UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2021

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 001-37901 COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 

Delaware	20-4429448
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1855 S. Grant Street
San Mateo, CA 94402
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 931-3200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	COUP	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨ 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  x

As of September 3, 2021, the Registrant had 74,059,421 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	2
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	9
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	32
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	48
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	48
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	50
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	50
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	79
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	79
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	79
Item 5.	Other Information	79
Item 6.	Exhibits	80
	Exhibit Index	80
	Signatures	81

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NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition, customer lifetime value, strategy and plans, market size and opportunity, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, product capabilities, expected impact of business acquisitions, our expectations for future operations and our convertible senior notes, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, strategy, short- and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors.”

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Moreover, except as required by law, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

	July 31, 2021		January 31, 2021
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	432,009	$	323,284
Marketable securities	201,555		283,036
Accounts receivable, net of allowances	170,171		196,009
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	35,422		36,381
Deferred commissions, current portion	17,428		15,541
Total current assets	856,585		854,251
Property and equipment, net	29,578		28,266
Deferred commissions, net of current portion	39,783		36,832
Goodwill	1,515,477		1,480,847
Intangible assets, net	577,146		632,173
Operating lease right-of-use assets	38,296		41,305
Other assets	34,980		31,491
Total assets	$	3,091,845	$	3,105,165
Liabilities, Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests, Other Temporary Equity and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	4,621	$	4,831
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	94,209		80,271
Deferred revenue, current portion	351,933		356,115
Current portion of convertible senior notes, net (Note 8)	626,819		609,068
Operating lease liabilities, current portion	12,362		11,222
Total current liabilities	1,089,944		1,061,507
Convertible senior notes, net (Note 8)	933,439		897,525
Deferred revenue, net of current portion	7,308		5,773
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion	27,717		31,845
Other liabilities	67,819		67,915
Total liabilities	2,126,227		2,064,565
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Redeemable non-controlling interests	6,952		—
Other temporary equity	9		369
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 25,000,000 shares authorized at July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021; zero shares issued and outstanding at July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021	—		—
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 625,000,000 shares authorized at July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021; 73,991,612 and 72,753,659 shares issued and outstanding at July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, respectively	7		7
Additional paid-in capital	1,662,804		1,556,865
Accumulated other comprehensive income	8,758		9,165
Accumulated deficit	(712,912)		(525,806)
Total stockholders’ equity	958,657		1,040,231
Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests, other temporary equity and stockholders’ equity	$	3,091,845	$	3,105,165

 See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Revenues:
Subscription	$	156,230	$	111,581	$	296,334	$	217,316
Professional services and other	23,016		14,340		49,841		27,819
Total revenues	179,246		125,921		346,175		245,135
Cost of revenues:
Subscription	51,398		33,805		102,423		62,807
Professional services and other	27,822		14,634		56,524		28,470
Total cost of revenues	79,220		48,439		158,947		91,277
Gross profit	100,026		77,482		187,228		153,858
Operating expenses:
Research and development	41,799		30,212		85,636		56,931
Sales and marketing	76,279		50,488		154,122		96,627
General and administrative	36,248		28,705		75,625		37,849
Total operating expenses	154,326		109,405		315,383		191,407
Loss from operations	(54,300)		(31,923)		(128,155)		(37,549)
Interest expense	(30,621)		(20,223)		(59,724)		(32,512)
Other income (expense), net	(1,983)		4,759		(1,448)		8,087
Loss before benefit from income taxes	(86,904)		(47,387)		(189,327)		(61,974)
Benefit from income taxes	(155)		(4,271)		(2,221)		(4,042)
Net loss	(86,749)		(43,116)		(187,106)		(57,932)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests	(517)		—		(517)		—
Adjustment attributable to non-controlling interests	5,235		—		5,235		—
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(91,467)	$	(43,116)	$	(191,824)	$	(57,932)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted, attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(1.24)	$	(0.64)	$	(2.62)	$	(0.87)
Weighted-average number of shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted	73,526		67,597		73,200		66,545

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net loss	$	(86,749)	$	(43,116)	$	(187,106)	$	(57,932)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) in relation to defined benefit plans, net of tax	(213)		(310)		55		87
Changes in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax	(28)		(553)		(58)		1,086
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax	(31)		6,289		(415)		6,289
Comprehensive loss	(87,021)		(37,690)		(187,524)		(50,470)
Less comprehensive loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests:
Net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests	(517)		—		(517)		—
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax, attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests	(11)		—		(11)		—
Comprehensive loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests	(528)		—		(528)		—
Comprehensive loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(86,493)	$	(37,690)	$	(186,996)	$	(50,470)

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands, except share amounts)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended July 31, 2021
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Accumulated Deficit		Total Shareholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance at April 30, 2021	73,464,780	$	7	$	1,617,223	$	9,019	$	(626,163)	$	1,000,086
Exercise of stock options	208,951	—		2,470		—		—		2,470
Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		47,837		—		—		47,837
Vested restricted stock units	317,735	—		—		—		—		—
Settlement of convertible senior notes (Note 8)	146	—		—		—		—		—
Temporary equity reclassification	—	—		(8)		—		—		(8)
Other comprehensive loss	—	—		—		(261)		—		(261)
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, including adjustment to redeemable non-controlling interests	—	—		(4,718)		—		(86,749)		(91,467)
Balance at July 31, 2021	73,991,612	$	7	$	1,662,804	$	8,758	$	(712,912)	$	958,657
	Six Months Ended July 31, 2021
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Accumulated Deficit		Total Shareholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance at January 31, 2021	72,753,659	$	7	$	1,556,865	$	9,165	$	(525,806)	$	1,040,231
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions	22,370	—		—		—		—		—
Issuance of common stock for employee share purchase plan	82,462	—		10,477		—		—		10,477
Exercise of stock options	411,863	—		4,718		—		—		4,718
Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		95,341		—		—		95,341
Vested restricted stock units	664,185	—		—		—		—		—
Settlement of convertible senior notes (Note 8)	57,073	—		(240)		—		—		(240)
Temporary equity reclassification	—	—		361		—		—		361
Other comprehensive loss	—	—		—		(407)		—		(407)
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, including adjustment to redeemable non-controlling interests	—	—		(4,718)		—		(187,106)		(191,824)
Balance at July 31, 2021	73,991,612	$	7	$	1,662,804	$	8,758	$	(712,912)	$	958,657

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands, except share amounts)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended July 31, 2020
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Accumulated Deficit		Total Shareholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance at April 30, 2020	66,827,590	$	7	$	822,713	$	2,907	$	(360,505)	$	465,122
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions	395,066	—		41,841		—		—		41,841
Exercise of stock options	582,946	—		6,381		—		—		6,381
Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		34,209		—		—		34,209
Vested restricted stock units	360,130	—		—		—		—		—
Equity component of 2026 Notes, net of issuance costs	—	—		501,053		—		—		501,053
Purchase of capped calls in relation to 2026 Notes	—	—		(192,786)		—		—		(192,786)
Settlement of 2023 Notes (Note 8)	612,611	—		(382,245)		—		—		(382,245)
Deferred tax related to convertible senior notes	—	—		(9,588)		—		—		(9,588)
Temporary equity reclassification	—	—		619		—		—		619
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		5,426		—		5,426
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(43,116)		(43,116)
Balance at July 31, 2020	68,778,343	$	7	$	822,197	$	8,333	$	(403,621)	$	426,916
	Six Months Ended July 31, 2020
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Accumulated Deficit		Total Shareholders' Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance at January 31, 2020	64,528,970	$	7	$	790,468	$	871	$	(345,689)	$	445,657
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions	432,634	—		41,841						41,841
Issuance of common stock for employee share purchase plan	104,818	—		7,391		—		—		7,391
Exercise of stock options	987,804	—		9,609		—		—		9,609
Stock-based compensation expense	—	—		58,756		—		—		58,756
Vested restricted stock units	658,285	—		—		—		—		—
Equity component of 2026 Notes, net of issuance costs	—	—		501,053		—		—		501,053
Purchase of capped calls in relation to 2026 Notes	—	—		(192,786)		—		—		(192,786)
Settlement of 2023 Notes (Note 8)	2,065,832	—		(384,414)		—		—		(384,414)
Deferred tax related to convertible senior notes	—	—		(9,588)		—		—		(9,588)
Temporary equity reclassification	—	—		(133)		—		—		(133)
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		7,462		—		7,462
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(57,932)		(57,932)
Balance at July 31, 2020	68,778,343	$	7	$	822,197	$	8,333	$	(403,621)	$	426,916

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(191,824)	$	(57,932)
Net loss and adjustment attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests	4,718		—
Net loss	(187,106)		(57,932)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	73,146		22,920
Amortization of premium on marketable securities, net	755		1,099
Amortization of deferred commissions	8,554		6,437
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs	56,262		31,357
Stock-based compensation	94,792		58,040
Loss (gain) on conversion of convertible senior notes	129		(3,202)
Repayments of convertible senior notes attributable to debt discount (Note 8)	(517)		(26,336)
Other	(3,176)		3,300
Changes in operating assets and liabilities net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable	30,444		19,583
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,396		7,053
Other assets	9,585		901
Deferred commissions	(13,394)		(6,051)
Accounts payable	(248)		(1,741)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	5,703		1,289
Deferred revenue	(3,432)		(17,920)
Net cash provided by operating activities	72,893		38,797
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of marketable securities	(72,392)		(246,586)
Maturities of marketable securities	69,523		284,090
Sales of marketable securities	83,630		25,013
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(45,766)		(87,338)
Purchases of other investments	(7,500)		—
Purchases of property and equipment	(6,662)		(7,028)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	20,833		(31,849)
Cash flows from financing activities
Investment from redeemable non-controlling interests	2,223		—
Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs	—		1,355,367
Purchase of capped calls	—		(192,786)
Repayments of convertible senior notes	(2,446)		(549,278)
Proceeds from the exercise of common stock options	4,727		9,609
Proceeds from issuance of common stock for employee stock purchase plan	10,477		7,391
Net cash provided by financing activities	14,981		630,303
Effects of foreign currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(41)		241
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	108,666		637,492
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of year	327,589		268,280
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period	$	436,255	$	905,772
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to the condensed consolidated balance sheets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	432,009	$	905,612
Restricted cash included in other assets	4,246		160
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	436,255	$	905,772

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow data
Cash paid for income taxes	$	2,638	$	1,677
Cash paid for interest	$	3,101	$	533
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities
Property and equipment included in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	446	$	324

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Organization and Description of Business

Coupa Software Incorporated (the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 2006. The Company provides a comprehensive, cloud-based business spend management (or “BSM”) platform that provides greater visibility into and control over how companies spend money. The BSM platform enables businesses to achieve savings that drive profitability. The Company is based in San Mateo, California.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on January 31.

 Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”). The condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as well as subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling interest. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated during consolidation.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2021, included herein, was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures including certain notes required by GAAP on an annual reporting basis. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive loss and cash flows for the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other period.

There have been no changes to the significant accounting policies described in the Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2021.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its significant estimates including, but not limited to, the valuation of accounts receivable, the lives of tangible and intangible assets, the fair value of certain equity awards, the fair value of contingent purchase consideration, the valuation of acquired intangible assets and the recoverability or impairment of intangible assets, including goodwill, revenue recognition, redemption value of redeemable non-controlling interests, convertible senior notes fair value, the benefit period of deferred commissions, and provision for (benefit from) income taxes. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other market-specific and relevant assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material to the financial position and results of operations.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of the Company's foreign operations is primarily the U.S. dollar, while a few of its subsidiaries use the local currency as their functional currency for the six months ended July 31, 2021. In cases where the Company uses a foreign functional currency, the Company translates the foreign functional currency financial statements to U.S. dollars using the exchange rates at the balance sheet date for assets and liabilities, the period average exchange rates for revenues and expenses, and the historical exchange rates for equity. The effects of foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in other comprehensive income as a component of stockholders' equity and the related periodic movements are presented in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in other income (expense), net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the period.

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Concentration of Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, and accounts receivable. Cash deposits may, at times, exceed amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). Marketable securities balances may, at times, also exceed SIPC limits. The Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents to date. Refer to Note 14, “Significant Customers and Geographic Information” for additional information on significant customers during the period.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The Company’s comprehensive loss consists of net loss, other comprehensive gain (loss) in relation to defined benefits plans, net of tax, changes in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax, and foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax. The other comprehensive gain (loss) in relation to defined benefits plans represents net deferred gains and losses and prior service costs and credits for the defined benefit pension plans. 

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Subsequent changes in fair value of these financial assets and liabilities are recognized in earnings or other comprehensive loss when they occur. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities which are required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact and the market-based risk measurement or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and credit risk.

The Company applies the following fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement:

•Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

•Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted price in active markets for identical assets or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

•Level 3 - Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.

Revenue Recognition

The Company derives its revenues primarily from subscription fees, professional services fees and other. Revenues are recognized when control of these services are transferred to the Company’s customers in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be entitled to in exchange for those services. Revenues are recognized net of applicable taxes imposed on the related transaction. The Company’s revenue recognition policy follows guidance from Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).

The Company determines revenue recognition through the following five-step framework:

•Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;

•Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

•Determination of the transaction price;

•Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

•Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

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Subscription Revenues

The Company offers subscriptions to its cloud-based business spend management platform, including procurement, invoicing and expense management. Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees to provide the Company’s customers access to its cloud-based platform, which includes routine customer support. Subscription contracts do not provide customers with the right to take possession of the software, are non-cancelable, and do not contain general rights of return. Generally, subscription revenues are recognized ratably over the contractual term of the arrangement, beginning on the date that the service is made available to the customer. Subscription contracts typically have a term of three years with invoicing occurring in annual installments at the beginning of each year in the subscription period.

Term-based licenses are sold as bundled arrangements that include the rights to a term license and post-contract customer support (“PCS”). Accordingly, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation. The revenues related to the amount allocated to PCS are included in subscription revenue, which are recognized ratably over the contract term beginning on the license delivery date.

Professional Services Revenues and Other

The Company offers professional services which primarily include deployment services, optimization services, and training. Professional services are generally sold on a fixed-fee or time-and-materials basis. For services billed on a fixed-fee basis, invoicing typically occurs in advance, and revenue is recognized over time based on the proportion performed. For services billed on a time-and-materials basis, revenue is recognized over time as services are performed.

Term-based licenses are sold as bundled arrangements that include the rights to a term license and PCS. Accordingly, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation. The revenues related to the amount allocated to term-based licenses are included in other revenue, which is recognized at the start of the license term when delivery is complete.

Refer to Note 14, “Significant Customers and Geographic Information” for additional information related to disaggregated revenue during the period.

Significant Judgments

The Company’s contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer. For these contracts, the Company accounts for individual performance obligations separately if they are distinct. Subscription services, professional services, term-based licenses, and related PCS are distinct performance obligations that are accounted for separately. In contracts with multiple performance obligations, the transaction price is allocated to separate performance obligations on a relative standalone selling price ("SSP") basis.

The determination of SSP for each distinct performance obligation requires judgment. The Company determines SSP for performance obligations based on overall pricing objectives, which take into consideration market conditions and entity-specific factors. This includes a review of historical data related to the size of arrangements, the applications being sold, customer demographics and the numbers and types of users within the arrangements. The Company uses a range of amounts to estimate SSP for performance obligations. There is typically more than one SSP for individual products and services due to the stratification of those products and services by considerations such as size and sales regions.

Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing for contracts with customers. The Company records a receivable when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing. Deferred revenue primarily consists of billings or payments received in advance of revenue recognition. Subscription and fixed-fee professional services arrangements are commonly billed in advance, recognized as deferred revenue, and then amortized into revenue over time. The Company's term-based license contracts are billed in advance, recognized as deferred revenue, and then recognized as revenues upfront for the license component and ratably over the term license for the PCS component. However, other professional services arrangements, primarily those recognized on a time-and-materials basis, are billed in arrears following services that have been rendered. In addition, for multi-year term-based license contracts, the revenue allocated to license component is recognized upfront while the billing is on annual basis. This may result in revenue recognition greater than invoiced amounts which results in a receivable balance. Receivables represent an unconditional right to payment. As of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the balance of accounts receivable, net of the allowance for credit losses, was $170.2 million and $196.0 million, respectively. Of these balances, $23.3 million and $24.2 million represent unbilled receivable amounts as of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, respectively. In addition, as of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the balance of long-term unbilled receivables was approximately $3.8 million and $7.1 million, respectively, which were included in other assets on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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When the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of invoicing, the Company uses judgment to determine whether the contract includes a significant financing component requiring adjustment to the transaction price. Various factors are considered in this determination including the duration of the contract, payment terms, and other circumstances. Generally, the Company determined that contracts do not include a significant financing component. The Company applies the practical expedient for instances where, at contract inception, the expected timing difference between when promised goods or services are transferred and associated payment will be one year or less. Payment terms vary by contract type, however arrangements typically stipulate a requirement for the customer to pay within 30 days.

At any point in the contract term, the transaction price may be allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or are partially unsatisfied. These amounts relate to remaining performance obligations on non-cancelable contracts which include both the deferred revenue balance and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. As of July 31, 2021, approximately $1,114.5 million of the transaction price from contracts with customers is allocated to the remaining performance obligations. The Company expects to recognize revenue on approximately three-fourths of these remaining performance obligations within the next 24 months and the remainder thereafter. The Company applies the practical expedient to exclude remaining performance obligations that are part of contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. During the three and six months ended July 31, 2021, the revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods was approximately $2.1 million and $1.6 million, respectively.

Accounts Receivable and Allowances for Credit Losses

The Company extends credit to its customers in the normal course of business and does not require cash collateral or other security to support the collection of customer receivables. The Company estimates the amount of uncollectible accounts receivable at the end of each reporting period and provides a reserve when needed based on an assessment of various factors including the aging of the receivable balance, historical experience, and expectations of forward-looking loss estimates. When developing the expectations of forward-looking loss estimates, the Company takes into consideration forecasts of future economic conditions, information about past events, such as historical trends of write-offs, and customer-specific circumstances, such as bankruptcies and disputes. Accounts receivable are written off when deemed uncollectible. The allowances for credit losses were not material as of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021.

Marketable Securities

Marketable securities consist of financial instruments such as U.S. treasury securities, U.S. agency obligations, corporate notes and bonds, commercial paper, asset backed securities and certificates of deposit. The Company classifies marketable securities as available-for-sale at the time of purchase and reevaluates such classification as of each balance sheet date. All marketable securities are recorded at estimated fair value. Credit losses related to the marketable securities are recorded in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a reduction in the amortized cost basis of the securities. No credit losses related to marketable securities were recorded by the Company during the three and six months ended July 31, 2021. Any remaining unrealized losses, or any unrealized gains, for marketable securities are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity.

If quoted prices for identical instruments are available in an active market, marketable securities are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. If quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets are not available, fair values are estimated using quoted prices of similar instruments and are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Other Investments

Other investments consist of non-marketable debt and equity investments in privately-held companies without readily determinable fair values in which the Company does not have a controlling interest or significant influence.

The Company records non-marketable debt investments at their estimated fair value on a recurring basis with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity.

The Company elected to apply the measurement alternative for non-marketable equity securities, measuring them at cost, less any impairment, and adjustments resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer.

These non-marketable debt and equity investments are included in other assets on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue consists of customer billings or payments received in advance of the recognition of revenue and is recognized as revenue as the revenue recognition criteria are met. The Company generally invoices its customers annually for the forthcoming year of service. Accordingly, the Company’s deferred revenue balance does not include revenue for future years of multiple year non-cancellable contracts that have not yet been billed. During the three and six months ended July 31, 2021, the Company recognized revenue of $141.1 million and $238.7 million that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of April 30, 2021 and January 31, 2021, respectively.  During the three and six months ended July 31, 2020, the Company recognized revenue of $102.3 million and $158.8 million that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively. 

Deferred Commissions

Commissions are earned by sales personnel upon the execution of the sales contract by the customer, and commission payments are made shortly after they are earned. Commission costs can be associated specifically with subscription, professional services and license arrangements. Commissions earned by the Company’s sales personnel are considered incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. These costs are deferred and then amortized over a period of benefit of five years. The Company determined the period of benefit by taking into consideration its past experience with customers, future cash flows expected from customers, industry peers and other available information.  

For commissions earned from the sale of term-based license contracts, the Company allocates the costs of commission in proportion to the allocation of transaction price of license and PCS performance obligations. Commissions associated with the license component are expensed at the time the related revenue is recognized. Commissions allocated to PCS are deferred and then amortized over five years.

The Company capitalized commission costs of $8.7 million and $4.1 million, and amortized $4.4 million and $3.3 million to sales and marketing expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company capitalized commission costs of $13.4 million and $6.1 million, and amortized $8.6 million and $6.5 million to sales and marketing expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations during the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests

During the quarter ended April 30, 2021, the Company established a joint venture in Japan ("Coupa K.K."), which is a variable interest entity, obtaining a 51% controlling interest. Accordingly, the Company consolidated the financial results of the joint venture. The share of the loss in the joint venture attributable to the non-controlling interests was approximately $517,000 during the three and six months ended July 31, 2021.

The agreements with the minority investors of Coupa K.K. contain redemption features whereby the interest held by the minority investors is redeemable either (i) at the option of the minority investors or (ii) at the option of the Company, both beginning on the tenth anniversary of the initial capital contribution. The balance of the redeemable non-controlling interest is reported at the greater of the initial carrying amount adjusted for the redeemable non-controlling interest's share of earnings or losses and other comprehensive income or loss, or its estimated redemption value. The resulting changes in the estimated redemption amount are recorded with corresponding adjustments against additional paid-in-capital due to the absence of retained earnings. The carrying amount of the non-controlling interests is recorded on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as temporary equity.

Leases

Leases arise from contracts that convey the right to control the use of identified property or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The Company’s leasing arrangements are primarily for office space used to conduct operations.

Leases are classified at commencement as either operating or finance leases. As of July 31, 2021, all of the Company’s leases were classified as operating leases. Rent expense for operating leases is recognized using the straight-line method over the term of the agreement beginning on the lease commencement date.

At commencement, the Company records a lease liability at the present value of future lease payments, net of any future lease incentives to be received. Lease agreements may include options to renew the lease term, which is not included in the lease periods to calculate future lease payments unless it is reasonably certain the Company will renew the lease. The Company estimates its incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. In determining the appropriate IBR, the Company considers information including, but not limited to, the lease term and the currency in which the arrangement is denominated.

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At commencement, the Company also records a corresponding right-of-use asset, which is calculated based on the amount of the lease liability, adjusted for any advance lease payments made and initial direct costs incurred. Right-of-use assets are subject to evaluation for impairment or disposal on a basis consistent with other long-lived assets.

As of July 31, 2021, the Company was not a material lessor in leasing arrangements or a party to material sublease arrangements.

Recent Accounting Guidance

New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40), which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments. The guidance removes certain accounting models that separate the embedded conversion features from the host contract for convertible instruments, requiring bifurcation only if the convertible debt feature qualifies as a derivative under ASC 815 or for convertible debt issued at a substantial premium. The ASU removes certain settlement conditions required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, permitting more contracts to qualify for it. In addition, the guidance eliminates the treasury stock method to calculate diluted earnings per share for convertible instruments and requires the use of the if-converted method. The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim reporting periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted no earlier than the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2020. The ASU allows entities to use a modified or full retrospective transition method. Under the modified approach, entities will apply the guidance to all financial instruments that are outstanding as of the beginning of the year of adoption with the cumulative effect recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. Under the full retrospective method, entities will apply it to all outstanding financial instruments for each prior reporting period presented. The Company will adopt this new standard on February 1, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the method of adoption and the related impact of the new guidance on the earnings per share and on its financial statements.

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Note 3. Investments

Marketable Securities

The following is a summary of available-for-sale marketable securities, excluding those securities classified within cash and cash equivalents on the condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

	July 31, 2021
	Amortized Costs		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
U.S. treasury securities	$	196,808	$	54	$	—	$	196,862
Corporate notes and bonds	4,676		17		—		4,693
Total marketable securities	$	201,484	$	71	$	—	$	201,555

	January 31, 2021
	Amortized Costs		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
U.S. treasury securities	$	268,141	$	29	$	(1)	$	268,169
Corporate notes and bonds	14,487		100		—		14,587
Certificates of deposit	280		—		—		280
Total marketable securities	$	282,908	$	129	$	(1)	$	283,036

As of July 31, 2021, the fair values of available-for-sale marketable securities, by remaining contractual maturity, were as follows (in thousands):

Due within one year	$	154,250
Due in one year through five years	47,305
Total	$	201,555

The Company's marketable securities consist primarily of U.S. Treasury securities. The Company views its marketable securities as available to support its current operations, therefore these marketable securities have been classified as short-term available-for-sale securities.

During the three and six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no material gross realized gains or losses from the sale of certain available-for-sale marketable securities that were reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

The Company regularly reviews the changes to the rating of its debt securities by rating agencies as well as reasonably monitors the surrounding economic conditions to assess the risk of expected credit losses. As of July 31, 2021, the unrealized losses and the related risk of expected credit losses were insignificant.

Other Investments

The Company's other investments include non-marketable debt and equity investments in privately-held companies, which do not have a readily determinable fair value. As of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the balance of non-marketable debt and equity investments was $7.5 million and zero, respectively. Since the initial investments, there have been no impairments or adjustments to the carrying amount of the debt and equity investments during the three and six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.

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Note 4. Fair Value Measurements

The following table summarizes the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at July 31, 2021 (in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents:(1)
Money market funds	$	222,720	$	—	$	—	$	222,720
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	—		196,862		—		196,862
Corporate notes and bonds	—		4,693		—		4,693
Other investments:
Privately-held debt investments	—		—		5,000		5,000
Total assets	$	222,720	$	201,555	$	5,000	$	429,275

(1)Included in cash and cash equivalents.

The following table summarizes the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at January 31, 2021 (in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents:(1)
Money market funds	$	90,437	$	—	$	—	$	90,437
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	—		268,169		—		268,169
Corporate notes and bonds	—		14,587		—		14,587
Certificates of deposit	—		280		—		280
Total assets	$	90,437	$	283,036	$	—	$	373,473
Derivative liabilities:(2)
Foreign currency forward contracts not designated as hedges	$	—	$	47	$	—	$	47
Total liabilities	$	—	$	47	$	—	$	47

(1)Included in cash and cash equivalents.

(2)The derivative liabilities were related to foreign currency forward contracts at a notional amount of $2.9 million. The derivative liabilities were included in the accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at January 31, 2021. The foreign currency forward contracts matured during the three months ended April 30, 2021 and were not renewed.

Other Investments

The Company's other investments include non-marketable debt investments, which are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis, and non-marketable equity investments, which are measured under the measurement alternative on a non-recurring basis. The estimation of fair value for non-marketable debt investments requires the use of significant unobservable inputs; as a result, the Company classifies these assets as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy.

The table above does not include the Company's non-marketable equity investments. As of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the carrying value of non-marketable equity investments was $2.5 million and zero, respectively.

Convertible Senior Notes

The Company has $1,380.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.375% convertible senior notes due in 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), $805.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.125% convertible senior notes due in 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and $5.9 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.375% convertible senior notes due in 2023 (the “2023 Notes” and together with the 2025 Notes and 2026 Notes, the “Convertible Notes”), outstanding as of July 31, 2021. Refer to Note 8, “Convertible Senior Notes” for further details on the Convertible Notes.

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The Company carries the Convertible Notes at par value less the portion allocated to equity and the related unamortized discount and issuance costs on its condensed consolidated balance sheets and presents the fair value for disclosure purposes only. The estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes, based on a market approach as of July 31, 2021 was approximately $1,479.3 million, $1,211.0 million and $28.6 million, respectively, which represents a Level 2 valuation estimate. The estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes, based on a market approach as of January 31, 2021 was approximately $1,775.0 million, $1,617.5 million and $61.2 million, respectively, which represents a Level 2 valuation estimate. The estimated fair value was determined based on the estimated or actual bids and offers of the Convertible Notes in an over-the-counter market on the last trade completed prior to the end of the period.

Note 5. Business Combinations

Pana Industries, Inc.

On February 1, 2021, the Company acquired all of the equity interest in Pana Industries, Inc. ("Pana"), a corporate travel booking solution company. The purchase consideration was approximately $48.5 million in cash (of which $7.1 million is being held in escrow for fifteen months after the transaction closing date).

In addition, the Company issued 23,822 shares of unvested common stock with an approximate fair value of $7.6 million to two of Pana's shareholders. These shares are subject to service-based vesting conditions including continued employment with the Company. The value assigned to the unvested common stock will be recorded as post-acquisition compensation expense as the shares vest and has been excluded from the purchase consideration.

The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and, accordingly, the total fair value of purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values on the acquisition date. The major classes of assets and liabilities to which the Company has allocated the total fair value of purchase consideration were as follows (in thousands):

	February 1, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,413
Intangible assets	12,200
Other assets	772
Goodwill	34,409
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(2,255)
Total consideration	$	48,539

The purchase price allocation is preliminary. The Company continues to collect information with regard to its estimates and assumptions, including potential liabilities and contingencies. The Company will record adjustments to the fair value of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and goodwill within the twelve month measurement period, if necessary. The goodwill recognized was primarily attributed to the assembled workforce and increased synergies that are expected to be achieved from the integration of Pana and is not deductible for income tax purposes. The Company determined the fair values of intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The identifiable intangible assets acquired were as follows (in thousands):

	Fair Value		Useful life (in Years)
Developed technology	$	10,500	4
Customer relationships	1,700		4
Total	$	12,200

The Company incurred costs related to this acquisition of approximately $440,000 for the six months ended July 31, 2021. All acquisition related costs were expensed as incurred and have been recorded in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The revenue and earnings of the acquired business have been included in the Company’s results since the acquisition date and are not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial results. Pro forma results of operations for this acquisition have not been presented as the financial impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements would be immaterial.

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LLamasoft, Inc.

On November 2, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of Laurel Parent Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("LLamasoft"), a supply chain design and analysis software and solutions company. The acquisition strengthens Coupa’s supply chain capabilities, enabling businesses to drive greater value through Business Spend Management. In connection with the acquisition, all outstanding equity securities of LLamasoft were cancelled with the payment by the Company of approximately $1.4 billion, of which approximately $792.2 million was paid in cash, and the remainder was paid in the form of 2,371,014 shares of the Company's common stock with a fair value of approximately $634.5 million. Approximately $15.0 million of the cash paid is being held in escrow for fifteen months after the transaction closing date as security for the former LLamasoft stockholders' indemnification obligations.

Out of the total payment, approximately $27.8 million, comprised of $19.4 million of cash and 31,098 shares of the Company's common stock issued with a fair value of $8.3 million, was accounted for as a one-time post acquisition stock-based compensation expense. This stock-based compensation expense was due to accelerated vesting of legacy LLamasoft employee stock awards in connection with the acquisition.

The total purchase consideration as of November 2, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Total cash paid	$	792,170
Fair value of share consideration	634,507
Less: One-time stock-based compensation expense	(27,750)
Total purchase consideration	$	1,398,927

In addition, the Company issued 45,889 shares of common stock subject to vesting restrictions with an approximate fair value of $12.3 million to certain employee-shareholders of LLamasoft. These shares are subject to service-based vesting conditions including continued employment with the Company. The value assigned to these shares will be recorded as post-acquisition compensation expense as the shares vest and has been excluded from the purchase consideration.

The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and, accordingly, the total fair value of purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values on the acquisition date. The major classes of assets and liabilities to which the Company has allocated the total fair value of purchase consideration were as follows (in thousands):

	November 2, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,389
Accounts receivable	39,430
Goodwill	932,148
Intangible assets	517,600
Operating lease right-of-use assets	14,820
Other assets	23,437
Accounts payable and other current liabilities	(9,990)
Deferred revenue	(14,798)
Operating lease liabilities	(14,644)
Deferred tax liability, net	(76,091)
Other non-current liabilities	(14,374)
Total consideration	$	1,398,927

Other assets include indemnification assets totaling approximately $2.1 million due to an assumed liability for which the seller is responsible.

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The purchase price allocation is preliminary. The Company continues to collect information with regard to its estimates and assumptions, including potential liabilities and contingencies. The Company will record adjustments to the fair value of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and goodwill within the twelve months measurement period, if necessary. The goodwill recognized was primarily attributed to the assembled workforce and increased synergies that are expected to be achieved from the integration of LLamasoft and is not deductible for income tax purposes. The Company determined the fair values of intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the assistance of third-party valuation consultants. Based on this valuation, the intangible assets acquired were (in thousands):

	Fair Value		Useful life (in Years)
Developed technology	$	316,100	7
Customer relationships	200,300		5
Trademarks	1,200		1
Total intangible assets	$	517,600

The Company incurred costs related to this acquisition of approximately $3.2 million for the year ended January 31, 2021. All acquisition related costs were expensed as incurred and have been recorded in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Much-Net GmbH

On September 15, 2020, the Company acquired all of the equity interest in Much-Net GmbH, ("Much-Net"), a financial instrument software and service provider that specializes in risk management. The purchase consideration was approximately $4.3 million in cash which is net of $1.8 million in cash acquired. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and, accordingly, the total fair value of purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values on the acquisition date. In aggregate, the Company recorded $1.0 million for developed technology intangible assets with an estimated useful life of four years, and $4.1 million of goodwill which is primarily attributed to assembled workforce and expected synergies. The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes. The other assets acquired and liabilities assumed were not material.

The purchase price allocation is preliminary. The Company continues to collect information with regard to its estimates and assumptions, including potential liabilities and contingencies. The Company will record adjustments to the fair value of the net assets acquired and goodwill within the twelve months measurement period, if necessary.

Bellin Treasury International GmbH

On June 9, 2020, the Company acquired all of the equity interest in Bellin Treasury International GmbH, (“Bellin”), a cloud-based treasury management software platform that improves visibility and control over cash, and optimizes treasury processes. The purchase consideration was approximately $121.0 million, comprised of $79.1 million in cash (of which $8.0 million is being held in escrow for eighteen months after the transaction closing date) and 186,300 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value of approximately $41.8 million as of the transaction close date. In addition, the Company issued 208,766 shares of unvested common stock with an approximate fair value of $46.9 million to one of the sellers who became a Coupa employee. These shares are subject to service-based vesting conditions including continued employment with the Company. The value assigned to the unvested common stock will be recorded as post-acquisition compensation expense as the shares vest and has been excluded from the purchase consideration.

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The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and, accordingly, the total fair value of purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values on the acquisition date. The major classes of assets and liabilities to which the Company has allocated the total fair value of purchase consideration were as follows (in thousands):

	June 9, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,783
Accounts receivable	5,345
Intangible assets	42,745
Other assets	4,932
Goodwill	86,674
Accounts payable and other current liabilities	(3,479)
Deferred revenue	(4,230)
Deferred tax liability, net	(12,946)
Other non-current liabilities	(2,851)
Total consideration	$	120,973

The goodwill recognized was primarily attributed to the assembled workforce and increased synergies that are expected to be achieved from the integration of Bellin and is not deductible for income tax purposes. The Company determined the fair values of intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the assistance of third-party valuation consultants. Based on this valuation, the intangible assets acquired were (in thousands):

	Fair Value		Useful life (in Years)
Developed technology	$	27,800	5
Customer relationships	14,700		5
Trademarks	245		0.5
Total intangible assets	$	42,745

The Company incurred costs related to this acquisition of approximately $1.2 million for the year ended January 31, 2021. All acquisition related costs were expensed as incurred and have been recorded in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

ConnXus, Inc.

On May 1, 2020, the Company acquired all of the equity interest in ConnXus, Inc. (“ConnXus”), a cloud-based supplier relationship management platform that enables enterprises, health systems and government agencies to monitor all aspects of their supplier diversity compliance programs. The purchase consideration was approximately $10.0 million in cash of which approximately $1.4 million was held back by the Company for fifteen months after the transaction closing date.

The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and, accordingly, the total fair value of purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values on the acquisition date. The major classes of assets and liabilities to which the Company has allocated the total fair value of purchase consideration were as follows (in thousands):

	May 1, 2020
Intangible assets	$	1,900
Other assets	540
Goodwill	8,519
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(967)
Total consideration	$	9,992

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The goodwill recognized was primarily attributed to increased synergies that are expected to be achieved from the integration of ConnXus and is not deductible for income tax purposes. The Company determined the fair values of intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Based on this valuation, the intangible assets acquired was (in thousands):

	Fair Value		Useful life (in Years)
Developed technology	$	1,900	4
Total intangible assets	$	1,900

The Company incurred costs related to this acquisition of approximately $400,000 for the year ended January 31, 2021. All acquisition related costs were expensed as incurred and have been recorded in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Note 6. Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

	July 31, 2021		January 31, 2021
Furniture and equipment	$	13,132	$	11,955
Software development costs	49,714		43,857
Leasehold improvements	5,929		5,465
Construction in progress	1,713		848
Total property and equipment	70,488		62,125
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(40,910)		(33,859)
Property and equipment, net	$	29,578	$	28,266

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment, excluding software development costs, was approximately $1.2 million and $772,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $2.5 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Amortization expense related to software development costs was approximately $2.4 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $4.6 million and $3.0 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Note 7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The following table represents the changes in goodwill (in thousands):

Balance at January 31, 2021	$	1,480,847
Additions from acquisitions	34,409
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(343)
Other adjustments	564
Balance at July 31, 2021	$	1,515,477

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Other Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the other intangible assets balances (in thousands):

	As of
	July 31, 2021							January 31, 2021
	Weighted Average Remaining Useful Lives (in Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
Developed technology	5.5	$	484,510	$	(110,348)	$	374,162	$	474,120	$	(69,560)	$	404,560
Customer relationships	4.2	256,081		(53,401)		202,680		254,437		(27,727)		226,710
Trademarks	0.3	2,419		(2,115)		304		2,419		(1,516)		903
Total other intangible assets		$	743,010	$	(165,864)	$	577,146	$	730,976	$	(98,803)	$	632,173

Amortization expense related to other intangible assets was approximately $33.5 million and $10.4 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $67.0 million and $19.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As of July 31, 2021, the future amortization expense of other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending January 31,
2022 (remaining six months)	$	66,483
2023	128,111
2024	121,994
2025	102,849
2026	78,559
Thereafter	79,150
Total	$	577,146

Note 8. Convertible Senior Notes

2026 Notes

In June 2020, the Company issued the 2026 Notes in aggregate principal amount of $1,380.0 million in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2026 Notes were $1,162.3 million, net of debt issuance costs, including the underwriting discount and the cash used to purchase the capped call discussed below. The 2026 Notes have an initial conversion rate of 3.3732 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $296.45 per share of common stock). The interest rate is fixed at 0.375% per annum for the 2026 Notes and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, which commenced on December 15, 2020. Refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2021 for details of the issuance and accounting of 2026 Notes.

The 2026 Notes were not convertible at July 31, 2021, as none of the 2026 Notes conversion conditions were met.

The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2026 Notes, at its option, on or after June 20, 2023 and prior to the 21st scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

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2025 Notes

In June 2019, the Company issued the 2025 Notes in aggregate principal amount of $805.0 million in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2025 Notes were $667.4 million, net of debt issuance costs, including the underwriting discount and the cash used to purchase the capped call, discussed below. The 2025 Notes have an initial conversion rate of 6.2658 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $159.60 per share of common stock). The interest rate is fixed at 0.125% per annum for the 2025 Notes and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, which commenced on December 15, 2019. Refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2020 for details of the issuance and accounting of 2025 Notes.

The conversion condition for the 2025 Notes was initially met during the three months ended July 31, 2020 and it continued to be met during the three months ended July 31, 2021. As a result, the 2025 Notes continued to be convertible at the option of the holders and remained classified as current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2021. For the three and six months ended July 31, 2021, the conversions of the 2025 Notes were not material.

As of July 31, 2021, approximately $805.0 million principal amount of 2025 Notes remained outstanding. In addition, from August 1, 2021 to the date of this filing, the Company has not received any additional conversion requests for the 2025 Notes.

The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2025 Notes, at its option, on or after June 20, 2022, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

2023 Notes

In January 2018, the Company issued the 2023 Notes in aggregate principal amount of $230.0 million in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2023 Notes were $200.4 million, net of debt issuance costs, including the underwriting discount and the cash used to purchase the capped call, discussed below. The 2023 Notes have an initial conversion rate of 22.4685 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $44.5068 per share of common stock). The interest rate is fixed at 0.375% per annum for the 2023 Notes and is payable semi-annually in arrears on July 15 and January 15 of each year, which commenced on July 15, 2018. Refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2019 for details of the issuance of 2023 Notes.

The conversion condition for the 2023 Notes was initially met during the three months ended April 30, 2019, and has been met for each subsequent fiscal quarter. As a result, the 2023 Notes were convertible at the option of the holders and remained classified as current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2021. For the year ended January 31, 2021, the Company settled conversion requests on the principal amount of the 2023 Notes totaling approximately $132.1 million by paying cash for the principal amount of $132.1 million and issuing approximately 2.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock, bearing a fair value of approximately $410.0 million. In addition, during the year ended January 31, 2021, using proceeds from the 2026 Notes issuance, the Company repurchased approximately $89.0 million principal amount of the 2023 Notes by paying cash of approximately $450.6 million. For the six months ended July 31, 2021, the Company settled conversion requests on the principal amount of the 2023 Notes totaling approximately $3.0 million by paying cash for the principal amount of $3.0 million and issuing 57,069 shares of the Company’s common stock, bearing a fair value of approximately $13.8 million. Correspondingly, for the six months ended July 31, 2021, the Company recognized a loss of approximately $0.1 million on the conversion and repurchase of the 2023 Notes representing the fair value in excess of the net carrying amount of the liability component of the converted and repurchased notes on the respective settlement dates. The amount is included in other income (expense), net in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations.

As of July 31, 2021, approximately $5.9 million principal amount of 2023 Notes remained outstanding. In addition, from August 1, 2021 to the date of this filing, the Company has received additional conversion requests for $4.0 million principal amount of the 2023 Notes, which are expected to be settled during the quarter ended October 31, 2021.

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The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2023 Notes, at its option, on or after January 20, 2021, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. During the six months ended July 31, 2021, the Company did not redeem any of the 2023 Notes.

The 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

	As of						As of
	July 31, 2021						January 31, 2021
	2026 Notes		2025 Notes		2023 Notes		2026 Notes		2025 Notes		2023 Notes
Liability:
Principal	$	1,380,000	$	804,997	$	5,869	$	1,380,000	$	804,999	$	8,832
Unamortized debt discount and issuance costs (1)	(446,561)		(183,477)		(570)		(482,475)		(203,638)		(1,125)
Net carrying amount	$	933,439	$	621,520	$	5,299	$	897,525	$	601,361	$	7,707
Carrying amount of the equity component (2)	$	501,053	$	246,966	$	1,542	$	501,053	$	246,966	$	1,560

(1)Included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets within Convertible senior notes, net and amortized over the remaining lives of the convertible senior notes. The 2026 Notes are classified as long-term liabilities, and the 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes are classified as current liabilities.

(2)Included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets within additional paid-in capital and temporary equity.

The effective interest rates of the liability component of the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes, excluding each tranche of notes’ conversions options, is 8.83%, 7.05% and 7.66%, respectively. As of July 31, 2021 the if-converted value of the 2026 Notes did not exceed the principal amount and as of January 31, 2021 the if-converted value of the 2026 Notes exceeded the principal amount by $62.5 million. As of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the if-converted value of the 2025 Notes exceeded the principal amount by $289.5 million and $757.9 million, respectively. As of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the if-converted value of the 2023 Notes exceeded the principal amount by $22.7 million and $52.7 million, respectively.

During the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $28.9 million and $19.4 million, respectively, of interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and $1.5 million and $900,000, respectively, of coupon interest expense. During the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $56.3 million and $31.3 million, respectively, of interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and $3.1 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of coupon interest expense. 

As of July 31, 2021, the remaining life of the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes is approximately 4.9 years, 3.9 years and 1.5 years, respectively.

Capped Calls

In conjunction with the issuance of the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes, the Company entered into capped call transactions (the “Capped Calls”) on the Company’s stock with certain counterparties at a price of $192.8 million, $118.7 million and $23.3 million, respectively.

The Capped Calls exercise price is equal to the initial conversion price of each of the Convertible Notes, and the cap price is $503.415 per share for 2026 Notes, $295.550 per share for 2025 Notes and $63.821 per share for 2023 Notes, each subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Capped Call transactions. If any tranche of convertible notes’ conversion option is exercised, the corresponding convertible note capped call will become exercisable on the same date. As of the date of filing, the Company has not exercised the Capped Calls in relation to the conversion of 2023 Notes or 2025 Notes.

By entering into the Capped Calls, the Company expects to reduce the potential dilution to its common stock (or, in the event the conversion is settled in cash, to reduce its cash payment obligation) in the event that at the time of conversion its stock price exceeds the conversion price.

The cost of the Capped Calls is not expected to be tax-deductible as the Company did not elect to integrate the Capped Calls into the respective convertible notes for tax purposes. The cost of the Capped Calls was recorded as a reduction of the Company’s additional paid-in capital in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

The Company leases office space under non-cancelable operating leases with various expiration dates through February 2030. For the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, lease costs in relation to long-term leases were approximately $3.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and $7.1 million and $5.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. For the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, short-term lease costs were approximately $400,000 and $200,000, respectively, and $1.0 million and $500,000 for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Variable lease costs were immaterial for the three and six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020. Certain lease agreements include options to renew or terminate the lease, which are not reasonably certain to be exercised and therefore are not factored into the determination of lease payments or the lease right-of-use asset/lease liability.

For the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, cash paid for operating lease liabilities was approximately $3.6 million and $2.6 million, respectively, and $7.2 million and $5.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. For the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, right-of-use assets obtained in exchange of lease obligations was approximately $2.1 million and $2.9 million, respectively, and $3.0 million for both of the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of July 31, 2021, the weighted-average remaining lease term was 3.6 years, and the weighted-average discount rate was 6.3%.

As of July 31, 2021, the remaining maturities of operating lease liabilities and future purchase obligations are as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending January 31,	Operating Lease Obligations		Future Purchase Obligations
2022 (remaining six months)	$	7,347	$	4,773
2023	13,717		19,018
2024	11,803		6,169
2025	6,254		809
2026	3,115		550
Thereafter	2,319		—
Total payments	44,555		$	31,319
Less imputed interest	(4,476)
Total	$	40,079

The Company's future obligations in the table above primarily includes contractual purchase obligations for hosting services and other services to support the Company's business operations.

Contingencies

On June 10, 2021, the Company was served with notice of a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by DCR Workforce, Inc., as plaintiff, against Coupa Software Incorporated, as defendant. The complaint alleges breach of contract and other claims, and seeks various damages from the Company including 206,065 shares of the Company’s common stock. The complaint relates to the Company’s purchase of DCR’s vendor management software (VMS) business in August 2018. Under the purchase agreement, the Company agreed to issue additional stock to DCR as contingent (earn-out) consideration if the VMS business achieved certain revenue-related milestones during three measurement periods that continue through December 31, 2022. The VMS business met the target for the first measurement period and DCR was issued stock. It did not meet the target for the second measurement period. After DCR was notified, it filed the complaint. On August 4, 2021, pursuant to a forum selection provision in the purchase agreement, the district court granted the Company’s motion to transfer venue to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Given the early stage of this lawsuit, the amount of any loss or range of loss that may occur cannot be reasonably estimated as of the date of this filing.

In addition, the Company may become involved in other legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company currently believes that the final outcome of these current matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operating results, financial condition or cash flows. The Company accrues estimates for resolution of legal and other contingencies when losses are probable and estimable. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

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Warranties and Indemnifications

The Company’s cloud-based software platform and applications are typically warranted against material decreases in functionality and to perform in a manner consistent with general industry standards and in accordance with the Company’s online documentation under normal use and circumstances.

The Company includes service level commitments to its customers, typically regarding certain levels of uptime reliability and performance and if the Company fails to meet those levels, customers can receive credits and, in some cases, terminate their relationship with the Company. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such commitments.  

The Company generally agrees to defend and indemnify its customers against legal claims that the Company’s platform infringes patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of third parties. To date, the Company has not been required to make any payment resulting from such infringement claims and has not recorded any related liabilities. In addition, the Company has indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers that require the Company to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs, and not accrued any liabilities in its condensed consolidated financial statements, as a result of these obligations.

Note 10. Common Stock and Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

Each share of common stock has the right to one vote. The holders of the common stock are also entitled to receive dividends whenever funds are legally available and when declared by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock outstanding having priority rights as to dividends. No dividends have been declared or paid since inception.

Preferred Stock 

As of July 31, 2021, the Company had authorized 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001, of which no shares were issued and outstanding.

2016 Equity Incentive Plan

The 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) was approved by the Company’s stockholders in September 2016. The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and performance cash awards. Awards could be granted under the 2016 Plan beginning on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Company’s initial public offering, October 5, 2016. The 2016 Plan replaced the Company’s 2006 Stock Plan; however, awards outstanding under the 2006 Stock Plan will continue to be governed by their existing terms.

As of July 31, 2021, the Company had 12,925,987 shares of its common stock available for future issuance under the 2016 Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2016 Plan will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year during the term of the 2016 Plan by a number of shares equal to 5% of its outstanding shares of common stock on the last day of the prior fiscal year. The number and class of shares reserved under the Company’s 2016 Plan will be adjusted in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or other changes in its capitalization.

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The following table summarizes stock option activity under the Company’s 2006 Stock Plan and the 2016 Plan during the six months ended July 31, 2021 (aggregate intrinsic value in thousands):

	Options Outstanding
	Outstanding Stock Options	Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Balance at January 31, 2021	2,608,640	$	20.65	5.6	$	754,478
Option grants	—	$	—	—	—
Options exercised	(411,863)	$	11.45	—	—
Options forfeited	—	$	—	—	—
Balance at July 31, 2021	2,196,777	$	22.37	5.2	$	427,557
Exercisable at July 31, 2021	2,046,630	$	19.24	5.1	$	404,751

(1)The above table includes 878,869 stock options with market and service based conditions.

The options exercisable as of July 31, 2021 include options that are exercisable prior to vesting. The aggregate intrinsic value of options vested and exercisable as of July 31, 2021 is calculated based on the difference between the exercise price and the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of July 31, 2021. The aggregate intrinsic value of exercised options was $104.0 million and $195.5 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and is calculated based on the difference between the exercise price and the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of the exercise date.

No options were granted during the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020. The total grant date fair value of options vested was $0.9 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and approximately $2.1 million and $5.3 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s RSUs during the six months ended July 31, 2021:

	Number of RSUs Outstanding	Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Awarded and unvested at January 31, 2021	2,530,280	$	123.56
Awards granted	733,825	$	253.05
Awards vested	(664,185)	$	95.21
Awards forfeited	(147,407)	$	182.90
Awarded and unvested at July 31, 2021	2,452,513	$	166.41

(1)The above table includes 209,427 restricted share units with market and service based conditions.

2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Board of Directors adopted the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) in September 2016 and it has been approved by the Company’s stockholders. The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock through payroll deductions and is intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code.

As of July 31, 2021, the Company had 2,400,888 shares of its common stock available for future issuances under the ESPP. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year during the term of the ESPP by a number of shares equal to the least of (i) 1% of its outstanding shares of common stock on the last day of the prior fiscal year, (ii) 1,250,000 shares or (iii) a lesser number of shares determined by the board of directors. The number and class of shares reserved under the ESPP will be adjusted in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or other changes in its capitalization.

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Each offering period will last a number of months determined by the administrator, up to a maximum of 27 months. The initial offering period began on the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering, October 5, 2016, and ended on September 15, 2018, and new 24-month offering periods will begin on each March 16 and September 16 thereafter. Currently, each offering period consists of four consecutive purchase periods, of approximately six months duration, at the end of which payroll contributions are used to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. Participants may purchase the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions, up to a maximum of 15% of their eligible compensation. Participants may withdraw from the ESPP and receive a refund of their accumulated payroll contributions at any time prior to a purchase date. Unless changed by the administrator, the purchase price for each share of common stock purchased under the ESPP will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value per share on the first day of the applicable offering period or the fair market value per share on the applicable purchase date.

The Company purchased 82,462 and 104,818 shares of common stock under the 2016 ESPP during the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company selected the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as the method for determining the estimated fair value for the Company’s 2016 ESPP. As of July 31, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the 2016 ESPP was $14.5 million which will be amortized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.2 years.

Market-based Options and Awards

In September 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company granted 544,127 stock options to the Chief Executive Officer (the “2016 CEO Grant”) under the 2006 Stock Plan with an exercise price of $13.04 per share. The 2016 CEO Grant is eligible to vest based on the achievement of market capital appreciation targets after the consummation of the initial public offering, as well as continuous service over a four-year period following the grant date. In March 2018, the Board of Directors granted 334,742 stock options to the Chief Executive Officer (the “2018 CEO Grant”) under the 2016 Equity Plan with an exercise price of $48.47 per share. The 2018 CEO Grant is eligible to vest based on the achievement of a stock price appreciation target as well as continuous service over a four-year period following the grant date. The fair values of the 2016 and 2018 CEO Grants were determined using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The Company amortizes the fair value of the option awards using the graded-vesting method.

In March 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company granted market-based restricted stock unit awards (the “2020 PSU Grant”) to certain members of management. The target number of market-based restricted stock unit awards granted was 100,178. The number of shares that could be earned will range from 0% to 200% of the target number of shares, based on the relative growth of the per share price of the Company’s common stock as compared to the Nasdaq Composite Index over the three-year performance period ending on the third anniversary of the date of grant and subject to continuous employment through such date. The fair value of the 2020 PSU Grant was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The Company amortizes the fair value of the 2020 PSU Grant using the straight-line method over the three-year performance term.

 In March 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company granted market-based restricted stock unit awards (the “2021 PSU Grant”) to certain members of management. The target number of market-based restricted stock unit awards granted was 109,249. The number of shares that could be earned will range from 0% to 200% of the target number of shares, based on the relative growth of the per share price of the Company’s common stock as compared to the Nasdaq Composite Index over the three-year performance period ending on the third anniversary of the date of grant and subject to continuous employment through such date. Additionally, if necessary, the payout percentage will be decreased so that the overall value delivered to the award holder (total payout number of shares multiplied by the stock price on the vesting date) will be capped at four times the target value (target number of shares multiplied by the stock price on the date of grant). The fair value of the 2021 PSU Grant was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The Company amortizes the fair value of the 2021 PSU Grant using the straight-line method over the three-year performance term.

As of July 31, 2021, all market-based milestones of the 2016 CEO Grant and 2018 CEO Grant were achieved, resulting in 544,127 shares and 278,951 shares, respectively, being vested and exercisable. As of July 31, 2021, the three-year performance period related to the 2020 PSU Grant and 2021 PSU Grant had not been completed, both resulting in no shares being vested or exercisable. Stock-based compensation expense recognized for market-based awards was approximately $3.7 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and approximately $6.2 million and $3.6 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  

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Stock-based Compensation

The Company’s total stock-based compensation expense was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Cost of revenue:
Subscription	$	3,596	$	2,647	$	6,901	$	4,805
Professional services and other	4,357		2,952		8,255		5,364
Research and development	11,055		7,316		21,718		13,440
Sales and marketing	12,230		9,255		23,451		16,768
General and administrative	16,262		11,673		34,467		17,663
Total	$	47,500	$	33,843	$	94,792	$	58,040

As of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the balance of stock-based compensation included in capitalized software development costs was approximately $3.8 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

As of July 31, 2021, there was approximately $2.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted to employees under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan. This unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of approximately 1.3 years.

As of July 31, 2021, there was approximately $397.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units granted to employees under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan. This unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of approximately 2.7 years.

The fair values of the Company’s ESPP and market-based awards granted during the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 were estimated using the following assumptions:

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021				2020
Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
Expected term (in years)	0.5		-	2.0	0.5		-	2.0
Volatility	53.9	%	-	61.2 %	48.6	%	-	54.8 %
Risk-free interest rate	0.0	%	-	0.2 %	0.3	%	-	0.4 %
Dividend yield	—				—
Market-based Award
Expected term (in years)	3.0				3.0
Volatility	54.6%				48.4%
Risk-free interest rate	0.3%				0.4%
Dividend yield	—				—

These assumptions and estimates are as follows:

•Fair Value of Common Stock. The Company used the publicly quoted price as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as the fair value of its common stock.

•Expected Term. The expected term represents the weighted-average period that the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. To determine the expected term for employee stock options, the Company generally applies the simplified approach in which the expected term of an award is presumed to be the mid-point between the vesting date and the expiration date of the award as the Company does not have sufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis for an estimate of expected term. The expected term for the employee stock purchase plan ranges from six months, the length of one purchase period, to two years, the length of one offering period. The market-based awards have a three-year expected term.

•Risk-Free Interest Rate. The Company bases the risk-free interest rate on the yields of U.S. Treasury securities with maturities approximately equal to the term of employee stock option or market-based awards.

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•Expected Volatility. The Company uses its historical trading prices to calculate the expected volatility in determining the fair value of the shares granted under the ESPP and market-based awards.

Note 11. Income Taxes

The Company is subject to federal and various state income taxes in the United States as well as income taxes in foreign jurisdictions in which it conducts business. The Company does not provide for federal income taxes on the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries as such earnings are reinvested indefinitely.

The Company recorded a tax benefit of approximately $0.2 million and $4.3 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company recorded a tax benefit of approximately $2.2 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021, representing an effective tax rate of 1.17%, which was primarily attributable to a reversal of a U.S. deferred tax liability, foreign excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, and remeasurement of deferred tax assets due to tax rate changes in the UK, offset by income taxes related to foreign and state jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business. The Company recorded a tax benefit of approximately $4.0 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, representing an effective tax rate of 6.52% which was primarily attributable to excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, offset by income taxes related to foreign and state jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business.

The difference between the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% and the Company's effective tax rate in all periods presented is primarily due to a full valuation allowance related to the Company's U.S. deferred tax assets, reversal of a U.S. deferred tax liability as a result of current year intangible amortization and convertible note original issue discount amortization, and foreign expense on the Company's profitable jurisdictions.

The Company's material income tax jurisdictions are the United States (federal) and California. As a result of net operating loss carryforwards, the Company is subject to audits for tax years 2006 and onward for federal purposes and 2009 and onward for California purposes. There are tax years which remain subject to examination in various other state and foreign jurisdictions that are not material to the Company's financial statements.

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES” Act). The CARES Act provides numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including temporary changes regarding the prior and future utilization of net operating losses, temporary changes to the prior and future limitations on interest deductions, temporary suspension of certain payment requirements for the employer portion of Social Security taxes, technical corrections from prior tax legislation for tax depreciation of certain qualified improvement property, and the creation of certain refundable employee retention credits. The Company does not expect there to be a significant tax impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements at this time and will continue to assess the implications of the CARES Act and its continuing developments and interpretations.

Note 12. Net Loss per Share

Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, without consideration for potentially dilutive securities as they do not share in losses. During periods when the Company is in a net loss position, basic net loss per share is the same as diluted net loss per share as the effects of potentially dilutive securities are antidilutive given the net loss of the Company.

The following table sets forth the computation of the basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Numerator:
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(91,467)	$	(43,116)	$	(191,824)	$	(57,932)
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding	73,526		67,597		73,200		66,545
Net loss per share, basic and diluted, attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(1.24)	$	(0.64)	$	(2.62)	$	(0.87)

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Since the Company was in a loss position for all periods presented, basic net loss per share is the same as diluted net loss per share for all periods as the inclusion of all potential common shares outstanding would have been anti-dilutive. Potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the diluted per share calculations because they would be anti-dilutive were as follows:

	As of July 31,
	2021	2020
Options to purchase common stock	2,196,777	3,241,620
RSUs	2,452,513	3,127,000
Unvested common shares subject to repurchase	137,143	208,766
Shares committed under the ESPP	75,200	87,433
Contingent stock consideration for DCR acquisition	171,073	377,138
Total	5,032,706	7,041,957

Additionally, approximately 4.7 million, 5.0 million and 0.1 million shares underlying the conversion option in the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes, respectively, are not considered in the calculation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive. These numbers of shares are subject to adjustment up to approximately 6.2 million, 6.8 million and 0.2 million shares for the 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes, respectively, if certain corporate events occur prior to the maturity date or if the Company issues a notice of redemption. The Company uses the treasury stock method for calculating any potential dilutive effect of the conversion option on diluted net income per share attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, if applicable. During the three months ended July 31, 2021, the average market price of the Company’s common stock exceeded the conversion price of the 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes of $44.51 per share and $159.60 per share, respectively, and did not exceed the conversion price of the 2026 Notes of $296.45 per share.

Note 13. Business Segment Information

The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The CEO reviews the financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating the Company’s financial performance. Accordingly, the Company has determined that it operates in a single reporting segment: cloud platform.

Note 14. Significant Customers and Geographic Information

No customer balance comprised 10% or more of total accounts receivable at July 31, 2021 or January 31, 2021.

During the three and six months ended July 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, revenues by geographic area, based on billing addresses of the customers, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
United States	$	106,190	$	78,658	$	205,209	$	157,374
Foreign countries	73,056		47,263		140,966		87,761
Total revenues	$	179,246	$	125,921	$	346,175	$	245,135

No single foreign country represented more than 10% of the Company’s revenues in any period. Additionally, no single customer represented more than 10% of the Company’s revenues in any period.

Note 15. Related Parties

One of the Company’s customers, T. Rowe Associates, Inc., is also an investment adviser of certain of the Company’s stockholders. T. Rowe Associates, Inc. held more than 10% of the Company’s voting common stock during the three and six months ended July 31, 2021. The Company recognized subscription revenue from this customer of approximately $262,000 for both the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively and approximately $521,000 and $527,000 for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company had no receivables balance from this customer at July 31, 2021 or January 31, 2021.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As discussed in the section titled “Note About Forward-Looking Statements,” the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, impacts on our business and general economic conditions due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, those identified below, those discussed in “Note About Forward-Looking Statements” and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part II, Item 1A in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

We are a leading provider of Business Spend Management (“BSM”) solutions. We offer a comprehensive, cloud-based BSM platform that has connected our customers with more than seven million suppliers globally. Our platform provides greater visibility into and control over how companies spend money, optimize supply chains, and manage liquidity. Using our platform, businesses are able to achieve real, measurable value and savings that drive their profitability.

We refer to the process companies use to purchase goods and services as business spend management and to the money that they manage with this process as spend under management. Our BSM platform delivers a broad range of capabilities that would typically require the purchase and use of multiple disparate point applications. The core of our platform consists of procurement, invoicing, expense management, and payment solutions that form the transactional engine for managing a company’s business spend. In addition, our platform offers specialized modules targeted for power users, to help companies manage more technical and strategic areas of BSM, including areas such as strategic sourcing, contract management, contingent workforce, supplier risk management, supply chain design and planning, treasury management, and spend analysis.

We also provide purchasing programs, such as Coupa Advantage, which offers access to pre-negotiated discounts from various suppliers, and Source Together, which connects community members to engage in group sourcing events, allowing them to leverage pooled buying power to achieve better contracting terms and capture greater savings. Moreover, through our Coupa Open Business Network, suppliers of all sizes can list their goods and services, establish pricing, and interact with buyers electronically, thus significantly reducing paper, improving operating efficiencies, and reducing costs.

We offer access to our platform under a Software-as-a-Service business model. At the time of initial deployment, our customers often make a set of common functions available to the majority of their licensed employees, as well as incremental modules for select employees and procurement specialists, whom we refer to as power users. Therefore, we are typically able to capture a majority of the expected annual recurring revenue opportunity at the inception of our customer relationships, rather than targeting specific power users at the outset of the customer relationship with the intention of expanding and capturing more annual recurring revenue at later stages of the customer relationship. Customers can rapidly implement our platform, with implementation periods typically ranging from a few weeks to several months. Customers also benefit from software updates that typically require little downtime.

We market and sell our solutions to a broad range of enterprises worldwide. We have a diverse, multi-national customer base spanning various sizes and industries and no significant customer concentration. No customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues for the three and six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

We market our platform primarily through a direct sales force and also benefit from leads driven by our partner ecosystem. Our initial contract terms are typically three years, although some customers commit for longer or shorter periods. The large majority of our customers pay annually, one year in advance. Our subscription fee includes access to our service, technical support and management of the hosting infrastructure. We generally recognize revenues from our subscription fees ratably over the contractual term of the arrangement. We do not charge suppliers who are on our platform to transact with our customers. We believe this approach helps attract more suppliers to our platform and increases the value of our platform to customers.

We have continued to make significant expenditures and investments for long-term growth, including investment in our platform and infrastructure to deliver new functionality and modules to meet the evolving needs of our customers and to take advantage of our market opportunity. We intend to continue to increase our investment in sales and marketing, as we further expand our sales teams, increase our marketing activities, and grow our international operations. Internationally, we currently offer our platform in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, including Japan. The combined revenues from non-U.S. regions, as determined based on the billing address of our customers, constituted 41% and 36% of our total revenues for each of the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We believe there is further opportunity to increase our international revenues in absolute dollars and as a percentage of our total revenues. As a result, we are increasingly investing in our international operations and we intend to expand our footprint in international markets.

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Operating in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and will subject us to regulatory, economic and political risks that are different from those in the United States. While we are gaining additional experience with international operations, our international expansion efforts may not be successful in creating additional demand for our platform outside of the United States or in effectively selling subscriptions to our platform in any or all of the international markets we enter.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This pandemic has infected populations within the United States and many other regions at fluctuating rates. Recently, infection and hospitalization rates in many regions in the United States, Europe and elsewhere have been increasing - in many cases notwithstanding concurrently increasing rates of vaccination - largely due to the emergence of recently discovered variants that are thought to be more contagious (such as the increasingly widespread "Delta variant"). The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in authorities implementing numerous measures to try to contain and mitigate the virus, including travel bans and restrictions, business shut-downs and limitations, quarantines, and shelter-in-place and social distancing orders.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our financial condition or results of operations in future periods remains uncertain. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic may not be fully reflected in our results of operations and overall financial performance until future periods. We may experience decreased customer demand, reduced customer spend, customer bankruptcies and other non-payment situations, shorter contract duration, longer sales cycles and extended payment terms, any of which could materially adversely impact our business, results of operations and overall financial performance in future periods. The extent and continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operational and financial performance will depend in part on future developments and conditions, including the duration and spread of the outbreak; government responses to the pandemic; the impact on our customers and our sales cycles; extent of delays in hiring and onboarding new employees; and effect on our partners, vendors and supply chains, all of which are uncertain and difficult to predict. Additionally, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, we have replaced our in-person, annual Inspire conferences and other in-person marketing events with web-based alternatives. In the first quarter of fiscal 2021, we closed our offices globally and required our employees to work remotely. During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, we implemented a phased-in approach in re-opening certain of our offices and invited our employees to return to work if they wished to do so. Our employees' health and safety is our top priority, and we will continue to monitor local restrictions across the world, the administration of vaccines, and the number of new cases, as we continue to slowly move towards re-opening certain of our offices. Our offices will re-open on a staggered, region-to-region basis in accordance with local authority guidelines while ensuring that our return to work is thoughtful, prudent, and handled with a safety-first approach. The impact, if any, of these and any additional operational changes we may implement is uncertain, but changes we have implemented to date have not materially impaired and are not expected to materially impair our ability to maintain operations, including financial reporting systems, internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. See the section “Risk Factors” for further discussion of the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business.

Recent Business Developments

In February 2021, we acquired all of the equity interest in Pana Industries, Inc. ("Pana"), a corporate travel booking solution company. The purchase consideration was approximately $48.5 million in cash (of which $7.1 million is being held in escrow for fifteen months after the transaction closing date). In addition, we issued 23,822 shares of unvested common stock with an approximate fair value of $7.6 million to two of Pana's shareholders. These shares are subject to service-based vesting conditions including continued employment with us.

In March 2021, we established a joint venture with Japan Cloud. This joint venture is intended to enable us to scale to support the growing number of Japanese companies looking to gain greater efficiency and agility through Business Spend Management. As of July 31, 2021, we had a 51% controlling ownership interest in the joint venture.

In fiscal 2022, we announced the launch of Coupa Ventures, a fund to foster innovation in Business Spend Management. Coupa Ventures will invest in early and growth-stage companies that we believe are breaking down inefficiencies in how businesses manage their spend, aligning processes and decisions across supply chain, procurement, and finance. As of July 31, 2021, we have invested a total of $7.5 million in three portfolio companies.

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Our Business Model

Our business model focuses on maximizing the lifetime value of a customer relationship, and we continue to make significant investments in order to grow our customer base. Due to our subscription model, we recognize subscription revenues ratably over the term of the subscription period. As a result, the profitability of a customer to our business in any particular period depends in part upon how long a customer has been a subscriber on our platform. In general, the associated upfront costs with respect to new customers are higher in the first year than the aggregate revenues we recognize from those new customers in the first year. We believe that, over time, as our customer base grows and a relatively higher percentage of our subscription revenues are attributable to renewals versus new customers or upsells to existing customers, associated sales and marketing expenses and other allocated upfront costs as a percentage of revenues will decrease, subject to investments we plan to make in our business. Over the lifetime of the customer relationship, we also incur sales and marketing costs to manage the account, renew or upsell the customer to more modules and more users. However, these costs are significantly less than the costs initially incurred to acquire the customer. We calculate the lifetime value of our customers and associated customer acquisition costs for a particular year by comparing (i) gross profit from net new subscription revenues for the year multiplied by the inverse of the estimated subscription renewal rate to (ii) total sales and marketing expense incurred in the preceding year. On this basis, we estimate that for each of fiscal 2021 and 2020, the calculated lifetime value of our customers has exceeded six times the associated cost of acquiring them. Other companies may calculate lifetime value and customer acquisition costs differently than our chosen method and, therefore, may not be directly comparable.

Key Metrics

We review the following key metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions:

	As of July 31,
	2021		2020
Cumulative spend under management (in billions)	$	2,803.7	$	1,952.2
Remaining performance obligations (in millions)	$	1,114.5	$	744.8
Deferred revenue (in millions)	$	359.2	$	249.0
Trailing twelve months calculated billings (in millions)	$	752.9	$	518.5
Customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000	1,230		874

Cumulative Spend Under Management

Cumulative spend under management represents the aggregate dollar value of transactions through our core platform for all of our customers collectively since we launched our core platform. We define our core platform for purposes of this metric as our procurement, invoicing and expense management modules. We calculate this metric by aggregating the actual transaction data for purchase orders, invoices and expenses from customers using our core platform. Cumulative spend under management does not include spending data or transactions associated with modules from acquired companies. We regularly review our process for calculating this metric and periodically make adjustments to improve its accuracy. We believe that any such adjustments are immaterial unless otherwise stated.

The cumulative spend under management metric presented above does not directly correlate to our revenue or results of operations because we do not generally charge our customers based on actual usage of our core platform. However, we believe the cumulative spend under management metric does illustrate the adoption, scale and value of our platform, which we believe enhances our ability to maintain existing customers and attract new customers.

Remaining Performance Obligations and Deferred Revenue

Remaining performance obligations represent the amount of consideration allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations related to non-cancelable contracts, which include both the deferred revenue balance and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. In calculating the remaining performance obligation amount, we elected to apply the two expedients under the revenue standard to exclude remaining performance obligations amounts related to contracts that are twelve months or less and contracts where revenue is being recognized under the as-invoiced method.

We generally execute multiple year subscription contracts for our platform and invoice an initial amount at contract signing followed by subsequent annual invoices. At any point in the contract term, there might be amounts that are not due for billing yet. These amounts are not recorded in our condensed consolidated financial statements, and are considered to be part of the remaining performance obligations amount.

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The remaining performance obligations amount is intended to provide visibility into future revenue streams. We expect remaining performance obligations to fluctuate up or down from period to period for several possible reasons, including amounts, timing, and duration of customer contracts (including changes that we may see to customer contracts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic), as well as the timing of billing cycles for each order.

Our deferred revenue consists of amounts that have been invoiced but not yet recognized as revenues as of the end of a reporting period. The majority of our deferred revenue balance consists of subscription revenues that are recognized ratably over the related contractual period. 

Trailing Twelve Months Calculated Billings

Trailing twelve months calculated billings represents total revenues recognized during the period of consecutive twelve months ended July 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020 plus the change in deferred revenue for each of those same periods. Trailing twelve month calculated billings is comprised of subscription contracts with existing customers (including renewal contracts and add-on contracts), subscription contracts with new customers, term-based license contracts, and contracts for professional services, training and other revenues.

The trailing twelve months calculated billings is intended to provide information about our subscription revenue growth over time, and can typically be seen as an early indicator of trends in revenue growth. While trailing twelve months calculated billings can increase as our revenues grow, it may fluctuate up or down from period to period for several reasons, including amounts, timing, and duration of customer contracts, as well as the timing of billing cycles for each order.

Customers with Annualized Subscription Revenue Above $100,000

We define customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000 as the total number of customers that contributed subscription revenues in excess of $25,000 during the relevant fiscal quarter, which corresponds to $100,000 on an annualized basis. For purposes of this metric, we generally define a customer as a separate and distinct entity (such as a company or an educational or government institution), a distinct business unit of a large corporation or a partner organization, in each case that has a distinctive active contract with us to access our services. Most of the subscription revenue we recognize each quarter is attributable to customers that accounted for more than $25,000 of that revenue during the quarter, and our sales and marketing strategy focuses heavily on the acquisition of customers that have the potential to contribute at least $100,000 in subscription revenues annually. Accordingly, we believe that this metric is a useful tool to aid investors in understanding a key factor that drives changes in our subscription revenues from period to period and in assessing trends in our growth, penetration of our core customer market, and our overall performance. Because the dollar threshold is tied to the actual revenue recognized during a particular quarter, customers that we acquired midway through or at the end of the quarter may not yet be included in this count, even if they have placed orders representing more than $100,000 in annual subscription revenue. 

Components of Results of Operations

Revenues

We primarily offer subscriptions to our cloud-based BSM platform, including procurement, invoicing and expense management and pay. We derive our revenues primarily from subscription fees, professional services fees and other.

Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees to provide our customers access to our cloud-based platform, which includes routine customer support at no additional cost. Term-based licenses are sold as bundled arrangements that include the rights to a term license and post-contract customer support (“PCS”). Accordingly, we allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation. The revenues related to the amount allocated to PCS are included in subscription revenue, which are recognized ratably over the contract term beginning on the license delivery date. Professional services fees and other include deployment services, optimization services, training, and revenues allocated to license component for the sales of term-based licenses. Subscription revenues are a function of renewal rates, the number of customers, the number of users at each customer, the number of modules subscribed to by each customer, and the price of our modules.

Generally, subscription fees are recognized ratably as revenues over the contract term beginning on the date the application is made available to the customer. Our new business subscriptions typically have a term of three years, although some customers commit for longer or shorter periods. We generally invoice our customers in annual installments at the beginning of each year in the subscription period. Amounts that have been invoiced are initially recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized ratably over the subscription period. Amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods are reflected as remaining performance obligations within the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Professional services revenues and other consist primarily of fees associated with the implementation and configuration of our subscription service and revenues allocated to the license component for sales of term-based licenses. Professional services are generally sold on a time-and-materials or fixed-fee basis. Revenue for both time-and-material and fixed-fee arrangements are recognized over-time as the services are performed. We have the ability to reasonably measure progress towards completion of the professional services arrangements. For fixed-fee arrangements, we recognize revenue on the basis of performed hours relative to the total estimated hours to complete satisfaction of the professional service arrangement. For the license component from the sales of term-based licenses, we recognize revenues at the start of the license term when delivery is complete.

Our professional services engagements typically span from a few weeks to several months. For this reason, our professional services revenues may fluctuate significantly from period to period. The terms of our typical professional services arrangements provide that our customers pay us within 30 days from the invoice date. Fixed-fee services arrangements are generally invoiced in advance. We have made significant investments in our professional services business that are designed to ensure customer success and adoption of our platform. We are continuing to invest in expanding our professional services partner ecosystem to further support our customers. As the professional services practices of our partner firms continue to develop, we expect them to increasingly contract directly with our subscription customers and we incentivize our sales force to further this objective.

Cost of Revenues

Subscription

Cost of subscription consists primarily of expenses related to hosting our service and providing customer support. Significant expenses are comprised of data center capacity costs; personnel and related costs directly associated with our cloud infrastructure and customer support, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation; allocated overhead; and amortization of acquired developed technology and capitalized software development costs.

Professional Services and Other Cost of Revenues

Cost of professional services and other cost of revenues consist primarily of personnel and related costs directly associated with our professional services and training departments, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation; the costs of contracted third-party vendors; amortization of acquired developed technology; and allocated overhead. These costs are generally expensed in the period incurred.

Professional services associated with the implementation and configuration of our subscription platform are performed directly by our services team, as well as by contracted third-party vendors. In cases in which third-party vendors invoice us for services performed for our customers, those fees are accrued over the requisite service period.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs of our development team, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation expense and allocated overhead costs. Our cycle of frequent updates has facilitated rapid innovation and the introduction of new modules throughout our history. We have aggressively invested, and intend to continue to invest, in developing technology to support our growth. We capitalize certain software development costs that are attributable to developing new modules and features and adding incremental functionality to our platform, and we amortize such costs as costs of subscription revenues over the estimated life of the new application or incremental functionality, which is typically three years.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel and related costs directly associated with our sales and marketing staff, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, commissions and stock-based compensation. Commissions earned by our sales force that are considered incremental costs for obtaining a non-cancelable subscription contract are deferred and amortized over a period of benefit that we have determined to be five years. For commissions earned from the sale of term-based license contracts, we allocate the costs of commission in proportion to the allocation of the transaction price of license and PCS performance obligations. Commissions associated with the license component are expensed at the time the related revenue is recognized. Commissions allocated to PCS are deferred and then amortized over five years. Other sales and marketing costs include promotional events to promote our brand, including our Inspire conferences, web advertising, events, allocated overhead and amortization of customer relationships and trademark.

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General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs and related expenses for executive, finance, legal, human resources, recruiting, and administrative personnel, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation expense; professional fees for external legal, accounting, recruiting and other consulting services and allocated overhead costs. During the six months ended July 31, 2020, general and administrative expenses included a benefit of $12.5 million related to the reversal of the Yapta contingent consideration payable. Refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2021 for details of the contingent consideration payable.

Interest Expense

Interest expense consists primarily of interest expense associated with our outstanding convertible senior notes.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net consists primarily of interest income earned on our investments in marketable securities and cash and cash equivalents, and gain or loss on conversion of convertible senior notes, in addition to the effects of exchange rates on our foreign currency-denominated asset and liability balances, which are recorded as foreign currency gains (losses) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. 

Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes related to foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business. Benefit from income taxes is primarily related to the reversal of a U.S. deferred tax liability as a result of current year intangible amortization and convertible note original issue discount amortization and excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, and remeasurement of deferred tax assets due to tax rate changes in the UK, partially offset by income taxes related to foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business. We maintain a full valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets of our U.S. entities as we have concluded that it is not more likely than not that the deferred assets will be utilized.

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth selected condensed consolidated statements of operations data and such data as a percentage of total revenues for each of the periods indicated:

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	Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021				2020				2021				2020
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenues:
Subscription	$	156,230	87	%	$	111,581	89	%	$	296,334	86	%	$	217,316	89	%
Professional services and other	23,016		13		14,340		11		49,841		14		27,819		11
Total revenues	179,246		100		125,921		100		346,175		100		245,135		100
Cost of revenues:
Subscription	51,398		29		33,805		26		102,423		30		62,807		26
Professional services and other	27,822		15		14,634		12		56,524		16		28,470		12
Total cost of revenues	79,220		44		48,439		38		158,947		46		91,277		37
Gross profit	100,026		56		77,482		62		187,228		54		153,858		63
Operating expenses:
Research and development	41,799		23		30,212		24		85,636		25		56,931		23
Sales and marketing	76,279		43		50,488		41		154,122		44		96,627		39
General and administrative	36,248		20		28,705		23		75,625		22		37,849		15
Total operating expenses	154,326		86		109,405		88		315,383		91		191,407		78
Loss from operations	(54,300)		(30)		(31,923)		(26)		(128,155)		(37)		(37,549)		(15)
Interest expense	(30,621)		(17)		(20,223)		(16)		(59,724)		(18)		(32,512)		(13)
Other income (expense), net	(1,983)		(1)		4,759		4		(1,448)		0		8,087		3
Loss before benefit from income taxes	(86,904)		(48)		(47,387)		(38)		(189,327)		(55)		(61,974)		(25)
Benefit from income taxes	(155)		—		(4,271)		(3)		(2,221)		(1)		(4,042)		(2)
Net loss	(86,749)		(48)		(43,116)		(35)		(187,106)		(54)		(57,932)		(23)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests	(517)		—		—		—		(517)		—		—		—
Adjustment attributable to non-controlling interests	5,235		3		—		—		5,235		2		—		—
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(91,467)	(51)	%	$	(43,116)	(35)	%	$	(191,824)	(55)	%	$	(57,932)	(23)	%

Three Months Ended July 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020

Revenues

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Subscription	$	156,230	$	111,581	40	%
Professional services and other	23,016		14,340		61	%
Total revenues	$	179,246	$	125,921	42	%

Total revenues were $179.2 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $125.9 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $53.3 million, or 42%. Subscription revenues were $156.2 million, or 87% of total revenues, for the three months ended July 31, 2021, compared to $111.6 million, or 89% of total revenues, for the three months ended July 31, 2020. This increase in absolute dollars was predominantly driven by the increase in the number of customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000, which was 1,230 as of July 31, 2021, compared to 874 as of July 31, 2020. Professional services and other revenues were $23.0 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $14.3 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020. The increase of $8.7 million, or 61%, was primarily due to increases in implementation services and sales of term-based licenses, to a similar extent, as a result of our expanded customer base.

We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic carefully and its impact on our customers and customer acquisitions.

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Cost of Revenues

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Subscription	$	51,398	$	33,805	52	%
Professional services and other	27,822		14,634		90	%
Total cost of revenues	$	79,220	$	48,439	64	%

Cost of subscription was $51.4 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $33.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $17.6 million, or 52%. The increase in cost of subscription was primarily due to an increase of $7.0 million in amortization of developed technology assets related to acquisitions, an increase of $3.5 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $3.3 million in hosting fees to accommodate increased customer spend, an increase of $1.6 million in software costs to manage our platform, and an increase of $2.2 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

Cost of professional services and other was $27.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $14.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $13.2 million, or 90%. The increase in cost of professional services was primarily due to an increase of $6.3 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $5.7 million in amortization of developed technology assets related to acquisitions, and an increase of $1.2 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic carefully and its impact on our cost profile in providing hosting solutions and services to our customers.

Gross Profit

 

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Gross profit	$	100,026	$	77,482	29	%

Gross profit was $100.0 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021, compared to $77.5 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $22.5 million, or 29%. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to the acquisition of new customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000. Gross margin was 56% for the three months ended July 31, 2021, compared to 62% for the three months ended July 31, 2020. The decrease in gross margin was primarily due to the increase in amortization of developed technology assets related to acquisitions.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Research and development	$	41,799	$	30,212	38	%

Research and development expenses were $41.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $30.2 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $11.6 million, or 38%. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $9.5 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $1.5 million in costs associated with the development of our platform and other costs for research and development activities, and an increase of $0.6 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

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Sales and Marketing

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Sales and marketing	$	76,279	$	50,488	51	%

Sales and marketing expenses were $76.3 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $50.5 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $25.8 million, or 51%. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $10.8 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $10.5 million in amortization of customer relationship assets related to acquisitions, an increase of $1.7 million in marketing costs, and an increase of $2.8 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

General and Administrative

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
General and administrative	$	36,248	$	28,705	26	%

General and administrative expenses were $36.2 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $28.7 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $7.5 million, or 26%. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $8.4 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase in outside services of $1.5 million, and an increase of $1.3 million in other costs driven by our overall growth, partially offset by a decrease in allowances for credit losses of $3.7 million.

Interest Expense

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Interest expense	$	30,621	$	20,223	51	%

Interest expense was $30.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $20.2 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020. The $10.4 million increase in interest expense was primarily due to amortization of the debt discount and issuance costs on the 2026 Notes issued in the middle of the second quarter of fiscal 2021.

Other Income (Expense), Net

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Other income (expense), net	$	(1,983)	$	4,759	NM

Other expense, net was $2.0 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to other income, net of $4.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020. The $6.7 million decrease in other income (expense), net was primarily due to unfavorable fluctuations of foreign currency exchange rates for approximately $4.8 million, a decrease of $1.3 million in income earned from our investments in marketable securities and money market funds primarily as a result of a lower market yield, and a decrease of $0.6 million in gains from early conversions on the 2023 Notes.

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Benefit from Income Taxes

	Three Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Benefit from income taxes	$	(155)	$	(4,271)	NM

The benefit from income taxes was $0.2 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 compared to a tax benefit of $4.3 million for the three months ended July 31, 2020. The benefit from income taxes for the three months ended July 31, 2021 was primarily related to the reversal of a U.S. deferred tax liability, foreign excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, and remeasurement of deferred tax assets due to tax rate changes in the UK, partially offset by foreign tax expense. We maintain a full valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets of our U.S. entities as we have concluded that it is unlikely that these deferred income tax assets will be utilized.

Six Months Ended July 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020

Revenues

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Subscription	$	296,334	$	217,316	36	%
Professional services and other	49,841		27,819		79	%
Total revenues	$	346,175	$	245,135	41	%

Total revenues were $346.2 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $245.1 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $101.0 million, or 41%. Subscription revenues were $296.3 million, or 86% of total revenues, for the six months ended July 31, 2021, compared to $217.3 million, or 89% of total revenues, for the six months ended July 31, 2020. This increase in absolute dollars was predominantly driven by the increase in the number of customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000, which was 1,230 as of July 31, 2021, compared to 874 as of July 31, 2020. Professional services and other revenues were $49.8 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $27.8 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020. The increase of $22.0 million, or 79%, was primarily due to increases in implementation services and sales of term-based licenses, to a similar extent, as a result of our expanded customer base.

Cost of Revenues

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Subscription	$	102,423	$	62,807	63	%
Professional services and other	56,524		28,470		99	%
Total cost of revenues	$	158,947	$	91,277	74	%

Cost of subscription was $102.4 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $62.8 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $39.6 million, or 63%. The increase in cost of subscription was primarily due to an increase of $14.3 million in amortization of developed technology assets related to acquisitions, an increase of $9.1 million in hosting fees to accommodate increased customer spend, an increase of $8.3 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $3.7 million in software costs to manage our platform, an increase of $1.6 million in amortization of capitalized development costs, and an increase of $2.6 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

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Cost of professional services was $56.5 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $28.5 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $28.1 million, or 99%. The increase in cost of professional services was primarily due to an increase of $14.9 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $12.0 million in amortization of developed technology assets related to acquisitions, and an increase of $1.2 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

Gross Profit

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Gross profit	$	187,228	$	153,858	22	%

Gross profit was $187.2 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021, compared to $153.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $33.4 million, or 22%. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to the acquisition of new customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000. Gross margin was 54% for the six months ended July 31, 2021, compared to 63% for the six months ended July 31, 2020. The decrease in gross margin was primarily due to the increase in amortization of developed technology assets related to acquisitions.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Research and development	$	85,636	$	56,931	50	%

Research and development expenses were $85.6 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $56.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $28.7 million, or 50%. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $23.8 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $2.1 million in hosting fees, and an increase of $2.8 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

Sales and Marketing

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Sales and marketing	$	154,122	$	96,627	60	%

Sales and marketing expenses were $154.1 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $96.6 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $57.5 million, or 60%. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $28.2 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, an increase of $21.6 million in amortization of customer relationship assets related to acquisitions, an increase of $2.5 million in marketing costs, an increase in outside services of $1.0 million, and an increase of $4.2 million in other costs driven by our overall growth.

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General and Administrative

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
General and administrative	$	75,625	$	37,849	100	%

General and administrative expenses were $75.6 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $37.8 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020, an increase of $37.8 million, or 100%. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $26.6 million in employee compensation costs related to higher headcount, including stock-based compensation costs, a non-recurring prior period benefit of $12.5 million arising from the reversal of the Yapta contingent consideration liability, an increase in outside services of $2.0 million, and an increase of $3.1 million in other costs driven by our overall growth. This was partially offset by a decrease in allowances for credit losses of $6.4 million.

Interest Expense

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Interest expense	$	59,724	$	32,512	84	%

Interest expense was $59.7 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to $32.5 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020. The $27.2 million increase in interest expense was primarily due to amortization of the debt discount and issuance costs on the 2026 Notes issued in the middle of the second quarter of fiscal 2021.

Other Income (Expense), Net

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Other income (expense), net	$	(1,448)	$	8,087	NM

Other expense, net was $1.4 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to other income, net of $8.1 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020. The $9.5 million decrease in other income (expense), net was primarily due to a decrease of $3.6 million in income earned from our investments in marketable securities and money market funds primarily as a result of a lower market yield, a decrease of $3.3 million in gains from early conversions on the 2023 Notes, and from the unfavorable fluctuations related to foreign currency exchange rates.

Benefit From Income Taxes

	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		% Change
	(in thousands)
Benefit from income taxes	$	(2,221)	$	(4,042)	(45)	%

The benefit from income taxes was $2.2 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 compared to a tax benefit of $4.0 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020. The benefit from income taxes for the six months ended July 31, 2021 was primarily related to the reversal of a U.S. deferred tax liability, foreign excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, and remeasurement of deferred tax assets due to tax rate changes in the UK offset by foreign tax expense. We maintain a full valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets of our U.S. entities as we have concluded that it is unlikely that these deferred income tax assets will be utilized.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity are cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and cash generated from operations. As of July 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $432.0 million, and marketable securities of $201.6 million.

We had outstanding 2023 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2026 Notes with principal amounts of $5.9 million, $805.0 million and $1,380.0 million, respectively, as of July 31, 2021.

As of July 31, 2021, the remaining 2023 Notes with a principal amount of $5.9 million and 2025 Notes with a principal amount of $805.0 million are convertible at the option of the holders. We have the ability to settle the Convertible Notes in cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock at our own election. As of July 31, 2021, there were no unsettled conversion requests related to the 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes. In addition, from August 1, 2021 to the date of this filing, we have received additional conversion requests for $4.0 million principal amount of the 2023 Notes, which are expected to be settled during the quarter ended October 31, 2021. The 2026 Notes were not convertible as of July 31, 2021. It is our current intent to settle conversions of the remaining 2023 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2026 Notes through combination settlement, which involves repayment of the principal portion in cash and any excess of the conversion value over the principal amount in shares of our common stock.

In conjunction with the issuance of the Convertible Notes, we entered into capped call transactions that reduce our exposure to additional cash payments above principal balances in the event of a cash conversion of the Convertible Notes. We may owe additional cash to the noteholders upon early conversion if our stock price exceeds $63.821 per share for the 2023 Notes, $295.550 for the 2025 Notes, or $503.415 for the 2026 Notes. Although our incremental exposure to the additional cash payment above the principal amount of the Convertible Notes is reduced by the capped calls, conversion of the Convertible Notes by noteholders may cause dilution to the ownership interests of existing stockholders. We did not exercise the capped calls for the converted 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes. As of July 31, 2021, all the capped calls for the 2023 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2026 Notes remained outstanding.

Our cash equivalents are comprised primarily of bank deposits and money market funds. Cash from operations could be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other risks detailed in Part II, Item 1A titled “Risk Factors.” However, we believe our existing cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements for at least the next 12 months from the filing date of these financial statements.

Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our pace of growth, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spend to support development efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the introduction of new and enhanced services offerings and the continuing market acceptance of our services. We continually assess potential acquisitions and expect to continue to pursue acquisitions of or investments in complementary businesses, services and technologies and intellectual property rights. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, operating results and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended July 31, 2021 was $72.9 million, compared to $38.8 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020. The increase was primarily driven by cash collections from customers.

Investing Activities

Cash provided by investing activities for the six months ended July 31, 2021 of $20.8 million was primarily related to $80.8 million of net cash receipts from purchases, maturities and sales of short-term marketable securities, partially offset by $45.8 million in cash used for acquisitions, $7.5 million for other investments, and $6.7 million for the purchases of property and equipment.

Financing Activities

Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended July 31, 2021 of $15.0 million was primarily due to approximately $15.2 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under the ESPP and exercise of stock options, investment from redeemable non-controlling interests of $2.2 million, partially offset by $2.4 million for repayments of the 2023 Notes.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Through July 31, 2021, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

Commitments and Contractual Obligations

Our principal commitments and contractual obligations consist of our Convertible Notes, obligations under operating leases for office facilities and contractual purchase obligations for hosting services and web development services that support our business operations. The following table summarizes our non-cancelable contractual obligations as of July 31, 2021:

			Payments Due by Period
	Total		Less Than 1 Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		More Than 5 Years
			(in thousands)
Convertible senior notes (1)	$	2,190,866	$	88	$	5,785	$	2,184,993	$	—
Aggregate interest obligations (1)(2)	29,430		6,203		12,374		10,853		—
Operating lease obligations	45,013		14,950		22,560		6,455		1,048
Purchase obligations	31,319		17,392		13,077		850		—
Total contractual obligations	$	2,296,628	$	38,633	$	53,796	$	2,203,151	$	1,048

(1)The conversion period for the 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes was open as of July 31, 2021, and as such, the net carrying value of the 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes are included within current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The principal balances of $5.9 million and $805.0 million of the 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes, respectively, were reflected in the payment period in the table above based on the contractual maturity assuming no conversion or repurchase.

(2)Represents estimated aggregate interest obligations for our outstanding Convertible Notes that are payable in cash.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported revenues generated and expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2021.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements for analysis of recent accounting pronouncements that are applicable to our business.

Non‑GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, we believe the following non‑GAAP measures are useful in evaluating our operating performance:

•Non-GAAP operating income;

•Non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated; and

•Adjusted free cash flows.

We regularly review and consider these measures when we evaluate our business and for internal planning and forecasting purposes.

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The following tables provide a reconciliation of loss from operations to non‑GAAP operating income, from net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated to non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, and from net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted free cash flows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Loss from operations	$	(54,300)	$	(31,923)	$	(128,155)	$	(37,549)
Stock-based compensation	47,500		33,843		94,792		58,040
Amortization of acquired intangible assets	33,518		10,362		67,058		19,228
Change in fair value of contingent consideration payable	—		—		—		(12,500)
Non-GAAP operating income	$	26,718	$	12,282	$	33,695	$	27,219

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	(91,467)	$	(43,116)	$	(191,824)	$	(57,932)
Stock-based compensation	47,500		33,843		94,792		58,040
Amortization of acquired intangible assets	33,518		10,362		67,058		19,228
Change in fair value of contingent consideration payable	—		—		—		(12,500)
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs	28,872		19,407		56,262		31,357
Loss (gain) on conversion of convertible senior notes	—		(631)		129		(3,202)
Income tax effects and adjustments	(3,404)		(4,632)		(6,381)		(5,298)
Adjustment attributable to non-controlling interests	5,235		—		5,235		—
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated	$	20,254	$	15,233	$	25,271	$	29,693

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	40,811	$	23,389	$	72,893	$	38,797
Less: purchases of property and equipment	(3,908)		(3,429)		(6,662)		(7,028)
Add: repayments of convertible senior notes attributable to debt discount	—		15,732		517		26,336
Adjusted free cash flows	$	36,903	$	35,692	$	66,748	$	58,105

We define non-GAAP operating income as loss from operations before stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets and the change in fair value of contingent consideration related to an acquisition. We define non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated as net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated before stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, the change in fair value of contingent consideration related to an acquisition, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, gain or loss on conversion of convertible senior notes, the adjustment attributable to non-controlling interests, and related tax effects, including non-recurring income tax adjustments. We define adjusted free cash flows as net cash provided by operating activities, less purchases of property and equipment, plus repayments of convertible senior notes attributable to debt discount.

We believe non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated provide investors and other users of our financial information consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitate period to period comparisons of operations. We believe non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated are also useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry, as these metrics generally eliminate the effects of certain items that may vary between companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.

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We believe adjusted free cash flows provides useful information to investors because it is an indicator of our capital strength and liquidity, and we also use it to measure performance of our business operations. We exclude repayment of convertible senior notes attributable to debt discount in calculating this measure in part because our use of cash to satisfy this obligation (relating to the Convertible Notes) was discretionary, and we have the ability to satisfy similar obligations in the near future through shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election. However, you should bear in mind that this measure does not reflect any reduction for cash settlements of our debt obligations, nor does it represent our residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Due to these and other limitations, you should not consider this non-GAAP measure in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of other GAAP financial measures, such as net cash provided by operating activities.

We use non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated and adjusted free cash flows in conjunction with traditional GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance and liquidity, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance and liquidity. Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Thus, our non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated and adjusted free cash flows should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We compensate for these limitations by providing investors and other users of our financial information a reconciliation of non‑GAAP operating income to loss from operations, non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated to net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, and adjusted free cash flows to net cash provided by operating activities. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure and to view non‑GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, and adjusted free cash flows in conjunction with loss from operations, net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the Euro, British Pound Sterling, and Australian Dollar. We expect our international operations to continue to grow in the future and we are continually monitoring our foreign currency exposure to determine whether and when we should begin a formal hedging program.

We performed a sensitivity analysis and determined that if an adverse 10% foreign currency exchange rate change was applied to total monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency at the balance sheet dates, it would have resulted in an adverse effect on our net losses attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated of approximately $9.8 million and $7.8 million as of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, respectively. We expect our international operations to continue to grow in the near term and the effects of movements in currency exchange rates will increase as our transaction volume outside of the United States increases. In addition, we will continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic carefully and its impact on our foreign currencies. The majority of our agreements have been and we expect will continue to be denominated in U.S. dollars.

Market Risk and Market Interest Risk

In June 2020, we issued $1,380.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.375% convertible senior notes due 2026. In June 2019, we issued $805.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.125% convertible senior notes due 2025. In January 2018, we issued $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.375% convertible senior notes due 2023 of which approximately $224.1 million aggregate principal amount had been settled by July 31, 2021. The 2026 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2023 Notes have fixed annual interest rates at 0.375%, 0.125% and 0.375%, respectively, and, therefore, we do not have economic interest rate exposure on our Convertible Notes. However, the values of the Convertible Notes are exposed to interest rate risk. Generally, the fair market value of our fixed interest rate Convertible Notes will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. In addition, the fair values of the Convertible Notes are affected by our stock price. The fair value of the convertible senior notes will generally increase as our common stock price increases and will generally decrease as our common stock price declines in value. Additionally, we carry the Convertible Notes at face value less unamortized discount and issuance costs on our balance sheet, and we present the fair value for disclosure purposes only.

Our exposure to interest rate risk also is related to our interest-bearing assets, primarily our cash and cash equivalents. Fluctuations in interest rates impact the yield of the investment. A hypothetical 100 basis points increase in interest rates would have impacted interest income by $500,000 and $1.3 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We have not experienced any material impact to our internal controls over financial reporting despite the fact that most of our employees are working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 situation on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness.

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Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Please refer to Note 9, “Commitments and Contingencies” to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the disclosure of the Company’s legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

A description of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business is set forth below. You should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” particularly before deciding whether to invest in our securities. The occurrence of any of the events or developments described below could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. In such an event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. The risks described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.

Summary Risk Factors

The following is a summary of key risk factors you should consider in connection with an investment in our common stock. You should read this summary together with the more detailed description of each risk factor under the bold and italicized subcaptions further below.

•Our business and revenue growth may be adversely impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the spread of recently discovered variants such as the Delta variant, and the uncertainty caused by the pandemic has made it more difficult to manage our business.

•We have a limited operating history at our current scale, which makes it difficult to predict our future operating results.

•If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may be unable to execute our business plan, maintain high levels of service, or adequately address competitive challenges.

•We may not achieve the benefits and synergies that we had expected from our acquisitions, and our business may be adversely impacted by integration challenges, assumption of unknown or unforeseen liabilities, or our inability to retain customers.

•If we are unable to attract new customers, our revenue growth will be adversely affected.

•Because we sell our services to large enterprises with complex operating environments, we tend to encounter long and unpredictable sales cycles.

•The markets in which we participate are intensely competitive.

•Our business depends in part on our existing customers renewing their subscriptions and purchasing additional subscriptions.

•We may not be successful in expanding our marketing and sales capabilities or in developing widespread brand awareness in a cost-effective manner.

•If we lose the services of our chief executive officer or one or more of our other key employees, or if we are unable to attract and retain highly skilled employees more broadly, our business could be adversely affected.

•Our international operations and sales to customers outside the United States or with international operations expose us to risks inherent in international sales.

•Our business may be adversely impacted by foreign currency exchange rates.

•If our security measures are breached, or if we fail to prevent unauthorized access to customer data, our reputation may be harmed and we may face contractual liability as well as fines from government agencies.

•If we fail to integrate our platform with a variety of third-party technologies, our platform may become less marketable.

•Any failure to protect our intellectual property rights could impair the value of our technology and harm our brand.

•Our quarterly results may fluctuate significantly and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business.

•We have a history of cumulative losses, and we do not expect to be profitable for the foreseeable future.

•Changes in privacy laws, regulations, and standards may cause our business to suffer.

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•Servicing our debt will require a significant amount of cash, and we may not have sufficient cash flow from our business or the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of, or to repurchase or redeem, our convertible senior notes.

•Our stock price has been subject to fluctuations, and will likely continue to be subject to fluctuations, due to factors beyond our control.

•Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that they might occur, could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

•If securities or industry analysts do not continue to publish research or if they publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

•Delaware law, provisions in our charter documents, and provisions in the indentures for our convertible senior notes could make a merger, tender offer or proxy contest difficult, thereby depressing the trading price of our common stock.

Risks Related to COVID-19 and Global Economic Trends

We face risks related to the current COVID-19 pandemic, including new variants such as the Delta variant, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This pandemic has infected populations within the United States and many other regions at fluctuating rates, a phenomenon often characterized as “waves” of infection. Recently, infection and hospitalization rates in many regions in the United States, Europe and elsewhere have been increasing—in many cases notwithstanding concurrently increasing rates of vaccination—largely due to the emergence of recently discovered variants that are thought to be more contagious (such as the increasingly widespread "Delta variant"). Vaccines for COVID-19 have been developed and are being administered in the United States and other countries around the world, but the expansion of administering these vaccines to additional people within these and other countries, the long-term efficacy of these vaccines, and the receptivity of many people to receiving these vaccines all remain uncertain.

Parts of our business have been and could continue to be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Global health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to adversely affect the macroeconomic environment, and the pandemic has increased economic and stock market volatility and uncertainty. In response to the pandemic, government authorities have implemented measures to try to contain the virus or mitigate the harm, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders, and mandatory shutdowns of non-essential businesses. Some of the most severe, temporary measures by government authorities have been lifted in many jurisdictions but could be reinstated at any time, and they have and may continue to adversely affect our sales activities, operations and growth prospects. These restrictions, and changes in consumer and business spending behavior prompted by the pandemic, have forced businesses in the United States and other jurisdictions to reduce or suspend their operations, lay-off employees, and in some cases shutdown operations—a pattern of global economic phenomena for which there is little precedent in modern times.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had and may continue to have an adverse impact on us in a number of ways, any of which individually or together could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects. For example, although we derive a significant portion of our revenue from sales to enterprise customers (a segment that may be more resilient to economic volatility), a prolonged economic downturn is likely to impact many of our enterprise customers adversely. The extent of the damage to this segment of our customer base may not be apparent as quickly as for other segments, and is likely to differ by industry. Certain modules of our platform, such as those that focus on business travel spend, may not be as attractive to existing or prospective customers due to operational changes they made in response to the pandemic, such as restrictions placed on business travel, which could adversely impact our sales and revenue; and these trends may persist after the underlying conditions have improved or largely disappeared, particularly to the extent that remote working arrangements become more commonplace. In addition, the pandemic may limit the ability of our suppliers and business partners to perform under their contracts with us, and we may not be able to find and engage additional or substitute suppliers and partners in a timely manner and on terms acceptable to us. We believe that many businesses have been and may continue to be more reluctant to invest in the purchase and implementation of a new software solution like ours in the near term because of the economic uncertainty, which has been made worse by the increasing prevalence of the Delta variant and other variants, as well as uncertainties around vaccination efforts. This trend may make it more difficult for us to acquire new customers and could lead to longer sales cycles and greater uncertainty around the timing and likelihood of closing sales opportunities to which we have already devoted meaningful time and resources. Our existing customers may reduce their subscriptions or choose not to add new users or adopt new modules at the rate we expect based on past experience. We may have difficulty collecting payment from some customers on a timely basis or at all, and we may see higher rates of bankruptcies, restructurings, dissolutions and similar events among our customer base. In addition, if our results of operations or our assessment of our growth prospects or potential for future profitability fail to meet investor and analyst expectations for any particular financial period, our stock price may experience a substantial decline, even if our revenues have increased or our margins have improved relative to past periods.

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The spread of COVID-19 has also caused us to modify our business practices, including restricting employee travel, allowing all non-essential personnel to work from home, prolonged closures and limited re-openings of our offices, and cancellation of physical participation in sales activities, meetings, events and conferences. We may take further actions as may be required by government authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers and business partners. The COVID-19 pandemic has already created logistical challenges for our business operations, in particular those associated with the transition to an entirely remote workforce. For example, our personnel located at our headquarters in California and elsewhere in the United States and in other countries had in many cases been working from home between March of 2020 and July of 2021, when we began a limited re-opening of certain of our offices. Working remotely has made our workforce more reliant on certain cloud-based communication and collaboration services, and any disruption to these services would likely have an adverse impact on employee productivity. In addition to the limitations imposed by this new work environment, many of our employees must contend with additional challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as unexpected child-care and home-schooling responsibilities, among others. If significant portions of our workforce are unable to work effectively, including due to illness, quarantines, social distancing, government actions or other restrictions in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, our operations will be further impacted.

Starting in July 2021, we re-opened our headquarters in San Mateo, California and invited our employees to return to the office if they wished to do so. This limited re-opening created additional risks and operational challenges for us, and we will face similar risks and challenges if and when we decide to re-open our other offices. The re-opening of our offices has and may continue to require us to make non-trivial investments in the design, implementation and enforcement of new workplace safety protocols. Furthermore, it is possible that local authorities could impose stay at home orders in jurisdictions where we have opened our offices, which would require us to close our offices once again and resume remote operations. These efforts may divert management attention, and the protocols may create logistical challenges for our workforce which could adversely impact employee productivity and morale. Even if we follow what we believe to be best practices, it is unlikely that our measures will completely prevent the transmission of COVID-19 between workers. Any incidents of actual or perceived transmission may require us to temporarily close an impacted office, disrupt our operations, expose us to liability from employee claims, adversely impact employee productivity and morale, and even result in negative publicity and reputational harm.

In addition, the stock market has experienced periods of high volatility during the COVID-19 pandemic and such volatility may continue. As a result, our stock price may be adversely impacted for reasons unrelated to our performance. A decline in stock price may make it more difficult for us to raise capital on terms acceptable to us or at all.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict, including, but not limited to, the duration and severity of the pandemic, the availability and efficacy of new and existing vaccines in limiting infection and transmission, the emergence of potential new and more virulent or contagious variants, the actions to contain the virus or address its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating activities can resume. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business, results of operations and financial condition, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section. Even after the pandemic has subsided, we may continue to experience an adverse impact to our business as a result of its global economic impact, including any recession that has occurred or may occur in the future. For the reasons discussed above and others that we may not have foreseen, we expect that the pandemic will have adverse impacts to aspects of our business in the near term, any of which individually or together may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition, growth prospects and stock price.

Weakened global economic conditions, including those from the recent COVID-19 pandemic, may harm our industry, business and results of operations.

Our overall performance depends in part on worldwide economic conditions. Global financial developments, downturns and global health crises or pandemics seemingly unrelated to us or the enterprise software industry may harm us, including disruptions or restrictions on our employees’ ability to work and travel. The United States and other key international economies have been affected from time to time by falling demand for a variety of goods and services, restricted credit, poor liquidity, reduced corporate profitability, volatility in credit, equity and foreign exchange markets, bankruptcies, outbreaks of COVID-19 and the resulting impact on business continuity and travel, and overall uncertainty with respect to the economy, including with respect to tariff and trade issues. In particular, the economies of countries in Europe continue to experience some instability as a result of “Brexit,” the United Kingdom’s decision to exit the European Union. While the UK and the European Union reached a Trade Cooperation Agreement in December 2020, the impact of Brexit depends on the implementation of this agreement, as well as the terms of the UK’s future trade agreements with other countries and such impact may not be fully realized for several years or more. We are unable to predict how and to what extent Brexit will impact our business and operating results. We have operations, as well as current and potential new customers, throughout most of Europe. If economic conditions in Europe and other key markets for our platform continue to remain uncertain or deteriorate further as a result of COVID-19 or otherwise, many customers may delay or reduce their information technology spending.

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The growth of our revenues and potential profitability of our business depends on demand for platform and modules generally, and business spend management specifically. In addition, our revenues are dependent on the number of users of our modules. Historically, during economic downturns there have been reductions in spending on enterprise software as well as pressure for extended billing terms or pricing discounts, which would limit our ability to grow our business and negatively affect our operating results. These conditions affect the rate of enterprise software spending and could adversely affect our customers’ ability or willingness to subscribe to our platform, delay prospective customers’ purchasing decisions, reduce the value or duration of their subscriptions or affect renewal rates, all of which could harm our operating results. While it remains a developing situation, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantines, restrictions on travel and business disruptions with respect to us, our customers or partners are adversely affecting our business. Although we are continuing to monitor and assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change.

Risks Related to Our Growth

We have a limited operating history at our current scale, which makes it difficult to predict our future operating results.

We were incorporated in 2006 and introduced our first cloud-based software solution shortly thereafter. Over time we have invested in building a comprehensive, integrated platform of business spend management (“BSM”) services, and in marketing, selling and supporting this platform. Although in recent years our quarterly and annual revenues have consistently increased on a year-over-year basis, in future periods, our revenue growth rate could slow or our revenues could decline for a number of reasons, including any reduction in demand for our platform or existing services, increased competition, contraction of our overall market, international or domestic economic instability, downturns or other events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, our inability to accurately forecast demand for our platform or our failure, for any reason, to capitalize on growth opportunities.

As a result of our limited operating history, our ability to forecast our future operating results is limited and subject to a number of uncertainties, including our ability to plan for and model future growth. This risk is exacerbated to the extent that we enter new product areas or introduce new modules, particularly in cases where the revenue model differs from our traditional subscription model. We have encountered and will encounter risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, such as the risks and uncertainties described in this report. If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties (which we use to plan our business) are incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our operating and financial results could differ materially from our expectations and our business could suffer.

We have experienced rapid growth and expect our growth to continue and if we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may be unable to execute our business plan, maintain high levels of service or adequately address competitive challenges.

We have experienced rapid growth in our business, headcount and operations in recent years. Although we cannot provide any assurance that our business will continue to grow at the same rate or at all, we anticipate that we will continue to expand our operations and headcount, including internationally, in the near future. Our success will depend in part on our ability to manage this growth effectively. The rapid growth in our headcount and operations has placed and will continue to place significant demands on our management and our administrative, operational and financial infrastructure. As we continue to grow, we must effectively integrate, develop and motivate a large number of new employees, while maintaining the effectiveness of our business execution and the beneficial aspects of our corporate culture. In particular, we intend to continue to make directed and substantial investments to expand our research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative organizations, as well as our international operations.

To effectively manage growth, we must continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls, risk management activities, and our reporting systems and procedures by, among other things:

•improving our key business applications, processes and IT infrastructure to support our business needs;

•enhancing information and communication systems to ensure that our employees and offices around the world are well-coordinated and can effectively communicate with each other and our growing base of customers and channel partners;

•enhancing our internal controls to ensure timely and accurate reporting of all of our operations and financial results;

•appropriately documenting our IT systems and our business processes; and

•continuing to expand our risk management activities to keep up with the growth in our relationships with partners, acquired companies, customers, suppliers, employees, and other internal and external constituencies.

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The systems enhancements and improvements necessary to support our business as we continue to scale will require significant capital expenditures and allocation of valuable management and employee resources. If we fail to implement these improvements effectively, our ability to manage our expected growth, ensure uninterrupted operation of key business systems and comply with the rules and regulations that are applicable to public reporting companies will be impaired. Additionally, failure to effectively manage growth could result in difficulty or delays in deploying customers, declines in quality or customer satisfaction, increases in costs, difficulties in introducing new features and/or other operational difficulties, any of which could adversely affect our business performance and results of operations.

Acquisitions could be difficult to identify, pose integration challenges, divert the attention of management, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

We have in the past acquired and may in the future seek to acquire or invest in businesses, products or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our platform, enhance our technical capabilities or otherwise offer growth opportunities. For example, we acquired Pana Industries, Inc. in February 2021, LLamasoft, Inc. in November 2020, Bellin Treasury International GmbH in June 2020, ConnXus, Inc. in May 2020, Yapta, Inc. in December 2019 and Exari Group, Inc. in May 2019. Acquisitions may disrupt our business, divert our resources and require significant management attention that would otherwise be available for development of our existing business.

In addition, we may not be able to integrate the acquired personnel, operations and technologies successfully, or effectively manage the combined business following the acquisition. We also may not achieve the anticipated benefits from the acquired business due to a number of factors, including:

•inability to integrate or benefit from acquired technologies or services in a profitable manner;

•unanticipated costs, accounting charges or other liabilities associated with the acquisition;

•incurrence of acquisition-related costs;

•difficulty integrating the accounting systems, internal controls, operations and personnel of the acquired business;

•difficulties and additional expenses associated with supporting legacy products and hosting infrastructure of the acquired business, including due to language, geographical or cultural differences;

•difficulty fulfilling the contractual obligations or expectations of customers of acquired businesses or converting the customers of the acquired business onto our platform and contract terms, including disparities in the revenues, licensing, support or professional services model of the acquired company;

•adverse effects to our existing business relationships with business partners and customers as a result of the acquisition;

•the potential loss of key employees, or large numbers of employees within key functions;

•use of resources that are needed in other parts of our business; and

•use of substantial portions of our available cash to consummate the acquisition.

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In addition, acquisitions often have an adverse impact on short-term operating results (such as by diluting gross margin) even if such acquisitions are expected to be beneficial to our operating results over the medium- and long-term.

A significant portion of the purchase price of companies we acquire may be allocated to acquired goodwill and other intangible assets. In connection with our acquisition of LLamasoft, for example, $932.9 million of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill, increasing our total goodwill balance to $1.5 billion as of January 31, 2021, which was roughly three times the amount of goodwill we had as of January 31, 2020. Our acquisition of Pana, during the three months ended April 30, 2021, further increased our goodwill balance. Goodwill must be assessed for impairment at least annually, and other intangible assets are assessed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. In the future, if our acquisitions do not yield expected returns, we may be required to take charges to our operating results based on this impairment assessment process, which could adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, our exposure to risks associated with various claims, including the use of intellectual property, may be increased as a result of acquisitions of other companies. For example, we may have a lower level of visibility into the development process with respect to intellectual property or the care taken to safeguard against infringement risks with respect to the acquired company or technology. In addition, third parties may make infringement and similar or related claims after we have acquired technology that were not asserted prior to our acquisition. Acquisitions could also result in dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt, which could adversely affect our operating results. In connection with the LLamasoft acquisition, for example, we issued approximately 2.4 million shares of our common stock as consideration, which represented over 3% of our outstanding shares of common stock at that time. In addition, if the performance of an acquired business fails to meet our expectations, our operating results, business and financial position may suffer. Some of our acquisitions include earnouts, meaning that a portion of the purchase price is payable only if the acquired business achieves certain revenue or other post-closing milestones. These contingent payment provisions can lead to disputes with the sellers of the business, such as the litigation described in Item 1—“Legal Proceedings.”

If we cannot maintain our company culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, teamwork, passion and focus on execution that we believe contribute to our success and our business may be harmed.

We believe that a critical component of our success has been our company culture, which is based on our core values of ensuring customer success, focusing on results and striving for excellence. We have invested substantial time and resources in building our team within this company culture. As we grow, including as a result of acquiring other businesses, we may find it difficult to maintain these important aspects of our company culture. If we fail to preserve our culture, our ability to retain and recruit personnel and to effectively focus on and pursue our corporate objectives could be compromised, potentially harming our business.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

If we are unable to attract new customers, the growth of our revenues will be adversely affected.

To increase our revenues, we have historically depended more on the addition of new customers to our platform, particularly large enterprise customers, than on increasing the number of users at existing customers or selling additional modules to them. The expansion of our customer base is critical to our ability to continue the growth of our revenues. If we do not grow our customer base, our revenues will slow in future periods or will start to decline, as a result of customers not renewing.

If competitors introduce lower cost or differentiated products or services that are perceived to compete with ours or are better able to adapt to changing market conditions (such as by addressing shifts in existing and prospective customer needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic), or if competitors are willing to provide concessions such as extended billing terms or price discounts in order to win customers amidst the challenging business environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic, our ability to sell based on factors such as pricing, technology and functionality could be impaired. As a result, we may be unable to attract new customers at rates or on terms that would be favorable or comparable to prior periods, which could have an adverse effect on the growth of our revenues.

Because our platform is sold to large enterprises with complex operating environments, we encounter long and unpredictable sales cycles, which could adversely affect our operating results in a given period.

Our ability to increase revenues and achieve profitability depends, in large part, on our ability to continue to attract large enterprises to our platform and grow this segment of our customer base. We expect to continue to focus a substantial portion of our sales efforts on these customers in the near future. Accordingly, we will continue to face greater costs, longer sales cycles and less predictability in completing some of our sales, than would be expected from selling to a predominantly small business or midmarket target customer base. A delay in or failure to close a large sale to one or more prospective new customers could cause us to fail to meet the expectations of management or analysts, harm our business and financial results, and cause our financial results to vary significantly from period to period.

Our typical sales cycle ranges from three to nine months. The wide range reflects a number of timing factors that can vary significantly between prospective customers, many of which we cannot control, including:

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•customers’ budgetary constraints and priorities;

•the timing of customers’ budget cycles;

•the need by some customers for lengthy evaluations; and

•the length and timing of customers’ approval processes.

In addition, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many local governments as well as enterprises have limited travel and in-person meetings and implemented other restrictions that are making the sales process more lengthy and difficult, particularly for new customers.

Large enterprises tend to have more complex operating environments than smaller businesses, making it more difficult and time-consuming for us to demonstrate the value of our platform to these prospective customers. In the large enterprise market, the customer’s decision to use our platform may be an enterprise-wide decision; therefore, these types of sales require us to provide greater levels of education regarding the use and benefits of our platform, which causes us to expend substantial time, effort and money educating them as to the value of our platform. In addition, we have no assurance that a prospective customer will ultimately purchase any services from us at all, regardless of the amount of time or resources we have spent on the opportunity.

As a result of the variability and length of the sales cycle, we have only a limited ability to forecast the timing of sales, and our results of operations may differ from expectations.

The markets in which we participate are intensely competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our operating results could be adversely affected.

The market for business spend management software is highly competitive, with relatively low barriers to entry for some software or service organizations. Our competitors include Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”), SAP AG (“SAP”) and Workday, Inc. (“Workday”), well-established providers of enterprise resource planning solutions, including BSM software, that have long-standing relationships with many customers. Some customers may be hesitant to switch or to adopt cloud-based software such as ours for this part of their business and prefer to maintain their existing relationships with their legacy software vendors. Oracle, SAP and Workday are larger and have greater name recognition, longer operating histories, larger marketing budgets and significantly greater resources than we do. These vendors, as well as other competitors, may offer business spend management software on a standalone basis at a low price or bundled as part of a larger product sale. In order to take advantage of customer demand for cloud-based software, legacy vendors are expanding their cloud-based software through acquisitions and organic development. Legacy vendors may also seek to partner with other leading cloud providers. We also face competition from custom-built software vendors and from vendors of specific applications, some of which offer cloud-based solutions.

We may also face competition from a variety of vendors of cloud-based and on-premise software products and point solutions that may have some of the core functionality of our BSM services (such as procure-to-pay) but that address only a portion of the capabilities and features of our platform. In addition, other companies that provide cloud-based software in different target markets may develop software or acquire companies that operate in our target markets, and some potential customers may elect to develop their own internal software. With the introduction of new technologies and market entrants, we expect this competition to intensify in the future.

Some of our competitors are able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products and services, including with respect to concessions (such as extended billing terms or price discounts) granted in order to win customers in the challenging business environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, our current or potential competitors may be acquired by third parties with greater available resources and the ability to initiate or withstand substantial price competition. In addition, many of our competitors have established marketing relationships, access to larger customer bases and major distribution agreements with consultants, system integrators and resellers. Our competitors may also establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties that may further enhance their product offerings or resources. If our platform does not become more accepted relative to our competitors’, or if our competitors are successful in bringing their products or services to market earlier than ours, or if their products or services are more technologically capable than ours, then our revenues could be adversely affected. In addition, some of our competitors may offer their products and services at a lower price. If we are unable to achieve our target pricing levels, our operating results will be negatively affected. Pricing pressures and increased competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins, losses or a failure to maintain or improve our competitive market position, any of which could adversely affect our business.

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Our business depends significantly on our customers renewing their subscriptions. Any decline in our customer renewals would harm our future operating results.

In order for us to maintain or improve our operating results, it is important that our customers renew their subscriptions when the initial contract term expires and, to a lesser extent, that they add additional authorized users and additional business spend management modules to their subscriptions. Our customers have no obligation to renew their subscriptions, and we cannot assure you that our customers will renew subscriptions with a similar contract period or with the same or a greater number of authorized users and modules. Some of our customers have elected not to renew their agreements with us, and we may not be able to accurately predict renewal rates.

Our renewal rates may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including our customers’ satisfaction with our subscription service, our professional services, our introduction of platform enhancements (including new features and new modules), our customer support, our prices and contract length, the prices of and concessions offered with respect to competing solutions, mergers and acquisitions affecting our customer base, the effects of global economic conditions, reductions in our customers’ spending levels or changing customer needs due to temporary or permanent changes to their operating models and business spend management patterns adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our future success also depends in part on our ability to add additional authorized users and modules to the subscriptions of our current customers. If our customers do not renew their subscriptions, renew on less favorable terms or fail to add more authorized users or additional business spend management modules, our revenues may decline or fail to increase in line with expectations, and we may not realize improved operating results from our customer base.

Our customers may fail to pay us in accordance with the terms of their agreements, necessitating action by us to compel payment.

We typically enter into multiple year, non-cancelable arrangements with our customers. If customers fail to pay us under the terms of our agreements, we may be adversely affected both from the inability to collect amounts due and the cost of enforcing the terms of our contracts, including litigation. The risk of such negative effects increases with the term length of our customer arrangements. Furthermore, some of our customers may seek bankruptcy protection or other similar relief and fail to pay amounts due to us, or pay those amounts more slowly, either of which could adversely affect our operating results, financial position and cash flow. The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic may also increase the likelihood of these risks.

If we fail to develop widespread brand awareness cost-effectively, our business may suffer.

We believe that developing and maintaining widespread awareness of our brand in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving widespread acceptance of our platform and attracting new customers. For example, widespread awareness of our brand is critical to ensuring that we are invited to participate in requests for proposals from prospective customers. Our success in this area will depend on a wide range of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including the following:

•the efficacy of our marketing efforts;

•our ability to offer high-quality, innovative and error- and bug-free modules;

•our ability to retain existing customers and obtain new customers;

•the ability of our customers to achieve successful results by using our platform;

•the quality and perceived value of our platform;

•our ability to successfully differentiate our offerings from those of our competitors;

•actions of competitors and other third parties;

•our ability to provide customer support and professional services;

•the satisfactory provision of services and customer support by our implementation partners;

•any misuse or perceived misuse of our platform and modules;

•positive or negative publicity;

•interruptions, delays or attacks on our platform or modules; and

•litigation, legislative or regulatory-related developments.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and regulatory restrictions adopted in response have forced us to suspend or reduce some of our marketing activities, particularly those that require travel and in-person participation. Brand promotion activities may not generate customer awareness or increase revenues, and, even if they do, any increase in revenues may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand, or incur substantial expenses in doing so, we may fail to attract or retain customers necessary to realize a sufficient return on our brand-building efforts or to achieve the widespread brand awareness that is critical for broad customer adoption of our platform.

Furthermore, negative publicity (whether or not justified) relating to events or activities attributed to us, our employees, our partners or others associated with any of these parties, may tarnish our reputation and reduce the value of our brand. Damage to our reputation and loss of brand equity could reduce demand for our platform and have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Moreover, any attempts to rebuild our reputation and restore the value of our brands may be costly and time consuming, and such efforts may not ultimately be successful.

Failure to effectively develop and expand our marketing and sales capabilities could harm our ability to increase our customer base and achieve broader market acceptance of our platform.

Our ability to increase our customer base and achieve broader market acceptance of our platform will depend to a significant extent on our ability to expand our marketing and sales operations, both domestically and internationally. We plan to continue expanding our direct sales force and engaging additional partners that can provide sales referrals in the near future. This expansion will require us to invest significant financial and other resources. Our business and operating results will be harmed if our efforts do not generate a corresponding increase in revenues. We may not achieve anticipated revenue growth from expanding our direct sales force if we are unable to hire and develop talented direct sales personnel, if our new direct sales personnel are unable to achieve desired productivity levels in a reasonable period of time or if we are unable to retain our existing direct sales personnel. It often takes six months or longer before our sales representatives are fully-trained and productive. We also may not achieve anticipated growth in revenues from our partners if we are unable to attract, train, support and retain additional motivated partners, if any existing or future channel partners fail to successfully market, resell, implement or support our platform for their customers, or if they represent multiple providers and devote greater resources to market, resell, implement and support the products and solutions of these other providers. For example, some of our partners also sell or provide integration and administration services for our competitors’ products, and if such partners devote greater resources to marketing, reselling and supporting competing products, this could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Any failure to achieve forecasted revenue growth from the expansion of our sales activities could similarly result in our non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated, adjusted free cash flows and other key metrics and operating results to fall short of management forecasts and/or analysts’ expectations, which could cause our stock price to decline.

If we cannot continue to expand the use of our platform, our ability to grow our business may be harmed and the growth rate of our revenues may decline.

Our ability to grow our business depends in part on our ability to compete in the market for the additional modules on our platform, including strategic sourcing, inventory, contracts, supplier management, spend analysis, payments, treasury management, supply chain design and planning and travel optimization. Our efforts to market these other modules is relatively new and we have allocated significant resources to develop, acquire or otherwise bring to market these modules, and it is uncertain whether these other modules will ever result in significant revenues for us. In certain cases, new modules call for the introduction of new revenue models. For example, our Coupa Pay module involves both subscription revenue and transaction revenue. Predicting client adoption of new modules and forecasting their contribution to operating results is inherently difficult given the lack of operating history with respect to such modules, and actual results may differ significantly from the expectations of our management, securities analysts or investors. While we have recently acquired businesses related to certain of these modules, there can be no assurance that these acquisitions will facilitate our efforts to market and sell these other modules in a cost-effective manner. Further, the introduction of new modules beyond these markets may not be successful. If we are unable to achieve satisfactory customer adoption of new modules, our ability to expand spend under management and grow our revenues could be adversely affected.

The profitability of our customer relationships may fluctuate.

Our business model focuses on maximizing the lifetime value of our customer relationships and we need to make significant investments in order to add new customers to grow our customer base. The profitability of a customer relationship in any particular period depends in part on how long the customer has been a subscriber on our platform. In general, the upfront costs associated with new customers are higher in the first year than the aggregate revenues we recognize from those new customers in the first year.

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We review the lifetime value and associated acquisition costs of our customers, as discussed further in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Quarterly Report. The lifetime value of our customers and customer acquisition costs has and will continue to fluctuate from one period to another depending upon the amount of our net new subscription revenues (which depends on the number of new customers in a period, upsells of additional modules to existing customers and changes in subscription fees charged to existing customers), gross margins (which depends on investments in and other changes to our cost of customer support and allocated overhead), sales and marketing expenses and renewal rates (which depend on our ability to maintain or grow subscription fees from customers). These amounts have fluctuated from quarter to quarter and will continue to fluctuate in the future. We may not experience lifetime value to customer acquisition cost ratios in future years or periods similar to those we have achieved to date. Furthermore, as a result of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that customers may reduce the scope of their subscriptions in response to evolving operating models and related needs, may not renew their subscriptions at all or may temporarily halt paying us, which would adversely affect our lifetime value metrics.

Large customers often demand more configuration and integration services, or customized features and functions that we do not offer, which could adversely affect our business and operating results.

We have historically focused our sales and marketing efforts on large enterprise customers and expect this trend to continue in the near future. Large customers may demand more configuration and integration services, which generally increases our upfront investment in sales and deployment efforts—even for deployments that are handled primarily by one of our implementation partners—with no guarantee that these customers will increase the scope of their subscription in order to offset our greater upfront costs. As a result of these factors, we and our partners must devote a significant amount of sales support and professional services resources to individual customers, increasing the cost and time required to complete sales. Additionally, our platform does not currently permit customers to modify our code. If prospective customers require customized features or functions that we do not offer and that would be difficult for them to deploy themselves, then the market for our platform will be more limited and our business could suffer.

The loss of one or more of our key customers could negatively affect our ability to market our platform.

We rely on our reputation and recommendations from key customers in order to promote subscriptions to our platform. The loss of any of our key customers could have a significant impact on our revenues, reputation and our ability to obtain new customers. We may lose customers for a variety of reasons, including the decision of a business customer to commence bankruptcy proceedings, restructure itself, dissolve or otherwise cease operations. We believe the risk of such events has increased with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and further increase as the pandemic continues. In addition, acquisitions of our customers by unrelated third parties could lead to cancellation of our contracts with those customers or by the acquiring companies, thereby reducing the number of our existing and potential customers.

Contractual disputes with our customers could be costly, time-consuming and harm our reputation.

Our business is contract intensive and we are party to contracts with our customers all over the world. Our contracts can contain a variety of terms, including service levels, security obligations, indemnification and regulatory requirements. Contract terms may not always be standardized across our customers and can be subject to differing interpretations, which could result in disputes with our customers from time to time. If our customers notify us of a contract breach or otherwise dispute our contract, the resolution of such disputes in a manner adverse to our interests could negatively affect our operating results.

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Our business is subject to the risks of earthquakes, fire, floods and other natural catastrophic events, and to interruption by man-made problems such as power disruptions, computer viruses, data security breaches or terrorism.

Our corporate headquarters are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, a region known for seismic activity. A significant natural disaster, such as an earthquake, fire or flood, occurring at our headquarters, at one of our other facilities, at any of our cloud hosting provider facilities, or where a business partner is located could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. For example, the rapid spread of COVID-19 globally in 2020 and 2021 has resulted in travel restrictions and in some cases, prohibitions of non-essential travel, disruption and shutdown of businesses and greater uncertainty in global financial markets. Prolonged health concerns or political or governmental developments in countries in which we or our customers, partners and service providers operate could result in further economic, social or labor instability, slow our sales process, result in customers not purchasing or renewing our products or adopting platform enhancements (including new features and new modules), or failing to make payments, and could otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business and our results of operations and financial condition. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain (particularly given recent rise of new variants such as the Delta variant, and uncertainty around global vaccination efforts) and will include emerging information concerning the re-opening of private businesses, infection rates, availability and efficacy of new and existing vaccines and the actions taken by governments and private businesses to attempt to contain and cope with COVID-19. Continued contractions in the travel and hospitality industries, along with any effects on supply chain or on other industries in which our customers or partners operate, could materially and adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Further, if a natural disaster or man-made problem were to affect Internet Service Providers ("ISPs"), this could adversely affect the ability of our customers to use our products and platform. Although we maintain incident management and disaster response plans, in the event of a major disruption caused by a natural disaster or man-made problem, we may be unable to continue our operations and may endure system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our development activities, lengthy interruptions in service, breaches of data security and loss of critical data, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our growth depends in part on the success of our strategic relationships with third parties.

We have established strategic relationships with a number of other companies. In order to grow our business, we anticipate that we will continue to establish and maintain relationships with third parties, such as implementation partners, system integrator partners and technology providers. Identifying partners, and negotiating and documenting relationships with them, as well as providing training and support, requires significant time and resources. Our competitors may be effective in providing incentives to third parties to favor their products or services or to prevent or reduce subscriptions to our services. In addition, acquisitions of our partners by our competitors could result in a decrease in the number of our current and potential customers, as our partners may no longer facilitate the adoption of our platform by potential customers.

If we are unsuccessful in establishing or maintaining our relationships with third parties, our ability to compete in the marketplace or to grow our revenues could be impaired and our operating results could suffer. Even if we are successful in our strategic relationships, we cannot assure you that these relationships will result in increased customer usage of our platform or increased revenues.

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Our estimates of market opportunity and forecasts of market growth that we have publicly disclosed may prove to be inaccurate, and even if the market in which we compete achieves the forecasted growth, our business could fail to grow at similar rates.

Market opportunity estimates and growth forecasts are subject to significant uncertainty and are based on assumptions and estimates that may not prove to be accurate and could be adversely affected in the near term by the COVID-19 pandemic and related shifts in existing and prospective customer needs as a result of evolving operating models and business spend management patterns that may persist after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. This uncertainty is exacerbated by the fact that Business Spend Management is relatively new (as a distinct industry category), and our platform includes features and functionality that extend into other industry categories, such as Travel Expense Management and Treasury Management, for example. Our estimates and forecasts relating to the size and expected growth of our market that we have publicly disclosed may prove to be inaccurate. Even if the market in which we compete meets our size estimates and forecasted growth, our business could fail to grow at similar rates.

We depend on our senior management team and the loss of our chief executive officer or one or more key employees or an inability to attract and retain highly skilled employees could adversely affect our business.

Our success depends largely upon the continued services of our key executive officers. In particular, our chief executive officer, Robert Bernshteyn, is critical to our vision, strategic direction, culture and overall business success. We also rely on our leadership team in the areas of research and development, marketing, sales, services and general and administrative functions, and on mission-critical individual contributors in research and development. From time to time, there may be changes in our executive management team resulting from the hiring or departure of executives, which could disrupt our business. We do not maintain key-man insurance for Mr. Bernshteyn or any other member of our senior management team. We do not have employment agreements with our executive officers or other key personnel that require them to continue to work for us for any specified period and, therefore, they could terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of one or more of our executive officers or key employees could have a serious adverse effect on our business.

To execute our growth plan, we must attract and retain highly qualified personnel. Competition for these personnel is intense, especially for engineers with high levels of experience in designing and developing software for Internet-related services. We have from time to time experienced, and we expect to continue to experience, difficulty in hiring and retaining employees with appropriate qualifications. Many of the companies with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have. If we hire employees from competitors or other companies, their former employers may attempt to assert that these employees or our company have breached their legal obligations, resulting in a diversion of our time and resources. In addition, job candidates and existing employees in the San Francisco Bay Area often consider the value of the stock awards they receive in connection with their employment. If the perceived value of our stock declines, it may adversely affect our ability to recruit and retain highly skilled employees. If we fail to attract new personnel or fail to retain and motivate our current personnel, our business and future growth prospects could be adversely affected.

Our international operations and sales to customers outside the United States or with international operations expose us to risks inherent in international sales.

A key element of our growth strategy is to expand our international operations and develop a worldwide customer base. For example, in March 2021 we established a joint venture in Japan intended to enable us to scale to support Japanese companies looking to utilize BSM solutions. The revenues from non-U.S. regions, as determined based on the billing address of our customers, constituted 41% and 36% of our total revenues for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Operating in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and will subject us to regulatory, economic and political risks that are different from those in the United States. While we are gaining additional experience with international operations, our international expansion efforts may not be successful in creating additional demand for our platform outside of the United States or in effectively selling subscriptions to our platform in all of the international markets we enter. There can be no assurance that we will be able to grow our combined revenues from non-U.S. regions as a percentage of our total revenues. In addition, we will face risks in doing business internationally that could adversely affect our business, including:

•the need to localize and adapt our platform for specific countries, including translation into foreign languages and associated expenses;

•data privacy laws that require customer data to be stored and processed in a designated territory;

•difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, including identifying, training and supporting foreign partners;

•different pricing environments, longer sales cycles and longer accounts receivable payment cycles and collections issues;

•new and different sources of competition;

•weaker protection for intellectual property and other legal rights than in the United States and practical difficulties in enforcing intellectual property and other rights outside of the United States;

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•laws and business practices favoring local competitors;

•compliance challenges related to the complexity of multiple, conflicting and changing governmental laws and regulations, including employment, tax, privacy and data protection laws and regulations;

•increased financial accounting and reporting burdens and complexities;

•restrictions on the transfer of funds;

•fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could increase the price of our products outside of the United States, increase the expenses of our international operations and expose us to foreign currency exchange rate risk;

•adverse tax consequences;

•unstable regional and economic political conditions;

•uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions imposed by government authorities to combat the virus, which may impact our international operations and growth prospects differently than our operations and growth prospects in the United States due to differences in, for example, virus transmission rates and prevalence of more transmissible variants, availability of vaccines in various countries, the effectiveness of government responses, the quality of the regional health care systems, and the economic resilience of the regions, among other factors; and

•the fragmentation of longstanding regulatory frameworks caused by Brexit.

As we continue to expand our business globally, our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international sales and operations. Our failure to manage any of these risks successfully, or to comply with these laws and regulations, could harm our operations, reduce our sales and harm our business, operating results and financial condition. For example, in certain foreign countries, particularly those with developing economies, certain business practices that are prohibited by laws and regulations applicable to us, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, may be more commonplace. Although we have policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws and regulations, our employees, contractors and agents, as well as channel partners involved in our international sales, may take actions in violation of our policies. Any such violation could have an adverse effect on our business and reputation.

Some of our business partners also have international operations and are subject to the risks described above. Even if we are able to successfully manage the risks of international operations, our business may be adversely affected if our business partners are not able to successfully manage these risks.

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We may face exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

As our international operations expand, our exposure to the effects of fluctuations in currency exchange rates grows because our international contracts are sometimes denominated in local currencies, in particular with respect to the Euro, British Pound Sterling, Swedish Krona, Swiss Franc, and Australian Dollar. Over time, an increasing portion of our international contracts may be denominated in local currencies. Therefore, as exchange rates vary, revenues, cost of revenues, operating expenses and other operating results, when re-measured, may differ materially from expectations. Currently, we use foreign currency forward contracts to hedge certain exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, but these contracts are generally short-term in duration and we do not designate them as hedging instruments. In the future, we may use foreign currency forward and option contracts and/or other derivative instruments to hedge certain exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The use of such hedging activities may not offset any or more than a portion of the adverse financial effects of unfavorable movements in foreign exchange rates over the limited time the hedges are in place. Additionally, the use of hedging instruments may introduce additional risks if we are unable to structure effective hedges with such instruments. Moreover, we anticipate growing our business further outside of the United States, and the effects of movements in currency exchange rates will increase as our transaction volume outside of the United States increases. These effects of movements in currency exchange rates could also affect our customers. A strengthening of the U.S. dollar could increase the real cost of our platform to our customers outside of the United States, which could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows.

Risks Related to Our Services and Our Platform

If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to customer data is otherwise obtained, our platform may be perceived as not being secure, customers may reduce the use of or stop using our platform and we may incur significant liabilities.

Our platform involves the storage and transmission of customer data, including, for example, sensitive and proprietary information about our customers’ spending. We may become the target of cyber-attacks by third parties seeking unauthorized access to our data or users' data or to disrupt our platform. Computer malware, viruses, spear phishing attacks, and general hacking have become more prevalent in our industry, particularly against cloud services. Any unauthorized access or security breaches could result in the loss of sensitive customer information, litigation, fines and penalties, liability under indemnity obligations and other economic and reputational damage. While we have security measures in place that are designed to protect customer information and prevent data loss and other security breaches, if these measures are breached as a result of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, and someone obtains unauthorized access to our customers’ data, we could face loss of business, regulatory investigations or orders, and our reputation could be severely damaged. In addition, we could be required to expend significant capital and other resources to alleviate the problem, as well as incur significant costs and liabilities, including due to litigation, indemnity obligations, damages for contract breach, penalties for violation of applicable laws or regulations, and costs for remediation and other incentives offered to customers or other business partners in an effort to maintain business relationships after a breach.

We cannot assure you that any limitations of liability provisions in our contracts would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from any liabilities or damages with respect to any particular claim relating to a security lapse or breach. We also cannot be sure that our existing insurance coverage will continue to be available on acceptable terms or will be available in sufficient amounts to cover one or more large claims related to a security breach, or that the insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our financial condition, operating results, and reputation.

Cyber-attacks and other malicious Internet-based activities continue to increase generally. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not identified until they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, third parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees or users to disclose information to gain access to our data or our customers’ data. If any of these events occur, our or our customers’ information could be accessed or disclosed improperly. Any or all of these issues could negatively affect our ability to attract new customers, cause existing customers to elect to not renew their subscriptions, result in reputational damage or subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines or other action or liability, which could adversely affect our operating results.

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If we are not able to provide successful and timely enhancements, new features and modifications for our platform and modules, we may lose existing customers or fail to attract new customers and our revenues and financial performance may suffer.

If we are unable to provide enhancements and new features for our existing modules or new modules that achieve market acceptance or to integrate technology, products and services that we acquire into our platform, our business and operating results could be adversely affected. The success of enhancements, new features and modules depends on several factors, including the timely completion, introduction and market acceptance of the enhancements or new features or modules. Failure in this regard may significantly impair the growth of our revenues. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, delays in the planned release dates of enhancements to our platform, and we have discovered, and may in the future discover, errors in new releases after their introduction. Either situation could result in adverse publicity, loss of sales, delay in market acceptance of our platform or customer claims, including, among other things, warranty claims against us, any of which could cause us to lose existing customers or affect our ability to attract new customers.

In addition, if any of our existing services or any new modules that we introduce in the future do not achieve customer adoption at the rates that we or industry analysts have forecasted, our revenue and operating results may be adversely impacted, and our stock price may decline.

We rely on Amazon Web Services to deliver our platform and modules to our customers, and any disruption in service from Amazon Web Services or material change to our arrangement with Amazon Web Services could adversely affect our business.

We rely upon Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) to operate certain aspects of our platform and any disruption of or interference with our use of AWS could impair our ability to deliver our platform and modules to our customers, resulting in customer dissatisfaction, damage to our reputation, loss of customers and harm to our business. We have architected our software and computer systems to use data processing, storage capabilities and other services provided by AWS. Currently, most of our cloud service infrastructure is run on AWS. Given this, we cannot easily switch our AWS operations to another cloud provider, so any disruption of or interference with our use of AWS would adversely affect our operations and potentially our business.

AWS provides us with computing and storage capacity pursuant to an agreement that continues until terminated by either party. AWS may terminate the agreement for cause with 30 days’ prior written notice, including any material default or breach of the agreement by us that we do not cure within the 30 day period. Additionally, AWS has the right to terminate the agreement immediately with notice to us in certain scenarios such as if AWS believes providing the services could create a substantial economic or technical burden or material security risk for AWS, or in order to comply with the law or requests of governmental entities. The agreement requires AWS to provide us their standard computing and storage capacity and related support in exchange for timely payment by us. If any of our arrangements with AWS were terminated, we could experience interruptions in our software as well as delays and additional expenses in arranging new facilities and services.

We utilize third-party data center hosting facilities operated by AWS, located in various facilities around the world. Our operations depend, in part, on AWS’s abilities to protect these facilities against damage or interruption due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors, natural disasters, power or telecommunications failures, criminal acts, capacity constraints and similar events. For instance, in February 2017, AWS suffered a significant outage in the United States that had a widespread impact on the ability of certain of our customers to fully use our modules for a small period of time. Despite precautions taken at these data centers, the occurrence of spikes in usage volume, a natural disaster, an act of terrorism, vandalism or sabotage, a decision to close a facility without adequate notice or other unanticipated problems at a facility could result in lengthy interruptions in the availability of our platform. Even with current and planned disaster recovery arrangements, our business could be harmed. Also, in the event of damage or interruption, our insurance policies may not adequately compensate us for any losses that we may incur. These factors in turn could further reduce our revenues, subject us to liability and cause us to issue credits or cause customers to fail to renew their subscriptions, any of which could harm our business.

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If we fail to manage our technical operations infrastructure, our existing customers may experience service outages and our new customers may experience delays in the implementation of our platform.

We have experienced significant growth in the number of users, transactions and data that our operations infrastructure supports. We seek to maintain sufficient excess capacity in our operations infrastructure to meet the needs of all of our customers, as well as to facilitate the rapid provision of new customer implementations and the expansion of existing customer implementations. In addition, we need to properly manage our technological operations infrastructure in order to support version control, changes in hardware and software parameters and the evolution of our platform. However, the provision of new hosting infrastructure requires significant lead time. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, website disruptions, outages and other performance problems. These problems may be caused by a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors, viruses, security attacks, fraud, spikes in customer usage and denial of service issues. In some instances, we may not be able to identify the cause or causes of these performance problems within an acceptable period of time. If we do not accurately predict our infrastructure requirements, our customers may experience service outages that may subject us to financial penalties, financial liabilities and customer losses. If our operations infrastructure fails to keep pace with increased sales, customers may experience delays as we seek to obtain additional capacity, which could adversely affect our revenue as well as our reputation.

Our business could be adversely affected if our customers are not successful with the implementation services provided by us or our partners.

Our business depends on our ability to make our customers successful, both with respect to our platform and modules and the professional services that are performed to help our customers use features and functions that address their business needs. Professional services may be performed by our own staff, by a third-party partner or by a combination of the two. Our strategy is to work with partners to increase the breadth of capability and depth of capacity for delivery of these services to our customers. If a customer is not satisfied with the quality of work performed by us or a partner or with a virtual implementation or with the type of professional services or modules delivered, we may incur additional costs in addressing the situation, the profitability of that work might be impaired and the customer’s dissatisfaction with our services or those of our partners could damage our ability to retain that customer or expand the number of modules subscribed to by that customer. In addition, negative publicity related to our customer relationships, regardless of its accuracy, may further damage our business by affecting our ability to compete for new business with current and prospective customers.

We typically provide service level commitments under our customer contracts. If we fail to meet these contractual commitments, we could be obligated to provide credits or refunds for prepaid amounts related to unused subscription services or face contract terminations, which could adversely affect our revenues.

Our customer agreements typically provide service level commitments on a monthly basis. If we are unable to meet the stated service level commitments or suffer extended periods of unavailability for our platform, we may be contractually obligated to provide these customers with service credits, typically 10% of the customer’s subscription fees for the month in which the service level was not met, and we could face contract terminations, in which case we would be subject to refunds for prepaid amounts related to unused subscription services. Our revenues could be significantly affected if we suffer unexcused downtime under our agreements with our customers. Any extended service outages could adversely affect our reputation, revenues and operating results.

If we fail to integrate our platform with a variety of third-party technologies, our platform may become less marketable and less competitive or obsolete and our operating results may be harmed.

Our platform must integrate with a variety of third-party technologies, and we need to continuously modify and enhance our platform to adapt to changes in cloud-enabled hardware, software, networking, browser and database technologies. Any failure of our platform to operate effectively with future technologies could reduce the demand for our platform, resulting in customer dissatisfaction and harm to our business. If we are unable to respond to these changes in a cost-effective manner or if third-party developers and technology are unable or unwilling to provide necessary or complementary integrations, our platform may become less marketable and less competitive or obsolete and our operating results may be negatively affected. In addition, an increasing number of individuals within the enterprise are utilizing mobile devices to access the Internet and corporate resources and to conduct business. If we cannot continue to effectively make our platform available on these mobile devices and offer the information, services and functionality required by enterprises that widely use mobile devices, we may experience difficulty attracting and retaining customers.

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Any failure to offer high-quality technical support services may adversely affect our relationships with our customers and our financial results.

Once our modules are implemented, our customers depend on our support organization to resolve technical issues relating to our modules. We may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for support services. We also may be unable to modify the format of our support services to compete with changes in support services provided by our competitors. Increased customer demand for these services, without corresponding revenues, could increase costs and adversely affect our operating results. In addition, our sales process is highly dependent on our platform and business reputation and on positive recommendations from our existing customers. Any failure to maintain high-quality technical support, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality support, could adversely affect our reputation, our ability to sell subscriptions to our modules to existing and prospective customers and our business, operating results and financial position.

If our platform fails to perform properly, our reputation could be adversely affected, our market share could decline and we could be subject to liability claims.

Our platform is inherently complex and may contain material defects or errors. Any defects in functionality or that cause interruptions in the availability of our platform could result in:

•loss or delayed market acceptance and sales;

•breach of warranty claims;

•sales credits or refunds for prepaid amounts related to unused subscription services;

•loss of customers;

•loss of customer data;

•diversion of development and customer service resources; and

•negative publicity and injury to our reputation.

The costs incurred in correcting any material defects or errors might be substantial and could adversely affect our operating results.

Because of the large amount of data that we collect and manage, it is possible that hardware failures or errors in our systems could result in data loss or corruption or cause the information that we collect to be incomplete or contain inaccuracies that our customers regard as significant. Furthermore, the availability or performance of our platform could be adversely affected by a number of factors, including customers’ inability to access the Internet, failure of our network or software systems, security breaches or variability in user traffic for our platform. We may be required to issue credits or refunds for prepaid amounts related to unused services or otherwise be liable to our customers for damages they incur resulting from certain of these events. For example, our customers access our modules through their ISPs. If an ISP fails to provide sufficient capacity to support our modules or otherwise experiences service outages, such failure could interrupt our customers’ access to our modules and adversely affect their perception of our modules’ reliability. In addition to potential liability, if we experience interruptions in the availability of our platform, our reputation could be adversely affected and we could lose customers.

Our errors and omissions insurance may be inadequate or may not be available in the future on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, our policy may not cover all claims made against us and defending a suit, regardless of its merit, could be costly and divert management’s attention.

Risk Related to our Technology and Intellectual Property

We may be sued by third parties for various claims including alleged infringement of their proprietary rights.

We are involved in various legal matters arising from normal course of business activities. These may include claims, suits, and other proceedings involving alleged infringement of third-party patents and other intellectual property rights, as well as commercial, corporate and securities, labor and employment, wage and hour, and other matters. In particular, there has been considerable activity in our industry to develop and enforce intellectual property rights. Our success depends upon our not infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others. Our competitors, as well as a number of other entities and individuals, may own or claim to own intellectual property relating to our industry. In the past third parties have claimed and in the future third parties may claim that we are infringing upon their intellectual property rights, and we may be found to be infringing upon such rights.

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We may experience future claims that our platform and underlying technology infringe or violate others’ intellectual property rights, and it is possible we may be found to be infringing upon such rights. We may be unaware of the intellectual property rights that others may claim cover some or all of our technology or services. As a result of our acquisition of businesses and technologies, we may be subject to infringement claims arising subsequent to the consummation of such acquisitions with respect to the acquired technology. Any claims or litigation could cause us to incur significant expenses and, if successfully asserted against us, could require that we pay substantial damages or ongoing royalty payments, prevent us from offering our services or require that we comply with other unfavorable terms. In the event a claim is brought against us with respect to an acquired technology, there can be no assurance that an applicable indemnification we obtained (if any) will be sufficient to cover all or any portion of liability arising under such claim. We may also be obligated to indemnify our customers and business partners or to pay substantial settlement costs, including royalty payments, in connection with any such claim or litigation and to obtain licenses, modify our platform or refund fees, which could be costly. Even if we were to prevail in such a dispute, any litigation regarding our intellectual property could be costly, distracting and time-consuming and could harm our brand, business, results of operations and financial condition.

Any failure to protect our intellectual property rights could impair the value of our proprietary technology and damage our brand.

Our success and ability to compete depend in part upon our intellectual property. We primarily rely on copyright, patent, trade secret and trademark laws, trade secret protection and confidentiality or contractual agreements with our employees, customers, partners and others to protect our intellectual property rights. However, the steps we take to protect our intellectual property rights may be inadequate.

In order to protect our intellectual property rights, we may be required to expend significant resources to monitor and protect such rights. Litigation brought to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could be costly, time-consuming and distracting to management and could result in the impairment or loss of portions of our intellectual property. Furthermore, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with defenses, counterclaims and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights. Our failure to secure, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could seriously adversely affect our brand and our business. For example, such failures could delay further sales or the implementation of our platform, impair the functionality of our platform, delay introductions of new modules, result in our substituting inferior or more costly technologies into our platform, or injure our reputation.

Our platform utilizes open source software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more of these open source licenses could negatively affect our business.

Our platform utilizes software governed by open source licenses, including for example the MIT License and the Apache License. The terms of various open source licenses have not been interpreted by United States courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to market our platform. By the terms of certain open source licenses, if we combine our proprietary software with open source software in a certain manner, we could be required to release the source code of our proprietary software and make it available under open source licenses. In the event that portions of our proprietary software are determined to be subject to an open source license, we could be required to publicly release the affected portions of our source code, or to re-engineer all or a portion of our technologies or otherwise be limited in the licensing of our technologies, each of which could reduce or eliminate the value of our technologies and services. We have established processes to help alleviate these risks, but we cannot assure you that our processes for controlling our use of open source software in our platform will be effective. In addition to risks related to license requirements, the use of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on the origin of the software. Many of the risks associated with the use of open source software cannot be eliminated and could negatively affect our business.

We employ third-party licensed software for use in or with our platform, and the inability to maintain these licenses or errors in the software we license could result in increased costs, or reduced service levels, which could adversely affect our business.

Our platform incorporates certain third-party software obtained under licenses from other companies. We anticipate that we will continue to rely on such third-party software and development tools from third parties in the future. Although we believe that there are commercially reasonable alternatives to the third-party software we currently license, this may not always be the case, or it may be difficult or costly to replace. In addition, integration of the software used in our platform with new third-party software may require significant work and require substantial investment of our time and resources. Also, to the extent that our platform depends upon the successful operation of third-party software in conjunction with our software, any undetected errors or defects in this third-party software could prevent the deployment or impair the functionality of our platform, delay new module introductions, result in a failure of our modules and injure our reputation. Our use of additional or alternative third-party software would require us to enter into license agreements with third parties, which may be time consuming to negotiate or result in increased licensing costs.

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Risks Relating to our Financial Results and Reporting

Our quarterly results may fluctuate significantly and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business.

Our results of operations and key metrics discussed elsewhere in this report, such as trailing twelve months calculated billings, remaining performance obligations, deferred revenue, customers with annualized subscription revenue above $100,000 and cumulative spend under management, may vary significantly in the future and period-to-period comparisons of our operating results and key metrics may not provide a full picture of our performance. Accordingly, the results of any one quarter or year should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Our quarterly financial results and metrics may fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, as a result they may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business. These quarterly fluctuations may negatively affect the value of our common stock. Factors that may cause these fluctuations include, without limitation:

•our ability to attract new customers and complete the sale of our platform to them within the range of our typical sales cycle;

•the addition or loss of one or more of our larger customers, including as the result of acquisitions or consolidations;

•the timing of recognition of revenues;

•the amount and timing of operating expenses;

•general economic, industry and market conditions, both domestically and internationally, including the impact of the market volatility and economic downturn caused by COVID-19 on our business, including but not limited to a decreased demand for our platform and services, negative impacts on our revenue results, an increasing unpredictability in expenses and cash flow, and a decreased ability by our customers to pay for our platform and services;

•the timing of our billing and collections;

•customer renewal and expansion rates;

•security breaches of, technical difficulties with, or interruptions to the delivery and use of our products on our platform;

•the amount and timing of completion of professional services engagements;

•increases or decreases in the number of users for our platform, increases or decreases in the modules purchased for our platform or pricing changes upon any renewals of customer agreements;

•changes in our pricing policies or those of our competitors;

•seasonal variations in sales of our software subscriptions, which have historically been highest in the fourth quarter of a calendar year but may vary in future quarters;

•the timing and success of new product or module introductions by us or our competitors or any other change in the competitive dynamics of our industry, including consolidation among competitors, customers or strategic partners;

•changes in foreign currency exchange rates;

•extraordinary expenses such as litigation or other dispute-related expenses or settlement payments;

•sales tax and other tax determinations by authorities in the jurisdictions in which we conduct business;

•the impact of new accounting pronouncements and the adoption thereof;

•fluctuations in stock-based compensation expense;

•expenses in connection with mergers, acquisitions or other strategic transactions; and

•the timing of expenses related to the development or acquisition of technologies or businesses and potential future charges for impairment of goodwill or intangibles from acquired companies.

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Further, in future periods, our revenue growth could slow or our revenues could decline for a number of reasons, including slowing demand for our offerings, increasing competition, a decrease in the growth of our overall market, global economic conditions, or our failure, for any reason, to continue to capitalize on growth opportunities. In addition, our growth rate may slow in the future as our market penetration rates increase. As a result, our revenues, operating results and cash flows may fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and revenue growth rates may not be sustainable and may decline in the future, and we may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in future periods, which could harm our business and cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Because we recognize subscription revenues over the term of the contract, fluctuations in new sales and renewals may not be immediately reflected in our operating results and may be difficult to discern.

We generally recognize subscription revenues from customers ratably over the terms of their contracts. Most of the subscription revenues we report on each quarter are derived from the recognition of deferred revenue relating to subscriptions and the PCS component of term-based license contracts entered into during previous quarters. Consequently, a decline in new or renewed subscriptions and/or term-based licenses in any single quarter would likely have only a small impact on our revenues for that quarter. However, such a decline would negatively affect our revenues in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant downturns in sales and market acceptance of our platform, delays in our sales cycles as a result of COVID-19 and potential changes in our pricing policies or rate of renewals, may not be fully apparent from our reported results of operations until future periods.

We may be unable to adjust our cost structure to reflect the changes in revenues. In addition, a significant majority of our costs are expensed as incurred, while subscription revenues are recognized over the life of the customer agreement. As a result, increased growth in the number of our customers could result in our recognition of more costs than revenues in the earlier periods of the terms of our agreements. Our subscription model also makes it difficult for us to rapidly increase our revenues through additional sales in any period, as revenues from new customers must be recognized over the applicable subscription term.

We have a history of cumulative losses, and we do not expect to be profitable for the foreseeable future.

We incurred net losses attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated of $180.1 million, $90.8 million, and $55.5 million in the fiscal years ended January 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and we incurred a net loss attributable to Coupa Software Incorporated of $191.8 million in the six months ended July 31, 2021. We had an accumulated deficit of $712.9 million at July 31, 2021. Our losses and accumulated deficit reflect the substantial investments we made to acquire new customers and develop our platform. We expect our operating expenses to increase in the future due to anticipated increases in sales and marketing expenses, research and development expenses, operations costs and general and administrative costs, and, therefore, we expect our losses to continue for the foreseeable future. A significant contributor to each of these categories of expense is stock compensation expense associated with equity awards that we grant to many of our employees at the time of hire and thereafter on an annual basis. If we continue to grow at or near the pace at which our headcount increased during our 2021 fiscal year, we would expect our stock compensation expenses likewise to increase at a similar pace in future periods. Furthermore, to the extent we are successful in gaining new customers, we will also incur increased losses because many costs associated with acquiring new customers are generally incurred up front, while subscription revenues are generally recognized ratably over the terms of the agreements (typically three years, although some customers commit for longer or shorter periods). If we are unable to maintain consistent or increasing revenue or revenue growth or if our growth or growth forecasts fail to meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of our common stock could be volatile, and it may be difficult for us to achieve and maintain profitability or maintain or increase cash flow on a consistent basis. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will achieve profitability in the future, or that, if we do become profitable, we will sustain profitability or achieve our target margins on a midterm or long-term basis.

If we are unable to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting in the future, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our common stock may be negatively affected.

As a public company, we are required to maintain internal controls over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal controls. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) requires that we evaluate and determine the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting and provide a management report on the internal controls over financial reporting, which must be attested to by our independent registered public accounting firm. If we have a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting (including in the control environment of our acquired companies), we may not detect errors on a timely basis and our financial statements may be materially misstated. In the future, we may not be able to complete our evaluation, testing, and any required remediation in a timely fashion, or otherwise assert that our internal controls are effective, and additionally, our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.

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If in the future we identify material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting (including in the control environment of our acquired companies), if we are unable to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, if we are unable to assert that our internal controls over financial reporting are effective or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our common stock could be negatively affected, and we could become subject to investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Nasdaq or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources to address.

Our reported financial results may be adversely affected by changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States are subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the SEC and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. Accounting for revenue from sales of subscriptions to software is particularly complex, is often the subject of intense scrutiny by the SEC and will evolve as FASB continues to consider applicable accounting standards in this area. A change in accounting principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results for periods prior and subsequent to such change. We may adopt new accounting standards retrospectively to prior periods and the adoption may result in an adverse change to previously reported results. Additionally, the adoption of these standards may potentially require enhancements or changes in our systems and will require significant time and cost on behalf of our financial management.

Regulatory and Tax-Related Risks

Changes in privacy laws, regulations, and standards may cause our business to suffer.

Our customers can use our platform to collect, use and store certain types of personal or identifying information regarding their employees and suppliers. Federal, state and foreign government bodies and agencies have adopted, are considering adopting or may adopt laws and regulations regarding the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information obtained from consumers and individuals, such as compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the US and GDPR in the EU. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, such laws and regulations that are applicable to the businesses of our customers may limit the use and adoption of our platform and reduce overall demand or lead to significant fines, penalties or liabilities for any noncompliance with such privacy laws. Furthermore, privacy concerns may cause our customers’ employees to resist providing the personal data necessary to allow our customers to use our platform effectively. Even the perception of privacy concerns, whether or not valid, may inhibit market adoption of our platform in certain industries.

All of these domestic and international legislative and regulatory initiatives may adversely affect our customers’ ability to process, handle, store, use and transmit demographic and personal information from their employees, customers and suppliers, which could reduce demand for our platform. The European Union (“EU”) and many countries in Europe have stringent privacy laws and regulations, which may affect our ability to operate cost effectively in certain European countries. In particular, the EU has adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which went into effect on May 25, 2018 and contains numerous requirements and changes, including more robust obligations on data processors and heavier documentation requirements for data protection compliance programs by companies. Specifically, the GDPR introduced numerous privacy-related changes for companies operating in the EU, including greater control for data subjects (e.g., the “right to be forgotten”), increased data portability for EU consumers, data breach notification requirements, and increased fines. In particular, under the GDPR, fines of up to 20 million Euros or up to 4% of the annual global revenue of the noncompliant company, whichever is greater, could be imposed for violations of certain of the GDPR’s requirements. Complying with the GDPR may cause us to incur substantial operational costs or require us to change our business practices. Despite our efforts to bring practices into compliance with the GDPR, we may not be successful either due to internal or external factors such as resource allocation limitations or a lack of vendor cooperation. Non-compliance could result in proceedings against us by governmental entities, customers, data subjects or others. We may also experience difficulty retaining or obtaining new European or multi-national customers due to the compliance cost, potential risk exposure, and uncertainty for these entities, and we may experience significantly increased liability with respect to these customers pursuant to the terms set forth in our engagements with them. We may find it necessary to establish systems in the EU to maintain personal data originating from the EU, which may involve substantial expense and distraction from other aspects of our business. In the meantime, there could be uncertainty as to how to comply with EU privacy law.

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In addition, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), which took effect on January 1, 2020, and the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), which expands upon the CCPA, was passed in the recent California election in November 2020 and comes into effect on January 1, 2023, with a “lookback” period to January 1, 2022. This legislation broadly defines personal information, gives California residents expanded privacy rights and protections, and provides for civil penalties for violations. Further, other U.S. states and federal lawmakers are considering similar privacy laws that may have broad applicability. The effects of the CCPA and CPRA are, and any similar laws enacted may be, potentially far-reaching and may require us to modify our data management practices and to incur substantial expense in an effort to comply.

Because the interpretation and application of many privacy and data protection laws along with contractually imposed industry standards are uncertain, it is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our existing data management practices or the features of our products and platform capabilities. If so, in addition to the possibility of fines, lawsuits, and other claims and penalties, we could be required to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify our products and platform capabilities, which could have an adverse effect on our business. Any inability to adequately address privacy and security concerns, even if unfounded, or comply with applicable privacy and data security laws, regulations, and policies, could result in additional cost and liability to us, damage our reputation, inhibit sales, and adversely affect our business. Furthermore, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the laws, regulations, and policies that are applicable to the businesses of our customers may limit the use and adoption of, and reduce the overall demand for, our products. Privacy and data security concerns, whether valid or not valid, may inhibit market adoption of our products, particularly in certain industries and foreign countries. If we are not able to adjust to changing laws, regulations, and standards related to the Internet, our business may be harmed.

We are subject to the tax laws of various jurisdictions, which are subject to unanticipated changes and to interpretation, which could harm our future results.

We are subject to income taxes in the United States and foreign jurisdictions, and our domestic and international tax liabilities are subject to the allocation of expenses in differing jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by changes in the mix of earnings and losses in countries with differing statutory tax rates, certain non-deductible expenses as a result of acquisitions, the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, and changes in federal, state, or international tax laws and accounting principles.

Further, each jurisdiction has different rules and regulations governing sales and use, value added, and similar taxes, and these rules and regulations are subject to varying interpretations that change over time. Certain jurisdictions in which we did not collect such taxes may assert that such taxes are applicable, which could result in tax assessments, penalties, and interest, and we may be required to collect such taxes in the future. In addition, we may be subject to income tax audits by many tax jurisdictions throughout the world, many of which have not established clear guidance on the tax treatment of cloud-based companies. Any tax assessments, penalties, and interest, or future requirements may adversely affect our results of operations. Moreover, imposition of such taxes on us going forward would effectively increase the cost of our products to our customers and might adversely affect our ability to retain existing customers or to gain new customers in the areas in which such taxes are imposed.

In addition, the application of the tax laws of various jurisdictions, including the United States, to our international business activities is subject to interpretation and depends on our ability to operate our business in a manner consistent with our corporate structure. As we operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions, the application of tax laws can also be subject to diverging and sometimes conflicting interpretations by tax authorities of these jurisdictions. Our determination of our tax liability is subject to review by applicable United States and foreign tax authorities. Any adverse outcome of such a review could harm our operating results and financial condition.

We may not be able to utilize a significant portion of our net operating loss or research tax credit carryforwards, which could adversely affect our potential profitability.

We have federal and state net operating loss carryforwards due to prior period losses, which if not utilized will begin to expire in 2026 and 2029 for federal and state purposes, respectively. These net operating loss carryforwards could expire unused and be unavailable to offset future income tax liabilities, which could adversely affect our potential profitability.

In addition, under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), our ability to utilize net operating loss carryforwards or other tax attributes, such as research tax credits, in any taxable year may be limited if we experience an “ownership change.” Such an “ownership change” generally occurs if one or more stockholders or groups of stockholders who own at least 5% of our stock increase their ownership by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage within a rolling three-year period. Similar rules may apply under state tax laws. As of our initial public offering and our subsequent follow-on offering we have not had an ownership change that has triggered any material limitation on the use of our tax attributes for purposes of Section 382 of the Code. Subsequent changes in our stock ownership, however, could cause an “ownership change.” It is possible that an ownership change, or any future ownership change, could have a material effect on the use of our net operating loss carryforwards or other tax attributes, which could adversely affect our potential profitability.

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We have incurred and will continue to incur significantly increased costs and devote substantial management time as a result of operating as a public company.

As a public company, we have incurred and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses. For example, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are required to comply with the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Nasdaq Global Select Market, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and changes in corporate governance practices. Compliance with these requirements has increased our legal and financial compliance costs and made some activities more time consuming and costly. In addition, our management and other personnel need to divert attention from operational and other business matters to devote substantial time to these public company requirements. In particular, we are incurring significant expenses and devoting substantial management effort toward ensuring ongoing compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We have hired and may need to continue to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge and maintain an internal audit function. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur as a result of being a public company.

The rules and regulations applicable to public companies make it more expensive for us to obtain and maintain director and officer liability insurance, particularly in the current environment of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.

Risks Related to our Indebtedness

We have incurred substantial indebtedness that may decrease our business flexibility, access to capital, and/or increase our borrowing costs, and we may still incur substantially more debt, which may adversely affect our operations and financial results.

In January 2018, we issued $230 million aggregate principal amount of 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023, which we refer to as the 2023 Notes, in June 2019, we issued $805 million aggregate principal amount of our 0.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, which we refer to as the 2025 Notes, and in June 2020, we issued $1,380 million aggregate principal amount of our 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026, which we refer to as the 2026 Notes, which we collectively refer to as the Convertible Notes. As of July 31, 2021, we had $1,036.3 million in total long-term liabilities, comprised primarily of $933.4 million related to the carrying amount of the 2026 Notes. Our indebtedness may:

•limit our ability to borrow additional funds for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general business purposes;

•limit our ability to use our cash flow or obtain additional financing for future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general business purposes;

•require us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make debt service payments;

•limit our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business and industry;

•place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our less leveraged competitors; and

•increase our vulnerability to the impact of adverse economic and industry conditions.

Further, the indentures governing the Convertible Notes do not restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness and we and our subsidiaries may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, subject to the restrictions contained in any future debt instruments existing at the time, some of which may be secured indebtedness.

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Servicing our debt will require a significant amount of cash. We may not have sufficient cash flow from our business to pay our substantial debt, and we may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the Convertible Notes in cash or to repurchase the Convertible Notes upon a fundamental change, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on, or to refinance our indebtedness, including the amounts payable under the Convertible Notes, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive, and other factors beyond our control. Our business may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future sufficient to service our indebtedness and make necessary capital expenditures. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring debt, or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance our indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations.

Further, holders of the Convertible Notes have the right to require us to repurchase all or a portion of their Convertible Notes upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as defined in the indentures governing the Convertible Notes (the “indentures”)) before the maturity date at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, unless we elect to deliver solely shares of our common stock to settle such conversion (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we will be required to make cash payments in respect of the Convertible Notes being converted. However, we may not have enough available cash or be able to obtain financing at the time we are required to make repurchases of Convertible Notes surrendered therefor or pay cash with respect to Convertible Notes being converted.

The conditional conversion feature of the Convertible Notes, when triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

In the event the conditional conversion feature of the Convertible Notes is triggered, holders of the Convertible Notes will be entitled to convert their Convertible Notes at any time during specified periods at their option. If one or more holders elect to convert their Convertible Notes, unless we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we would be required to settle a portion or all of our conversion obligation in cash, which could adversely affect our liquidity. As disclosed in Note 8, “Convertible Senior Notes” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements, the conditional conversion feature of the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes was triggered as of July 31, 2021.

In addition, even if certain holders of Convertible Notes do not elect to convert their Convertible Notes, we could be required under applicable accounting rules to reclassify all or a portion of the outstanding principal of the Convertible Notes as a current rather than long-term liability, which would result in a material reduction of our net working capital.

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The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash, such as the Convertible Notes, could have a material effect on our reported financial results.

Under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (“ASC 470-20”), an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instruments (such as the Convertible Notes) that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. The effect of ASC 470-20 on the accounting for the Convertible Notes is that the equity component is required to be included in the additional paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on our consolidated balance sheet at the issuance date and the value of the equity component would be treated as debt discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component of the Convertible Notes. As a result, we will be required to record a greater amount of non-cash interest expense as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the Convertible Notes to their face amount over the term of the Convertible Notes. We will report larger net losses (or lower net income) in our financial results because ASC 470-20 will require interest to include the amortization of the debt discount, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results, the trading price of our common stock and the trading price of the Convertible Notes.

In addition, under certain circumstances, convertible debt instruments (such as the Convertible Notes) that may be settled entirely or partly in cash may be accounted for utilizing the treasury stock method, the effect of which is that the shares issuable upon conversion of such Convertible Notes are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except to the extent that the conversion value of such Convertible Notes exceeds their principal amount. Under the treasury stock method, for diluted earnings per share purposes, the transaction is accounted for as if the number of shares of common stock that would be necessary to settle such excess, if we elected to settle such excess in shares, are issued. In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) to amend current accounting standards to eliminate the treasury stock method for convertible instruments and instead require application of the “if-converted” method. Under that method, diluted earnings per share will generally be calculated assuming that all the Convertible Notes are converted solely into shares of common stock at the beginning of the reporting period, unless the result would be anti-dilutive. The application of the if-converted method may change previously reported per share results.

The capped call transactions may affect the value of the Convertible Notes and our common stock.

In connection with the pricing of the Convertible Notes, we entered into capped call transactions with certain financial institutions. The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce or offset the potential dilution upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and/or offset any cash payments we are required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted Convertible Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap.

In connection with establishing their initial hedges of the capped call transactions, these financial institutions or their respective affiliates likely purchased shares of our common stock and/or entered into various derivative transactions with respect to our common stock concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Convertible Notes. These financial institutions or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to our common stock and/or purchasing or selling our common stock or other securities of ours in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes (and are likely to do so during any observation period related to a conversion of Convertible Notes). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of our common stock or the Convertible Notes.

The potential effect, if any, of these transactions and activities on the price of our common stock or the Convertible Notes will depend in part on market conditions and cannot be ascertained at this time. Any of these activities could adversely affect the value of our common stock.

Conversion of the Convertible Notes will dilute the ownership interest of existing stockholders, including holders who had previously converted their Convertible Notes, or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.

The conversion of some or all of the Convertible Notes will dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders to the extent we deliver shares of our common stock upon conversion of any of the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes are currently convertible and may from time to time in the future be convertible at the option of their holders prior to their scheduled terms under certain circumstances. Any sales in the public market of the common stock issuable upon such conversion could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. In addition, the existence of the Convertible Notes may encourage short selling by market participants because the conversion of the Convertible Notes could be used to satisfy short positions, or anticipated conversion of the Convertible Notes into shares of our common stock could depress the price of our common stock.

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Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

Our stock price has been subject to fluctuations, and will likely continue to be subject to fluctuations and decline, due to factors beyond our control and you may lose all or part of your investment.

The market price of our common stock is subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors, as well as the volatility of our common stock, could affect the price at which our convertible noteholders could sell the common stock received upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and could also impact the trading price of the Convertible Notes. Since shares of our common stock were sold in our initial public offering in October 2016 at a price of $18.00 per share, the reported high and low sales prices of our common stock have ranged from $22.50 to $377.04 through July 31, 2021. The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:

•the overall performance of the equity markets;

•our operating performance and the performance of other similar companies;

•announcements of new and changes in our existing projected or target operating results and key metrics that we provide to the public, as well as those published by research analysts that follow our stock, our failure to meet or exceed these projections or targets or changes in recommendations by securities analysts;

•changes in our financial, operating or other metrics, regardless of whether we consider those metrics as reflective of the current state or long-term prospects of our business, and how those results compare to securities analyst and investor expectations, including whether those results fail to meet, exceed, or significantly exceed such expectations;

•announcements of technological innovations, pricing changes, new software or enhancements to services, acquisitions, strategic alliances or significant agreements by us or by our competitors;

•announcements of our intent to conduct debt or equity financings or repurchases, redemptions, conversions or the like;

•disruptions in our services due to computer hardware, software or network problems;

•announcements of customer additions and customer cancellations or delays in customer purchases;

•the level of success achieved with respect to international expansion and expected timeframes for realization of the related beneficial impact on operating results;

•the impact of integrated acquired businesses and technologies on our operating results in the short-term and the expected impact in the medium- and long-term;

•recruitment or departure of key personnel;

•the economy as a whole, market conditions in our industry and the industries of our customers;

•extraordinary expenses such as litigation or other dispute-related expenses or settlement payments;

•conversion of the Convertible Notes;

•the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including on the global economy, our results of operations, enterprise software spending and business continuity;

•the size of our market float; and

•any other factors discussed in this Quarterly Report.

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In addition, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many technology companies. Stock prices of many technology companies have fluctuated in a manner unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. In the past, stockholders have filed securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us to substantial costs, divert resources and the attention of management from our business and adversely affect our business.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that they might occur, could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

The price of our common stock could decline if there are substantial sales of our common stock, particularly sales by our directors, executive officers, and significant stockholders. The shares held by these persons may be sold in the public market in the United States, subject to prior registration in the United States, if required, or reliance upon an exemption from United States registration, including, in the case of shares held by affiliates or control persons, compliance with the volume restrictions of Rule 144. In addition, some of our executive officers have entered into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans under which they have contracted with a broker to sell shares of our common stock on a periodic basis.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, for whatever reason, including as a result of the conversion of the outstanding Convertible Notes, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline or make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell their common stock at a time and price that they deem appropriate and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity or equity linked securities. In addition, we have filed a registration statement to register shares reserved for future issuance under our equity compensation plans. Subject to the satisfaction of applicable exercise periods and, in the case of shares held by affiliates or control persons, compliance with the volume restrictions of Rule 144, the shares issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options, settlement of outstanding restricted stock units, or conversion of the Convertible Notes into common stock will be available for immediate resale in the United States in the open market.

We have also reserved a substantial amount of shares of our common stock in connection with awards issued under our equity incentive plans and upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, the issuance of which will dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders. Any sales in the public market of the common stock issuable upon such issuance or conversion could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock.

We are unable to predict the effect that sales, or the perception that our shares may be available for sale, will have on the prevailing market price of our common stock and the trading price of the Convertible Notes.

If securities or industry analysts do not continue to publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If industry analysts cease coverage of us, the trading price for our common stock and the trading price of the Convertible Notes will be negatively affected. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our common stock or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business or if our results fall short of the projected results published by one or more research analyst, our common stock price and the trading price of the Convertible Notes will likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our common stock could decrease, which might cause our common stock price and trading volume, and the trading price of the Convertible Notes, to decline.

In addition, independent industry analysts, such as Gartner and Forrester, often provide reviews of our products and platform capabilities, as well as those of our competitors, and perception of our offerings in the marketplace may be significantly influenced by these reviews. We have no control over what these industry analysts report, and because industry analysts may influence current and potential customers, our brand could be harmed if they do not provide a positive review of our products and platform capabilities or view us as a market leader.

We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

We have never declared nor paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, stockholders, including holders of our Convertible Notes who receive shares of our common stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.

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Delaware law, provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (“Restated Certificate”) and amended and restated bylaws (“Restated Bylaws”), and provisions in the indentures for our Convertible Notes could make a merger, tender offer or proxy contest difficult, thereby depressing the trading price of our common stock and Convertible Notes.

Our status as a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our Restated Certificate and Restated Bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of our company more difficult, including the following:

•the requirement of a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which could delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors;

•the ability of our board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquiror;

•the exclusive right of our board of directors to elect a director to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of our board of directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;

•a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders;

•the requirement that a special meeting of stockholders be called only by a majority vote of our entire board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors or our chief executive officer, which could delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including to remove directors;

•the requirement for the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, to amend the provisions of our Restated Certificate relating to the management of our business or our Restated Bylaws, which may inhibit the ability of an acquiror to effect such amendments to facilitate an unsolicited takeover attempt; and

•advance notice procedures with which stockholders must comply to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquiror’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

In addition, as a Delaware corporation, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. These provisions may prohibit large stockholders, in particular those owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, from merging or combining with us for a certain period of time. A Delaware corporation may opt out of this provision by express provision in its original certificate of incorporation or by amendment to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws approved by its stockholders. However, we have not opted out of this provision.

In addition, if a fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date of the Convertible Notes, holders of the Convertible Notes will have the right, at their option, to require us to repurchase all or a portion of their Convertible Notes. If a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the applicable indenture) occurs prior the maturity date, we will in some cases be required to increase the conversion rate of the Convertible Notes for a holder that elects to convert its Convertible Notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change. These features of the Convertible Notes may make a potential acquisition more expensive for a potential acquiror, which may in turn make it less likely for a potential acquiror to offer to purchase our company, or reduce the amount of consideration offered for each share of our common stock in a potential acquisition. Furthermore, the indentures prohibit us from engaging in certain mergers or acquisitions unless, among other things, the surviving entity assumes our obligations under the Convertible Notes.

These and other provisions in our Restated Certificate, Restated Bylaws, Convertible Notes, indentures and in Delaware law could deter or prevent a third party from acquiring us or could make it more difficult for stockholders or potential acquirors to obtain control of our board of directors or initiate actions that are opposed by our then-current board of directors, including to delay or impede a merger, tender offer, or proxy contest involving our company. The existence of these provisions could negatively affect the price of our common stock and the trading price of the Convertible Notes and limit opportunities for you to realize value in a corporate transaction.

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Our Restated Certificate provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.

Our Restated Certificate provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty, any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Restated Certificate or our Restated Bylaws or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees and may discourage these types of lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we might incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions. For the avoidance of doubt, these choice of forum provisions may not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

Not applicable.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

We have filed the exhibits listed below.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number		Incorporated by Reference
	Exhibit Description	Form	File No.	Exhibit	Filing Date
10.1*	Amended and Restated Offer Letter, dated June 4, 2021, between the Registrant and Anthony Tiscornia.
10.1.1*	Severance and Change of Control Agreement, dated June 4, 2021, between the Registrant and Anthony Tiscornia.
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1†	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2†	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	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 Document.
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.

† The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 and 32.2 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Coupa Software Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

		Coupa Software Incorporated
Date:	September 8, 2021	By:	/s/ Robert Bernshteyn
			Robert Bernshteyn
			Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	September 8, 2021	By:	/s/ Anthony Tiscornia
			Anthony Tiscornia
			Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

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