Commitment and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Purchase Commitments

Open purchase commitments are for the purchase of goods and services related to, but not limited to, manufacturing, facilities and professional services under non-cancellable contracts. No open purchase commitments were recorded as liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of April 30, 2024 as the Company had not yet received the related goods or services.

Legal Proceedings

The Company may be involved in various lawsuits, claims, and proceedings, including intellectual property, commercial, securities, and employment matters that arise in the normal course of business. The Company accrues a liability when management believes information available prior to the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements indicates it is probable a loss has been incurred as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company adjusts its accruals to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case. Legal costs are expensed as incurred.

Class Action Litigation

A class action lawsuit (the “November 2023 Class Action”) alleging violations of federal securities laws was filed on November 29, 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Company and certain of its former officers (the “Class Defendants”). The complaint purports to be brought on behalf of purchasers of the Company’s common stock between June 1, 2023 and November 16, 2023 and alleges that the Class Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding component costs and supply overruns for DC charging products which resulted in impairment charges and an adverse impact on profitability. A second class action lawsuit (together with the November 2023 Class Action, the “Class Actions”) asserting the same claims and premised on the same underlying allegations, which purports to be on behalf of purchasers of the Company’s stock between December 7, 2021 and November 16, 2023, was filed against the Class Defendants on January 22, 2024. The complaints seek unspecified monetary damages and other relief. On May 16, 2024, the Court consolidated the Class Actions into one action captioned Khan v. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 23-cv-06172-PCP, appointed two lead plaintiffs, and appointed lead counsel. The parties have stipulated that the lead plaintiffs shall file an amended complaint by July 19, 2024 and that the Class Defendants shall respond to or file a motion to dismiss the amended complaint by September 17, 2024 with additional briefing to follow.

Derivative Actions

On January 5, 2024, a ChargePoint stockholder purporting to act on behalf of the Company filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against ChargePoint’s Board of Directors and certain of its former officers (“Derivative Defendants”), alleging that the Derivative Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to ChargePoint in connection with the same alleged events and alleged materially false and misleading statements asserted in the Class Actions described above. This action has been stayed. Four additional substantively duplicative actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on January 8, 2024, March 1, 2024, May 2, 2024, and May 24, 2024. The complaints seek unspecified monetary damages and other relief. The parties are in the process of seeking Court approval to relate and consolidate these cases.

The Company intends to defend these lawsuits vigorously. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome or estimate the amount of loss or range of losses that could potentially result from these lawsuits.

Based on its experience, the Company believes that damage amounts claimed in these matters are not meaningful indicators of potential liability. Given the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of the ongoing matters described herein cannot be predicted with certainty. While litigation is inherently unpredictable, the Company believes it has valid defenses with respect to the legal matters pending against it. Nevertheless, the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be materially adversely affected in a particular period by the resolution of one or more of these contingencies. Liabilities established to provide for contingencies are adjusted as further information develops, circumstances change, or contingencies are resolved; and such changes are recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations during the period of the change and reflected in accrued and other current liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

The Company has service level commitments to certain of its customers warranting levels of uptime reliability and performance and permitting those customers to receive credits if the Company fails to meet those levels. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such commitments.

The Company’s arrangements generally include certain provisions for indemnifying customers against liabilities if its products or services infringe a third-party’s intellectual property rights. Additionally, the Company may be required to indemnify for claims caused by its negligence or willful misconduct. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification obligations due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such obligations and has not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company has also agreed to indemnify its directors and executive officers for costs associated with any fees, expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by them in any action or proceeding to which any of them are, or are threatened to be, made a party by reason of their service as a director or officer. The Company maintains director and officer insurance coverage that would generally enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. The Company also may be subject to indemnification obligations by law with respect to the actions of its employees under certain circumstances and in certain jurisdictions.

Letters of Credit

The Company had $30.4 million of secured letters of credit outstanding as of both April 30, 2024 and January 31, 2024. These primarily relate to support of contract manufacturer and customer agreements, and are fully collateralized by cash deposits which the Company recorded in restricted cash on its condensed consolidated balance sheets based on the term of the remaining restriction.

In May 16, 2024 the letter of credit agreement with one of the Company’s contract manufacturers expired and the lender released $30.0 million of restricted cash to the Company.

Leases

The Company leases its office facilities under non-cancelable operating leases with various lease terms. The Company also leases certain office equipment under operating lease agreements.

The following table presents future payments of lease liabilities under the Company's non-cancelable operating leases as of April 30, 2024 (in thousands):


	(in thousands)
2025 (remaining nine months)	$	4,759
2026	5,166
2027	4,679
2028	4,091
2029	3,918
Thereafter	2,300
Total undiscounted operating lease payments	24,913
Less: imputed interest	(4,149)
Total operating lease liabilities	20,764
Less: current portion of operating lease liabilities	(4,452)
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	$	16,312