecasting capabilities that can address the
particularly challenging slow-moving and intermittent products that frequently result in excess inventory due to unpredictability.
Also included is the Replenishment module that can evaluate inventory needs across all locations and channels. This module can
even suggest transferring inventory between locations (warehouses or stores) or ‘protect’ merchandise at a store from online
sales to save it for walk-in traffic.
• Allocation – Manhattan’s Allocation is designed to serve the softlines/apparel market. It provides inventory planning
capabilities from first receipt in the distribution center through to the end of season for a given assortment. Built on the
Manhattan Active architecture, Manhattan Active Allocation is cloud native, versionless, runs on Google Cloud Platform and
updated on a quarterly basis.
Technology Platform
Manhattan's Active Platform solutions are cloud-native products designed to provide “always current” version-less product access.
The server side full stack runs exclusively on Google Cloud Platform, and end users can access the system from almost any type of
device – mobile, tablet or desktop. Manhattan Active solutions are sold directly in multi-year cloud subscription arrangements,
typically for a period of five years or more, providing clients with regular software updates during the contract period to ensure access
to the latest product features and benefiting Manhattan with a predictable and regular revenue stream.
Part of the key value proposition of Manhattan Active Platform is extensibility. In addition to the business configurability offered
within each line of business application, Manhattan Active Platform also allows our customers to change the underlying data model,
the user interface, and the core business logic within each application. Key to this process is Manhattan ProActive, our developer
enablement toolkit which allows for the types of technical modifications noted above (and more). While we don’t charge separately
for Manhattan ProActive (it comes as part of the subscription to any Manhattan Active Platform application), we do enhance it on the
same cadence as we do our line of business application, i.e. quarterly.
As omnichannel and supply chain solutions necessarily interact with other business operation systems, our solutions are designed
to interoperate with software from other providers as well as with a customer's existing legacy systems. This interfacing and open
system capability enables customers to continue using existing computer resources and to choose among a wide variety of existing and
emerging computer hardware and peripheral technologies. We also offer certain solutions in either on-premise software or cloud
computing models so that customers can select the option that best meets their requirements for control, flexibility, cost of ownership
and time-to-deployment.
We continually invest in artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance our functional offerings, with a recent emphasis on
generative AI (GenAI) advancements. Our AI capabilities are seamlessly embedded across all supply chain execution, planning, and
commerce applications, aimed at delivering real-time optimization and value creation. Historically, our AI initiatives have focused on
traditional mathematical optimization and machine learning. However, we are now leveraging third-party large language models to
unlock value in a broader range of use cases. Looking ahead, we plan to further expand our investments in generative AI, introducing
new product capabilities in the coming quarters and years. These efforts are designed to empower supply chain operators, retailers,
and end consumers with GenAI-driven assistance. We expect our continuing focus on innovation to generate ongoing productivity
gains, enhanced user experiences, and increased operational efficiencies.
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Maintenance
We offer a comprehensive program that provides our on-premises software licensees with software upgrades for additional or
improved functionality and technological advances incorporating emerging supply chain and industry advances. We are able to
remotely access customer systems to perform diagnostics, provide online assistance, and facilitate software upgrades. We offer 24-
hour customer support 365 days a year plus software upgrades for a pre-paid annual fee based on the specific solutions the customer
has and the service level required. We provide software upgrades on a when-and-if-available basis.
Professional Services
We advise and assist our customers in planning and implementing our solutions through our global Professional Services
Organization. To ensure successful long-term customer relationships, consultants assist customers with the initial deployment of our
systems, the conversion and transfer of the customer’s historical data onto our systems, and ongoing training, education and system
upgrades. We believe our Professional Services teams enable customers to implement our solutions knowledgeably and in the
appropriate amount of time, help customers achieve expected results from system investments, continuously identify new
opportunities for supply chain advancements and meaningfully add to our industry-specific knowledge base to improve future
implementations and product innovations.
Substantially all of our customers utilize some portion of our Professional Services to implement and support our software
solutions. Professional Services typically are rendered under time and materials contracts, with services billed by the hour.
Professional Services sometimes are rendered under fixed-fee contracts, with payments due on specific dates or milestones. We
believe that increased sales of our solutions will drive higher demand for our Professional Services.
Our Professional Services team delivers deep supply chain and enterprise commerce domain expertise to our customers through
industry-specific “best-practices” protocols and processes developed through the collective knowledge we have gained from 30 years
of implementing our supply chain solutions worldwide. We also extensively train our consulting personnel on enterprise commerce
operations and on our solutions.
Our business consultants, systems analysts and technical personnel assist customers in all phases of implementing our systems,
including planning and design, customer-specific module configuration, on-site implementation or conversion from existing systems
and integration with customer systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning, web- and mobile-based commerce platforms, and
Material Handling Equipment systems. At times, third-party consultants, such as those from major systems integrators, assist our
customers with certain implementations.
Training and Change Management Services
We offer training and change management services for new and existing users, enabling our customers to align systems, people and
processes. Services provided by Manhattan training experts cover a wide range of support from the intended design to the front line of
the customer’s business, including critical end-user adoption with hands-on, live training in a virtualized Manhattan software
environment. These programs are provided on a fixed fee per-person, per-class basis. In addition, computer-based training programs
can be purchased for a fixed fee for use at client sites. Customers can also pursue certification at the Associate or Professional level
through our certification programs for Omnichannel, Supply Chain or Inventory.
We offer Manhattan Training and Change Management Services under six categories: Role-Based Training Paths, Comprehensive
Training Programs, Change Management Services, Individual Product Training Courses, End-User Enablement and Knowledge
Resources.
Hardware Sales
As a convenience for our customers, we resell a variety of hardware developed and manufactured by others, including computer
hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency identification (RFID) chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and
other peripherals. We resell all third-party hardware products and related maintenance pursuant to agreements with manufacturers or
through distributor-authorized reseller agreements pursuant to which we are entitled to purchase hardware products and services at
discount prices and to receive technical support in connection with product installations and any subsequent product malfunctions. We
do not maintain hardware inventory as we generally purchase hardware from vendors only after receiving related customer orders.
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Strategy
Our objective is to extend our position as the leading global commerce solutions provider for organizations intent on creating and
sustaining market advantages through technology-enabled commerce solutions. Our solutions help global distributors, wholesalers,
retailers, logistics providers and manufacturers successfully manage accelerating and fluctuating market demands, as well as master
the increasing complexity and volatility of their local and global supply chains. Our solutions are advanced, highly functional and
highly scalable. They are designed to enable organizations to: create customer experiences consistent with their brand values; improve
relationships with suppliers, customers and logistics providers; leverage investments across supply chain functions; effectively
generate revenue and manage costs; and meet dynamically changing customer requirements. We believe our solutions are uniquely
positioned to holistically optimize the way companies bring together omnichannel, supply chain and inventory management:
Develop and Enhance Software Solutions. We continue to focus our research and development resources on enhancing our Supply
Chain, Omnichannel Commerce and Inventory Solutions. We offer what we believe to be the broadest and most richly featured
software portfolio in the marketplace. To continually expand functionality and value, we provide enhancements to existing solutions
and introduce new solutions to address evolving industry standards and market needs. We identify these opportunities through our
Product Management, Professional Services, Customer Support and Account Management organizations, through interactions such as
ongoing customer consulting engagements and implementations, sessions with our solution user groups, association with leading
industry analyst and market research firms and participation on industry standards and research committees. Our solutions address
needs in various vertical markets, including retail, consumer goods, food and grocery, logistics service providers, industrial and
wholesale, high technology and electronics, life sciences and government. We intend to continue to enhance our solutions to meet the
dynamic requirements of these and new vertical markets as business opportunities dictate.
Expand International Presence. Our solutions offer significant benefits to customers in markets around the world, and for
organizations with global operations. We have offices in Australia, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as representatives in Mexico and reseller partnerships in Latin
America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and Asia. Our Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations support
sales, implementation services, and customer support functions for customers in Europe, as well as a number of customers across the
Middle East, concentrated in countries we consider politically and economically stable. Our Asia Pacific (APAC) operations service
emerging opportunities in China, Southeast Asia, and India, as well as more established markets in Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Our emerging markets international strategy includes leveraging the strength of our relationships with current U.S. and Europe-based
customers that also have significant international operations.
Strategic Alliances and Indirect Sales Channels. We currently sell our products primarily through our direct sales personnel, and
through partnership agreements with a select number of organizations in emerging markets where we do not currently have a direct
sales presence. We have worked on joint projects and joint sales initiatives with industry-leading consultants and software systems
implementers, including most of the large consulting firms specializing in our targeted industries, to supplement our direct sales force
and professional services organization. We expand our indirect sales channels through reseller agreements, marketing agreements, and
agreements with third-party logistics providers. These alliances extend our market coverage and provide us with new business leads
and access to trained implementation personnel.
Acquire or Invest in Complementary Businesses. We evaluate strategic acquisition opportunities of technologies, solutions and
businesses that are consistent with our platform-based strategy and enable us to enhance and expand our offerings. Preferred
acquisition targets are those that would complement our existing solutions and technologies, expand our geographic presence and
distribution channels, extend our presence into additional vertical markets with challenges and requirements similar to those we
currently serve, and further solidify our leadership position within the primary components of supply chain planning and execution.
Sales and Marketing
We employ multi-disciplinary sales teams of professionals with industry experience in sales and technical sales support. We
generated the majority of our cloud subscription revenue and software license revenue through direct sales. We plan to continue to
invest in our sales, services, and marketing organizations within the Americas, EMEA and APAC, and to pursue strategic marketing
partnerships. Our marketing strategy is to promote our brand, differentiate our value proposition, and generate demand for our
offerings. We use multi-channel global marketing programs to reach new prospects and expand relationships with current customers.
Our marketing efforts and lead generation activities consist primarily of press and industry analyst relations, customer endorsements,
content marketing, digital marketing including social media such as LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube, advertising, trade shows,
industry events, joint marketing with strategic partners, and targeted lead generation through account-based marketing. We also host
our annual Momentum and Exchange user conferences, webinars, and regional user groups where the Manhattan community comes
together to connect on important topics and each other, get inspired to drive their digital transformation, and get educated on
Manhattan solutions and offerings.
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Our sales cycle typically begins with the generation of a sales lead — through in-house marketing efforts, advertising, targeted
promotions, web inquiries, trade show presence, speaking engagements, hosted seminars, or other means of referral — or the receipt
of a request for proposal from a prospective customer. Leads are qualified and opportunities are closed through a process that includes
telephone-based assessments of requirements, responses to requests for proposals, presentations and product demonstrations, site visits
and reference calls with organizations already using our supply chain solutions, and contract negotiations. Sales cycles vary
substantially from opportunity to opportunity, but typically require nine to twelve months.
In addition to new customer sales, we continue to leverage our existing customer base to drive revenue from expansions of their
existing solutions as well as sales of new or add-on solutions. To efficiently penetrate emerging global markets, we leverage indirect
sales channels, including sales through reseller agreements, marketing agreements, and agreements with third-party logistics
providers. To extend our market coverage, generate new business leads, and provide access to trained implementation personnel, we
leverage strategic alliances with systems integrators skilled at implementing our solutions. Business referrals and leads are positively
influenced by systems integrators, which include most of the large consulting firms and other systems consulting firms specializing in
our targeted industries.
Our Manhattan Value Partner (Manhattan MVP™) and Manhattan GeoPartner™ programs foster joint sales and marketing with
other organizations. Manhattan Value Partners are proven software and hardware providers, trusted third-party integrators and
consultants who bring added value to customer engagements through vertical industry knowledge or technical specialization.
Manhattan MVPs support and complement our supply chain solutions so we can provide customers with a comprehensive approach
that is suited to their business requirements. This collaborative program is designed to benefit both Manhattan and our partners
through tailored joint marketing, sales and, in some cases, co-development efforts. Among others, Manhattan MVPs include Google
Cloud, Deloitte, Accenture, Cognizant, Zebra, and Honeywell. Manhattan GeoPartners represent a select group of companies that sell
and implement our solutions in specific geographies around the world, each providing valuable localized expertise to meet customer
needs in areas such as Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region.
Customers
To date, our customers have been suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and logistics providers in a variety of industries.
Our top five customers (new or pre-existing) in the aggregate accounted for 12%, 11%, and 11% of total revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2024, the year ended December 31, 2023, and the year ended December 31, 2022, respectively. No single customer
accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue in 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Product Development
We focus our development efforts on new product innovation and on adding new functionality to existing solutions; integrating our
various solution offerings; and enhancing the operability of our solutions across our platforms. We believe that our future success
depends, in part, on our ability to continue to enhance existing solutions, respond to dynamically changing customer requirements and
develop new or enhanced solutions that incorporate new technological developments and emerging supply chain and industry
standards. To that end, development frequently focuses on base system enhancements and incorporating new user requirements and
features into our solutions. As a result, we deliver packaged, highly configurable solutions with increasingly rich functionality rather
than custom-developed software.
We leverage internal and external scientific advisors to inform our solution strategies and research and development approaches
with the most advanced thinking on supply chain opportunities, challenges and technologies. Our internal research team is comprised
of Ph.D.-credentialed math and science experts who work on creating and solving algorithms and other constructs that advance the
optimization capabilities and other aspects of our solutions. We also regularly communicate with and are advised by experts from
leading educational institutions known for their supply chain disciplines and practitioners from organizations deploying supply chain
technology in innovative and market-advancing ways. Together, our research team and external advisors inform both the practical
business approaches and the mathematical and scientific inventiveness of our solutions.
We conduct most research and development internally in the U.S. and India to retain domain knowledge and promote programming
continuity standards. However, we may periodically outsource some projects that can be performed separately or that require special
skills. We also use third-party translation companies to localize our application software into various languages including Chinese,
French, Japanese and Spanish.
Competition
Our solutions are solely focused on enterprise commerce capabilities. Our solutions help global distributors, wholesalers, retailers,
logistics providers and manufacturers successfully manage accelerating and fluctuating market demands, as well as master the
increasing complexity and volatility of their local and global supply chains.
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The principal competitive factors affecting the markets for our solutions include: industry expertise; company and solution
reputation; company viability; compliance with industry standards; solution architecture; solution functionality and features;
integration experience, particularly with enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers and material handling equipment providers;
ease and speed of implementation; proven return on investment; historical and current solution quality and performance; total cost of
ownership; solution price; and ongoing solution support structure. We believe we compete favorably with respect to each of these
factors.
Our competitors are diverse and offer a variety of solutions directed at various aspects of enterprise commerce. Existing
competitors include:
• Corporate information technology departments of current or potential customers capable of internally developing solutions;
• ERP vendors, including: Oracle, SAP and Infor, among others;
• Supply chain execution and planning vendors, including Blue Yonder/Panasonic (formerly JDA), Korber (formerly HighJump),
SAS Institute, the Sterling Commerce division of IBM, Relex, and others;
• POS vendors, including Aptos, Oracle, and others; and
• Smaller independent companies that have developed or are attempting to develop supply chain execution solutions or planning
solutions that apply either globally or in specific countries.
We anticipate ongoing competition from ERP and supply chain management (SCM) applications vendors and from business
application software vendors that may broaden their solution offerings by internally developing or acquiring or partnering with
independent developers of supply chain planning and execution software. Some of these ERP and other potential competitors have
longer operating histories; significantly more financial, technical, marketing and other resources; greater name recognition; broader
solutions; and larger installed bases of customers than us. To the extent that ERP and SCM vendors or other large competitors develop
or acquire systems with functionality comparable or superior to ours, their larger customer bases, long-standing customer relationships
and ability to offer broader solutions outside the scope of supply chain could create significant competitive advantage for them. It also
is possible that new competitors or alliances among current or new competitors could emerge to win significant market share.
Increased competition could result in price reductions, fewer customer orders, reduced earnings and margins and loss of market share.
In turn, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow and financial condition.
We believe we have established meaningful competitive differentiation through our supply chain and omnichannel commerce
expertise; our platform-based solution approach; our track record of continuous supply chain commerce innovation and investment;
our strong and endorsing customer relationships; our significant success in deploying and supporting supply chain, inventory and
omnichannel solutions for market-leading companies; our success in helping our clients address the enterprise impacts of digital
commerce; and our ability to out-execute others in identifying sales opportunities and demonstrating expertise throughout the sales
cycle. However, to further our market success, we must continue to respond promptly and effectively to economic consumption
models such as cloud subscription, technological change and competitors’ innovations. Consequently, we cannot assure that we will
not be required to make substantial additional investments in research, development, marketing, sales and customer service efforts in
order to meet any competitive threat, or that we will be able to compete successfully in the future.
International Operations: Segments
We have three reportable segments based on geographic location: North and Latin America (“the Americas”); Europe, Middle East
and Africa (“EMEA”); and Asia Pacific (“APAC”). For further information on our segments, see Note 8 of the Notes to our
Consolidated Financial Statements. International revenue includes all revenue derived from sales to customers outside the United
States. At December 31, 2024, we employed approximately 2,750 employees in our international operations.
Proprietary Rights
We rely on a combination of copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark and trade dress laws, confidentiality procedures and
contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights in our products, processes and technology. We have registered trademarks for
Manhattan Associates and the Manhattan Associates logo, as well as a number of our products and features. Generally, we enter into
confidentiality and assignment-of-rights agreements with our employees, consultants, customers and potential customers and limit
access to, and distribution of, our proprietary information. We provide our SaaS services and license our proprietary products to our
customers under services contracts and license agreements that we believe contain appropriate use and other restrictions in order to try
to best protect our ownership of our services and products and our proprietary rights and to protect our revenue potential. However,
despite our efforts to safeguard and maintain our proprietary rights, we cannot ensure that we will successfully deter misappropriation,
unintended disclosure or independent third-party development of our technology or our proprietary rights or information. Policing
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unauthorized use of our products is difficult, and, while we are unable to determine the extent to which piracy of our software
solutions exists, as is the case with any software company, piracy could become a problem. Further, to the extent that we enter into
transactions in countries where intellectual property laws are not well developed or are poorly enforced, our efforts to protect our
proprietary rights may be ineffective. Whether we seek to enforce our proprietary rights in the U.S. or abroad, our efforts, including
litigation to enforce our rights, can result in substantial costs and diversion of resources, and such efforts, or our failure to succeed in
such efforts, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, regardless of
the final outcome.
As the number of supply chain management solutions available in the marketplace increases and solution functionality continues to
overlap, supply chain software may increasingly become subject to claims of infringement or other misappropriation of intellectual
property. Third parties may assert infringement or misappropriation claims against us relating to our products, processes or
technology. Such claims, whether or not they have merit, generally are time-consuming and may result in costly litigation, divert
management’s attention or cause product shipment delays or require us to enter into royalty or licensing arrangements. Defense of
infringement or other misappropriation claims, entering into royalty or licensing agreements, the unavailability of such agreements, or
adverse determinations in proprietary rights litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash
flow and financial condition.
Employees and Human Capital Management
At Manhattan, employees are our most-valued asset and are the key to our success. We have offices in Australia, Chile, China,
France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as
representatives in Mexico and reseller partnerships in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and Asia. As of
December 31, 2024, we employed approximately 4,690 employees worldwide.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we took steps to best ensure the health and safety of our employees globally. Our daily
execution is a hybrid (office and virtual) model, and we continue to find innovative ways to engage with employees, customers, and
prospects, ensuring that they are supported.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Our workforce is highly educated and diverse, which we believe is important for our continued
success as a leading innovator in supply chain and omnichannel commerce software and services. Our employees comprise software
developers, engineers, and other technical workers and professionals in business operations and administration. Manhattan’s PRISMTM
embodies our long-standing global inclusion strategy and is driven by team members with a passion for creating an innovative and
inclusive environment. It brings our many cultures together to form a collective brilliance in an environment where individuals from
all backgrounds and experiences can feel comfortable as themselves. Through PRISM, we support employee resource groups (ERGs),
such as our Multicultural Network (MCNTM). We also have a dedicated learning path for all employees regarding the importance of
equal employment opportunity and career development.
Talent Acquisition, Retention, and Engagement: We employ several strategies for attracting, retaining, and engaging our talented
workforce. To build a steady and diverse pipeline of talent, we have a robust in-house recruiting program, which includes campus
recruiting focused on colleges and universities with leading supply chain, engineering, and computer science programs. Further,
promote diverse candidate pools, including individuals with disabilities and veterans, and through recruiting efforts at HBCUs and
schools with a high percentage of women and minorities enrolled in engineering and computer science programs.
To attract and retain employees, we provide competitive compensation and benefits programs, employee recognition, career
development opportunities, and access to continual growth through online learning platforms, external training, and in-house live
training.
To further employee enrichment and engagement, we periodically survey our employees regarding their engagement levels. We use
these survey results to determine how we can continue to create work environments that enable and energize our employees and to
develop a positive culture. None of our U.S. employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement; our employees in both France
(approximately 190 employees) and the Netherlands (approximately 100 employees) are represented by employee works councils.
Globally, we have experienced no work stoppages, and we believe our relations with our employees are strong.
Social Responsibility: At Manhattan, we provide opportunities for our employees to take a full day each year to give back to their
communities. We call this our Manhattan PurposeTM day. We also give our employees multiple opportunities to serve through
community partnerships that we cultivate through our Manhattan ConnectTM program.
Career Development: Through MPOWERTM, our performance management program, each employee is empowered to drive their
career and gain meaningful experiences. Through automated feedback tools and one-on-one meetings with leaders, employees receive
guidance and support to enhance their performance and professional development. We prioritize continuous learning for our
employees, offering diverse learning opportunities for skill enhancement and growth.
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Well-being: We support the mental, emotional, physical, and financial well-being of our employees around the world with various
company-provided programs and self-service tools, including free virtual mental health counseling, free gym access in certain
locations, and free educational webinars, speakers, and other resources for personal financial and benefit plan management. Our
director of global well-being oversees our well-being programs and continues to look for ways to enhance our offerings.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
At Manhattan, we are committed to meeting our responsibilities to our stakeholders in the areas of Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) and believe our ESG objectives align favorably with their interests. Our Environmental, Social and Governance
(ESG) Steering Committee, chaired by our CEO, overseen by our Board of Directors, and representing various levels of company
management, sets our ESG objectives, ensures our focus and track our progress. More information on our ESG programs can be found
on our ESG website, https://www.manh.com/esg.
Available Information
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or
the “Commission”). The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
On our website, www.manh.com, we provide free of charge our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments thereto, as soon as reasonably practicable after they have been electronically filed
or furnished to the SEC. Information contained on our website is not part of this Form 10-K or our other filings with the SEC.
Additionally, our code of business conduct and ethics and the charters of the Audit, Compensation, and Nomination and
Governance Committees of our Board of Directors are available on our website.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
You should consider the following and other risk factors in evaluating our business or an investment in our common stock. The
occurrence of adverse events described in the following risk factors or other adverse events not described in the following risk factors
could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow and financial condition, and could cause the
trading price of our common stock to decline.
Risks Related to Our Business
Our future revenue is dependent on continuing sales from cloud subscriptions, which in turn drive sales of professional
services. We are dependent on our new customers as well as our large installed customer base to purchase additional cloud
subscriptions and professional services from us. In future periods customers may discontinue the cloud subscriptions and in turn may
not purchase additional professional services from us. If our customers decide to discontinue the cloud subscription, or if they reduce
the scope of their professional services agreements, our revenue could decrease significantly, and that could have a material adverse
effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow and financial condition.
We depend on third-party data centers to provide our cloud-based solutions. If these providers encounter defects, delays or
interruptions in service, our business and operating results could be harmed. Furthermore, if we are unable to manage the
costs of these services, our results may be negatively affected. We utilize data center hosting facilities, which are managed by third
parties, to provide cloud solutions and hosting services to our customers. If the third-party data center facilities fail or encounter any
damage, it could result in interruptions in services to our customers. This could result in unanticipated downtime for our customers,
and in turn, our reputation and business could be adversely affected. In addition, if our customers use our cloud arrangements in
unanticipated ways, this could cause an interruption in service for other customers attempting to access their data.
Our data center providers may experience events such as natural disasters, weather events, fires, power loss, telecommunications
failures, or similar events. The systems, infrastructure, and services of our data center providers may also be subject to human or
software errors, viruses, cyber threats, fraud, spikes in customer usage, break-ins, sabotage, acts of vandalism, acts of terrorism, and
other misconduct. In addition, they may experience other unanticipated problems, including but not limited to financial difficulties and
bankruptcy. Further, we may experience in the future periodic interruptions, delays, and outages in service and availability with our
data center providers due to a variety of factors, including Internet connectivity failures, infrastructure changes, human or software
errors, website hosting disruptions, and capacity constraints.
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Remediation of any service interruptions may take significant time. If any defects, delays or interruption in our cloud solutions
occur, customers could elect to cancel their service, delay or withhold payment to us, not purchase from us in the future or make
claims against us, which could adversely affect our business reputation, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Furthermore, our data center providers have no obligation to renew their agreements with us on commercially reasonable terms, or
at all. If we are unable to renew agreements with them on commercially reasonable terms, if our agreements with our providers are
prematurely terminated for any reason, or if our providers are acquired or cease business, we may be required to transfer our
infrastructure to new public cloud facilities, and we may incur significant costs and possible service interruptions in connection with
doing so. Renewals at higher prices or costs incurred in switching providers may negatively affect our profitability and results. In
addition, consolidation in the data center industry may result in overall higher costs for such services, which could also negatively
affect our profitability and results.
Delays in implementing our products could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial
condition. Due to the size and complexity of most of our software implementations, our implementation cycle can be lengthy and may
result in delays. Our products may require modification or customization and must integrate with many existing computer systems and
software programs of our customers. This can be time-consuming and expensive for customers and can result in implementation and
deployment delays of our products. Additional delays could result if we fail to attract, train, and retain services personnel, or if our
alliance companies fail to commit sufficient resources towards implementing our software. These delays and resulting customer
dissatisfaction could limit our future sales opportunities, harm our reputation, and adversely impact results of operations, cash flow,
and financial condition.
Our liability to clients may be substantial if our systems fail, which could adversely impact our business, results of
operations, cash flow, and financial condition. Our products are often critical to the operations of our customers’ businesses and
provide benefits that may be difficult to quantify. If our products fail to function as required—which, as described in more detail in
other risk factors, could be due to software bugs, cloud hosting service failures, security breaches, faulty implementations or other
reasons—we may be subject to claims for substantial damages. Courts may not enforce provisions in our contracts that would limit
our liability or otherwise protect us from liability for damages. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, could be costly and divert
management’s time and attention. Although we maintain general liability insurance and error and omissions coverage, these coverages
may not continue to be available on reasonable terms or in sufficient amounts to cover claims against us. In addition, our insurer may
disclaim coverage as to any future claim. If claims exceeding the available insurance coverage are successfully asserted against us, or
our insurer imposes premium increases or large deductibles or co-insurance requirements on us, then our business, results of
operations, cash flow, and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Our ability to sell our cloud solutions is highly dependent on the quality of our services offerings, and our failure to offer
high quality services could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition. Most of our
customers rely to some extent on our professional services to aid in the implementation of our software solutions. Once our software
has been installed and deployed, our customers may depend on us to provide them with ongoing support and resolution of issues
relating to our software. Therefore, a high level of service is critical for the continued marketing and sale of our solutions. If we or our
partners do not efficiently and effectively install and deploy our software products, or succeed in helping our customers quickly
resolve post-deployment issues, our ability to sell software products to these customers would be adversely affected and our reputation
in the marketplace with potential customers could suffer.
Our use of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools may expose us to operational, compliance or other risks, which
could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash flow and financial condition, and subject us to legal liability.
We use generative AI tools in our business for external purposes (e.g., as additional features to our software products) and for internal
purposes (e.g., to support our operations and improve the day-to-day performance of our employees), and these tools are mostly
developed and marketed by third-party vendors.
We seek to ensure that our use of AI tools in support of our operations and business is carried out in a secure, ethical and lawful
manner. We have a global “AI Tools Policy” in place that applies to the use of AI tools by all of our employees and contractors and
that provides guidelines for a responsible use of AI within the Company. We also have a cross-functional governance organization
(which includes members of our IT security and legal teams) with a mission to oversee the use of AI within the Company and assess
and mitigate the risks that may be related to this use.
However, because the use of generative AI tools in business environments is a relatively novel development, the extent of benefits,
risks, and liabilities attached to it are still unknown. We have identified the following main risks related to our use of AI tools:
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Protection of our proprietary rights. Our developers may use, in limited instances, generative AI tools to support their
computer code writing activities for our proprietary software products. According to recent decisions of governmental
entities and courts (such as the U.S. Copyright Office and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit), U.S. copyright is
limited to protecting works created by human authors. Many other jurisdictions around the world follow the same approach.
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We may therefore face challenges in obtaining U.S. copyright or other intellectual property rights worldwide on certain
parts of our products that were developed using generative AI tools (for further information regarding this risk, see the risk
factor entitled “Our failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights could adversely impact our business, results of
operations, cash flow, and financial condition”).
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AI adoption-related risk. As we include generative AI features in our software products, some of our customers, especially
those in highly regulated industries, may be reluctant or unwilling to use generative AI products. Accordingly, their
reluctance to do so could reduce or delay customer adoption, and this may adversely affect our business, results of
operations, and financial condition.
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Operational risks. Our use of third-party generative AI tools exposes us to greater risks related to the quality of our products
(for further information regarding this risk, see the risk factor entitled “Our ability to sell our cloud solutions is highly
dependent on the quality of our services offerings, and our failure to offer high quality services could adversely impact our
business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition”). For example:
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Generative AI features embedded in our software products may create incomplete or inaccurate outputs and this
could result in customer dissatisfaction or potential claims related to product performance (for further
information regarding this risk, see the risk factor entitled “Our software may contain undetected errors or
“bugs” causing harm to our reputation, which could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash
flow, and financial condition”);
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Our use of third-party generative AI tools to power features of our software products may impair our ability to
correct defects or cure unavailability in a timely manner because we have no control over our third-party
vendors’ operations and infrastructure (for further information regarding this risk, see the risk factor entitled
“We incorporate third-party software in our solutions, the failure or unavailability of which could adversely
affect our ability to sell, support, and service our products”).
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Cybersecurity and Third-Party Rights. Generally, because we mainly use generative AI tools that are developed by third-
party vendors, we have lesser control over the further use or distribution of any content we may share or create via these
third-party tools. In addition, the vendors of these tools may fail to comply with their contractual obligations to us, or not
provide warranties, indemnities or other remedies, regarding the confidentiality or security of this content. Further, our use
of generative AI tools to generate computer code may present additional security risks because the generated source code
may contain security vulnerabilities. As a result, our sensitive information or that of our employees or customers could be
leaked or disclosed, or other IT security incidents may arise (for further information regarding this risk, see the risk factor
entitled “If our data protection or other security measures are compromised and, as a result, our data, our customers’ data
or our IT systems are accessed improperly, made unavailable, or improperly modified, our products and services may be
perceived as vulnerable…”). In addition, we have little insight into, and no control over, the content used or provided by
third-party vendors to train their generative AI tools. For example, there is ongoing litigation over whether the use of
copyrighted materials to train AI models is lawful, however the impact of its outcome on our ability to use certain generative
AI tools is unknown.
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Regulatory risks. Several jurisdictions around the globe, including in Europe and the U.S. (at state and federal level), have
proposed or already enacted legislative frameworks governing the development, use and marketing of AI tools, including
the European Union’s AI Act and the Colorado AI Act. We expect other jurisdictions will adopt similar regulations.
Additionally, certain privacy laws may apply to our use of generative AI tools (such as a data subject’s right to have a
precise view of how their personal data are processed). These legal requirements may make it harder for us to conduct our
business using AI (especially third-party AI tools), lead to regulatory fines or penalties, require us to change our business
practices, or prevent or limit our use of AI tools, which in turn, may lead our business to be less efficient, or us to be at a
competitive disadvantage (for further information regarding this risk, see the risk factor entitled “Our technology must be
advanced if we are to remain competitive”).
Any of these risks could be difficult to eliminate or manage, and, if not addressed, could adversely affect our business, financial
condition, results of operations, and growth prospects.
Our pricing models may need to be modified due to price competition. The competitive markets in which we operate may
oblige us to reduce our prices in order to contend with the pricing models of our competitors. If our competitors discount certain
products or services, we may have to lower prices on certain products or services in order to attract or retain customers. Any such
price modifications would likely reduce margins and could adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flow, and
financial condition.
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We may encounter long sales cycles, particularly with our larger customers, which could have an adverse effect on the
amount, timing, and predictability of our revenue, adversely affecting our business, results of operations, cash flow, and
financial condition. Our products have lengthy sales cycles, which typically extend from nine to twelve months and may take up to
several years. Potential and existing customers, particularly larger enterprise customers, often commit significant resources to an
evaluation of available solutions and services and require us to expend substantial time and resources in connection with our sales
efforts. The length of our sales cycles also varies depending on the type of customer to which we are selling, the product being sold,
and customer requirements. We may incur substantial sales and marketing expenses and expend significant management effort during
this time, regardless of whether we make a sale. Many of the key risks relating to sales processes are beyond our control, including:
our customers’ budgetary and scheduling constraints; the timing of our customers’ budget cycles and approval processes; our
customers’ willingness to replace their currently deployed software solutions; and general economic conditions.
As a result of these lengthy and uncertain sales cycles of our products and services, it is difficult for us to predict when customers
may purchase products or services from us, thereby affecting when we can recognize the associated revenue, and our operating results
may vary significantly and may be adversely affected. The length of our sales cycle makes us susceptible to having pending
transactions delayed or terminated by our customers if they decide to delay or withdraw funding for IT projects. Our customers may
decide to delay or withdraw funding for IT projects for various reasons, including, but not limited to, global economic cycles and
capital market fluctuations.
Our technology must be advanced if we are to remain competitive. The market for our products is characterized by rapid
technological change, frequent new product introductions and enhancements, changes in customer demands, and evolving industry
standards. Our existing products could be rendered obsolete if we fail to continue to advance our technology. We have also found that
the technological life cycles of our products are difficult to estimate, partially because of changing demands of other participants in the
supply chain. We believe that our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to continue to enhance our current product
line while we concurrently develop and introduce new products that keep pace with competitive and technological developments.
These developments require us to continue to make substantial product development investments. Although we are presently
developing a number of product enhancements to our product sets, we cannot assure you that these enhancements will be completed
on a timely basis or gain customer acceptance.
Our ability to maintain and develop our brand is critical for our continued success. The brand identity we have developed has
significantly contributed to the continued success of our business. Our ability to maintain and develop our brand is critical in
expanding our base of customers, partners and employees. Our brand will depend largely on our ability to remain a technology leader
and continue to provide high-quality innovative products, services, and features. Significant investments may be required in order to
maintain and develop our brand. However, the investments may later be proven to be unsuccessful. If we fail to maintain and develop
our brand, or if we incur excessive expenses in our efforts to do so, our business, operating results and financial condition may be
materially and adversely affected.
Disruption in our vertical markets could materially affect our revenues and results of operations. Our largest market, retail,
is experiencing significant business disruption and transformation, primarily driven by digital commerce. We believe that disruption is
causing many traditional retailers to assess the challenges of the transformation and evaluate their store networks and costs, as they
face increasing competitive pressures from e-commerce retailers. Since our solutions often require our customers to make significant
capital investments, traditional retailers could delay purchase decisions on our products. While this disruption may present significant
opportunity for our company, we believe extended sales cycles for large cloud subscriptions could have a material adverse effect on
our revenues and results of operations.
Inability to attract, integrate, and retain management and other personnel could adversely impact our business, results of
operations, cash flow, and financial condition. Our success greatly depends on the continued service of our executives, as well as
our other key senior management, technical personnel, and sales personnel. Our future success will depend in large part upon our
ability to attract, retain, and motivate highly skilled executives and employees. We face significant competition for individuals with
the skills required to perform the services we offer, and thus we may encounter increased compensation costs that are not offset by
increased revenue. In the broader technology industry in which we compete for talented hires, there is substantial and continuous
competition for engineers with high levels of experience in designing, developing and managing software, as well as competition for
sales executives and operations personnel. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to attract and retain sufficient numbers of these
highly skilled employees or motivate them. Because of the complexity of the supply chain market, we may experience a significant
time lag between the date on which technical and sales personnel are hired and the time at which these persons become fully
productive.
We may not be able to continue to successfully compete with other companies. We compete in markets that are intensely
competitive and are expected to become more competitive as current competitors expand their product offerings. Our current
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competitors come from many segments of the software industry and offer a variety of solutions directed at various aspects of the
extended supply chain, as well as the enterprise as a whole. We face competition for product sales from:
• Corporate information technology departments of current or potential customers capable of internally developing solutions;
• ERP vendors, including: Oracle, SAP, and Infor, among others;
• Supply chain execution and planning vendors, including Blue Yonder/Panasonic (formerly JDA), Korber (formerly HighJump),
SAS Institute, the Sterling Commerce division of IBM, Relex, and others;
• POS vendors, including Aptos, Oracle, and others; and
• Smaller independent companies that have developed or are attempting to develop supply chain execution solutions or planning
solutions that apply either globally or in specific countries.
Some of these potential competitors have longer operating histories, significantly more financial, technical, marketing, and other
resources, greater name recognition, broader solutions, and larger installed bases of customers than we do. We believe the domain
expertise required to continuously innovate supply chain technology in our target markets, effectively and efficiently implement
solutions, identify and attract sales opportunities, and compete successfully in the sales cycle provides us with a competitive advantage
and is a significant barrier to market entry. However, in order to be successful in the future, we must continue to respond promptly and
effectively to technological change and competitors’ innovations, and consequently we cannot assure you that we will not be required
to make substantial additional investments in connection with our research, development, marketing, sales, and customer service
efforts in order to meet any competitive threat, or that we will be able to compete successfully in the future. Some of our competitors
have significant resources at their disposal, and the degree to which we will compete with their new innovative products in the
marketplace is undetermined. Increased competition could result in price reductions, fewer customer orders, reduced earnings and
margins, and loss of market share. In turn, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow,
and financial condition.
Our operating results are substantially dependent on one line of business. We continue to derive our revenues from sales of
our supply chain cloud solutions and related professional services. Accordingly, any factor adversely affecting the markets for supply
chain cloud solutions could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Because we recognize revenue from our cloud subscriptions over the term of the subscription, downturns or upturns in new
business may not be immediately reflected in our results of operations. We recognize revenue from cloud customers over the
terms of their subscription agreements. As a result, most of the cloud revenue we report in each quarter is attributable to agreements
entered into during previous quarters. Consequently, a decline in new or renewed subscriptions in any one quarter may have a minimal
impact on our revenue for that quarter but will negatively affect our revenue in future quarters. Accordingly, if we experience
significant downturns in sales and market acceptance of our offerings, it may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until
future periods.
Our research and development activities may not generate significant returns. We anticipate continuing to make significant
investments in software research and development (R&D) and related product opportunities because we believe that we must continue
to allocate significant resources to our research and development activities to compete successfully. There is no assurance that our
research and development will successfully anticipate market needs and result in significant new marketable solutions or
enhancements to our solutions. Accordingly, we cannot estimate with any certainty when we will, if ever, receive significant revenues
from these investments. In addition, if, we fail to compete effectively with our competitors’ R&D programs, because we fail to
maintain adequate R&D resources or otherwise, our competitors may gain an advantage, and our business, results of operations, cash
flow, and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Our growth is dependent upon the successful development of our direct and indirect sales channel mix. We believe that our
future growth also will depend on further developing and maintaining a successful direct sales force and strategic relationships with
systems integrators and other technology companies. We invest significant resources to maintain and develop our sales channels. Our
investment could adversely affect our operating results if these efforts do not generate cloud and services revenue necessary to offset
the investment.
Mergers or other strategic transactions involving our competitors could weaken our competitive position or reduce our
revenue. Our competitors have been consolidating, which may make them more formidable. Competing with stronger companies may
cause us to experience pricing pressure and loss of market share, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business,
results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition may be adversely affected if we cannot integrate
acquired companies or manage joint ventures. We may from time to time acquire companies with complementary products and
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services. These acquisitions will expose us to increased risks and costs, including those arising from the following: assimilating new
operations and personnel; diverting financial and management resources from existing operations; and integrating acquired
technologies. We may not be able to generate sufficient revenue from any of these acquisitions to offset the associated acquisition
costs. We may also evaluate joint venture relationships with complementary businesses. Any joint venture we enter into would involve
many of the same risks posed by acquisitions, particularly the following: risks associated with the diversion of resources; the inability
to generate sufficient revenue; the management of relationships with third parties; and potential additional expenses.
Our business may require additional capital. We may require additional capital to finance our growth or to fund acquisitions or
investments in complementary businesses, technologies or product lines. Our capital requirements may be impacted by many factors,
including: demand for our products; the timing of and extent to which we invest in new technology; the timing of and extent to which
we acquire other companies; the level and timing of revenue; the expenses of sales and marketing and new product development; the
success and related expense of increasing our brand awareness; the cost of facilities to accommodate a growing workforce; the extent
to which competitors are successful in developing new products and increasing their market share; and the costs involved in
maintaining and enforcing intellectual property rights.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property and Cybersecurity
Our software may contain undetected errors or “bugs” causing harm to our reputation, which could adversely impact our
business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition. Software products as complex as those we offer might contain
undetected errors or failures when we first introduce them or when we release new versions. Despite testing, we cannot ensure errors
will not be found in new products or product enhancements after commercial release. Any errors could cause substantial harm to our
reputation, result in additional unplanned expenses to remedy any defects, delay the introduction of new products, result in the loss of
existing or potential customers, or cause a loss in revenue. Further, such errors could subject us to customer claims for significant
damages, and we cannot guarantee courts would enforce the provisions in our customer agreements limiting our damage liability. In
turn, this could materially affect our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
If our data protection or other security measures are compromised and, as a result, our data, our customers’ data or our IT
systems are accessed improperly, made unavailable, or improperly modified, our products and services may be perceived as
vulnerable, possibly damaging our brand and reputation, disrupting the IT services we provide to our customers, and causing
our customers to stop using our products and services, all of which could reduce our revenue and earnings, increase our
expenses and expose us to legal claims and regulatory actions. Our products and services can store, retrieve, manipulate and
manage our customers’ information and data as well as our own. We have a reputation for secure and reliable software products and
services and invest time and resources into protecting the integrity and security of our products, services and internal and external data
that we manage.
Nevertheless, we encounter attempts by third parties to penetrate or bypass our data protection and other security measures and
gain unauthorized access to our networks, systems and data or compromise our customers’ confidential information or data.
Unauthorized third parties also could improperly access or modify data as a result of employee or supplier error or malfeasance and
third parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees or customers into disclosing sensitive information such as user names,
passwords or other information.
These risks are persistent and likely will increase as we continue to grow our cloud offerings and services and store and process
increasingly large amounts of our customers’ confidential information and data. We also may acquire companies, products, services
and technologies and inherit such risks when we integrate these acquisitions within Manhattan.
If a cyber-attack or other security incident were to occur, we could suffer damage to our brand and reputation, which could reduce
our revenue, earnings, and operating cash flow resulting from increased expenses, including potential legal claims and regulatory
actions to address and fix the incidents.
We are subject to stringent and evolving U.S. and foreign laws, regulations, rules, contractual obligations, policies, and other
requirements relating to privacy and data security. Further, as regulatory focus on privacy issues continues to increase and become
more complex, these potential risks to our business will intensify. Changes in laws or regulations associated with the enhanced
protection of certain types of sensitive data could significantly increase our cost of providing our products and services.
If we are unable to develop software applications that interoperate with computing platforms developed by others, our
business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition may be adversely affected. We develop software applications
that interoperate with operating systems, database platforms, and hardware devices developed by others, which we refer to collectively
as computing platforms. If the developers of these computing platforms do not cooperate with us or we are unable to devote the
necessary resources so that our applications interoperate with those computing platforms, our software development efforts may be
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delayed and our business and results of operations may be adversely affected. When new or updated versions of these computing
platforms are introduced, it is often necessary for us to develop updated versions of our software applications so that they interoperate
properly with these computing platforms. We may not accomplish these development efforts quickly or cost-effectively, and it is
difficult to predict what the relative growth rates of adoption of these computing platforms will be. These development efforts require
substantial investment, the devotion of substantial employee resources, and the cooperation of the developers of the computing
platforms. For some computing platforms, we must obtain some proprietary application program interfaces from the owner in order to
develop software applications that interoperate with the computing platforms. Computing platform providers have no obligation to
assist in these development efforts. If they do not provide us with assistance or the necessary proprietary application program
interfaces on a timely basis, we may experience delays or be unable to expand our software applications into other areas.
The computing platforms we use may not continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms. Any loss of the right to
use any of these systems could result in delays in the provision of our products and services, and our results of operations may be
adversely affected. Defects in computing platforms could result in errors or failure of our products, which could harm our business.
We incorporate third-party software in our solutions, the failure or unavailability of which could adversely affect our
ability to sell, support, and service our products. We incorporate and include third-party software into and with certain of our
products and solutions and expect to continue to do so. The operation of our products could be impaired if there are defects in that
third-party software. It may be difficult for us to correct any defects in third-party software because the development and maintenance
of the software is not within our control. Such defects could adversely affect our business.
In addition, there can be no assurance that these third parties will continue to make their software available to us on acceptable
terms, or at all; not make their products available to our competitors on more favorable terms; invest the appropriate levels of
resources in their products and services to maintain and enhance the capabilities of their software; or remain in business. Any
impairment in our relationship with these third parties or our ability to license or otherwise use their software could have a material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Liability for intellectual property claims can be costly and result in the loss of significant rights, which could adversely
impact our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition. It is possible that third parties will claim that we
have infringed their current or future products, inventions, or other intellectual property. We expect that supply chain software
developers like us will increasingly be subject to infringement claims as the number of products grows. Any claims, with or without
merit, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, cause product shipment delays, or require us to pay monetary damages or to
enter into royalty or licensing agreements, any of which could negatively impact our operating results. There are no assurances that
these royalty or licensing agreements, if required, would be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. We also may be required to
indemnify our customers for damages they suffer as a result of such infringement. There are no assurances that legal action claiming
patent infringement will not be commenced against us, or that we would prevail in litigation given the complex technical issues and
inherent uncertainties in patent litigation. If a patent claim against us were successful and we could not obtain a license on acceptable
terms or license a substitute technology or redesign the product or feature to avoid infringement, we may be prevented from
distributing our software or required to incur significant expense and delay in developing non-infringing software. Any of these events
could seriously harm our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Our failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash
flow, and financial condition. Our success and ability to compete is dependent in part upon our proprietary technology. There are no
assurances that we will be able to protect our proprietary rights against unauthorized disclosure or third-party copying or use. We rely
on a combination of copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality agreements, licensing arrangements,
and contractual commitments to establish and protect our proprietary rights. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights,
existing copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret laws afford only limited protection. In addition, the laws of certain foreign
countries do not protect our rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Attempts may be made to copy or reverse
engineer aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Any infringement of our proprietary
rights could negatively impact our future operating results. Furthermore, policing the unauthorized use of our products is difficult, and
litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, or to determine the
validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. In turn, our
business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
The use of open source software in our products may expose us to additional risks and harm our intellectual property,
which could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition. Some of our products use or
incorporate software that is subject to one or more open source licenses. Open source software is typically freely accessible, usable
and modifiable. Certain open source software licenses require a user who intends to distribute the open source software as a
component of the user’s software to disclose publicly part or all of the source code to the user’s software. In addition, certain open
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source software licenses require the user of such software to make any derivative works of the open source code available to others on
unfavorable terms or at no cost. This can subject previously proprietary software to open source license terms.
While we monitor the use of all open source software in our products, processes, and technology and try to ensure that no open
source software is used in such a way as to require us to disclose the source code to the related product or solution, such use could
inadvertently occur. Additionally, if a third-party software provider has incorporated open source software into software we license
from them for use in our products and solutions, we could, under certain circumstances, be required to disclose the source code to our
products and solutions. This could harm our intellectual property position and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Risks Related to Laws and Regulations
We may have exposure to additional tax liabilities. As a multinational corporation, we are subject to income taxes in the U.S.
and various foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining our global provision for income taxes and other tax
liabilities. In the ordinary course of a global business, there are many intercompany transactions and calculations where the ultimate
tax determination is uncertain. Our income tax returns are routinely subject to audits by tax authorities. Although we regularly assess
the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine our tax estimates, a final determination of tax
audits or tax disputes could have an adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Also, the earnings
of our foreign subsidiaries are considered to be indefinitely reinvested. If our plans change in the future or if we elect to repatriate the
unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries in the form of dividends or otherwise, we could be subject to additional local
withholding taxes which may result in a higher effective tax rate.
In addition, the United States and other governments adopt tax reform measures from time to time that impact future effective tax
rates favorably or unfavorably. These tax reforms may be in the form of changes in tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax
assets or liabilities, or changes in tax laws or their interpretation. Such changes can have a material adverse impact on our financial
results. In 2022, the United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes a 1% excise tax on corporate stock repurchases.
While we do not anticipate that changes in the tax laws or rates in that Act will have a material, direct impact on the Company,
imposition of new excise taxes and minimum corporate tax rates such as these can have a material adverse impact on the Company in
the future.
We are also subject to non-income taxes, such as payroll, sales, use, value-added, net worth, property and goods and services taxes
in the U.S. and various foreign jurisdictions. We are regularly under audit by tax authorities with respect to these non-income taxes
and may have exposure to additional non-income tax liabilities, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations,
financial condition and cash flows.
We can be subject to criminal or civil liability if we fail to comply with anti-corruption and anti-boycott regulations, and
that can adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. We are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act ("FCPA"), U.S. domestic bribery laws, and foreign anti-corruption regulation as well as domestic and foreign anti-
boycott regulation, which many governments have interpreted more broadly and enforced aggressively in recent years. Under certain
circumstances, we can be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal activities of our employees, representatives, contractors, partners,
and agents, even if our Company does not explicitly authorize those activities.
While we have policies and procedures and conduct training that addresses compliance with anti-corruption and anti-boycott
regulation, our employees and representatives may violate those regulations, we may be held responsible. Detecting, investigating, and
resolving actual or alleged violations of those regulations can divert our management team’s time, resources, and attention. In
addition, noncompliance with anti-corruption or anti-boycott regulation could subject us to whistleblower complaints, investigations,
sanctions, settlements, prosecution, enforcement actions, fines, damages, other civil or criminal penalties or injunctions, suspension or
debarment from contracting with certain persons, reputational harm, adverse media coverage, and other collateral consequences.
Other laws and regulations. We face risks related to other laws and regulations in areas discussed elsewhere in this “Risk
Factors” section, including data protection, export controls and immigration.
Risks Related to International Operations
Our international operations have many associated risks. We continue to strategically manage our presence in international
markets, and these efforts require significant management attention and financial resources. We may not be able to successfully
penetrate international markets, or, if we do, there can be no assurance that we will grow our business in these markets at the same rate
as in North America. International sales are subject to many risks and difficulties, including those arising from complying with a
variety of foreign laws, import and export restrictions and tariffs, reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries,
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potential adverse tax treatment, less stringent adherence to ethical and legal standards by prospective customers in some countries,
language and cultural barriers and political and economic instability. Because of these inherent complexities and challenges, lack of
success in international markets could adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition.
Our operating results may include foreign currency gains and losses. We conduct a portion of our business in currencies other
than the United States dollar. Our revenues, expenses, operating profit and net income are affected when the dollar weakens or
strengthens in relation to other currencies. In addition, we have a large development center in Bangalore, India, that does not have a
natural in-market revenue hedge to mitigate currency risk to our operating expense in India. Fluctuations in the value of other
currencies could materially impact our revenues, expenses, operating profit and net income.
Our employee retention and hiring may be hindered by immigration restrictions, which could adversely impact our
business, results of operations, cash flow, and financial condition. Foreign nationals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent
residents constitute a significant part of our professional U.S. workforce. Our ability to hire and retain these workers, and their ability
to remain and work in the U.S. are impacted by laws and regulations as well as by processing procedures of various government
agencies. Changes in laws, regulations, or procedures may adversely affect our ability to hire or retain such workers and may affect
our costs of doing business and/or our ability to deliver services.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our stock price has been highly volatile. The trading price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response
to various factors, including: global macro-economic contraction impacting demand for supply chain solutions; quarterly variations in
operating results; announcements of technological innovations or new products by us or our competitors; developments with respect to
patents or proprietary rights; changes in financial estimates by securities analysts; and mergers, acquisitions, and combinations
involving our competitors or us.
Our operating results are difficult to predict and could cause our stock price to fall. Our quarterly revenue and operating
results are difficult to predict and can fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter. If our quarterly revenue or operating results fall
below the expectations of investors or public market analysts, the price of our common stock could fall substantially. Our quarterly
revenue is difficult to forecast for several reasons, including the following: global macro-economic disruptions; credit and equity
market disruptions, which can significantly impact capital availability and spend timing of customers or potential customers; the
varying sales cycle for our products and services from customer to customer, including multiple levels of authorization required by
some customers; the varying demand for our products; customers’ budgeting and purchasing cycles; delays in our implementations at
customer sites; timing of hiring new services employees and the rate at which these employees become productive; timing of
introduction of new products; development and performance of our distribution channels; and timing of any acquisitions and related
costs.
Most of our expenses, including employee compensation and rent, are relatively fixed. In addition, our expense levels are based, in
part, on our expectations regarding future revenue increases. As a result, any shortfall in revenue in relation to our expectations could
cause significant changes in our operating results from quarter to quarter and could result in quarterly losses. As a result of these
factors, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our revenue levels and operating results are not necessarily meaningful.
Historical growth rates and historical quarterly revenue and operating results may not be a good indicator of future operating results
and reliance on historical results should not be used to predict our future performance.
Our articles of incorporation and bylaws and Georgia law may inhibit a takeover of our company. Our corporate
organizational documents and Georgia law contain provisions that might enable our management to resist a takeover of our company.
These provisions might discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or a change in our management. These
provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for shareholders to elect their own director nominees and
compel other corporate actions. The existence of these provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay for
shares of our common stock.
Other Risk Factors
Economic, political and market conditions can adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flow and financial
condition, including our revenue growth and profitability, which in turn could adversely affect our stock price. Our business is
influenced by a range of factors that are beyond our control and that we have no comparative advantage in forecasting. These include:
• general economic and business conditions;
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• interest and inflation rates, trends and fluctuations of each, and efforts to control them;
• financial and credit market fluctuations and bank failures;
• overall demand for enterprise software and services;
• governmental policy, budgetary constraints, potential U.S. federal government shutdowns or shifts in government spending
priorities;
• general geo-political developments, including political instability, economic sanctions, terrorist activities or international
conflicts, such as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; and
• currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Macroeconomic developments in the United States and Europe and in parts of Asia and South America could negatively affect our
business, operating results, financial condition, and outlook, which, in turn, could adversely affect our stock price. Any general
weakening of, and related declining corporate confidence in, the global economy or the curtailment in government or corporate
spending could cause current or potential customers to reduce or eliminate their information technology budgets and spending, which
could cause customers to delay, decrease or cancel purchases of our products and services; or cause customers not to pay us; or to
delay paying us for previously purchased products and services.
In addition, political unrest and the related potential impact on global stability, acts of war or terrorism and the potential for other
hostilities in various parts of the world, as well as potential public health crises and natural disasters continue to contribute to a climate
of economic and political uncertainty that could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, including our
revenue growth and profitability.
Changes in, or interpretation of, accounting principles could result in unfavorable accounting changes. Our Consolidated
Financial Statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and accompanying
accounting pronouncements, implementation guidelines, and interpretations. These rules are subject to interpretation by the SEC and
various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles. Changes in these rules or their interpretation could
significantly change our reported results and may even retroactively affect previously reported transactions. Changes resulting from
these new accounting standards or the adoption of other new or revised accounting principles may result in materially different
financial results and may require that we make changes to our systems, processes, and controls. In addition, as we work to align with
the guidelines of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) and the
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”) environmental metrics, we may continue to expand our disclosure in these
areas. Our failure to report accurately or achieve progress on our metrics timely could adversely affect our reputation, financial
performance and business growth.
Adverse litigation results could affect our business. From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims
arising in the ordinary course of business, and occasionally legal proceeding not in the ordinary course. Litigation can be lengthy,
expensive and disruptive to our operations, and can divert our management’s attention away from running our core business. The
results of any litigation also cannot be predicted with certainty. An adverse decision could result in monetary damages or injunctive
relief that could affect our business, operating results or financial condition. Additional information regarding legal matters in which
we are involved, if any, can be found in Note 5 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
The effects of a pandemic, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or other major public health crisis could materially adversely
affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the
outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease spread throughout the world, prompting governmental and private authorities to
implement measures to contain the pandemic, including travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders, and business
limitations and shutdowns. A future pandemic or other public health crisis, and related remedial measures, could adversely impact our
results from operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows in numerous ways, including but not limited to:
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any such crisis could reduce the availability or productivity of our workforce impacting our day-to-day operations and
ability to meet our customer obligations;
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customer demand for our products could decline or they may request extended payment terms for products purchased due
to their need to reduce their information technology expense or preserve cash, or as a result of reductions in their sales and
profits;
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customers could file for bankruptcy;
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forced store closures could accelerate pre-existing disruption in the retail sector; and
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the spending habits of our customers’ customers could change, reducing our customers’ own revenues and profitability,
which in turn could affect our revenues and profitability.
A decrease in revenues could also negatively affect our liquidity, as we primarily rely on cash generated from operating activities
for our liquidity needs. Compounding this issue, a pandemic or other public health crisis may make outside capital less available or
more expensive.
Fires or other catastrophic events at our principal facilities could disrupt our business. Fires, natural disasters, weather
events, political unrest, disruptions in critical infrastructure or other catastrophic events, particularly those affecting our Atlanta
headquarters or India research and development center, may cause damage or disruption to our operations, and thus could have a
strong negative effect on us. Our business operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters, weather events, political unrest,
fire, power shortages and other disruptions of critical infrastructure, health crises or pandemics and other events beyond our control.
Although we maintain crisis management and disaster response plans, such events could make it difficult or impossible for us to
deliver our services to our customers.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
We believe Manhattan has appropriate processes for assessing, identifying, and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats.
Those processes are embodied in our enterprise-wide Cyber Risk Management Program (the “Cyber Program”), which includes our
cybersecurity governance structure and our cybersecurity strategy and processes.
Governance Structure
Board Oversight. Our Board of Directors has delegated oversight of our Cyber Program to the Board Audit Committee. Despite
that delegation, the full Board also remains informed, through quarterly presentations to the full Board by our Chief Financial Officer
or their designee (or more frequently as necessary), followed by the opportunity for Q&A and discussion, on the status of the Cyber
Program. The presentations cover, among other things, our cyber incident experience, ongoing cyber threats, material risks,
deployment of cybersecurity controls and risk mitigants, engagement of third parties (e.g., consultants and auditors) and third-party
tools, our cyber insurance coverages, and our employee-training programs. If further Board engagement on cybersecurity matters is
required, management, through the CEO, CFO or CLO, communicate directly with the Audit Committee chair, who engages the Audit
Committee as they deem appropriate.
Management’s Assessment and Management of Cybersecurity Threats. Members of Manhattan’s executive management team,
along with others from Company senior management, and others with varying areas of expertise, are engaged as part of our Cyber
Program:
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Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer – Direct management of our Cyber Program falls within our
Information Technology department, which reports up through our CIO, who reports to our CFO. Both our CIO and CFO
have familiarity and oversight experience, appropriate for their positions, regarding general cybersecurity matters and
threats affecting business-to-business software and cloud services vendors such as Manhattan. The CFO is a member of
our Disclosure Committee, which is responsible for determining whether a cybersecurity incident is “material” for
purposes of publicly reporting cybersecurity incidents, and is a member of our “Core Response Team” under the
Company’s Crisis Response Program. Our CFO also chairs our management Cybersecurity Committee.
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Chief Legal Officer – Our CLO has experience providing legal advice regarding cybersecurity-related programs as well as
engaging with outside advisors and insurance brokers and underwriters on cybersecurity coverage, claims, and loss
mitigation. Our CLO also is member of the Disclosure Committee and the Core Response Team.
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Senior Director, Global Security – Our Senior Director, Global Security, has managed our Cyber Program for eight years.
He manages its day-to-day operations, oversees our security analysts and engineers, and leads our Cybersecurity
Committee meetings. He is trained in cybersecurity strategy, planning, and execution and holds industry recognized
security certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from the International
Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from
the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
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Cybersecurity Committee – Members include, in addition to the CFO and SD, Global Security, business representatives of
Manhattan’s material business lines and administrative departments, cyber-risk operational heads from our material
business lines, and our VP, Contracts and Administration (or their designee). The Cybersecurity Committee’s purpose is
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to review cybersecurity risks, discuss emerging threats, prioritize cybersecurity efforts, and make recommendations to
leadership.
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Crisis Response Team – Pursuant to our Crisis Response Program, our Crisis Response Team, which comprises the CLO,
CFO, Chief People Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, and an expanded team from our material business lines and
administrative departments, as well as outside advisors/experts (cyber forensics, external legal counsel, law enforcement,
public relations), is charged with managing the Company through a cybersecurity incident (or other event or series of
events) that rise to the level of a Company “crisis.” The Program includes protocols by which the CLO, on behalf of the
Team, will report to or engage the CEO and the Chairman of the Board if and when an incident becomes a crisis or
potential crisis.
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Other Roles – The Cyber Program includes engagement of other Company management employees and outside service
providers to oversee or perform specific roles in connection with cybersecurity risk assessment and management, and
incident management. That includes risk and security heads from our material business lines who implement and
administer policies specific to those business lines and independent auditors to certify compliance with the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Systems and
Organization Controls (SOC 2) security framework, and the Federal Government’s Federal Risk and Authorization and
Management Program (FedRAMP) criteria for federal use of cloud services. We also conduct reviews for compliance
with data protection regulation such as Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and regulation of various
U.S. states such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Risk Management and Strategy
Overview of Processes for Assessing, Identifying, and Managing Material Cyber Risks.
The principal objectives of our Cyber Program are to minimize the risks associated with cybersecurity threats to our business
operations, financial performance and financial condition, and protect the confidential information, intellectual property, and other
assets of Manhattan, and those of our customers, vendors, partners, employees, and consumers that can be at risk due to cybersecurity
threats to Manhattan.
Manhattan has incorporated industry recognized cybersecurity frameworks and standards into its Cyber Program, including
frameworks from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and security control auditing protocols from the Center
for Internet Security (CIS) and the International Organizations for Standardization (ISO). Recognizing that the nature of cybersecurity
threats and the particular threat vectors we face continually change, we continue to invest in updating and enhancing our Cyber
Program. Annually, as part of Manhattan’s budgeting process, our Senior Director, Global Security, submits to our CIO their
recommendations for Cyber Program enhancements, including the associated capital requests, for inclusion in the CIO’s proposed IT
budget. Those recommendations are then evaluated at the executive level, taking into account the projected return on investment and
the anticipated enhancement of our cybersecurity risk profile.
Under our Cyber Program, our Senior Director, Global Security, and the staff, along with our management-led Cybersecurity
Committee, with input where appropriate from our third-party advisors, work to identify our cybersecurity threats, assess the risks, and
deploy appropriate technologies and processes to mitigate the risks. When cybersecurity incidents occur, these resources work to
manage through the incident utilizing advanced security tools and playbooks, and in accordance with processes set out in various
Company policies and practice documents, which include internal communications protocols to keep the executive team and, where
appropriate, the Audit Committee and Board, informed. Pertinent policy and practice documents include, among others, Manhattan’s
Incident Response Policy, our Incident Escalation Matrix, our Materiality Determination Process for Cybersecurity Incidents
(governing the Company’s materiality determination for reporting purposes) and our Crisis Response Plan.
As an important cybersecurity risk mitigant, Manhattan provides mandatory training to its new hires and quarterly training of its
employees, including phishing simulation tests and follow-up tests as needed, along with monthly cybersecurity newsletters and other
cyber risk-related communications.
Integration into Overall Risk Management System or Processes. Our risk management systems and processes comprise numerous
components, including published policies and procedures, risk detection systems, tools, and protocols (automated and human), internal
and external independent auditing, management committee review, defined lines of communications, employee training, engagement
of outside advisors and experts, assessment and utilization of both commercial and self-insurance opportunities, customer contract
standardization where possible, legal review of vendor engagements and new products for regulatory compliance, regular operations
reviews with the CEO, and Board (and Board Committee) oversight. Manhattan utilizes the foregoing systems and processes to best
ensure effective management of our risks and associated cybersecurity threats. The CFO or their designee reports to the full Board at
least quarterly on the status of our Cyber Program.
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Engagement of Third Parties. As part of its Cyber Program, Manhattan engages outside independent auditors, consultants, and
professional advisors. We also engage industry-leading cybersecurity service and systems providers to assist with protection from and
detection of cybersecurity threats and incidents and our responses to them.
Risks from Third Party Service Providers and Others. Manhattan’s cybersecurity team, under the oversight of the Senior Director,
Global Security, performs risk assessments on third party service providers and other third parties (such as partner companies), as well
as third party software and hardware utilized in its operations, that may have the potential to create cybersecurity threats to our data
and operations.
Risks from Cybersecurity Threats—Likely Material Impact. See Item 1A, "Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
and Cybersecurity." We do not believe any risks from previous cybersecurity threats have materially affected or are reasonably likely
to materially affect Manhattan.
Item 2. Properties
Our principal administrative, sales, marketing, support, and research and development facility is located in approximately 221,000
square feet of modern office space in Atlanta, Georgia. During 2024, we entered into the eighth amendment to our lease agreement,
which extended our lease termination date from September 30, 2025, to September 30, 2036, with respect to substantially all of the
Company's leased premises in Atlanta, Georgia. Pursuant to the amended lease, effective as of October 1, 2025, we will decrease our
leased square footage at our Atlanta headquarters from approximately 221,000 to approximately 209,000. We have an additional
office in the United States under a short-term agreement in New Jersey.
We also occupy facilities outside of the United States under multi-year lease agreements in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
France, China, Japan, Spain, Italy, Singapore, India, Australia, and Germany. We also occupy an office under a short-term lease
agreement in Chile. We believe our office space is adequate to meet our immediate needs; however, we may expand into additional
facilities in the future.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may be a party to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business or outside of the ordinary
course. We are not currently a party to any legal proceeding the result of which we believe could have a material adverse impact upon
our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Many of our customer engagements involve services or products that are critical to the operations of our clients’ businesses. Any
downtime or failure of our services or products could result in a claim for substantial damages against us, regardless of our
responsibility for that failure. Although we attempt to contractually limit our liability for damages arising from services or product
downtime or failures or negligent acts or omissions, there can be no assurance that the limitations of liability in our contracts will be
enforceable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market for Common Stock
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “MANH”. The number of registered
shareholders of record of our common stock as of February 3, 2025 was 13. The number of record holders does not include persons
who held our common stock in nominee or “street name” accounts through brokers.
We do not intend to declare or pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our management anticipates that all earnings and other
cash resources, if any, will be retained for investment in our business, including share repurchases.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
In the following table, we provide information regarding our current equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2024:
Plan Category
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding rights
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding rights(1)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans
Equity compensation plans
approved by security holders
1,390,238
$0.00
2,337,032
Equity compensation plans
not approved by security holders
-
-
-
Total
1,390,238
-
2,337,032
(1) The weighted average exercise price does not take into account outstanding restricted stock unit awards, which have no exercise
price.
You may find additional information regarding our equity compensation plans in Note 2 of the Notes to our Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Purchase of Equity Securities
In the following table, we provide information regarding our common stock repurchases under our publicly-announced share
repurchase program for the quarter ended December 31, 2024.
Period
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
Average Price
Paid per Share
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
Maximum Number
(or Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May Yet
Be Purchased Under
the Plans or
Programs
October 1 - October 31, 2024
25,456
$274.88
25,456
$68,002,752
November 1 - November 30, 2024
95,995
277.07
95,995
41,405,534
December 1 - December 31, 2024
33,993
292.53
33,993
31,461,420
Total
155,444
155,444
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we repurchased a total of 986,555 shares at an average price per share of $244.93 under
our publicly-announced share repurchase program. In January 2025, our Board of Directors raised the Company’s share repurchase
authority to an aggregate of $100.0 million of our common stock.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
All statements, trend analyses, and other information contained in the following discussion relative to markets for our products and
trends in revenue, gross margins, and anticipated expense levels, as well as other statements including words such as “may,”
“expect,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “could,” “seek,” “project,” “estimate,” and other similar
expressions constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to business and economic risks and
uncertainties, including those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of this Form 10-K, and our actual results of
operations may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
Business Overview
We develop, sell, deploy, service and maintain software solutions designed to manage supply chains, inventory and omnichannel
operations for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, logistics providers and other organizations. Our customers include many of the
world’s premier and most profitable brands.
Our business model is singularly focused on the development and implementation of complex commerce enablement software
solutions that are designed to optimize supply chains, and retail store operations including POS effectiveness and efficiency for our
customers.
We have five principal sources of revenue:
• cloud subscriptions, including software as a service (SaaS) and hosting of software;
• licenses of our software;
• customer support services and software enhancements (collectively, “maintenance”) related to software licenses;
• professional services, including solutions planning and implementation, related consulting, customer training, and
reimbursements from customers for out-of-pocket expenses (collectively, “services”); and
• hardware sales.
In 2024, we generated $1,042.4 million in total revenue, with a revenue mix of: cloud subscriptions 32%; software license 1%;
maintenance 13%; services revenue 51%; and hardware 3%.
We have three geographic reportable segments: the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Geographic revenue is based on the location of
the sale. Our international revenue was approximately $346.2 million, $301.4 million, and $238.4 million for the years ended
December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which represents approximately 33%, 32%, and 31% of our total revenue for the
years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. International revenue includes all revenue derived from sales to
customers outside the United States. At December 31, 2024, we employed approximately 4,690 employees worldwide. We have
offices in Australia, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, and the United Kingdom,
as well as representatives in Mexico and reseller partnerships in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and
Asia.
Future Expectations
While we remain cautious about the global economy, our results for the full year ended 2024 exceeded our expectations due to
solid demand for our cloud solutions. Our solutions are mission critical, supporting complex global supply chains. We believe that
favorable secular tailwinds, such as the digital transformation of businesses in manufacturing, wholesale and retail, coupled with our
commitment to investing in organic innovation to deliver leading cloud supply chain, inventory and omnichannel commerce solutions
is in synergistic alignment with current market demand. We believe this alignment is contributing to our strong financial results,
higher demand and strong win rates for our solutions for the period. We remain committed to investing in our business to drive
customer success and expand our total addressable market, which we believe will position us well to achieve long-term sustainable
growth and earnings.
Going forward, we are investing in our cloud business, including enterprise investments in innovation, and strategic operating
expenses to support growth objectives.
For 2025, our five strategic goals continue to be:
• Focus on customer success and drive sustainable long-term growth;
• Invest in innovation to expand our products and total addressable market;
• Expand our Manhattan Active suite of cloud solutions;
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• Develop and grow our cloud business and cloud subscription revenue; and
• Expand our global sales and marketing teams.
Cloud Subscription
Under our Manhattan Active® Solutions cloud subscription offering, customers pay a periodic fee for the right to use our software
within a cloud environment that we provide and manage over a specified period of time. Adoption of our Manhattan Active® cloud
solutions continues to increase nicely, with cloud revenue up 32% over 2023. Cloud revenue now represents about 96% of our total
software revenue.
Customers on our legacy perpetual license program can convert their maintenance contracts to cloud subscription contracts.
Global Economic Trends and Industry Factors
Global macro-economic trends, technology spending, and supply chain management market growth are important barometers for
our business. In 2024, we generated approximately 67% of our total revenue in the United States, 18% in EMEA, and the remaining
balance in APAC, Canada, and Latin America. In addition, Gartner Inc. (“Gartner”), an information technology research and advisory
company, estimates that over 75% of every supply chain software solutions dollar invested is spent in North America and Europe;
consequently, the health of the U.S. and European economies have a meaningful impact on our financial results.
We sell technology-based solutions with total pricing, including software and services, in many cases exceeding $1.0 million. Our
software is often a part of our customers’ and prospects’ much larger capital commitment associated with facilities expansion and
business improvement. We believe that, given the mission critical nature of our software, combined with a challenging global macro
environment, our current sales cycles for large cloud subscriptions in our target markets could be extended. While demand for our
solutions is solid, the current business climate within the United States and geographic regions in which we operate may affect
customers’ and prospects’ decisions regarding timing of strategic capital expenditures.
In January 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided a World Economic Outlook (WEO) update. The WEO update
noted, “Global growth is projected at 3.3 percent both in 2025 and 2026, below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.7 percent. Global
headline inflation is expected to decline to 4.2 percent in 2025 and to 3.5 percent in 2026, converging back to target earlier in
advanced economies than in emerging market and developing economies.”
The WEO update projected advanced economies, which represent our primary revenue markets, would grow at about 1.9 and 1.8
percent in 2025 and 2026, while the emerging and developing economies would grow at about 4.2 percent in 2025 and 4.3 percent in
2026.
While we are encouraged by our results, we remain cautious regarding the pace of global economic growth. We believe global
geopolitical and economic volatility likely will continue to shape customers’ and prospects’ enterprise software buying decisions.
Key Performance Metrics
We regularly review metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate
financial projections and make strategic decisions. We believe cloud subscriptions revenue growth and remaining performance
obligation (RPO) growth are the leading indicators of our business performance, primarily derived from cloud subscription fees that
customers pay for our Unified Omnichannel Commerce and Digital Supply Chain solutions.
Cloud Subscriptions Revenue Growth
Our cloud revenue growth provides insight into our ability to maintain and grow our cloud customer base. Total cloud revenue
increased from $254.6 million in 2023 to $337.2 million in 2024, representing a 32% year-over-year increase. Total cloud revenue
increased from $176.5 million in 2022 to $254.6 million in 2023, representing a 44% year-over-year increase. Cloud revenue growth
is being driven by strong demand for our cloud offerings.
Remaining Performance Obligations
Transaction price allocated to RPO represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred
revenue and non-cancelable amounts that we expect to invoice and recognize as revenue in future periods. Over 98% of our RPO
represent cloud native subscriptions with a non-cancelable term greater than one year. Maintenance contracts typically are for one year
and not included in RPO. RPO provides insight into our contracted backlog of future business. As of December 31, 2024, our RPO
was approximately $1.8 billion, an increase of 25% over December 31, 2023 on strong demand.
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Revenue
Cloud Subscriptions and Software License revenue: In the full year ended 2024, cloud subscriptions revenue was 96% of total
cloud and software license revenue. In 2024, cloud subscriptions revenue totaled $337.2 million, or 32% of total revenue. The
Americas, EMEA, and APAC segments recognized $264.3 million, $62.8 million and $10.1 million in cloud subscriptions revenue,
respectively, in 2024. Cloud subscriptions revenue is recognized over the term of the agreement, typically five years or more. Cloud
subscription revenue growth is influenced by the strength of general economic and business conditions and the competitive position of
our software products. These revenues generally have long sales cycles. Approximately 22% of the total value of new non-cancelable
cloud subscriptions (excluding renewals) signed during 2024 was with new customers and 78% was with existing customers. We
define new customers as entities from which we either have never earned revenue or have not recognized revenue in the last five
years.
In 2024, license revenue totaled $15.1 million, or 1% of total revenue. The Americas, EMEA, and APAC segments totaled $12.3
million, $1.4 million, and $1.4 million in license revenue, respectively, in 2024.
Our Unified Omnichannel Commerce and Digital Supply Chain solutions are focused on core omnichannel operation (e-commerce,
retail store operations and POS), supply chain commerce operations (Warehouse Management, Transportation Management and Labor
Management), and inventory optimization, which are intensely competitive markets characterized by rapid technological change. We
are a market leader in the supply chain management and omnichannel software solutions market as defined by industry analysts such
as ARC Advisory Group and Gartner. Our goal is to extend our position as a leading global supply chain solutions provider by
growing our cloud subscriptions revenues faster than our competitors through investment in innovation.
Maintenance Revenue: Our maintenance revenue totaled $138.3 million, or 13% of total revenue. The Americas, EMEA and
APAC segments recognized $110.8 million, $18.3 million, and $9.2 million, respectively, in maintenance revenue in 2024. For
maintenance, we offer a comprehensive 24 hours per day, 365 days per year program that provides our customers with software
upgrades, when and if available, which include additional or improved functionality and technological advances incorporating
emerging supply chain and industry initiatives.
Maintenance relates to our legacy perpetual license sales. We expect maintenance revenues to decline as we continue to develop
our cloud offerings, and be offset by additional cloud revenue, including from customers converting their maintenance contracts to
cloud subscriptions. The growth of maintenance revenues is influenced by: (1) new software license contracts; (2) annual renewal of
support contracts; and (3) fluctuations in currency rates. Substantially all of our customers renew their annual support contracts or
convert their maintenance contracts to cloud subscriptions. Maintenance revenue is generally paid in advance and recognized over the
term of the agreement, typically twelve months. Maintenance renewal revenue is recognized over the renewal period once we have a
contract upon payment from the customer.
Services Revenue: In 2024, our services revenue totaled $525.5 million, or 51% of total revenue. The Americas, EMEA, and
APAC segments recognized $389.5 million, $107.4 million, and $28.6 million, respectively.
Our professional services organization provides our customers with expertise and assistance in planning and implementing our
solutions. To ensure a successful product implementation, consultants assist customers with the initial implementation of a system or
service, the conversion and transfer of the customer’s historical data to the new system or service, and ongoing training, education,
and system/service upgrades. We believe our professional services enable customers to implement our software rapidly, ensure the
customer’s success with our solutions, strengthen our customer relationships, and add to our industry-specific knowledge base for use
in future implementations and product innovations.
Although our professional services are optional, the majority of our customers use at least some portion of these services for their
planning, implementation, ongoing support, training, system upgrades or related needs. Professional services are typically rendered
under time and materials-based contracts with services typically billed on an hourly basis. Professional services are sometimes
rendered under fixed-fee based contracts with payments due on specific dates or milestones.
Services revenue growth is contingent upon cloud sales and customer upgrade cycles, which are influenced by the strength of
general economic and business conditions and the competitive position of our software products. In addition, our professional services
business has competitive exposure to offshore providers and other consulting companies.
Hardware Revenue: Our hardware revenue, which we recognize net of related costs, totaled $26.3 million in 2024 representing 3%
of total revenue. As a convenience for our cloud and perpetual license customers, we resell a variety of hardware products developed
and manufactured by third parties. These products include computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, RFID chip readers,
bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. We resell all third-party hardware products and related maintenance pursuant to
agreements with manufacturers or through distributor-authorized reseller agreements pursuant to which we are entitled to purchase
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hardware products and services at discount prices. We generally purchase hardware from our vendors only after receiving an order
from a customer. As a result, we do not maintain hardware inventory.
Product Development
We continue to invest significantly in research and development (R&D) to provide leading Unified Omnichannel Commerce and
Digital Supply Chain solutions to enable global retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and logistics providers to
successfully manage accelerating and fluctuating demands as well as the increasing complexity and volatility of their local and global
supply chains, retail store operations and POS. Our R&D expenses for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 were
$137.7 million, $126.8 million, and $111.9 million, respectively.
We expect to continue to focus our R&D resources on the development and enhancement of our core supply chain, inventory
optimization, omnichannel and POS software solutions. We offer what we believe to be the broadest solutions portfolio in the supply
chain solutions marketplace, to address all aspects of inventory optimization, transportation management, distribution management,
planning, and omnichannel operations including order management, store inventory & fulfillment, call center and POS.
We also plan to continue to enhance our existing solutions and to introduce new solutions to address evolving industry standards
and market needs. We identify opportunities to further enhance our solutions and to develop and provide new solutions through our
customer support organization, as well as through ongoing customer consulting engagements and implementations, interactions with
our user groups, association with leading industry analysts and market research firms, and participation in industry standards and
research committees. Our solutions address the needs of customers in various vertical markets, including retail, consumer goods, food
and grocery logistics service providers, industrial and wholesale, high technology and electronics, life sciences, and government.
Cash Flow and Financial Condition
For 2024, we generated cash flow from operating activities of $295.0 million and have generated a cumulative total of $720.9
million for the three years ended December 31, 2024. Our cash at December 31, 2024 totaled $266.2 million, with no debt. We
currently have no credit facilities. During the past three years, our primary uses of cash have been for funding investments in R&D in
our Unified Omnichannel Commerce and Digital Supply Chain solutions to drive revenue and earnings growth. In addition, we
repurchased $241.6 million of Manhattan Associates’ outstanding common stock under the share repurchase program approved by our
Board of Directors. In January 2025, our Board of Directors raised the Company’s share repurchase authority to an aggregate of
$100.0 million of our common stock.
In 2025, we expect that our priorities for use of cash will continue to be investments in our Unified Omnichannel Commerce and
Digital Supply Chain solutions. We also anticipate prioritizing capital allocation in our global teams to fund growth, and accretive
share repurchases. We do not anticipate any borrowing requirements in 2025 for general corporate purposes.
Full Year 2024 Financial Summary
• Diluted earnings per share: $3.51 for 2024 compared to $2.82 for 2023;
• Consolidated revenue: $1,042.4 million for 2024 compared to $928.7 million for 2023;
• Cloud subscription revenue: $337.2 million for 2024 compared to $254.6 million for 2023;
• License revenue: $15.1 million for 2024 compared to $18.2 million for 2023;
• Operating income: $261.6 million for 2024 compared to $209.9 million for 2023;
• Operating margins: 25.1% for 2024 compared to operating margins of 22.6% for 2023;
• Cash flow from operations: $295.0 million for 2024 compared to $246.2 million for 2023;
• Cash paid for income taxes: $83.4 million for 2024 compared to $67.4 million for 2023;
• Cash and investments: $266.2 million at December 31, 2024 compared to $270.7 million at December 31, 2023; and
• Share repurchases: In 2024, we repurchased 986,555 shares of Manhattan Associates’ outstanding common stock for $241.6
million under the share repurchase program approved by our Board of Directors. In January 2025, our Board of Directors raised
the Company’s share repurchase authority to an aggregate of $100.0 million of our common stock.
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Results of Operations
In the following table, we present a selection of certain Statement of Income data for 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Year Ended December 31,
% Change vs. Prior Year
2024
2023
2022
2024
2023
(in thousands)
Revenue:
Cloud subscriptions
$
337,203
$
254,612
$
176,458
32%
44%
Software license
15,085
18,206
24,848
-17%
-27%
Maintenance
138,304
143,936
142,198
-4%
1%
Services
525,517
487,869
394,096
8%
24%
Hardware
26,243
24,102
29,484
9%
-18%
Total revenue
1,042,352
928,725
767,084
12%
21%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of cloud subscriptions, maintenance and
services
469,659
429,263
356,111
9%
21%
Cost of software license
1,321
1,351
2,126
-2%
-36%
Research and development
137,689
126,814
111,877
9%
13%
Sales and marketing
75,976
74,490
64,537
2%
15%
General and administrative
89,810
81,174
73,070
11%
11%
Depreciation and amortization
6,301
5,752
6,663
10%
-14%
Total costs and expenses
780,756
718,844
614,384
9%
17%
Income from operations
$
261,596
$
209,881
$
152,700
25%
37%
Operating margin
25.1%
22.6%
19.9%
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We have three reportable segments: the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Revenue information is based on the location of sale. The
revenues represented below are from external customers only. The geography-based expenses include costs of personnel, direct sales,
marketing expenses, and general and administrative costs to support the business. There are certain corporate expenses included in the
Americas segment that we do not charge to the other segments including research and development, certain marketing and general and
administrative costs that support the global organization, and the amortization of acquired developed technology. Included in the
Americas costs are all research and development costs, including the costs associated with our operations in India. During 2024, 2023,
or 2022, we derived the majority of our revenues from sales to customers within our Americas segment. In the following table, we
present a summary of revenue and operating profit by segment:
Year Ended December 31,
% Change vs. Prior Year
2024
2023
2022
2024
2023
Revenue:
(in thousands)
Cloud subscriptions
Americas
$
264,331
$
205,611
$
148,943
29%
38%
EMEA
62,779
42,243
22,988
49%
84%
APAC
10,093
6,758
4,527
49%
49%
Total cloud subscriptions
337,203
254,612
176,458
32%
44%
Software license
Americas
12,251
12,040
16,364
2%
-26%
EMEA
1,376
2,925
6,380
-53%
-54%
APAC
1,458
3,241
2,104
-55%
54%
Total software license
15,085
18,206
24,848
-17%
-27%
Maintenance
Americas
110,751
114,963
113,258
-4%
2%
EMEA
18,349
19,721
19,784
-7%
0%
APAC
9,204
9,252
9,156
-1%
1%
Total maintenance
138,304
143,936
142,198
-4%
1%
Services
Americas
389,550
362,979
295,998
7%
23%
EMEA
107,384
101,254
79,628
6%
27%
APAC
28,583
23,636
18,470
21%
28%
Total services
525,517
487,869
394,096
8%
24%
Hardware
Americas
25,603
23,602
29,321
8%
-20%
EMEA
635
495
158
28%
213%
APAC
5
5
5
0%
0%
Total hardware
26,243
24,102
29,484
9%
-18%
Total Revenue
Americas
802,486
719,195
603,884
12%
19%
EMEA
190,523
166,638
128,938
14%
29%
APAC
49,343
42,892
34,262
15%
25%
Total revenue
$
1,042,352
$
928,725
$
767,084
12%
21%
Operating income:
Americas
$
167,343
$
135,158
$
99,289
24%
36%
EMEA
72,496
56,723
40,030
28%
42%
APAC
21,757
18,000
13,381
21%
35%
Total operating income
$
261,596
$
209,881
$
152,700
25%
37%
The consolidated results of our operations for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are discussed below.
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Revenue
Our revenue consists of fees generated from cloud subscriptions, software licensing, maintenance, professional services, and
hardware sales.
Year Ended December 31,
% Change vs. Prior
Year
% of Total Revenue
2024
2023
2022
2024
2023
2024
2023
2022
(in thousands)
Cloud subscriptions
$
337,203
$ 254,612
$ 176,458
32%
44%
32%
27%
23%
Software license
15,085
18,206
24,848
-17%
-27%
1%
2%
3%
Maintenance
138,304
143,936
142,198
-4%
1%
13%
15%
19%
Services
525,517
487,869
394,096
8%
24%
51%
53%
51%
Hardware
26,243
24,102
29,484
9%
-18%
3%
3%
4%
Total revenue
$ 1,042,352
$ 928,725
$ 767,084
12%
21%
100%
100%
100%
Cloud Subscriptions Revenue
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
Cloud subscriptions revenue increased $82.6 million to $337.2 million in 2024 compared to 2023. Our customers have
demonstrated a clear preference for cloud-based solutions, including existing customers that are migrating from on-premise to cloud-
based offerings. Cloud subscriptions revenue increased $58.7 million, $20.6 million and $3.3 million for the Americas, EMEA, and
APAC segments, respectively. Cloud subscriptions revenue recognized from first time cloud customers (defined as customers with no
prior cloud subscriptions) during the year in which their initial cloud subscription began was approximately 2% and 3% of total cloud
revenue in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Our customers contract for multi-year subscriptions which typically increase in scope and
price over the term, and thus revenue recognized during the year when the contract is signed tends to be small relative to the total
contract value. Revenue recognized in the initial year excludes revenue from additional solutions sold to the customer in future years
and could be impacted by the timing of the start date of the subscription during the year.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
Cloud subscriptions revenue increased $78.2 million to $254.6 million in 2023 compared to 2022. Cloud subscriptions revenue for
the Americas, EMEA and APAC segments increased $56.7 million, $19.2 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Revenue recognized
from first time cloud customers (defined as customers with no prior cloud subscriptions) during the year in which their initial cloud
subscription began was 3% and 7% of total cloud revenue in 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Software License Revenue
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
Software license revenue decreased $3.1 million to $15.1 million in 2024 compared to 2023 on strong market preference for our
cloud-native solutions. License revenue for the Americas segment increased $0.2 million, while license revenue for the EMEA and
APAC segments decreased $1.5 million and $1.8 million, respectively, in 2024 over 2023. The majority of our software license
revenue relates to our warehouse management product group (approximately 85%) for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
Software license revenue decreased $6.6 million to $18.2 million in 2023 compared to 2022. License revenue for the Americas and
EMEA segments decreased $4.3 million and $3.5 million, respectively, while license revenue from the APAC segment increased $1.1
million in 2023 over 2022. The majority of our software license revenue relates to our warehouse management product group
(approximately 85%) for the year ended December 31, 2023.
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Maintenance Revenue
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
Maintenance revenue decreased by $5.6 million in 2024 compared to 2023. The Americas and EMEA segments decreased $4.2
million and $1.4 million, respectively, compared to 2023, while the APAC segment remained relatively flat. Maintenance relates to
our perpetual software licenses.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
Maintenance revenue increased $1.7 million in 2023 compared to 2022. Maintenance revenue for the Americas segment increased
$1.7 million, while EMEA and APAC segments remained relatively flat in 2023 compared to 2022.
Services Revenue
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
Services revenue increased $37.6 million in 2024 compared to 2023. Service revenue for the Americas, EMEA and APAC
segments increased 26.6 million, $6.1 million, and $4.9 million, respectively, compared to 2023. Services revenue was driven by
adoption and implementation of our cloud solutions. The percentage of professional services revenue that relates to cloud
subscriptions in 2024 and 2023 was approximately 75% and 70%, respectively. Our customers experienced budgetary constraints
during the second half of 2024 which negatively impacted our professional services revenue related to cloud subscriptions. The
remainder of our professional services revenue relates to implementations, ongoing support, and upgrades of licensed software.
Professional services revenue recognized from first time cloud customers (defined as customers with no prior cloud subscriptions)
during the year in which their initial cloud subscription began was approximately 7% and 8% of total services revenue in 2024 and
2023, respectively. As with our cloud subscriptions, customers often continue to purchase our professional services beyond their initial
implementation to roll out additional locations, implement additional features and functionality, and implement additional products, as
well as for general support. Professional services revenue recognized from first time cloud customers excludes those services we
provided after the year in which the initial cloud subscription began. Further, the professional services revenue attributable to first
time cloud customers could be affected by the timing of the start date of the subscription during the year.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
Services revenue increased $93.8 million in 2023 compared to 2022. The Americas, EMEA, and APAC segments increased $67.0
million, $21.7 million and $5.1 million, respectively, compared to 2022. Services revenue was driven by adoption and implementation
of our cloud solutions. The percentage of professional services revenue that relates to cloud subscriptions in 2023 and 2022 was
approximately 70% and 55%, respectively. Professional services revenue recognized from first time cloud customers (defined as
customers with no prior cloud subscriptions) during the year in which their initial cloud subscription began was approximately 8% and
12% of total services revenue in 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Hardware Revenue
Hardware revenue, net increased $2.1 million in 2024 compared to 2023. Hardware revenue, net decreased $5.4 million in 2023
compared to 2022. The majority of hardware sales are derived from our Americas segment. Sales of hardware are largely dependent
upon customer-specific desires, which fluctuate.
Cost of Revenue
Year Ended December 31,
% Change vs. Prior Year
2024
2023
2022
2024
2023
(in thousands)
Cost of cloud subscriptions, maintenance and services
$
469,659
$
429,263
$
356,111
9%
21%
Cost of software license
$
1,321
$
1,351
$
2,126
-2%
-36%
Total cost of revenue
$
470,980
$
430,614
$
358,237
9%
20%
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Cost of Cloud Subscriptions, Maintenance and Services
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
Cost of cloud subscriptions, maintenance and services consists primarily of salaries and other personnel-related expenses of
employees dedicated to cloud subscriptions; maintenance services related to perpetual software licenses; and professional and
technical services as well as hosting fees. The $40.4 million increase in 2024 compared to 2023 was principally due to a $40.3 million
increase in compensation and other personnel-related expenses, a $5.0 million increase in computer infrastructure cost, and a $1.2
million increase in facilities expense, partially offset by a $6.3 million decrease in performance-based compensation expense.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
The $73.2 million increase in 2023 compared to 2022 was principally due to a $52.0 million increase in compensation and other
personnel-related expenses, a $6.3 million increase in travel expense, a $8.3 million increase in performance-based compensation
expense, a $4.4 million increase in computer infrastructure cost and a $1.1 million increase in facilities expense.
Cost of Software License
Cost of software license consists of the costs associated with software reproduction; media, packaging and delivery;
documentation, and other related costs; and royalties on third-party software sold with or as part of our products. In 2024, cost of
license remained relatively flat, compared to 2023. In 2023, cost of software license decreased by $0.7 million compared to 2022.
Operating Expenses
Year Ended December 31,
% Change vs. Prior Year
2024
2023
2022
2024
2023
(in thousands)
Research and development
$
137,689
$
126,814
$
111,877
9%
13%
Sales and marketing
75,976
74,490
64,537
2%
15%
General and administrative
89,810
81,174
73,070
11%
11%
Depreciation and amortization
6,301
5,752
6,663
10%
-14%
Operating expenses
$
309,776
$
288,230
$
256,147
7%
13%
Research and Development
Our principal research and development (R&D) activities during 2024, 2023 and 2022 focused on the expansion and integration of
new products and releases, including cloud solutions, while expanding the product footprint of our Unified Omnichannel Commerce
and Digital Supply Chain solutions, including Inventory Optimization and point-of-sale.
For 2024, 2023 and 2022, we did not capitalize any R&D costs as the period between determining technological feasibility was
established or that it is probable the software product would be used to perform the function intended were insignificant.
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
R&D expenses primarily consist of salaries and other personnel-related costs for personnel involved in our research and
development activities. Research and development expenses in 2024 increased by $10.9 million compared to 2023. This increase is
principally due to a $13.3 million increase in compensation and other personnel-related expenses, partially offset by a $2.2 million
decrease in performance-based compensation expense.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
Research and development expenses in 2023 increased by $14.9 million compared to 2022. This increase is principally due to a
$10.9 million increase in compensation and other personnel-related expenses, a $3.1 million increase in performance-based
compensation expense, and a $0.6 million increase in computer infrastructure costs.
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Sales and Marketing
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
Sales and marketing expenses include salaries, commissions, travel and other personnel-related costs and the costs of our marketing
and alliance programs and related activities. Sales and marketing expenses increased by $1.5 million in 2024 compared to 2023,
primarily due to a $2.7 million increase in compensation and other personnel-related expense, and a $0.6 million increase in marketing
and campaign expenses, partially offset by a $2.1 million decrease in performance-based compensation expense.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
Sales and marketing expenses increased $10.0 million in 2023 compared to 2022, primarily due to a $4.3 million increase in
compensation and other personnel-related expenses, a $3.7 million increase in marketing and campaign programs, a $1.0 million
increase in performance-based compensation expense, and a $0.8 million increase in travel expense.
General and Administrative
Year 2024 compared with year 2023
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other personnel-related costs of executive, financial, human
resources, information technology, and administrative personnel, as well as facilities, legal, insurance, accounting, and other
administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses increased $8.6 million in 2024 primarily due to $7.0 million of expense
related to an unusual health insurance claim and a $4.3 million increase in compensation and other personnel-related expenses,
partially offset by a $0.9 million decrease in performance-based compensation expense, a $1.2 million decrease in other taxes, and a
$0.6 million decrease in computer infrastructure costs.
Year 2023 compared with year 2022
General and administrative expenses increased $8.1 million in 2023 primarily due to a $5.3 million increase in compensation and
other personnel-related expenses, a $1.3 million increase in performance-based compensation expense, a $0.6 million increase in
professional expenses, and a $0.6 million increase in computer infrastructure costs.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization of intangibles and software expense amounted to $6.3 million, $5.8 million, and $6.7 million in
2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Amortization of intangibles was immaterial in 2024, 2023 and 2022. We have recorded
acquisition-related intangible assets as part of the purchase accounting associated with various acquisitions.
Operating Income
Operating income in 2024 increased $51.7 million to $261.6 million, compared to $209.9 million for 2023. Operating margins were
25.1% for 2024 versus 22.6% for 2023. Operating income and margin increased primarily due to increased cloud subscriptions and
services revenues. In 2024, operating income increased by $32.2 million, $15.8 million, and $3.7 million in the Americas, EMEA and
APAC segment, respectively.
Operating income in 2023 increased $57.2 million to $209.9 million, compared to $152.7 million for 2022. Operating margins
were 22.6% for 2023 versus 19.9% for 2022. Operating income increased primarily due to increased cloud subscriptions and services
revenues. In 2023, operating income increased by $35.9 million, $16.7 million, and $4.6 million in the Americas, EMEA and APAC
segments.
Other Income and Income Taxes
Year Ended December 31,
% Change vs. Prior Year
2024
2023
2022
2024
2023
Other (loss) income, net
$
5,218
$
3,790
$
5,421
38%
-30%
Income tax provision
48,450
37,103
29,162
31%
27%
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Other (Loss) Income, net
Other (loss) income, net primarily includes interest income, foreign currency gains and losses, and other non-operating expenses.
Interest income was $6.0 million, $5.3 million and $0.6 million for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The weighted-average interest
rate earned on cash and investments was approximately 2% in 2024, approximately 2% in 2023, and immaterial in 2022. We recorded
net foreign currency losses of $1.0 million in 2024, losses of $1.5 million in 2023, and gains of $4.7 million in 2022. The foreign
currency gains and losses mainly resulted from gains or losses on intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies with
subsidiaries due to the fluctuation of the U.S. dollar relative to other foreign currencies, primarily the British Pound Sterling, Euro,
and Indian Rupee.
Income Tax Provision
Our effective income tax rates were 18.2%, 17.4%, and 18.4% in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our effective income tax rate
takes into account the source of taxable income, domestically by state and internationally by country, and available income tax credits.
The effective tax rate in 2024 increased from 2023 mainly due to a decrease of benefit from a 2023 favorable tax law change
allowing creditability of foreign tax, partially offset by an increase of net excess tax benefits on restricted stock vesting in 2024.
The effective income tax rate in 2023 increased from 2022 mainly due to a decrease of expense from a favorable tax law change
allowing creditability of foreign tax offset by a decrease of net excess tax benefits on restricted stock vesting and adjustments for tax
contingencies.
The income tax provision for 2024, 2023 and 2022 included excess tax benefits of $13.1 million, $6.8 million, and $7.6 million on
vesting of restricted stock.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
During 2024, 2023 and 2022, we funded our business through cash generated from operations. Our cash and cash equivalents as of
December 31, 2024 included $194.8 million held in the U.S. and $71.4 million held by our foreign subsidiaries. We believe that our
cash balances in the U.S. are sufficient to fund our U.S. operations. In the future, if we elect to repatriate the unremitted earnings of
our foreign subsidiaries, we would no longer be subject to additional U.S. income taxes on such earnings due to the enactment of the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, but we could be subject to additional local withholding taxes.
Cash flow from operating activities totaled $295.0 million, $246.2 million, and $179.6 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022,
respectively. Typical factors affecting our cash provided by operating activities include our level of revenue and earnings for the
period, the timing and amount of employee bonus and income tax payments, and the timing of cash collections from our customers
which is our primary source of operating cash flow. Cash flow from operating activities for 2024 increased $48.8 million compared to
2023 on higher earnings. Cash flow from operating activities for 2023 increased $66.6 million compared to 2022 on higher earnings.
Days sales outstanding was 74, 70, and 77 for quarter ending December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, reflecting solid cash
collections.
Investing activities used cash of $8.7 million, $4.7 million, and $6.6 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our investing
activities for 2024, 2023 and 2022 consisted of capital spending to support company growth and short-term investing. For 2024, 2023
and 2022, capital expenditure was $8.7 million, $4.7 million, and $6.6 million, respectively.
Financing activities used cash of $286.4 million, $196.0 million, and $204.5 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The
principal use of cash for financing activities in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was to purchase our common stock, including shares withheld for
taxes due upon vesting of restricted stock and excise tax payments. Repurchases of our common stock for 2024, 2023 and 2022 totaled
$286.4 million, $196.0 million, and $204.5 million, respectively, including shares withheld for taxes of $43.6 million, $30.0 million,
and $29.1 million, respectively. Excise tax payments in 2024 totaled $1.1 million. In January 2025, our Board of Directors raised the
Company’s share repurchase authority to an aggregate of $100.0 million of our common stock.
We believe that our existing cash will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs at least for the next
twelve months, although there can be no assurance that this will be the case. In 2025, we anticipate that our priorities for use of cash
will be similar to prior years, with our first priority being continued investment in product development and in our business to extend
our market leadership. We will also continue to weigh our share repurchase options against cash for acquisitions and investing in the
business. At this time, we do not anticipate any borrowing requirements in 2025 for general corporate purposes.
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Periodically, opportunities may arise to grow our business through the acquisition of complementary products and technologies.
Any material acquisition could result in a decrease to our working capital depending on the amount, timing, and nature of the
consideration to be paid. We expect to continue to evaluate acquisition opportunities that are complementary to our product footprint
and technology direction.
Aggregate Contractual Obligations
Our principal commitments as of December 31, 2024 consist of multiple non-cancellable contracts for cloud infrastructure services
and obligations under operating leases. As of December 31, 2024, our cloud infrastructure contractual obligations are approximately
$239.7 million over the next 6 years. We also enter into non-cancellable subscriptions in the ordinary course of business for internal
software to support our operations. Our contractual obligations, as of December 31, 2024, are approximately $25.1 million over the
next 6 years. We expect to fulfill all of these commitments from our working capital.
Lease Commitments
We lease our facilities and some of our equipment under noncancelable operating lease arrangements that expire at various dates
ranging from 2025 to 2036. Rent expense for these leases aggregated $9.3 million, $8.1 million, and $7.7 million during 2024, 2023
and 2022, respectively.
In the following table, we present a summary of our contractual commitments as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
Total
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
Thereafter
Operating Lease Obligations
$80,317
$8,798
$9,396
$9,336
$9,324
$6,171
$37,292
Indemnities
Our customer contracts generally contain infringement indemnity provisions. Under those provisions, we generally agree, subject
to certain exceptions, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the customer in connection with third party claims against the customer
alleging that the customer’s use of our software services and products infringe third party intellectual property rights. Conditions to
our obligations generally include that we are provided the right to control the defense of the claims and, in general, to control
settlement negotiations. Those provisions generally provide also that, if the customer is prevented from using our services or products
because of a third party infringement claim, our sole obligation (in addition to the indemnification, defense, and hold harmless
obligation referred to above) is to, at our expense, (i) procure for the customer the right to continue to use the services or products, (ii)
replace or modify the services or products so that the customer’s use does not infringe, or, if neither of those options is reasonably
feasible, terminate that particular services or products and provide, as applicable, a refund of services fees paid for services not
received or a refund of the unamortized portion of the license fees paid for the products (based on a five year amortization period).
Our customer contracts sometimes also require us to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the customer in connection with death,
personal injury or property damage claims made by third parties with respect to actions of our personnel or contractors. The indemnity
obligations contained in our customer contracts generally have no specified expiration date and no specified monetary limitation on
liability, but they do not cover indirect or consequential damages, such as our customers’ lost revenues or profits. We have not
previously incurred costs to settle claims or pay awards under these indemnification obligations. We account for these indemnity
obligations in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's guidance on accounting for contingencies and record a
liability for these obligations when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable. We have not recorded any liabilities for these
indemnification obligations as of December 31, 2024.
Warranties
In general, in our customer contracts for purchase of our cloud SaaS services or license of our on-premises software products, we
warrant that our services or software will perform in accordance with our published services or product specifications. Additionally,
we may include other warranties such as “no-malware” warranties and warranties that we will perform our SaaS services consistent
with generally accepted industry standards or similar standards. In our SaaS services agreements, we also include service level
agreements (SLAs) under which we agree to provide service credits to our customers if our services availability drops below certain
defined levels. If necessary, we would reserve for the estimated cost of product and service warranties based on specific warranty
claims and claims history. However, we have not incurred significant recurring expense under our services or product warranties. As a
result, we believe the estimated fair value of our warranty obligations is nominal, and we have no liabilities recorded for them as of
December 31, 2024.
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Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The SEC defines “critical accounting policies” as those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective, or
complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may
change in subsequent periods.
Our Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements and related footnotes. We believe that the estimates, judgments, and assumptions
upon which we rely are reasonable based on information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments, and assumptions
are made. To the extent there are material differences between those estimates, judgments, or assumptions and actual results, our
financial statements will be affected. The accounting policy that reflect our more significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions is
Revenue Recognition.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when we transfer control of the promised products or services to our customers, in an amount that reflects
the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those products or services. We derive our revenue mainly from cloud
subscriptions, customer support services, and software enhancements (“maintenance”), and professional services. We exclude sales
and usage-based taxes from revenue.
Nature of Products and Services
Cloud subscriptions includes software as a service (SaaS) and arrangements which provide customers with the right to use our
software within a cloud environment that we provide and manage where the customer does not have the right to take possession of the
software without significant penalty. SaaS and hosting revenues are recognized over the contract period.
Our services revenue consists of fees generated from implementation, training and application managed services, including
reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses in connection with our implementation services. Implementation services include system
planning, design, configuration, testing, and other software implementation support, and are typically optional and distinct from our
software. Following implementation, customers may purchase application managed services to support and maintain our software.
Fees for our services are separately priced and are generally billed on an hourly basis, and revenue is recognized over time as the
services are performed. In certain situations, we render professional services under agreements based upon a fixed fee for portions of
or all of the engagement. Revenue related to fixed-fee-based services contracts is recognized over time based on the proportion
performed.
Significant Judgments
Our cloud customer contracts can include the sale of SaaS and services. Judgment is required to determine whether each service or
product sold is a distinct performance obligation that should be accounted for separately. We allocate the transaction price to the
distinct performance obligations based on relative standalone selling price (“SSP”). We estimate SSP based on the prices we charge
our customers or by using other information such as market conditions and other observable inputs. The selling price of our cloud
subscriptions are highly variable. Thus, we estimate SSP for cloud subscriptions using the residual approach, determined based on
total transaction price less the SSP of other goods and services promised in the contract.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Foreign Business
Our international business is subject to risks typical of an international business, including, but not limited to differing economic
conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures, other regulations and restrictions, and foreign exchange rate volatility.
Our international operations currently include business activity out of offices in the Australia, Chile, China, France, Germany, India,
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, and the United Kingdom. When the U.S. dollar strengthens against a foreign currency,
the value of our sales and expenses in that currency converted to U.S. dollars decreases. When the U.S. dollar weakens, the value of
our sales and expenses in that currency converted to U.S. dollars increases. We recognized foreign exchange losses of $1.0 million in
2024, compared to losses of $1.5 million in 2023, and gains of $4.7 million in 2022. Foreign exchange rate transaction gains and
losses are classified in “Other (loss) income, net” in our Consolidated Statements of Income. A fluctuation of 10% in the period end
exchange rates at December 31, 2024 relative to the U.S. dollar would have resulted in a change of approximately $5.6 million in the
reported foreign currency loss.
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Interest Rates
We currently invest our cash and cash equivalents in a variety of financial instruments, including taxable floating rate obligations in
money market funds and certificate of deposits with original maturities of less than three months when purchased. These investments
are mainly denominated in U.S. dollars. Cash balances in foreign currencies overseas, except for India, are derived from business
operations. Our operations in India are funded by the U.S. operations. At December 31, 2024, our cash and cash equivalents balances
totaled $266.2 million, of which all is highly liquid.
Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest-earning instruments carry interest rate risks. Fixed rate securities may have
their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than
expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes
in interest rates, or we may suffer losses in principal if forced to sell securities that have seen a decline in market value due to changes
in interest rates. The weighted-average interest rate of return on cash equivalents and short-term investments was approximately 2%
and 2% for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The fair value of cash equivalents held at December 31, 2024
and 2023 was $93.8 million and $86.2 million, respectively. Based on the average cash equivalents and short-term investments
outstanding during 2024 and 2023, increases or decreases in the rates of return of 25 basis points would result in increases or
decreases to interest income of approximately $0.7 million and $0.6 million from the reported interest income for 2024 and 2023,
respectively.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Financial Statements
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting ..................................................................................
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting (PCAOB ID 42)...........
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Consolidated Financial Statements ...........................................
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Consolidated Statements of Income ...................................................................................................................................................
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income .........................................................................................................................
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Consolidated Balance Sheets..............................................................................................................................................................
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.............................................................................................................................................
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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity..............................................................................................................................
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MANAGEMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Management of Manhattan Associates, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the Company’s
principal executive and principal financial officers to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that,
in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets; provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the
Company; and provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of
the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
As of the end of the Company’s 2024 fiscal year, management conducted an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting based on the framework established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework) (COSO). Based on this assessment, management has determined that
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 was effective.
Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the Company’s financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2024, has audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 and has issued
a report regarding the Company’s internal control over financial reporting appearing on page 43, which expresses an unqualified opinion
on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024.
/s/ Eddie Capel
Eddie Capel
President and Chief Executive Officer
February 7, 2025
/s/ Dennis B. Story
Dennis B. Story
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
and Treasurer
February 7, 2025
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited Manhattan Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based
on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Manhattan Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on the
COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB),
the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of income,
comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the
related notes and our report dated February 7, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of
the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the
Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness
exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such
other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
February 7, 2025
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Manhattan Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of
December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders’
equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB),
the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control—
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our
report dated February 7, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
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 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.
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.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was
communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material
to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the
critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by
communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the account or disclosure
to which it relates.
Revenue Recognition - Identification of Performance Obligations
Description of the
Matter
As described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recognizes revenue
upon transfer of control of promised products and services to customers in an amount that reflects
the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those products or
services.
The Company enters into contracts with its customers that may include promises to transfer
software as a service offerings and professional services. Significant judgment may be required
by the Company in identifying the performance obligations and allocating the transaction price
to customer contracts which include multiple performance obligations.
The audit effort in evaluating management’s judgments in identifying the performance
obligations for these customer contracts was extensive and required a high degree of auditor
judgment.
How We Addressed the
Matter in Our Audit
We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of
controls over the Company's process to identify the performance obligations in a customer
contract.
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Our audit procedures included, among others, reading a sample of executed contracts to assess
management’s evaluation of significant terms, including the identification of distinct
performance obligations, and tested the transaction price allocated to the performance
obligations.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2002.
Atlanta, Georgia
February 7, 2025
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Revenue:
Cloud subscriptions
$
337,203
$
254,612
$
176,458
Software license
15,085
18,206
24,848
Maintenance
138,304
143,936
142,198
Services
525,517
487,869
394,096
Hardware
26,243
24,102
29,484
Total revenue
1,042,352
928,725
767,084
Costs and expenses:
Cost of cloud subscriptions, maintenance and services
469,659
429,263
356,111
Cost of software license
1,321
1,351
2,126
Research and development
137,689
126,814
111,877
Sales and marketing
75,976
74,490
64,537
General and administrative
89,810
81,174
73,070
Depreciation and amortization
6,301
5,752
6,663
Total costs and expenses
780,756
718,844
614,384
Operating income
261,596
209,881
152,700
Interest income
6,029
5,304
596
Other (loss) income, net
(811)
(1,514)
4,825
Income before income taxes
266,814
213,671
158,121
Income tax provision
48,450
37,103
29,162
Net income
$
218,364
$
176,568
$
128,959
Basic earnings per share
$
3.56
$
2.86
$
2.05
Diluted earnings per share
$
3.51
$
2.82
$
2.03
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic
61,303
61,817
62,768
Diluted
62,183
62,608
63,408
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Statements of Income.
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Net income
$
218,364
$
176,568
$
128,959
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax
(3,884)
494
(7,704)
Comprehensive income
$
214,480
$
177,062
$
121,255
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
December 31,
2024
2023
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
266,230
$
270,741
Accounts receivable, net
205,475
181,173
Income taxes receivable
5,194
1,371
Prepaid expenses
22,224
20,710
Other current assets
4,141
5,195
Total current assets
503,264
479,190
Property and equipment, net
13,971
11,795
Operating lease right-of-use assets
47,923
21,645
Goodwill, net
62,226
62,235
Deferred income taxes
94,505
66,043
Other assets
35,662
32,445
Total assets
$
757,551
$
673,353
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
26,615
$
24,508
Accrued compensation and benefits
72,180
73,210
Accrued and other liabilities
22,275
27,374
Deferred revenue
277,970
237,793
Income taxes payable
1,264
3,030
Total current liabilities
400,304
365,915
Operating lease liabilities, long-term
47,794
17,694
Other non-current liabilities
10,327
11,466
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, no par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or
outstanding at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
-
-
Common stock, $.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 60,921,191 and
61,566,037 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and December 31,
2023, respectively
609
615
Retained earnings
329,439
304,701
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(30,922)
(27,038)
Total shareholders' equity
299,126
278,278
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$
757,551
$
673,353
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Operating activities:
Net income
$
218,364
$
176,568
$
128,959
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization
6,301
5,752
6,663
Equity-based compensation
93,206
71,571
59,361
(Gain) loss on disposal of equipment
(133)
57
(89)
Deferred income taxes
(28,689)
(28,844)
(29,711)
Unrealized foreign currency (gain) loss
(380)
1,280
(1,515)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net
(26,702)
(13,084)
(44,056)
Other assets
(4,157)
(10,925)
(10,247)
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities
1,248
18,123
11,794
Income taxes
(6,242)
(1,416)
765
Deferred revenue
42,187
27,136
57,706
Net cash provided by operating activities
295,003
246,218
179,630
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(8,675)
(4,730)
(6,587)
Net cash used in investing activities
(8,675)
(4,730)
(6,587)
Financing activities:
Purchase of common stock
(286,366)
(196,047)
(204,460)
Net cash used in financing activities
(286,366)
(196,047)
(204,460)
Foreign currency impact on cash
(4,473)
(163)
(6,826)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
(4,511)
45,278
(38,243)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
270,741
225,463
263,706
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
266,230
$
270,741
$
225,463
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for taxes
$
83,403
$
67,376
$
58,022
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
(in thousands, except share data)
Accumulated
Additional
Other
Total
Common Stock
Paid-In
Retained
Comprehensive
Shareholders'
Shares
Amount
Capital
Earnings
Income (Loss)
Equity
Balance, December 31, 2021
63,154,494
$
631
$
-
$
269,841
$
(19,828)
$
250,644
Repurchase of common stock
(1,569,531)
(16)
(59,355)
(145,089)
-
(204,460)
Restricted stock units
issuance
606,607
6
(6)
-
-
-
Equity-based compensation
-
-
59,361
-
-
59,361
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
-
-
-
-
(7,704)
(7,704)
Net income
-
-
-
128,959
-
128,959
Balance, December 31, 2022
62,191,570
621
-
253,711
(27,532)
226,800
Repurchase of common stock
(1,246,231)
(12)
(70,457)
(125,578)
-
(196,047)
Restricted stock units
issuance
620,698
6
(6)
-
-
-
Excise tax accrued
-
-
(1,108)
-
-
(1,108)
Equity-based compensation
-
-
71,571
-
-
71,571
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
-
-
-
-
494
494
Net income
-
-
-
176,568
-
176,568
Balance, December 31, 2023
61,566,037
615
-
304,701
(27,038)
278,278
Repurchase of common stock
(1,164,563)
(11)
(91,620)
(193,626)
-
(285,257)
Restricted stock units
issuance
519,717
5
(5)
-
-
-
Excise tax accrued
-
-
(1,581)
-
-
(1,581)
Equity-based compensation
-
-
93,206
-
-
93,206
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
-
-
-
-
(3,884)
(3,884)
Net income
-
-
-
218,364
-
218,364
Balance, December 31, 2024
60,921,191
609
-
329,439
(30,922)
299,126
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity.
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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
1. Organization, Consolidation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization and Business
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (“Manhattan”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is a developer and provider of supply chain
commerce solutions that help organizations optimize the effectiveness, efficiency, and strategic advantages of their supply chains. Our
solutions consist of software, services, and hardware, which coordinate people, workflows, assets, events, and tasks holistically across
the functions linked in a supply chain from planning through execution. These solutions also help coordinate the actions, data
exchange, and communication of participants in supply chain ecosystems, such as manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, trading
partners, transportation providers, channels (such as catalogers, store retailers, and Web outlets), and consumers.
Our operations are in North and South America (the “Americas"), Europe (EMEA), and the Asia/Pacific (APAC) region. The
Americas operation are conducted through the Parent Company, Manhattan Associates, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Manhattan Associates Chile Spa. Our European and Asia Pacific operations are conducted through wholly owned subsidiaries within
their respective geographies. We occasionally sell our products and services in other countries, such as countries in Latin America,
Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Asia, through our direct sales channel as well as various reseller channels.
Risks Associated with Single Business Line, Technological Advances, and Foreign Operations
We currently derive a substantial portion of our revenues from sales of cloud solutions and related services. The markets for supply
chain commerce solutions are highly competitive, subject to rapid technological change, changing customer needs, frequent new
product introductions, and evolving industry standards that may render existing products and services obsolete. As a result, our
position in these markets could be eroded rapidly by unforeseen changes in customer requirements for application features, functions,
and technologies.
Our international business is subject to risks typical of an international business, including, but not limited to, differing economic
conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures, other regulations and restrictions, and foreign exchange rate volatility.
We recognized foreign exchange losses of $1.0 million in 2024, compared to losses of $1.5 million in 2023, and gains of $4.7 million
in 2022. Foreign exchange rate transaction gains and losses are classified in “Other (loss) income, net” on the Consolidated Statements
of Income.
In addition, we have a large development center in Bangalore, India, that does not have a natural in-market revenue hedge to
mitigate currency risk to our operating expenses in India. Fluctuations in the value of other currencies, particularly the Indian Rupee,
could significantly affect our expenses, operating profit and net income.
Principles of Consolidation and Foreign Currency Translation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries have been translated into United States dollars in accordance with the foreign
currency matters topic in the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (the
“Codification”). Revenues and expenses from international operations were denominated in the respective local currencies and
translated using the average monthly exchange rates for the year. All balance sheet accounts have been translated using the exchange
rates in effect at the balance sheet date and the effect of changes in exchange rates from year to year are disclosed as a separate
component of shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash or cash equivalents.
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Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash
equivalents and accounts receivable. We maintain cash and cash equivalents with various financial institutions. Amounts held are
above the federally insured limit.
Our sales are primarily to companies located in the United States, Europe and Asia. We perform periodic credit evaluations of our
customers’ financial condition and do not require collateral. Accounts receivable are due principally from large U.S., European and
Asia Pacific companies under stated contract terms. Accounts receivable, net as of December 31, 2024 for the Americas, EMEA, and
APAC segments were $144.8 million, $50.6 million, and $10.1 million, respectively. Accounts receivable, net as of December 31,
2023 for the Americas, EMEA, and APAC segments were $137.2 million, $34.6 million, and $9.4 million, respectively. Our top five
customers in aggregate accounted for 12%, 11%, and 11% of total revenue recognized for each of the years ended December 31, 2024
(“2024”), the year ended December 31, 2023 (“2023”), and the year ended December 31, 2022 (“2022”), respectively. No single
customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in 2024, 2023 and 2022, or more than 10% of accounts receivable as of
December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Fair Value Measurement
We measure our investments based on a fair value hierarchy disclosure framework that prioritizes and ranks the level of market
price observability used in measuring assets and liabilities at fair value. Market price observability is affected by a number of factors,
including the type of asset or liability and their characteristics. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:
• Level 1–Quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments.
• Level 2–Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets
that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in
active markets.
• Level 3–Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are
unobservable.
Investments with maturities of 90 days or less from the date of purchase are classified as cash equivalents; investments with
maturities of greater than 90 days from the date of purchase but less than one year are generally classified as short-term investments;
and investments with maturities of one year or greater from the date of purchase are generally classified as long-term investments.
Unrealized holding gains and losses are reflected as a net amount in a separate component of shareholders’ equity until realized. For
the purposes of computing realized gains and losses, cost is determined on a specific identification basis.
At December 31, 2024, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were $172.4 million and $93.8 million, respectively. Cash
equivalents consist of highly liquid money market funds of $83.9 million and certificates of deposit of $9.9 million. For money market
funds, we use quoted prices from active markets that are classified as Level 1, the highest level of observable input in the disclosure
hierarchy framework. The Company had no investments at December 31, 2024.
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable, and accounts payable included in
the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets approximate their fair values principally due to the short-term maturities of these
instruments.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates include the allowance for credit
losses, which is based upon an evaluation of historical amounts written-off, the customers’ ability to pay, and general economic
conditions; self-insurance accruals; impairment testing of goodwill; and our effective income tax rate (including the impact of
unrecognized tax benefits) and deferred tax assets, which are based upon our expectations of future taxable income, allowable
deductions, and projected tax credits. Actual results will differ from these estimates.
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Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when we transfer control of the promised products or services to our customers, in an amount that reflects
the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those products or services. We derive our revenue from cloud
subscriptions, software licenses, customer support services and software enhancements (“maintenance”) for software licenses,
professional services, and sales of hardware. We exclude sales and usage-based taxes from revenue.
Nature of Products and Services
Cloud subscriptions includes software as a service (“SaaS”) and arrangements which provide customers with the right to use our
software within a cloud environment that we provide and manage where the customer does not have the right to take possession of the
software without significant penalty. SaaS and hosting revenues are recognized over the contract period.
Our services revenue consists of fees generated from implementation, training and application managed services, including
reimbursements of out-pocket expenses in connection with our implementation services. Implementation services include system
planning, design, configuration, testing, and other software implementation support, and are typically optional and distinct from our
software. Following implementation, customers may purchase application managed services to support and maintain our software.
Fees for our services are separately priced and are generally billed on an hourly basis, and revenue is recognized over time as the
services are performed. In certain situations, we render professional services under agreements based upon a fixed fee for portions of
or all of the engagement. Revenue related to fixed-fee-based services contracts is recognized over time based on the proportion
performed.
We provide maintenance services, to customers who have previously purchased a perpetual license, that include a comprehensive
24 hours per day, 365 days per year program that provides customers with software upgrades, when and if available, which include
additional or improved functionality and technological advances incorporating emerging supply chain and industry initiatives.
Maintenance contracts typically only have one performance obligation. Revenue related to maintenance is generally paid in advance
and recognized over the term of the agreement, typically twelve months.
Our perpetual software licenses provide the customer with a right to use the software as it exists at the time of purchase. We
recognize revenue for distinct software licenses once the license period has begun and we have made the software available to the
customer. The selling price of our software licenses are highly variable. Thus, we estimate SSP for software licenses using the residual
approach, determined based on total transaction price less the SSP of other goods and services promised in the contract.
Our customers periodically purchase hardware products developed and manufactured by third parties from us for use with the
software licenses purchased from us. These products include computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency
identification (RFID) chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. As we do not physically control the hardware
that we sell, we are acting as an agent in the transaction and recognize our hardware revenue net of related cost. We recognize
hardware revenue when control is transferred to the customer upon shipment.
Significant Judgments
Our cloud contracts with customers can include the sales of SaaS and services. Judgment is required to determine whether each
product and service is considered to be a distinct performance obligation that should be accounted for separately under the contract.
We allocate the transaction price to the distinct performance obligations based on relative standalone selling price (“SSP”). We
estimate SSP based on the prices charged to customers, or by using information such as market conditions and other observable inputs.
The selling price of our cloud subscriptions are highly variable. Thus, we estimate SSP for our cloud subscriptions and using the
residual approach, determined based on total transaction price less the SSP of other goods and services promised in the contract.
Contract Balances
Cloud subscriptions and maintenance for perpetual software licenses are typically billed annually in advance. Timing of invoicing
to customers may differ from timing of revenue recognition. Payment terms for our software licenses vary. We have an established
history of collecting under the terms of our software license contracts without providing refunds or concessions to our customers.
Services are typically billed monthly as performed. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of
invoicing, we have determined that our contracts generally do not include a significant financing component. The primary purpose of
our invoicing terms is to provide customers with predictable ways to purchase our software and services, not to provide or receive
financing. Additionally, we are applying the practical expedient to exclude from consideration any contracts with payment terms of
one year or less. We rarely offer terms extending beyond one year.
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Deferred revenue mainly represents amounts collected prior to having fully satisfied cloud subscriptions, maintenance and
professional services performance obligations. $232.5 million of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of
December 31, 2023 was recognized in 2024.
No revenue was recognized in 2024 from performance obligations that were satisfied in prior periods.
Remaining Performance Obligations
As of December 31, 2024, approximately $1.8 billion of revenue is expected to be recognized from remaining performance
obligations. Over 98% of our remaining performance obligations represent cloud native subscriptions with a non-cancelable term
greater than one year (including cloud-deferred revenue as well as amounts we will invoice and recognize as revenue from our
performance of cloud services in future periods). Maintenance contracts for perpetual software licenses are typically one year in
duration and are not included in the remaining performance obligations. We expect to recognize revenue on approximately 40% of
these remaining performance obligations over the next 24 months with the majority of the remaining balance recognized over the
following 36 months. We have elected not to provide disclosures regarding remaining performance obligations for contracts with a
term of 1 year or less.
Returns and Allowances
We have not experienced significant returns or warranty claims to date and, as a result, have not recorded a provision for the cost of
returns and product warranty claims.
We record an allowance for credit losses utilizing a model of internal historical losses data. In estimating the allowance for credit
losses, we considered our historical write-offs, the historical creditworthiness of the customer, and other factors. We also analyzed
expected credit losses given future risks in projected economic conditions and future risks of customer collection. Should any of these
factors change, the estimates made by us will also change accordingly, which could affect the level of our future allowances.
Additions to the allowance for credit losses are recorded in general and administrative expense and were immaterial in all periods
presented. Our credit loss reserve was $0.9 million and $0.9 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
We also reduce accounts receivable with a corresponding reduction in services revenue for the most likely amount of potential
service revenue adjustments based on a detailed assessment of accounts receivable. The total amount recorded to services revenue was
$1.6 million, $4.9 million, and $5.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively. As of December 31,
2024 and 2023, we have reduced our accounts receivable balance by $2.8 million and $4.4 million, respectively, for these potential
adjustments.
Deferred Commissions
We consider sales commissions to be incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. We defer and recognize an asset
for sales commissions related to performance obligations with an expected period of benefit of more than one year. We amortize these
amounts over the expected benefit period which we estimate by considering several factors, including the rate of technological change
and duration of our customer contracts. Sales commissions for renewal contracts are amortized over the related contractual renewal
period. We apply the practical expedient to expense sales commissions when the amortization period would have been one year or
less. Deferred commissions were $42.4 million as of December 31, 2024, of which $31.8 million is included in other assets and $10.6
million is included in prepaid expenses. Deferred commissions were $39.6 million as of December 31, 2023, of which $29.6 million is
included in other assets and $10.0 million is included in prepaid expenses. Sales commission expense is included in Sales and
Marketing expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. Amortization of sales commissions in 2024, 2023 and
2022 was $10.6 million, $9.8 million, and $7.5 million respectively. No impairment losses were recognized during 2024, 2023 and
2022.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is recorded at cost and consists of furniture, computers, other office equipment, and leasehold
improvements. We depreciate the cost of furniture, computers, and other office equipment on a straight-line basis over their estimated
useful lives (five years for office equipment, seven years for furniture and fixtures). Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the
lesser of their useful lives or the term of the lease. Depreciation and amortization expense for 2024, 2023 and 2022 was approximately
$6.3 million, $5.8 million, and $6.7 million, respectively, and was included in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated
Statements of Income. Amortization expense on intangible assets in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was immaterial.
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Property and equipment, at cost, consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
2024
2023
Office equipment
$
41,208
$
40,072
Furniture and fixtures
5,596
5,005
Leasehold improvement
26,396
23,849
Property and equipment, gross
73,200
68,926
Less accumulated depreciation
(59,229)
(57,131)
Property and equipment, net
$
13,971
$
11,795
Software Development Costs
Software may be for internal use or for resale. Costs related to certain software, which is for resale, are capitalized in accordance
with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 985-20, Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased, or Marketed. Under this guidance,
computer software development costs are charged to research and development (R&D) expense until technological feasibility is
established, after which remaining software production costs are capitalized. We have defined technological feasibility as the point in
time at which we have a detailed program design or a working model of the related product, depending on the type of development
efforts, and high-risk development issues have been resolved through end-to-end system testing. We do not typically capitalize costs
related to software for resale as technological feasibility generally coincides with general availability of the software.
We account for internal use software in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal Use Software. We expense all costs incurred during
the preliminary project stage of our development. We capitalize the costs incurred during the application development stage once it is
probable that development will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. These costs are typically
insignificant. All other costs, primarily related to maintenance and minor software fixes as well as research and development, are
expensed as incurred.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We review the values assigned to long-lived assets, including property and equipment and certain intangible assets, to determine
whether events and circumstances have occurred which indicate that the remaining estimated useful lives may warrant revision or that
the remaining balances may not be recoverable. If such events and circumstances exist, undiscounted cash flows associated with these
assets are compared with their carrying value to determine if a write-down to fair value is required. During 2024, 2023 and 2022, we
did not recognize any impairment charges associated with our long-lived or intangible assets.
The evaluation of asset impairment requires management to make assumptions about future cash flows over the life of the asset
being evaluated. These assumptions require significant judgment, and actual results may differ from assumed and estimated amounts.
Goodwill and Impairment of Goodwill
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value of net identified tangible and intangible assets
and liabilities acquired. We evaluate goodwill for impairment on at least an annual basis. During 2024 and 2023, we did not recognize
any impairment charges associated with our goodwill. We do not have any accumulated impairment loses as of 2024. Goodwill was
$62.2 million at the end of both years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Impairment of Goodwill
We evaluate the carrying value of goodwill annually as of December 31 and between annual evaluations if events occur or
circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such
circumstances could include, but are not limited to, (1) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (2)
unanticipated competition, or (3) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator.
We applied the simplified goodwill impairment test for 2024, that permits companies to perform a qualitative assessment based on
economic, industry and company-specific factors as the initial step in the annual goodwill impairment test for all or selected reporting
units. Based on the results of the qualitative assessment, companies are only required to perform Step 1 of the annual impairment test
for a reporting unit if the company concludes that it is not more likely than not that the unit’s fair value is less than its carrying
amount. To the extent we conclude that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s estimated fair value is less than its carrying
amount, the two-step approach is applied. The first step would require a comparison of each reporting unit’s fair value to the
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respective carrying amount. If the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, a second step is performed to measure the amount of
impairment loss, if any. We did not identify any macroeconomic or industry conditions as of December 31, 2024, that would indicate
that the fair value of the reporting units were more likely than not to be less than their respective carrying values. If circumstances
change or events occur to indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of any reporting units have fallen below their
carrying amount, we would record an impairment charge based on that difference. We performed our periodic review of goodwill for
impairment as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and did not identify any impairment as a result of the review.
Guarantees and Indemnities
We account for guarantees in accordance with the guarantee accounting topic in the FASB Codification. Our customer contracts
generally contain infringement indemnity provisions. Under those provisions, we generally agree, subject to certain exceptions, to
indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the customer in connection with third party claims against the customer alleging that the
customer’s use of our software products in compliance with their license infringe the third party’s patent, copyright, or other
intellectual property rights. Conditions to our obligations generally include that we are provided the right to control the defense of the
claims and, in general, to control settlement negotiations. Those provisions generally provide also that, if the customer is prevented
from using our software because of a third party infringement claim, our sole obligation (in addition to the indemnification, defense,
and hold harmless obligation referred to above) is to, at our expense, (i) procure for the customer the right to continue to use the
software, (ii) replace or modify the product so that its use by the customer does not infringe, or, if either of the foregoing are not
reasonably feasible, (iii) terminate the customer contract and provide a refund of the unamortized portion of the customer’s license fee
(based on a five year amortization period). Our customer contracts sometimes also require us to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless
the customer in connection with death, personal injury, or property damage claims made by third parties with respect to actions of our
personnel or contractors. The indemnity obligations contained in our customer contracts generally have no specified expiration date
and no specified monetary limitation on liability. We have not previously incurred costs to settle claims or pay awards under these
indemnification obligations. We account for these indemnity obligations in accordance with FASB guidance on accounting for
contingencies, and record a liability for these obligations when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable. We have not recorded any
liabilities for these contracts as of December 31, 2024, or 2023.
In general, in our customer contracts for purchase of our cloud SaaS services or license of our on-premises software products, we
warrant that our services or software will perform in accordance with our published services or product specifications. Additionally,
we may include other warranties such as “no-malware” warranties and warranties that we will perform our SaaS services consistent
with generally accepted industry standards or similar standards. We also warrant to our customers that services will be performed
consistent with generally accepted industry standards or specific service levels through completion of the agreed upon services. If
necessary, we will provide for the estimated cost of product and service warranties based on specific warranty claims history.
However, we have not incurred significant recurring expenses under product or service warranties. As a result, we believe the
estimated fair value of these agreements is nominal. Accordingly, we have no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of
December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Segment Information
We have three reportable segments as defined by the FASB Codification topic for segment reporting: Americas, EMEA, and
APAC. See Note 8 for discussion of our reportable segments.
Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed using net income divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding (“Weighted Shares”) for the period presented.
Diluted net income per share is computed using net income divided by Weighted Shares and the treasury stock method effect of
common equivalent shares (CES) outstanding for each period presented. In the following table, we present a reconciliation of earnings
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per share and the shares used in the computation of earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in
thousands, except per share data):
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
(in thousands, except per share data)
Net income
$
218,364
$
176,568
$
128,959
Earnings per share:
Basic
$
3.56
$
2.86
$
2.05
Effect of CESs
(0.05)
(0.04)
(0.02)
Diluted
$
3.51
$
2.82
$
2.03
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic
61,303
61,817
62,768
Effect of CESs
880
791
640
Diluted
62,183
62,608
63,408
The number of anti-dilutive CESs in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was immaterial. See Note 2 for further information on those securities.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income includes net income and foreign currency translation adjustments that are excluded from net income and
reflected in shareholders’ equity. The entire accumulated other comprehensive income balance as of December 31, 2024 and 2023
represents foreign currency translation adjustments.
Accounting for Income Taxes
We provide for the effect of income taxes on our financial position and results of operations in accordance with the Income Taxes
Topic of the Codification. Under this accounting pronouncement, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of income taxes
payable or refundable for the current year and for the change in net deferred tax assets or liabilities resulting from events that are
recorded for financial reporting purposes in a different reporting period than recorded in the tax return. Management must make
significant assumptions, judgments, and estimates to determine our current provision for income taxes and also our deferred tax assets
and liabilities and any valuation allowance to be recorded against our net deferred tax asset.
Our judgments, assumptions, and estimates relative to the current provision for income tax take into account current tax laws, our
interpretation of current tax laws, allowable deductions, projected tax credits, and possible outcomes of current and future audits
conducted by foreign and domestic tax authorities. We do not recognize a tax benefit unless we conclude that it is more likely than not
that the benefit will be sustained on audit by the taxing authority based solely on the technical merits of the associated tax position. If
the recognition threshold is met, we recognize a tax benefit measured at the largest amount of the tax benefit that, in our judgment, is
greater than 50 percent likely to be realized. Changes in tax law or our interpretation of tax laws and the resolution of current and
future tax audits could significantly impact the amounts provided for income taxes in our statement of financial position and our
statements of income. Our assumptions, judgments, and estimates relative to the value of our net deferred tax asset take into account
predictions of the amount and category of future taxable income. Actual operating results and the underlying amount and category of
income in future years could render our current assumptions, judgments, and estimates of recoverable net deferred taxes inaccurate,
thus materially impacting our financial position and results of operations.
Equity-Based Compensation
We account for equity-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. See Note 2 for
further information.
Advertising Costs
We expense advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense was $1.8 million in 2024, $2.4 million in 2023, and $2.3 million in
2022.
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Retirement of Repurchased Shares
We immediately retire shares repurchased pursuant to any share repurchase program. We allocate the share purchase price in
excess of par value between additional paid-in capital and retained earnings.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-07 Segment Reporting (Topic 280):
Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures which expands annual and interim disclosure requirements for reportable segments,
primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses starting with disclosure in Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2024 and interim periods going forward. We have adopted the new accounting guidance in our segment disclosures in
Note 8.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The
updated accounting guidance, among other things, requires additional disclosure primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliation
and income taxes paid. We expect to adopt the updated accounting guidance in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2025. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of the new accounting guidance will have on our income tax
disclosures in Note 3.
In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive
Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("ASU 2024-03"),
and in January 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive
Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date ("ASU 2025-01"). ASU 2024-03
requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement as well as disclosures about specific types of
expenses included in the expense captions presented in the income statement. We expect to adopt the updated accounting guidance in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2028 and for interim period reporting beginning in 2029, as
required in ASU 2024-03 and further clarified by ASU 2025-01. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of
these standards will have on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
2. Equity-Based Compensation
Equity Based Compensation Plans
In May 2020, the Manhattan Associates, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) was approved by our shareholders. The
2020 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and stock appreciation rights. Vesting
conditions can be service-based or performance-based, or a combination of both.
A maximum of 4,500,000 shares are available for grant under the amended 2020 Plan. Each stock option, stock appreciation right,
restricted stock, or restricted stock unit granted is counted against the maximum share limitation as one share. Options and stock
appreciation rights cannot have a term exceeding seven years. As of December 31, 2024, there were 2,337,032 shares available for
issuance under the 2020 Plan. The 2020 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The
committee has the authority to interpret the provisions thereof.
The restricted stock unit awards contain vesting provisions that are 50% service based and 50% performance based for employee
awards and 100% service based for non-employee members of the Board of Directors (“Outside Directors”). The employee awards
have a four year vesting period, with the performance portion tied to annual revenue and operating income targets. The awards to
Outside Directors have a one year vesting period. We recognize compensation cost for service-based restricted awards with graded
vesting on a straight-line basis over the entire vesting period, with the amount of compensation cost recognized at any date at least
equal to the portion of the grant-date value of the award that is vested at that date. For our performance-based restricted stock awards
with graded vesting, we recognize compensation cost on an accelerated basis applying straight-line expensing for each separately
vesting portion of each award. We utilize the price of our publicly traded shares to determine the fair value of restricted stock units on
the grant date.
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Restricted Stock Unit Awards
We present below a summary of changes in unvested units of restricted stock during 2024:
Number of
Units
Grant Date
Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2024
1,376,063
$124.13
Granted
549,754
201.54
Vested
(519,717)
121.26
Forfeited
(15,862)
142.75
Outstanding at December 31, 2024
1,390,238
The Company recorded equity-based compensation expense related to restricted stock and RSUs (collectively “restricted stock
awards”) of $93.2 million, $71.6 million, and $59.4 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The total fair value of restricted
stock awards vested in 2024, 2023 and 2022, based on market value at the vesting dates was $127.1 million, $85.2 million, $81.4
million, respectively. The weighted average grant-date fair value of RSUs granted during fiscal year 2024, 2023 and 2022 was
$201.54, $127.51, and $123.75, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSU
totaled $115.7 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.1 years. We recognize
forfeitures of equity-based payments as they occur.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company granted 386,042 RSUs that have performance-based vesting criteria,
which are tied to our financial performance. The performance-based RSUs granted in 2024 related to 2024 employee awards and 2023
above-target employee awards. As of December 31, 2024, the associated equity-based compensation expense has been recognized for
the portion of the award attributable to the 2024 performance criteria.
3. Income Taxes
We are subject to future federal, state, and foreign income taxes and have recorded net deferred tax assets on the Consolidated
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2024 and 2023. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the
financial accounting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. We present below significant components of our deferred tax assets and
liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
2024
2023
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable
$
835
$
1,179
Accrued liabilities
13,373
12,255
Equity-based compensation
16,568
12,148
Capitalized R&D costs
73,364
50,654
Accrued sales taxes
265
189
Operating lease liabilities
10,206
3,219
State tax credits
3,222
3,102
Tax credit - foreign
6,112
5,397
Valuation allowance
(2,853)
(2,881)
Other
-
295
121,092
85,557
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible Assets
7,395
7,417
Depreciation
150
429
Deferred commissions
9,032
8,638
Operating lease right-of-use assets
9,992
3,030
Other
18
26,587
19,514
Net deferred tax assets
$
94,505
$
66,043
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We present below income from domestic and foreign operations before income tax expense for the years ended December 31,
2024, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Domestic
$
240,871
$
193,727
$
139,217
Foreign
25,943
19,944
18,904
Total
$
266,814
$
213,671
$
158,121
The components of our income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Current:
Federal
$
54,761
$
46,497
$
42,198
State
12,627
10,911
11,183
Foreign
9,751
8,539
5,492
$
77,139
$
65,947
$
58,873
Deferred:
Federal
(23,777)
(23,116)
(22,383)
State
(3,796)
(3,132)
(5,200)
Foreign
(1,116)
(2,596)
(2,128)
(28,689)
(28,844)
(29,711)
Total
$
48,450
$
37,103
$
29,162
We currently have a tax holiday in India under the Special Economic Zone Act through March 2029. As a result of this holiday, we
had pre-tax income of approximately $16.8 million, for the year ended December 31, 2024, $11.1 million of which was not subject to
tax. The impact on diluted earnings per share if the income had been fully taxable would have been a decrease of $0.06 per share in
2024.
We have tax credit carry-forwards of approximately $4.1 million available to offset future state tax. These tax credit carry-forwards
expire in 2026 to 2035. These credits represent a deferred tax asset of $3.2 million after consideration of the federal benefit of state tax
deductions. A valuation allowance of $1.6 million has been established for these credits because the ability to use them is not more
likely than not. We also have a tax credit carry-forward of approximately $6.1 million available to offset future foreign tax. This tax
credit carryforward begins expiring in 2036.
At December 31, 2024 we had approximately $107.6 million of undistributed earnings and profits. The undistributed earnings and
profits are considered previously taxed income and would not be subject to U.S. income taxes upon repatriation of those earnings, in
the form of dividends. The undistributed earnings and profits are considered to be permanently reinvested, accordingly no provision
for local withholdings taxes have been provided, however, upon repatriation of those earnings, in the form of dividends, we could be
subject to additional local withholding taxes.
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We present below a summary of the items that cause recorded income taxes to differ from taxes computed using the statutory
federal income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Statutory federal income tax rate
21.0%
21.0%
21.0%
Effect of:
State income tax, net of federal benefit
2.9
3.0
3.6
State credit carryforwards
-
(0.2)
1.2
U.S. federal R&D tax credit
(1.6)
(1.8)
(1.8)
Non-deductible equity compensation
1.4
1.1
1.1
Excess benefit of equity compensation
(4.9)
(3.2)
(4.8)
Employee compensation limitation
2.8
3.4
3.7
Global Intangible Low Taxed Income
(GILTI)
0.1
0.1
0.1
Foreign-derived intangible income (FDII)
deduction
(3.5)
(3.6)
(3.3)
Foreign operations
(0.2)
(2.9)
0.5
Tax contingencies
(0.2)
(0.3)
(1.3)
Other permanent differences
0.4
0.7
(0.3)
Change in valuation allowance
-
0.1
(1.3)
Income taxes
18.2%
17.4%
18.4%
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows for the years ended December 31,
2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):
December 31,
2024
2023
2022
Unrecognized tax benefits at January 1,
$
(9,688) $
(10,532) $
(13,186)
Gross amount of increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a
result of tax positions taken during a prior period
(147)
(425)
(199)
Gross amount of decreases in unrecognized tax benefits as a
result of tax positions taken during a prior period
32
908
2,583
Gross amount of increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a
result of tax positions taken during the current period
(1,996)
(2,182)
(1,787)
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits relating to
settlements with taxing authorities
16
-
-
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of a lapse of
the applicable statute of limitations
2,634
2,543
2,057
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31,
$
(9,149) $
(9,688) $
(10,532)
Our unrecognized tax benefits totaled $9.1 million and $9.7 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Included in
these amounts are unrecognized tax benefits totaling $8.5 million and $9.1 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively,
which, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.
We recognize potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within our global operations in income
tax expense. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized the following income tax expense:
$0.6 million, $0.1 million, and $0.7 million, respectively, for the potential payment of interest and penalties. Accrued interest and
penalties were $1.3 million and $1.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. We conduct business globally and, as a
result, file income tax returns in the United State federal jurisdiction and in many state and foreign jurisdictions. We are generally no
longer subject to U.S. federal, state, and local, or non-US income tax examinations for the years before 2010. Due to the expiration of
statutes of limitations in multiple jurisdictions globally during 2025, the Company anticipates it is reasonably possible that
unrecognized tax benefits may decrease by $3.1 million.
4. Shareholders’ Equity
During 2024, 2023 and 2022, we purchased 986,555, 1,024,328, and 1,352,954 shares of the Company’s common stock for $241.6
million, $166.0 million, and $175.4 million, respectively, through open market transactions as part of a publicly-announced share
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repurchase program. In January 2025, our Board of Directors raised the Company’s share repurchase authority to an aggregate of
$100.0 million of our common stock.
As of 2023, we are subject to a 1% excise tax on stock repurchases as enacted by the United States Inflation Reduction Act which
we include in the cost of stock repurchases as a reduction of shareholders’ equity. In 2024, we paid $1.1 million in excise tax related
to 2023 repurchase and vesting activity.
5. Contingencies
From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business, and occasionally
legal proceeding not in the ordinary course. Many of our installations involve products that are critical to the operations of our clients’
businesses. Any failure in our company’s products could result in a claim for substantial damages against us, regardless of our
responsibility for such failure. Although we attempt to contractually limit our liability for damages arising from product failures or
negligent acts or omissions, there can be no assurance that the limitations of liability set forth in its contracts will be enforceable in all
instances. We are not currently a party to any legal proceeding in the ordinary course of business or other legal proceedings the result
of which we believe is likely to have a material adverse impact upon our business, financial position, results of operations, or cash
flows. We expense legal costs associated with loss contingencies as such legal costs are incurred.
6. Employee Benefit Plan
We sponsor the Manhattan Associates 401(k) Plan and Trust (the “401(k) Plan”), a qualified profit sharing plan with a 401(k)
feature covering substantially all our employees. Since 2012, we have provided a 50% matching contribution up to 6% of eligible
compensation being contributed after the participant’s first year of employment. During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and
2022, the Company expensed matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan of $8.5 million, $7.8 million, and $6.7 million, respectively.
7. Leases
We lease our facilities and some of our equipment under noncancelable operating lease arrangements that expire at various dates
through 2036. The total operating lease liabilities for these leases at December 31, 2024 was approximately $51.3 million. For a few
of our facility leases, we have certain options to extend the lease term for up to 10 years, at our sole discretion. We have no finance
leases.
We present below the operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
December 31, 2024
ASSETS
Operating lease right-of-use assets
$47,923
LIABILITIES
Operating lease liabilities, current (included
in accrued and other liabilities)
$3,532
Operating lease liabilities, long-term
47,794
Total operating lease liabilities
$51,326
Aggregate future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2024 are as follows (in
thousands):
Year Ending December 31,
2025
$
8,798
2026
9,396
2027
9,336
2028
9,324
2029
6,171
Thereafter
37,292
Total minimum payments required
80,317
Less short-term leases
(117)
Less imputed interest
(28,874)
Total operating lease liabilities
$ 51,326
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We are applying the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components, which allows us to account for lease and
non-lease components as a single lease component. The total lease cost in 2024 was $9.3 million, consisting of $9.0 million of
operating lease costs and $0.3 million of short-term lease costs. The total lease cost in 2023 was $8.1 million, consisting of $7.8
million of operating lease costs, and $0.3 million of short-term lease costs. Total lease costs in 2022 were $7.7 million, consisting of
$7.3 million of operating lease costs, and $0.4 million of short-term lease costs. Our variable lease cost during 2024, 2023 and 2022
were immaterial.
Weighted average remaining lease term
9.4 years
Weighted average discount rate
5.27%
Supplemental cash flow information - operating cash flows (in
thousands):
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease
liabilities
Operating cash flows for operating leases
$
6,798
During 2024, we executed the eighth amendment to our lease agreement for our corporate headquarters office space, which
extended our lease termination date from September 30, 2025, to September 30, 2036, for substantially all of the Company's leased
premises at its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. To determine our discount rate for the lease liability, we evaluated peer company debt
agreements, U.S. Treasury notes, company-specific risks, and other factors.
8. Segment Reporting
We manage our business by geographic segment and have three geographic reportable segments: the Americas (North, Latin and
South America); Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific (APAC). All segments derive revenue from the sale
and implementation of our supply chain commerce solutions. The individual products sold by the segments are similar in nature and
are all designed to help companies manage the effectiveness and efficiency of their supply chain commerce. We use the same
accounting policies for each reportable segment. The chief operating decision maker (Chief Executive Officer) evaluates performance
and allocates resources (including employees, financial or capital) based on operating income for each reportable segment.
The Americas segment charges royalty fees to the other segments based on cloud subscriptions and software licenses sold by those
reportable segments. The royalties, which totaled $18.9 million, $13.7 million, and $8.9 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively,
are included in costs of revenue for each segment with a corresponding reduction in the America’s cost of revenue. The revenues
represented below are from external customers only. The geography-based costs consist of costs for professional services personnel,
direct sales and marketing expenses, infrastructure costs to support the employee and customer base, billing and financial systems,
management and general and administrative support. There are certain corporate expenses included in the Americas segment that we
do not charge to the other segments. Such expenses include research and development, stock compensation, certain marketing and
general and administrative costs that support the global organization, and the amortization of acquired developed technology. Costs in
the Americas’ segment include all research and development costs including the costs associated with our operations in India.
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In accordance with the segment reporting topic of the FASB Codification, we present below financial information by reportable
segment for 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Consolidated
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Consolidated
Revenue:
Cloud subscriptions
$
264,331
$ 62,779
$ 10,093
$
337,203
$ 205,611
$ 42,243
$
6,758
$
254,612
Software license
12,251
1,376
1,458
15,085
12,040
2,925
3,241
18,206
Maintenance
110,751
18,349
9,204
138,304
114,963
19,721
9,252
143,936
Services
389,550
107,384
28,583
525,517
362,979
101,254
23,636
487,869
Hardware
25,603
635
5
26,243
23,602
495
5
24,102
Total revenue
802,486
190,523
49,343
1,042,352
719,195
166,638
42,892
928,725
Costs and Expenses:
Cost of revenue
$
351,112
$ 98,051
$ 21,817
470,980
321,701
89,523
19,390
430,614
Operating expenses
278,803
19,062
5,610
303,475
257,172
19,889
5,417
282,478
Depreciation and
amortization
5,228
914
159
6,301
5,164
503
85
5,752
Total costs and expenses
635,143
118,027
27,586
780,756
584,037
109,915
24,892
718,844
Operating income
$
167,343
$ 72,496
$ 21,757
$
261,596
$ 135,158
$ 56,723
$
18,000
$
209,881
Interest income
6,029
5,304
Other (loss) income, net
(811 )
(1,514 )
Income before income taxes
$
266,814
$
213,671
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Consolidated
Revenue:
Cloud subscriptions
$
148,943
$
22,988
$
4,527
$
176,458
Software license
16,364
6,380
2,104
24,848
Maintenance
113,258
19,784
9,156
142,198
Services
295,998
79,628
18,470
394,096
Hardware
29,321
158
5
29,484
Total revenue
603,884
128,938
34,262
767,084
Costs and Expenses:
Cost of revenue
271,222
71,108
15,907
358,237
Operating expenses
227,409
17,187
4,888
249,484
Depreciation and amortization
5,964
613
86
6,663
Total costs and expenses
504,595
88,908
20,881
614,384
Operating income
$
99,289
$
40,030
$
13,381
$
152,700
Interest income
596
Other (loss) income, net
4,825
Income before income taxes
$
158,121
In the following table, we present goodwill, long-lived assets, and total assets by reportable segment as of December 31, 2024 and
2023 (in thousands):
As of December 31, 2024
As of December 31, 2023
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Consolidated
Americas
EMEA
APAC
Consolidated
Goodwill, net
$
54,766
$
5,497
$
1,963
$
62,226
$
54,766
$
5,506
$
1,963
$
62,235
Long lived assets
83,517
11,501
2,538
97,556
53,061
10,129
2,696
65,886
Total assets
633,157
102,222
22,172
757,551
566,826
85,709
20,819
673,353
For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we derived revenue from sales to customers outside the United States of
approximately $346.2 million, $301.4 million, and $238.4 million, respectively. Our remaining revenue was derived from domestic
sales.
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Cloud subscriptions revenue primarily relates to our Manhattan Active omnichannel, warehouse management solutions, and
transportation management solutions for the year ended December 31, 2024. The majority of our software license revenue
(approximately 85%) relates to our warehouse management product group for the same period.
9. Subsequent Events
On January 14, 2025, the Company eliminated about 100 positions to align our services capacity with customer demand, which has
been impacted by short-term macro-economic uncertainty. In connection with this workforce reduction, the Company expects to
record a pre-tax restructuring expense in the first quarter of 2025 of approximately $2.8 million.
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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
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
No system of controls, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the system
of controls are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that the system of controls has operated effectively in
all cases. Our disclosure controls and procedures, however, are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of
disclosure controls and procedures are met.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer evaluated, with the
participation of management, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation, our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure
controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of disclosure controls and procedures are
met.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, and the
report of Ernst & Young LLP on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting are contained on pages 42 and 43 of
this report.
Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the fourth quarter of 2024, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, including any corrective actions
with regard to material weaknesses.
Item 9B. Other Information
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading
agreement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as each term is defined in item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the relevant information contained in our Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders expected to be filed with the SEC on or prior to April 3, 2025, including under the captions
"Governance—Proposal 1 Election of Directors,” “Executive Compensation—Executive Officers Biographies,” "Governance—Board
of Directors and Committees—Code of Ethics,” “Governance—Board of Directors and Committees—Board Committees,”
“Governance—Insider Trading Policy,” and if applicable, "Security Ownership—Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports."
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the relevant information contained in our Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders expected to be filed with the SEC on or prior to April 3, 2025, including under the captions
“Governance—Director Compensation” and “Executive Compensation.”
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the relevant information contained in our Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders expected to be filed with the SEC on or prior to April 3, 2025, including under the caption
“Security Ownership—Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.” The information required by this item
with respect to the Company’s securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is included in Part II, Item 5 of this
Form 10-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the relevant information contained in our Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders expected to be filed with the SEC on or prior to April 3, 2025, including under the captions
“Governance—Related Party Transactions” and “Election of Directors.”
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the relevant information contained in our Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders expected to be filed with the SEC on or prior to April 3, 2025, including under the caption
“Audit Matters—Proposal 4—Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits
Exhibits.
See (b) below.
(b)The exhibits listed below under “Exhibit Index” are filed with or incorporated by reference in this Report. Where such filing is
made by incorporation by reference to a previously filed registration statement or report, such registration statement or report is
identified in parentheses.
(c)See Item 15(a)(2).
Item 16.
Form 10-K Summary
None.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits or incorporated by reference as part of this Report.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant dated February 24, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2014 (File No. 00023999), filed on July 29,
2014).
3.2
Amended Bylaws of the Registrant (As Amended Effective July 18, 2019) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 000-23999), filed on March 9, 2023).
4.1
Description of Registrant's Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March
31, 2020 (File No. 000-23999), filed on May 1, 2020).
10.1(a)
Lease Agreement by and between Wildwood Associates, a Georgia general partnership, and the Registrant, dated June 25,
2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report for the period ended June 30, 2001
(File No. 000-23999), filed August 14, 2001).
10.1(b)
First Amendment to Lease Agreement between Wildwood Associates, and the Registrant, dated June 10, 2002
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2006 (File
No. 000-23999), filed on March 14, 2007).
10.1(c)
Second Amendment to Lease Agreement between 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway Investors LLC, and the Registrant, dated
February 27, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended
December 31, 2006 (File No. 000-23999), filed on March 14, 2007).
10.1(d)
Third Amendment to Lease Agreement between 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway Investors LLC, and the Registrant, dated
June 14, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(d) to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended
December 31, 2014 (File No. 000-23999), filed on February 5, 2015).
10.1(e)
Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement between SP4 2300 Windy Ridge LP, and the Registrant, dated August 14, 2012
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(e) to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2014
(File No. 000-23999), filed on February 5, 2015).
10.1(f)
Fifth Amendment to Lease Agreement between 2300 Windy Ridge LLC, and the Registrant, dated May 19, 2014
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(f) to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2014
(File No. 000-23999), filed on February 5, 2015).
10.1(g)
Sixth Amendment to Lease Agreement between 2300 Windy Ridge LLC, and the Registrant, dated August 13, 2014
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(g) to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2014
(File No. 000-23999), filed on February 5, 2015).
10.1(h)
Seventh Amendment to Lease Agreement between 2300 Windy Ridge LLC and the Registrant, dated April 29, 2015
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June
30, 2015 (File No. 000-23999), filed on July 28, 2015).
10.1(i)
Eighth Amendment to Lease Agreement between 2300 Windy Ridge LLC and the Registrant, dated January 31, 2024
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2023 (File
No. 000-23999), filed on February 6, 2024).
10.2(a)
Lease Deed by and between Brookefields Real Estate and Projects Private Limited and Manhattan Associates India
Development Centre Private Ltd dated March 18, 2019 – Unit 1 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the
Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 (File No. 000-23999), filed on April 25, 2019).
10.2(b)
Lease Deed by and between Brookefields Real Estate and Projects Private Limited and Manhattan Associates India
Development Centre Private Ltd dated March 18, 2019 – Unit 2 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the
Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 (File No. 000-23999), filed on April 25, 2019).
10.2(c)
Lease Deed by and between Brookefields Real Estate and Projects Private Limited and Manhattan Associates India
Development Centre Private Ltd dated May 1, 2019 – 5,318 sq. ft. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the
Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019 (File No. 000-23999), filed on July 25, 2019).
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Exhibit
Number
Description
10.2(d)
Lease Deed by and between Brookefields Real Estate and Projects Private Limited and Manhattan Associates India
Development Centre Private Ltd dated May 1, 2019 – 10,001 sq. ft. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the
Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019 (File No. 000-23999), filed on July 25, 2019).
10.20(a)*
2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment thereto (Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the
Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement related to its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File No. 000-23999) filed on
April 20, 2009).
10.20(b)*
Second amendment to 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company’s Definitive
Proxy Statement related to its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File No. 000-23999) filed on April 15, 2011).
10.20(c)*
Third amendment to 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Annex A to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017 (File No. 000-23999) filed on October 30,
2017).
10.21*
Form of Manhattan Associates, Inc. Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.49 to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2009 (File No. 000-
23999), filed on February 19, 2010).
10.22*
Form of Manhattan Associates, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Employees (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2022 (File No. 000-23999), filed on
February 6, 2023).
10.23*
Form of Manhattan Associates, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2022 (File No. 000-
23999), filed on February 6, 2023).
10.24*
Manhattan Associates, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company’s
Definitive Proxy Statement related to its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 30, 2020 (Commission File No. 000-23999))
10.30*
2016 Annual Cash Bonus Plan (Incorporated by reference from Annex B to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement
for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on April 8, 2016 (SEC File No. 000-23999)).
10.40*
Form of Executive Employment Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for
the period ended September 30, 2018 (File No. 000-23999), filed on October 25, 2018).
10.41*
Schedule to Form of Executive Employment Agreement of Initial Salaries and Target Bonus Opportunities for Named
Executive Officers.
10.42
Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement with all Directors and Executive Officers (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 000-23999) filed on April 4, 2013).
10.43*
Executive Employment Letter Agreement, dated July 27, 2016, by and between the Registrant and Dennis Story
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 000-23999), filed on August 1, 2016).
19
Insider Trading Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
period ended December 31, 2023 (File No. 000-23999), filed on February 6, 2024).
21
List of Subsidiaries.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32**
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
97.1
Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 to the Company’s Annual Report
for the period ended December 31, 2023 (File No. 000-23999), filed on February 6, 2024).
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Exhibit
Number
Description
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL
tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH
Inline XBRL taxonomy Extension Schema with embedded Linkbases document
104
The cover page from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, has been
formatted in Inline XBRL.
* Management contract or compensatory plan or agreement.
** In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of the SEC’s Regulation S-K, this Exhibit is hereby furnished to the SEC as an
accompanying document and is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:
/s/ Eddie Capel
Eddie Capel
President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director
Date: February 7, 2025
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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
Date
/s/ John J. Huntz, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
February 7, 2025
John J. Huntz, Jr.
/s/ Eddie Capel
February 7, 2025
Eddie Capel
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Dennis B. Story
February 7, 2025
Dennis B. Story
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Linda C. Pinne
February 7, 2025
Linda C. Pinne
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller, and Chief
Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Edmond I. Eger III
Director
February 7, 2025
Edmond I. Eger III
/s/ Linda T. Hollembaek
Director
February 7, 2025
Linda T. Hollembaek
/s/ Kimberly A. Kuryea
Director
February 7, 2025
Kimberly A. Kuryea
/s/ Charles E. Moran
Director
February 7, 2025
Charles E. Moran
/s/ Thomas E. Noonan
Director
February 7, 2025
Thomas E. Noonan
/s/ Deepak Raghavan
Director
February 7, 2025
Deepak Raghavan
Exhibit 21
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. SUBSIDIARIES
Subsidiaries
Place of Incorporation
Manhattan Associates Limited
United Kingdom
Manhattan Associates Europe B.V.
Netherlands
Manhattan Associates France SARL
France
Manhattan Associates GmbH
Germany
Manhattan Associates KK
Japan
Manhattan Associates Software (Shanghai), Co. Ltd.
China
Manhattan Associates Pty Ltd.
Australia
Manhattan Associates Software Pte Ltd.
Singapore
Manhattan Associates (India) Development Centre Private Limited
India
Manhattan Associates, S. de R.L. de CV
Mexico
Manhattan Associates Services, S. de R.L. de CV
Mexico
Manhattan Associates Supply Chain Software, LLC
Georgia, USA
Manhattan Associates Chile SpA
Chile
Manhattan Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
China
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
1. Form S-8 No. 333-143611 pertaining to the Manhattan Associates, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan,
2. Form S-8 No. 333-159852 pertaining to the Manhattan Associates, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan,
3. Form S-8 No. 333-174499 pertaining to the Manhattan Associates, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, and
4. Form S-8 No. 333-238503 pertaining to the Manhattan Associates, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan;
of our reports dated February 7, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Manhattan Associates, Inc. and
subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Manhattan Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries included
in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Manhattan Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2024.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
February 7, 2025
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Eddie Capel, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the registrant;
2. 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 annual 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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 annual 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 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)
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)
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.
Dated this 7th day of February, 2025
/s/ Eddie Capel
Eddie Capel, President and Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(d), AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Dennis B. Story, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the registrant;
2. 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 annual 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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 annual 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 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)
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)
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.
Dated this 7th day of February, 2025
/s/ Dennis B. Story
Dennis B. Story, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, and Treasurer
Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
This Certificate is being delivered pursuant to the requirements of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 (Mail Fraud) of Title 18 (Crimes
and Criminal Procedures) of the United States Code and shall not be relied on by any person for any other purpose.
The undersigned, who are the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of Manhattan Associates, Inc. (the
“Company”), hereby each certify that, to the undersigned’s knowledge:
1. the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2024 (the “Report”), which
accompanies this Certification, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
2. all information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.
Dated this 7th day of February, 2025
/s/ Eddie Capel
Eddie Capel, President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Dennis B. Story
Dennis B. Story, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, and Treasurer
In accordance with SEC Release No. 34-47986, this Exhibit is furnished to the SEC as an accompanying document and is not deemed
“filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933. A signed original of this written
statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the registrant and will be retained by the
registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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NASDAQ Symbol
The Company’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol MANH. Additional copies
of this 2024 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may be obtained by shareholders online at www.
manh.com or without charge by writing to Manhattan Associates Investor Relations at the Company’s headquarters.
Registrar and Transfer
Computershare Trust Company, NA
Inquiries regarding stock transfers, lost
certificates or address changes should
be directed to Computershare.
By Mail:
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940-3078
By Overnight Delivery:
150 Royall Street, Suite 101
Canton, MA 02021
Legal Counsel
Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
Stock Performance
The following graph compares Manhattan Associates, Inc.’s (“Manhattan”) annual percentage change in
cumulative total return on common shares over the past five years with the cumulative total return of companies
comprising the NASDAQ Composite Index and the NASDAQ Computer Index. This presentation assumes that
$100 was invested in shares of the relevant issuers on December 31, 2019, and that dividends received were
immediately invested in additional shares. No cash dividends have been declared on shares of Manhattan
common stock. The graph plots the value of the initial $100 investment at one-year intervals for the fiscal years
shown. The data for the graph was provided to us by Zack Investment Research, Inc.
Comparison of 5-Year Cumulative Total Return
Assumes Initial Investment of $100
December 31, 2024
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
100
131.89
194.97
152.21
269.93
338.73
NASDAQ Composite
100
144.92
177.06
119.45
172.77
223.87
NASDAQ Computer Index
100
149.98 206.76
132.79
221.06
301.44
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200
250
300
350
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2020
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2022
2023
2024
Stock performance Graph Data Points for fiscal year ended December 31:
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