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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

____________________________________________________

FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
November 20, 2014
____________________________________________________
  
Splunk Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-35498
 
86-1106510
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
250 Brannan Street
San Francisco, California 94107
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(415) 848-8400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))







 




Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On November 20, 2014, Splunk Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended October 31, 2014.  A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.

 
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)                                 Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release issued by Splunk Inc. dated November 20, 2014.




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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
SPLUNK INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David F. Conte
 
 
David F. Conte
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
Date:  November 20, 2014


3



EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release issued by Splunk Inc. dated November 20, 2014.


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EX-99.1 2 q315ex-991.htm EX-99.1 Q3'15 EX-99.1


Exhibit 99.1
     
P R E S S   R E L E A S E 


Splunk Inc. Announces Fiscal Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results
Revenues Grow 48%; Company Adds More than 500 New Customers


SAN FRANCISCO - November 20, 2014 - Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, today announced results for its fiscal third quarter ended October 31, 2014.

Third Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights
Total revenues were $116.0 million, up 48% year-over-year.
License revenues were $71.8 million, up 41% year-over-year.
GAAP operating loss was $48.3 million; GAAP operating margin was negative 41.6%.
Non-GAAP operating income was $2.7 million; non-GAAP operating margin was 2.3%. 
GAAP net loss per share was $0.40; non-GAAP net income per share was $0.02.
Operating cash flow was $24.2 million with free cash flow of $20.2 million.

“This quarter we released new versions of all of our core products, offered new solutions for mobile, wire, mainframe and sensor data, and strengthened our market teams,” said Godfrey Sullivan, Chairman and CEO. “We welcomed over 500 new customers, saw growth in all of our core markets — with the growth in security especially notable — and we had our best quarter yet with Splunk Cloud.”

Third Quarter 2015 and Recent Business Highlights

Customers:
Signed more than 500 new enterprise customers, ending the quarter with more than 8,400 customers worldwide.
New and Expansion Customers Include: Abacus International Pte Ltd. (Singapore), ADP, AT&T, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boeing Employees Credit Union, Cembra Money Bank (Switzerland), Chicago Public Schools, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Consolidated Edison, Dell, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Global Blue Austria GmbH, Hospital Corporation of America, Intermedia, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, KeyBank, M2 Telecommunications Group (Australia), Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Orrstown Bank, SAP, SFR (France), Shazam (United Kingdom), State of New Mexico, The Warehouse Group (New Zealand), University of Lyon (France), U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Valve Corporation, Weight Watchers and Zulily.

Product:
Announced the general availability (GA) of Splunk Enterprise 6.2, the latest version of the award-winning platform for machine data, to deliver improved scalability and extend powerful Splunk analytics to a broader number of users.
Announced the GA of Hunk 6.2 to extend the power of exploratory analytics and enable all professionals to easily unlock the business value of data in Hadoop and NoSQL data stores.
Announced the availability of Hunk priced on an hourly basis, directly from the Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) console.
Announced the GA of Splunk MINT Express and the beta program for Splunk MINT Enterprise, the first new products from the acquisition of BugSense, to empower customers to gain greater Operational Intelligence from mobile apps.
Announced the industry’s first 100 percent uptime service level agreement for Splunk Cloud and a free Splunk Online Sandbox to give customers a trial experience of Splunk Cloud within minutes.
Announced the GA of the Splunk App for Stream to capture real-time streaming wire data to support app management, IT operations, security and business analytics.

Strategic and Channel Partners:
Announced Kepware’s Industrial Data Forwarder for Splunk to help customers realize greater value from industrial systems including SCADA Systems.

Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com





Recognition:
Won the 2014 NetworkWorld Asia Readers’ Choice Award for Best Big Data Solution for Splunk Enterprise.
Named one of 17 Hot Companies to Watch by Federal Computer Week.

Appointments:
Appointed Mark Carges, Splunk Board of Directors.
Appointed Marc Olesen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Solutions.
Appointed Rick Fitz, Vice President, IT Markets.
Promoted Haiyan Song to Senior Vice President, Security Markets.

.Conf:
Hosted a record number of customers and partners at this year’s .conf2014 with 80+ customer presentations across use cases and industries.

Financial Outlook
The company is providing the following guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter 2015 (ending January 31, 2015):
Total revenues are expected to be between $135 million and $137 million.
Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between 4% and 5%.

The company is updating its previous guidance for its fiscal year 2015 (ending January 31, 2015):
Total revenues are expected to be between $438 million and $440 million (was $423 million and $428 million per prior guidance provided on August 28, 2014).
Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between 1% and 2% (was previously approximately 1% per prior guidance provided on August 28, 2014).

The Company is providing the following guidance for its fiscal year 2016 (ending January 31, 2016):
Total revenues are expected to total approximately $575 million.

All forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures contained in this section “Financial Outlook” exclude estimates for stock-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans, amortization of acquired intangible assets, ground lease expense related to a build-to-suit lease obligation, impairment of a long-lived asset and acquisition-related costs.

While a reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis, the company has provided a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in the financial statement tables for its fiscal third quarter 2015 and fiscal year-to-date 2015 non-GAAP results included in this press release.

Conference Call and Webcast
Splunk’s executive management team will host a conference call today beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss the company’s financial results and business highlights. Interested parties may access the call by dialing (866) 501-1535. International parties may access the call by dialing (216) 672-5582. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available through Splunk’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.splunk.com/events.cfm. A replay of the call will be available through November 27, 2014 by dialing (855) 859-2056 and referencing Conference ID 32818367.

Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Splunk’s revenue and non-GAAP operating margin targets for the company’s fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 and Splunk’s revenue target for the company’s fiscal year 2016 in the paragraphs under “Financial Outlook” above and other statements regarding momentum in the company’s business, increasing customer adoption, expected success from product and service investments and innovations, expected benefits from new product offerings, expected profitability and growth strategies. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: Splunk’s limited operating history and experience developing and introducing new products; risks associated with Splunk’s rapid growth, particularly outside of the U.S.; Splunk’s inability to realize value from its significant investments in its business, including product and service innovations; Splunk’s transition to a multi-product software and services business; Splunk’s inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; and general market, political, economic and business conditions.


Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com




Additional information on potential factors that could affect Splunk’s financial results is included in the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2014, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Splunk does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

About Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) provides the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence. Splunk® software and cloud services enable organizations to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine-generated big data coming from websites, applications, servers, networks, sensors and mobile devices. More than 8,400 enterprises, government agencies, universities and service providers in more than 100 countries use Splunk software to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cybersecurity risk, prevent fraud, improve service performance and reduce cost. Splunk products include Splunk® Enterprise, Splunk Cloud™, Hunk®, Splunk MINT Express™ and premium Splunk Apps. To learn more, please visit http://www.splunk.com/company.

Social Media: Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook

Splunk, Splunk>, Listen to Your Data, The Engine for Machine Data, Hunk, Splunk Cloud, Splunk Storm, SPL, Splunk MINT Express and Splunk MINT Enterprise are trademarks and registered trademarks of Splunk Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2014 Splunk Inc. All rights reserved.

For more information, please contact:
Sherry Lowe
Splunk Inc.
415-852-5529
slowe@splunk.com

Investor Contact
Ken Tinsley
Splunk Inc.
415-848-8476
ktinsley@splunk.com


Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com





 SPLUNK INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
October 31,
 
October 31,
 
October 31,
 
October 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
License
 
$
71,754

 
$
50,873

 
$
185,109

 
$
130,230

Maintenance and services
 
44,275

 
27,760

 
118,374

 
72,483

Total revenues
 
116,029

 
78,633

 
303,483

 
202,713

Cost of revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
License
 
535

 
84

 
685

 
229

Maintenance and services 5
 
17,045

 
10,441

 
46,153

 
24,398

Total cost of revenues 1,2,3
 
17,580

 
10,525

 
46,838

 
24,627

Gross profit
 
98,449

 
68,108

 
256,645

 
178,086

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development 6
 
39,534

 
18,961

 
103,455

 
49,635

Sales and marketing
 
85,720

 
53,052

 
236,776

 
138,999

General and administrative 4
 
21,446

 
12,917

 
75,125

 
35,275

Total operating expenses 1,2,3
 
146,700

 
84,930

 
415,356

 
223,909

Operating loss
 
(48,251
)
 
(16,822
)
 
(158,711
)
 
(45,823
)
Interest and other income (expense), net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income, net
 
199

 
55

 
492

 
174

Other income (expense), net
 
(52
)
 
(283
)
 
(326
)
 
(459
)
Total interest and other income (expense), net
 
147

 
(228
)
 
166

 
(285
)
Loss before income taxes
 
(48,104
)
 
(17,050
)
 
(158,545
)
 
(46,108
)
Income tax provision (benefit) 7
 
447

 
(500
)
 
1,543

 
269

Net loss
 
$
(48,551
)
 
$
(16,550
)
 
$
(160,088
)
 
$
(46,377
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share
 
$
(0.40
)
 
$
(0.16
)
 
$
(1.35
)
 
$
(0.45
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share
 
120,331

 
106,008

 
118,895

 
104,063

______________________________________
1 Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues
 
$
703

 
$
82

 
$
2,093

 
$
82

Research and development
 
569

 
12

 
707

 
12

Sales and marketing
 
150

 
42

 
447

 
42

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues
 
$
4,039

 
$
1,165

 
$
11,653

 
$
2,735

Research and development
 
15,352

 
4,405

 
41,517

 
10,995

Sales and marketing
 
21,075

 
5,947

 
61,458

 
15,425

General and administrative
 
7,770

 
2,815

 
36,357

 
6,969

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3 Includes employer payroll tax on employee stock plans as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues
 
$
111

 
$
53

 
$
344

 
$
97

Research and development
 
327

 
86

 
1,649

 
277

Sales and marketing
 
387

 
315

 
1,668

 
907

General and administrative
 
267

 
237

 
1,160

 
576

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4 Includes ground lease expense related to build-to-suit obligation
 
$
222

 
$

 
$
444

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5 Includes charge related to impairment of long-lived asset
 
$

 
$
2,128

 
$

 
$
2,128

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6 Includes acquisition-related costs
 
$

 
$
408

 
$

 
$
408

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7 Includes a partial release of the valuation allowance due to acquisition
 
$

 
$
(747
)
 
$

 
$
(747
)


Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com




SPLUNK INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
October 31,
2014
 
January 31,
2014
ASSETS
 
 

 
 

Current assets
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
329,553

 
$
897,453

   Investments, current portion
 
466,835

 

Accounts receivable, net
 
82,550

 
83,348

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
13,495

 
12,019

Total current assets
 
892,433

 
992,820

Investments, non-current
 
160,923

 

Property and equipment, net
 
43,236

 
15,505

Intangible assets, net
 
11,546

 
12,294

Goodwill
 
19,070

 
19,070

Other assets
 
2,000

 
642

Total assets
 
$
1,129,208

 
$
1,040,331

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
2,830

 
$
2,079

Accrued payroll and compensation
 
48,481

 
43,876

Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
23,461

 
12,743

Deferred revenue, current portion
 
180,131

 
149,156

Total current liabilities
 
254,903

 
207,854

Deferred revenue, non-current
 
49,146

 
43,165

Other liabilities, non-current
 
27,265

 
4,404

Total non-current liabilities
 
76,411

 
47,569

Total liabilities
 
331,314

 
255,423

Stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 
121

 
116

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
(205
)
 
58

Additional paid-in capital
 
1,127,773

 
954,441

Accumulated deficit
 
(329,795
)
 
(169,707
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
797,894

 
784,908

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
1,129,208

 
$
1,040,331



Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com




SPLUNK INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
October 31,
 
October 31,
 
October 31,
 
October 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(48,551
)
 
$
(16,550
)
 
$
(160,088
)
 
$
(46,377
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
3,430

 
1,620

 
8,968

 
4,500

Amortization of investment premiums
 
316

 

 
452

 

Stock-based compensation
 
48,236

 
14,332

 
150,985

 
36,124

Deferred income taxes
 
(280
)
 
(1,068
)
 
(793
)
 
(1,188
)
Excess tax benefits from employee stock plans
 
(240
)
 
(271
)
 
(1,108
)
 
(539
)
Impairment of long-lived asset
 

 
2,128

 

 
2,128

Changes in operating assets and liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
(12,712
)
 
(13,249
)
 
798

 
9,953

Prepaid expenses, other current and non-current assets
 
(3,533
)
 
3,843

 
(2,041
)
 
366

Accounts payable
 
654

 
414

 
1,045

 
267

Accrued payroll and compensation
 
11,269

 
8,767

 
4,605

 
2,532

Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
3,334

 
(159
)
 
12,673

 
5,220

Deferred revenue
 
22,282

 
13,510

 
36,956

 
26,433

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
24,205

 
13,317

 
52,452

 
39,419

Cash Flow From Investing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases of investments
 
(387,324
)
 

 
(691,277
)
 

Maturities of investments
 
48,000

 

 
63,000

 

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
 

 
(8,958
)
 
(2,500
)
 
(8,958
)
Purchases of property and equipment
 
(4,054
)
 
(4,035
)
 
(11,200
)
 
(7,265
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(343,378
)
 
(12,993
)
 
(641,977
)
 
(16,223
)
Cash Flow From Financing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
 
3,387

 
6,342

 
12,805

 
18,865

Excess tax benefits from employee stock plans
 
240

 
271

 
1,108

 
539

Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan
 

 

 
8,355

 
6,076

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
 

 
(2,239
)
 

 
(2,752
)
Payment related to build-to-suit lease obligation
 

 

 
(523
)
 

Net cash provided by financing activities
 
3,627

 
4,374

 
21,745

 
22,728

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 
(299
)
 
83

 
(120
)
 
32

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
(315,845
)
 
4,781

 
(567,900
)
 
45,956

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
645,398

 
347,114

 
897,453

 
305,939

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
329,553

 
$
351,895

 
$
329,553

 
$
351,895



Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com




 SPLUNK INC.
Non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations
 
To supplement Splunk’s consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), Splunk provides investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share (collectively the “non-GAAP financial measures”). These non-GAAP financial measures exclude all or a combination of the following (as reflected in the following reconciliation table): stock-based compensation expense, employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans, amortization of acquired intangible assets, ground lease expense related to a build-to-suit lease obligation, impairment of a long-lived asset, acquisition-related costs and the partial release of the valuation allowance due to acquisition. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures include free cash flow, which represents cash from operations less purchases of property and equipment. The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Splunk uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making purposes and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Splunk believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about Splunk’s operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate comparisons to competitors’ operating results.

Splunk excludes stock-based compensation expense because it is non-cash in nature and excluding this expense provides meaningful supplemental information regarding Splunk’s operational performance. In particular, because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types that companies can use under FASB ASC Topic 718, Splunk believes that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude this expense allows investors the ability to make more meaningful comparisons between Splunk’s operating results and those of other companies. Splunk excludes employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans in order for investors to see the full effect that excluding that stock-based compensation expense had on Splunk’s operating results. These expenses are tied to the exercise or vesting of underlying equity awards and the price of Splunk’s common stock at the time of vesting or exercise, which may vary from period to period independent of the operating performance of Splunk’s business. Splunk also excludes the non-cash charge for previously capitalized Storm research and development expense (reflected as an impairment of a long-lived asset) as a result of its strategic decision to start making its Storm product available at no cost to customers, a decision that Splunk expects to be infrequent in nature. Splunk also excludes acquisition-related costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets and ground lease expense related to its build-to-suit lease obligation from its non-GAAP financial measures because these are considered by management to be outside of Splunk’s core operating results. Splunk further excludes the partial release of the valuation allowance due to acquisition from non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share because it is also considered by management to be outside Splunk’s core operating results. Accordingly, Splunk believes that excluding these expenses provides investors and management with greater visibility to the underlying performance of its business operations, facilitates comparison of its results with other periods and may also facilitate comparison with the results of other companies in its industry. Splunk considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in its business, making strategic acquisitions and strengthening its balance sheet.

There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because the non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by Splunk’s competitors and exclude expenses that may have a material impact upon Splunk’s reported financial results. Further, stock-based compensation expense has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in Splunk’s business and an important part of the compensation provided to Splunk’s employees. The non-GAAP financial measures are meant to supplement and be viewed in conjunction with GAAP financial measures.

The following table reconciles Splunk’s non-GAAP results to Splunk’s GAAP results included in this press release.




Splunk Inc. | www.splunk.com




SPLUNK INC.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended
 
 
October 31,

October 31,

October 31,

October 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow:
 










Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
24,205

 
$
13,317

 
$
52,452

 
$
39,419

Less purchases of property and equipment
 
(4,054
)
 
(4,035
)
 
(11,200
)
 
(7,265
)
Free cash flow (Non-GAAP)
 
$
20,151

 
$
9,282

 
$
41,252

 
$
32,154

Net cash used in investing activities
 
$
(343,378
)
 
$
(12,993
)
 
$
(641,977
)
 
$
(16,223
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
$
3,627

 
$
4,374

 
$
21,745

 
$
22,728

Gross margin reconciliation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP gross margin
 
84.8
 %
 
86.6
 %
 
84.6
 %
 
87.9
 %
Stock-based compensation expense

3.5

 
1.5

 
3.8

 
1.3

Employer payroll tax on employee stock plans

0.1

 
0.1

 
0.1

 

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

0.6

 
0.1

 
0.7

 

Impairment of long-lived asset
 

 
2.7

 

 
1.0

Non-GAAP gross margin
 
89.0
 %
 
91.0
 %
 
89.2
 %
 
90.2
 %
Operating income (loss) reconciliation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP operating loss
 
$
(48,251
)
 
$
(16,822
)
 
$
(158,711
)
 
$
(45,823
)
Stock-based compensation expense

48,236

 
14,332

 
150,985

 
36,124

Employer payroll tax on employee stock plans

1,092

 
691

 
4,821

 
1,857

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

1,422

 
136

 
3,247

 
136

Impairment of long-lived asset
 

 
2,128

 

 
2,128

Acquisition-related costs
 

 
408

 

 
408

Ground lease expense related to build-to-suit lease obligation
 
222

 

 
444

 

Non-GAAP operating income (loss)
 
$
2,721

 
$
873

 
$
786

 
$
(5,170
)
Operating margin reconciliation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP operating margin
 
(41.6
)%
 
(21.4
)%
 
(52.3
)%
 
(22.6
)%
Stock-based compensation expense

41.6

 
18.2

 
49.8

 
17.8

Employer payroll tax on employee stock plans

0.9

 
0.9

 
1.6

 
0.9

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

1.2

 
0.2

 
1.1

 
0.1

Impairment of long-lived asset
 

 
2.7

 

 
1.0

Acquisition-related costs
 

 
0.5

 

 
0.2

Ground lease expense related to build-to-suit lease obligation
 
0.2

 

 
0.1

 

Non-GAAP operating margin
 
2.3
 %
 
1.1
 %
 
0.3
 %
 
(2.6
)%
Net income (loss) reconciliation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP net loss
 
$
(48,551
)
 
$
(16,550
)
 
$
(160,088
)
 
$
(46,377
)
Stock-based compensation expense

48,236

 
14,332

 
150,985

 
36,124

Employer payroll tax on employee stock plans

1,092

 
691

 
4,821

 
1,857

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

1,422

 
136

 
3,247

 
136

Impairment of long-lived asset
 

 
2,128

 

 
2,128

Acquisition-related costs
 

 
408

 

 
408

Ground lease expense related to build-to-suit lease obligation
 
222

 

 
444

 

Partial release of the valuation allowance due to acquisition
 

 
(747
)
 

 
(747
)
Non-GAAP net income (loss)
 
$
2,421

 
$
398

 
$
(591
)
 
$
(6,471
)
Reconciliation of shares used in computing basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average shares used in computing GAAP basic net loss per share

120,331

 
106,008

 
118,895

 
104,063

Effect of dilutive securities: Employee stock awards

6,541

 
12,117

 

 

Weighted-average shares used in computing Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

126,872

 
118,125

 
118,895

 
104,063

GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share

$
(0.40
)
 
$
(0.16
)
 
$
(1.35
)
 
$
(0.45
)
Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

$
0.02

 
$
0.00

 
$
(0.00
)
 
$
(0.06
)


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